Response à un ligueur, masqué du nom de catholique Anglois

the bastard of Normandy, and rendered almost a desert by the divisions of the houses of York and Lancaster, and that it was not at all religion that caused this sickness, but rather the ambition of those who were not content with their limits and who wished to encroach upon the territory of others. One can say as much of our France, which was reduced to great extremity, primarily in the time of Louis the Pious, when our Holy Father of Rome incited the sons against the father. It has been very sick several times since, but above all the attack was long and violent in the time of the quarrels of the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, which gave entry to those of your nation to conquer more than three-quarters of our Kingdom. And on the contrary, one has seen peace in your Kingdom since the accession of this Queen who is not of our religion, and in France one has seen it as well every time that one has not harassed the Huguenots, who do not deny any of the rights of the King and live peacefully, provided that one does not assault them to take away the freedom of their conscience.

The Huguenot relatives and friends with whom we have communicated have told us, in passing, a word in jest. It is that all your similes and metaphors have to do with medicine, and that in order to continue them well