A German diet, or, The ballance of Europe wherein the power and vveaknes ... of all the kingdoms and states of Christendom are impartially poiz'd : at a solemn convention of som German princes in sundry elaborat orations pro & con ... / by James Howell, Esq.
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             A German diet, or, The ballance of Europe wherein the power and vveaknes ... of all the kingdoms and states of Christendom are impartially poiz'd : at a solemn convention of som German princes in sundry elaborat orations pro & con ... / by James Howell, Esq.
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               Heic
               tutus
               obumbror
            
             
               Symbol
               .
               Auth.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           GERMAN
           DIET
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           BALLANCE
           OF
           EUROPE
           .
           WHEREIN
           The
           
             
               Power
               and
               VVeaknes
            
             
               Glory
               and
               Reproch
            
             
               Vertues
               and
               Vices
            
             
               Plenty
               and
               VVant
            
             
               Advantages
               and
               Defects
            
             
               Antiquity
               and
               Modernes
            
          
           Of
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           of
           Christendom
           are
           impartially
           poiz'd
           .
           At
           a
           solemn
           Convention
           of
           som
           German
           Princes
           in
           sundry
           Elaborat
           Orations
           
             Pro
             &
             Con.
          
           
        
         
           Made
           fit
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           By
           
             Iames
             Howell
          
           Esq.
           
        
         
           
             Senesco
             ,
             non
             Segnesco
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           HUMPHREY
           MOSELEY
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Prince's
           Armes
           in
           Saint
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1653.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONORABLE
           ,
           AND
           The
           most
           accomplishd
           LORD
           ,
           JOHN
           ,
           EARLE
           of
           CLARE
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           brain
           was
           a
           good
           while
           in
           labor
           before
           it
           could
           produce
           a
           Resolution
           ,
           to
           whom
           of
           those
           Noble
           Personages
           I
           have
           the
           honor
           to
           wait
           upon
           somtimes
           I
           shold
           most
           properly
           addresse
           this
           Piece
           in
           point
           of
           Dedication
           :
           At
           last
           ,
           my
           thoughts
           reflecting
           upon
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           did
           there
           acquiesce
           and
           settle
           .
           Nor
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           will
           any
           knowing
           Soul
           question
           my
           judgment
           in
           this
           Election
           ,
           considering
           how
           excellently
           your
           Lordship
           is
           versd
           in
           the
           Customes
           ,
           Conditions
           and
           Languages
           of
           divers
           Nations
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           scope
           and
           subject
           of
           these
           Criticall
           Orations
           ,
           though
           running
           in
           a
           new
           untrodden
           way
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           the
           Orators
           here
           being
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Noblemen
           ,
           wherof
           those
           of
           Germany
           are
           esteemd
           to
           be
           of
           the
           
           ancientst
           Extraction
           and
           purest
           Allaye
           of
           any
           in
           Europe
           ,
           being
           those
           who
           yet
           retain
           their
           first
           integrity
           as
           Machiavill
           confesseth
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Orators
           here
           being
           all
           Peers
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           not
           incongruous
           to
           present
           their
           Conceptions
           to
           a
           Personage
           of
           their
           own
           rank
           ,
           that
           Patronus
           might
           be
           
             par
             Operi
          
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           main
           design
           of
           this
           application
           to
           your
           Lordship
           was
           to
           divulge
           my
           gratitude
           for
           the
           frequent
           noble
           respects
           I
           receave
           within
           your
           walls
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           present
           times
           may
           bear
           witnes
           ,
           but
           future
           Ages
           may
           find
           it
           allso
           upon
           Record
           (
           in
           this
           small
           Monument
           )
           how
           much
           I
           am
           (
           and
           was
           )
        
         
           
             My
             Highly
             Honored
             Lord
             ,
             Your
             most
             humble
             ,
             and
             truly
             devoted
             Servitor
             ,
             Iames
             Howell
             .
          
           
             London
             
               3
               0
               Idus
               Junii
               ,
               1653.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Discerning
           Reader
           ,
           whether
           Home-bred
           ,
           or
           broken
           in
           the
           World
           abroad
           .
        
         
           AS
           Fire
           is
           comonly
           struck
           by
           concussion
           of
           Flint
           and
           Steel
           ,
           which
           are
           two
           differing
           bodies
           ;
           So
           Truth
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Child
             of
             Light
          
           ,
           as
           also
           Knowledg
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Child
             of
             Truth
          
           use
           to
           break
           out
           ,
           and
           appeer
           more
           conspicuous
           by
           contest
           of
           Argument
           ,
           and
           the
           clashing
           of
           discrepant
           Opinions
           :
           It
           was
           the
           first
           Dessein
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Method
           of
           this
           Work
           all
           along
           ,
           which
           descants
           by
           way
           of
           contraries
           and
           altercations
           upon
           the
           humors
           of
           all
           the
           European
           Nations
           :
           Som
           of
           these
           Orations
           (
           in
           point
           of
           matter
           )
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           Sugar
           dissolv'd
           in
           Oyl
           ,
           Others
           Salt
           mingled
           with
           Pepper
           and
           som
           dashes
           of
           Vineger
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           
             Sal
             Momi
          
           ,
           but
           
             Sal
             Mercurii
          
           ,
           ther
           is
           nothing
           here
           scurrilous
           or
           favouring
           of
           malice
           ;
           the
           dirt
           which
           is
           thrown
           here
           is
           like
           the
           dirt
           of
           Oysters
           ,
           which
           rather
           cleanseth
           then
           contaminats
           :
           We
           all
           are
           Coppies
           of
           Adam
           the
           Prototype
           ,
           Infirmities
           are
           entail'd
           upon
           us
           by
           a
           Conveyance
           drawn
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           therfore
           it
           must
           not
           be
           expected
           that
           Man
           shold
           be
           better
           out
           of
           Paradis
           ,
           then
           when
           he
           was
           in
           't
           :
           Ther
           is
           neither
           Horse
           ,
           nor
           Humane
           Creture
           so
           good
           but
           is
           subject
           to
           stumbling
           ,
           and
           that
           stumbling
           may
           make
           him
           afterwards
           go
           faster
           and
           stronger
           in
           the
           road
           of
           Vertu
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           an
           old
           French
           Poet
           
             Iean
             Clopinel
             or
             de
             Meung
          
           who
           was
           a
           great
           Satyrist
           ,
           his
           Pen
           was
           like
           the
           dart
           of
           Death
           ,
           it
           spar'd
           none
           ;
           and
           having
           fallen
           foul
           upon
           the
           Queen's
           Maydes
           of
           Honor
           for
           their
           wantones
           in
           these
           two
           verses
           which
           were
           fix'd
           upon
           the
           dore
           of
           the
           back
           staires
           .
        
         
           
             
               Toutes
               estes
               ,
               serez
               ,
               ou
               futes
            
             
               De
               fait
               on
               de
               volonte
               Puttes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Yee
               are
               ,
               or
               will
               be
               ,
               or
               have
               bin
            
             
               All
               Whores
               in
               Act
               ,
               or
               Thought
               of
               Sin.
               
            
          
        
         
           Complaint
           being
           made
           herof
           ,
           
             Iean
             de
             Meung
          
           was
           deliver'd
           over
           for
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           Maydes
           ,
           who
           having
           got
           him
           bound
           to
           a
           post
           to
           be
           whip'd
           ,
           he
           sayed
           ,
           Noble
           Ladies
           ,
           Let
           me
           desire
           but
           one
           boon
           of
           you
           before
           you
           fall
           to
           execution
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           ,
           That
           She
           of
           you
           which
           finds
           her self
           most
           guilty
           wold
           give
           me
           the
           first
           lash
           :
           Therupon
           they
           fell
           gazing
           one
           upon
           another
           ,
           and
           none
           wold
           begin
           ;
           so
           the
           Poet
           scap'd
           .
           The
           application
           herof
           is
           easy
           if
           it
           be
           made
           to
           relate
           to
           the
           Countreys
           of
           Europe
           :
           We
           read
           the
           Queen
           of
           Bewty
           herself
           had
           a
           Mole
           ,
           and
           Queen
           Anne
           of
           Bullen
           had
           a
           Wren
           upon
           her
           Neck
           ,
           to
           hide
           which
           ,
           Ruffs
           were
           brought
           first
           in
           fashion
           .
           So
           the
           best
           Region
           and
           fayrest
           City
           on
           earth
           have
           their
           blemishes
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           those
           frailties
           which
           are
           thus
           hereditary
           to
           Mankind
           ;
           ther
           is
           nothing
           contributs
           more
           to
           the
           propagation
           &
           practise
           of
           them
           then
           diversity
           of
           Opinions
           and
           Caprichios
           of
           the
           Brain
           ,
           which
           are
           infinit
           ;
           And
           how
           can
           it
           be
           otherwise
           ?
           for
           if
           out
           of
           24.
           letters
           only
           in
           the
           Alphabet
           so
           many
           millions
           of
           differing
           words
           may
           be
           fram'd
           ,
           and
           if
           these
           two
           Verses
           alone
           (
           which
           relate
           to
           Good
           and
           Bad
           according
           to
           the
           subject
           of
           the
           Book
           )
        
         
           
             
             
               Rex
               ,
               lex
               ,
               Grex
               ,
               Res
               ,
               spes
               ,
               Ius
               ,
               thus
               ,
               sal
               ,
               sol
               ,
               
                 (
                 bona
              
               )
               lux
               ,
               laus
               ,
            
             
               Mars
               ,
               Mors
               ,
               sors
               ,
               fraus
               ,
               fex
               ,
               styx
               ,
               nox
               ,
               crux
               ,
               pus
               
                 (
                 mala
              
               )
               vis
               ,
               lis
               ;
            
          
        
         
           I
           say
           if
           so
           few
           words
           (
           and
           we
           know
           words
           are
           the
           Indexes
           of
           the
           mind
           )
           may
           be
           varyed
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           bin
           tryed
           )
           to
           nere
           upon
           four
           millions
           of
           Verses
           ,
           how
           many
           variations
           of
           Crochets
           and
           Opinions
           must
           then
           the
           boyling
           braines
           of
           so
           many
           millions
           of
           men
           be
           subject
           unto
           ?
           To
           this
           may
           be
           ascribed
           the
           miseries
           and
           distempers
           of
           most
           Countreys
           ,
           especially
           the
           rents
           and
           heresies
           in
           Religion
           ,
           wherof
           som
           peeple
           have
           so
           many
           that
           they
           need
           not
           pray
           ,
           
             Adauge
             Fidem
             nostram
          
           ,
           (
           
             Lord
             increase
             our
             Faith
          
           )
           but
           rather
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             decrease
             our
             Faiths
          
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           many
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           England
           deserves
           to
           have
           a
           fillip
           upon
           the
           nose
           for
           this
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           these
           alternative
           Orations
           treat
           of
           the
           humors
           of
           Nations
           ,
           so
           they
           do
           also
           of
           the
           quality
           of
           their
           Countreys
           .
           They
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           France
           hath
           the
           best
           Granary
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
             England
          
           the
           fattest
           
             Kitchin
             ,
             Spain
          
           the
           best
           
             Exchequer
             ,
             Italy
          
           the
           richest
           
             Wardrobe
             ,
             Germany
          
           the
           best
           
             Woodyard
             ,
             Holland
          
           the
           best
           Dayrie
           ,
           &c.
           
           They
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           som
           Countreys
           compar'd
           to
           others
           are
           like
           Gold
           compar'd
           to
           Silver
           ,
           others
           as
           Silver
           compar'd
           to
           brasse
           :
           as
           Ireland
           to
           England
           is
           as
           Silver
           in
           point
           of
           value
           to
           Gold
           which
           requires
           12.
           ounces
           for
           one
           ,
           and
           Scotland
           to
           England
           is
           as
           Brasse
           to
           Silver
           which
           requires
           100.
           ounces
           for
           one
           in
           proportion
           of
           intrinsique
           value
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           that
           one
           may
           say
           the
           Union
           'twixt
           England
           and
           Scotland
           was
           like
           Oil
           mingled
           with
           Vineger
           :
           They
           will
           tell
           you
           also
           that
           som
           Countreys
           are
           so
           perfect
           that
           they
           are
           created
           to
           preserve
           themselfs
           only
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           propagat
           ,
           as
           England
           with
           her
           Concomitant
           Provinces
           ;
           Others
           to
           plant
           abroad
           and
           expand
           themselfs
           ,
           as
           Spain
           with
           her
           Dominions
           ;
           Others
           to
           be
           Umpires
           and
           Arbitrators
           among
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           for
           their
           fit
           posture
           ,
           as
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Popes
           Territories
           ,
           the
           first
           being
           seated
           about
           the
           midst
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           running
           through
           the
           midst
           of
           Italy
           ;
           Others
           are
           unhappily
           placed
           'twixt
           two
           Neighbours
           more
           potent
           then
           themselfs
           ,
           as
           Savoy
           and
           Lorain
           ,
           the
           one
           being
           seated
           'twixt
           the
           Emperour
           and
           France
           ,
           the
           other
           'twixt
           France
           and
           the
           dominions
           of
           Spain
           in
           Italy
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           cannot
           make
           a
           legg
           to
           the
           one
           but
           they
           must
           pull
           off
           their
           hatts
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           They
           will
           also
           tell
           you
           how
           some
           peeple
           are
           so
           
             fiery
             mouth'd
          
           that
           they
           must
           be
           ridd
           with
           a
           bitt
           as
           the
           Napolitan
           and
           French
           ,
           &c.
           whereas
           a
           small
           Snaffle
           will
           serve
           others
           ,
           fearing
           that
           if
           they
           cast
           their
           Rider
           they
           may
           fall
           from
           bad
           to
           worse
           ,
           as
           the
           Castillian
           ,
           the
           Savoyard
           ,
           the
           Venetian
           ,
           and
           Florentine
           .
           —
        
         
           Touching
           the
           perfecting
           of
           this
           Work
           ,
           ther
           were
           Stones
           fetch'd
           from
           many
           Quarries
           (
           whereof
           the
           learned
           and
           well-read
           Lansius
           affoorded
           most
           )
           which
           were
           pil'd
           up
           to
           compile
           this
           fabrique
           .
           Now
           ,
           I
           impos'd
           upon
           my self
           this
           task
           for
           the
           demulsions
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           delude
           those
           tedious
           howers
           and
           turbid
           intervalls
           which
           the
           contemplation
           of
           these
           sad
           disjointed
           times
           makes
           many
           subject
           unto
           besides
           my self
           ,
           specially
           those
           active
           spiritts
           who
           having
           bin
           formerly
           in
           Employment
           who
           lead
           now
           a
           sedentary
           and
           umbraticall
           life
           ;
           So
           I
           wish
           that
           this
           Peece
           may
           produce
           the
           same
           effects
           in
           the
           Reader
           as
           it
           did
           in
           the
           Writer
           .
        
         
           —
           Sic
           Tempus
           adulor
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             The
             names
             of
             the
             Princes
             and
             Orators
             who
             conven'd
             upon
             this
             Occasion
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             THe
             Duke
             of
             Wirtemberg
             ,
             and
             Teccia
             ,
             Count
             of
             Mountpelgard
             ,
             &c.
             
             Lord
             President
             of
             the
             Assembly
             make
             the
             Proeme
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Francis
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
               ,
               Angaria
            
             ,
             and
             Westphalia
             ,
             &c.
             pleads
             for
             Germany
             High
             and
             Low.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Lord
             Wilhelm
             of
             Retwiz
             pleads
             against
             Germany
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Lord
             
               Ioachim
               Ernest
            
             Duke
             of
             Sleswick
             ,
             and
             Holstein
             pleads
             for
             France
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Lord
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             D.
             of
             Saxony
             declaims
             against
             France
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Lord
             
               George
               Fredrique
            
             Baron
             of
             Limburg
             declaims
             for
             Spain
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             The
             Lord
             Magnus
             Duke
             of
             Wirtemberg
             declaims
             against
             Spain
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Lord
             George
             Baron
             of
             Stubenberg
             replies
             for
             Spain
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Lord
             Wolfangus
             Baron
             of
             Stubenberg
             declaims
             for
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Lord
             
               Daniel
               Bensin
            
             declaims
             against
             
               England
               ,
               Ireland
            
             and
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             Lord
             Maximilian
             of
             Mesch
             pleades
             for
             Poland
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             The
             Lord
             Axelius
             of
             Goerholm
             declaims
             against
             Poland
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             Lord
             Albert
             Baron
             of
             Limburg
             pleades
             for
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             Lord
             Schafeliski
             declaims
             against
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             The
             Lord
             
               Laurentius
               Bensin
            
             pleades
             for
             Italy
             ,
             the
             Popedom
             ,
             Repub
             :
             of
             Venice
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             Lord
             
               George
               Rolderer
            
             declaims
             against
             Italy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Result
           of
           all
           these
           Declamations
           ,
           and
           Rising
           up
           of
           the
           Assembly
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Knowing
           Reader
           upon
           the
           Subject
           of
           these
           Princely
           Orations
           .
        
         
           
             AXIOM
             .
             Contraria
             juxta
             se
             posita
             magis
             elucescunt
             .
          
        
         
           
             BLack
             sidelong
             putt
             ,
             or
             standing
             opposite
          
           
             Doth
             use
             to
             add
             more
             lustre
             unto
             White
             ;
          
           
             A
             Perl
             shine's
             brighter
             in
             a
             Negro's
             ear
             ,
          
           
             Som
             Ladies
             look
             more
             fair
             who
             Patches
             wear
             ;
          
           
             So
             Vice
             ,
             if
             counterplac'd
             ,
             or
             seated
             neer
          
           
             Makes
             Vertu
             shew
             more
             lovely
             ,
             strong
             ,
             and
             cleer
             .
          
           
             This
             Book
             hath
             Vice
             and
             
               Vertu
               ,
               White
            
             and
             Black
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             as
             a
             Crystall
             Glasse
             fo●…l'd
             on
             the
             Back
             ▪
          
           
             'T
             is
             like
             a
             Chessboard
             (
             Or
             an
             Ermins
             skin
             )
          
           
             Checkquer'd
             with
             two
             Extremes
             both
             Out
             and
             In
             ,
          
           
             It
             weighs
             and
             winnowe's
             Good
             from
             Bad
             which
             any
          
           
             Of
             Europe's
             Kingdom
             's
             have
             (
             and
             they
             have
             many
             .
             )
          
           
             Now
             ,
             if
             those
             purer
             Regions
             of
             the
             Sky
          
           
             Where
             ev'ry
             Star's
             a
             perfect
             Monarchy
             ;
          
           
             If
             the
             bright
             Moon
             ,
             and
             glorious
             Sun
             above
          
           
             Have
             
               Spotts
               and
               Motes
            
             ,
             as
             Opticks
             Organs
             prove
             ,
          
           
             How
             then
             can
             these
             grosse
             Earthly
             Regions
             bee
             ,
          
           
             And
             we
             that
             peeple
             them
             ,
             from
             taintures
             free
             ?
          
           
             This
             were
             for
             US
             to
             arrogat
             that
             blisse
          
           
             Which
             ADAM
             could
             not
             keep
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             H.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           An
           Advertisement
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           WHeras
           there
           are
           various
           Quotations
           here
           out
           of
           sundry
           Forren
           Authors
           in
           their
           own
           Language
           ,
           you
           may
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           that
           they
           are
           rendred
           into
           English
           all
           along
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           fall
           under
           the
           Capacity
           of
           any
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Humphrey
             Moseley
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           FREDERIQUE
           ,
           DUKE
           OF
           WIRTEMBERG
           ,
           &c.
           Appointed
           Lord
           President
           ,
           and
           Proloquutor
           of
           the
           Diet
           ,
           HIS
           PROEME
           ,
           OR
           INTRODUCTORY
           Oration
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Princes
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             ,
             and
             High-borne
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           HOW
           joyfull
           am
           I
           to
           see
           this
           day
           !
           O
           ,
           how
           happy
           I
           am
           to
           behold
           this
           glorious
           Assembly
           !
           What
           a
           high
           Honour
           is
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           it
           !
           Specially
           being
           met
           upon
           such
           a
           brave
           Designe
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           as
           to
           render
           a
           voluntary
           free
           account
           of
           our
           forreigne
           Peregrinations
           ;
           to
           discover
           what
           we
           have
           observ'd
           most
           memorable
           abroad
           :
           And
           to
           do
           this
           with
           such
           a
           latitude
           of
           liberty
           ,
           that
           our
           hearts
           and
           tongues
           may
           be
           Relatives
           ,
           they
           may
           go
           together
           all
           along
           ;
           It
           being
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           this
           Noble
           Consistory
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           may
           deliver
           and
           descant
           upon
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           apprehension
           of
           danger
           ,
           or
           giving
           any
           distast
           ,
           what
           he
           hath
           met
           withall
           most
           remarkable
           in
           other
           Countries
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           own
           ,
           either
           in
           point
           of
           Morality
           ,
           or
           Military
           Discipline
           ;
           either
           referring
           to
           their
           Vertues
           ,
           or
           Vices
           ,
           their
           Poverty
           ,
           or
           Wealth
           ,
           their
           weaknesse
           ,
           or
           strength
           ,
           their
           policy
           ,
           or
           misgovernment
           .
           And
           so
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Province
           he
           hath
           undertaken
           ,
           to
           vent
           his
           Conceptions
           ,
           and
           passe
           his
           Judgment
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           China
           ,
           a
           Potent
           ,
           and
           Eagle-ey'd
           People
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           nearest
           Neighbours
           to
           the
           
             Rising
             Sun
          
           of
           any
           upon
           this
           side
           of
           the
           Hemisphear
           ,
           are
           reported
           to
           have
           such
           a
           haughty
           conceit
           of
           themselves
           ,
           that
           beholding
           all
           other
           
           Nations
           with
           a
           Supercilious
           disdainfull
           Countenance
           ,
           they
           magnifie
           and
           extoll
           their
           own
           ,
           contemning
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           Man-kind
           ,
           as
           an
           inferiour
           and
           ignorant
           Race
           of
           rationall
           Creatures
           ,
           which
           appeares
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           proverbiall
           Saying
           they
           have
           common
           amongst
           them
           :
           
             That
             the
             Chineses
             have
             two
             eyes
             ,
             the
             Europaeans
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             is
             blind
             .
          
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           cannot
           deny
           but
           the
           people
           of
           China
           ,
           or
           Sina
           ,
           more
           properly
           the
           true
           Appellation
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           being
           Sinarum
           ,
           or
           
             Tzinarum
             Regio
          
           ,
           may
           be
           an
           ingenious
           progeny
           of
           men
           :
           They
           may
           be
           exquisite
           Artists
           ,
           as
           we
           finde
           by
           their
           Manufactures
           ;
           They
           may
           also
           have
           good
           Intellectuals
           ,
           and
           forecasts
           in
           framing
           wholesome
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           Politicall
           Constitutions
           ,
           for
           the
           safe
           and
           peacefull
           Government
           of
           that
           huge
           tract
           of
           Earth
           ,
           which
           is
           estimated
           to
           be
           in
           one
           intire
           peece
           ,
           eight
           times
           as
           big
           as
           the
           whole
           Continent
           of
           France
           .
           Yet
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           they
           have
           two
           Lawes
           which
           favour
           not
           so
           much
           of
           Prudence
           and
           Rationability
           .
           The
           first
           ,
           an
           Inhibition
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           their
           Natives
           must
           travell
           abroad
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           loosing
           one
           of
           his
           eyes
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           that
           no
           Forreigner
           be
           permitted
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           except
           onely
           Ambassadours
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           they
           also
           must
           be
           carried
           hoodwink'd
           all
           along
           from
           the
           Marine
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           though
           the
           Chineses
           in
           other
           things
           may
           haply
           be
           wise
           ,
           and
           Argc-ey'd
           (
           who
           was
           all
           eye
           )
           yet
           herein
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           as
           blind
           as
           Buzzards
           ,
           and
           their
           Noddles
           to
           be
           as
           flat
           as
           their
           Noses
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           peculiar
           shape
           they
           have
           above
           all
           other
           people
           :
           for
           these
           restrictive
           Lawes
           are
           repugnant
           to
           common
           humanity
           ;
           They
           destroy
           the
           
             magna
             charta
          
           ,
           the
           grand
           Ordinance
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           injoynes
           mankind
           in
           generall
           to
           endeare
           themselves
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           by
           reciprocall
           Offices
           of
           benevolence
           and
           love
           ,
           of
           Charity
           and
           Compassion
           ,
           of
           comfort
           ,
           and
           mutual
           Commerce
           .
           Such
           a
           dotage
           as
           this
           seem'd
           to
           have
           sez'd
           upon
           Lycurgus
           and
           Plato
           in
           point
           of
           Opinion
           :
           The
           furr'd
           Muscovit
           ,
           and
           frozen
           Russe
           is
           possess'd
           also
           with
           it
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           oh
           immortall
           Gods
           !
           what
           Infatuation
           ,
           or
           Frenzy
           rather
           transports
           this
           people
           so
           far
           from
           the
           dictates
           of
           reason
           ?
           What
           a
           transcendent
           presumption
           is
           it
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           invade
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           Capitoll
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           violate
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           divine
           Providence
           :
           For
           we
           well
           know
           that
           God
           Almighty
           himselfe
           ,
           by
           the
           mouth
           of
           his
           Chancellour
           Moses
           ,
           hath
           commanded
           
             Peregrinos
             non
             minui
             ac
             Cives
             benignè
             habendos
             esse
             :
          
           That
           strangers
           should
           be
           as
           gently
           intreated
           ,
           as
           the
           Natives
           themselves
           .
           Moreover
           there
           is
           a
           Sanction
           published
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           love
           thy
           Neighbour
           as
           thy selfe
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           Nature
           her selfe
           doth
           dictate
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           man
           hath
           the
           least
           share
           in
           his
           own
           Nativity
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           born
           to
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           a
           communicable
           Creature
           ,
           born
           to
           benefit
           others
           :
           Therefore
           that
           Custome
           and
           Constitution
           of
           China
           is
           dissonant
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Creator
           ,
           the
           dictates
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           disagreeable
           to
           humane
           reason
           .
           Now
           whom
           shal
           we
           give
           credit
           unto
           ,
           the
           eternall
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           Policy
           of
           these
           men
           ?
           For
           ,
           if
           as
           the
           Canon
           goes
           ,
           
             de
             Imperatoris
             judicio
             disputare
             sacrilegij
             instar
             est
             ,
          
           If
           to
           dispute
           of
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           Emperour
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           Sacriledge
           ,
           what
           Trespasse
           ,
           what
           Piacle
           ,
           what
           a
           flagitious
           Crime
           are
           they
           guilty
           of
           ,
           who
           doubt
           of
           the
           verity
           of
           divine
           Oracles
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Imperiall
           Decree
           of
           
             Gratianus
             ,
             Valentinianus
          
           ,
           and
           Theodosius
           ,
           confirm'd
           by
           all
           their
           Successors
           ,
           
             Qui
             Divinae
             legis
             sanctitatem
             aut
             nesciendo
             ●…mittunt
             ,
             aut
             negligendo
             violant
             &
             offendunt
             ,
             sacrilegium
             committunt
             :
          
           Whosoever
           doth
           by
           ignorance
           omit
           ,
           or
           by
           negligence
           infringe
           ,
           or
           offend
           the
           Sanctity
           of
           the
           divine
           Law
           ,
           commits
           Sacriledge
           .
           Therefore
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Chineses
           are
           Sacrilegious
           ,
           that
           the
           Muscovits
           are
           likewise
           so
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           Adherents
           ,
           who
           unlesse
           they
           would
           go
           about
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Rationall
           Creature
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           would
           extinguish
           all
           the
           sparkles
           of
           Charity
           ,
           would
           not
           put
           in
           practise
           so
           absurd
           a
           Law.
           For
           it
           stops
           the
           Channels
           ,
           and
           choakes
           up
           the
           Cisternes
           of
           all
           Hospitality
           ,
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Humanity
           ;
           it
           utterly
           subverts
           all
           increase
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           all
           mutuall
           Offices
           of
           love
           ,
           all
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           all
           improvement
           of
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           plenty
           ,
           all
           intercourse
           of
           Kindnesse
           ,
           and
           Civility
           among
           the
           Children
           of
           Adam
           .
           For
           ,
           in
           my
           judgment
           ,
           this
           whole
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           
           then
           the
           Native
           Country
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           men
           :
           It
           is
           but
           one
           common
           City
           ,
           Domicile
           and
           Habitation
           .
           Therefore
           that
           Saying
           of
           Socrates
           was
           a
           true
           Philosophicall
           one
           ;
           when
           being
           askt
           what
           Country-man
           he
           was
           ,
           he
           answer'd
           ,
           
             I
             am
             a
             Cosmopolite
          
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           Citizen
           ,
           or
           free
           Denizon
           of
           the
           World.
           For
           what
           an
           Indignity
           is
           it
           to
           Captivate
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           ,
           which
           Heaven
           can
           scarce
           hold
           ,
           to
           one
           territory
           or
           clod
           of
           Earth
           ?
           What
           an
           injustice
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Volatils
           of
           the
           Aire
           should
           have
           such
           liberty
           to
           flye
           ,
           and
           the
           Fish
           of
           the
           Sea
           to
           swim
           where
           they
           please
           without
           controulement
           ,
           or
           interruption
           ,
           and
           that
           man
           ,
           who
           by
           divine
           Charter
           is
           Lord
           of
           all
           Elementary
           Creatures
           ,
           should
           be
           confin'd
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           one
           poor
           tract
           of
           ground
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           as
           those
           high
           Ethereall
           ,
           and
           heavenly
           bodies
           above
           delight
           in
           motion
           ,
           so
           among
           men
           all
           generous
           and
           noble
           Spirits
           should
           take
           pleasure
           in
           Peregrination
           ;
           they
           should
           make
           truce
           with
           their
           domestick
           Affaires
           ,
           ask
           their
           Parents
           blessing
           ,
           embrace
           their
           Kindred
           ,
           bid
           their
           Friends
           farewell
           ,
           and
           shake
           hands
           a
           while
           with
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           World
           abroad
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Customes
           ,
           and
           Carriage
           of
           other
           people
           ,
           to
           pry
           into
           their
           Lawes
           and
           Government
           ,
           to
           their
           Policy
           and
           waies
           of
           preservation
           ,
           to
           attain
           unto
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           Language
           ,
           to
           convert
           every
           good
           thing
           they
           see
           into
           wholesome
           juice
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           future
           benefit
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           ;
           to
           learn
           how
           to
           converse
           with
           all
           people
           :
           For
           the
           French
           have
           no
           improper
           saying
           ,
           
             Un
             honneste
             homme
             est
             un
             homme
             mesle
             ,
          
           an
           honest
           ,
           or
           wise
           man
           ,
           is
           a
           mixt
           man
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           one
           who
           hath
           something
           in
           him
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           knowledge
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Truely
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           discover
           unto
           you
           the
           most
           Intrinsick
           thoughts
           of
           my
           Soule
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           Opinion
           that
           it
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           degenerous
           thing
           ,
           for
           any
           gentile
           Spirit
           to
           sit
           still
           at
           home
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           lurking
           in
           the
           Chimny
           corner
           ,
           &
           be
           so
           indulgent
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           see
           the
           World
           abroad
           .
           Nay
           ,
           a
           noble
           mind
           should
           resolve
           with
           himselfe
           to
           undergo
           any
           injury
           of
           the
           Elements
           ,
           any
           roughnesse
           of
           waies
           ,
           any
           difficulty
           of
           passage
           ,
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           forreigne
           Nations
           ;
           he
           should
           presently
           get
           his
           Bills
           of
           exchange
           ,
           or
           Letters
           of
           credit
           ,
           settle
           his
           Servants
           ,
           call
           for
           his
           Boots
           and
           Spurs
           ,
           put
           his
           Sword
           by
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           mount
           a
           Horseback
           ,
           being
           invited
           thereunto
           by
           so
           many
           noble
           examples
           ,
           specially
           by
           yours
           ,
           most
           Illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           such
           exuberant
           fruits
           of
           your
           Peregrinations
           ,
           whereof
           all
           Germany
           your
           deare
           Country
           is
           like
           to
           make
           such
           a
           mighty
           benefit
           .
           For
           I
           know
           there
           is
           none
           of
           you
           here
           ,
           but
           ,
           as
           the
           Prince
           of
           Poets
           speakes
           of
           Ulisses
           ,
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           You
           have
           seen
           the
           manners
           of
           millions
           of
           men
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           magnificent
           Cities
           ,
           Castles
           ,
           Fortifications
           ,
           and
           Palaces
           .
           Touching
           my selfe
           ,
           though
           I
           do
           not
           travell
           in
           body
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           yet
           in
           a
           contemplative
           way
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           wings
           of
           Fancy
           I
           daily
           passe
           through
           ,
           and
           measure
           with
           my
           thoughts
           all
           those
           most
           flourishing
           Kingdomes
           of
           Europe
           I
           once
           perlustrated
           with
           my
           eyes
           :
           I
           travel
           still
           in
           my
           imagination
           ,
           and
           nothing
           is
           so
           delightfull
           unto
           me
           ,
           as
           the
           Ideas
           of
           those
           various
           Objects
           I
           have
           seen
           abroad
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           there
           are
           some
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           too
           many
           ,
           who
           abuse
           this
           excellent
           benefit
           of
           forreigne
           Travell
           :
           if
           they
           have
           but
           once
           saluted
           France
           ,
           they
           return
           altogether
           Frenchified
           ;
           If
           they
           have
           eaten
           their
           bread
           a
           while
           tother
           side
           the
           Alpes
           ,
           they
           come
           back
           altogether
           Italianated
           :
           if
           they
           have
           cross'd
           the
           Pyrenies
           ,
           they
           return
           altogether
           Spanioliz'd
           :
           They
           force
           themselves
           by
           affected
           and
           fanstastick
           postures
           and
           gestures
           ,
           to
           imitate
           forreigne
           Fashions
           ,
           by
           their
           Garb
           ,
           their
           Cloathes
           ,
           their
           Speech
           ;
           they
           would
           shew
           themselves
           Travellers
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           Histrionicall
           ,
           Mimick
           way
           ,
           like
           Actors
           or
           Comedians
           upon
           a
           Stage
           ,
           whose
           part
           is
           to
           represent
           others
           ;
           They
           seem
           to
           slight
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           to
           scorn
           the
           Manners
           ,
           the
           Custome
           ,
           and
           Behaviour
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           .
           Such
           a
           Caprichious
           Traveller
           ,
           or
           Stage
           Player
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             More
          
           ,
           that
           Golden
           English
           Knight
           ,
           
           hath
           accurately
           set
           forth
           in
           his
           own
           Colours
           in
           that
           witty
           facetious
           Epigram
           ,
           which
           I
           beleive
           is
           not
           unknown
           to
           any
           of
           this
           Illustrious
           Auditory
           .
        
         
           Amicus
           &
           sodalis
           est
           Lalus
           mihi
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           person
           of
           Lalus
           this
           renowned
           Chancellor
           displayes
           a
           phantastick
           Travellor
           ,
           or
           Landloper
           rather
           ;
           who
           having
           breathed
           a
           while
           the
           ayre
           of
           France
           ,
           returned
           all
           metamorphozed
           ,
           and
           Frenchifield
           in
           the
           motion
           of
           his
           members
           ,
           in
           the
           accent
           of
           his
           words
           ,
           in
           the
           tone
           of
           his
           voyce
           :
           He
           was
           become
           ,
           
             Ex
             Brittanno
             Gallus
          
           ,
           or
           Capus
           ;
           he
           came
           home
           all
           transvers'd
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           his
           braine
           ,
           but
           in
           his
           body
           and
           bones
           ,
           having
           haply
           left
           a
           snip
           of
           the
           Nose
           he
           carryed
           with
           him
           ,
           behinde
           him
           .
           Such
           sort
           of
           Lalie's
           ,
           such
           Capons
           are
           most
           worthy
           of
           Cybeles
           Priesthood
           (
           whose
           Flamins
           were
           Hermaphrodites
           ,
           or
           Capons
           )
           we
           finde
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Germany
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           Spanish
           mares
           use
           to
           conceive
           sometimes
           by
           the
           gentle
           breezes
           of
           a
           Southerly
           Favonian
           winde
           ,
           but
           the
           colts
           they
           bring
           forth
           ,
           presently
           languish
           and
           dye
           ;
           so
           these
           fantastick
           Landlopers
           ,
           returning
           home
           ,
           pregnant
           with
           some
           odd
           opinions
           or
           fashions
           ,
           bring
           back
           nothing
           that
           is
           serious
           and
           solid
           ;
           but
           their
           braines
           are
           stuffed
           only
           with
           windy
           fables
           ,
           and
           frivolous
           stories
           .
           And
           as
           neer
           Charenton
           Bridge
           in
           France
           there
           is
           an
           Eccho
           ,
           that
           reverberates
           the
           voyce
           thirteen
           times
           in
           atticulate
           sounds
           ,
           so
           these
           Peregrinators
           do
           oftentimes
           multiply
           what
           they
           heare
           ,
           or
           see
           .
           As
           those
           who
           reported
           to
           have
           seene
           Flyes
           in
           India
           as
           big
           as
           Fo●…es
           ,
           Others
           ,
           to
           have
           seen
           Trees
           in
           Russia
           which
           could
           not
           be
           shot
           over
           ,
           and
           that
           an
           Army
           of
           men
           might
           finde
           shelter
           under
           their
           branches
           in
           foule
           weather
           ;
           Others
           had
           seen
           Pigmies
           upon
           Rams
           backs
           ,
           going
           to
           Warr
           with
           the
           Cranes
           :
           Some
           speak
           of
           the
           Generation
           of
           Basilisques
           ,
           of
           the
           Crocodiles
           of
           Aegypt
           ,
           of
           the
           Phenix
           of
           Arabia
           ,
           of
           the
           Rooks
           of
           Madagascar
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Scots
             Clakes
          
           ,
           and
           Geese
           ,
           and
           so
           come
           back
           more
           arrand
           Geese
           then
           they
           .
           And
           what
           they
           have
           haply
           read
           of
           in
           
             Pliny
             ,
             Lucian
          
           ,
           or
           Brandanus
           ,
           they
           vapour
           as
           if
           they
           had
           seen
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           strong
           asseverations
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           with
           oathes
           .
        
         
           
             De
             nihilo
             magna
             ,
             &
             de
             parvo
             maxima
             fingunt
             .
          
           
             They
             make
             Mountaines
             of
             Molehills
             ,
             and
             Whales
             of
             Sprats
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           most
           judicious
           sort
           of
           Noble
           Germans
           make
           other
           use
           of
           Peregrination
           ;
           it
           makes
           them
           not
           to
           disdaine
           their
           owne
           Countrey
           afterward
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           infected
           with
           any
           affected
           forraine
           humour
           ,
           but
           continue
           constant
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           true
           Germans
           in
           point
           of
           naturall
           affection
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           Most
           illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Noble
           Lords
           ,
           whom
           I
           see
           present
           at
           this
           splendid
           Convention
           ,
           may
           you
           please
           now
           to
           reduce
           into
           an
           Oratory
           methodicall
           way
           those
           discourses
           and
           Forraine
           observations
           ,
           wherewith
           you
           have
           been
           used
           to
           season
           your
           Tables
           and
           meetings
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           confining
           your selves
           to
           the
           Kingdomes
           and
           Common-wealths
           of
           Europe
           ,
           according
           as
           you
           have
           pleased
           to
           assigne
           every
           one
           his
           particular
           task
           ;
           that
           at
           last
           we
           may
           make
           a
           conjecture
           which
           Country
           of
           Europe
           may
           merit
           the
           Palme
           and
           Prerogative
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           I
           know
           by
           proposing
           this
           ,
           my
           boldnesse
           is
           as
           great
           as
           my
           request
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           make
           some
           retaliation
           unto
           you
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           and
           brightest
           eyes
           of
           Germany
           ,
           when
           any
           opportunity
           whatsoever
           doth
           present
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           shall
           court
           all
           occasions
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           you
           my
           most
           Illustrious
           Cozen
           
             Francis
             Charles
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
             &c.
          
           be
           pleased
           to
           begin
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           PRINCE
           FRANCIS
           CHARLES
           ,
           DUKE
           OF
           
             Saxony
             ,
             Angaria
          
           ,
           and
           Westphalia
           ,
           &c.
           
