Remonstrance of the Prince of Condé

cast upon him, cannot abide there in any way, but rather returns to those who threw it: yet he feels himself so obligated to the duty he owes as much to his own honor as to that of his associates, that he is resolved to employ all the means that God has placed and will place hereafter in his hand, to make the innocence of them all understood, not only to the people of France, but also to foreign nations: and to extend the memory of it even to all posterity. And because by the iniquitous and corrupt judgment rendered against him and those who accompany him, and by the manner in which one has used the said judgment, and even by the subversion of the justice of France carried out by his enemies, he knows well that the way of justice being closed to him, he could not by it cause the Edicts of the King to be observed, and consequently produce his innocence. For this reason he is compelled to have recourse to the extreme remedy of arms. Which, having in hand by the command of the Queen, together for his duty and office (considering the position he holds in this Kingdom), he will never lay down until he has rendered his King obeyed peacefully in all his lands, his Edicts observed there, and the innocence of the said Lord Prince and his associates manifestly recognized. And the said Lord declares that although those whose authority and command caused him to begin this enterprise might now come to allege their contrary advice and opinion: yet even if they change their will, he cannot change his: Just as he also cannot