The French king's decree against Protestants, prohibiting them the exercise of their religion, &c. to which is added a brief and true account of the cruel persecution and inhumane oppressions of those of the reformed religion to make them abjure and apostatize : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of his Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh ... : also a letter from Father La Chese ... to Father Petre ... / newly translated from the French.

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The French king's decree against Protestants, prohibiting them the exercise of their religion, &c. to which is added a brief and true account of the cruel persecution and inhumane oppressions of those of the reformed religion to make them abjure and apostatize : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of his Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh ... : also a letter from Father La Chese ... to Father Petre ... / newly translated from the French.

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France.

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London :: Printed for the author and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster,

1689.

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Subject terms

Henry -- IV, -- King of France, 1553-1610.

France. -- Edit de Nantes.

Protestants -- France -- Early works to 1800.

Freedom of religion -- France -- Early works to 1800.

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"The French king's decree against Protestants, prohibiting them the exercise of their religion, &c. to which is added a brief and true account of the cruel persecution and inhumane oppressions of those of the reformed religion to make them abjure and apostatize : together with the form of abjuration the revolting Protestants are to subscribe and swear to, and a declaration of his Electoral Highness of Brandenburgh ... : also a letter from Father La Chese ... to Father Petre ... / newly translated from the French." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49221.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• decree
  • A Decree of the King, Prohibiting all Publick Ex∣ercise of the Pretended Reformed Religion in his Kingdom, wherein he Recalls and totally Annuls the perpetual and irrevocable Edict of King Henry IV, his Grandfather, given at Nantes, full of most gracious Concessions to Protestants.
  • notice of registration
• A Letter of the French KING to the Elector of Branden∣burgh, Sept. 6. 1666.
• A short Account of the Violent Proceedings, and unheard of Cruelties, which have been Exercised upon those of Montau∣ban, and which continue to be put in Practice in other Places, against those of the Reformed Religion in France, for to make them Renounce their Religion.
• A Letter sent from Bourdeaux, giving an Account of the Persecution of those of the Protestant Religion in France.
• An Extract of a Letter, containing some more Instances of the Cruel and Barbarous Ʋsage of the Protestants in France.
• Since the First Publishing of This, some further Particulars (repre∣senting the Horror of this Persecution) are come to hand; which take as follow:
• The Profession of the Catholick, Apostolick, and Roman Faith, which the Revolting Protestants in France are to Subscribe and Swear to.
• The Certificate which the Party Recanting, is to leave with the Priest, when he makes his Abjuration.
• A Declaration of the Elector of Brandenburg, in Favour of the French Protestants, who shall settle themselves in any of his Dominions.
• A Letter from Father La Chese, Confessor to the French King, to Fa∣ther Pere, Jesuit, and Great Almoner to the King of England, up∣on the Method or Rule he must observe with His Majesty, for the Con∣version of His Protestant Subjects.