           FOR
           GERMANY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Excellent
             Prince
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             Illustrious
             Assembly
             :
          
        
         
           BEfore
           I
           launch
           out
           into
           the
           maine
           of
           this
           large
           Sea
           of
           matter
           ,
           and
           that
           my
           Sayles
           be
           filld
           with
           the
           gentle
           breezes
           of
           your
           favourable
           attention
           ,
           I
           have
           something
           to
           say
           ,
           while
           I
           remain
           yet
           in
           the
           Port
           ,
           of
           Perigrination
           ,
           or
           Forren
           Travell
           ,
           which
           your
           Excellency
           hath
           already
           approved
           of
           ,
           and
           applauded
           in
           such
           a
           high
           straine
           of
           Eloquence
           .
           Yet
           for
           my
           part
           I
           wold
           after
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Chineses
           ,
           were
           I
           worthy
           to
           give
           Counsell
           herein
           ,
           prohibit
           Forren
           travell
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           a
           penalty
           ,
           as
           the
           times
           go
           now
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           I
           wold
           prescribe
           som
           exact
           Lawes
           to
           regulat
           Peregrination
           .
           Now
           whereas
           the
           young
           Traveller
           shold
           apply
           himself
           principally
           to
           the
           knowledg
           of
           that
           which
           might
           prove
           pertinent
           and
           profitable
           to
           the
           publique
           good
           of
           his
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           let
           him
           make
           account
           before
           hand
           that
           he
           cannot
           find
           that
           every
           where
           as
           he
           passeth
           :
           For
           as
           a
           man
           cannot
           expect
           to
           find
           out
           in
           a
           Taylors
           Shopp
           in
           Hungary
           a
           suite
           of
           Clothes
           that
           will
           fitt
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           or
           in
           Spain
           a
           suite
           that
           will
           fitt
           a
           Frenchman
           ,
           though
           his
           next
           Conterranean
           Neighbour
           ,
           their
           modes
           of
           habit
           being
           so
           different
           .
           So
           every
           Countrey
           hath
           som
           municipall
           constitutions
           and
           customes
           peculiar
           and
           proper
           to
           themselfs
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           onely
           disagreeable
           ,
           but
           incompatible
           with
           the
           Goverment
           of
           other
           Nations
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           curiosity
           and
           care
           the
           prime
           judgment
           of
           a
           Traveller
           shold
           be
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           such
           Lawes
           .
           But
           helas
           ,
           how
           many
           go
           now
           abroad
           ,
           of
           whom
           ther
           are
           high
           hopes
           conceav'd
           that
           at
           their
           return
           they
           might
           act
           the
           part
           of
           Agamemnons
           ;
           but
           having
           so
           journed
           som
           yeeres
           in
           Italy
           and
           other
           hott
           Countreys
           in
           the
           flower
           and
           spring
           of
           their
           youth
           ,
           they
           com
           back
           grown
           old
           men
           before
           their
           time
           ,
           bringing
           home
           Winter
           in
           their
           faces
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           rather
           fitt
           to
           act
           the
           part
           of
           Thersites
           then
           Agamemnon
           .
           How
           
           few
           do
           rerurn
           true
           Germans
           ?
           having
           habituated
           themselves
           to
           softness
           ,
           Effeminacy
           ,
           and
           Lux
           ,
           or
           to
           some
           il-favour'd
           posture
           ;
           either
           by
           shrinking
           in
           the
           Shoulders
           ,
           by
           cringing
           with
           the
           k●…ee
           ,
           and
           sweeping
           the
           earth
           with
           their
           feet
           ,
           or
           by
           ducking
           down
           their
           necks
           ,
           by
           poudring
           their
           Dublets
           ,
           by
           extenuating
           the
           tone
           of
           their
           voice
           ,
           after
           a
           womanish
           fashion
           ,
           or
           by
           jetting
           ,
           dancing
           ,
           or
           pratling
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Streets
           ,
           with
           other
           loose
           ,
           and
           affected
           Modes
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           Paris
           in
           Homer
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           abroad
           ,
           fell
           enamour'd
           with
           Helen
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           onely
           fruit
           of
           his
           Travels
           :
           So
           these
           never
           looking
           after
           serious
           things
           ,
           hunt
           after
           toyes
           ,
           and
           bables
           ;
           Or
           as
           Physitians
           observe
           of
           Horse-leeches
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           apply
           them
           to
           the
           body
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           suck
           onely
           the
           ill
           ,
           corrupted
           blood
           :
           So
           these
           Travellers
           draw
           in
           the
           worst
           things
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           well
           ,
           if
           it
           remained
           onely
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           mischiefe
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           disperse
           the
           poyson
           among
           others
           ,
           and
           infest
           them
           by
           their
           touch
           ,
           or
           breath
           .
           For
           where
           can
           be
           found
           a
           greater
           Lux
           in
           Apparrell
           ,
           then
           in
           Germany
           ?
           where
           a
           greater
           vanity
           in
           cloathing
           dead
           Walls
           ?
           while
           poor
           living
           Soules
           ,
           who
           beare
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           go
           naked
           .
           Where
           is
           there
           greater
           excesse
           in
           Dyet
           ,
           in
           Queckshoses
           ,
           Made-dishes
           ,
           and
           Sawces
           ?
           And
           all
           this
           may
           be
           imputed
           to
           Peregrination
           .
           Where
           is
           there
           more
           crisping
           of
           haire
           ,
           more
           boring
           of
           Eares
           to
           hang
           in
           Rings
           ?
           where
           is
           there
           more
           dead
           mens
           haire
           worn
           upon
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           living
           ?
           And
           we
           may
           also
           thank
           Peregrination
           for
           this
           .
           How
           many
           have
           gone
           to
           France
           with
           some
           Religion
           ,
           and
           come
           back
           without
           any
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           gone
           to
           Spain
           with
           cheerfull
           ,
           and
           well-dispos'd
           humours
           ,
           but
           come
           back
           with
           a
           kinde
           of
           dull
           Melancholy
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           gone
           o're
           the
           Alpes
           with
           plain
           and
           open
           hearts
           ,
           but
           return'd
           full
           of
           cunning
           and
           mentall
           reservation
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           gone
           to
           England
           ,
           '
           and
           come
           home
           with
           Tobacco-pipes
           in
           their
           mouths
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           gone
           to
           Holland
           gentile
           men
           ,
           but
           come
           back
           meer
           Boors
           ?
           And
           we
           may
           thank
           Peregrination
           for
           all
           this
           .
           The
           French
           Disease
           ,
           the
           English
           Sweat
           ,
           the
           Hungarian
           Scab
           ,
           the
           African
           Leprosie
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           Calenture
           came
           into
           Germany
           by
           Peregrination
           .
           The
           Physitians
           observe
           that
           if
           a
           man
           hath
           drunk
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           be
           presently
           clap'd
           into
           the
           belly
           of
           a
           Mule
           ,
           he
           may
           recover
           ;
           and
           if
           one
           Mule
           will
           not
           serve
           ,
           another
           must
           be
           kill'd
           .
           I
           was
           told
           of
           one
           that
           was
           preserv'd
           so
           by
           the
           death
           of
           ten
           ;
           but
           I
           beleive
           if
           all
           the
           Mules
           of
           Barbary
           were
           sacrificed
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           enough
           to
           cure
           our
           German
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           have
           suck'd
           in
           so
           much
           Venome
           abroad
           ,
           under
           the
           tast
           of
           Hony.
           Now
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           strict
           Law
           among
           us
           ,
           to
           punish
           those
           severely
           who
           import
           counterfeit
           Merchandises
           by
           way
           of
           Commerce
           ;
           And
           if
           it
           be
           death
           to
           bring
           in
           base
           Sophisticated
           Coine
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           do
           they
           deserve
           to
           be
           punisht
           ,
           who
           indroduce
           Vice
           instead
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           bad
           Customes
           for
           good
           ;
           to
           pervert
           the
           manners
           ,
           the
           dispositions
           ,
           and
           nature
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ?
           I
           know
           this
           itch
           of
           Travelling
           ,
           and
           to
           wander
           abroad
           ,
           is
           no
           where
           greater
           then
           among
           us
           :
           How
           many
           thousands
           of
           us
           are
           found
           in
           Paris
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           How
           many
           hundred
           in
           Padua
           ,
           and
           
             Venice
             ;
             England
          
           is
           full
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Countries
           .
           Prince
           Rodolphus
           discoursing
           with
           one
           that
           had
           been
           a
           great
           Traveller
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           
             Iam
             vidisti
             Orbem
             terrarum
             universum
             ,
             qui
             nihil
             aliud
             est
             quam
             colles
             ,
             Montes
             ,
             Valles
             ,
             Planities
             ,
             syluae
             &
             hujus
             generis
             alia
             .
          
           I
           finde
           thou
           hast
           gone
           over
           most
           part
           of
           the
           earthly
           Globe
           ,
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           Hills
           ,
           and
           Dales
           ,
           Mountaines
           ,
           Vallies
           ,
           Plaines
           ,
           and
           Champians
           ,
           Woods
           ,
           and
           Groves
           ,
           with
           such
           like
           things
           .
           Eudoxus
           wish'd
           and
           implor'd
           the
           Gods
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           but
           have
           power
           to
           go
           neer
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Sun
           to
           behold
           his
           Beauty
           ,
           Magnitude
           ,
           and
           Matter
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           willingly
           be
           content
           to
           be
           afterwards
           burnt
           with
           the
           Beames
           thereof
           .
           So
           many
           of
           our
           Country-men
           are
           so
           greedy
           of
           Peregrination
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           venture
           upon
           it
           though
           they
           shorten
           their
           lives
           thereby
           .
           Let
           us
           heare
           how
           Seneca
           that
           grave
           Philosopher
           ,
           descants
           upon
           Peregrination
           ,
           when
           he
           writes
           thus
           to
           
             Lucilius
             .
             Quid
             per
             se
             prodesse
             Peregrinatio
             cuiquam
             potuit
             ?
          
           What
           hath
           Peregrination
           of
           it selfe
           profited
           any
           man
           ?
           It
           hath
           not
           bridled
           lust
           ,
           attemper'd
           pleasure
           ,
           repress'd
           anger
           ,
           nor
           broke
           the
           un●…amed
           violence
           of
           love
           ;
           It
           hath
           ro●…ted
           no
           ill
           out
           of
           the
           minde
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           improv'd
           
           the
           judgment
           ,
           nor
           rectified
           errour
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           detain'd
           us
           a
           while
           with
           new
           Sights
           ,
           as
           Boyes
           are
           with
           Rattles
           :
           It
           provokes
           the
           inconstancy
           of
           the
           minde
           ,
           and
           by
           tossing
           it
           to
           ,
           and
           fro
           ,
           makes
           it
           more
           light
           and
           moveable
           ;
           Therefore
           men
           use
           to
           be
           quickly
           cloy'd
           with
           those
           places
           they
           formerly
           did
           so
           much
           covet
           ;
           and
           like
           Birds
           ,
           flye
           away
           thence
           almost
           before
           they
           have
           taken
           any
           footing
           .
           Peregrination
           will
           give
           you
           knowledge
           of
           Nations
           ,
           it
           will
           shew
           you
           new
           shapes
           of
           Mountaines
           ,
           of
           Fields
           ,
           and
           Meadowes
           ,
           with
           the
           course
           and
           nature
           of
           some
           River
           :
           As
           how
           Nilus
           swels
           in
           the
           Sommer
           Solstice
           ,
           and
           Tygris
           is
           suddenly
           snatch'd
           away
           from
           our
           sight
           ,
           but
           passing
           a
           little
           under
           the
           Earth
           recovers
           her
           former
           greatnesse
           :
           How
           Meander
           ,
           which
           hath
           afforded
           the
           Poets
           so
           much
           matter
           and
           sport
           ,
           is
           intangled
           with
           so
           many
           windings
           ,
           and
           often-times
           rushes
           into
           her
           Neighbour
           before
           she
           can
           recover
           her selfe
           ,
           but
           she
           growes
           thereby
           neither
           better
           ,
           nor
           wiser
           .
           Beleive
           me
           ,
           my
           noble
           Country-men
           ,
           unlesse
           this
           strange
           itch
           of
           forreigne
           Travell
           be
           cured
           in
           us
           ,
           or
           at
           least-wise
           unlesse
           there
           be
           some
           Lawes
           and
           Cautions
           prescribed
           to
           regular
           Peregrination
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           better
           returns
           made
           ,
           our
           Ancestors
           Ghosts
           will
           rise
           up
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           will
           bewaile
           our
           Incogitancy
           ,
           and
           weaknesse
           too
           late
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           hardly
           be
           able
           to
           finde
           out
           among
           us
           what
           were
           the
           Primitive
           manners
           ,
           the
           continence
           ,
           the
           constancy
           and
           nature
           of
           a
           true
           German
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           the
           task
           impos'd
           upon
           me
           ;
           but
           before
           I
           buckle
           my selfe
           for
           the
           businesse
           ,
           I
           make
           it
           my
           humble
           request
           that
           those
           touches
           I
           have
           given
           of
           Peregrination
           ,
           may
           be
           understood
           in
           a
           sane
           sense
           :
           It
           is
           not
           out
           of
           any
           dislike
           I
           have
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Creature
           on
           earth
           hath
           a
           greater
           esteem
           thereof
           ,
           then
           my selfe
           ,
           acknowledging
           it
           to
           be
           the
           ripest
           Schoole
           and
           principall
           Academy
           ,
           for
           the
           study
           both
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           manners
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           affoords
           not
           more
           gallant
           Students
           and
           Proficients
           herein
           ,
           then
           I
           finde
           now
           before
           me
           in
           this
           Princely
           Assembly
           :
           but
           what
           hath
           dropt
           from
           me
           ,
           was
           touching
           the
           abuse
           thereof
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           order
           to
           the
           method
           we
           have
           propos'd
           to
           our selves
           ,
           to
           discourse
           of
           things
           
             pro
             &
             con
          
           ,
           and
           to
           answer
           in
           part
           to
           that
           incomparable
           Speech
           of
           your
           Highnesse
           ,
           made
           in
           praise
           of
           Peregrination
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           will
           enter
           into
           the
           Province
           I
           have
           under-taken
           ,
           which
           is
           high
           Germany
           ,
           and
           for
           performance
           of
           your
           desires
           ,
           most
           Excellent
           Prince
           ,
           which
           are
           Commands
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           compose
           my
           voice
           and
           tongue
           accordingly
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           very
           first
           ,
           will
           unmask
           my
           minde
           unto
           you
           in
           three
           words
           :
           
             Germania
             Europae
             Princeps
             ,
             Germany
          
           is
           the
           Princesse
           of
           Europe
           .
           And
           truly
           never
           any
           Opinion
           proceeded
           more
           impartially
           ,
           and
           more
           from
           the
           Center
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           then
           this
           :
           For
           the
           maintenance
           of
           which
           Tenet
           there
           wants
           not
           much
           Oratory
           ,
           or
           any
           moving
           perswasions
           and
           allurements
           of
           words
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Orators
           both
           Greek
           ,
           and
           Latine
           did
           use
           ,
           when
           they
           delivered
           their
           mindes
           in
           any
           doubtfull
           or
           desperate
           matter
           .
           The
           greatest
           difficulty
           I
           finde
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           is
           out
           of
           such
           a
           hugh
           heap
           of
           matter
           to
           cull
           out
           ,
           and
           put
           before
           you
           the
           choicest
           and
           best
           peeces
           :
           And
           as
           Geographers
           in
           describing
           the
           World
           ,
           use
           by
           little
           lines
           to
           shew
           the
           course
           of
           mighty
           Rivers
           ;
           as
           
             Danube
             ,
             Nile
             ,
             Ganges
             ,
             Thames
             ,
             Tyber
             ,
             Tagus
             ,
          
           with
           others
           ;
           As
           also
           in
           small
           points
           to
           describe
           
             Rome
             ,
             Constantinople
          
           ,
           the
           gran
           
             Cayre
             ,
             Paris
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           and
           Ghent
           ,
           the
           greatest
           wall'd
           Towne
           in
           Europe
           :
           So
           will
           I
           be
           as
           briefe
           and
           as
           punctuall
           as
           possibly
           I
           can
           ,
           in
           setting
           forth
           the
           praises
           of
           this
           mighty
           Country
           ,
           and
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           speak
           the
           worst
           at
           first
           ,
           I
           pray
           hear
           what
           
             Cornelius
             Tacitus
          
           ,
           the
           Critique
           of
           his
           times
           ,
           writes
           of
           it
           ;
           
             Quis
             prater
             periculum
             horridi
             &
             ignoti
             Maris
             :
          
           Who
           without
           the
           dangers
           of
           a
           doubtfull
           and
           unknown
           Sea
           would
           leave
           
             Asia
             ,
             Affrique
          
           ,
           or
           Italy
           ,
           to
           seek
           Germany
           ,
           an
           informed
           peece
           of
           earth
           ,
           a
           rough
           clime
           ,
           a
           Land
           unmanured
           ,
           full
           of
           thick
           horrid
           Woods
           ,
           huge
           Lakes
           ,
           impatient
           of
           fruitfull
           Trees
           ,
           yet
           full
           of
           Cattle
           though
           small
           :
           In
           stead
           of
           Silver
           Vessells
           they
           have
           them
           of
           the
           same
           stuff
           as
           themselves
           ,
           of
           pure
           earth
           :
           They
           have
           no
           Cities
           ,
           they
           are
           given
           to
           sleep
           ,
           sloth
           ,
           and
           gluttony
           ,
           being
           ignorant
           of
           the
           secrets
           of
           Letters
           ;
           they
           use
           Dice
           among
           their
           serious
           affaires
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           rashnesse
           
           in
           winning
           or
           losing
           ,
           that
           at
           one
           cast
           they
           will
           hazard
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           liberty
           .
           Caes●…r
           also
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Germanes
           hold
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           policy
           to
           have
           large
           vast
           Wildernesse
           about
           them
           ,
           wherin
           they
           permitt
           Robberies
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           young
           men
           ,
           and
           avoyding
           of
           idlenesse
           ,
           &c.
           
           Such
           speeches
           Caesar
           and
           Tacitus
           give
           of
           the
           Germans
           ;
           but
           will
           you
           know
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ?
           Because
           the
           one
           in
           divers
           conflicts
           was
           soundly
           beaten
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           speaks
           ignorantly
           ,
           or
           partially
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           an
           Officer
           under
           Vespasian
           in
           France
           ,
           then
           a
           little
           after
           upon
           the
           beginning
           of
           Trajans
           Raign
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           Nerva
           being
           newly
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           a
           matter
           of
           a
           hundred
           yeers
           after
           the
           Incarnation
           he
           scribbled
           a
           Book
           ,
           
             De
             mori●…u
             Germanorum
          
           ,
           of
           the
           manners
           of
           the
           Germans
           :
           But
           Caesar
           himselfe
           saw
           onely
           the
           Skirts
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           whence
           he
           was
           repelld
           ,
           he
           never
           entred
           into
           the
           bowells
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           delivers
           he
           took
           up
           in
           trust
           by
           confused
           rumors
           :
           But
           if
           either
           of
           these
           liv'd
           now
           ,
           they
           wold
           sing
           another
           note
           ,
           they
           wold
           stand
           astonish'd
           that
           Germany
           should
           have
           so
           many
           florishing
           Provinces
           ,
           so
           many
           noble
           and
           opulent
           Cities
           ,
           so
           many
           pleasant
           Villages
           ▪
           such
           fruitfull
           Orchards
           ,
           fragrant
           Gardens
           ,
           and
           fart
           Fields
           ,
           such
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           ▪
           Silver
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           Iron
           ,
           with
           all
           other
           Mettalls
           ,
           such
           martiall
           people
           so
           many
           Universities
           ,
           so
           many
           Archdukes
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           Marquises
           ,
           Landgraves
           ,
           Earls
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           with
           a
           world
           of
           Noble
           Families
           that
           can
           exactly
           draw
           their
           Pedigree
           thousands
           of
           yeeres
           pass'd
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           Caesar
           or
           Tacitus
           liv'd
           now
           ,
           they
           wold
           be
           more
           enlightned
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           ,
           We
           Romans
           in
           many
           things
           were
           too
           credulous
           in
           beleeving
           what
           was
           spoken
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           things
           we
           injur'd
           them
           to
           shew
           our
           wits
           ,
           but
           our
           owne
           senses
           do
           convince
           us
           now
           ,
           and
           tell
           us
           that
           Germany
           is
           another
           thing
           :
           We
           were
           Trojans
           once
           ,
           but
           all
           our
           glory
           hes
           buried
           in
           the
           dust
           of
           our
           Nephewes
           and
           Posterity
           ,
           having
           with
           sloth
           ,
           idlenesse
           ,
           and
           foulnesse
           of
           vice
           ,
           soyld
           all
           our
           Heroik
           exploits
           :
           But
           the
           Germans
           continu
           still
           great
           Heroes
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           own
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           their
           Progen●…tors
           .
           They
           are
           still
           magnanimous
           ,
           most
           just
           ,
           Religious
           ,
           fortunat
           ,
           and
           so
           bless'd
           ,
           that
           there
           you
           cannot
           discover
           any
           decay
           at
           all
           in
           the
           age
           of
           the
           World.
           If
           Virgi●…
           were
           reviv'd
           ,
           and
           again
           upon
           earth
           ,
           leaving
           the
           barren
           theme
           of
           praysing
           
             Augustus
             ▪
          
           he
           wold
           break
           out
           into
           the
           admiration
           of
           our
           German
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           having
           got
           so
           rich
           and
           divine
           an
           Argument
           to
           rowse
           up
           his
           Muse
           ,
           he
           wold
           sing
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Ille
               ego
               qui
               quondam
               gracili
               modulatus
               avena
            
             
               Carmen
               ,
               &
               effudi
               laudes
               magnae
               Urbis
               in
               Orbem
               ,
            
             
               Gratum
               opus
               Augustis
               ,
               at
               nunc
               horrentia
               Martis
            
             
               Arma
               ,
               Virosque
               cano
               ,
               Romae
               quae
               moenia
               primi
            
             
               Aequavere
               solo
               ,
               superatis
               Alpibus
               ,
               amplos
            
             
               Et
               de
               Fortuna
               tandem
               duxer●…
               triumphos
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           In
           lieu
           of
           the
           Romanes
           he
           would
           extoll
           the
           Germanes
           ,
           who
           first
           ransack'd
           and
           ruin'd
           Rome
           .
           But
           most
           Princely
           Auditors
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           examine
           as
           much
           what
           our
           Predecessors
           did
           ,
           but
           how
           we
           follow
           their
           steps
           ,
           and
           how
           neer
           [
           our
           vigilance
           ,
           vertue
           ▪
           and
           valour
           comes
           to
           theirs
           :
           It
           is
           the
           practise
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           rule
           of
           divine
           Majesty
           ,
           not
           to
           powr
           down
           all
           his
           benedictions
           at
           once
           ,
           but
           to
           reserve
           some
           of
           them
           for
           future
           ages
           .
           And
           Homer
           ,
           as
           blinde
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           could
           discern
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           sings
           ,
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           The
           Gods
           do
           not
           showre
           down
           all
           their
           blessings
           at
           once
           upon
           man-kinde
           .
           But
           how
           mightily
           have
           we
           profitted
           ,
           what
           huge
           advantages
           have
           we
           now
           of
           our
           Fore-fathers
           ?
           T
           is
           true
           wee
           were
           once
           without
           God
           ,
           because
           without
           Christ
           ,
           as
           all
           Gentiles
           were
           ;
           but
           now
           by
           his
           ineffable
           grace
           ,
           and
           immense
           goodnesse
           we
           are
           his
           Domestiques
           ,
           we
           are
           coopled
           and
           admitted
           to
           enjoy
           the
           priviledges
           ,
           and
           rights
           of
           Children
           ,
           of
           his
           Chosen
           ;
           therefore
           t
           is
           fitting
           that
           every
           
           Christian
           heart
           when
           he
           falls
           into
           the
           contemplation
           of
           this
           high
           Prerogative
           ,
           shold
           with
           pious
           ejaculations
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Sanctus
             ,
             sanctus
             ,
             sanctus
             Dominus
             Deus
             exercituum
             ,
             plena
             est
             omnis
             terra
             gl●…ria
             ejus
             ,
          
           Holy
           ,
           holy
           ,
           holy
           is
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           all
           the
           Earth
           is
           full
           of
           his
           glory
           .
           Now
           as
           there
           be
           som
           Rivers
           that
           presently
           as
           soon
           almost
           as
           they
           are
           derivd
           from
           their
           Fountains
           encrease
           and
           flow
           with
           such
           a
           force
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           bear
           Shipps
           of
           burden
           ,
           and
           drive
           Mills
           ;
           as
           Blavius
           in
           this
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           Loire
           in
           France
           hard
           by
           Orleans
           ,
           which
           within
           almost
           a
           flight
           shott
           from
           the
           Source
           ,
           swells
           to
           such
           a
           stupendous
           fulnesse
           and
           depth
           ,
           that
           ther
           's
           a
           Bridg
           with
           diverse
           arches
           over
           her
           :
           so
           the
           glorious
           light
           of
           the
           Gospell
           darted
           from
           above
           did
           irradiat
           all
           Germany
           as
           it
           were
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           it
           dispelld
           all
           the
           clowds
           of
           Paganisme
           ,
           and
           with
           its
           powerfull
           beams
           it
           did
           melt
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           most
           frozen
           and
           remotest
           parts
           with
           admirable
           celerity
           :
           For
           presently
           there
           were
           such
           pious
           contentions
           who
           shold
           exceed
           one
           another
           in
           devotion
           and
           acts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           that
           a
           world
           of
           Schooles
           ,
           Hospitalls
           ,
           Temples
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           Religious
           Houses
           were
           built
           ,
           and
           endow'd
           with
           plentifull
           revenues
           soon
           after
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           was
           the
           height
           and
           excesse
           of
           piety
           among
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           forcd
           to
           enact
           Lawes
           to
           restrain
           the
           disposing
           of
           Legacies
           for
           Ecclesiasticall
           uses
           :
           There
           were
           som
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           German
           Princes
           that
           bequeathd
           to
           the
           holy
           Church
           whole
           Provinces
           and
           Territories
           ;
           Bishops
           became
           equall
           to
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Prelats
           fellowes
           to
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Abbots
           to
           Barons
           ,
           both
           in
           authority
           and
           dignity
           ,
           in
           extern
           pomp
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           riches
           :
           No
           Nation
           hath
           bin
           more
           munificent
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           no
           Countrey
           endowd
           her
           own
           Churches
           with
           larger
           demains
           :
           Among
           others
           ,
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           one
           Abbot
           and
           his
           greatnesse
           ,
           whereby
           you
           may
           make
           a
           conjecture
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Fuldo
           ,
           who
           as
           Lipsius
           hath
           it
           ,
           supplyed
           the
           Emperour
           at
           one
           time
           with
           threescore
           thousand
           fighting
           men
           .
           And
           for
           the
           nomber
           of
           Monachicall
           persons
           you
           may
           make
           a
           guesse
           what
           a
           huge
           nomber
           ther
           is
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           in
           lower
           Germany
           alone
           ther
           are
           seven
           thousand
           Nunns
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           in
           a
           most
           delectable
           Garden
           ther
           are
           somtimes
           ,
           beyond
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           Gardiner
           ,
           Weeds
           and
           noxious
           Herbs
           that
           grow
           up
           ,
           as
           Tares
           among
           the
           best
           Wheat
           ;
           so
           where
           God
           builds
           his
           
             Church
             ,
             Satan
          
           commonly
           putts
           up
           his
           Chappell
           ,
           superstition
           mingles
           with
           devotion
           ,
           and
           men
           grew
           greedy
           after
           innovations
           and
           changes
           ;
           such
           deformities
           crepd
           into
           the
           German
           Church
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           well
           termd
           an
           Augaean
           Stable
           ;
           Purgatory
           ,
           Exorcismes
           ,
           Idolatry
           ,
           Indulgences
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           in
           derogation
           of
           the
           merits
           of
           the
           Messias
           were
           introduc'd
           .
           The
           Church
           now
           required
           another
           Hercules
           to
           clense
           her
           ,
           and
           shee
           found
           one
           ,
           a
           true
           one
           ,
           not
           a
           fabulous
           one
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Poets
           sing
           of
           ,
           who
           strangled
           Gyants
           ,
           killd
           the
           Erimanthaean
           Bore
           ,
           choakd
           the
           two
           Snakes
           sent
           by
           Iuno
           ,
           drive
           away
           the
           Stymphalian
           monstrous
           Birds
           ,
           slew
           Busiris
           ,
           took
           Cerberus
           by
           the
           throat
           ,
           killd
           the
           Nemaean
           Lyon
           ,
           suppressd
           the
           many
           headed
           Hydra
           :
           But
           our
           Hercules
           did
           more
           ,
           for
           he
           overthrew
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Goose
           Quill
           did
           more
           then
           Hercules
           did
           with
           his
           Iron
           Clubb
           ,
           and
           Germany
           alone
           was
           worthy
           of
           such
           a
           Champion
           ;
           I
           meane
           
             Martin
             Luther
          
           ,
           an
           Augustin
           Monk
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           a
           man
           of
           mean
           birth
           and
           meanes
           otherwise
           ,
           observing
           the
           exorbitances
           ,
           ●…nd
           excesse
           of
           Churchmen
           ,
           and
           the
           Marchandise
           that
           was
           made
           of
           Indulgences
           ,
           could
           indure
           it
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           armd
           himself
           to
           subvert
           the
           Babylonish
           Empire
           ,
           he
           rusheth
           against
           the
           Pope
           ,
           spitts
           in
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           hath
           shaken
           his
           Kingdom
           ever
           since
           very
           shrewdly
           :
           This
           happend
           when
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           was
           at
           his
           highest
           pitch
           of
           power
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           beleevd
           that
           the
           Pope
           might
           dispense
           with
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           Sanctions
           of
           Generall
           Councells
           :
           And
           this
           seasonable
           Champion
           made
           such
           a
           progresse
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           whole
           Townes
           ,
           Citties
           ,
           and
           Provinces
           ,
           fell
           from
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           but
           Common-wealths
           and
           whole
           Kingdoms
           abandond
           Her
           ,
           and
           among
           other
           Pasquills
           ,
           this
           Epigram
           was
           compos'd
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               Roma
               Orbem
               domuit
               ,
               Romam
               sibi
               Papa
               subegit
               ,
            
             
               Viribus
               Illa
               suis
               ,
               frau●…ibus
               iste
               tuis
               .
            
             
               Quanto
               isto
               major
               Lutherus
               ,
               major
               &
               Illa
               ,
            
             
               Illum
               Illamque
               uno
               qui
               domuit
               Calamo
               !
            
             
               I
               nun●…
               ,
               Alcidem
               memorato
               Graecia
               mendax
               ,
            
             
               Lutheri
               ad
               Calamum
               ,
               ferrea
               clava
               nihil
               .
            
          
        
         
           Rome
           orecame
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Pope
           orecame
           Rome
           ,
           Shee
           by
           strength
           ,
           He
           by
           cunning
           ;
           but
           Luther
           is
           greater
           then
           either
           ,
           for
           with
           his
           Pen
           he
           subdued
           both
           ;
           Let
           lying
           Greece
           bragg
           no
           more
           of
           her
           Hercules
           ,
           the
           Quill
           did
           more
           atchievments
           then
           the
           Club
           :
           The
           one
           knockd
           down
           the
           Nemaean
           Lyon
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ill-favouredly
           knock'd
           
             Leo
             the
             tenth
          
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           large
           field
           of
           matter
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           hunt
           for
           arguments
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           glory
           of
           Germany
           ,
           I
           shold
           find
           innumerable
           ;
           let
           the
           testimony
           of
           Bodin
           himself
           ,
           who
           was
           known
           to
           be
           no
           freind
           to
           Germany
           ,
           serve
           for
           one
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Nullum
             illustrius
             est
             exemplum
          
           ,
           There
           is
           not
           on
           earth
           so
           illustrious
           an
           example
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           who
           but
           diffring
           little
           from
           the
           wildnesse
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           who
           wandring
           as
           it
           were
           in
           Marshes
           and
           Moores
           ,
           and
           being
           averse
           to
           all
           kinde
           of
           civility
           and
           literature
           ,
           are
           becom
           now
           such
           great
           proficients
           in
           both
           ,
           that
           in
           humanity
           they
           bee
           said
           to
           surpasse
           the
           Asians
           ,
           in
           Philosophy
           the
           Graecians
           ,
           in
           
             military
             Discipline
          
           the
           Romans
           ,
           in
           geometry
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           in
           Astronomy
           the
           Chaldaeans
           ,
           in
           Arithmetic
           the
           Phenicians
           ,
           in
           Religion
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           and
           in
           variety
           of
           Manufactures
           all
           other
           Nations
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Here
           what
           
             Paulus
             Iovius
          
           saith
           ,
           a
           man
           not
           very
           well
           affected
           otherwise
           to
           us
           ;
           
             litterae
             non
             latinae
             modo
          
           ,
           —
           not
           onely
           the
           Latine
           ,
           but
           the
           Greek
           ,
           and
           Hebrew
           letters
           have
           by
           a
           fatal
           comigration
           pas'd
           over
           to
           Germany
           ;
           who
           now
           being
           not
           content
           with
           their
           old
           way
           of
           military
           Discipline
           ,
           whereby
           they
           took
           away
           from
           Rome
           her
           Martiall
           Glory
           ,
           invents
           new
           ones
           every
           day
           ;
           besides
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           bereft
           languishing
           Greece
           ,
           and
           drowsie
           wanton
           Italy
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           Peace
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           Arts
           and
           literature
           :
           which
           makes
           Machiavill
           rebuke
           his
           Country-men
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           made
           use
           of
           Germans
           to
           survay
           their
           Land.
           It
           is
           acknowledg'd
           by
           all
           people
           that
           Regiomontanus
           might
           be
           compared
           to
           
             T●…ales
             ,
             Eudoxus
             ,
             Calippus
          
           ,
           or
           Ptolom●…y
           himselfe
           .
           Nor
           could
           the
           Pope
           correct
           the
           yeer
           ,
           and
           bring
           it
           from
           the
           old
           Intercalation
           ,
           for
           reducing
           of
           the
           Paschall
           Ceremonies
           to
           set
           courses
           of
           the
           Moon
           without
           him
           ,
           being
           sent
           for
           to
           Rome
           of
           purpose
           for
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           incredible
           ,
           since
           the
           Councell
           of
           Constance
           ,
           how
           Schooles
           and
           Academies
           have
           multiplied
           in
           Germany
           ;
           Witnesse
           
             Vienna
             ,
             Prague
             ,
             Frankford
             ,
             Heydelberg
             ,
             Erford
             ,
             Basil
             ,
             Triers
             ,
             Witeburg
             ,
             Gripswald
             ,
             Mentz
             ,
             R●…stoch
             ,
             Regiomontana
             ,
             Dillingham
             ,
             Lovain
             ,
             Helmstad
             ,
             Leyden
             ,
             Franiker
             ,
             Tubingen
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           other
           Universities
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           German
           Gentleman
           ,
           be
           he
           never
           of
           so
           mean
           extraction
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           his
           Education
           in
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           will
           be
           cast
           in
           his
           teeth
           as
           an
           opprobry
           .
           The
           
             Emperour
             Lotharius
          
           a
           Saxon
           born
           ,
           when
           he
           found
           the
           Schooles
           in
           a
           squalid
           kind
           of
           condition
           ,
           cover'd
           over
           with
           Barbarism
           from
           the
           time
           of
           Charlemain
           a
           German
           born
           ,
           he
           caus●…d
           the
           dust
           to
           be
           swept
           off
           ,
           and
           restor'd
           them
           to
           their
           former
           lustre
           ,
           with
           restauration
           of
           publique
           Lectures
           ,
           and
           Chaires
           for
           all
           Sciences
           ,
           which
           did
           so
           augment
           the
           nomber
           of
           knowing
           men
           ,
           that
           in
           one
           University
           alone
           there
           were
           4435.
           that
           had
           the
           Magisteriall
           Laurell
           given
           them
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           a
           few
           yeers
           .
           Besides
           these
           Academies
           there
           be
           divers
           Monasteries
           that
           have
           Schooles
           to
           train
           up
           youth
           ,
           as
           amongst
           the
           rest
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           the
           Abbacy
           of
           Fuldo
           ,
           where
           600.
           
           Gentlemens
           Sons
           in
           Sturmius
           his
           time
           were
           bred
           ,
           and
           30.
           
           Doctors
           reading
           to
           them
           in
           one
           yeer
           .
           What
           do
           I
           speak
           of
           Noble
           men
           ?
           there
           are
           soverain
           Princes
           which
           daily
           becom
           graduats
           in
           one
           Academy
           or
           other
           .
           Iohn
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Megalopolis
           would
           not
           return
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           studied
           20.
           
           yeers
           in
           
             Paris
             .
             Harman
          
           Prince
           of
           Hassia
           took
           the
           degrees
           of
           Mastership
           in
           Prague
           ,
           and
           was
           congratulated
           by
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           chiefest
           Nobles
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Boh●…miah
             .
             Richwinces
          
           Duke
           of
           Lorain
           did
           the
           like
           :
           Albert
           Count
           of
           〈◊〉
           took
           the
           degree
           of
           Doctor
           of
           the
           civill
           Law
           ,
           with
           others
           ;
           ●…ut
           the
           examples
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Geldres
           is
           admirable
           .
           A●…nold
           and
           William
           were
           Brothers
           ,
           whereof
           the
           one
           was
           learned
           ,
           the
           other
           illiterat
           ;
           The
           one
           was
           in
           favour
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Princes
           ,
           the
           other
           was
           neglected
           for
           his
           ignorance
           :
           which
           disgrace
           least
           it
           might
           be
           transmitted
           to
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           William
           his
           Brother
           ,
           sent
           his
           Sons
           to
           be
           educated
           in
           Paris
           ,
           whence
           they
           return'd
           not
           till
           they
           were
           both
           Masters
           of
           Art.
           Albert
           the
           6th
           .
           Duke
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           the
           Founder
           of
           Ingolstad
           University
           ,
           did
           dignifie
           Learning
           with
           so
           much
           honor
           ,
           that
           he
           himselfe
           took
           the
           degree
           of
           Batchillor
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           publiquely
           woare
           the
           formalities
           of
           the
           order
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Streets
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           ,
           Charlemagne
           our
           Compatriot
           ,
           whereof
           Sigebert
           a
           French
           Author
           writes
           ,
           that
           Charlemagne
           was
           not
           onely
           excellently
           vers'd
           in
           his
           own
           maternall
           Toung
           ,
           but
           in
           other
           ●…orreigne
           Languages
           ;
           He
           put
           old
           barbarous
           Verses
           which
           spoak
           of
           the
           Acts
           of
           Kings
           in
           a
           more
           refined
           stile
           ;
           he
           also
           caus'd
           the
           Grammar
           to
           be
           rendred
           in
           the
           vulgar
           Toung
           :
           He
           commanded
           Teutonique
           ,
           or
           German
           names
           to
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           months
           of
           the
           yeer
           ,
           as
           also
           all
           the
           winds
           which
           he
           divided
           to
           twelv
           ,
           being
           afore
           but
           fower
           .
           He
           us'd
           to
           be
           present
           at
           School-exercises
           ,
           encourag●…d
           the
           Commons
           to
           learning
           ,
           and
           threatned
           a
           degradation
           to
           Noble
           men
           that
           were
           illiterat
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Otho
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           being
           overcom
           in
           Greece
           ,
           and
           left
           alone
           ,
           escaped
           because
           he
           spoak
           Greek
           so
           well
           .
           Frederique
           the
           second
           was
           excellently
           vers'd
           in
           sundry
           Languages
           ,
           and
           caus'd
           Aristotles
           works
           to
           be
           translated
           out
           of
           Greek
           ,
           and
           Arabique
           into
           the
           common
           Toung
           .
           Charles
           the
           fourth
           fed
           the
           Imperiall
           Eagle
           in
           the
           Muses
           Garden
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           firm
           League
           twixt
           Mercury
           and
           
             Mars
             .
             Charles
          
           the
           fifth
           had
           Thu●…idides
           alwaies
           with
           him
           as
           his
           Companion
           in
           the
           field
           :
           He
           much
           favour●…d
           Doctor
           Seldius
           ,
           who
           after
           he
           had
           voluntarily
           resign'd
           the
           Empire
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Domimon
           to
           his
           Son
           ,
           was
           his
           individuall
           Companion
           ,
           and
           attending
           him
           to
           Flushing
           where
           he
           was
           to
           embark
           for
           Spain
           ;
           and
           the
           Emperour
           discoursing
           with
           him
           very
           late
           at
           night
           he
           at
           last
           toll'd
           a
           little
           Bell
           to
           call
           up
           some
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           asleep
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           lighted
           down
           the
           Doctor
           himselfe
           ,
           saying
           ,
           now
           
             Seldius
             forget
             not
             this
             ,
             that
          
           Caesar
           ,
           Charles
           
             the
             first
             ,
             who
             was
             used
             to
             be
             guarded
             with
             whole
             Armies
             ,
             hath
             not
             now
             a
             Servant
             to
             wayt
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             who
             thou
             hast
             attended
             so
             many
             yeers
             ,
             doth
             now
             serve
             thee
             ,
             and
             light
             thee
             down
             .
          
           How
           many
           most
           signall
           ,
           and
           glorious
           men
           hath
           Germany
           produc●…d
           ?
           as
           Adrian
           the
           4th
           .
           
             Io.
             Brentius
             ,
             Cochlaeus
             ,
             Staupicius
             ,
             Philip
             Melancthon
             ,
             Zuinglius
             ,
             Osiander
             ,
             Car●…lestadius
             ,
             Oecolam●…
             ,
             Cassander
             ,
             Bucer
             ,
             Grynaeus
             ,
             Fagius
             ,
             Wigandus
             ,
             Bullinger
             ,
             Mathesius
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
             Mentzerus
             ,
             Winckellman
             ,
             Gretzer
             ,
             Becanus
             ,
             Tannerus
             ,
             Ursinus
             ,
             H●…nnius
             ,
             Hondius
             ,
             Gerlachius
             ,
             Paraeus
             ,
             Musculus
             ,
             Hutterus
             ,
             Lessius
             ,
             Backmeisterus
             ,
             Mylius
             ,
             Drexelius
             ,
             Biderman
             ,
             Balduin
             ,
             Sigwardus
             ,
             Meisnerus
             ,
             Gerardus
             ,
             Finkius
             ,
             Pappus
             ,
             Pelargus
             ,
             Scultetus
             ,
             Pitiscus
             ,
             Simlerus
             ,
             Flaccus
             ,
             Illiricus
             ,
             Thummius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Excellent
           Hafenriffus
           ;
           all
           these
           were
           renowned
           Divines
           ,
           whose
           Works
           are
           extant
           ,
           with
           divers
           more
           .
           Now
           for
           Polititians
           ,
           and
           Civilians
           ,
           their
           nomber
           is
           endlesse
           .
           There
           is
           
             Baron
             Skenckins
             ,
             Heimburgius
             ,
             Henningus
             ,
             G●…eden
             ,
             Strenius
             Baro
             ,
             Enenchelius
             Baro
             ,
             Camerarius
             ,
             Zasius
             ,
             Zuiclemus
             ,
             Everardus
             ,
             Marnixius
             ,
             Haloander
             ,
             Mudaeus
             ,
             Oldendorpius
             ,
             Pistores
             ,
             Welserus
             ,
             Leunclavius
             ,
          
           who
           having
           bin
           employ'd
           Ambassador
           to
           the
           Post
           to
           Osman
           ,
           the
           great
           Turk
           ,
           by
           the
           Emperour
           Rodolphus
           ,
           did
           compile
           the
           Annals
           of
           the
           Mahumetans
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Historie
           of
           the
           Orientall
           World.
           There
           are
           moreover
           
             Iustus
             Lipsius
             ,
             Freherus
             ,
             Iunius
             ,
             Reusnerus
             ,
             Besoldus
             ,
             Wackerius
             ,
             Bocerus
             ,
             Rulandus
             ,
             Godelmannus
             ,
             Lechmannus
             ,
             Fabrus
             ,
             Herwartus
             ,
          
           and
           multitudes
           more
           ,
           whose
           Works
           are
           extant
           for
           the
           universall
           good
           of
           man-kind
           .
        
