HISTORY

OF THE

REFORMATION in France,

AND OF THE

Reformed CHURCHES in that Kingdom.

FROM

The First Beginnings of the REFORMATION,

TO THE

Repealing of the Edict of NANTZ.

WITH

An ACCOUNT of the late Perfecution of the French
Proteftants under Lewis XIV. Extracted out of
the best Authorities."

A WORK never before published.

Wherein the many Falfifications of the Jefuit Daniel,
Author of the Hiftory of France, in Matters relating
to Religion, are set forth in their full Light, and
proved by his own Quotations.

By the Reverend

STEPHEN ABEL LAVAL,
One of the Minifters of the United Chapels of Caftle-freet
and Berwick-ftreet.

VOL. III. The First Part.

LONDON:

Printed by H. WOOD FALL, for the AUTHOR.

MEA AOKK

THE

PREFACE.

T

HIS First Part of the Third Volume of our Hiftory of the Reformation in France, and of the Reformed Churches in that Kingdom, contains the most confiderable Events from the Peace of Amboije to Charles the Ninth's Death in 1574. It will feem furprifing that in a Book that promises the Hiftory of the Reformation one is continually to meet with Events having little or no Relation to Religion, most part of them being of a political Nature, fuch as Manifeftos, warlike Preparations, Sieges, Battles, Negociations of War and Peace, &c. But that flows of course from the State and Circumftances the Reformed were in, in France.

Reformation had been fettled in that Kingdom as much out of a political View, as out of any other Motive. CATHERINE of MEDICIS aimed at being abfolute Mistress of the Government,

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