Crudelitas Gallica

and stripped of his rights to the revenues and income of said universities, if they have refused to offer aid and support against the aforementioned Preachers. He also decrees that all heads of families, women, widows, and other leaders of their households, see to it, each for their own part, that their wives, children, servants, or other dependents do not attend the aforementioned sermons, follow those Preachers, or their patrons and supporters: otherwise, the guilt will fall upon their own heads. Also, so that every occasion for sedition, error, and schism may be cut off. † The same Parliament also repeatedly exhorts all Prelates and Ecclesiastical persons of this territory, of whatever order and kind they may be, that each one, for his own part, reform himself within six months without further delay or hesitation, that each one diligently apply himself to his duty, and henceforth follow those customs, that garb, that manner of life and rule, and dispense Ecclesiastical goods as the holy Decrees and Canons prescribe. Otherwise, after that time, any method of remedy that will seem suitable for the preservation of the Royal Majesty and his Republic is authorized. He also decrees that the Delegates, to whom this province is assigned, inquire into the Judges and officials of this territory who have previously been seen to connive and pretend ignorance, and have not pursued such destructive crimes with judgment and punishment: so that the same Parliament may establish examples of terror and fear against such Judges and Officials. He also decrees that all

† This is the old song of the Papists, to deceive the simple, as if the old Canons and legitimate Synods were being attacked by us; if these were valid, by what right, after all, would a King-Cardinal reign, and what would be the authority of the Roman Bishop?

Judges and officials of this territory must inquire with the utmost care into those who have acted otherwise, and the acts must be sent to the King’s Procurator General, under penalty of an arbitrary fine against the negligent.