         
           For
           Physick
           ,
           there
           is
           
             Vesalius
             ,
             Copus
             ,
             Crato
             ,
             Hadrianns
             Iunius
             ,
             Guinterius
             ,
             Langius
             ,
             Tragus
             ,
             Dodonaeus
             ,
             Vierus
             ,
             Zuingerus
             ,
             Sceckius
             ,
             Planerus
             ,
             Peucerus
             ,
          
           
           
             Tragus
             ,
             Horstius
             ,
             Sennertus
             ,
             Pistorius
             ,
             Philippus
             ,
             Theophrastus
          
           ;
           and
           abundance
           more
           of
           most
           renowned
           men
           .
        
         
           For
           Philosophy
           and
           Philologie
           ,
           who
           by
           profound
           speculation
           of
           divine
           and
           humane
           things
           ,
           and
           a
           curious
           indagation
           of
           the
           hiddenst
           Closets
           of
           Nature
           ,
           have
           expos'd
           to
           the
           world
           many
           mysterious
           Rarities
           :
           There
           is
           in
           the
           first
           place
           
             Albertus
             Magnus
             ,
             Agricola
             ,
             Trithemius
             ,
             Reuclinus
             ,
             Nauclerus
             ,
             Pirckleimerus
             ,
             Erasmus
             Roterodamus
             ,
          
           whose
           wit
           Longolius
           preferrs
           before
           all
           the
           wealth
           of
           
             France
             .
             Rhenanus
             ,
             Huttenus
             ,
             Celtenus
             ,
          
           who
           was
           first
           that
           was
           Crown'd
           
             Poet
             Laureat
          
           by
           the
           Emperour
           Frederique
           the
           4th
           .
           own
           hands
           .
           There
           is
           
             Cranzius
             ,
             Aventinus
             ,
             Cuspinianus
             ,
             Sleidanus
             ,
             Lazius
             ,
             Surius
             ,
             Golzius
             ,
             Gruterus
             ,
             Clennardus
             ,
             Carion
             ,
             Scioppius
             ,
             Kirkmannus
             ,
             G.
             Agricola
             ,
          
           who
           digg'd
           deeper
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           for
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Mettals
           more
           then
           any
           one
           .
           Add
           hereunto
           
             Cranter
             ,
             Sturmius
             ,
             Gesner
             ,
             Xylander
             ,
             Buxtorfius
             ,
             B.
             Keckerman
             ,
             Baudius
             ,
             Heinsius
             ,
             Dousa
             ,
             Taubmannus
             ,
             Melissus
             ,
             Calaminus
             ,
             Meursius
             ,
             Crusius
             ,
             Frisklinus
             ,
             Sibcros
             ,
             Sabinus
             ,
             Glareanus
             ,
             Stigelius
             ,
          
           and
           a
           great
           many
           more
           ,
           who
           have
           transmitted
           their
           Names
           to
           immortality
           by
           printed
           Monuments
           .
        
         
           For
           Mathematicians
           there
           is
           no
           Country
           hath
           produc'd
           rarer
           men
           ;
           witnesse
           
             Mullerus
             ,
             Regiomontanus
          
           the
           Son
           of
           Trapezuntius
           ,
           whom
           after
           the
           correction
           of
           the
           Kalender
           ,
           the
           Greeks
           out
           of
           envie
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           superiour
           to
           them
           in
           knowledg
           found
           a
           trick
           to
           poyson
           .
           Let
           Purbachius
           be
           added
           hereunto
           ,
           who
           first
           reviv'd
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Stars
           under
           this
           clyme
           :
           
             St●…fflerus
             ,
             Copernicus
             ,
             Mestlitus
             ,
             Braheus
             ,
             Keppler
             ,
             Clavius
             ,
          
           whom
           Scaliger
           so
           much
           esteem'd
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           rather
           be
           corrected
           by
           him
           ,
           then
           commended
           by
           others
           .
           There
           is
           
             Stadius
             ,
             Reinholdus
             ,
             Schonerus
          
           ,
           both
           the
           
             Appians
             ,
             Gemma
             Frisius
             ,
             Vadianus
             ,
             Dyander
             ,
             Stevinus
             ,
             Mercator
             ,
             Ortelius
             ,
             Peutingerus
             ,
             Dasypodius
             ,
             Merula
             ,
             Cluverus
             ,
             Munsterus
          
           ;
           and
           many
           more
           .
        
         
           For
           Musitions
           ,
           ther
           have
           bin
           
             Orlandus
             Lassus
             ,
             Hasleros
             ,
             Lechnerus
             ,
             Praetorius
             ,
          
           with
           others
           .
           But
           oh
           ,
           immortall
           God!
           besides
           these
           me-thinks
           I
           see
           before
           me
           an
           Host
           of
           rare
           renowned
           Authors
           ,
           who
           have
           contributed
           infinitely
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Muses
           had
           taken
           up
           the
           chiefest
           mansion
           in
           Germany
           ;
           what
           a
           world
           of
           Books
           and
           Libraries
           are
           up
           and
           down
           ?
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           Book-Merchants
           drive
           a
           greater
           Trade
           in
           our
           Marts
           then
           any
           wher
           else
           ;
           therefore
           those
           Verses
           of
           Horace
           may
           well
           be
           applied
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           
             
               Venimus
               ad
               summum
               Fortunae
               ,
               pingimus
               ,
               atque
            
             
               Psallimus
               ,
               &
               luctamur
               Achivis
               doctius
               unctis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Avant
           hence
           then
           those
           base
           Calumniators
           ,
           and
           Forgers
           of
           lies
           and
           scandals
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           have
           any
           tincture
           of
           shame
           left
           ,
           let
           them
           away
           to
           Utopia
           ,
           and
           there
           belch
           out
           their
           Venom
           ,
           specially
           that
           opprobrious
           Saying
           ,
           that
           
             I
             Tedischi
             hanno
             l'ingegno
             nelle
             mani
             ,
          
           The
           Germans
           have
           their
           wit
           in
           their
           hands
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           had
           none
           in
           their
           brain
           .
           How
           can
           this
           be
           aver'd
           by
           any
           that
           hath
           the
           least
           spark
           of
           Ingenuity
           and
           truth
           in
           him
           ;
           considering
           that
           I
           have
           already
           musterd
           up
           so
           many
           Heros
           in
           all
           knowledg
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           Theologie
           ,
           as
           in
           Civill
           Policy
           ,
           in
           Physic
           ,
           in
           History
           ,
           in
           the
           Mathematiques
           ,
           in
           Philosophie
           ,
           Philologie
           ,
           with
           all
           other
           kind
           of
           knowledg
           ,
           as
           well
           morall
           as
           naturall
           ;
           So
           that
           Germany
           may
           be
           without
           derogation
           to
           any
           other
           Country
           be
           call'd
           the
           Gran
           Schoole
           and
           Academy
           of
           all
           Knowledg
           .
        
         
           But
           most
           Illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           because
           by
           our
           Adversaries
           own
           confessions
           we
           have
           such
           ingenious
           hands
           ,
           let
           us
           search
           a
           little
           into
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           Saying
           .
           The
           first
           Broachers
           of
           it
           were
           the
           Italians
           ,
           who
           were
           well
           known
           to
           be
           a
           cunning
           acute
           Peeple
           ,
           yet
           they
           give
           us
           the
           priority
           almost
           in
           every
           thing
           ;
           there
           passeth
           never
           a
           yeer
           but
           they
           send
           out
           of
           Germany
           for
           Architects
           ,
           Statuaries
           ,
           Limmers
           ,
           Painters
           ,
           Surveyors
           ,
           Aqueduct
           makers
           .
           
             Aeneas
             Silvius
          
           had
           all
           his
           Artificers
           hence
           :
           France
           also
           makes
           the
           same
           use
           of
           our
           men
           ,
           for
           the
           best
           Tapistry
           ,
           Hangings
           ,
           and
           Household-stuff
           ,
           with
           Tables
           ,
           Chaires
           ,
           curious
           Glasse
           
           which
           are
           fetcht
           away
           hence
           .
           Norimberg
           is
           admired
           all
           the
           Earth
           over
           for
           her
           rare
           industry
           ,
           and
           inventive
           faculty
           :
           The
           Goldsmiths
           of
           Auspurg
           are
           cryed
           up
           in
           every
           corner
           for
           Bracelets
           ,
           Rings
           ,
           Chaines
           ,
           Necklaces
           ,
           and
           other
           Curiosities
           ,
           which
           are
           carried
           every
           where
           abroad
           ,
           from
           the
           rising
           to
           the
           setting
           Sun.
           Nor
           doth
           Norimburg
           and
           Auspurg
           excell
           only
           ,
           but
           every
           Citty
           in
           Germany
           abounds
           with
           exquisit
           Opificers
           ,
           though
           som
           Townes
           do
           apply
           themselfs
           to
           one
           thing
           more
           then
           another
           .
           In
           Friburg
           they
           have
           an
           art
           to
           polish
           Christall
           ,
           and
           make
           Vessells
           and
           curious
           Cupps
           therof
           :
           Other
           Townes
           are
           dextrous
           in
           making
           Muskets
           ,
           Archibuses
           ,
           and
           Pistolls
           :
           Ulms
           excells
           in
           Drapery
           and
           weaving
           of
           Cloth
           ,
           whereof
           she
           vents
           an
           incredible
           quantity
           :
           Other
           places
           excell
           in
           making
           of
           Pewter
           ,
           Tinn
           ,
           Brasse
           ,
           and
           Copper
           Vessells
           ;
           som
           in
           casting
           of
           Canons
           ,
           som
           in
           making
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Pikes
           ,
           som
           in
           exquisit
           sorts
           of
           dying
           ,
           som
           in
           painting
           of
           Glasse
           ,
           som
           in
           framing
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           earthen
           Potts
           ,
           som
           in
           devising
           new
           sorts
           of
           Waggons
           :
           But
           he
           who
           desires
           to
           see
           a
           Compendium
           of
           the
           Manuall
           subtilties
           of
           the
           German
           ,
           let
           him
           beg
           leave
           to
           go
           to
           Dresden
           in
           Saxony
           ,
           or
           to
           Stutgard
           in
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           or
           to
           Munchen
           in
           Bavaria
           ,
           and
           ther
           he
           may
           take
           a
           surfet
           of
           beholding
           thousands
           of
           rarities
           ,
           and
           feed
           his
           eyes
           with
           new
           objects
           a
           whole
           twelvmonth
           together
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           we
           have
           already
           spoken
           of
           high
           Germany
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           well
           sayed
           of
           the
           lower
           ,
           who
           is
           little
           inferior
           herein
           to
           the
           higher
           ,
           whom
           Thuanus
           avoucheth
           to
           abound
           with
           Artificers
           more
           then
           any
           part
           of
           the
           earth
           in
           so
           narrow
           a
           compas
           .
           It
           is
           upon
           record
           in
           story
           ,
           that
           iu
           the
           yeer
           one
           thousand
           three
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           ,
           ther
           were
           in
           Lovain
           alone
           ,
           four
           thousand
           Weavers
           Loomes
           ,
           every
           Workhouse
           employing
           thirty
           or
           forty
           persons
           to
           prepare
           the
           Wooll
           ,
           to
           spinn
           and
           card
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           this
           computation
           ther
           must
           have
           bin
           an
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           thousand
           soules
           at
           least
           did
           eat
           their
           bread
           upon
           this
           sole
           Manufacture
           .
           And
           what
           credit
           the
           English
           Cloth
           hath
           now
           gaind
           ,
           may
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           Lovanians
           ,
           and
           other
           Low-Countrey
           Opificers
           ,
           who
           brought
           whole
           Colonies
           into
           great
           Britain
           ,
           and
           made
           that
           Nation
           such
           able
           Workmen
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           comodity
           ,
           who
           were
           given
           altogether
           before
           to
           Agriculture
           and
           grasing
           of
           Cattle
           :
           for
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           drive
           many
           Families
           of
           Flemins
           thither
           ,
           where
           they
           peepled
           many
           Townes
           which
           were
           very
           thin
           of
           Inhabitauts
           before
           ,
           as
           
             Norwich
             ,
             Colchester
             ,
             Maidston
             ,
             Sandwich
             ,
             Canterbury
             ,
             Hampton
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           teaching
           them
           the
           art
           of
           making
           Bayes
           and
           Serges
           ,
           with
           other
           such
           like
           woollen
           Manufactures
           ;
           yet
           the
           Belgians
           still
           florishd
           by
           this
           industry
           ,
           and
           the
           Drapers
           of
           Wooll
           began
           to
           lessen
           among
           them
           ;
           ther
           was
           a
           compensation
           made
           by
           making
           Linnen
           cloth
           ,
           wherin
           they
           are
           so
           exquisit
           ,
           and
           herin
           the
           Batavians
           or
           Hollanders
           bear
           the
           Bell
           ,
           who
           are
           arrivd
           to
           that
           perfection
           of
           making
           fine
           Cambricks
           ,
           and
           other
           Cloth
           ,
           that
           Holland
           hath
           given
           the
           name
           to
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           commonly
           calld
           Holland
           ;
           and
           their
           dexterity
           is
           such
           herin
           ,
           that
           their
           Loomes
           may
           be
           compard
           to
           Arachnes
           webb
           for
           finenesse
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           woven
           by
           Pallas
           her
           own
           hand
           ;
           for
           they
           may
           be
           sayd
           to
           equall
           the
           Snow
           in
           whitenesse
           ,
           Lawne
           in
           thinnesse
           ,
           Silke
           in
           softnesse
           and
           value
           :
           Cambray
           is
           also
           famous
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           growes
           rich
           from
           what
           it
           was
           beyond
           beliefe
           :
           For
           Thuanus
           reports
           there
           are
           30000.
           
           Clothes
           made
           in
           that
           Town
           alone
           every
           yeer
           ,
           which
           at
           four
           pound
           Sterling
           a
           peece
           come
           to
           a
           vast
           Somme
           .
           Flanders
           also
           excels
           in
           woven
           Pictures
           ,
           specially
           Holst
           ,
           and
           Oudenard
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           Pomp
           of
           Princes
           ;
           I
           know
           the
           Ancients
           have
           been
           Admirable
           for
           the
           Needle
           ,
           the
           
             Phrixian
             Gownes
          
           ,
           the
           
             Istrian
             Cadowes
          
           ,
           the
           Attalicall
           Hangings
           ,
           and
           the
           Babylonian
           Cutwork
           were
           very
           famous
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           Martiall
           .
        
         
           
             
               Non
               ego
               praetulerim
               Babylonica
               picta
               ,
               superbé
            
             
               Texta
               Semiran
               it
               quae
               variantur
               acu
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           all
           that
           Curiosity
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           transmigration
           is
           remov'd
           to
           Germany
           :
           The
           thing
           exceeds
           faith
           ,
           no
           Colour
           is
           wanting
           here
           ,
           think
           upon
           what
           you
           will
           ;
           
           The
           Peacock
           is
           not
           adorn'd
           by
           nature
           with
           more
           gay
           colour'd
           Feathers
           ,
           then
           Art
           makes
           Tapistry
           here
           to
           delight
           the
           Optiques
           with
           such
           changable
           and
           various
           Objects
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           no
           Nation
           exceeds
           them
           herein
           ,
           or
           produceth
           more
           inventive
           Spirits
           .
           Among
           others
           the
           Quintins
           ,
           the
           Florians
           ,
           the
           Brugelians
           ,
           the
           Clerians
           ,
           the
           Brillians
           ,
           the
           Mabuseans
           ,
           the
           Mores
           ,
           the
           Schoorelians
           ,
           the
           Hemskirkians
           ,
           the
           Pourbusians
           ,
           the
           Barensians
           ,
           the
           Winghians
           ,
           the
           Hofnalians
           ,
           are
           most
           famous
           ,
           specially
           
             Iohn
             Eckius
          
           ,
           who
           first
           found
           out
           the
           way
           of
           mingling
           Oyle
           with
           Colours
           ;
           And
           
             Albert
             Durer
          
           of
           Norimberg
           came
           to
           a
           wonderfull
           height
           of
           perfection
           herein
           ,
           which
           extorted
           a
           confession
           from
           the
           Italians
           themselves
           ,
           who
           using
           his
           name
           in
           vaine
           ,
           would
           father
           their
           workes
           upon
           him
           to
           make
           them
           more
           vendible
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           let
           all
           those
           Limmers
           ,
           and
           Painters
           who
           have
           gain'd
           immortality
           by
           their
           rare
           peeces
           ,
           come
           and
           appeare
           ;
           let
           
             Apelles
             ,
             Zeuxis
             ,
             Protogenes
             ,
             Parrhasius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Theban
             Aristides
          
           com
           ;
           let
           the
           most
           renowned
           Architects
           appeer
           ,
           let
           
             Ctesiphon
             Gnosius
          
           ,
           who
           erected
           the
           Ephesian
           Temple
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           Diana
           ,
           let
           Dinocrates
           ,
           who
           trac'd
           Alexandria
           :
           let
           Philo
           the
           famous
           Athenian
           com
           ,
           let
           all
           the
           choicest
           Sculpters
           ,
           
             Leochares
             ,
             Alcamenes
             ,
             Briaxis
             ,
             Scopus
             ,
             Pythis
          
           com
           ;
           let
           the
           most
           celebrous
           Statuaries
           appeer
           ,
           as
           
             Polycletus
             ,
             Praxiteles
             ,
             Ctesias
             ,
             Lysippus
             :
          
           Let
           the
           ablest
           Artificers
           and
           Opificers
           the
           World
           ever
           affoorded
           appeer
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           find
           that
           Germany
           hath
           their
           equals
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Masters
           as
           they
           in
           every
           thing
           .
           But
           they
           will
           be
           transported
           with
           wonder
           ,
           when
           they
           meet
           our
           
             Albertus
             Magnus
          
           ,
           who
           made
           a
           Statue
           so
           neer
           the
           life
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           certain
           wheels
           and
           ginns
           ,
           latent
           within
           ,
           made
           the
           tongue
           move
           &
           prolate
           articular
           sounds
           ;
           which
           Statue
           ,
           when
           Albertus
           had
           got
           
             Tho
             :
             Aquinas
          
           the
           Angelicall
           Doctor
           into
           a
           Chamber
           where
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           making
           it
           speak
           with
           an
           audible
           voice
           ,
           Aquinas
           being
           suddenly
           surpriz'd
           with
           amazement
           ,
           struck
           it
           with
           a
           stick
           and
           broak
           it
           ,
           whereupon
           Albertus
           in
           as
           great
           amazement
           ,
           sayed
           ;
           Ah
           Thomas
           !
           
             what
             hast
             thou
             done
             ?
             Thou
             hast
             destroyed
             in
             a
             moment
             the
             work
             of
             thirty
             yeers
             .
          
           Could
           any
           of
           these
           old
           Artists
           make
           an
           Eagle
           of
           wood
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           as
           Regiomontanus
           ,
           upon
           the
           Emperours
           entrance
           into
           Norimberg
           ,
           making
           her
           to
           flye
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           welcome
           him
           to
           Town
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           are
           triviall
           things
           ,
           most
           Illustrious
           Auditors
           ,
           they
           are
           Stars
           of
           the
           least
           magnitude
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           others
           that
           shine
           in
           this
           Firmament
           :
           What
           think
           you
           of
           the
           invention
           of
           Gunns
           ,
           and
           Printing
           ,
           the
           first
           for
           Mars
           ,
           the
           last
           for
           Mercury
           ;
           two
           mighty
           things
           worthy
           of
           German
           Inventors
           ,
           whereby
           Armes
           and
           Arts
           are
           so
           much
           advantag'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Bow
           ,
           the
           sling
           ,
           the
           Roman
           Ramms
           ,
           the
           Scorpions
           ,
           and
           Engines
           of
           Battery
           ,
           were
           nothing
           compard
           to
           the
           Canon
           which
           doth
           such
           Execution
           ,
           and
           destroyes
           men
           ,
           and
           horses
           at
           such
           a
           distance
           :
           If
           any
           thing
           can
           compare
           with
           Thunder
           ,
           t
           is
           the
           sound
           of
           a
           Culverin
           ,
           in
           noise
           and
           terriblenesse
           :
           Witnesse
           when
           at
           the
           three
           yeers
           Siege
           of
           Osten
           ,
           the
           report
           of
           the
           Canon
           was
           heard
           at
           Lovain
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guyse
           surpriz'd
           and
           took
           Calis
           from
           the
           English
           ,
           the
           noise
           of
           the
           great
           Gunns
           reach'd
           as
           far
           as
           Antwerp
           ,
           having
           the
           wind
           favourable
           for
           its
           transport
           ;
           which
           made
           Scaliger
           say
           ,
           
             Pace
             tua
             dicam
             ,
             Iupiter
             ,
             fulmina
             nostra
             sunt
             terribiliora
             tuis
             ;
             Age
             ,
             coge
             nubes
             ut
             tonare
             queas
             ,
             nos
             etiam
             te
             tranquillo
             iratum
             Regnum
             tuum
             faciemus
             .
          
           By
           your
           good
           leave
           ,
           oh
           ,
           Iove
           !
           our
           Thunder-bolts
           are
           more
           terrible
           then
           yours
           ;
           Go
           gather
           Clouds
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           thunder
           and
           teare
           the
           Air
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           quiet
           ,
           we
           also
           can
           make
           your
           Kingdom
           angry
           :
           And
           
             Berchtoldus
             Scharwarzius
          
           was
           the
           first
           Inventor
           of
           this
           Miracle
           ,
           a
           Franciscan
           Philosoper
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           finder
           out
           of
           Typography
           ,
           or
           Printing
           was
           a
           German
           Knight
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Guttenberg
          
           of
           Mentz
           ,
           though
           Winphelingus
           sayeth
           ,
           he
           projected
           it
           first
           at
           Strasburg
           ,
           and
           perfected
           it
           in
           Mentz
           :
           The
           greatest
           advantage
           that
           ever
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           receav'd
           ,
           which
           made
           Beroaldus
           the
           Italian
           break
           out
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           admiration
           ,
           and
           this
           lyric
           Verse
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               O
               Germania
               muneris
               Repertrix
            
             
               Quo
               nil
               utilius
               dedit
               vetustas
               ;
            
             
               Libros
               scribere
               quae
               doces
               premendo
               .
            
          
        
         
           What
           a
           toyl
           it
           was
           to
           exscribe
           Authors
           before
           ,
           and
           preserve
           them
           from
           the
           injury
           of
           time
           ?
           What
           a
           care
           the
           Emperour
           took
           to
           keep
           Tacitus
           ,
           commanding
           him
           to
           be
           written
           out
           ten
           times
           every
           yeer
           ;
           yet
           this
           Golden
           Author
           had
           been
           like
           to
           perish
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           been
           found
           in
           Corbe
           Monastery
           in
           Westphalia
           ,
           whence
           after
           many
           ages
           silence
           Tacitus
           was
           brought
           to
           speak
           again
           :
           Besides
           the
           negligence
           of
           Scribes
           in
           former
           times
           used
           to
           fill
           the
           Books
           with
           errors
           ,
           as
           Cicero
           witnesseth
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           Viz.
           That
           Latin
           books
           were
           so
           falsly
           written
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           adulterated
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           do
           ;
           whereupon
           Christian
           Authors
           thought
           it
           fitting
           that
           Booksellers
           shold
           be
           sworn
           to
           divulge
           none
           but
           tru
           examind
           Coppies
           ,
           which
           made
           Irenaeus
           in
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Worke
           to
           adjure
           the
           Transcriber
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           dreadfull
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           all
           coppies
           therof
           shold
           be
           examind
           and
           made
           concordant
           with
           the
           Originall
           .
           Typography
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           cast
           a
           Bridle
           in
           Times
           mouth
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           devoure
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           bring
           things
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           mortality
           :
           Typography
           may
           be
           calld
           
             Ars
             memoriae
             ,
             &
             mors
             oblivionis
             ,
          
           the
           art
           of
           memory
           ,
           and
           death
           of
           Oblivion
           :
           Ther
           is
           no
           Epithet
           or
           Elogium
           adaequat
           to
           the
           worth
           of
           Typography
           ,
           it
           deserves
           such
           attributs
           as
           Philon
           the
           Physition
           gives
           to
           his
           compositions
           ,
           calling
           them
           
             Manus
             Dei
          
           ,
           or
           as
           others
           call
           theirs
           ,
           
             Manus
             Christi
             ,
             Apostolicon
             ,
             gratiam
             Dei
             ,
             Catholicon
             ,
             Antidotum
             Paulinum
             ,
          
           and
           such
           Divine
           Epithets
           :
           For
           the
           Christian
           World
           owes
           more
           to
           Frobenius
           ,
           and
           Oporinus
           of
           Basile
           ,
           to
           Plantine
           of
           Antwerp
           ,
           to
           
             Aldus
             Manutius
          
           of
           Venice
           ,
           to
           Robert
           and
           
             Henry
             Stephanus
          
           of
           Paris
           and
           Geneva
           ,
           which
           have
           so
           much
           promoted
           all
           kind
           of
           Sciences
           in
           such
           durable
           Characters
           ;
           I
           say
           the
           Christian
           World
           owes
           more
           to
           these
           Men
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           greatest
           Captains
           and
           Warriers
           who
           have
           enlargd
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           Countrey
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           not
           be
           fastidious
           to
           you
           ,
           most
           Noble
           Auditors
           ,
           if
           I
           recite
           unto
           you
           an
           Epigram
           in
           praise
           of
           
             Aldus
             Manutius
          
           ,
           made
           by
           Beza
           .
        
         
           
             
               Didonis
               cecinit
               rogum
               disertus
            
             
               Maro
               ,
               Pompeij
               rogum
               Lucanus
               ;
            
             
               Et
               discite
               adeo
               hoc
               uterque
               fecit
               ,
            
             
               Ut
               nunc
               vivere
               judicetur
               Illa
               ,
            
             
               Nec
               jam
               mortuus
               hic
               putetur
               esse
               .
            
             
               Imo
               sunt
               redivivi
               &
               Hic
               &
               Illa
               ;
            
             
               Ergo
               credere
               ●…as
               erit
               poetas
            
             
               Divos
               ,
               utpote
               qui
               loquendo
               possint
            
             
               Vitam
               reddere
               mortuis
               ,
               quod
               ipsis
            
             
               Est
               Divis
               proprium
               &
               peculiare
               .
            
             
               Quod
               si
               fas
               credere
               Deos
               poetas
               ,
            
             
               Vitam
               reddere
               quod
               queant
               sublatam
               ;
            
             
               Quanto
               est
               justius
               aequiusque
               ,
               quaeso
               ,
            
             
               Aldum
               Manutium
               Deum
               vocare
               ,
            
             
               Ipsis
               qui
               potuit
               suo
               labore
            
             
               Vitam
               reddere
               mortuis
               poetis
               ?
            
          
        
         
           Virgil
           sung
           on
           Dido's
           Hearse
           ,
           and
           Lucan
           on
           Pompeys
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           it
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           neither
           Shee
           nor
           Hee
           may
           be
           sayd
           to
           be
           dead
           ,
           but
           both
           do
           daily
           revive
           :
           Therfore
           Poets
           may
           be
           termd
           Gods
           in
           one
           sense
           ,
           because
           they
           can
           give
           life
           unto
           the
           dead
           ,
           which
           is
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Gods
           :
           But
           if
           Poets
           may
           be
           taken
           for
           Gods
           ,
           because
           they
           can
           restore
           life
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           just
           and
           equitable
           is
           it
           to
           call
           
             Aidus
             Manutius
          
           a
           God
           ,
           who
           could
           by
           his
           labour
           give
           life
           to
           so
           many
           Divine
           Poets
           ?
        
         
         
           If
           therfore
           Typography
           may
           be
           calld
           a
           Goddesse
           ,
           because
           she
           restores
           vertuous
           men
           to
           life
           ,
           may
           not
           the
           Germans
           who
           got
           Her
           ,
           be
           termd
           Gods
           :
           These
           are
           the
           two
           great
           beneffits
           which
           Germany
           hath
           communicated
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           made
           therby
           a
           way
           to
           Peace
           and
           recovering
           of
           right
           ,
           to
           vertu
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           learning
           ,
           to
           Religion
           ,
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Christ
           himselfe
           :
           Boterus
           doth
           also
           attribut
           to
           us
           the
           first
           Invention
           of
           Wheel
           Clocks
           ,
           wherby
           the
           courses
           and
           recourses
           of
           Time
           and
           the
           Starrs
           are
           distinguished
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             Tedeschi
             sono
             stati
             Inventori
             della
             stampa
             ,
             dell
             '
             Artiglieria
             ,
             et
             dell
             '
             Horologio
             a
             ruota
             ,
             cose
             nobilissime
             .
          
           The
           Germans
           have
           bin
           the
           Inventors
           of
           Printing
           ,
           of
           Artillery
           ,
           and
           Wheeld
           Clocks
           ,
           three
           most
           noble
           things
           .
           I
           will
           relate
           here
           what
           Scaliger
           writes
           of
           all
           three
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Canon
             we
             imitate
             Ioves
             anger
             ,
             by
             the
             Presse
             we
             make
             men
             immortall
             ,
             and
             by
             Dialls
             and
             Wheel
             Clocks
             we
             are
             made
             companions
             with
             time
             ,
             and
             go
             still
             along
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           This
           noble
           Continent
           of
           Germany
           was
           once
           Townlesse
           ,
           and
           without
           Citties
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           pray
           what
           part
           of
           the
           habitable
           Earth
           hath
           more
           ?
           Your
           Duchy
           of
           Wirtemberg
           alone
           ,
           most
           excellend
           Prince
           ,
           hath
           threescore
           ,
           Holland
           in
           a
           small
           circuit
           of
           ground
           comprehends
           three
           and
           thirty
           Cities
           ,
           Gorchon
           Tower
           will
           shew
           you
           two
           and
           twenty
           .
           Utrecht
           stands
           betwixt
           fifty
           Citties
           ,
           wher
           of
           the
           remotest
           is
           but
           one
           dayes
           jorney
           distant
           .
           Now
           high
           Germany
           is
           so
           thick
           with
           Citties
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           shake
           one
           another
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           are
           most
           beutifull
           ,
           both
           for
           amaenity
           of
           soyl
           ,
           for
           firmenesse
           of
           structure
           ,
           for
           statelinesse
           of
           Palaces
           ,
           for
           delicacy
           of
           Fountaines
           ,
           for
           curiosity
           of
           Walks
           ,
           for
           cleanlinesse
           of
           wayes
           ,
           for
           comodity
           of
           Rivers
           ,
           for
           Stadshouses
           ,
           for
           Monasteries
           ,
           Chappell
           's
           ,
           and
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Can
           ther
           be
           a
           better
           fortified
           place
           then
           Vienna
           ,
           for
           which
           t
           is
           tru
           we
           are
           beholden
           to
           an
           
             English
             King
          
           :
           can
           ther
           be
           neater
           Citties
           then
           Harlam
           (
           who
           also
           arrogats
           to
           her self
           the
           first
           Invention
           of
           Printing
           )
           then
           Amsterdam
           ,
           then
           Strasburg
           ,
           then
           Brunswick
           ,
           then
           Ingolstadt
           ,
           then
           Dresden
           ,
           then
           Lubec
           ,
           then
           Hamburgh
           ,
           then
           Breme
           ,
           then
           Magdenburg
           (
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           Germany
           )
           then
           Antwerp
           ?
           Can
           ther
           be
           more
           pleasant
           Townes
           then
           
             Auspurg
             ,
             Leipsic
             ,
             Bern
             ,
             Noremberg
             ,
             Lunsburg
             ,
             Saltzburg
             ,
             Basil
             ,
             Leiden
             ,
          
           and
           Bruges
           ?
           Can
           ther
           be
           greater
           Townes
           then
           
             Ghent
             ,
             Prage
             ,
             Erford
             ,
             Lovain
             ,
          
           and
           Colen
           ?
           With
           other
           wherof
           ther
           might
           be
           made
           a
           farr
           larger
           Catalog
           ;
           in
           diverse
           of
           these
           the
           Cittizens
           houses
           look
           like
           the
           Palaces
           of
           Princes
           .
           Srabo
           writes
           that
           the
           Romans
           went
           beyond
           the
           Greeks
           in
           purity
           of
           Citties
           ;
           and
           Boterus
           an
           Italian
           confesseth
           the
           Germans
           to
           surpasse
           his
           Countreymen
           herin
           ,
           
             Hora
             I
             Tedeschi
             accanzano
             di
             gran
             lunga
             I
             Romani
             :
          
           The
           character
           which
           Charles
           the
           Emperour
           gave
           one
           of
           Florence
           in
           Toscany
           ,
           being
           ravished
           with
           her
           bewty
           ,
           Viz.
           That
           Florence
           was
           a
           Citty
           to
           be
           seen
           upon
           Festivalls
           ,
           and
           Holydays
           ;
           the
           same
           may
           be
           sayed
           of
           many
           of
           the
           German
           Citties
           ;
           Behold
           Antwerp
           ,
           a
           place
           situated
           upon
           a
           faire
           navigable
           sweet
           River
           ,
           a
           spacious
           Plain
           ,
           which
           streets
           and
           structures
           ,
           for
           order
           and
           symmetry
           ,
           for
           high
           ,
           strong
           ,
           and
           spacious
           Walls
           ,
           whereon
           three
           or
           fower
           Coches
           may
           go
           abrest
           ,
           for
           wayes
           ,
           prospects
           ,
           and
           an
           universall
           kind
           of
           Elegancy
           ,
           ther
           is
           not
           any
           can
           surpasse
           Her
           :
           if
           one
           observe
           all
           the
           members
           of
           her
           body
           with
           an
           unpassionat
           judgment
           ,
           I
           know
           he
           will
           give
           his
           suffrage
           with
           me
           :
           Let
           Scaliger
           ,
           a
           branch
           of
           a
           German
           stemm
           ,
           be
           one
           of
           Her
           Judges
           in
           this
           Hexastic
           ,
           making
           the
           Citty
           her self
           by
           way
           of
           Prosopopoeia
           ,
           speak
           :
        
         
           
             
               Oppida
               quot
               spectant
               oculo
               me
               torva
               sinistro
               ,
            
             
               Tot
               nos
               Invidiae
               pallida
               tela
               petunt
               :
            
             
               Lugdunum
               omnigenum
               est
               ,
               operosa
               Lutetia
               ,
               Roma
            
             
               Ingens
               ,
               Res
               Venetum
               vasta
               ,
               Tolosa
               potens
               ,
            
             
               Omnimodae
               merces
               ,
               Artes
               priscaeque
               novaeque
               :
            
             
               Quorum
               insunt
               alijs
               singula
               ,
               cuncta
               mihi
               .
            
          
        
         
           Add
           herunto
           that
           incomparable
           Cittadell
           ,
           built
           according
           to
           the
           tru
           rules
           
           of
           Enginry
           ,
           and
           this
           slately
           Plain
           like
           a
           
             Campus
             Martius
          
           which
           lyeth
           twixt
           Her
           and
           it
           .
           Now
           if
           a
           man
           shold
           go
           to
           particulars
           ,
           and
           observe
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           Ulm
           Temple
           in
           Suevia
           ,
           the
           bewty
           of
           Freidenstad
           Church
           in
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           the
           magnificence
           of
           the
           Jesuitts
           Colledg
           in
           Bavaria
           ,
           the
           neatnesse
           of
           Halberstadt
           Church
           ▪
           the
           Mount
           Olivet
           in
           Spire
           ,
           the
           Armory
           of
           Dresden
           ,
           the
           Suburbs
           and
           Gardens
           of
           Stutgard
           ,
           the
           Tower
           of
           Strasburg
           ,
           which
           is
           computed
           to
           be
           five
           hundred
           seventy
           four
           foot
           high
           ,
           with
           innumerable
           other
           singularities
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           judicious
           spectator
           shold
           survay
           all
           these
           ,
           he
           will
           acknowledg
           Germany
           to
           be
           inferior
           to
           no
           Countrey
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Therfore
           what
           Tacitus
           writes
           of
           Germany
           ,
           was
           taken
           up
           in
           trust
           ,
           and
           from
           imperfect
           hearsayes
           ;
           nor
           must
           we
           take
           all
           the
           narrations
           of
           the
           Ancients
           for
           Gospell
           ,
           or
           Articles
           of
           Faith.
           What
           false
           things
           have
           they
           delivered
           of
           the
           Countrey
           which
           l●…eth
           under
           the
           torrid
           Zone
           ,
           whom
           they
           made
           so
           parching
           and
           scorching
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           inhabitable
           ?
           Yet
           't
           is
           now
           found
           by
           experience
           ,
           and
           the
           travells
           of
           
             Spaniards
             ,
             English
             ,
             Hollanders
             ,
             French
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           temperat
           clime
           ,
           that
           one
           need
           not
           throw
           off
           his
           Cloke
           for
           immoderat
           heat
           ,
           nor
           keep
           it
           on
           for
           cold
           :
           Indeed
           
             Ioseph
             Acosta
          
           sayeth
           ,
           That
           at
           the
           Vernall
           Equinoctiall
           he
           found
           himself
           so
           cold
           that
           he
           went
           to
           the
           Sunshine
           to
           get
           heat
           by
           aprication
           :
           What
           Aristotle
           and
           many
           others
           write
           of
           the
           Swan
           ,
           that
           shee
           sings
           her
           own
           dirge
           before
           her
           death
           ,
           we
           find
           to
           be
           false
           ;
           sundry
           other
           things
           the
           old
           Wisards
           deliver
           for
           truth
           ,
           which
           our
           experience
           find
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           therfore
           we
           must
           not
           give
           credit
           to
           all
           that
           Tacitus
           writes
           ,
           whom
           Budaeus
           stiles
           the
           
             wickedst
             of
             all
             Writers
             ;
             Tertullian
          
           calls
           him
           lyingst
           ,
           and
           Orosius
           the
           flatteringst
           ;
           what
           a
           simple
           grosse
           error
           was
           that
           in
           him
           to
           derive
           the
           Etymologie
           of
           the
           Jewes
           (
           Iudaei
           )
           from
           the
           Mountain
           Ida
           in
           Crete
           ?
           But
           the
           Epithetts
           that
           were
           given
           him
           were
           a
           little
           too
           bitter
           ,
           for
           I
           must
           confesse
           with
           Lipsius
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           well
           rankd
           among
           the
           prudentst
           and
           soundest
           of
           all
           the
           Roman
           Historians
           ;
           but
           ther
           's
           no
           Pomgranet
           but
           may
           have
           som
           rotten
           grains
           :
           Now
           put
           the
           case
           that
           Barbarisme
           did
           once
           cover
           the
           face
           of
           this
           Countrey
           (
           as
           it
           did
           all
           other
           at
           first
           )
           how
           marvellously
           is
           it
           civilizd
           since
           ?
           Open
           the
           Windowes
           and
           look
           about
           ,
           and
           where
           will
           you
           now
           find
           such
           uncouth
           Fenns
           ,
           and
           horrid
           Woods
           as
           Tacitus
           speaks
           of
           :
           'T
           is
           tru
           that
           the
           Her●…ynian
           Forest
           might
           be
           once
           nine
           daies
           jorney
           broad
           ,
           and
           whose
           beginning
           after
           sixty
           dayes
           travell
           none
           could
           find
           ,
           as
           Caesar
           reports
           ,
           but
           now
           t
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           for
           it
           may
           be
           easily
           survayd
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           places
           are
           cultivated
           and
           made
           commodious
           for
           mans
           use
           :
           This
           most
           noble
           Duchie
           of
           Wirtemberg
           may
           be
           calld
           the
           marrow
           of
           
             Germany
             ;
             Alsatia
          
           ,
           and
           those
           Territories
           upon
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           may
           be
           termd
           the
           Garden
           of
           
             Germany
             ;
             Westphalia
             ,
             Hassia
             ,
             Saxony
             ,
             Bavaria
             ,
             Sil●…sia
             ,
             Thuringia
             ,
          
           and
           Misnia
           ,
           may
           be
           calld
           the
           Granaries
           of
           
             Germany
             :
             Franconia
             ,
             Silesia
             ,
             Thuringia
             ,
          
           and
           Tirol
           ,
           the
           Pantry
           of
           
             Germany
             :
             Styria
          
           and
           Austria
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           Paradis
           ?
           What
           is
           all
           Germany
           but
           a
           Pandora's
           Box
           ?
           Ther
           is
           no
           kind
           of
           ground
           ,
           whither
           sandy
           ,
           fenny
           ,
           or
           rocky
           ,
           but
           is
           made
           usefull
           som
           way
           or
           other
           ;
           among
           other
           places
           ●…
           will
           instance
           in
           Holland
           ,
           which
           though
           by
           her
           low
           situation
           she
           be
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           Moore
           or
           Marsh
           ,
           I
           pray
           what
           character
           
             Ioseph
             Scaliger
          
           gives
           of
           her
           ,
           who
           sings
           thus
           to
           Dousa
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ignorata
               tuae
               referam
               miracula
               Terrae
               ,
            
             
               Dousa
               ,
               peregrinis
               non
               habitura
               fidem
               .
            
             
               Omnia
               Lanicium
               hic
               lassat
               textrina
               Minerva
               ,
            
             
               Lanigeros
               tamen
               heic
               scimus
               abesse
               greges
               .
            
