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...will never be driven to fulfill their duty, unless you yourselves are the first to advise the Most Christian King A traditional title for the King of France that he should either reclaim the rights of his nation and his ancestors from those who authored the world's discord, or that they themselves should reclaim, as if from rebels, those temporal rights which they once granted to them. For he who delays in carrying out what is right must be compelled to it all the more, the higher the pinnacle of affairs in which he is engaged. Unless, however, you act as advisors to the Most Christian King, the very foundation of that reason—the key to which has been granted to you—will undoubtedly perish. For this [authority] was divinely established to this end: that it might be fully defended by the Most Christian Prince and the primary champion of Christ. Otherwise, Christ will never compel everyone to enter into his supper A reference to the Parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:23, often used historically to justify the use of secular power to enforce religious unity, and thus God would remain defrauded of his intention, unless through you God provides for the peace of the whole world. To you alone, however, it must be most clearly understood that it will be necessary, and that very soon, that