of our said Finances, to prosecute them, molest, disquiet, directly or indirectly,
in any kind whatsoever.
76. All Generals, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen, Officers, Common-Councills of
Cities and Commonalties; and all others who have aided and succoured them, their
Wives, Heirs, and Successors, shall remain quitted and discharged of all Money which have
been by them and their order taken and levied, as well the Kings Money, to what sum
soever it may amount, as of Cities and Communities, and particular rents, revennues,
plate, sale of moveable goods, Ecclesiastick, and other Woods of a high growth, be it
of Domains or otherwise, Amerciaments, Booty, Ransoms, or other kind of Money
taken by them, occasioned by the troubles began in the month of March, 1585. and
other precedent troubles, untill our coming to the Crown, so that they or those that
have by them been imployed in the levying of the said money, or that they have given
or furnished by their Orders, shall not be therefore any wayes prosecuted at present, or
for the time to come: and shall remain acquitted as well themselves, as their Commis∣saries,
for the management and administration of the said Money, expecting all thereof
discharged within four months after the publication of the present Edict made in our
Parliament of Paris, acquittances being duly dispatched for the Heads of those of the
Religion, or for those that had been commissionated for the auditing and ballancing of
the Accounts, or for the Communities of Cities who have had Command and Charge
during the said troubles, and all the said Heads of the Reformed Religion, and others
who have followed their party (as if they were particularly expressed and specified)
since the death of Henry the Second our Father-in-Law, shall in like manner remain ac∣quitted
and discharged of all acts of hostility, leavies, and conduct of Soldiers, minting
and valuing of Money (done by Order of the said chief Commanders) casting and ta∣king
of Ordnance and Ammunition, compounding of Powder and Salt-Peter, prizes,
fortifications, dismantling and demolishing of Cities, Castles, Burroughs, and Villages,
enterprises upon the same, burning and demolishing of Churches and Houses, establishing
of Judicatures, Judgements, and Executions of the same, be it in Civil or Criminal
matters, Policy and Reglement made amongst themselves, Voyages for intelligence, Ne∣gotiations,
Treaties and Contracts made with all Foraign Princes and Communities, the
introduction of the said strangers into Cities and other places, of our Kingdom, and
generally of all that hath been done, executed and Negotiated during the said troubles,
since as aforesaid, the death of Henry the Second our Father-in-Law.
77. Those of the said Religion shall also remain discharged of all General and Pro∣vincial
assemblies by them made and held, as well at Nantes as since in other places untill
this present time; as also of Councils by them established and ordained by Provinces,
Declarations, Ordinances, and Reglements made by the said Assemblies and Councells,
Establishment and Augmentations of Garrisons, assembling and taking of Soldiers, le∣vying
and taking of our Money, be it from the Receivers-general or particular Col∣lecters
of Parishes, or otherwise in what manner soever, seizures of Salt, continuation or
erection of Taxes, Tolls, and Receipts of the same at Royan, and upon the Rivers of
Charant, Garronne, Rosne, and Dordonne, arming and fighting by Sea, and all accidents and
Excess hapning upon forcing the payment of Taxes, Tolls, and other Money by fortifying
of Cities, Castles, and places, impositions of Money and day-works, receipts of the same
Money, displacing of our Receivers, Farmers, and other Officers, establishing others
in their places, and of all Leagues, Dispatches and Negotiations made as well within as
without the Kingdom: and in general, of all that hath been done, deliberated, writ∣ten,
and ordained by the said Assembly and Councell, so that those who have given
their advice, signed, executed, caused to sign and execute the said Ordinances, Regle∣ments
and deliberations, shall not be prosecuted, or their Wives, Heirs and Successors,
now and for the time to come, though the particulars thereof be not amply declared.
And above all, perpetual silence is hereby commanded to our Procurators-General and
their Substitutes, and all those who may pretend to an interest therein, in what∣soever
fashion or manner it may be, notwithstanding all Decrees, Sentences, Judge∣ments,
Informations, and Procedures made to the contrary.
78. We further approve, allow, and authorize the Accounts which have been heard,
ballanced, and examined by the deputies of the said Assembly: willing and requiring
that the same, together with the acquittances and peices which have been rendred by
the Accomptants, be carried into our Chambers of Accompts at Paris, three Months af∣ter
the publication of this present Edict, and put into the hands of our Procurator-gene∣ral,
to be kept with the Books and Registers of our Chamber, to have there recourse to them
as often as shall be needfull, and they shall not be subject to review, nor the Accomptants
held in any kind liable to appearance or correction, except in case of omission of re∣ceipts
or false Acquittances: and we hereby impose silence upon our Procurator-gene∣rall,