             
               Non
               ca●…iunt
               operas
               fabriles
               oppida
               vestra
               ,
            
             
               Nulla
               fabris
               tamen
               heic
               ligna
               ministrat
               h●…mus
               .
            
             
               Horrea
               triticeae
               rumpunt
               heic
               frugis
               acervi
               ,
            
             
               Pascuus
               heic
               tamen
               est
               ,
               non
               Cerealis
               Ager
               .
            
             
               Heic
               numerosa
               meri
               stipantur
               dolia
               cellis
               ,
            
             
               Quae
               vineta
               colat
               nulla
               putator
               habet
               .
            
             
             
               Heic
               nulla
               ,
               aut
               certé
               seges
               est
               rarissima
               lini
               ,
            
             
               Linifici
               tamen
               est
               copia
               major
               ubi
               ?
            
             
               Heic
               medijs
               habitamus
               aquis
               ,
               quis
               credere
               posset
               ?
            
             
               Et
               tamen
               heic
               nullae
               ,
               Dousa
               ,
               bibuntur
               aquae
               .
            
          
        
         
           Both
           Italy
           ,
           and
           hungry
           Spain
           with
           divers
           other
           Countries
           ,
           tast
           often
           of
           the
           fatnesse
           of
           Germany
           .
           T
           is
           well
           known
           that
           som
           yeers
           since
           ,
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           being
           reduc'd
           to
           such
           extremity
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Jews
           and
           Courtisans
           being
           commanded
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           eight
           ounces
           of
           bread
           was
           allow'd
           to
           every
           mouth
           ,
           but
           the
           Hansiatique
           Townes
           fetching
           a
           huge
           compas
           by
           Hercules
           Pillars
           ,
           kept
           them
           from
           starving
           by
           a
           Fleet
           of
           Corn
           Ships
           which
           they
           sent
           into
           the
           Tyber
           ;
           And
           the
           Pope
           did
           gratifie
           the
           first
           bringer
           in
           of
           the
           newes
           with
           a
           thousand
           Ducates
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           places
           ,
           let
           Bern
           in
           Swizzerland
           shew
           the
           fertility
           of
           Germany
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           inferior
           far
           to
           Wirtemberg
           and
           Alsatia
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           compard
           to
           the
           great
           Plain
           about
           Milan
           ,
           which
           is
           accounted
           one
           of
           the
           best
           corn
           Countries
           in
           Italy
           :
           According
           to
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Berna
             &
             il
             Bernese
             ,
             vale
             Milano
             ,
             &
             il
             Milanese
             .
          
           And
           for
           Wine
           ,
           Germany
           hath
           divers
           most
           generous
           sorts
           of
           her selfe
           ,
           which
           are
           carried
           to
           
             England
             ,
             Poland
             ,
             Moscovie
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Regions
           .
           What
           's
           more
           delicat
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Rhine
           ?
           What
           Wine
           's
           more
           pure
           then
           that
           of
           the
           Neccar
           !
           what
           's
           stronger
           then
           that
           of
           Franconia
           ?
           what
           's
           sweeter
           then
           that
           of
           Austria
           ?
           And
           so
           excellent
           are
           the
           German
           Wines
           ,
           that
           Bacchus
           himselfe
           it
           seemes
           desired
           to
           be
           worshipped
           here
           ,
           more
           then
           any
           where
           els
           ;
           As
           appeers
           by
           an
           Altar
           that
           was
           erected
           to
           him
           in
           the
           lower
           Palatinat
           ,
           call'd
           Bacchara
           ,
           where
           the
           choicest
           Grape
           growes
           .
           Now
           the
           plenty
           of
           Wines
           seem
           to
           contend
           with
           their
           plesantnes
           :
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           delighted
           more
           in
           German
           Wine
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           ,
           so
           did
           
             Tiberius
             ;
             Charles
          
           the
           4th
           .
           drunk
           no
           other
           then
           Backragg
           ,
           and
           divers
           Emperours
           have
           preferr'd
           the
           Franconian
           Wines
           before
           the
           Falernian
           :
           And
           t'
           will
           strike
           a
           wonder
           in
           any
           man
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           a
           world
           of
           huge
           butts
           ther
           are
           in
           Wrisburg
           ,
           call'd
           Herbipolis
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           to
           Diana
           ,
           where
           she
           had
           a
           sumptuous
           Fane
           .
           Go
           to
           Stutgard
           ,
           and
           there
           you
           will
           find
           a
           Proverb
           among
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           more
           Wine
           then
           water
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Wines
           of
           Stutgard
           ,
           besides
           their
           own
           Provision
           ,
           may
           affoord
           the
           value
           of
           100000.
           rose
           Nobles
           in
           Marchandize
           .
           But
           if
           you
           travell
           upon
           a
           wooden
           Horse
           upon
           the
           Danube
           ,
           what
           a
           world
           of
           Vineyards
           may
           you
           behold
           about
           Vienna
           ,
           which
           though
           the
           Countrey
           was
           not
           com
           to
           that
           perfection
           of
           industry
           as
           it
           is
           now
           ,
           nor
           the
           City
           half
           so
           much
           peepled
           ,
           yet
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           ,
           neer
           upon
           200.
           yeers
           since
           speaks
           of
           her
           thus
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           incredible
           what
           a
           world
           of
           Provision
           is
           thrust
           into
           Vienna
           every
           day
           ;
           what
           a
           company
           of
           Carts
           come
           in
           laden
           with
           Eggs
           and
           Crabfish
           ,
           with
           bread
           ,
           with
           fish
           with
           Volatills
           tame
           and
           wild
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           Evening
           you
           shall
           find
           nothing
           in
           the
           Market
           .
           The
           Vintage
           lasts
           here
           a
           matter
           of
           forty
           daies
           ,
           there
           's
           not
           a
           day
           passeth
           but
           there
           are
           300.
           
           Carts
           employ'd
           laden
           with
           Wine
           ,
           and
           some
           laden
           twice
           or
           thrice
           ;
           There
           are
           above
           a
           thousand
           Horses
           us'd
           in
           the
           Vineyards
           ;
           their
           Caves
           are
           of
           that
           depth
           ,
           and
           so
           spacious
           ,
           that
           the
           Subterranean
           places
           may
           compare
           with
           those
           above
           ground
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           exuberance
           of
           Wine
           ther
           is
           in
           som
           places
           of
           Germany
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           exchange
           a
           butt
           of
           Wine
           for
           one
           of
           water
           ;
           nay
           ,
           they
           use
           in
           som
           Towns
           to
           mingle
           Wine
           with
           their
           Morter
           ,
           and
           macerat
           their
           Lime
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           go
           to
           other
           drinks
           in
           Germany
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           Sr.
           
             Iohn
             Barly-corn
          
           as
           well
           as
           Bacchus
           to
           be
           there
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           Nay
           ,
           in
           som
           places
           he
           may
           compare
           for
           strength
           with
           Bacchus
           himself
           ;
           witnesse
           the
           powerfull
           beer
           of
           Rostock
           ,
           of
           Brunswik
           ,
           of
           Breslaw
           ,
           of
           Danzik
           ,
           of
           Delph
           ,
           and
           Paderborn
           .
           The
           like
           may
           be
           sayed
           of
           Mede
           ,
           which
           surpasseth
           Candy
           wine
           in
           sweetnesse
           .
           And
           for
           beer
           the
           World
           knowes
           what
           a
           Medicinall
           vertu
           Lubecks
           beer
           hath
           to
           heal
           bruises
           ,
           and
           other
           distempers
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           Austrian
           Saffron
           ?
           of
           the
           Frankincense
           and
           Myrrh
           of
           Moravia
           ,
           of
           the
           Licorish
           of
           Franconia
           ,
           of
           the
           Mader
           for
           Diers
           
           in
           Silesia
           !
           of
           the
           Ambar
           of
           Thuringia
           !
           all
           which
           are
           accounted
           the
           best
           in
           that
           kind
           that
           can
           be
           found
           any
           where
           .
        
         
           For
           all
           other
           commodities
           either
           for
           pleasure
           ,
           profit
           or
           necessity
           ,
           what
           doth
           Germany
           want
           ?
           what
           delightfull
           Orchards
           are
           there
           ,
           what
           large
           fields
           of
           Graine
           ,
           what
           a
           World
           of
           Cattle
           ;
           where
           can
           you
           finde
           Cowes
           that
           will
           yeeld
           twelve
           quarts
           of
           milk
           every
           day
           as
           in
           Holland
           ;
           where
           can
           you
           find
           better
           Cheese
           ?
           where
           can
           you
           find
           such
           Bacon
           as
           in
           Westphalia
           ;
           a
           Gamon
           whereof
           is
           accounted
           so
           rare
           ,
           that
           in
           feasts
           it
           is
           served
           up
           last
           after
           all
           the
           fine
           courses
           of
           Fowle
           and
           Fruit.
           Heare
           what
           Guicciardin
           spoak
           in
           his
           times
           of
           Holland
           ,
           that
           in
           Cheese
           and
           Butter
           ,
           shee
           did
           vent
           every
           yeare
           above
           a
           million
           :
           and
           what
           shall
           we
           think
           shee
           does
           now
           ,
           that
           her
           Trade
           is
           com
           to
           such
           a
           portentous
           encrease
           ;
           some
           think
           that
           the
           benefit
           shee
           makes
           of
           Milk
           may
           compare
           with
           Bourdeaeux
           Wines
           ,
           or
           the
           spices
           of
           Portugall
           .
        
         
           Touching
           other
           animalls
           ,
           and
           Horses
           especially
           ,
           Germany
           yeelds
           to
           no
           other
           Countrey
           ,
           either
           for
           all
           kind
           of
           labours
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           service
           in
           Warre
           ,
           as
           France
           knowes
           well
           ,
           who
           is
           furnish'd
           hence
           :
           what
           horse
           can
           carry
           a
           Cuirassier
           more
           stoutly
           then
           a
           Frislander
           ;
           what
           famous
           Marts
           are
           in
           Germany
           for
           Horses
           !
           what
           choice
           breed
           !
           I
           will
           instance
           but
           only
           in
           one
           Prince
           of
           Holsteyn
           ,
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           ours
           ,
           who
           at
           one
           time
           had
           above
           a
           thousand
           Mares
           for
           breed
           ,
           and
           above
           one
           hundred
           choice
           Stallions
           .
        
         
           Now
           will
           I
           go
           to
           the
           shores
           of
           
             Prussia
             ,
             Pomerland
          
           and
           Livonia
           ,
           to
           gather
           Gum
           ;
           and
           Lord
           what
           abundance
           of
           it
           is
           found
           there
           !
           a
           curious
           kind
           of
           Aromatique
           Ambar
           ,
           which
           tricles
           down
           from
           the
           Firre
           Trees
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           such
           huge
           Forrests
           ,
           which
           serves
           for
           Marchandize
           all
           the
           World
           over
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Noblenesse
           of
           Rivers
           ;
           what
           Countrey
           is
           comparable
           to
           Germany
           !
           We
           have
           the
           Danube
           acknowledg'd
           by
           all
           to
           be
           King
           of
           Rivers
           .
        
         
           Qui
           centum
           populos
           et
           magnas
           alluit
           Urbes
           .
        
         
           Shee
           waters
           a
           hundred
           severall
           people
           ;
           with
           many
           mighty
           Citties
           ;
           The
           Rhin
           is
           ours
           ,
           The
           Elve
           is
           ours
           ,
           the
           Main
           ,
           the
           Mossell
           ,
           the
           Skeld
           ,
           the
           Vistula
           with
           ten
           great
           Navigable
           Rivers
           are
           ours
           ;
           which
           for
           Fish
           and
           freighting
           of
           comodities
           and
           conveyance
           of
           them
           from
           place
           to
           place
           run
           very
           conveniently
           ;
           Guicciardin
           in
           his
           time
           made
           a
           supputation
           that
           the
           Fishing
           of
           the
           Low
           Countries
           alone
           came
           to
           above
           two
           millions
           a
           year
           .
           Now
           in
           High
           Germany
           there
           are
           some
           Fish
           ,
           who
           of
           themselves
           are
           so
           savoury
           and
           sweet
           that
           they
           need
           no
           sawce
           :
           and
           in
           Prague
           he
           is
           held
           to
           have
           but
           a
           very
           dull
           tast
           who
           useth
           any
           sawce
           with
           some
           sorts
           of
           fish
           .
           Now
           for
           salt
           pits
           ,
           what
           numbers
           are
           there
           in
           Luneburg
           ,
           in
           Saxony
           ,
           in
           
             Suabland
             ,
             Austria
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ?
           What
           variety
           of
           Baths
           and
           Medicinall
           waters
           have
           wee
           ?
           whose
           virtue
           proceeds
           from
           Mineralls
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           such
           plenty
           ;
           What
           curious
           Marble
           is
           dig'd
           up
           in
           Limburg
           ,
           and
           Namur
           !
           you
           have
           there
           Marble
           of
           all
           colours
           ,
           white
           ,
           black
           ,
           red
           ,
           gray
           ,
           which
           may
           vie
           with
           Crystall
           for
           lustre
           and
           brightnesse
           .
           Germany
           hath
           her
           Mines
           also
           of
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Copper
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           Tinne
           and
           Iron
           ;
           The
           German
           Dollars
           furnishd
           all
           the
           Mints
           of
           Europe
           ,
           before
           the
           Mines
           of
           Mexico
           and
           Potosi
           were
           discovered
           in
           America
           .
           And
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           how
           the
           plenty
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           is
           encreasd
           in
           Germany
           these
           two
           last
           ages
           which
           hath
           enhancd
           the
           price
           of
           all
           things
           .
           Yet
           the
           Helvetians
           scarce
           made
           any
           use
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           esteem
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           till
           they
           gave
           that
           fatall
           over-throw
           to
           Charles
           the
           Hardy
           nere
           Granson
           ,
           where
           they
           carried
           away
           their
           Cap-fulls
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           which
           since
           is
           extremely
           multiplyed
           amongst
           them
           by
           the
           salary
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           have
           given
           them
           both
           for
           their
           attendance
           about
           his
           person
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           garde
           as
           also
           for
           their
           service
           in
           the
           Warre
           against
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ;
           The
           Swisse
           herby
           being
           come
           to
           the
           apprehension
           of
           the
           value
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           with
           other
           Nations
           have
           mightily
           approvd
           their
           stock
           since
           that
           time
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           they
           provd
           often
           very
           usefull
           to
           France
           and
           other
           people
           in
           great
           sommes
           of
           money
           .
           And
           as
           Germany
           abounds
           thus
           with
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           so
           the
           bowels
           of
           her
           earth
           is
           also
           full
           of
           Mettalls
           in
           divers
           places
           ;
           Tirol
           above
           other
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           hath
           plenty
           of
           Mettalls
           :
           
           the
           
             Elve
             ,
             Edera
          
           with
           other
           Rivers
           afford
           Gold
           ;
           Corbachi
           in
           Westphalia
           hath
           also
           som
           ,
           Steinheid
           in
           Franconia
           and
           other
           places
           .
           Cellerfiela
           in
           Saxonie
           hath
           Mines
           of
           Silver
           ,
           as
           also
           
             Friburg
             ,
             Marieburg
             ,
             Anneberg
          
           ,
           and
           
             Sneberg
             ;
             Ioachims
             vale
             ,
             Cotteberg
          
           and
           other
           Soyles
           in
           Bohemia
           have
           much
           Silver
           .
           Schonback
           also
           ,
           and
           Beraun
           in
           Bohemia
           hath
           quantity
           of
           quick-Silver
           .
           Melibot
           and
           Carpat
           abound
           with
           Copper
           .
           Aldeberg
           and
           Irberesdort
           in
           Misena
           ,
           likewise
           have
           great
           store
           of
           white
           Lead
           ,
           and
           the
           Mountaine
           Ramel
           in
           Saxony
           hath
           black
           ,
           and
           Ash-colour
           Lead
           :
           There
           are
           innumerable
           places
           where
           Iron
           is
           found
           ,
           the
           best
           in
           
             Sorland
             ,
             Gishubel
          
           ,
           and
           Lavestein
           .
           In
           this
           affluence
           of
           all
           earthly
           commodities
           ,
           Germany
           hath
           often
           relievd
           her
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           supplyed
           them
           with
           necessaries
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           Charity
           ,
           the
           Germans
           being
           observd
           to
           be
           least
           given
           to
           the
           base
           vice
           of
           covetousnesse
           ,
           They
           have
           been
           hospitable
           in
           the
           highèst
           degree
           ,
           making
           no
           difference
           twixt
           Native
           and
           stranger
           herin
           ,
           as
           Tacitus
           himselfe
           confesseth
           ;
           And
           to
           this
           in
           most
           places
           we
           retain
           that
           Primitive
           Vertue
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           by
           giving
           still
           ,
           and
           not
           receiving
           ,
           the
           〈◊〉
           might
           draw
           scarcity
           upon
           her self
           ,
           therefore
           the
           mystery
           of
           Marchandizing
           was
           found
           out
           ,
           and
           permitted
           to
           be
           exercisd
           by
           way
           of
           Commutative
           Justice
           ,
           for
           bartering
           Commodities
           by
           way
           of
           Exchange
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           taking
           reasonable
           prices
           for
           them
           ▪
           In
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           any
           under
           the
           degree
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           might
           export
           superfluous
           Wares
           out
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           return
           of
           others
           in
           their
           steed
           ,
           which
           custom
           tended
           both
           to
           publique
           and
           private
           benefit
           ,
           and
           nombers
           hereby
           have
           raysd
           their
           families
           to
           be
           great
           and
           rich
           .
           And
           as
           high
           Germany
           is
           full
           of
           such
           gallant
           Marchants
           ,
           so
           the
           lower
           Germans
           exceed
           all
           other
           in
           the
           feat
           and
           mystery
           of
           comerce
           ,
           where
           Women
           as
           well
           as
           men
           do
           exercise
           the
           trade
           ,
           and
           beat
           bargaines
           in
           their
           Husbands
           absence
           ▪
           And
           the
           advantagious
           situation
           of
           their
           Countrey
           seems
           to
           invite
           them
           hereunto
           .
           And
           if
           any
           doubt
           this
           ,
           let
           him
           look
           upon
           the
           multitude
           of
           Shipps
           that
           lye
           in
           every
           Port
           ,
           so
           that
           take
           bottoms
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           they
           have
           more
           that
           sayle
           upon
           salt
           water
           then
           all
           Christendom
           besides
           :
           witnes
           els
           that
           nomber
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           did
           stay
           of
           theirs
           at
           one
           time
           in
           the
           Baltique
           Sea
           ,
           which
           were
           600
           for
           offring
           an
           affront
           to
           his
           Ambassadors
           .
           In
           Amsterdam
           alone
           ther
           go
           in
           and
           out
           as
           many
           Vessells
           of
           all
           sorts
           one
           day
           with
           another
           as
           there
           be
           dayes
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           either
           for
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Turky
             ,
             Egypt
             ,
             Norway
             ,
             Russia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           East
           or
           West
           Indies
           .
           What
           a
           thing
           was
           Antwerp
           before
           the
           revolt
           of
           the
           Low
           Countries
           ?
           ther
           usd
           to
           be
           more
           Mercantile
           businesses
           transacted
           there
           in
           one
           month
           ,
           then
           a
           whole
           yeer
           in
           Venice
           ,
           ther
           being
           no
           lesse
           then
           300
           families
           of
           Spaniards
           there
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           besides
           other
           Nations
           ;
           she
           erected
           the
           first
           Burse
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           where
           twice
           a
           day
           many
           thousand
           negociators
           use
           to
           meet
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           River
           of
           Skeld
           before
           the
           Citty
           two
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           Vessells
           have
           rid
           at
           anchor
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           one
           tide
           bringing
           in
           sometimes
           four
           hundred
           sayles
           ,
           and
           two
           hundred
           Waggons
           going
           out
           and
           coming
           in
           .
           Nor
           do
           we
           include
           in
           this
           nomber
           ,
           the
           Countrey
           Carmen
           ,
           which
           were
           reckond
           in
           one
           week
           to
           have
           been
           ten
           thousand
           :
           So
           that
           by
           this
           vicissitude
           ,
           and
           perpetuall
           exercise
           of
           Comerce
           ,
           five
           hundred
           millions
           of
           Crownes
           were
           computed
           to
           have
           been
           received
           and
           payed
           by
           buying
           and
           selling
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           this
           sole
           Citty
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Spaniards
           fell
           one
           time
           to
           pillage
           that
           City
           ,
           the
           booty
           they
           made
           was
           estimated
           at
           two
           millions
           of
           Crowns
           :
           I
           do
           not
           put
           in
           this
           account
           the
           plate
           and
           Jewells
           they
           took
           ,
           nor
           the
           brave
           houses
           which
           were
           burnt
           :
           The
           common
           Gregarian
           Souldiers
           were
           so
           much
           enrichd
           hereby
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           observd
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           lost
           in
           one
           day
           neer
           upon
           ten
           thousand
           Crowns
           in
           the
           exchange
           ,
           where
           publique
           tables
           were
           erected
           of
           purpose
           for
           gaming
           .
           They
           made
           hilts
           for
           their
           Swords
           ,
           and
           Daggers
           som
           of
           massy
           Gold
           ,
           som
           of
           Silver
           ,
           yea
           Corslets
           and
           Helmets
           were
           made
           of
           the
           same
           mettall
           ;
           but
           because
           they
           would
           not
           have
           it
           discovered
           when
           they
           went
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           they
           causd
           them
           to
           be
           varnishd
           over
           with
           some
           other
           colour
           ;
           but
           therein
           the
           Artificers
           and
           Gold
           Smiths
           were
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           mingled
           copper
           with
           the
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Tin
           with
           the
           Silver
           ,
           whereby
           they
           redeemed
           som
           of
           
           their
           Wealth
           again
           from
           Free-booters
           .
           Yet
           Negotiation
           did
           not
           quite
           depart
           from
           this
           glorious
           City
           ,
           but
           she
           flourisht
           awhile
           afterward
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           furies
           of
           Mars
           ;
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           at
           one
           time
           ther
           were
           a
           great
           many
           valued
           at
           millions
           of
           Crownes
           a
           peece
           ,
           and
           some
           worth
           three
           millions
           ,
           some
           more
           .
           But
           I
           will
           make
           a
           step
           hence
           to
           high
           Germany
           ;
           how
           many
           famous
           Mercantile
           Cities
           have
           you
           there
           ,
           besides
           the
           sixty
           and
           odd
           Hans
           Townes
           ?
           Ther
           is
           Frankfort
           upon
           the
           Main
           ,
           the
           Mistresse
           of
           all
           the
           Marts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           where
           one
           may
           meet
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           any
           kind
           of
           imaginable
           Comodity
           ;
           And
           ther
           is
           such
           excellent
           order
           usd
           to
           secure
           their
           passage
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           most
           rare
           thing
           to
           heare
           of
           a
           Robbery
           .
           And
           as
           ,
           most
           Illustrious
           Duke
           ,
           your
           renowned
           Ancestor
           Everard
           ,
           the
           first
           Duke
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           calld
           Barbatus
           (
           because
           going
           young
           and
           beardlesse
           to
           the
           Holy-land
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           after
           many
           exploits
           came
           back
           with
           a
           great
           Beard
           which
           he
           had
           got
           there
           ,
           and
           never
           cut
           it
           off
           afterward
           )
           was
           usd
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           went
           amongst
           his
           Cittizens
           ,
           or
           Tenants
           abroad
           ,
           he
           might
           sleep
           securely
           in
           any
           one
           of
           their
           lapps
           ,
           and
           his
           men
           might
           carry
           home
           his
           Rents
           in
           the
           palmes
           of
           their
           hands
           ;
           So
           is
           it
           universally
           up
           and
           down
           Germany
           ,
           where
           ther
           are
           fewer
           Robbers
           then
           any
           where
           else
           :
           For
           innated
           probity
           and
           down-right
           dealing
           the
           German
           is
           cryed
           up
           more
           then
           any
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           his
           fidelity
           and
           trust
           ;
           which
           hath
           causd
           divers
           great
           Emperours
           and
           Kings
           to
           put
           their
           lives
           in
           their
           Custody
           .
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
             ,
             Tiberius
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Emperours
           till
           Galba's
           time
           ,
           had
           a
           Guard
           of
           Germans
           next
           their
           persons
           ;
           but
           Galba
           ,
           as
           Suetonius
           recordeth
           ,
           dissolved
           this
           most
           faithfull
           and
           valiant
           Guard
           ,
           whose
           fidelity
           had
           bin
           tryed
           so
           many
           yeers
           :
           yet
           other
           Emperours
           took
           them
           afterwards
           ;
           nay
           ,
           Herodes
           King
           of
           Iudaea
           sent
           for
           a
           Guard
           of
           them
           :
           And
           they
           continue
           to
           have
           this
           high
           honour
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ;
           for
           not
           onely
           the
           late
           Caesars
           ,
           but
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
             France
          
           ,
           and
           Sarmatia
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Gran
           Duke
           of
           Toscany
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           soveraign
           Princes
           ,
           committ
           the
           custody
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           persons
           to
           this
           stout
           and
           honest
           Nation
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           we
           may
           glory
           with
           the
           Frizland
           Legions
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           Pompeys
           Theater
           ,
           as
           Tacitus
           hath
           it
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           
             Nullos
             mortalium
             armis
             ,
             aut
             fide
             ante
             Germanos
             esse
             ,
          
           There
           are
           no
           kind
           of
           Mortals
           superiour
           to
           the
           Dutch
           in
           Armes
           ,
           and
           trust
           ;
           nor
           shall
           you
           seee
           a
           tru
           German
           ever
           beat
           his
           Servant
           ,
           or
           clap
           in
           Prison
           any
           of
           his
           Tenants
           for
           non
           -
           payment
           of
           Rent
           ,
           but
           either
           defalk
           something
           out
           of
           the
           wages
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           amercing
           the
           other
           to
           some
           small
           Heriot
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           probity
           of
           our
           Nation
           is
           like
           a
           great
           flourishing
           Tree
           ,
           whose
           branches
           shoot
           every
           where
           ,
           so
           the
           German
           Chastity
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ;
           which
           as
           Egidius
           the
           Fraciscan
           sayed
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           cleer
           crystall
           Glasse
           which
           may
           be
           darkened
           by
           the
           breath
           onely
           :
           And
           where
           doth
           this
           Chastity
           look
           more
           cleer
           ,
           and
           shine
           more
           bright
           then
           in
           Germany
           .
           For
           one
           to
           have
           knowledg
           of
           a
           woman
           there
           before
           yeer
           twenty
           ,
           is
           held
           a
           great
           turpitude
           ,
           and
           a
           disgracefull
           thing
           :
           Let
           Caesar
           be
           heard
           herein
           :
           The
           German
           lust
           is
           care
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           contented
           with
           his
           own
           wife
           ,
           so
           that
           adultery
           is
           rare
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           not
           as
           much
           the
           punishment
           as
           the
           publique
           shame
           that
           deterrs
           them
           from
           it
           .
           And
           Thuanus
           sayeth
           ,
           that
           no
           Nation
           observes
           the
           honests
           of
           conjugall
           honesty
           according
           to
           Gods
           holy
           Praecept
           more
           then
           they
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Verses
           of
           the
           Lirique
           may
           be
           applyed
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               Nullis
               polluitur
               casta
               domus
               stupris
               ,
            
             
               Mos
               &
               lex
               maculosum
               edomuit
               nefas
               ,
            
             
               Laudantur
               simili
               prole
               puerperae
               :
            
             
               Culpam
               poe
               na
               premit
               comes
               .
            
          
        
         
           Which
           causes
           a
           strict
           Law
           against
           Bastards
           ,
           which
           are
           rendred
           incapable
           of
           all
           Promotions
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           reason
           that
           Mary
           Queen
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           Sister
           to
           Charles
           the
           5th
           .
           could
           never
           be
           entreated
           by
           the
           Emperour
           to
           pardon
           one
           of
           her
           prime
           Noble-men
           ,
           who
           had
           deflower'd
           one
           of
           her
           Maydes
           of
           honour
           ,
           though
           
           much
           importun'd
           thereto
           .
           To
           this
           vertu
           of
           Chastity
           we
           may
           add
           the
           strength
           of
           conjugall
           love
           ,
           which
           is
           found
           in
           Germany
           ;
           and
           hereof
           there
           be
           many
           signall
           examples
           .
           Among
           other
           ,
           let
           that
           in
           the
           reigne
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Conradus
           the
           third
           take
           place
           here
           ,
           who
           having
           in
           your
           Town
           of
           Writsberg
           in
           Writemberg
           ,
           streightly
           block'd
           up
           Guelpho
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           and
           reduc'd
           the
           place
           to
           extreme
           Exigents
           ,
           at
           the
           cryes
           and
           importunity
           of
           the
           women
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           he
           publish'd
           a
           Diploma
           ,
           or
           imperiall
           Placart
           ,
           wherein
           he
           indulg'd
           all
           women
           this
           priviledg
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           freely
           depart
           from
           the
           Town
           ,
           but
           not
           carry
           any
           luggage
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           could
           bear
           upon
           their
           own
           backs
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           Dutchesse
           took
           Guelpho
           her
           Husband
           on
           her
           sholders
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           women
           else
           following
           her
           example
           ,
           came
           out
           of
           the
           Gates
           laden
           with
           men
           and
           youths
           .
           The
           Emperour
           being
           much
           taken
           with
           this
           witty
           Stratageme
           ,
           forgave
           Guelpho
           the
           Duke
           with
           all
           his
           Adherents
           .
           
             Lorenzo
             de
             Medicis
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Toscany
           reading
           this
           Story
           ,
           was
           transported
           with
           so
           much
           joy
           and
           plesure
           ,
           that
           being
           sick
           of
           an
           indisposition
           ,
           whereof
           all
           his
           Physitions
           could
           not
           cure
           him
           ,
           recovered
           his
           health
           hereby
           ,
           as
           Bodin
           relates
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           proceed
           now
           to
           another
           Vertu
           ,
           which
           is
           signal
           and
           shining
           in
           the
           German
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Modesty
           .
           Can
           there
           be
           a
           greater
           example
           then
           that
           of
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ?
           who
           being
           yet
           in
           a
           vigorous
           state
           of
           body
           ,
           voluntarily
           resignd
           the
           German
           Empire
           to
           his
           Brother
           Ferdinand
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           spacious
           Dominions
           to
           his
           Son
           Philip
           ;
           though
           as
           some
           malevolent
           spirits
           reported
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           after
           his
           resignments
           was
           the
           first
           day
           of
           his
           repentance
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           will
           speak
           something
           of
           the
           heroik
           Valour
           and
           Fortitude
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           whereby
           Europe
           hath
           stood
           unshaken
           so
           many
           ages
           :
           And
           truely
           to
           dilate
           this
           ,
           my
           words
           must
           needs
           com
           short
           of
           the
           matter
           ;
           and
           herein
           it
           was
           the
           disadvantage
           of
           Germany
           to
           be
           destitute
           of
           Writers
           ;
           for
           our
           Progenitors
           were
           more
           for
           the
           Pike
           then
           the
           Pen
           ;
           
             bipennem
             ,
             non
             pennam
             tractabant
          
           :
           And
           it
           was
           enough
           for
           other
           Nations
           to
           extoll
           their
           own
           feats
           ,
           not
           ours
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           sayed
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           this
           Noble
           Continent
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Vixere
               Fortes
               ante
               Agamemnona
            
             
               Multi
               ;
               sed
               omnes
               illachrymabiles
            
             
               Urgentur
               ,
               ignotique
               longa
            
             
               Nocte
               ,
               Carent
               quia
               Vate
               sacro
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           memory
           of
           Dido
           had
           rotted
           with
           her
           body
           in
           her
           Grave
           ,
           had
           not
           Maro
           preservd
           it
           ;
           so
           had
           Ulisses
           without
           
             Homer
             :
             Mecaenas
          
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           bin
           for
           
             Horace
             ,
             Lucilius
          
           without
           Seneca
           ,
           and
           divers
           other
           Heros
           ,
           whose
           names
           were
           made
           indelible
           and
           immortal
           by
           the
           quil
           :
           Therefore
           as
           Bodin
           sayeth
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           motives
           that
           inducd
           the
           Scythians
           and
           Goths
           to
           burn
           Libraries
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           the
           fame
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           own
           reproaches
           might
           perish
           .
           Yet
           those
           fragments
           of
           stones
           which
           are
           found
           up
           and
           down
           in
           our
           Archives
           ,
           shew
           well
           what
           heroique
           Spirits
           this
           Clime
           hath
           bredd
           ,
           and
           what
           Martiall
           men
           ;
           in
           comparison
           of
           whose
           Preliations
           and
           Fights
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           Greeks
           were
           but
           Combats
           twixt
           Froggs
           and
           Mice
           .
           I
           will
           not
           go
           so
           far
           as
           
             Tuisco
             ,
             Mannus
             ,
             Ingavo
             ,
             Istaevon
             ,
             Hermion
             ,
             Marsus
             ,
             Gambrivius
             ,
             Suevus
             ,
          
           and
           Vandalus
           ;
           But
           I
           will
           come
           neerer
           our
           times
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           we
           are
           
             Germans
             ,
             ergo
          
           All
           men
           ,
           and
           manfull
           according
           to
           the
           etymon
           of
           the
           word
           .
           Tacitus
           sayeth
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           infamous
           Crime
           among
           us
           ,
           to
           leave
           our
           Colours
           behind
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           or
           to
           com
           thence
           alive
           ,
           the
           Prince
           being
           killd
           ;
           For
           it
           was
           held
           a
           kind
           of
           Religion
           to
           protect
           ,
           and
           defend
           his
           Person
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           assign
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           exploits
           to
           him
           :
           So
           terrible
           we
           were
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           name
           of
           a
           German
           was
           a
           Scarecrow
           unto
           them
           ;
           for
           Gallia
           lay
           alwaies
           open
           to
           us
           ,
           though
           they
           never
           took
           foot
           of
           ground
           in
           Germany
           .
           How
           did
           Andirestus
           trounce
           them
           ,
           making
           them
           flye
           to
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           ,
           and
           implore
           ayd
           so
           pittifully
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           his
           intercession
           ,
           to
           make
           peace
           twixt
           them
           and
           the
           Teutoniques
           .
           Hereupon
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           employing
           some
           Ambassadours
           
           to
           Ariovistus
           then
           in
           Suabland
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           appoint
           an
           indifferent
           place
           for
           a
           Parley
           :
           He
           answerd
           ,
           that
           if
           Caesar
           had
           any
           businesse
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           might
           com
           to
           him
           accordingly
           ,
           at
           he
           wold
           do
           if
           he
           had
           any
           businesse
           with
           Caesar
           ;
           Hereupon
           a
           War
           was
           denouncd
           :
           but
           certain
           Travellers
           ,
           and
           Merchants
           telling
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           what
           huge
           mighty
           men
           both
           for
           stature
           and
           spirit
           the
           Germans
           were
           ,
           and
           how
           habituated
           to
           Armes
           being
           abroad
           in
           the
           fields
           ,
           without
           houses
           ;
           such
           apprehensions
           of
           fear
           and
           terror
           did
           seize
           upon
           that
           Army
           of
           Gaules
           which
           Caesar
           had
           levied
           against
           Ariovistus
           ,
           that
           they
           durst
           advance
           no
           further
           ,
           but
           retire
           ;
           such
           was
           the
           high
           valour
           of
           the
           Suevians
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           which
           made
           Caesar
           himself
           break
           out
           into
           this
           confession
           :
           
             Suevis
             ne
             Deos
             quidem
             immortales
             pares
             esse
             posse
             ,
             reliquum
             quidem
             in
             Terris
             esse
             neminem
             quem
             non
             superare
             possint
             ;
             Galli
             vero
             paulatim
             assuefacti
             superari
             ,
             multisque
             victi
             praelijs
             ,
             ne
             se
             quidem
             ipsi
             cum
             Germanis
             virtute
             comparabant
             .
          
           The
           immortall
           Gods
           are
           not
           like
           the
           Swablanders
           ;
           there
           are
           none
           upon
           earth
           but
           they
           are
           able
           to
           overcom
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Gaules
           being
           accustomed
           to
           be
           beaten
           ,
           and
           discomfited
           in
           many
           Encounters
           ,
           did
           not
           hold
           themselfs
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           equall
           to
           the
           Germans
           .
        
         
           When
           Iccius
           and
           Ambrogius
           came
           Ambassadors
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           they
           told
           him
           that
           the
           Belgians
           were
           the
           valiantst
           of
           all
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           who
           were
           descended
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           who
           had
           crossd
           the
           Rhine
           to
           settle
           themselfs
           there
           for
           more
           commodiousnesse
           by
           the
           expulsion
           of
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           which
           Countrey
           was
           calld
           for
           distinction
           sake
           ,
           
             Ci●…-Rhenana
             Germania
          
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           calld
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           or
           Belgium
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           wherof
           have
           Dutch
           for
           their
           naturall
           language
           ;
           therfore
           they
           were
           usd
           to
           call
           
             Germany
             ,
             Magnam
             patriam
          
           ,
           their
           Great
           Countrey
           .
           Now
           as
           Cities
           use
           by
           degrees
           to
           grow
           greater
           ,
           and
           have
           outwalls
           and
           Suburbs
           ;
           and
           as
           great
           Rivers
           do
           not
           tie
           themselfs
           to
           one
           direct
           even
           Channell
           ,
           but
           oftentimes
           inound
           ,
           and
           gain
           ground
           ;
           so
           Kingdoms
           have
           their
           fate
           :
           It
           is
           not
           therfore
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           the
           Danube
           and
           Vistula
           that
           confines
           Germany
           ,
           though
           they
           run
           like
           great
           veines
           of
           bloud
           through
           her
           body
           ,
           but
           beyond
           them
           she
           hath
           Belgium
           ,
           the
           Swisserland
           ,
           the
           Grisons
           ,
           and
           Alpes
           ,
           
             Styria
             ,
             Carniola
             ,
             Carinthia
             ,
             Austria
             ,
          
           a
           great
           part
           of
           
             Sarmatia
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             Swethland
             ,
             Norway
             ,
             Finmark
             ,
          
           with
           other
           most
           potent
           and
           patent
           Regions
           ,
           who
           glory
           in
           the
           name
           and
           language
           of
           Germans
           :
           Moreover
           touching
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           the
           Germans
           may
           be
           termd
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Conquerors
           ;
           for
           
             Ammianus
             Marcellinus
          
           sayeth
           ,
           
             In
             Galliam
             vacuam
             populos
             quosdam
             ab
             insulis
             extremis
             ,
             &
             tractibus
             trans-Rhenanis
             crebritate
             bellorum
             &
             alluvione
             fervidi
             maris
             sedibus
             expulsos
             .
          
           Som
           peeple
           from
           the
           outward
           Islands
           and
           Territories
           beyond
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           by
           the
           fury
           of
           Warr
           and
           the
           encroachments
           of
           the
           tumbling
           Sea
           were
           driven
           to
           Gallia
           :
           and
           whence
           can
           this
           be
           ,
           but
           from
           Germany
           ?
        
         
           Nor
           was
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Gallia
           alone
           ,
           but
           Great
           Britany
           also
           was
           Colonizd
           by
           Germans
           ;
           wittnesse
           the
           words
           of
           Caesar
           ,
           who
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Germanos
             si
             non
             patres
             ,
             tamen
             Britannorum
             Avos
             esse
             .
          
           The
           Germans
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           Grandfathers
           to
           the
           Britains
           .
           And
           as
           the
           hither
           parts
           of
           Gallia
           ,
           so
           the
           southerly
           parts
           also
           towards
           the
           Pyreneys
           and
           Spain
           were
           Colonizd
           by
           Germans
           ,
           I
           mean
           Languedoc
           :
           and
           this
           is
           plain
           
             argumento
             ducto
             ab
             Etymologia
          
           ,
           the
           word
           Languedoc
           being
           derivd
           from
           
             Langue
             de
             Goth
          
           ,
           though
           som
           would
           foolishly
           draw
           it
           from
           
             Langue
             d'
             ovg
          
           ,
           or
           Languedoc
           .
           But
           let
           us
           go
           neerer
           to
           work
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           certainty
           ;
           I
           pray
           whence
           hath
           France
           her
           last
           and
           present
           appellation
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Franconians
           in
           Germany
           ?
           Hear
           what
           a
           famous
           Author
           writes
           .
           
             Francos
             ,
             Francos
             nostros
             sequamur
             ,
             Gentem
             omnium
             quotquot
             magna
             illa
             &
             vasta
             Germania
             tulit
             generosissimam
             ,
             acerrimos
             libertatis
             propugnatores
             .
          
           Let
           us
           follow
           the
           French
           ,
           the
           French
           one
           of
           the
           most
           generous
           peeple
           that
           huge
           Germany
           ever
           bore
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           propugnators
           of
           their
           liberties
           .
           And
           this
           revolution
           or
           transmigration
           happend
           upon
           the
           decay
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Valerianus
           and
           Gallienus
           ,
           the
           one
           being
           taken
           Captif
           by
           the
           Persian
           ,
           the
           other
           eclipsing
           the
           Empire
           with
           Luxury
           and
           sloth
           ;
           so
           Pharamond
           the
           German
           rushd
           
           into
           France
           (
           then
           Gallia
           )
           and
           his
           Successor
           establishd
           there
           a
           Monarchy
           which
           hath
           continued
           in
           three
           races
           of
           Kings
           above
           these
           twelve
           hundred
           yeers
           ;
           T
           is
           tru
           ,
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           was
           not
           all
           reducd
           at
           once
           by
           the
           Franks
           ,
           but
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           being
           once
           settled
           ,
           nothing
           could
           resist
           their
           valour
           ,
           but
           they
           still
           got
           more
           ground
           :
           Whence
           that
           Proverb
           hath
           its
           rise
           from
           
             Valentinianus
             Augustus
          
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           Have
           the
           Frank
           ,
           or
           the
           Frenchman
           for
           thy
           friend
           ,
           not
           for
           thy
           Neighbour
           .
           And
           the
           name
           of
           Frank
           ,
           or
           French
           grew
           so
           renownd
           ,
           that
           Iustinian
           the
           Emperour
           calld
           himselfe
           Francicum
           ,
           whereat
           Theudebert
           King
           of
           France
           took
           exception
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           neither
           born
           there
           ,
           nor
           gott
           one
           foot
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
           And
           now
           the
           fame
           of
           the
           Franks
           ,
           like
           a
           bright
           flame
           of
           fire
           flew
           higher
           and
           higher
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           it
           grew
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           in
           Charlemaynes
           time
           all
           Gallia
           ,
           and
           all
           Germany
           that
           extended
           from
           the
           Rhin
           to
           Illyrium
           ,
           was
           calld
           France
           ,
           nay
           the
           name
           of
           Freink
           or
           Frence
           came
           to
           be
           of
           such
           a
           huge
           extent
           and
           latitude
           ,
           that
           all
           Christians
           ,
           among
           the
           Turks
           ,
           and
           up
           and
           down
           Asia
           ,
           of
           what
           Nation
           soever
           they
           were
           ,
           were
           calld
           Freinks
           ;
           yea
           the
           Christian
           Affricans
           in
           Ethiopia
           ,
           calld
           the
           Habissines
           ,
           calld
           all
           the
           Europaeans
           Alfrangues
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrey
           Frankia
           .
        
         
           Herby
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           by
           our
           fortitude
           and
           constancy
           we
           became
           twise
           the
           Fathers
           of
           Gallia
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           also
           twise
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Britains
           :
           For
           the
           Saxons
           (
           which
           som
           wold
           derive
           from
           the
           Saci
           ,
           a
           renowned
           peeple
           in
           Asia
           ,
           but
           wrongfully
           )
           being
           ,
           as
           Zosimus
           sayeth
           ,
           for
           their
           magnitude
           of
           spirit
           ,
           strength
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           patience
           in
           labour
           ,
           grown
           famous
           and
           feard
           by
           the
           Romans
           ,
           as
           Marcellinus
           hath
           it
           :
           The
           Saxons
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           were
           sent
           for
           by
           the
           Britons
           ,
           to
           help
           them
           against
           the
           incursions
           of
           the
           Picts
           and
           Scots
           ,
           where
           being
           arrivd
           ,
           after
           many
           vicissitudes
           ,
           they
           settled
           there
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           som
           it
           was
           calld
           
             Transmarina
             Saxonia
          
           :
           nor
           have
           the
           ancient
           
             Britons
             ,
             Irish
          
           ,
           and
           Scotts
           ,
           any
           other
           name
           for
           an
           English
           man
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           Sasson
           :
           Nor
           was
           the
           English
           Language
           any
           thing
           else
           at
           first
           but
           a
           meer
           dialect
           of
           the
           German
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           their
           Townes
           terminant
           in
           Dutch
           ,
           either
           in
           
             Ham
             ,
             thorp
             ,
             wich
             ,
             burg
             ,
             berg
             ,
             sted
             ,
             heim
             ,
             stadt
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           I
           pray
           were
           not
           the
           ancient
           Kings
           of
           Spain
           ,
           before
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           all
           Germans
           ,
           with
           the
           principallst
           Families
           of
           Spain
           ,
           who
           to
           this
           day
           take
           it
           a
           glory
           to
           be
           descended
           of
           the
           Goths
           ?
           Now
           it
           is
           observd
           that
           whersoever
           the
           German
           and
           Goth
           took
           footing
           ,
           they
           never
           forsook
           the
           place
           ,
           but
           multiplied
           there
           exceedingly
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           Nation
           so
           fruitfull
           and
           prolificall
           as
           the
           Germans
           ;
           witnesse
           these
           examples
           ,
           though
           somthing
           prodigious
           .
           
             Margaret
             Florence
          
           ,
           the
           fourth
           Count
           of
           Hollands
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           Wife
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Henneberg
           ,
           being
           about
           two
           and
           forty
           yeers
           old
           ,
           about
           nine
           a
           clock
           in
           the
           morning
           was
           brought
           to
           Bed
           of
           an
           Almanack
           of
           Children
           ,
           Viz.
           three
           hundred
           sixty
           five
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           there
           be
           dayes
           in
           the
           yeer
           ,
           whom
           Guido
           the
           Suffragan
           Bishop
           of
           Utrecht
           christned
           all
           alive
           ,
           being
           brought
           all
           to
           Church
           in
           a
           great
           Bason
           ,
           and
           being
           half
           Boyes
           and
           half
           Girls
           ,
           the
           Males
           were
           calld
           Iohns
           ,
           and
           the
           Females
           Elizabeths
           ,
           but
           they
           all
           expird
           with
           their
           Mother
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           Anno
           1276.
           
           Another
           Margaret
           ,
           Wife
           to
           a
           Count
           of
           Holsten
           some
           thirty
           yeers
           after
           brought
           forth
           so
           many
           .
           But
           these
           were
           unusuall
           abortive
           weak
           Issues
           ,
           Germany
           needs
           ,
           and
           daylie
           produceth
           stronger
           broods
           :
           I
           pray
           observe
           that
           nere
           Tubinga
           ther
           is
           a
           Castle
           calld
           Entringh
           Castle
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           serenity
           of
           the
           ayr
           ,
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           soyl
           ,
           and
           amaenity
           of
           walks
           ,
           is
           a
           place
           most
           delectable
           ;
           there
           livd
           within
           these
           few
           yeers
           in
           this
           Castle
           five
           Gentlemen
           with
           their
           Wifes
           ,
           in
           a
           rare
           harmony
           of
           affection
           ,
           who
           got
           a
           hundred
           Children
           ,
           who
           livd
           to
           be
           all
           Men
           and
           Women
           .
           Consider
           the
           Countesse
           of
           Dalburg
           ,
           who
           saw
           her
           numerous
           Issue
           to
           the
           third
           degree
           ,
           of
           whom
           this
           Distic
           was
           made
           :
        
         
           
             
               Mater
               ait
               natae
               ,
               dic
               natae
               ,
               filia
               ,
               natam
            
             
               Ut
               moneat
               natae
               plangere
               filiolam
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           Rise
           up
           Daughter
           and
           go
           to
           thy
           Daughter
           ,
           for
           thy
           Daughters
           Daughter
           hath
           a
           Daughter
           .
           The
           story
           is
           notable
           of
           Babo
           Count
           of
           Abeneberg
           ,
           who
           of
           Wifes
           had
           two
           and
           thirty
           Sonns
           and
           eight
           Daughters
           ,
           whom
           he
           gave
           the
           choicest
           education
           unto
           that
           could
           be
           ;
           this
           Count
           being
           invited
           one
           day
           to
           Hunt
           with
           the
           Emperour
           Hen
           :
           the
           second
           ,
           took
           oportunity
           to
           bring
           his
           Troup
           of
           Sonns
           well
           horsd
           ,
           and
           in
           gallant
           Equippage
           ,
           and
           making
           a
           present
           of
           them
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           he
           took
           them
           all
           with
           much
           grace
           and
           contentment
           to
           his
           service
           ,
           and
           married
           them
           very
           nobly
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           many
           Illustrious
           Families
           sprung
           from
           their
           loynes
           .
           And
           the
           Emperour
           was
           bound
           to
           do
           this
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           for
           whosoever
           in
           Germany
           getts
           seven
           Sonns
           together
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           is
           to
           maintain
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           German
           Continent
           be
           very
           vast
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           full
           of
           people
           ,
           so
           that
           as
           Boterus
           hath
           it
           ,
           ther
           was
           a
           cense
           of
           ten
           Millions
           of
           soules
           who
           breathd
           ther
           at
           one
           time
           ;
           but
           he
           corrected
           himself
           afterward
           ,
           and
           averrs
           ,
           
             Veggo
             che
             quella
             amplissima
             provincia
             passa
          
           19.
           
             millioni
             d'anime
             senza
             comprendervi
             I
             Regni
             di
             Danemarca
             &
             di
             Boemia
             :
          
           I
           find
           that
           that
           huge
           Province
           besides
           Denmark
           and
           Bohemia
           hath
           nineteen
           millions
           of
           soules
           within
           it
           .
           Therfor
           though
           an
           Army
           of
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           Soldiers
           shold
           be
           carried
           out
           of
           Germany
           ,
           ther
           would
           be
           no
           misse
           at
           all
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           the
           Normans
           in
           France
           ,
           who
           establishd
           a
           Monarchy
           both
           in
           England
           and
           Sicilie
           by
           their
           meer
           prowesse
           ;
           and
           having
           subjugated
           that
           fertile
           Province
           in
           France
           ,
           calld
           Normandy
           ever
           since
           ,
           they
           did
           so
           infest
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           spacious
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Letany
           ,
           
             a
             Furore
             Normanorum
             libera
             nos
             Domine
             .
          
           From
           the
           Norman
           Fury
           the
           Lord
           deliver
           us
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           Charles
           the
           simple
           was
           forcd
           to
           give
           Rollo
           their
           Duke
           ,
           his
           Daughter
           Gista
           to
           wife
           ,
           with
           that
           whole
           Province
           ;
           and
           when
           at
           that
           Ceremony
           Rollo
           was
           advisd
           by
           his
           Nobles
           to
           kisse
           the
           Kings
           foot
           ;
           answerd
           no
           ,
           
             by
             God
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           that
           the
           Normans
           are
           calld
           By-gods
           to
           this
           day
           .
           
             Roger
             Hoveden
          
           speaks
           thus
           of
           the
           
             Normans
             ,
             Audax
             Francia
             Normannorum
             Militiam
             experta
             est
             ,
             ferox
             Anglia
             captiva
             succubuit
             ,
             dives
             Apulia
             sortit
             aestoruit
             ,
             Heirosolyma
             famosa
             ,
             &
             insignis
             Antiochia
             se
             utraque
             suppoluit
             .
          
           Bold
           France
           felt
           the
           Norman
           Disciplin
           ,
           fierce
           England
           yeelded
           her selfe
           as
           Captive
           ,
           rich
           Apulia
           receavd
           them
           ,
           and
           flourishd
           ;
           holy
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           famous
           Antioch
           subjected
           themselfs
           both
           unto
           him
           .
           What
           a
           man
           of
           men
           was
           Tancred
           ,
           who
           going
           as
           a
           Martiall
           Adventurer
           abroad
           with
           many
           goodly
           young
           Princes
           ,
           his
           Sons
           did
           perform
           many
           exploits
           in
           Italy
           ,
           chasd
           the
           Saracens
           out
           of
           Sicilie
           ,
           and
           did
           sundry
           brave
           feats
           in
           the
           Holy-land
           :
           And
           to
           this
           day
           the
           Sicilians
           acknowledg
           that
           it
           was
           by
           his
           valour
           they
           enjoy
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           that
           they
           live
           free
           ,
           and
           became
           all
           Christians
           again
           .
           Tacitus
           himself
           ,
           though
           no
           great
           Friend
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           confesseth
           that
           the
           Germans
           cut
           the
           Romans
           more
           work
           to
           do
           ,
           then
           either
           the
           Samnites
           ,
           the
           Carthaginians
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           or
           French
           and
           Parthians
           ;
           For
           what
           can
           the
           Orient
           ,
           as
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           bragg
           of
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           conquerd
           and
           killd
           our
           Generall
           Crassus
           ,
           and
           Pacorus
           ?
           But
           the
           Germans
           did
           not
           onely
           rout
           five
           Roman
           Armies
           in
           the
           Consulship
           of
           
             Carbo
             ,
             Cassius
             ,
             Scaurus
             ,
             Aurelius
             ,
             Servilius
             ,
             Cepo
             ,
          
           and
           Manlius
           ,
           but
           they
           took
           away
           Varus
           with
           three
           Legions
           besides
           ;
           And
           this
           happened
           when
           Rome
           was
           at
           her
           highest
           point
           of
           strength
           .
           It
           was
           cryed
           up
           for
           a
           Triumph
           that
           Caligula
           brought
           and
           put
           in
           the
           Capitoll
           of
           Rome
           ,
           certain
           Cockle
           shels
           that
           he
           had
           gathered
           upon
           the
           Costs
           of
           
             Holland
             .
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           himself
           who
           was
           calld
           happy
           to
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           yet
           he
           receavd
           two
           overthrowes
           by
           the
           Germans
           ,
           calld
           Lolliana
           ,
           and
           
             Variana
             Clades
             :
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           conquerd
           the
           Gaules
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Germans
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Pharsalian
           fields
           they
           performd
           the
           prime
           Service
           .
           Then
           the
           Romans
           ,
           because
           they
           could
           not
           do
           much
           upon
           Germany
           by
           strength
           and
           valour
           ,
           they
           went
           another
           way
           to
           work
           ,
           they
           found
           means
           to
           raise
           and
           foment
           divisins
           among
           the
           Germans
           themselfs
           ,
           and
           did
           more
           that
           way
           then
           they
           could
           by
           Armes
           :
           Which
           policy
           also
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           a
           German
           himself
           ,
           did
           put
           in
           practise
           to
           break
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Lutherans
           .
           But
           that
           I
           may
           return
           a
           little
           to
           the
           old
           times
           ,
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           that
           German
           Legion
           ,
           which
           in
           
           Spain
           gave
           the
           denomination
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Legio
           ,
           now
           calld
           Leon.
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Exploites
           of
           the
           Vandales
           ,
           who
           gave
           name
           to
           Andalusia
           ?
           Of
           the
           Longobards
           ,
           who
           denominated
           Lombardy
           in
           Italie
           ,
           and
           occupied
           it
           two
           hundred
           yeers
           ?
           ?
           What
           of
           the
           Goths
           ,
           who
           did
           lead
           a
           dance
           through
           all
           Europe
           ?
           All
           these
           were
           Birds
           of
           our
           Feathers
           :
           And
           Charles
           the
           quint
           was
           usd
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           prime
           Nobility
           of
           Christendom
           descended
           from
           the
           Gothique
           race
           ,
           and
           that
           ther
           was
           no
           one
           more
           entire
           body
           upon
           Earth
           then
           Germany
           ,
           if
           united
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           go
           from
           lesse
           to
           great
           ,
           what
           a
           Mirroir
           of
           men
           was
           our
           Charlemagne
           ,
           who
           first
           ▪
           translated
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           to
           Germany
           ,
           where
           it
           hath
           continued
           above
           eight
           ages
           .
           By
           these
           rivulets
           you
           may
           gesse
           at
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           River
           ;
           by
           these
           sparks
           you
           may
           conjecture
           what
           the
           flame
           is
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           Rayes
           you
           may
           know
           somthing
           of
           the
           Sun.
           Indeed
           in
           
             Germany
             Caesar
          
           sits
           like
           the
           Sun
           himselfe
           in
           the
           Zodiac
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           seven
           Planets
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Septemvirat
           of
           Electors
           ,
           with
           multitudes
           of
           other
           refulgent
           Stars
           :
           And
           this
           Caesarean
           dignity
           is
           now
           so
           rooted
           in
           Germany
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Fundamentall
           Law
           ,
           
             Ne
             quis
             exterus
             ,
             &
             non
             Germanus
             in
             Imperatorem
             eligatur
             ,
          
           That
           no
           Forrener
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           German
           be
           chosen
           Emperour
           .
           And
           why
           should
           we
           seek
           for
           any
           abroad
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Imperiall
           Families
           at
           home
           ?
           Now
           ,
           the
           Imperiall
           Majesty
           is
           without
           a
           fellow
           ;
           Caesar
           of
           any
           mortall
           is
           next
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           deserves
           Veneration
           all
           the
           world
           over
           ,
           his
           Dignity
           being
           supereminent
           ,
           and
           his
           power
           shold
           be
           transcendent
           .
           Athalaricus
           the
           Goth
           could
           say
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           the
           Emperour
           is
           doubtlesse
           an
           earthly
           God
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           doth
           heave
           up
           his
           arm
           against
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           guilty
           of
           his
           own
           blood
           .
           By
           Baldus
           words
           he
           is
           
             Summus
             superior
             ,
             Dominusque
             Orientis
             ,
             Occidentis
             ,
             Meridiei
             &
             septentrionis
             .
          
           He
           is
           the
           highest
           Superior
           ,
           and
           Lord
           of
           all
           the
           four
           Cardinall
           corners
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           He
           is
           the
           Supreme
           Judg
           ,
           from
           whom
           there
           is
           no
           appeal
           ,
           the
           prime
           Arbiter
           .
           It
           is
           he
           who
           in
           sign
           of
           excellence
           wears
           a
           triple
           Crown
           on
           his
           head
           ;
           He
           is
           Creator
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           chief
           source
           of
           honor
           ,
           and
           Fountain
           whence
           all
           greatnesse
           flowes
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           common
           and
           Capital
           Enemy
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           the
           Turk
           ,
           gives
           his
           Ambassadors
           more
           honor
           then
           to
           any
           other
           Potentate
           .
           As
           among
           others
           ,
           ther
           is
           one
           pregnant
           example
           ;
           for
           when
           
             David
             Ungnadius
          
           was
           Ambassador
           for
           the
           Emperour
           in
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           take
           his
           leave
           of
           the
           grand
           Turk
           ,
           and
           the
           Persian
           Ambassador
           being
           com
           to
           the
           Duana
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           taken
           the
           Chair
           before
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           going
           away
           without
           saluting
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           but
           the
           gran
           Visier
           ,
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           chief
           Minister
           of
           State
           perceaving
           that
           ,
           causd
           the
           Persian
           Ambassador
           ,
           though
           a
           Mahumetan
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           lower
           Seat.
           Another
           time
           upon
           the
           Celebration
           of
           Mahomet
           the
           third's
           Circumcision
           ,
           which
           lasted
           forty
           daies
           and
           nights
           continually
           ,
           there
           being
           in
           Constantinople
           the
           Legats
           of
           the
           greatest
           Monarchs
           upon
           earth
           ,
           yet
           he
           who
           was
           Ambassador
           then
           in
           the
           Port
           for
           Rodulphus
           the
           second
           ,
           had
           alwaies
           the
           first
           place
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           is
           the
           prime
           Potentat
           ,
           so
           the
           Princes
           and
           Nobles
           of
           Germany
           are
           the
           best
           descended
           of
           any
           other
           ;
           and
           wheras
           divers
           German
           Princes
           bore
           great
           sway
           abroad
           ,
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           they
           left
           there
           much
           of
           their
           Of-spring
           .
           But
           in
           Germany
           there
           are
           no
           forren
           extractions
           ;
           Germany
           reducd
           and
           ruld
           other
           Countries
           ,
           but
           none
           ruld
           Germany
           but
           her
           own
           Children
           ;
           swarmes
           of
           Germans
           have
           gone
           abroad
           to
           Italy
           and
           other
           Provinces
           for
           Governors
           ,
           but
           no
           strangers
           have
           swayd
           in
           Germany
           .
           T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           Captives
           of
           all
           Nations
           have
           been
           brought
           thither
           from
           Italy
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           and
           among
           those
           Captives
           ther
           might
           be
           haply
           som
           Princely
           Stemms
           :
           As
           now
           in
           Westphalia
           among
           the
           Boors
           ther
           are
           som
           found
           who
           derive
           themselfs
           from
           the
           Caesarean
           ,
           and
           Consulary
           Families
           in
           Rome
           ,
           but
           in
           Rome
           her self
           there
           are
           very
           few
           of
           them
           left
           ,
           having
           bin
           ravisht
           and
           ransackt
           so
           often
           .
           There
           are
           none
           left
           of
           the
           publicolae
           ,
           of
           the
           Iunij
           ,
           of
           the
           Fabij
           ,
           of
           the
           Valerij
           ,
           of
           the
           Manlij
           ,
           of
           the
           Cassij
           ,
           of
           the
           Cincinnati
           ,
           of
           the
           Menucij
           ,
           of
           the
           Papirij
           ,
           of
           the
           Bruti
           ,
           of
           the
           Fulvij
           ,
           of
           the
           Sempronij
           ,
           of
           the
           Tullij
           ,
           of
           the
           Hortensij
           ,
           of
           the
           Aurelij
           ,
           of
           the
           Tarquinij
           ,
           
           
             Hostilij
             ,
             Licinij
             ,
             Sempronij
             ,
             Caecilij
             ,
             Crassi
          
           ;
           and
           multitudes
           of
           other
           Illustrious
           Families
           of
           Rome
           they
           are
           all
           extinct
           ,
           onely
           the
           Lakes
           of
           Venice
           hath
           preservd
           som
           upon
           the
           inundation
           of
           the
           Goths
           .
           Therefore
           sayeth
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
             ,
             Ita
             agamus
             ,
             ut
             nos
             potius
             Germani
             quam
             Itali
             nuncupemur
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Let
           us
           carry
           the
           businesse
           so
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           calld
           Germans
           rather
           then
           Italians
           ;
           for
           ther
           the
           purest
           and
           certainst
           ,
           ancientst
           Nobility
           upon
           earth
           doth
           yet
           flourish
           .
           And
           indeed
           most
           of
           the
           Nobles
           of
           Italy
           that
           now
           are
           of
           German
           extraction
           originally
           ,
           as
           the
           Lords
           of
           
             Colalta
             ,
             Della
             Scala
             ,
             di
             castel
             Barco
             ,
             della
             Rovere
             ,
             della
             Beccaria
             ,
             del
             caretto
             ,
             di
             monte
             feltro
             ,
             di
             porcia
             ,
             Fazzoni
             ,
          
           and
           
             Arogari
             ,
             Carrafi
             ,
             Bolchetti
             ,
             Rossi
             ,
             Landriani
             ,
             Gonraghi
             ,
             Gabrieli
             ,
             Palavicini
             ,
             Savorgnani
             Farnesi
             ,
             Bentivogli
             ,
             Soardi
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           All
           which
           acknowledg
           themselfs
           to
           have
           had
           their
           first
           extraction
           from
           Germany
           .
           The
           Pole
           in
           magnifying
           their
           Sigismunds
           ,
           the
           Dane
           in
           extolling
           their
           Christians
           ,
           the
           Sweds
           in
           glorying
           of
           their
           
             Gustavus
             Adolphus
          
           ,
           do
           all
           this
           while
           commend
           Germany
           ;
           whence
           they
           first
           descended
           .
           Let
           England
           also
           boast
           of
           their
           Nobility
           &
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           doing
           they
           praise
           Germany
           and
           Normandy
           .
           Let
           Spain
           vaunt
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           who
           knowes
           not
           but
           he
           is
           a
           German
           two
           wayes
           ,
           by
           the
           Gothique
           and
           Austrian
           Family
           ,
           with
           the
           best
           Stemms
           of
           Spain
           besides
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           accounted
           but
           an
           upstart
           Noble-man
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           derivd
           
             de
             la
             sangre
             de
             les
             Godos
             ,
          
           of
           Gothic
           Blood.
           Let
           France
           stand
           as
           high
           a
           tiptoe
           as
           she
           will
           ,
           to
           vaunt
           of
           her
           twelve
           hundred
           yeers
           Monarks
           ,
           and
           she
           will
           confesse
           her
           three
           race
           of
           Kings
           ,
           
             Merovengians
             ,
             Carlovingians
          
           ,
           and
           Capevingians
           ,
           whence
           Lewis
           the
           fourteenth
           now
           regnant
           is
           descended
           ,
           came
           all
           primarily
           of
           the
           German
           race
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           com
           to
           Germany
           her self
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           that
           she
           is
           like
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           spangled
           and
           glistring
           with
           so
           many
           coruscant
           Starrs
           ,
           I
           mean
           so
           many
           illustrious
           Families
           .
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           Knighthood
           ,
           which
           being
           so
           many
           in
           nomber
           ,
           I
           dare
           not
           adventure
           to
           nominat
           one
           without
           naming
           all
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           offence
           ;
           let
           it
           suffice
           that
           ther
           are
           in
           Germany
           her self
           ,
           besides
           her
           annexed
           Regions
           ,
           above
           six
           hundred
           Knights
           ,
           who
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             Henricus
             Auceps
          
           (
           the
           Faulconer
           )
           do
           train
           up
           themselfs
           in
           noble
           exercises
           ,
           disdaining
           any
           kind
           of
           mechanique
           Trade
           ,
           or
           to
           marry
           any
           but
           a
           Gentlewoman
           by
           descent
           .
           Now
           ,
           touching
           Counts
           and
           Barons
           ,
           their
           number
           is
           incredible
           :
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           the
           chiefest
           .
           You
           have
           in
           Germany
           the
           Illustrious
           Families
           of
           the
           Barbij
           ,
           the
           Bronkhorstij
           ,
           the
           Castelli
           ,
           the
           Cimbrij
           ,
           the
           Eberstenij
           ,
           the
           Erbachij
           ,
           the
           Falkenstenij
           ,
           the
           Furstenbergij
           ,
           the
           Gerobrekij
           ,
           the
           Gleichij
           ,
           the
           Hannovij
           ,
           the
           Helfenstenij
           ,
           the
           Hohenloi
           ,
           the
           
             Isenburgij
             ,
             Leimnigij
          
           ,
           the
           Leonstenij
           ,
           the
           Limpurgij
           ,
           the
           Lippij
           ,
           the
           Mansfeldij
           ,
           the
           Monfortij
           ,
           the
           Nassovij
           ,
           the
           Oldenburgij
           ,
           the
           Ortenburgij
           ,
           the
           Oestfrislandij
           ,
           the
           Oettingij
           ,
           the
           Rappolstenij
           ,
           the
           Rhenigravij
           ,
           the
           Reussij
           ,
           the
           Salmij
           ,
           the
           Schaunburgij
           ,
           the
           Swaertenburgij
           ,
           the
           Solmij
           ,
           the
           Stolbergij
           ,
           the
           Sulzij
           ,
           the
           Tubingij
           ,
           the
           Waldburgij
           ,
           the
           Waldbeccij
           ,
           the
           Wirdij
           ,
           the
           Witgenstenij
           ,
           the
           Zollerij
           ,
           and
           divers
           more
           .
           I
           put
           down
           here
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Trees
           onely
           ,
           whereof
           every
           one
           hath
           multitude
           of
           branches
           ;
           And
           some
           of
           these
           have
           such
           Prerogatives
           and
           Royalties
           ,
           that
           countervaile
           some
           Soveraign
           Princes
           elsewhere
           .
           But
           to
           look
           upon
           the
           high
           Classis
           of
           Nobility
           ,
           how
           many
           Imperiall
           and
           Regall
           Families
           are
           there
           ?
           
             Guilielmus
             Brussius
          
           sayeth
           ,
           that
           as
           Italy
           excels
           in
           Palaces
           ,
           and
           Monuments
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           France
           in
           Soldiers
           ,
           as
           Spain
           with
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           England
           with
           Yeomen
           ,
           as
           Poland
           with
           Nobles
           ,
           so
           Germany
           abounds
           with
           Princes
           .
           Brussius
           herein
           said
           true
           ;
           but
           besides
           the
           last
           ,
           he
           may
           also
           find
           all
           the
           rest
           in
           Germany
           ;
           I
           will
           instance
           first
           in
           your
           Princely
           Family
           ,
           my
           Cosen
           
             Frederique
             Achilles
          
           ;
           how
           famous
           was
           Ulric
           the
           seventh
           for
           his
           Amability
           ?
           Prince
           Lewis
           for
           his
           probity
           ?
           Prince
           Georg
           for
           his
           Hospitality
           ,
           Ulric
           the
           ninth
           ;
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           third
           ,
           and
           fourth
           Eberhards
           for
           their
           Fortitude
           ,
           and
           your
           Father
           Frederique
           for
           his
           Magnanimity
           ?
           What
           a
           signall
           Prince
           was
           Eberhard
           the
           first
           ,
           whom
           the
           Italians
           seemd
           to
           adore
           ,
           being
           inflamd
           with
           the
           Rayes
           of
           his
           Virtues
           ;
           Soe
           that
           Maximilian
           the
           first
           ,
           passing
           by
           this
           Tombe
           ,
           sayed
           ,
           There
           lyeth
           
           a
           Prince
           that
           not
           left
           his
           fellow
           in
           the
           whole
           Empire
           ,
           of
           whose
           sage
           counsells
           I
           made
           mighty
           advantages
           .
           What
           a
           Grandee
           was
           the
           Lord
           Christopher
           ,
           whom
           
             Catharina
             de
             Medicis
          
           Queen
           Regent
           of
           France
           sent
           Rascalon
           unto
           ,
           desiring
           his
           assistance
           and
           advise
           ,
           during
           those
           tumultuary
           times
           ,
           and
           intricat
           Warr
           of
           the
           Ligue
           ;
           he
           at
           such
           a
           high
           Ladies
           request
           went
           accordingly
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           gard
           of
           three
           thousand
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           ,
           which
           did
           notable
           service
           .
        
         
           So
           you
           ,
           my
           noble
           Cozen
           
             Ioachim
             Ernest
          
           ,
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           Illustrious
           and
           regall
           House
           of
           Holsteyn
           ,
           do
           shine
           with
           many
           splendid
           titles
           ,
           whose
           vertues
           not
           all
           
             Denmark
             ,
             Norway
             ,
             Gothland
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           Vandals
           ,
           nor
           
             Holsasia
             ,
             Dictsmarsh
          
           and
           Sleswic
           ,
           nor
           Oldenberg
           and
           Delmenhorst
           can
           equall
           ;
           the
           immortall
           memory
           of
           your
           Oncle
           Frederique
           the
           second
           ,
           of
           your
           Granfathers
           ,
           Christians
           the
           second
           and
           third
           ,
           of
           your
           great
           Granfather
           Christian
           the
           first
           ,
           doth
           so
           illustrat
           and
           ennoble
           ;
           O
           the
           high
           felicity
           of
           the
           great
           Witikind
           ,
           whose
           renown
           after
           so
           many
           centuries
           of
           yeers
           is
           yet
           fresh
           and
           fragrant
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           be
           modest
           in
           speaking
           of
           my
           Saxonian
           Family
           ,
           twise
           Electorall
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           setting
           forth
           of
           the
           magnitud
           of
           their
           merit
           ;
           he
           made
           the
           greatest
           oppositions
           against
           Henry
           the
           sixt
           ,
           who
           by
           indirect
           meanes
           was
           Emperour
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           he
           forcd
           him
           to
           quitt
           it
           ;
           an
           exploit
           to
           be
           preferrd
           before
           other
           tropheys
           and
           triumphs
           ,
           because
           he
           therby
           did
           vindicat
           the
           liberty
           of
           Germany
           .
           I
           could
           run
           into
           a
           larg
           field
           to
           display
           the
           princely
           vertues
           and
           merits
           of
           this
           Family
           —
           
             Sed
             Cynthius
             aurem
             vellit
             .
             Apollo
          
           plucks
           me
           by
           the
           eare
           ,
           telling
           me
           that
           this
           copious
           Theme
           is
           fitter
           for
           another
           then
           my self
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Anhaltin
           Family
           ,
           nere
           allied
           to
           the
           Saxonian
           ,
           how
           many
           Heros
           have
           bin
           ?
           
             Sigismund
             ,
             Wolfangus
             ,
             Rodolphus
             ,
             Ioachimus
             ,
             Ioannes
             ,
             Ernest
             ,
          
           were
           renowned
           both
           for
           feats
           of
           armes
           ,
           and
           acts
           of
           Peace
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Badensian
           Family
           ther
           have
           bin
           som
           Starrs
           of
           the
           greatest
           magnitude
           ,
           which
           have
           bin
           so
           refulgent
           for
           high
           achievments
           ,
           prowesse
           ,
           and
           justice
           :
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           Iames
           Duke
           of
           Baden
           ,
           who
           kept
           his
           Territories
           so
           free
           and
           safe
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           one
           was
           robd
           upon
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           he
           wold
           command
           him
           to
           be
           satisfied
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Tresure
           ,
           upon
           good
           Affidavit
           made
           .
        
         
           In
           Brunswic
           Princely
           Family
           ,
           how
           many
           Worthies
           have
           flourisht
           ;
           Cardinall
           
             Conradus
             ,
             Henricus
             Leo
             ,
             Albertus
             Magnus
             :
             Henry
          
           the
           Peaceable
           ,
           William
           the
           Victorious
           ,
           
             Henricus
             Iulius
             sago
             &
             toga
             illustris
             ,
          
           famous
           for
           the
           Gown
           ,
           &
           the
           Gun.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           stemm
           of
           Mechelburg
           how
           many
           high-top
           Trees
           have
           flourisht
           ;
           as
           Henry
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Albert
          
           the
           first
           ,
           Casimirus
           the
           second
           ,
           Ericus
           the
           first
           ,
           all
           mighty
           men
           in
           merit
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Pomerla●…d
           Family
           
             Suantipiorus
             ,
             Suantipotius
             ,
             Busglavus
          
           ,
           were
           supereminent
           with
           divers
           more
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Hassian
           Family
           ,
           
             Henry
             Ironside
             ,
             Lewis
          
           the
           meek
           ,
           who
           refusd
           the
           Empire
           ,
           with
           sundry
           more
           were
           famous
           ,
           :
           As
           Hermannus
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Colen
             ,
             Philip
          
           the
           thunderbolt
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           Morris
           the
           Darling
           of
           the
           Muses
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Brandeburgian
           Family
           ,
           there
           was
           Albertus
           calld
           the
           
             German
             Hector
          
           for
           his
           Exploits
           ;
           Iohannes
           for
           his
           Eloquence
           calld
           the
           
             German
             Cicero
          
           ,
           with
           others
           most
           celebrous
           for
           their
           Piety
           ,
           their
           Prowesse
           ,
           their
           Benignity
           ,
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Bavarian
             Palatin
          
           ,
           wheresoever
           I
           cast
           my
           eyes
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           I
           find
           most
           parts
           eccho
           forth
           their
           Glory
           :
           For
           out
           of
           this
           Family
           as
           out
           of
           a
           Trojan
           Horse
           ,
           there
           have
           issued
           out
           nombers
           of
           venturous
           and
           magnanimous
           Princes
           .
           Othowitelsbachius
           ,
           who
           meerly
           for
           his
           high
           worth
           receavd
           Bavariae
           from
           Frederique
           the
           first
           ,
           Lodwick
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           second
           ,
           both
           Electors
           :
           Lodwick
           &
           Rupert
           both
           Emperours
           ,
           
             Wolfangus
             Bipontinus
          
           ,
           who
           with
           five
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           and
           six
           thousand
           Horse
           ,
           penetrated
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           banks
           of
           the
           Rhin
           advancd
           as
           far
           as
           Aquitane
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           very
           name
           of
           Deuxponts
           is
           grown
           famous
           and
           dreadfull
           in
           France
           to
           this
           day
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Albert
           the
           third
           ,
           who
           being
           offerd
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           by
           a
           very
           splendid
           Embassy
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Nobles
           ,
           utterly
           refusd
           it
           :
           Maximilian
           the
           present
           Duke
           of
           Bavaria
           is
           accounted
           a
           Prince
           of
           consummated
           
           wisdome
           ,
           his
           Authority
           and
           Esteem
           being
           so
           great
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Empire
           :
           With
           what
           prudence
           ,
           prowesse
           ,
           and
           prosperous
           successe
           did
           he
           take
           Prague
           ,
           when
           ther
           was
           an
           Army
           twice
           greatet
           in
           number
           that
           stood
           in
           his
           way
           !
           How
           glorious
           is
           the
           memory
           of
           
             Philip
             Palatin
          
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           who
           made
           the
           great
           Soliman
           to
           break
           his
           Vow
           ,
           wherof
           he
           had
           made
           three
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           finish
           that
           huge
           Aquaeduct
           of
           bringing
           water
           into
           the
           City
           of
           Constantinople
           from
           the
           Danube
           :
           The
           second
           to
           erect
           two
           Bridges
           in
           a
           Creek
           of
           the
           Hellespont
           ,
           the
           third
           the
           reducing
           of
           Vienna
           in
           Austria
           ;
           though
           he
           finisht
           the
           two
           first
           ,
           yet
           he
           fayld
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           last
           Vow
           ,
           chiefly
           by
           the
           Valour
           of
           the
           foresayed
           
             Bavarian
             Philip
          
           ,
           who
           forcd
           him
           to
           quit
           the
           Siege
           with
           tears
           in
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           back
           with
           his
           three
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           ,
           for
           his
           Army
           consisted
           of
           so
           many
           ,
           though
           the
           Defendants
           in
           the
           Town
           were
           not
           sixteen
           thousand
           ,
           who
           repelld
           them
           after
           twenty
           times
           storming
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           ascend
           to
           the
           cumble
           of
           all
           Renown
           and
           glory
           ,
           the
           house
           of
           Austria
           ;
           and
           now
           although
           I
           had
           a
           brazen
           brest
           ,
           a
           hundred
           toungs
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           throats
           ,
           as
           the
           Poet
           once
           wishd
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Majesty
           of
           this
           Imperiall
           Stemm
           :
           Nay
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           green
           leafs
           that
           wag
           in
           the
           Hercynian
           Forest
           were
           turnd
           to
           toungs
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           expand
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           Heroique
           Family
           .
           I
           may
           truly
           apply
           thereunto
           that
           of
           the
           Lyrik
           ,
        
         
           
             
               —
               Micat
               inter
               omnes
            
             
               Austrium
               sydus
               ,
               velut
               inter
               ignes
            
             
               Luna
               minores
               .
            
          
        
         
           Let
           all
           Posterity
           learn
           ,
           and
           all
           Annals
           have
           it
           upon
           Record
           ,
           and
           ruminat
           upon
           't
           ,
           that
           there
           wer
           never
           so
           many
           Crowns
           ,
           Scepters
           ,
           and
           Empires
           ,
           fell
           so
           suddenly
           upon
           any
           Race
           :
           and
           I
           pray
           what
           could
           we
           do
           .
        
         
           Niforet
           Austriacis
           Germania
           fulta
           columnis
           ?
        
         
           If
           Germany
           were
           not
           supported
           with
           Austrian
           Pillars
           ,
           she
           wold
           quickly
           torter
           .
           Antiquity
           in
           former
           times
           did
           deifie
           many
           of
           their
           brave
           men
           ,
           as
           
             Iove
             ,
             Mercury
             ,
             Hercules
          
           and
           others
           ,
           raysing
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           fixing
           them
           in
           the
           Firmament
           .
           But
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           there
           have
           bin
           divers
           of
           this
           divine
           Progeny
           ,
           that
           merit
           to
           be
           stellified
           more
           then
           they
           ;
           I
           could
           muster
           up
           thirteen
           Emperours
           who
           have
           bin
           successively
           of
           this
           house
           :
           and
           indeed
           who
           is
           fitter
           and
           abler
           to
           make
           head
           ,
           and
           preserve
           us
           from
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Ottoman
           Emperour
           ,
           then
           the
           Austrians
           ?
           considering
           that
           they
           have
           their
           hereditary
           Territories
           upon
           the
           Frontires
           of
           Turky
           :
           How
           many
           Saint-like
           persons
           have
           bin
           of
           this
           house
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           great
           Captains
           ,
           and
           notable
           Polititians
           ?
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           more
           my
           noble
           Auditors
           ?
           I
           have
           read
           that
           when
           Timanthes
           wold
           have
           drawn
           Iphigenia
           standing
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           Sacrificed
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           standers
           by
           ,
           he
           painted
           them
           in
           a
           Picture
           of
           deep
           Melancholy
           ,
           specially
           her
           Oncle
           ;
           but
           being
           come
           to
           her
           Father
           ,
           all
           his
           fancy
           being
           spent
           ,
           he
           coverd
           him
           with
           a
           Vaile
           :
           So
           must
           I
           do
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           passe
           over
           this
           Semidean
           Family
           with
           silence
           :
           for
           having
           spent
           my
           Fancy
           in
           displaying
           the
           high
           Vertues
           of
           other
           German
           Princes
           ,
           I
           want
           both
           imagination
           and
           words
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           glory
           of
           this
           .
           And
           now
           most
           judicious
           and
           noble
           gallant
           Princes
           ,
           what
           think
           you
           of
           Germany
           ?
           may
           not
           she
           expect
           the
           highest
           roome
           among
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           Europe
           ?
           Yes
           surely
           ,
           being
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           the
           Source
           of
           such
           a
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           having
           so
           many
           advantages
           besides
           .
           For
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           that
           Plato
           gave
           Nature
           thanks
           for
           three
           things
           ;
           viz.
           That
           he
           was
           born
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           woman
           ,
           a
           Greek
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Barbarian
           ,
           an
           Athenian
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Theban
           ,
           specially
           in
           Socrates
           his
           time
           :
           So
           I
           render
           most
           hearty
           thanks
           to
           the
           divine
           Majesty
           for
           three
           things
           likewise
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           made
           me
           a
           man
           ,
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           a
           German
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           live
           in
           the
           Raign
           of
           the
           most
           glorious
           Emperour
           Ferdinand
           ,
           ever
           August
           ,
           whom
           Heaven
           conserve
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           LORD
           JOHN
           GULIELM
           OF
           RETWITZ
           :
           AGAINST
           GERMANY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Excellent
             President
             ,
             and
             Illustrious
             Princess
             ,
          
        
         
           TO
           be
           a
           good
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           to
           love
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           discovers
           a
           noble
           mind
           in
           any
           man
           ;
           for
           my
           own
           part
           I
           am
           so
           wholy
           possessd
           with
           an
           inhaerent
           ,
           and
           tru
           naturall
           affection
           unto
           her
           ,
           that
           did
           necessity
           require
           ,
           I
           wold
           not
           only
           employ
           all
           the
           limbs
           of
           my
           body
           ,
           and
           faculties
           of
           my
           brain
           to
           do
           Her
           service
           ,
           but
           I
           would
           hazard
           the
           purest
           arteriall
           bloud
           which
           lies
           in
           the
           best
           ventricle
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           for
           her
           incolumity
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           wellfare
           ;
           but
           now
           there
           is
           a
           businesse
           of
           another
           nature
           incumbent
           upon
           me
           ,
           which
           is
           touching
           the
           Excellence
           and
           Prerogative
           of
           Germany
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           this
           task
           I
           must
           discharge
           impartially
           ,
           measuring
           her
           according
           to
           her
           merit
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           blind
           affection
           .
           It
           is
           far
           from
           the
           rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           incongruous
           to
           reason
           we
           shold
           exalt
           our
           own
           ,
           by
           depressing
           other
           Countries
           ,
           or
           Dares
           like
           ,
           triumph
           before
           Victory
           .
           We
           Germans
           do
           not
           see
           that
           Wallet
           that
           dangles
           behind
           us
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           endeaver
           now
           to
           shake
           off
           with
           a
           gentle
           hand
           :
           And
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           this
           high
           and
           honourable
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           your
           patience
           ,
           most
           illustrious
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           I
           will
           make
           it
           my
           businesse
           to
           make
           some
           inquiries
           into
           the
           extravagances
           ,
           the
           manners
           and
           vices
           of
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           which
           when
           I
           have
           displayed
           unto
           you
           ,
           I
           beleive
           you
           wil
           revoke
           your
           former
           Opinion
           of
           ascribing
           the
           Principality
           to
           Germany
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           Vices
           of
           Germany
           ,
           as
           Cardinall
           Bellarmin
           sayeth
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             Tantam
             esse
             papae
             amplitudinem
             &
             Majestatem
             ,
             ut
             perquam
             difficile
             sit
             illam
             definiri
             ,
          
           The
           Amplitude
           and
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Pope
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           hard
           matter
           to
           define
           it
           ;
           so
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           Antithesis
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           the
           ill
           manners
           ,
           and
           customes
           of
           Germany
           are
           so
           large
           and
           lothsom
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           very
           difficult
           task
           to
           describe
           them
           .
           And
           where
           shall
           I
           begin
           this
           task
           ?
           I
           will
           take
           my
           rise
           at
           the
           power
           and
           Dominions
           of
           Germany
           ,
           which
           I
           find
           to
           faint
           ,
           and
           languish
           every
           day
           more
           then
           other
           .
           O
           immortall
           God!
           What
           Diminutions
           hath
           she
           receavd
           ?
           how
           many
           potent
           and
           flourishing
           States
           have
           fallen
           away
           from
           her
           ?
           The
           Venetian
           ,
           the
           Milanois
           ,
           the
           Florentine
           ,
           the
           Genoways
           ,
           the
           Luqueses
           ,
           have
           quite
           shaken
           off
           her
           Yoke
           :
           Nay
           ,
           Rome
           her self
           hath
           played
           the
           Fugitif
           ,
           and
           ran
           away
           from
           her
           .
           Witnesse
           the
           Emperour
           Charles
           the
           fourth
           ,
           who
           being
           to
           make
           his
           entrance
           into
           Rome
           ,
           was
           let
           in
           ,
           but
           limited
           to
           this
           condition
           by
           the
           Cardinall
           of
           
             Ostia
             ,
             Ut
             neque
             Romae
             ,
             neque
             in
             Italia
             diu
             moraretur
             ,
          
           That
           he
           should
           not
           sojourn
           long
           in
           Rome
           ,
           nor
           Italy
           ,
           as
           Nauclerus
           hath
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           all
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperour
           is
           almost
           quite
           vanisht
           in
           Italy
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           Caesar
           cannot
           restore
           any
           of
           the
           Popes
           Subjects
           to
           his
           Birth-right
           ,
           either
           in
           point
           of
           Title
           or
           Possession
           ,
           without
           the
           Popes
           consent
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           be
           wanting
           ,
           the
           decree
           of
           legitimation
           is
           invalid
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Pope
           doth
           not
           onely
           interdict
           him
           in
           his
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           not
           permit
           the
           Emperour
           to
           exercise
           absolute
           power
           in
           his
           own
           Territories
           :
           Witnesse
           that
           Act
           of
           
             Sixtus
             Quintus
          
           ,
           who
           glorified
           himselfe
           to
           be
           of
           an
           Illustrious
           House
           ,
           meaning
           a
           small
           Cottage
           ,
           which
           for
           want
           of
           Roof
           took
           in
           alwaies
           the
           lustre
           of
           the
           Solar
           Beames
           .
           In
           this
           Sixtus
           his
           Pontificat
           ,
           it
           chancd
           that
           the
           Count
           Pepili
           possessd
           som
           Manners
           beyond
           the
           River
           of
           Po
           ;
           Cardinall
           Salviatus
           questioning
           his
           Title
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           said
           Count
           came
           from
           the
           Race
           of
           som
           Banditi
           ;
           he
           producd
           the
           Emperours
           grant
           ,
           but
           this
           wold
           not
           serve
           the
           turn
           ,
           for
           the
           sayed
           Cardinall
           causd
           him
           to
           be
           apprehended
           in
           his
           own
           Palace
           ,
           and
           sending
           for
           a
           Ghostly
           Father
           to
           confesse
           him
           ,
           he
           causd
           him
           to
           be
           presently
           strangled
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Lorrainers
             ,
             Burgundians
          
           ,
           and
           Belgians
           ;
           I
           mean
           the
           united
           Provinces
           are
           also
           revolted
           ,
           who
           in
           regard
           they
           have
           by
           their
           Armes
           shaken
           off
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           alledg
           they
           have
           also
           at
           the
           same
           time
           freed
           themselfs
           from
           any
           Homage
           to
           Caesar
           .
           So
           have
           also
           the
           Helvetians
           ,
           or
           Swisses
           ,
           whom
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           calls
           
             Flagellum
             principum
             ,
             ac
             nobilium
             ;
             Homines
             naturâ
             superbos
             ,
             qui
             ipsam
             sibi
             Iustitiam
             famulari
             volunt
             ,
             justumque
             id
             putant
             quod
             eorum
             phantasticis
             est
             conforme
             capitibus
             .
          
           The
           Swisses
           are
           a
           scourge
           of
           Princes
           and
           Nobles
           ,
           men
           naturally
           proud
           ,
           and
           who
           wold
           make
           Justice
           her self
           to
           attend
           them
           in
           quality
           of
           a
           servile
           handmaid
           ,
           thinking
           that
           onely
           to
           be
           just
           ,
           which
           conformes
           with
           their
           caprichious
           heads
           .
           Hereof
           ther
           was
           a
           late
           example
           ,
           for
           being
           summond
           upon
           a
           Processe
           of
           a
           high
           nature
           to
           the
           Imperiall
           Chamber
           at
           Spire
           ,
           they
           sent
           their
           rough-hewn
           Ambassadors
           ,
           who
           told
           the
           Councell
           ,
           
             Domini
             confaederati
             Helvetij
             vos
             vicinos
             suos
             salvere
             jubent
             ,
             mirantur
             vero
             quod
             tam
             crebris
             citationibus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           Lords
           Confederats
           of
           Swisserland
           do
           greet
           you
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           they
           wonder
           that
           by
           your
           so
           often
           Citations
           you
           wold
           disquiet
           them
           ,
           therfore
           they
           pray
           and
           exhort
           you
           that
           you
           wold
           no
           longer
           molest
           them
           .
        
         
           So
           also
           ther
           are
           very
           spacious
           Countreys
           Northward
           ,
           who
           have
           fallen
           quite
           away
           from
           our
           German
           Emperour
           ;
           among
           others
           ,
           som
           part
           of
           the
           Livonians
           Countrey
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           were
           summond
           to
           obedience
           by
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           otherwise
           he
           would
           reduce
           them
           by
           force
           ,
           they
           answerd
           in
           a
           geering
           manner
           ,
           That
           they
           knew
           his
           Horse
           wold
           be
           tyred
           before
           he
           could
           reach
           the
           skirts
           of
           Livonia
           ,
           as
           Thuanus
           hath
           it
           .
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           whersoever
           I
           turn
           my
           eyes
           ,
           I
           behold
           Nations
           revolted
           from
           Caesar
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Imperiall
           Eagle
           so
           thinn
           of
           Feathers
           ,
           and
           almost
           stark
           naked
           .
           From
           the
           raign
           of
           Rodolph
           the
           first
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           much
           beyond
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           ,
           I
           could
           instance
           in
           two
           hundred
           States
           and
           Princes
           who
           have
           unmembred
           and
           emancipated
           themselfs
           from
           our
           German
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           were
           usd
           to
           obey
           his
           summons
           ,
           and
           make
           apparance
           accordingly
           :
           All
           the
           Hansiatique
           Townes
           are
           now
           grown
           petty
           Republiques
           ,
           
           whereas
           they
           did
           once
           owe
           Vassallage
           to
           the
           Empire
           .
           The
           Emperour
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           though
           a
           glorious
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           he
           made
           in
           his
           time
           such
           a
           pittifull
           complaint
           to
           Pope
           Adrian
           ,
           that
           Germany
           was
           reducd
           to
           that
           penury
           and
           indigence
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           not
           onely
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           up
           against
           the
           incursions
           of
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           but
           she
           was
           not
           able
           to
           suppresse
           Domestique
           insolencies
           ,
           and
           maintain
           Peace
           and
           Justice
           within
           her
           own
           dores
           ;
           This
           Goldustus
           hath
           upon
           Record
           ;
           nay
           Scioppius
           goes
           further
           ,
           that
           Germany
           was
           grown
           so
           beggerly
           ,
           that
           ther
           were
           some
           of
           her
           best
           born
           Children
           ,
           som
           of
           Regall
           extraction
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           three
           hundred
           Crownes
           a
           yeer
           for
           their
           whole
           subsistence
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           many
           of
           them
           went
           habited
           rather
           like
           Poets
           then
           Princes
           ;
           but
           this
           indeed
           is
           too
           much
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           meer
           Scioppian
           Chymera
           ,
           and
           indeed
           there
           was
           not
           since
           the
           creation
           of
           man
           ,
           a
           more
           lying
           and
           base
           licentious
           toungd
           fellow
           then
           Scioppius
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           our
           very
           Foes
           can
           tell
           us
           our
           defects
           in
           Government
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           a
           deplorable
           condition
           Germany
           stands
           ,
           as
           will
           appeer
           by
           this
           example
           .
           When
           Maximilian
           the
           second
           was
           chosen
           Emperour
           ,
           it
           chanced
           that
           
             Ibraim
             ,
             Solimans
          
           Ambassador
           was
           then
           at
           Frankefort
           ,
           who
           having
           bin
           a
           spectator
           of
           the
           Shew
           ,
           and
           observd
           what
           great
           Princes
           did
           attend
           the
           Emperour
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           being
           told
           that
           som
           of
           them
           could
           raise
           an
           Army
           of
           themselfs
           against
           the
           Turk
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           smiling
           ,
           sayed
           ,
           That
           he
           doubted
           not
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           Germany
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           minds
           ,
           the
           counsells
           ,
           and
           actions
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           were
           like
           a
           Beast
           with
           many
           Heads
           and
           tayles
           ,
           who
           being
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           to
           passe
           through
           a
           Hedge
           ,
           and
           every
           head
           seeking
           to
           finde
           a
           particular
           hole
           to
           passe
           through
           ,
           they
           were
           a
           hindrance
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           every
           head
           drawing
           after
           his
           own
           fancy
           ,
           and
           so
           hazarded
           the
           destruction
           both
           of
           all
           the
           heads
           and
           tayles
           ;
           but
           the
           Empire
           of
           Solyman
           his
           great
           Master
           ,
           was
           like
           a
           Beast
           with
           many
           tayles
           ,
           yet
           she
           had
           but
           one
           head
           ,
           which
           head
           getting
           through
           ,
           or
           over
           any
           passage
           ,
           withour
           confusion
           of
           fancy
           and
           dispute
           of
           any
           other
           ,
           all
           the
           tayles
           and
           the
           whole
           body
           followed
           him
           accordingly
           ;
           well
           sayed
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           very
           wisely
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           we
           find
           it
           so
           by
           wofull
           experience
           .
        
         
           Ther
           is
           another
           mighty
           soloecism
           in
           the
           German
           Government
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           confusion
           and
           differences
           that
           useth
           to
           be
           in
           Diets
           ,
           which
           made
           .
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           to
           give
           us
           a
           tart
           reprehension
           when
           he
           saith
           ;
           
             Omnes
             Germanorum
             Dietas
             esse
             faecundas
             ,
             et
             quamlibet
             in
             ventre
             habere
             alteram
             ;
             Ac
             credibile
             est
             quia
             faemineum
             sit
             nomen
             ,
             libenter
             impraegnari
             ,
             Pietas
             est
             parturire
             .
          
           All
           the
           German
           Diets
           or
           Assemblies
           are
           fruitfull
           ,
           so
           that
           every
           one
           hath
           another
           commonly
           in
           her
           belly
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           credible
           that
           Diets
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           of
           the
           Faeminine
           Gender
           ,
           are
           willing
           to
           become
           pregnant
           and
           bring
           forth
           .
           The
           Emperour
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           could
           also
           say
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           That
           the
           
             German
             Iuntas
          
           ,
           and
           Iudicatories
           and
           Diets
           were
           like
           Vipers
           ,
           for
           as
           these
           destroy
           their
           Dam
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           decrees
           of
           Diets
           destroy
           the
           former
           .
           Now
           what
           a
           lame
           imperfect
           power
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           hath
           in
           these
           Imperiall
           Chambers
           or
           Diets
           we
           well
           know
           :
           Indeed
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           the
           name
           of
           Caesar
           remaines
           ,
           but
           the
           Majesty
           is
           gone
           .
           The
           thing
           it self
           is
           vanishd
           ,
           and
           the
           shadow
           remaines
           .
           O
           degenerous
           times
           !
           O
           deplorable
           poor
           Germany
           :
           In
           former
           times
           the
           greatest
           Kings
           of
           Europ
           and
           Asia
           ,
           and
           Afrique
           ,
           thought
           it
           no
           disparagement
           to
           submit
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           now
           not
           only
           Kings
           ,
           but
           every
           meane
           Count
           doth
           scorn
           to
           stoop
           to
           him
           ;
           And
           indeed
           it
           doth
           not
           tend
           much
           to
           the
           reputation
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           that
           in
           lesse
           then
           three
           hundred
           yeers
           nine
           German
           Emperours
           should
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           were
           deposed
           ,
           and
           abdicated
           .
           It
           grieves
           me
           to
           remember
           here
           the
           improbous
           saying
           of
           Gerardus
           Bishop
           of
           Mentz
           ,
           who
           having
           with
           divers
           others
           conspird
           against
           .
           Albert
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           intending
           to
           elect
           another
           ,
           the
           said
           Gerardus
           having
           a
           hunting
           horn
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           potent
           popular
           man
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           he
           was
           calld
           
             propola
             imperij
          
           ,
           the
           Huckster
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           he
           belchd
           out
           these
           words
           :
           
             In
             hoc
             Cornu
             complures
             gesto
             Caesares
             ,
          
           I
           carry
           many
           Caesars
           in
           this
           Horn
           ;
           But
           the
           
           Albert
           by
           the
           speciall
           benedictions
           of
           Heaven
           was
           quit
           with
           them
           all
           at
           last
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           them
           carry
           Doggs
           so
           many
           miles
           ,
           which
           is
           accounted
           in
           Germany
           the
           most
           opprobrious
           and
           disgracefullest
           punishment
           that
           can
           be
           inflicted
           upon
           a
           Nobleman
           or
           Gentleman
           ;
           whereas
           a
           Plebean
           is
           bound
           according
           to
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           offence
           ,
           to
           carry
           a
           Chair
           from
           one
           County
           to
           another
           .
           So
           we
           read
           that
           
             Frederique
             Barbarossa
          
           made
           Hermannus
           ,
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           and
           ten
           Counts
           more
           ,
           to
           carry
           Doggs
           above
           a
           whole
           German
           mile
           ,
           for
           the
           praedations
           and
           insolencies
           they
           had
           committed
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           in
           Italy
           .
           But
           whereas
           this
           kind
           of
           punishment
           is
           grown
           obsolet
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           it
           were
           still
           in
           force
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           then
           have
           so
           many
           treasons
           ,
           and
           transgressions
           of
           Imperiall
           sanctions
           ,
           the
           Majesty
           of
           Caesar
           ,
           the
           balance
           of
           Dollars
           ,
           the
           decrees
           of
           Diets
           would
           be
           more
           regarded
           ,
           and
           Justice
           would
           not
           be
           so
           frequently
           baffled
           ,
           and
           affronted
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           odd
           character
           that
           
             Velleius
             Paterculus
          
           gives
           of
           our
           Countreymen
           ;
           
             Esse
             Homines
             qui
             nihil
             praeter
             vocem
             et
             membra
             haberent
             hominum
             ,
             in
             summa
             feritate
             versutissimi
             ,
             natumque
             mendacio
             genus
             .
          
           The
           Germans
           were
           men
           who
           had
           nothing
           but
           the
           voices
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           men
           ,
           yet
           they
           had
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           wilinesse
           in
           their
           wildnes
           ,
           a
           Race
           born
           for
           lies
           .
           Witnes
           their
           perfidious
           carriage
           in
           Great
           Britany
           towards
           the
           old
           Inhabitants
           therof
           ,
           when
           at
           a
           solemn
           meeting
           and
           Treaty
           they
           carried
           Knifes
           hid
           in
           their
           Stockins
           ,
           wherwith
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           salutations
           they
           murthered
           the
           ancient
           nobility
           of
           the
           Britons
           ,
           who
           had
           come
           armeles
           into
           the
           field
           according
           to
           the
           Capitulations
           of
           agreement
           between
           them
           ,
           that
           none
           should
           bring
           with
           him
           any
           offensive
           or
           defensive
           Weapon
           .
           Then
           when
           those
           Saxons
           ,
           which
           were
           tru
           Germans
           ,
           for
           they
           came
           from
           the
           lower
           circuit
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           are
           calld
           Saxons
           by
           the
           Welsh
           and
           Irish
           ,
           had
           taken
           firm
           footing
           in
           Britain
           ,
           what
           a
           World
           of
           spoiles
           and
           devastations
           did
           they
           commit
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Sidonius
           complaines
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Quot
             remiges
             videris
             Saxones
             ,
             totidem
             decernere
             putes
             Archipiratas
             ,
             Ita
             simul
             omnes
             imperant
             ,
             parent
             ,
             docent
             ,
             discunt
             latrocinari
             .
             Hostis
             est
             omni
             hoste
             truculentior
             ;
             est
             ijs
             quaedam
             cum
             discriminibus
             pelagi
             non
             notitia
             solum
             ,
             sed
             familiaritas
          
           —
           As
           many
           Rowers
           you
           see
           of
           the
           Saxons
           ,
           you
           discern
           so
           many
           Rovers
           and
           Arch-pirats
           :
           They
           all
           command
           ,
           and
           obey
           ,
           they
           learn
           ,
           and
           teach
           how
           to
           robb
           ;
           An
           enemy
           more
           truculent
           then
           any
           enemy
           ,
           They
           have
           not
           only
           knowledg
           ,
           but
           a
           familiarity
           with
           the
           sea
           &c.
           
           I
           beleeve
           ther
           is
           none
           here
           who
           is
           ignorant
           of
           the
           story
           of
           Hatto
           the
           first
           Archbishop
           of
           Mentz
           ,
           who
           so
           basely
           betrayed
           Albertus
           Bishop
           of
           Bamberg
           ,
           who
           had
           casually
           slain
           Conradus
           the
           Emperours
           brother
           ,
           who
           having
           besiegd
           him
           in
           Therussa
           castle
           ,
           the
           sayed
           Albert
           was
           perswaded
           by
           Hatto
           to
           go
           and
           submitt
           himself
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           he
           promised
           to
           bring
           him
           safe
           back
           to
           his
           Castle
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           :
           but
           Albert
           had
           his
           hand
           tied
           behinde
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           returnd
           his
           head
           was
           chopd
           off
           ;
           but
           Hatto
           sayed
           ,
           to
           excuse
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           only
           promisd
           to
           bring
           him
           back
           to
           the
           place
           from
           which
           he
           had
           fetchd
           him
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           .
           What
           a
           horrible
           story
           is
           there
           of
           another
           Hatto
           ,
           an
           Archbishop
           also
           of
           Mentz
           ,
           who
           was
           devoured
           and
           eaten
           up
           alive
           by
           rats
           for
           his
           uncharitablenesse
           to
           the
           poor
           in
           a
           yeer
           of
           famine
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           lodgd
           in
           a
           great
           barne
           ,
           and
           putting
           fyre
           therunto
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           night
           he
           burnt
           them
           all
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           those
           were
           the
           rats
           which
           devourd
           his
           corn
           ;
           And
           that
           this
           story
           may
           be
           upon
           perpetuall
           record
           ,
           the
           castle
           where
           he
           was
           eaten
           ,
           is
           called
           Rat
           castle
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           being
           scituated
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           whither
           the
           Rats
           swomm
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           never
           left
           him
           till
           they
           had
           bin
           the
           executioners
           of
           divine
           vengeance
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           Another
           such
           a
           horrid
           story
           as
           this
           was
           that
           of
           the
           devill
           who
           appeerd
           at
           Hamelen
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           pied
           piper
           ,
           which
           towne
           being
           very
           much
           infested
           with
           rats
           ,
           the
           sayed
           piper
           did
           covenant
           with
           the
           Burgers
           to
           free
           them
           of
           
           that
           Vermin
           for
           such
           a
           reward
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           to
           receave
           a
           yeer
           after
           they
           saw
           themselfs
           freed
           ;
           Hereupon
           the
           Piper
           playing
           upon
           a
           kind
           of
           bagpipes
           that
           he
           had
           ,
           all
           the
           rats
           followed
           him
           to
           a
           great
           lough
           hard
           by
           ,
           where
           he
           drownd
           them
           all
           :
           but
           returning
           at
           the
           yeers
           end
           for
           his
           reward
           ,
           the
           Burgers
           wold
           put
           him
           off
           with
           a
           small
           matter
           ;
           thereupon
           playing
           upon
           his
           pipes
           one
           evening
           ,
           all
           the
           children
           of
           the
           town
           followed
           him
           to
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           hill
           ,
           where
           he
           and
           the
           children
           vanished
           ;
           There
           is
           a
           great
           stone
           piller
           stands
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           whereon
           there
           is
           mention
           hereof
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           of
           the
           town
           to
           this
           day
           in
           all
           their
           publick
           writings
           draw
           their
           Epoches
           and
           computation
           of
           yeers
           from
           the
           going
           out
           of
           their
           children
           .
           And
           as
           the
           devill
           appeerd
           here
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           piper
           ;
           so
           nere
           Bremen
           he
           gott
           into
           a
           Butcher
           ,
           who
           being
           inraged
           one
           day
           with
           his
           wife
           that
           was
           bigg
           with
           childe
           ,
           he
           took
           her
           into
           a
           stable
           and
           ripping
           up
           hir
           belly
           took
           out
           the
           embryon
           ;
           &
           ther
           being
           a
           sow
           hard
           by
           big
           with
           pigs
           ,
           he
           killd
           the
           sow
           also
           ,
           and
           taking
           out
           the
           piggs
           ,
           he
           sowed
           them
           up
           in
           his
           wifes
           belly
           ,
           and
           the
           childe
           in
           the
           sow's
           .
           Can
           the
           witt
           of
           man
           run
           upon
           a
           more
           nefandous
           thing
           ?
           But
           Germany
           is
           full
           of
           these
           bloody
           stories
           .
           And
           whereas
           you
           know
           we
           have
           a
           custom
           when
           any
           notorious
           theef
           is
           hangd
           to
           stick
           so
           many
           pegs
           in
           the
           gibbet
           as
           he
           had
           killd
           men
           ,
           it
           is
           ordinary
           to
           finde
           in
           Moravia
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           such
           gibbets
           som
           with
           twenty
           ,
           som
           with
           thirty
           ,
           and
           I
           heard
           lately
           of
           one
           that
           had
           sixty
           three
           peggs
           stuck
           into
           it
           ,
           denoting
           so
           many
           murthers
           by
           one
           man.
           Now
           ,
           if
           we
           descend
           to
           Low
           Germany
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           hir
           litle
           inferiour
           to
           the
           Higher
           in
           strange
           kindes
           of
           immanities
           .
           What
           an
           inhuman
           thing
           was
           that
           in
           Gant
           ,
           when
           the
           father
           and
           the
           son
           being
           condemnd
           to
           die
           for
           one
           Fact
           ,
           it
           was
           adjudged
           they
           shold
           draw
           lotts
           whither
           the
           father
           should
           hang
           the
           son
           ,
           or
           the
           son
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           it
           fell
           to
           the
           son
           ,
           who
           accordingly
           thrust
           out
           of
           the
           world
           him
           who
           brought
           him
           in
           .
           But
           now
           I
           speake
           of
           the
           Citty
           of
           Gant
           ,
           which
           is
           held
           to
           bee
           one
           of
           the
           most
           mutinous
           and
           inconstant
           Cities
           of
           Christendom
           (
           and
           therfore
           no
           wonder
           that
           she
           hath
           so
           many
           windmills
           within
           her
           walls
           )
           what
           nation
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           hath
           shewd
           more
           arguments
           of
           instability
           then
           Allmain
           ;
           Go
           first
           to
           Religion
           ,
           since
           that
           Shaveling
           Monke
           Luther
           fell
           in
           love
           with
           the
           Abadesse
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           which
           he
           made
           Religion
           his
           bawd
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           how
           many
           new
           Sects
           have
           crept
           in
           since
           ?
           
             Iohn
             Calvin
          
           came
           apace
           after
           him
           ,
           he
           usherd
           in
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           then
           what
           a
           swarm
           of
           
             Swenkfeldians
             ,
             Osiandrians
             ,
             Huberians
             ,
             Oecolampadians
             ,
          
           and
           Arminians
           have
           we
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           desire
           more
           ,
           you
           may
           go
           to
           Amsterdam
           ,
           Where
           you
           shall
           find
           as
           many
           sorts
           as
           ther
           be
           of
           Venice
           glasses
           in
           Murano
           .
           What
           a
           scandall
           to
           the
           German
           Nation
           was
           Iohn
           of
           Leyden
           ,
           that
           frantique
           Rascall
           ?
           what
           an
           opprobry
           to
           Christianity
           is
           that
           Amsterdam
           ,
           wher
           such
           a
           confusion
           of
           Religions
           is
           allowed
           !
           &
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           one
           of
           the
           nearest
           to
           Hell
           of
           any
           town
           upon
           earth
           .
           And
           as
           in
           the
           reign
           of
           Nimrod
           there
           fell
           a
           curse
           upon
           those
           that
           would
           dwel
           so
           high
           by
           a
           confusion
           of
           tongues
           ,
           so
           a
           confusion
           of
           beliefs
           is
           fallen
           upon
           these
           men
           by
           dwelling
           too
           low
           ,
           and
           cosening
           the
           fish
           of
           their
           inheritance
           ,
           for
           indeed
           the
           Fish
           shold
           inhabit
           that
           Countrey
           which
           they
           have
           forced
           out
           of
           the
           jawes
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           thereby
           may
           be
           called
           tru
           Usurpers
           .
        
         
           But
           touching
           religion
           ,
           the
           French
           fancy
           was
           never
           so
           greedy
           after
           new
           fashions
           in
           apparrell
           ,
           as
           we
           Germans
           high
           and
           low
           do
           thirst
           after
           new
           fangling
           opinions
           in
           matters
           appertaining
           to
           Christian
           Doctrin
           and
           discipline
           :
           It
           was
           a
           notable
           saying
           of
           Queen
           Katherin
           
             de
             Medici
          
           when
           she
           was
           Regent
           of
           France
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           greatest
           Heretiques
           which
           Europe
           produced
           were
           Luther
           and
           Machiavil
           (
           hir
           Countrey
           man
           )
           the
           one
           in
           matters
           of
           piety
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           policy
           .
           But
           we
           Germans
           being
           commonly
           of
           a
           higher
           stature
           then
           other
           Nations
           ,
           we
           are
           compard
           to
           Houses
           of
           five
           or
           sixe
           stories
           high
           ,
           wherein
           the
           upper
           rooms
           are
           worst
           furnished
           ,
           meaning
           the
           cells
           of
           our
           brains
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           largenes
           of
           members
           shold
           lessen
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             Seneca
             ,
             Nimio
             robore
             membrorum
             vigor
             mentis
             hebescit
             ,
             quasi
             abnuente
             naturâ
             vtriusque
             boni
             largitionem
             ,
          
           
           
             ne
             supra
             mortalem
             sit
             felicitatem
             eundem
             et
             valentissimum
             esse
             ,
             et
             sapientissimum
             .
          
           The
           vigor
           of
           the
           mind
           growes
           dull
           by
           too
           great
           strength
           and
           boysterousness
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           Nature
           denying
           as
           it
           were
           such
           a
           double
           bounty
           ,
           it
           being
           beyond
           humane
           felicity
           for
           the
           same
           man
           to
           be
           most
           valiant
           and
           most
           wise
           .
           It
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           Bartolus
           ,
           that
           
             Longi
             Homines
             sunt
             raro
             sapientes
          
           ,
           Tall
           men
           ▪
           are
           seldom
           wi●…e
           :
           And
           as
           Helvetia
           is
           so
           sterill
           that
           she
           cannot
           feed
           her self
           ;
           Hassia
           so
           swelling
           with
           barren
           Hills
           that
           somtimes
           she
           is
           ready
           to
           starve
           ;
           As
           the
           Marquisat
           of
           Brandenburg
           and
           Westphalia
           are
           choak●…d
           with
           sand
           ,
           as
           other
           places
           up
           and
           down
           Germany
           are
           full
           of
           ill
           aird
           fenns
           and
           marishes
           that
           hinders
           the
           fertility
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           impaires
           the
           health
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           as
           in
           som
           rank
           grounds
           weeds
           get
           up
           so
           fast
           that
           the
           corn
           cannot
           grow
           ,
           so
           in
           our
           German
           natures
           there
           is
           still
           som
           obstacle
           or
           other
           that
           choakes
           the
           growth
           and
           tapring
           up
           of
           vertu
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           that
           our
           Compatriotts
           are
           cryed
           up
           generally
           for
           continence
           ,
           but
           truly
           I
           do
           not
           think
           they
           deserve
           it
           so
           much
           as
           the
           world
           thinks
           ,
           for
           how
           many
           Baths
           (
           or
           rather
           Brothell
           Houses
           of
           lust
           )
           have
           you
           up
           and
           down
           Germany
           ,
           where
           shirts
           and
           smocks
           promiscuously
           meet
           ,
           whence
           som
           Ladies
           that
           came
           Penelop●…s
           thither
           ,
           go
           away
           
             Helens
             ▪
             Poggius
          
           writes
           a
           book
           entitled
           
             de
             schola
             Epicureae
             factionis
             quae
             regnat
             in
             Teutonia
          
           ;
           Of
           the
           school
           of
           Epicurism
           which
           raignes
           in
           Germany
           ,
           meaning
           the
           Baths
           of
           Boden
           and
           others
           ;
           He
           sayeth
           
             Nulla
             in
             orbe
             Terrarum
             balnea
             ad
             faecunditatem
             mulierum
             magis
             esse
             accommodata
             ▪
             innumerabilem
             multitudinem
             nobilium
             et
             Ignobilium
             ducenta
             millia
             passuum
             eo
             venire
             ,
             non
             tam
             Valetudinis
             quam
             voluptatis
             gratia
             ▪
             Omnes
             Amatores
             ,
             Omnes
             Procos
             quibus
             in
             deliciis
             vita
             est
             posita
             ,
             eo
             concurerere
             ut
             fruantur
             rebus
             concupitis
             ,
             multas
             faminas
             simulare
             corporum
             aegritudines
             cum
             animo
             laborent
             ,
             omnibus
             unam
             mentem
             esse
             tristitiam
             fugare
             ,
             quaerere
             hilaritatem
             ,
             non
             de
             communi
             dividundo
             agere
             ,
             sed
             de
             communicando
             divisa
             .
          
           There
           are
           no
           bathes
           so
           accommodated
           for
           the
           fruitfulnesse
           of
           women
           as
           the
           Germans
           ,
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           nobles
           and
           ignobles
           come
           thither
           two
           hundred
           miles
           off
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           health
           as
           pleasure
           ;
           All
           amorous
           men
           ,
           all
           suters
           ,
           all
           servants
           of
           ladies
           who
           delight
           in
           delicacies
           flock
           thither
           ,
           many
           women
           go
           thither
           to
           cure
           the
           sicknesse
           of
           the
           mind
           rather
           then
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           they
           com
           thither
           not
           to
           treat
           of
           dividing
           the
           Common
           ,
           but
           of
           communicating
           what
           are
           divided
           :
           What
           sayeth
           the
           Monke
           of
           Ulmes
           of
           his
           own
           Country
           women
           ?
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Omnia
             aliarum
             Regionum
             lupanaria
             habent
             foeminas
             de
             Suevia
             ,
             sic
             etiam
             omnia
             poene
             monasteria
             procul
             existentia
             habent
             virgines
             Suevigenas
             ;
             et
             dilectae
             et
             utiles
             Monasteriis
             sunt
             plus
             quam
             aliae
             propter
             bonam
             naturae
             dispositionem
             .
          
           The
           Bordells
           allmost
           of
           all
           Countrey●…
           have
           som
           women
           of
           Suevi
           ,
           and
           also
           all
           Monasteries
           though
           a
           good
           distance
           off
           have
           Suevian
           Nunnes
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           loving
           ,
           and
           prove
           more
           usefull
           then
           others
           for
           their
           good
           naturall
           dispositions
           ;
           Among
           other
           examples
           let
           this
           serve
           to
           shew
           the
           impudicity
           of
           our
           German
           ladies
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Barbara
           Count
           Hermans
           daughter
           ,
           and
           wife
           to
           the
           Emperour
           Sigismund
           ,
           who
           having
           tried
           the
           mettall
           of
           the
           strongest
           backs
           in
           her
           husbands
           time
           ,
           was
           after
           his
           death
           admonish'd
           by
           her
           ghostly
           father
           to
           live
           chast
           and
           like
           the
           turtle
           ,
           wherunto
           she
           answerd
           ,
           If
           you
           ,
           Father
           Confessor
           ,
           wold
           have
           me
           imitat
           birds
           ,
           why
           shall
           I
           not
           the
           life
           of
           a
           sparrow
           rather
           then
           of
           a
           turtle
           ?
           —
           Now
           ,
           Frederique
           the
           brother
           of
           this
           Barbara
           was
           as
           bad
           as
           she
           ;
           who
           having
           murtherd
           his
           wife
           for
           the
           love
           of
           his
           concubine
           ,
           and
           being
           dehorted
           by
           a
           pious
           freind
           from
           his
           damnable
           dissolut
           courses
           ,
           specially
           now
           being
           ninety
           yeers
           of
           age
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           on
           his
           Grave
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           I
           will
           ,
           sayed
           he
           ,
           and
           I
           intend
           to
           have
           these
           lines
           insculpd
           upon
           't
           .
           
             Haec
             mihi
             porta
             est
             ad
             Inferos
             ,
             quid
             illic
             reperiam
             nescio
             ,
             scio
             quae
             reliqui
             :
             abundavi
             bonis
             omnibus
             ,
             ex
             quibus
             nihil
             fero
             mecum
             ,
             nec
             quod
             bibi
             ,
             atque
             edi
             ,
             quodque
             inexplebilis
             voluptas
             exhausit
             .
          
           This
           is
           my
           passage
           to
           Hell
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           I
           shall
           find
           there
           ,
           I
           know
           what
           I
           left
           :
           I
           abounded
           with
           all
           things
           ,
           whereof
           I
           carry
           nothing
           with
           me
           ,
           
           neither
           of
           what
           I
           ate
           or
           drunk
           or
           exhausted
           in
           insatiable
           pleasure
           .
           The
           example
           of
           Henry
           Duke
           of
           Brunswik
           is
           very
           signal
           ,
           who
           being
           desperatly
           in
           love
           with
           
             Eva
             Tottina
          
           ,
           a
           young
           damsell
           ,
           (
           daughter
           to
           a
           gentleman
           of
           good
           quality
           )
           that
           kept
           his
           Dutchesse
           company
           ,
           he
           plotted
           that
           she
           shold
           make
           ●…emblance
           to
           go
           to
           visit
           her
           frends
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           castle
           ,
           whither
           being
           com
           ,
           she
           faind
           her self
           sick
           over
           night
           ,
           and
           so
           her
           women
           who
           were
           her
           complices
           ,
           gave
           out
           she
           was
           dead
           of
           the
           plague
           in
           the
           morning
           ;
           so
           having
           gott
           a
           wooden
           statue
           in
           a
           chest
           of
           purpose
           ,
           they
           coffind
           the
           statue
           and
           sent
           it
           to
           be
           buried
           ,
           so
           the
           Duke
           did
           satiat
           his
           ●…ust
           and
           got
           seven
           children
           of
           her
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           kings
           of
           Denmark
           ?
           is
           it
           not
           a
           common
           thing
           for
           them
           to
           keep
           concubines
           in
           their
           Courts
           ,
           which
           are
           attended
           upon
           like
           Queens
           ;
           It
           is
           well
           known
           how
           many
           bastards
           Maurice
           Prince
           of
           Orenge
           left
           behind
           him
           ,
           who
           being
           advised
           by
           a
           reverend
           Divine
           upon
           his
           deathbed
           to
           marry
           that
           woman
           of
           whom
           he
           had
           most
           of
           his
           sons
           ,
           &
           therby
           he
           might
           preserve
           her
           reputation
           from
           being
           a
           whore
           ,
           and
           his
           children
           from
           being
           bastards
           :
           but
           being
           pressed
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           answerd
           ,
           No
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           wrong
           my
           brother
           Harry
           so
           much
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           be
           his
           Heir
           .
           Albertus
           the
           Archduke
           it
           seems
           preferrd
           the
           pleasure
           of
           his
           body
           before
           that
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           when
           he
           shook
           off
           his
           Toledo
           miter
           ,
           and
           Cardinals
           capp
           ,
           to
           ma●…ry
           the
           Infanta
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           Touching
           Intemperance
           ,
           especially
           the
           vice
           of
           ebriety
           and
           excesse
           of
           drinking
           ▪
           where
           hath
           it
           such
           a
           vogue
           as
           in
           Germany
           ?
           it
           is
           her
           bosom
           peculiar
           sin
           ,
           and
           she
           hath
           infected
           all
           other
           Nations
           with
           it
           ;
           The
           Belgian
           complaines
           that
           the
           immoderat
           u●…e
           of
           wine
           came
           tumbling
           down
           upon
           him
           from
           high
           Germany
           ,
           like
           snow
           rushing
           down
           the
           Alpian
           Hills
           ,
           whence
           it
           found
           passage
           over
           with
           wind
           in
           poop
           to
           England
           ,
           which
           are
           good
           at
           it
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           German
           race
           ,
           and
           therefore
           apt
           to
           take
           .
           Nay
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           the
           English
           are
           good
           
             Inventis
             addere
          
           ,
           to
           improve
           any
           new
           Invention
           ,
           so
           they
           go
           beyond
           us
           ;
           for
           whereas
           the
           Dutch
           doth
           pelt
           the
           brain
           with
           small
           shot
           ,
           the
           Englishman
           doth
           storm
           it
           with
           whole
           canons
           and
           huge
           carowses
           ;
           for
           he
           when
           he
           is
           at
           it
           doth
           not
           sipp
           and
           drink
           by
           halfs
           ,
           or
           demurr
           upon
           it
           by
           som
           discourse
           as
           the
           German
           doth
           ,
           or
           eat
           some
           salt
           quelchose
           between
           ,
           but
           he
           deals
           in
           shire
           liquor
           ,
           and
           is
           quickly
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           his
           cupp
           without
           any
           intervening
           discourse
           .
           Yet
           the
           Dutch
           bears
           the
           bell
           away
           both
           from
           Him
           and
           all
           others
           ;
           Hereupon
           they
           use
           to
           characterize
           a
           Dutchman
           to
           be
           an
           Animal
           that
           can
           drink
           more
           then
           he
           can
           carry
           ,
           as
           also
           one
           who
           useth
           to
           barrell
           up
           more
           then
           he
           can
           broch
           ,
           that
           understands
           more
           ,
           then
           he
           can
           utter
           :
           T
           is
           he
           who
           drinks
           
             cum
             mensura
          
           ,
           but
           
             absque
             modo
          
           ,
           according
           to
           measure
           ,
           but
           without
           a
           mean.
           I
           heard
           of
           four
           old
           men
           in
           the
           upper
           Saxony
           ,
           that
           having
           mett
           at
           a
           clubb
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           stir
           til
           they
           had
           drunk
           as
           many
           healths
           as
           they
           had
           yeers
           betwixt
           them
           ;
           all
           which
           came
           to
           above
           three
           hundred
           .
           I
           heard
           of
           another
           company
           who
           at
           a
           match
           of
           drinking
           upon
           the
           Texells
           side
           in
           Amsterdam
           ,
           tippled
           so
           long
           looking
           out
           of
           a
           casement
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           they
           were
           at
           sea
           in
           a
           tempest
           ;
           therefore
           to
           lighten
           the
           shipp
           they
           began
           to
           throw
           tables
           and
           stooles
           with
           other
           luggage
           out
           of
           the
           windowes
           ,
           thinking
           they
           were
           in
           danger
           of
           shippwrack
           .
           But
           he
           was
           not
           so
           intemperat
           a
           Drinker
           ,
           who
           used
           to
           drink
           according
           to
           the
           gamuth
           ,
           
             Vt
             ,
             Re
             ,
             Mi
             ,
             Fa
             ,
             sol
             ,
             la
             ,
          
           tossing
           up
           one
           carouse
           to
           every
           one
           ,
           saying
           it
           was
           ,
        
         
           Re-levet
           Mi-serum
           Fa-tum
           ,
           So-litosque
           La-bores
           .
        
         
           
             Aeneas
             Silvius
          
           hath
           a
           story
           of
           the
           Count
           of
           Gorits
           ,
           that
           to
           try
           whether
           his
           children
           were
           legitimat
           or
           no
           ,
           he
           used
           to
           give
           them
           wine
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           grew
           sick
           upon
           it
           ,
           he
           concluded
           them
           to
           be
           bastards
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           his
           .
           But
           he
           was
           a
           witty
           soule
           ,
           and
           deservd
           to
           drink
           wine
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           who
           comprehended
           the
           lawes
           and
           causes
           of
           drinking
           in
           these
           verses
           .
        
         
           
           
             Si
             bené
             quid
             memini
             ,
             causae
             sunt
             quinque
             bibendi
             .
          
           
             1
             Hospitis
             adventus
             .
          
           
             2
             Praesens
             sitis
             ,
             atque
          
           
             3
             Futura
             ,
          
           
             4
             Et
             Vini
             bonitas
             .
          
           
             5
             Vel
             quaelibet
             altera
             causa
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             Drink
             there
             may
             five
             causes
             be
             at
             least
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             For
             to
             entertain
             a
             Newcom
             guest
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             quench
             the
             present
             thirst
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Prevent
             the
             next
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             Wine
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Or
             any
             text
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Jesuit
           hath
           a
           geerupon
           the
           German
           that
           he
           forsook
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           because
           laymen
           have
           not
           the
           Cup
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           draw
           towards
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           but
           heretofore
           the
           Germans
           were
           appoved
           men
           for
           military
           glory
           ,
           but
           ,
           Helas
           ,
           they
           are
           now
           much
           eclipsd
           ;
           The
           knights
           of
           Rhodes
           disswading
           Soliman
           the
           Great
           Turk
           to
           warr
           against
           Europe
           ,
           especially
           against
           Germany
           ,
           He
           answerd
           ,
           I
           esteem
           the
           armes
           of
           the
           Germans
           lesse
           ,
           then
           of
           any
           others
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           four
           causes
           .
           
             Quia
             sunt
             discordes
             ,
             et
             quemadmodum
             sui
             quinque
             digiti
             ,
             it
             a
             illi
             nanquam
             in
             unum
             coalescant
             ;
             Quia
             laborum
             sunt
             impatientes
             ,
             et
             prae
             aliis
             Germani
             sunt
             helluones
             ,
             Potatores
             ,
             qui
             in
             castris
             scortorum
             turbam
             foveant
             ,
             Ducesque
             belli
             plumis
             potius
             ,
             quam
             armis
             militaribus
             gaudeant
             ,
             quia
             temere
             .
          
           —
           I
           value
           not
           the
           Germans
           much
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           at
           discord
           ,
           nor
           can
           they
           be
           ever
           made
           one
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           my
           five
           fingers
           ;
           They
           are
           impatient
           of
           labour
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           others
           they
           are
           gluttons
           ,
           and
           drinkers
           ,
           fit
           to
           march
           in
           a
           Field
           of
           Whores
           ,
           and
           they
           take
           more
           pride
           in
           their
           feathers
           then
           their
           armes
           .
        
         
           But
           Germany
           glorieth
           much
           that
           she
           was
           the
           first
           Inventresse
           of
           gunpowder
           ,
           and
           printing
           ,
           of
           Artillery
           &
           Typography
           ;
           whereof
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Genius
           and
           function
           of
           the
           men
           ,
           a
           Fryer
           found
           out
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           a
           soldier
           the
           second
           ;
           But
           if
           we
           may
           give
           credit
           to
           Maffeius
           ,
           and
           
             Paulus
             Iovius
          
           ,
           and
           Boterus
           ,
           three
           serious
           and
           sober
           Authors
           ,
           They
           will
           tell
           you
           the
           contrary
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           first
           invented
           and
           practised
           in
           China
           ,
           the
           most
           Orientall
           Countrey
           upon
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Hemisphear
           .
           Heare
           I
           pray
           you
           his
           words
           ,
           
             Aenea
             tormenta
             conflare
             ,
             litteras
             imaginesque
             subjectis
             praelo
             typis
             excudere
          
           (
           
             quibus
             Cmomentis
             Europa
             recentibus
             adeo
             gloriatur
          
           )
           
             vetustissimo
             in
             usu
             apud
             Sinas
             compertum
             est
          
           —
           To
           cast
           brasse
           gunns
           ,
           or
           imprint
           characters
           by
           way
           of
           stamp
           hath
           bin
           of
           very
           ancient
           use
           in
           China
           ,
           though
           Europe
           arrogate
           the
           inventions
           to
           her self
           ;
           Besides
           the
           moulding
           of
           Canons
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           way
           to
           make
           them
           loose
           in
           parts
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           carried
           upon
           a
           porters
           back
           ,
           or
           a
           beasts
           to
           any
           place
           without
           carriages
           ;
           Then
           for
           printing
           ,
           their
           characters
           are
           longer
           then
           ours
           ,
           nor
           do
           their
           lines
           extend
           from
           left
           to
           right
           as
           Greek
           and
           Latins
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           right
           hand
           to
           the
           left
           ,
           as
           the
           Hebrew
           and
           all
           her
           dialects
           ,
           but
           perpendicularly
           from
           top
           to
           bottom
           ;
           There
           be
           books
           hereof
           both
           in
           the
           Vatican
           ,
           and
           the
           Escuriall
           .
           Boterus
           sayeth
           ,
           
             sono
             piu
             di
             mille
             anni
             ehe
             I
             Chinesi
             vsano
             la
             stampa
             .
          
           It
           is
           above
           a
           thousand
           yeers
           that
           the
           Chineses
           use
           Typography
           .
           And
           
             Paulus
             Iovius
          
           affirmes
           ,
           
             Maximé
             mirandum
             videtur
             apud
             Sinas
             esse
             Typographos
             artifices
             qui
             libros
             ,
             Historias
             ,
             et
             sacrorum
             ceremonias
             more
             nostro
             imprimant
             ,
             quorum
             longissima
             folia
             introrsus
             quadrata
             serie
             complicentur
             ,
             cujus
             generis
             volumen
             a
             Rege
             Lusitaniae
             cum
             Elephante
             dono
             missum
             Leo
             pontifex
             humaniter
             nobis
             ostendit
             ,
             ut
             hinc
             facile
             credamus
             ejus
             artis
             exēpla
             antequàm
             Lusitani
             in
             Indiam
             penetrarint
             ,
             per
             Scythas
             et
             Moscos
             adincomparabile
             literarum
             praesidium
             ad
             nos
             pervenisse
             .
          
           It
           seems
           very
           strange
           that
           there
           shold
           be
           typographical
           Artificers
           in
           China
           who
           used
           to
           print
           books
           &
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           their
           law
           ,
           whose
           longest
           leaves
           were
           folded
           fowerfold
           innerly
           .
           Pope
           
           Leo
           did
           us
           the
           civility
           as
           to
           shew
           us
           such
           a
           volume
           ,
           which
           was
           sent
           him
           for
           a
           gift
           ,
           with
           an
           Elephant
           ,
           whence
           we
           may
           well
           thinke
           that
           long
           before
           the
           navigation
           of
           the
           Portugalls
           to
           the
           East
           Indies
           this
           Art
           of
           typography
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           Europe
           by
           way
           of
           Scythia
           or
           Moscovy
           .
           But
           ,
           put
           case
           that
           Germany
           was
           first
           foundress
           of
           these
           two
           Inventions
           ,
           truly
           I
           do
           not
           think
           she
           hath
           therby
           deservd
           any
           thing
           well
           of
           Europe
           :
           Touching
           gunns
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           called
           things
           forgd
           in
           Hell
           ,
           and
           cast
           in
           Belzebubs
           furnace
           ,
           for
           they
           destroy
           the
           Valiant
           with
           the
           Coward
           ;
           And
           for
           Printing
           ,
           truly
           I
           think
           it
           hath
           bin
           the
           greatest
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           heresies
           ,
           odd
           opinions
           and
           schismes
           that
           have
           swarmd
           ever
           since
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           the
           wallet
           that
           Germany
           carrieth
           behind
           her
           is
           so
           full
           of
           Vices
           ,
           which
           cast
           such
           a
           shaddow
           that
           obscures
           all
           her
           Vertues
           ,
           I
           cannot
           give
           a
           full
           suffrage
           that
           she
           may
           merit
           the
           principality
           of
           Europe
           ,
           but
           rather
           vote
           for
           Italy
           ,
           whence
           all
           Imperiall
           Majesty
           was
           first
           derivd
           unto
           Her.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           PRINCE
           
             IO
             ACHIM
             ERNEST
          
           ,
           Heir
           of
           Norway
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Sleswik
           ,
           &c.
           
             For
             France
          
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Heroique
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Emperour
           Maximilian
           the
           first
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           deserved
           that
           name
           for
           the
           magnitude
           of
           his
           merits
           ,
           his
           singular
           wisedom
           ,
           his
           incomparable
           spirit
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           from
           the
           sacred
           Font
           of
           Regeneration
           ,
           in
           some
           familiar
           discourses
           with
           his
           Domestique
           Lords
           about
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           have
           broken
           out
           into
           this
           high
           commendation
           thereof
           .
           
             If
             it
             could
             stand
             with
             the
             order
             of
             Nature
             that
             any
             mortal
             man
             might
             be
             a
             God
             here
             among
             the
             Elements
             ,
             and
             I
             were
             Hee
             ,
             I
             would
             so
             dispose
             in
             my
             Will
             (
             quantum
             ad
             familiae
             herciscundae
             judicium
             )
             touching
             the
             division
             of
             my
             estate
             ,
             that
             my
             eldest
             son
             should
             be
             God
             after
             me
             ,
             (
             absit
             proptana
             mens
             )
             but
             my
             second
             should
             be
             King
             of
             France
             .
          
           This
           saying
           or
           excesse
           of
           speech
           must
           be
           interpreted
           with
           a
           sane
           judgment
           ;
           for
           hereby
           the
           noble
           Emperour
           meant
           nothing
           els
           then
           to
           intimate
           his
           opinion
           touching
           that
           potent
           ,
           populous
           ,
           and
           opulent
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           one
           Countrey
           under
           the
           Sun
           is
           preferrable
           to
           it
           .
           I
           use
           this
           preface
           ,
           most
           excellent
           Princes
           ,
           for
           preparing
           your
           attentions
           ;
           and
           if
           peradventure
           I
           be
           transported
           too
           far
           with
           the
           elogie
           of
           France
           ,
           I
           may
           have
           the
           suffrage
           of
           so
           noble
           an
           Emperour
           and
           a
           Countrey-man
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           to
           apologize
           for
           me
           ;
           And
           truly
           though
           I
           owe
           my
           vitals
           to
           Germany
           and
           all
           that
           I
           have
           ,
           being
           my
           most
           dear
           native
           soyl
           ,
           yet
           let
           me
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           degenerate
           a
           jot
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           German
           ,
           if
           in
           my
           subsequent
           discourse
           I
           hold
           France
           to
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           Germany
           in
           divers
           things
           ;
           as
           also
           of
           any
           Europaean
           Country
           besides
           ;
           which
           while
           I
           endeavour
           to
           assert
           and
           prove
           ,
           I
           humbly
           desire
           this
           most
           Noble
           Auditory
           that
           the
           same
           gale
           of
           favor
           and
           candor
           may
           blow
           upon
           me
           all
           along
           as
           I
           go
           ,
           which
           did
           on
           that
           Illustrious
           Prince
           who
           spoke
           before
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           will
           I
           endeavour
           to
           take
           a
           survey
           of
           France
           ,
           which
           noble
           Monarchy
           whosoever
           will
           behold
           with
           a
           judicious
           and
           impartial
           eye
           ,
           will
           acknowledg
           that
           first
           for
           her
           position
           and
           site
           she
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           any
           other
           Countrey
           being
           placed
           in
           the
           Center
           of
           Europe
           ,
           having
           
             Italy
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Germany
          
           ,
           and
           Great
           Britain
           round
           about
           Her
           ;
           She
           enjoyes
           a
           most
           delicate
           temper
           of
           clime
           ,
           for
           she
           needs
           not
           either
           the
           stoves
           of
           Germany
           to
           preserve
           her
           children
           from
           the
           
           inclemency
           of
           the
           Heavens
           in
           point
           of
           cold
           ,
           or
           the
           subterranean
           caves
           in
           other
           Countries
           to
           refresh
           her
           in
           point
           of
           heat
           ,
           nor
           is
           she
           much
           infected
           with
           unwholsom
           aguish
           and
           infectious
           aires
           which
           in
           other
           Countreys
           produce
           such
           a
           legion
           of
           diseases
           .
           Now
           ,
           that
           which
           adds
           much
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           her
           situation
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           lieth
           accessible
           and
           open
           to
           all
           mankind
           for
           Commerce
           and
           negotiation
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           and
           being
           seated
           so
           in
           the
           midst
           she
           is
           the
           fittest
           to
           be
           Arbitresse
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           law
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           as
           being
           able
           to
           divide
           ,
           hinder
           ,
           or
           unite
           the
           Forces
           of
           Europe
           when
           she
           pleaseth
           ;
           She
           stands
           commodiously
           to
           restrain
           the
           growing
           and
           unproportionable
           greatnes
           of
           some
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           releeve
           the
           weaker
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           not
           oppressed
           by
           the
           stronger
           :
           She
           bridles
           Great
           Britany
           backward
           ;
           On
           the
           right
           hand
           she
           checks
           Spain
           ,
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           Germany
           both
           high
           and
           low
           .
           The
           Ocean
           and
           Mediterranean
           wash
           both
           her
           sides
           ,
           the
           Alps
           fence
           her
           from
           Italy
           ,
           and
           the
           Pyrenean
           Mountains
           from
           Spain
           ,
           those
           huge
           hills
           serving
           her
           as
           trenches
           of
           Circumvallations
           against
           both
           ;
           And
           where
           nature
           fayles
           ,
           she
           secures
           her self
           by
           art
           ,
           by
           Fortresses
           ,
           Cittadels
           ,
           and
           Castles
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Strength
           of
           hers
           may
           be
           added
           her
           plenty
           ,
           and
           indeed
           she
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           
             Copia
             Cornu
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Pandora's
           box
           of
           all
           things
           for
           necessity
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           she
           useth
           to
           give
           such
           largesse
           of
           her
           luxuriant
           fortune
           abroad
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           a
           Creditor
           to
           all
           other
           peeple
           ,
           but
           a
           Debtor
           to
           none
           ;
           Those
           commodities
           which
           use
           to
           enrich
           other
           Countreys
           singly
           are
           here
           all
           conjunct
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           exotique
           or
           strange
           in
           other
           Countreys
           is
           here
           domestique
           &
           common
           ;
           Which
           Italy
           ,
           who
           useth
           to
           be
           sparing
           of
           other's
           praises
           ,
           and
           prodigal
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           doth
           acknowledg
           ,
           for
           Boterus
           saith
           ,
           that
           those
           things
           which
           are
           found
           but
           in
           some
           places
           of
           Italy
           ,
           are
           found
           every
           where
           in
           France
           .
           Therefore
           the
           character
           which
           Pliny
           gave
           in
           times
           past
           to
           Province
           ,
           and
           Salvianus
           gave
           to
           Aquitania
           in
           particular
           ,
           may
           be
           applyed
           to
           France
           in
           general
           .
           
             Narbonensis
             Provincia
             agrorum
             cultu
             ,
             &c.
          
           The
           Countrey
           of
           Narbon
           saith
           Pliny
           is
           not
           to
           be
           postpos'd
           to
           any
           other
           either
           for
           Agriculture
           ,
           for
           foecundity
           of
           soyl
           ,
           for
           universality
           of
           wealth
           ,
           for
           Nobles
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           Salvianus
           saith
           ,
           that
           Aquitania
           is
           not
           only
           a
           fat
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           marrow
           ,
           but
           she
           hath
           as
           much
           jucundity
           as
           fertility
           ,
           as
           much
           real
           pleasure
           as
           outward
           beauty
           :
           
             Nam
             Illic
             omnis
             admodum
             Regio
             aut
             intertexta
             est
             Vineis
             ,
             aut
             florulenta
             pratis
             ,
             aut
             irrigata
             fontibus
             ,
             aut
             interfusa
             fluminibus
             ,
             aut
             distincta
             culturis
             ,
             aut
             consita
             pomis
             ,
             aut
             amaenata
             lucis
             ,
             aut
             crinita
             messibus
             ,
             Ut
             verè
             possessores
             ac
             Domini
             illius
             terrae
             non
             tam
             soli
             istius
             portionem
             quàm
             Paradisi
             imaginem
             possidere
             Videantur
             .
          
           There
           every
           place
           is
           either
           interwoven
           with
           Vines
           ,
           or
           flowr'd
           with
           Medowes
           ,
           or
           set
           with
           Orchards
           ,
           or
           cut
           by
           Corn
           fields
           ,
           or
           peepled
           with
           Trees
           ,
           and
           Woods
           ,
           or
           refresh'd
           with
           Fountains
           ,
           or
           inchanel'd
           with
           Rivers
           ,
           or
           periwigg'd
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           grain
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           Countrey
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           a
           peece
           of
           Paradise
           rather
           then
           a
           portion
           of
           the
           Common
           Earth
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           four
           Cardinal
           Commodities
           of
           France
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             Corn
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Hemp
          
           ,
           and
           Salt
           ,
           which
           Boterus
           calls
           
             Galliae
             Magnetes
          
           ,
           the
           four
           Loadstones
           of
           France
           :
           For
           as
           the
           loadstone
           ,
           especially
           the
           blew
           and
           Ethiopian
           ,
           is
           more
           precious
           in
           weight
           then
           silver
           ,
           and
           hath
           an
           attractive
           Vertu
           to
           draw
           ,
           and
           embrace
           iron
           with
           other
           mettals
           ,
           so
           these
           French
           Loadstones
           which
           are
           so
           far
           more
           noble
           then
           the
           Ethiopians
           ,
           as
           the
           climes
           are
           in
           temper
           ,
           and
           noblenesse
           ,
           do
           draw
           unto
           them
           all
           the
           silver
           and
           gold
           of
           their
           neighbours
           ;
           so
           that
           France
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Exchequer
           of
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Touching
           French
           Corn
           ther
           's
           no
           question
           but
           it
           is
           the
           perfect'st
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           Solinus
           ,
           and
           
             Pomponius
             Mela
          
           expatiate
           themselves
           very
           far
           in
           the
           French
           fields
           ,
           and
           speak
           much
           of
           their
           fatnesse
           and
           foecundity
           ;
           Nor
           was
           Cicero
           himself
           silent
           ,
           but
           he
           speaks
           of
           vast
           proportions
           of
           Corn
           which
           were
           exported
           from
           the
           Gaules
           of
           France
           ;
           And
           Pliny
           ,
           one
           of
           Natures
           Protonotaries
           ,
           bears
           witnesse
           that
           the
           Gallic
           corn
           was
           
             nitidissimi
             grani
             .
             &
             plus
             panis
             reddere
             quàm
             far
             aliud
          
           ;
           it
           was
           of
           a
           neat
           grain
           ,
           and
           yeelded
           more
           bread
           then
           other
           Wheat
           :
           Who
           knowes
           
           not
           but
           Spain
           might
           starve
           without
           French
           Corn
           ,
           which
           is
           transmuted
           to
           Indian
           silver
           and
           gold
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Spaniard
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           the
           dominion
           of
           the
           Mines
           of
           Mexico
           ,
           but
           the
           French
           reap
           the
           benefit
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           French
           Wines
           we
           may
           well
           say
           they
           need
           no
           bush
           ;
           for
           by
           bartring
           of
           useful
           rich
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           great
           summes
           of
           Money
           ,
           the
           
             English
             ,
             the
             Scots
             ,
             the
             Flemins
             ,
             Hollanders
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             Swedes
             ,
          
           and
           other
           bibacious
           Northern
           Nations
           fetch
           away
           Vast
           quantities
           by
           Sea
           ,
           and
           by
           Land
           ;
           Bodin
           speaks
           of
           one
           Laud
           a
           Marchant
           of
           Cambray
           who
           bought
           and
           brought
           in
           Carts
           33000.
           barrels
           of
           French
           Wines
           in
           one
           yeer
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           grape
           streptos
           according
           to
           Pliny
           doth
           turn
           about
           with
           the
           Sun
           ,
           so
           the
           French
           nectar
           conforming
           it self
           to
           the
           course
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           doth
           refresh
           as
           it
           were
           with
           a
           golden
           showr
           all
           the
           circumjacent
           Countreys
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           excellent
           stomack
           Wines
           of
           Bourdeaux
           ,
           the
           full
           bodied
           Wines
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           which
           by
           an
           expresse
           Edict
           are
           prohibited
           from
           the
           Kings
           Cellers
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           strength
           ;
           the
           neat
           Whites
           of
           Aix
           ,
           the
           rich
           Frontiniak
           and
           most
           pleasant
           Wines
           of
           Province
           and
           Languedoc
           fit
           to
           feast
           the
           gods
           withal
           ?
           In
           some
           places
           of
           Burgundy
           there
           are
           Wine
           Vessels
           as
           big
           as
           some
           Houses
           in
           altitude
           ,
           little
           inferior
           to
           the
           Vast
           vessels
           of
           
             Heydel●…erg
             ,
             Tubinga
          
           and
           Groninghen
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           come
           to
           Hemp
           the
           third
           loadstone
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           more
           precious
           then
           any
           Gem
           or
           jewel
           :
           who
           would
           think
           that
           such
           a
           contemptible
           Vegetal
           scarce
           a
           yard
           high
           should
           be
           able
           to
           remove
           
             Egipt
             to
             Italy
          
           ?
           for
           we
           read
           that
           Galerius
           in
           6.
           daies
           sayl'd
           from
           Sicily
           to
           
             Alexandria
             ,
             Babilius
          
           in
           six
           ,
           that
           can
           bring
           Naples
           to
           Hercules
           pillers
           ,
           and
           the
           Baltic
           Sea
           to
           the
           Hellespont
           :
           a
           poor
           Vegetal
           that
           can
           remove
           this
           upper
           part
           of
           the
           Hemisphere
           to
           the
           Antipodes
           ,
           for
           the
           Navigators
           into
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           do
           so
           .
           A
           vegetal
           that
           can
           resist
           Eolus
           ,
           and
           overmaster
           Neptune
           himself
           both
           winds
           and
           waves
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           impetuous
           whirlwinds
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           tumblings
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           a
           Vegetal
           that
           can
           joyn
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           North
           and
           South
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           interchange
           mutual
           offices
           of
           humanity
           and
           frendship
           .
           Now
           where
           doth
           this
           so
           useful
           Vegetal
           grow
           more
           copiously
           then
           in
           France
           ?
           She
           furnisheth
           all
           her
           Neighbours
           with
           Sayles
           for
           their
           Ships
           ,
           and
           shirts
           for
           their
           backs
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Salt
           which
           savours
           all
           things
           ,
           how
           much
           are
           all
           Countreys
           obliged
           to
           France
           for
           this
           wholsome
           commodity
           ?
           I
           have
           heard
           there
           are
           rocks
           of
           Salt
           in
           Ormus
           ,
           that
           in
           Carra
           in
           Arabia
           they
           make
           walls
           and
           houses
           of
           
             massy
             salt
          
           .
           In
           Hungary
           they
           have
           Mines
           of
           Salt
           ,
           but
           both
           Sea
           and
           Land
           makes
           France
           abound
           with
           Salt
           wherewith
           she
           preserves
           from
           stinking
           ,
           those
           huge
           Regions
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           where
           ,
           as
           Catullus
           saith
           ,
        
         
           Vix
           in
           tam
           magno
           corpore
           mica
           salis
           .
        
         
           What
           millions
           of
           bushels
           of
           Salt
           are
           expended
           ,
           and
           exported
           out
           of
           France
           ev'ry
           yeer
           ?
           how
           doth
           salt
           fill
           the
           Kings
           Coffers
           with
           treasure
           ?
           In
           so
           much
           that
           in
           the
           last
           computation
           that
           was
           made
           ,
           it
           appeer'd
           that
           the
           French
           King
           had
           20.
           millions
           of
           Franks
           from
           this
           sole
           commodity
           which
           is
           two
           millions
           of
           pounds
           sterling
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           Spain
           hath
           Salt
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           more
           corroding
           ,
           and
           acrimonious
           ;
           Therefore
           in
           Charles
           the
           fifths
           time
           ,
           when
           for
           the
           vent
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Salt
           he
           had
           put
           out
           a
           Placart
           prohibiting
           that
           no
           French
           salt
           should
           be
           us'd
           in
           the
           
             Low
             Countreys
          
           ,
           the
           Countrey
           was
           like
           to
           mutiny
           for
           this
           tart
           proclamation
           ,
           because
           the
           Spanish
           salt
           was
           nothing
           so
           vigorous
           and
           sweet
           as
           the
           French.
           
        
         
           To
           these
           riches
           of
           France
           you
           may
           add
           
             Oyl
             ,
             Figs
             ,
             Orenges
             ,
             Cytrons
             ,
             Saffron
          
           ;
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Fruit
           and
           most
           excellent
           Cydre
           .
           Ther
           are
           not
           such
           delightful
           fields
           on
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           ,
           such
           Herds
           of
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           cloth
           and
           stuffs
           made
           ,
           which
           makes
           
             le
             drap
             de
             Berry
          
           so
           famous
           ,
           such
           swarms
           of
           bees
           ,
           such
           hosts
           of
           Deer
           ,
           and
           other
           wild
           beasts
           you
           will
           hardly
           find
           any
           where
           :
           Nor
           do
           there
           want
           horses
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           with
           other
           animals
           necessary
           for
           the
           use
           of
           man
           ,
           about
           Orleans
           they
           have
           4000.
           breeding
           Mares
           perpetually
           :
           Their
           numbers
           of
           Forrests
           ,
           Chaces
           and
           Parks
           ,
           Woods
           and
           Groves
           ▪
           
           ev'ry
           where
           is
           infinite
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           France
           is
           universally
           fertil
           in
           ev'ry
           corner
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           one
           acre
           of
           ground
           which
           produceth
           not
           something
           or
           other
           for
           need
           or
           pleasure
           ,
           which
           they
           who
           made
           the
           perambulation
           and
           tour
           of
           France
           have
           found
           to
           be
           tru
           .
           Ther
           are
           great
           number
           of
           large
           deep
           ponds
           .
           The
           Countrey
           is
           cover'd
           in
           many
           places
           with
           delightful
           Woods
           and
           Lawnes
           ,
           which
           ,
           besides
           the
           pleasure
           the
           Gentry
           are
           permitted
           to
           have
           without
           injury
           done
           to
           the
           peason
           ,
           afford
           not
           only
           fire
           for
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           but
           instruments
           for
           war
           by
           Sea
           and
           land
           :
           Pliny
           was
           not
           deceiv'd
           when
           he
           said
           that
           France
           was
           full
           of
           yew
           Trees
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           be
           poysonous
           if
           one
           sleeps
           or
           eats
           under
           them
           ,
           (
           whence
           may
           be
           inferr'd
           that
           toxica
           came
           first
           from
           taxica
           or
           taxus
           ,
           )
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           remedy
           found
           out
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           doth
           beat
           into
           the
           yew
           a
           brasse
           nayl
           ,
           it
           takes
           away
           the
           force
           of
           any
           poyson
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           most
           Princely
           Auditors
           I
           ,
           have
           shew'd
           the
           face
           and
           outward
           purple
           of
           our
           
             French
             Helen
          
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           discover
           unto
           you
           her
           belly
           and
           inward
           parts
           ,
           wherof
           she
           is
           pregnant
           ,
           as
           iron
           the
           best
           and
           worst
           instrument
           of
           life
           ,
           for
           herewith
           we
           manure
           the
           Earth
           ,
           we
           lopp
           trees
           ,
           we
           prune
           Vineyards
           ,
           we
           build
           Houses
           and
           Ships
           ,
           we
           arm
           our selves
           against
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Indians
           to
           prefer
           it
           before
           all
           metals
           ,
           and
           when
           any
           Ships
           arrive
           to
           their
           Havens
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           they
           cry
           out
           for
           is
           
             Iron
             ,
             Iron
          
           .
           But
           we
           use
           it
           also
           to
           pernicious
           uses
           ,
           as
           killing
           and
           slaying
           ,
           we
           give
           it
           wings
           to
           do
           mischief
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           nature
           hath
           furnish'd
           the
           bowels
           of
           France
           with
           this
           mettal
           more
           then
           ordinary
           that
           she
           might
           defend
           herself
           ,
           and
           arm
           her
           couragious
           sons
           :
           There
           is
           good
           store
           also
           of
           other
           mettals
           ,
           and
           although
           Diodorus
           seems
           to
           undervalue
           France
           because
           she
           hath
           no
           Mines
           of
           silver
           ,
           he
           is
           deceiv'd
           ;
           for
           though
           by
           a
           casual
           fire
           that
           happen'd
           among
           the
           Shepherds
           on
           the
           Pyreney
           hills
           ,
           which
           search'd
           the
           very
           bowels
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           melted
           the
           Mines
           of
           gold
           and
           silver
           ;
           yet
           
             Dominicus
             Bertinus
          
           affirmeth
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           would
           go
           to
           the
           pains
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           as
           much
           gold
           dig'd
           out
           of
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Pyrenean
           hills
           which
           look
           upon
           France
           ,
           as
           is
           found
           in
           Peru.
           But
           the
           vertu
           of
           France
           looks
           upward
           towards
           heaven
           ;
           for
           since
           the
           upper
           parts
           of
           her
           earth
           affords
           all
           things
           that
           may
           satisfie
           humane
           desire
           and
           appetite
           ,
           even
           Apidicus
           himself
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           tear
           the
           bowels
           of
           so
           kind
           and
           benigne
           a
           Mother
           ?
           The
           Pagan
           Poet
           could
           complain
           of
           this
           ,
        
         
           
             
               —
               Itum
               est
               in
               viscera
               Terrae
               ,
            
             
               Quasque
               abscondiderat
               ,
               stygijsque
               admoverat
               Umbris
               ,
            
             
               Effodiuntur
               opes
               irritamenta
               malorum
               .
            
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           habitation
           ,
           Nature
           hath
           provided
           stones
           of
           all
           kind
           ,
           Marbles
           of
           all
           colours
           ,
           with
           white
           specious
           free
           stone
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Burgundian
           ,
           and
           Pyrenean
           Hills
           abound
           ;
           Now
           as
           her
           upper
           parts
           abound
           with
           Woods
           ,
           Fruits
           and
           Grounds
           ,
           her
           bowels
           with
           Mines
           and
           Marble
           ,
           so
           her
           veines
           ,
           I
           mean
           her
           Rivers
           ,
           are
           full
           of
           fish
           ,
           and
           some
           extraordinary
           ones
           ;
           there
           is
           observ'd
           to
           be
           in
           the
           River
           Arari
           a
           great
           fish
           call'd
           Clupea
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Moon
           is
           white
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           wane
           grows
           black
           ,
           therefore
           sure
           those
           that
           eat
           of
           it
           must
           be
           inconstant
           peeple
           ,
           having
           such
           a
           sympathy
           with
           the
           Moon
           ;
           This
           fish
           growing
           too
           great
           is
           kill'd
           by
           his
           own
           finns
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           head
           there
           is
           a
           stone
           taken
           out
           which
           is
           good
           against
           quartan
           Agues
           ,
           being
           tyed
           to
           the
           left
           side
           of
           the
           body
           in
           the
           decrease
           of
           the
           Moon
           :
           There
           is
           a
           lake
           in
           Bonvalle
           in
           Burgundy
           that
           abounds
           with
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           strange
           fish
           ,
           which
           lake
           hath
           a
           trick
           to
           hide
           her self
           for
           a
           while
           in
           the
           caverns
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           appeer
           again
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           Countrey
           so
           conveniently
           water'd
           not
           only
           with
           rare
           Sources
           ,
           and
           Rivulets
           ,
           but
           with
           great
           Navigable
           Rivers
           which
           makes
           one
           Province
           communicable
           to
           another
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           great
           Townes
           of
           France
           are
           situated
           upon
           mercantil
           Rivers
           that
           will
           bear
           Ships
           and
           Boats
           ,
           whereby
           there
           is
           a
           very
           commodious
           way
           for
           intercourse
           of
           trade
           ;
           And
           in
           some
           of
           these
           Rivers
           there
           are
           found
           out
           small
           ingots
           of
           gold
           ,
           as
           in
           Tagus
           in
           Spain
           ,
           the
           Po
           in
           Italy
           ,
           Pactolus
           in
           Asia
           ,
           and
           Ganges
           in
           India
           .
           Among
           others
           the
           Sein
           is
           observed
           to
           be
           the
           most
           
           delectable
           ,
           and
           gentlest
           River
           ,
           never
           subject
           to
           inundations
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           her
           banks
           mended
           ,
           by
           her
           windings
           and
           maeanders
           she
           seems
           to
           visit
           and
           salute
           ev'ry
           place
           as
           she
           runs
           ;
           for
           in
           some
           places
           which
           are
           distant
           one
           from
           another
           but
           six
           miles
           by
           Land
           ,
           there
           is
           thirty
           miles
           distance
           by
           the
           River
           :
           This
           is
           that
           River
           which
           embraceth
           France
           in
           her
           armes
           ;
           France
           ,
           whom
           Iosephus
           calls
           the
           
             source
             of
             beatitude
             ,
             Cicero
          
           the
           
             nurse
             of
             plenty
          
           ,
           and
           Procopius
           prefers
           her
           in
           power
           before
           all
           the
           Regions
           of
           Europe
           ;
           O
           unspeakable
           indulgency
           of
           nature
           ,
           O
           most
           delicate
           and
           divine
           part
           of
           the
           Earthly
           globe
           ,
           surely
           that
           character
           which
           was
           given
           of
           thee
           doth
           well
           be
           fit
           thee
           ,
           
             La
             France
             est
             le
             petit
             aeil
             ,
             et
             la
             perle
             du
             monde
             .
          
           France
           is
           the
           little
           ey
           and
           perl
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           are
           a
           gallant
           peeple
           and
           deserve
           such
           a
           dwelling
           ,
           but
           both
           fo●…
           quality
           and
           quantity
           ,
           for
           their
           Vertues
           and
           nombers
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           set
           them
           forth
           to
           any
           perfection
           :
           In
           a
           
             multitude
             of
             peeple
             lieth
             the
             Kings
             dignity
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             paucity
             his
             shame
             ,
          
           saith
           Salomon
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           God
           Almighty
           purposing
           to
           exalt
           Abraham
           ,
           promis'd
           him
           that
           his
           posterity
           shold
           so
           multiply
           ,
           that
           their
           nomber
           should
           be
           like
           the
           Stars
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           or
           like
           the
           sands
           on
           the
           Sea
           shore
           ;
           Now
           what
           Region
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           is
           more
           repleted
           with
           peeple
           then
           France
           ?
           Ther
           can
           be
           no
           vacuum
           found
           there
           ,
           no
           desert
           corner
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           the
           air
           but
           is
           breath'd
           in
           by
           men
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           as
           One
           sayed
           ,
           France
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           but
           one
           great
           City
           distinguish'd
           by
           passages
           ,
           and
           wayes
           :
           And
           as
           it
           is
           observ'd
           in
           the
           Ant
           's
           Common
           Wealth
           (
           the
           Emblem
           of
           industry
           )
           that
           ev'ry
           one
           is
           a
           doing
           something
           ,
           so
           is
           this
           stirring
           peeple
           .
        
         
           Ther
           are
           in
           France
           102.
           
           Episcopal
           Citties
           ,
           whereof
           14.
           are
           Metropolitan
           ,
           with
           an
           incredible
           nomber
           of
           other
           Townes
           :
           Ther
           are
           nere
           upon
           30.
           thousand
           Parishes
           ,
           what
           myriads
           of
           soules
           shall
           we
           think
           then
           may
           breath
           under
           those
           roofs
           ?
           What
           was
           spoken
           of
           old
           of
           Narbo
           among
           the
           Romans
           ,
           may
           well
           be
           spoken
           of
           France
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           
             
               Salve
               Narbo
               potens
               salubritate
               ,
            
             
               Urbe
               et
               Rure
               simul
               bonus
               videri
               ,
            
             
               Muniris
               ,
               civibus
               ,
               ambitu
               ,
               tabernis
               ,
            
             
               Porto
               ,
               porticibus
               ,
               foro
               ,
               theatro
               ,
            
             
               Delubris
               ,
               capitolijs
               ,
               monetis
               ,
            
             
               Thermis
               ,
               arcubus
               ,
               horreis
               ,
               macellis
               ,
            
             
               Pratis
               ,
               fontibus
               ,
               insulis
               ,
               salinis
               ,
            
             
               Stagnis
               ,
               flumine
               ,
               merce
               ,
               ponte
               ,
               ponto
               ,
            
             
               Unus
               qui
               venerere
               jure
               Divos
            
             
               Lenaeum
               ,
               Cererem
               ,
               Palem
               ,
               Minervam
               ,
            
             
               Spicis
               ,
               palmite
               ,
               pascuis
               ,
               trapetis
            
             
               Solis
               fise
               viris
               ,
               nec
               expetito
            
             
               Naturae
               auxilio
               procul
               relictis
               ,
            
             
               Promens
               montibus
               altius
               cacumen
               ,
            
             
               Non
               te
               fossa
               patens
               ,
               nec
               hispidum
            
             
               Objecti
               sudium
               coronat
               Agger
               &c.
               
            
             
               Quid
               quod
               Caesaribus
               ferax
               creandis
               ,
            
             
               Felix
               prole
               Virum
               semul
               dedicti
            
             
               Nates
               cum
               genitore
               Principantes
               ?
            
          
        
         
           Now
           to
           com
           to
           the
           Citties
           of
           France
           ,
           it
           were
           an
           infinit
           task
           to
           speak
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           a
           few
           ,
           behold
           Nismes
           ,
           where
           more
           antiquities
           ,
           as
           Fanes
           ,
           Palaces
           ,
           Amphitheater
           with
           other
           monuments
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           one
           Town
           of
           Italy
           except
           Rome
           .
           Take
           a
           survay
           of
           Monpelier
           ,
           a
           most
           ancient
           seat
           of
           the
           Muses
           ,
           and
           incomparable
           for
           simples
           and
           the
           study
           of
           Physi●…
           ,
           whither
           the
           Saracens
           when
           they
           were
           expell'd
           from
           Spain
           came
           with
           som
           Arabian
           Doctors
           disciples
           to
           
             Avicen
             ,
             Averroes
          
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           left
           their
           rare
           knowledg
           there
           behind
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           Paris
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           little
           world
           of
           it self
           ;
           hear
           
           what
           Boterus
           speaks
           of
           her
           ,
           
             Parigi
             Cittá
             che
             di
             popolo
             et
             di
             abondanza
             dôgni
             cosa
             avanza
             di
             gran
             lúnga
             tutte
             láltre
             Cittá
             di
             Christianitá
             .
          
           The
           City
           of
           Paris
           far
           exceeds
           all
           others
           of
           Christendom
           for
           peeple
           ,
           and
           plenty
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           Charles
           the
           5th
           said
           ,
           that
           Paris
           was
           not
           to
           be
           rank'd
           among
           Citties
           but
           Provinces
           ,
           for
           her
           amplitude
           and
           affluence
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           Nor
           was
           Prince
           Christopher
           your
           Granfather
           ,
           most
           noble
           Duke
           of
           Wirtemberg
           much
           out
           of
           his
           account
           ,
           when
           he
           affirm'd
           that
           ther
           were
           more
           soules
           in
           Paris
           then
           in
           all
           the
           Territories
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ;
           Who
           will
           beleeve
           this
           that
           hath
           not
           seen
           Paris
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           not
           beleeve
           it
           that
           hath
           seen
           her
           !
           It
           is
           a
           place
           of
           such
           infinit
           provision
           ,
           that
           Mons.
           Vigner
           sayed
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           to
           invite
           the
           greatest
           Feasters
           among
           the
           Romans
           ,
           were
           they
           alive
           ,
           as
           
             Apicius
             ,
             Lucullus
             ,
             Pompey
          
           ,
           with
           a
           dozen
           more
           ,
           he
           would
           desire
           but
           a
           daies
           warning
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           be
           so
           treated
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           confesse
           they
           never
           found
           the
           like
           in
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Among
           others
           Henry
           the
           4th
           .
           did
           contribute
           much
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           Paris
           ,
           he
           desir'd
           to
           survive
           but
           two
           Wishes
           ,
           the
           one
           
             to
             perfect
             the
             Louure
          
           ,
           the
           other
           
             to
             encompasse
             the
             Suburbs
             of
             St.
             Germain
             with
             a
             wall
          
           ;
           Then
           for
           Court
           and
           City
           he
           would
           compare
           with
           all
           the
           Potentates
           upon
           Earth
           :
           He
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           new
           tax
           to
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           Parisians
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           Provost
           of
           the
           Citty
           desiring
           his
           Majestie
           would
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           give
           way
           that
           ther
           might
           a
           small
           imposition
           be
           layed
           upon
           the
           water
           pipes
           towards
           the
           defraying
           the
           charges
           of
           the
           Helvetian
           Embassadors
           ,
           he
           answer'd
           very
           pleasantly
           ,
           
             that
             ther
             was
             need
             of
             an
             other
             invention
             ,
             for
             it
             belong'd
             only
             to
             Iesus
             Christ
             to
             turn
             Water
             into
             Wine
             .
          
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           further
           in
           this
           theme
           ,
           as
           of
           all
           the
           visible
           works
           of
           nature
           the
           Firmament
           is
           the
           fairest
           ,
           so
           of
           all
           Earthly
           Continents
           France
           is
           the
           most
           florishing
           ,
           and
           fullest
           of
           the
           most
           vigorous
           Gentry
           ,
           nor
           doth
           the
           gentlenesse
           of
           the
           Countrey
           effeminat
           their
           spirits
           ,
           or
           the
           indulgence
           of
           the
           Heavens
           soften
           their
           courage
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           all
           of
           high
           heroical
           dispositions
           ;
           And
           as
           vertue
           dwells
           commonly
           in
           free
           minds
           ,
           so
           France
           is
           the
           freest
           peeple
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Rule
           ,
           
             Servi
             peregrini
             ut
             primùm
             Galliaef●…nes
             penetraverint
             liberi
             sunto
             ,
          
           as
           Bodin
           hath
           it
           ;
           Strange
           servants
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           breath
           French
           air
           let
           them
           be
           free
           :
           I
           will
           produce
           one
           Example
           .
           A
           Marchant
           came
           to
           Tholouse
           and
           brought
           with
           him
           a
           slave
           whom
           he
           had
           bought
           in
           Spain
           ,
           the
           slave
           being
           told
           of
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           France
           ,
           came
           and
           told
           his
           Master
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           serv'd
           you
           hitherto
           in
           quality
           of
           a
           slave
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           now
           a
           Freeeman
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           content
           to
           serve
           you
           still
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           free
           attendant
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           this
           noble
           Countrey
           .
           The
           like
           thing
           happen'd
           at
           the
           siege
           of
           Mets
           ,
           where
           a
           servant
           had
           play'd
           the
           fugitive
           and
           ran
           away
           with
           his
           Master
           
             Don
             Luis
             de
             Avila's
          
           horse
           ,
           who
           was
           Master
           of
           the
           horse
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           
             Don
             Luis
          
           sent
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guyse
           a
           Trompetor
           for
           his
           man
           and
           his
           horse
           ;
           The
           Duke
           understanding
           that
           the
           horse
           was
           sold
           caus'd
           the
           money
           to
           be
           sent
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           servant
           he
           sent
           him
           word
           ,
           That
           his
           servant
           had
           enter'd
           into
           the
           inner
           parts
           of
           France
           ,
           where
           the
           Law
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           of
           a
           servile
           condition
           puts
           his
           foot
           once
           ,
           he
           instantly
           recovers
           his
           liberty
           ,
           which
           custom
           being
           so
           consonant
           to
           reason
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           nor
           would
           not
           violat
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           magnanimity
           and
           valour
           of
           the
           French
           ther
           are
           infinit
           Examples
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ;
           Alexander
           the
           great
           hearing
           of
           their
           valour
           sent
           to
           know
           of
           them
           what
           they
           fear'd
           most
           ?
           They
           answer'd
           ,
           
             Ne
             coelum
             rueret
          
           ,
           Least
           the
           heaven
           should
           fall
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           Gallia
           became
           a
           Province
           to
           the
           Romanes
           ,
           but
           presently
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           she
           was
           declared
           free
           :
           And
           Rome
           call'd
           the
           Gaules
           in
           their
           publique
           writings
           by
           the
           appellation
           of
           frends
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           what
           footing
           the
           Gaules
           took
           in
           Italy
           ,
           for
           the
           best
           part
           of
           Lombardy
           was
           call'd
           
             Gallia
             Cisalpina
          
           ;
           We
           read
           in
           Caesar
           that
           the
           time
           was
           
             cum
             Germanos
             Galli
             virtute
             superarent
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Gaules
           were
           superior
           to
           the
           Germans
           in
           valour
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           conquer'd
           much
           of
           the
           Countrey
           about
           the
           Hercynian
           Forest
           :
           Are
           not
           the
           Britains
           of
           the
           Gaulic
           or
           Wallic
           race
           ?
           are
           not
           divers
           Provinces
           in
           Spain
           and
           Portingal
           descended
           from
           Them
           ?
           Afterward
           in
           revolution
           
           of
           time
           the
           
             German
             Franconians
          
           ,
           and
           Gaules
           ,
           being
           neighbours
           ,
           came
           by
           coalition
           to
           be
           one
           Nation
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           continued
           so
           above
           these
           12
           Ages
           .
           The
           Kings
           of
           Sicily
           descend
           from
           Tanered
           the
           Norman
           ;
           so
           do
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           from
           William
           the
           Conqueror
           and
           the
           Plantagenets
           ;
           The
           Kings
           of
           
             Cyprus
             ,
             Syria
          
           ,
           and
           Greece
           ,
           com
           from
           Guy
           of
           Lusignan
           ;
           nay
           Constantinople
           was
           held
           awhile
           by
           Gallic
           Emperours
           :
           What
           glorious
           Expeditions
           have
           bin
           made
           to
           the
           Holy
           Land
           by
           5.
           
           French
           Kings
           in
           person
           ;
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           
             Godefroy
             of
             B●…llion
          
           having
           sold
           his
           Duchy
           to
           that
           purpose
           marching
           with
           a
           huge
           Army
           through
           
             Germany
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             Greece
             ,
          
           and
           so
           passing
           to
           Asia
           and
           Syria
           to
           encounter
           the
           Forces
           of
           Soliman
           the
           Ottoman
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           Chalypha
           the
           Soldan
           of
           Egipt
           with
           other
           Barbarian
           Kings
           whom
           he
           put
           all
           to
           flight
           ,
           making
           himself
           Master
           of
           Nice
           ,
           of
           Antioch
           ,
           and
           Hieresulam
           her self
           with
           the
           holy
           Sepulcher
           of
           Christ
           ;
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           him
           when
           he
           was
           to
           be
           crown'd
           King
           of
           Hierusalem
           throwing
           away
           a
           Crown
           of
           gold
           ,
           and
           taking
           one
           of
           thorns
           in
           imitation
           of
           his
           Saviour
           :
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           all
           the
           tributary
           Princes
           therabouts
           bringing
           offrings
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           clad
           in
           the
           habit
           of
           a
           common
           Gregarian
           Soldier
           ,
           wherat
           they
           being
           astonished
           ,
           som
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Tyre
           said
           ,
           How
           is
           it
           that
           so
           great
           a
           King
           ,
           so
           admirable
           a
           Conqueror
           ,
           who
           coming
           from
           the
           West
           hath
           shaken
           all
           the
           Eastern
           World
           shold
           go
           so
           plain
           and
           homely
           ?
           But
           to
           step
           back
           a
           little
           ,
           look
           upon
           Brennus
           ransacking
           Rome
           with
           an
           Army
           of
           Gaules
           :
           look
           upon
           
             Charles
             Martel
          
           who
           was
           call'd
           Conservator
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           upon
           point
           of
           ruine
           ,
           and
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           Infidels
           and
           Saracens
           .
           Look
           upon
           Pepin
           who
           chas'd
           the
           Long●…bards
           out
           of
           Italy
           ;
           upon
           Bertrand
           who
           depriv'd
           Peter
           King
           of
           Castile
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           for
           his
           tyranny
           ;
           I
           could
           instance
           in
           a
           great
           nomber
           who
           have
           their
           names
           engraven
           ,
           and
           their
           Ensigns
           hung
           up
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           immortality
           .
           Moreover
           for
           Cavalleers
           and
           horsemen
           it
           is
           granted
           by
           all
           Nations
           that
           the
           French
           are
           the
           prime
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           in
           good
           ,
           how
           in
           the
           African
           Warr
           30.
           
           French
           repuls'd
           2000.
           
           Moors
           :
           But
           to
           come
           neerer
           home
           ,
           In
           the
           siege
           of
           Mets
           where
           the
           fifth
           himself
           commanded
           in
           chief
           ,
           What
           resolute
           Sallies
           did
           the
           French
           make
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           causing
           the
           Emperour
           at
           last
           to
           trusse
           up
           his
           bagg
           and
           baggage
           and
           go
           away
           by
           torchlight
           ;
           Inso
           much
           that
           the
           Town
           of
           Mets
           being
           then
           kept
           by
           a
           French
           Garrison
           put
           the
           last
           bounds
           to
           the
           Conquests
           of
           that
           Great
           Captain
           ,
           as
           a
           Poet
           could
           tell
           him
           ,
        
         
           Si
           metam
           nescis
           ,
           Urls
           est
           quae
           Meta
           vocatur
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           go
           from
           the
           Sword
           to
           the
           Crosier
           ,
           What
           brave
           Prelats
           ,
           and
           Champions
           against
           haeresie
           hath
           France
           bred
           ?
           St.
           Hilary
           the
           queller
           of
           the
           Arrian
           heresie
           ,
           St.
           
             Hierom
             ▪
             Pontius
             Paulinus
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Nola
             ,
             Rusticus
             ,
             Phaebadius
             ,
             Prosper
             ,
             ●…cditius
             ,
             Avitus
             ,
             Mamertus
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Vienna
             ,
             Sidonius
             Apollinaris
             ,
             Lupus
             ,
             Germanus
             ,
             Salvianus
             ,
             Remigius
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Rheims
           ,
           with
           multitudes
           more
           all
           of
           them
           most
           pio●…s
           ,
           and
           learned
           Prelats
           ,
           whose
           Monuments
           shew
           them
           to
           be
           so
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           And
           so
           well
           devoted
           were
           the
           French
           alwayes
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           nothing
           too
           dear
           and
           precious
           to
           endow
           her
           withall
           ,
           witnesse
           those
           mighty
           revenues
           the
           Gallican
           Church
           possesseth
           :
           For
           in
           the
           late
           Raign
           of
           Charles
           the
           9.
           ther
           was
           a
           cense
           brought
           in
           of
           the
           demains
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           amounted
           to
           12
           millions
           ,
           and
           300.
           thousand
           Franks
           in
           annual
           rent
           besides
           voluntary
           oblations
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           Learning
           and
           Eloquence
           
             Lucius
             Plotius
          
           a
           Gaul
           was
           the
           first
           began
           to
           read
           Latin
           Lectures
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           Cicero
           being
           then
           a
           boy
           ,
           and
           finding
           such
           a
           great
           confluence
           of
           Auditors
           to
           flock
           ev'ry
           day
           to
           hear
           him
           ,
           he
           griev'd
           that
           he
           could
           not
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           Suetonius
           hath
           left
           it
           upon
           record
           ;
           
             Marcus
             Antonius
             Gnipho
          
           a
           Gaul
           did
           then
           florish
           also
           at
           Rome
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           singular
           Elocution
           ,
           and
           a
           prodigious
           Memory
           ,
           he
           delivered
           praecepts
           in
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           ;
           and
           among
           others
           Cicero
           himself
           when
           he
           was
           Praetor
           us'd
           to
           be
           his
           Auditor
           .
           
           Marseilles
           was
           very
           renowned
           for
           great
           learned
           men
           ,
           having
           bin
           so
           many
           ages
           a
           Greek
           Colony
           ;
           so
           was
           Lions
           also
           a
           special
           seat
           of
           the
           Muses
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           for
           Marchants
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           have
           borrow'd
           Millions
           of
           money
           to
           supply
           their
           sudden
           necessities
           :
           Valence
           was
           also
           famous
           for
           Philosophers
           and
           Poets
           ,
           witnesse
           Athenaeus
           ,
           as
           also
           Vienne
           where
           Latin
           was
           so
           vulgar
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           signal
           Epigram
           of
           Martial
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Fertur
               habere
               meos
               si
               vera
               est
               fama
               〈◊〉
            
             
               Inter
               delicias
               pulchra
               Vienna
               suas
               ;
            
             
               Me
               legit
               omnis
               ibi
               Senior
               ,
               Iuvenisque
               puerque
               ,
            
             
               Et
               coram
               tetrico
               cast
               a
               puella
               viro
               ,
            
             
               Hoc
               ego
               maluerim
               quàm
               si
               mea
               carmina
               cantent
            
             
               Qui
               nilum
               ex
               ipso
               protinus
               ore
               bibunt
               ;
            
             
               Quàm
               Meus
               Hispano
               si
               me
               Tagus
               impleat
               auro
               ,
            
             
               Pascat
               et
               Hybla
               meas
               ,
               pascat
               Hymettos
               apes
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           And
           questionlesse
           no
           Countrey
           florish'd
           with
           Learning
           more
           then
           France
           in
           those
           daies
           ,
           witnesse
           St.
           Hierom
           when
           he
           writ
           ,
           
             Sola
             Gallia
             monstra
             non
             habuit
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           France
           alone
           had
           no
           Monsters
           ,
           but
           abounded
           still
           with
           most
           valiant
           ,
           and
           eloquent
           men
           ;
           And
           elswhere
           ,
           
             post
             studia
             Galliarum
             quae
             vel
             florentissima
             sunt
             misit
             Romam
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           After
           he
           had
           finish'd
           his
           studies
           in
           Gallia
           where
           they
           are
           most
           florishing
           ,
           he
           sent
           him
           to
           Rome
           ,
           sparing
           no
           cost
           that
           he
           might
           season
           the
           copiousnesse
           and
           neatnesse
           of
           the
           French
           speech
           with
           the
           Roman
           gravity
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           in
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Emperours
           Valens
           and
           Gratianus
           ther
           is
           mention
           made
           that
           France
           was
           full
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           Rhetoricians
           ,
           and
           Grammarians
           ,
           who
           excell'd
           both
           in
           the
           Attique
           and
           Roman
           Learning
           .
           To
           this
           tribe
           of
           learned
           men
           are
           to
           be
           refer'd
           the
           Druyds
           ,
           the
           Eubages
           and
           Bards
           ,
           among
           whom
           
             Votienus
             Montanus
             ,
             Domitius
             ,
             After
             ,
             Gabinianus
             ,
             M.
             Aper
             ,
             Iul.
             Florus
             ,
             Iul.
             Secundus
             ,
             Nazarius
             ,
          
           and
           Nazarius
           daughter
           
             Eunomia
             ,
             Eumenides
             ,
             Terentius
             Varro
             ,
             Phavorinus
             ,
             Pacatus
             ,
             Rutilius
             Numatianus
             ,
             Ausonius
             Gratian
             ,
          
           and
           Valentinians
           Schoolmaster
           ,
           were
           most
           famous
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           Lutetian
           Academy
           in
           Paris
           ,
           she
           is
           acknowledg'd
           to
           be
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           brightest
           eyes
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           the
           great
           nomber
           of
           Masters
           in
           all
           faculties
           there
           make
           all
           the
           World
           to
           make
           their
           addresses
           thither
           for
           instruction
           .
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           third
           gave
           this
           character
           of
           Paris
           ,
           that
           
             Studium
             Parisiense
             erat
             fundamentum
             Ecclesiae
          
           .
           Ther
           have
           bin
           known
           to
           be
           in
           Paris
           at
           one
           time
           20000.
           
           Students
           ,
           and
           somtimes
           30000.
           until
           the
           Emissaries
           of
           the
           Roman
           Capitol
           ,
           the
           Iesuits
           did
           draw
           away
           and
           allure
           the
           chief
           flower
           of
           our
           youth
           to
           their
           Colleges
           .
           What
           a
           brave
           masculin
           spirit
           was
           Robert
           of
           Sorbon
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           high
           reason
           ,
           and
           an
           invincible
           Disputant
           ,
           who
           was
           born
           in
           a
           convenient
           time
           to
           vindicat
           his
           Countrey
           from
           the
           Encroachments
           of
           the
           Papall
           power
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           within
           its
           own
           channel
           so
           that
           it
           shold
           not
           mound
           ,
           and
           overwhelm
           the
           Prerogatives
           of
           the
           Gallican
           Monarchy
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Colledg
           of
           Sorbon
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           props
           .
           Besides
           Paris
           ther
           are
           15.
           great
           Seminaries
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           seates
           of
           Muses
           ,
           whence
           as
           from
           never
           drieng
           sources
           all
           scientifical
           knowledg
           do
           flow
           ,
           and
           disperse
           it self
           every
           where
           .
           What
           great
           lights
           of
           Learning
           were
           
             Io.
             Gerson
             ,
             Peter
             Lombard
             ,
             Gentianus
             Hervetus
             ,
          
           who
           was
           so
           much
           admir'd
           in
           the
           Tridentine
           Councel
           ;
           What
           Giants
           of
           Erudition
           were
           
             Vatablus
             ,
             Io.
             Mercerus
             ,
             Genebrardus
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             Beza
             ,
             Sedelius
             ,
             Ducaeus
             ,
          
           as
           also
           
             Monsieur
             du
             Plessis
          
           among
           the
           Nobility
           or
           Laytie
           :
           What
           a
           man
           of
           men
           was
           Cardinal
           Perron
           ;
           with
           great
           nombers
           of
           other
           besides
           ?
        
         
           Moreover
           for
           the
           Civil
           Law
           France
           is
           acknowledg'd
           to
           have
           bred
           the
           acutest
           wits
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           witnesse
           
             Duarenus
             ,
             Aemarus
             Rinconetus
             ,
             Michael
             Hospitalis
             ,
          
           who
           underwent
           all
           the
           offices
           of
           the
           gown
           ,
           and
           was
           observ'd
           to
           resemble
           Aristotle
           in
           physiognomy
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           profounndesse
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           
           quicknesse
           of
           spirit
           ;
           Ther
           have
           bin
           other
           great
           Legislators
           ,
           as
           Car.
           〈◊〉
           whose
           lucubrations
           serve
           for
           lanterns
           to
           direct
           any
           in
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           an
           ,
           for
           the
           decision
           of
           all
           crabbed
           points
           ;
           let
           
             Baptista
             Menilius
          
           com
           in
           next
           ,
           whd
           for
           rectitude
           of
           opinion
           was
           accounted
           an
           Oracle
           :
           
             Bonus
             Broveus
          
           was
           famous
           also
           for
           his
           orthodox
           judgment
           ,
           and
           moving
           flexanimous
           Eloquence
           .
           To
           these
           may
           be
           added
           
             Gulielmus
             Budaeus
          
           whom
           Erasmus
           calls
           the
           prodigie
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Olivarius
             ,
             Fabrus
             ,
             Hottoman
             ,
             Conanus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Contius
             ,
             Puteanus
             ,
             Bellonus
             ,
             Bodinus
             ▪
             Choppinus
             ,
             Bonifidius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iacobus
             Cuiaccius
          
           who
           was
           call'd
           the
           Papinian
           of
           his
           time
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           Physick
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           
             Fernelius
             ,
             Hollenus
             ,
             Charondas
             ,
             Gorreus
             ,
             Dalechampius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Quercetanus
             ,
             Foxius
             Candala
             ,
             Orontius
             Finus
             ,
             Io.
             P●…na
             ,
             Montareus
             ,
             P.
             Ramus
             ,
             Nostradamus
             ,
          
           all
           most
           acute
           Mathematitians
           ,
           specially
           
             Francis
             Vieta
          
           ,
           as
           also
           Lescotus
           the
           greatest
           Architect
           that
           Europe
           ever
           had
           since
           the
           time
           of
           Vitruvius
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           tracer
           of
           that
           stupendous
           Castle
           of
           the
           Louure
           ,
           which
           in
           Elegancy
           ,
           in
           vastnesse
           of
           Symmetry
           ,
           and
           exactnesse
           of
           proportion
           when
           it
           is
           finish'd
           ,
           may
           compare
           with
           any
           fabrique
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           
             Augustus
             Thuanus
          
           may
           now
           take
           place
           for
           the
           most
           Methodical
           ,
           and
           judicious
           Historian
           that
           ever
           put
           pen
           to
           paper
           ,
           or
           committed
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Archives
           of
           truth
           ;
           As
           also
           the
           Sammarthans
           brother
           who
           were
           Auxiliaries
           to
           Thuanus
           in
           his
           collections
           ;
           And
           we
           desire
           and
           advise
           Puteanus
           ,
           and
           Rigaltius
           to
           expose
           to
           public
           light
           those
           peeces
           that
           were
           committed
           to
           their
           trust
           by
           Thuanus
           ,
           and
           not
           frustrat
           the
           Common
           Wealth
           of
           learning
           of
           the
           sight
           of
           them
           by
           any
           longer
           procrastination
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           heavenly
           inspir'd
           Poets
           let
           Ronsard
           appeer
           first
           ,
           the
           excellentest
           that
           hath
           bin
           since
           Augustus
           his
           egresse
           out
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           Let
           Bellay
           come
           next
           him
           ,
           and
           Bellaqua
           be
           in
           the
           third
           place
           ;
           But
           we
           may
           well
           add
           a
           fourth
           to
           these
           three
           ,
           which
           is
           Auratus
           ;
           And
           for
           a
           fift
           let
           
             Salust
             Du
             Bartas
          
           carry
           the
           place
           ,
           who
           hath
           described
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           so
           lively
           and
           elegantly
           ,
           that
           he
           merits
           the
           praise
           and
           admiration
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           of
           wit
           ;
           Witnes
           that
           modest
           opinion
           and
           applause
           which
           Ronsard
           himself
           gave
           him
           ,
           who
           being
           ask'd
           what
           he
           thought
           of
           Dubartas
           his
           Works
           ?
           answer'd
           no
           lesse
           ingeniously
           then
           ingenuously
           ,
           
             Mons.
             Du
             Bartas
             afait
             plus
             en
             vne
             semaine
             que
             je
             nayfait
             en
             〈◊〉
             ma
             vie
             ,
          
           Monsieur
           
             Du
             Bartas
          
           hath
           don
           more
           in
           one
           Week
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           don
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           my
           life
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           for
           Philosophers
           let
           
             Turnebus
             ,
             and
             Montanus
          
           com
           in
           the
           Van
           ,
           men
           of
           rare
           Erudition
           and
           probity
           ;
           Let
           
             Ant.
             Muret
          
           ,
           and
           Passeratius
           accompany
           them
           ;
           let
           Causabon
           also
           com
           in
           the
           same
           file
           of
           Worthies
           ,
           a
           man
           vers'd
           in
           omni
           (
           cibili
           ,
           in
           all
           knowledg
           as
           well
           as
           Criticismes
           ;
           Let
           
             Ioseph
             Scaliger
          
           bring
           up
           the
           rear
           and
           be
           Dictator
           of
           all
           Literature
           ,
           who
        
         
           
             
               —
               Eruditione
            
             
               Idumaeus
               Arabs
               ,
               Syrusque
               et
               Indus
               ,
            
             
               Chaldaeus
               simul
               ,
               Aethiopsque
               Civis
               ,
            
             
               Quemque
               Achemenii
               suum
               Vocarent
               ,
            
             
               Pelasgus
               simul
               ,
               et
               simul
               Latinus
               ,
            
             
               Et
               Graius
               Vetus
               ,
               et
               Quotidianus
               ,
            
             
               Et
               Thuscus
               simul
               ,
               et
               simul
               Britannus
               ,
            
             
               Et
               quod
               altera
               secula
               obstupescant
               ,
            
             
               Hispanus
               simul
               ,
               et
               simul
               Batâvus
               .
            
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           observ'd
           that
           the
           French
           toung
           hath
           a
           great
           advantage
           in
           couching
           any
           kind
           of
           knowledg
           as
           well
           for
           the
           copiousnesse
           ,
           as
           the
           lenity
           and
           smoothnesse
           of
           speech
           ,
           wherein
           neither
           her
           mother
           the
           Latin
           ,
           or
           her
           two
           sisters
           the
           Italian
           and
           Spanish
           can
           contend
           with
           her
           ,
           nor
           our
           Teutonique
           also
           which
           is
           so
           sinewy
           and
           masculine
           a
           language
           being
           so
           knotted
           with
           consonants
           ▪
           
           Nor
           is
           ther
           any
           kind
           of
           science
           or
           knowledg
           but
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           in
           the
           French
           toung
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           all
           other
           toungs
           were
           perish'd
           ,
           ther
           might
           be
           an
           instauration
           ,
           and
           consummation
           made
           of
           all
           arts
           and
           learning
           in
           the
           French
           alone
           ;
           Therfore
           Charles
           the
           Emperour
           the
           compleatest
           Prince
           of
           his
           time
           was
           overheard
           to
           tell
           his
           Son
           Philip
           in
           a
           privat
           discourse
           that
           he
           held
           it
           a
           signal
           honor
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           grandmother
           
             Mary
             of
             Valois
          
           he
           was
           extracted
           of
           the
           illustrious
           progeny
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           could
           speak
           that
           language
           ,
           which
           was
           very
           frequent
           in
           his
           Court
           among
           his
           domestiques
           .
           Now
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           but
           this
           French
           toung
           hath
           many
           Dialects
           ,
           and
           in
           these
           dialects
           ther
           are
           as
           is
           found
           in
           all
           other
           languages
           certain
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           but
           the
           prime
           and
           purest
           property
           of
           idiotisms
           seems
           as
           it
           were
           to
           dwell
           upon
           the
           banks
           of
           the
           Loire
           ,
           and
           principally
           in
           Blois
           ,
           and
           Orleans
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           as
           the
           Attique
           was
           esteem'd
           the
           choicest
           dialect
           among
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           so
           the
           Aurelian
           is
           by
           the
           French.
           
        
         
           Now
           for
           
             language
             ,
             vertu
          
           and
           learning
           the
           French
           have
           perfected
           all
           three
           with
           a
           marvailous
           dexterity
           and
           promptitude
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           a
           rare
           vigor
           of
           all
           the
           senses
           inward
           and
           outward
           ;
           which
           makes
           
             Iulius
             Scaliger
          
           to
           break
           out
           thus
           into
           their
           praises
           .
           
             I
             find
             there
             is
             a
             fiery
             kind
             of
             vigor
             ,
             and
             mature
             celerity
             in
             the
             French
             which
             other
             Nations
             have
             not
             :
             To
             whatsoever
             they
             apply
             themselves
             they
             become
             notable
             proficients
             ,
             and
             arrive
             to
             a
             perfection
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             the
             mystery
             of
             Marchandising
             ,
             in
             letters
             ,
             armes
             or
             Arts
             ;
             Paulus
             Me●…ula
          
           gives
           this
           testimony
           of
           them
           ,
           
             I
             have
             observ'd
             ,
             and
             became
             astonish'd
             ,
             that
             among
             the
             French
             some
             will
             argue
             and
             discourse
             extempore
             of
             any
             probleme
             ,
          
           and
           that
           with
           such
           an
           admirable
           method
           as
           if
           they
           had
           studied
           the
           theme
           many
           daies
           before
           :
           Therfore
           sure
           Servius
           was
           deceav'd
           in
           the
           French
           ,
           when
           he
           sayes
           they
           are
           
             pigrioris
             Ingenii
          
           ;
           so
           was
           
             Iulius
             Firmicus
          
           ,
           wheen
           he
           calls
           them
           stolidos
           ,
           foolish
           ;
           so
           was
           Iulianus
           ,
           when
           he
           terms
           them
           
             stupidos
             et
             rusticitatis
             amantes
          
           ,
           blockheads
           ,
           and
           lovers
           of
           homelinesse
           ;
           so
           was
           likewise
           Polybius
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             doctrinae
             et
             artibus
             operam
             non
             dant
             ,
          
           they
           apply
           themselves
           neither
           to
           Learning
           nor
           Arts
           ;
           I
           know
           
             Diodorus
             ,
             Athenaus
             ,
             and
             Clemens
             Alexandrinus
          
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           faithlesse
           ,
           and
           given
           to
           gluttony
           and
           drunkenes
           ;
           Livie
           brands
           them
           to
           be
           light
           and
           effeminat
           ;
           Mela
           accuseth
           them
           to
           be
           greedy
           after
           gold
           ,
           proud
           ,
           and
           superstitious
           ;
           Solinus
           calls
           them
           vain-glorious
           ;
           Plutark
           writes
           they
           are
           insatiable
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           Cicero
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Gallos
             minimè
             vlla
             Religione
             moveri
          
           ,
           The
           Gaules
           are
           not
           mov'd
           at
           all
           by
           any
           Religion
           :
           Surely
           these
           Writers
           took
           all
           these
           reports
           a
           far
           off
           ,
           and
           upon
           trust
           .
           For
           they
           who
           have
           had
           intimacy
           with
           the
           French
           and
           studied
           the
           nation
           in
           general
           ,
           will
           say
           otherwise
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           is
           most
           noble
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           which
           elevats
           Her
           above
           all
           other
           Empires
           is
           the
           Majesty
           of
           her
           Kings
           ,
           wherof
           ther
           have
           bin
           so
           many
           brave
           heroique
           Monarks
           who
           have
           don
           such
           exploits
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           speak
           more
           of
           them
           in
           telling
           truth
           ,
           then
           can
           be
           spoken
           of
           Others
           in
           vapouring
           out
           
             hyperboles
             and
             lies
          
           .
           Pope
           Gregory
           writing
           to
           Childebert
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           
             Quantò
             caeteros
             homines
             Regia
             dignitas
             antecellit
             ,
             tantò
             caeterarum
             gentium
             regna
             Regni
             vestri
             culmen
             excellit
             .
          
           As
           much
           as
           Kings
           excel
           other
           men
           ,
           so
           far
           doth
           the
           glory
           of
           yours
           exceed
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           other
           Nations
           .
           Honorius
           the
           third
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           was
           the
           unexpugnable
           wall
           of
           Christendom
           .
           Urban
           the
           fourth
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           is
           the
           morning
           Star
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Western
           clowds
           ,
           He
           is
           an
           Earthly
           God
           in
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           ,
           he
           is
           above
           all
           Kings
           ;
           
             Ejúsque
             umbrâ
             totus
             mundus
             regitur
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           is
           govern'd
           by
           his
           shadow
           ,
           saith
           Baldus
           .
           Nay
           St.
           Thomas
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           prayeth
           for
           the
           King
           of
           France
           hath
           100.
           daies
           indulgence
           granted
           by
           Pope
           Clement
           ,
           and
           10.
           added
           by
           Innocent
           the
           fourth
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           France
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           the
           distaff
           as
           other
           Kingdoms
           are
           ,
           but
           the
           Salique
           Law
           proclaimes
           aloud
           ,
        
         
           Gallorum
           Imperii
           Successor
           masculus
           esto
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           is
           not
           only
           consentaneous
           to
           reason
           ,
           but
           hath
           a
           congruity
           with
           nature
           
           her self
           ,
           Because
           that
           in
           man
           the
           mind
           ,
           the
           body
           ,
           the
           voice
           and
           all
           things
           els
           are
           more
           strong
           and
           strenuous
           ,
           They
           are
           fitter
           for
           action
           ,
           and
           attract
           more
           awe
           and
           reverence
           unto
           them
           ;
           In
           the
           female
           all
           things
           are
           softer
           and
           lighter
           ,
           which
           may
           attract
           more
           affection
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           contempt
           that
           mingles
           with
           it
           ;
           In
           the
           one
           ,
           authority
           and
           Majesty
           appeers
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           fears
           ,
           and
           jealousie
           :
           And
           how
           preposterous
           is
           it
           to
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           ,
           for
           man
           to
           be
           a
           vassal
           to
           that
           sex
           which
           should
           be
           under
           him
           ?
           The
           Pagan
           Epigrammatist
           can
           tell
           you
           in
           oeconomical
           government
           .
        
         
           
             
               Inferior
               maetrona
               suo
               sit
               ,
               Prisce
               ,
               marito
               ,
            
             
               Non
               aliter
               fuerint
               foemina
               Virque
               pares
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           cannot
           deny
           but
           ther
           may
           be
           examples
           produc'd
           of
           som
           notable
           Heroique
           Queens
           ,
           as
           
             Zenobia
             ,
             Pulcheria
             ,
             Semiramis
             ,
             Isabella
          
           of
           Castile
           ,
           and
           of
           Elizabeth
           Queen
           of
           England
           ,
           a
           Lady
           that
           was
           prudent
           beyond
           her
           sex
           ,
           and
           ador'd
           with
           literature
           ,
           she
           understood
           Greek
           and
           Spanish
           indifferently
           well
           ,
           but
           for
           Latin
           ,
           French
           ,
           Italian
           ,
           English
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           British
           she
           spoak
           them
           familiarly
           ,
           which
           made
           Pope
           sixtus
           the
           fifth
           break
           out
           into
           this
           wish
           ,
           that
           
             he
             had
             a
             greater
             desire
             to
             see
             one
             woman
             ,
             and
             one
             man
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             race
             of
             mankind
             besides
             ,
          
           and
           they
           were
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           Henry
           of
           
             Navar●…
             ;
             to
             whom
             ,
             were
             they
             not
             tainted
             with
             heresie
             ,
             he
             had
             things
             of
             mighty
             consequence
             to
             communicat
          
           ;
           But
           we
           may
           not
           forget
           what
           kind
           of
           Queens
           other
           women
           have
           bin
           ,
           as
           
             Athaliah
             ,
             Cleopatra
             ,
             Messalina
             ,
             Faustina
             ,
             Iane
             of
             Naples
             ,
             and
             Fredegunda
             of
             France
             ,
          
           which
           made
           Eumolpus
           or
           Porphyrius
           under
           Constantine
           to
           break
           out
           into
           this
           harsh
           tetrastique
        
         
           
             
               Crede
               ratem
               Ventis
               ,
               animum
               ne
               crede
               puellis
               ,
            
             
               namque
               est
               faemin●…a
               tutior
               vnda
               fide
               .
            
             
               Faemina
               nulla
               bona
               est
               ,
               et
               si
               bona
               contigit
               ulla
               ,
            
             
               nescio
               quo
               fato
               res
               mala
               facta
               bona
               est
               .
            
          
        
         
           Ther
           is
           another
           prerogative
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           are
           said
           to
           have
           ,
           which
           is
           
             never
             to
             die
          
           ,
           whereupon
           
             Maria
             de
             Medicis
          
           being
           struck
           with
           a
           consternation
           when
           she
           heard
           of
           the
           death
           of
           her
           husband
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           ,
           and
           cryeng
           out
           Helas
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           dead
           ;
           No
           ,
           answer'd
           the
           Chancelor
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             France
             never
             die
          
           ;
           And
           the
           reason
           that
           they
           die
           not
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           born
           Kings
           ,
           and
           perpetuat
           themselves
           so
           in
           their
           own
           bloud
           ;
           And
           as
           in
           all
           successions
           according
           to
           the
           mode
           of
           speaking
           in
           France
           ,
           
             le
             mort
             saisit
             le
             vif
          
           ,
           so
           in
           an
           hereditary
           Kingdom
        
         
           
             
               —
               Uno
               avulso
               non
               deficit
               Alter
               ,
            
             
               Surculus
               —
            
          
        
         
           The
           next
           a
           kin
           succeeds
           though
           a
           thousand
           degrees
           off
           by
           right
           of
           bloud
           .
           Which
           cours
           doth
           not
           only
           foment
           and
           encrease
           affections
           'twixt
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           peeple
           ,
           but
           it
           prevents
           all
           tempests
           of
           ambition
           ,
           and
           pretences
           that
           may
           happen
           during
           the
           vacancy
           or
           interregnum
           ,
           and
           propps
           the
           Crown
           with
           columnes
           of
           eternity
           .
           But
           in
           Elections
           ,
           what
           expectations
           ,
           and
           stirrs
           !
           what
           sidings
           and
           factions
           do
           use
           to
           happen
           ;
           Besides
           what
           Prince
           will
           care
           for
           another
           mans
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           for
           his
           own
           inheritance
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           assured
           will
           descend
           upon
           his
           own
           issue
           and
           bloud
           :
           Moreover
           in
           Elective
           States
           what
           a
           nundination
           ,
           what
           a
           buying
           and
           selling
           of
           suffrages
           is
           ther
           ?
           The
           Roman
           Empire
           presently
           after
           Claudius
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Caesar
           that
           was
           chosen
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           whose
           alleageance
           he
           bought
           with
           rewards
           ,
           did
           fall
           upon
           vile
           and
           base
           heads
           by
           that
           kind
           of
           Election
           or
           rather
           by
           that
           kind
           of
           Emption
           for
           it
           may
           be
           sayed
           that
           the
           Empire
           lay
           under
           the
           spear
           expos'd
           to
           publique
           sale
           ;
           What
           contestations
           happen'd
           'twixt
           the
           Senat
           and
           the
           Legions
           ?
           In
           so
           much
           that
           ev'ry
           Province
           might
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           their
           several
           Emperours
           ;
           And
           when
           Zenobia
           was
           Empresse
           ther
           were
           reckon'd
           30.
           at
           one
           time
           .
        
         
         
           In
           our
           Germany
           ,
           how
           many
           Interregnums
           have
           we
           had
           by
           this
           way
           of
           Election
           ?
           How
           many
           yeers
           did
           she
           appeer
           as
           a
           Monster
           without
           a
           head
           after
           the
           death
           of
           Frederic
           the
           second
           ?
           What
           a
           world
           of
           confusion
           ,
           and
           exorbitances
           ,
           of
           fraud
           ,
           and
           depraedations
           did
           she
           fall
           into
           ?
           What
           a
           base
           plot
           had
           Charles
           the
           fourth
           ,
           as
           also
           Vuenceslaus
           who
           would
           have
           prostituted
           the
           Empire
           for
           money
           ?
           They
           did
           so
           deplume
           the
           Eagle
           that
           she
           became
           contemptible
           to
           all
           other
           Creatures
           ;
           These
           were
           they
           whom
           Maximilian
           the
           first
           call'd
           the
           stepfathers
           or
           rather
           the
           two
           pests
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           The
           same
           Maximilian
           also
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           Constance
           protested
           that
           he
           had
           rais'd
           100.
           tonnes
           of
           gold
           out
           of
           his
           own
           patrimonial
           demeanes
           to
           support
           the
           sacred
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           while
           he
           had
           not
           receiv'd
           from
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Empire
           40000.
           florins
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           because
           my
           discourse
           hath
           transported
           me
           so
           far
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           extremely
           groan
           ,
           and
           deplore
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           a
           pitiful
           low
           ebb
           't
           is
           fallen
           unto
           ;
           For
           wheras
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Frederic
           the
           first
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Empire
           was
           then
           much
           attenuated
           )
           the
           annual
           revenues
           came
           to
           60000.
           tonnes
           of
           gold
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           about
           6.
           millions
           sterling
           ,
           the
           exility
           of
           the
           rents
           of
           Caesar
           which
           he
           gets
           by
           the
           Empire
           are
           scarce
           able
           ,
           as
           Schneiderin
           a
           famous
           Civil
           Lawyer
           doth
           assert
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           domestic
           expences
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Court
           ,
           nor
           those
           neither
           unlesse
           Caesar
           did
           contribut
           much
           therunto
           out
           of
           his
           own
           patrimonial
           inheritances
           ,
           which
           made
           Cardinal
           Granvil
           to
           affirm
           aloud
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Charles
           the
           5.
           
             ex
             Imperio
             ne
             tantillum
             Emolumenti
             habere
             Caesarem
             ,
          
           that
           Caesar
           had
           no
           Emolument
           at
           all
           from
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           no
           King
           in
           Christendom
           was
           reduc'd
           to
           that
           tenuity
           .
        
         
           But
           France
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           those
           Comitial
           diseases
           or
           Diets
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           being
           secure
           by
           the
           succession
           and
           prerogatives
           of
           her
           Kings
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           transcendent
           and
           absolut
           authority
           not
           derived
           at
           all
           from
           their
           subjects
           ;
           wherby
           Caesar
           himself
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           inferior
           in
           point
           of
           power
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           precedence
           to
           Caesar
           himself
           ,
           though
           as
           Bartolus
           averrs
           ,
           
             Haeretici
             sunt
             pronunciandi
             quicunque
             Imperatorem
             Germanicum
             universi
             terrarum
             Orbis
             Dominum
             esse
             negant
             ,
          
           They
           are
           to
           be
           pronounc'd
           Heretiques
           who
           deny
           the
           Rom.
           German
           Emperour
           to
           be
           Lord
           Paramount
           of
           all
           the
           Univers
           ;
           And
           he
           grounds
           this
           right
           upon
           the
           answer
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Antoninus
           to
           Eudaemon
           of
           
             Nicodemia
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Ego
             quidem
             Mundi
             Dominus
             ,
             lex
             autem
             maris
          
           ;
           I
           am
           Lord
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Sea
           :
           He
           urgeth
           also
           another
           argument
           from
           the
           words
           of
           the
           holy
           Evangelist
           ,
           when
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           Ther
           issued
           forth
           a
           Decree
           from
           Augustus
           ,
           that
           
             the
             whole
             world
             shold
             be
             taxed
             .
          
           But
           France
           acknowledgeth
           no
           such
           superiority
           ;
           for
           when
           
             L.
             Madrutius
          
           was
           employed
           by
           Ferdinand
           the
           Emperour
           to
           Francis
           the
           second
           ,
           for
           the
           restitution
           of
           Toul
           ,
           and
           Verdun
           ,
           with
           other
           feathers
           which
           he
           had
           pluck'd
           from
           the
           Eagle
           ,
           
             Franciscus
             Olivarius
          
           the
           Chancelor
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           they
           deserv'd
           capital
           punishment
           who
           wold
           advise
           the
           King
           to
           such
           a
           surrendry
           ,
           or
           held
           that
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           and
           first
           son
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           any
           wayes
           inferior
           to
           Caesar
           :
           Herupon
           we
           know
           that
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Lawes
           are
           prohibited
           in
           Paris
           by
           this
           Edict
           and
           Caveat
           ,
           
             Ne
             quis
             publicè
             profiteretur
             Romanas
             leges
             in
             Academia
             Parisiensi
             ,
             neve
             quem
             Scholasticos
             ejus
             disciplinâ
             ad
             gradus
             auderet
             provehere
             ,
          
           That
           none
           shold
           make
           profession
           of
           the
           Roman
           Lawes
           in
           the
           University
           of
           Paris
           ,
           or
           dare
           to
           advance
           the
           Students
           therof
           to
           any
           degree
           of
           dignity
           .
           Herupon
           
             Hospitalius
             Charles
          
           the
           ninth's
           Chancelor
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           King
           himself
           and
           the
           assembly
           of
           the
           three
           Estates
           procur'd
           it
           to
           be
           enacted
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           the
           very
           same
           moment
           that
           they
           entred
           into
           the
           14th
           yeer
           of
           their
           age
           shold
           be
           pronounc'd
           capable
           to
           raign
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           out
           of
           his
           minority
           ,
           and
           so
           govern
           inchoativè
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           Imperial
           Lawes
           ,
           their
           reason
           and
           equity
           may
           be
           haply
           made
           use
           of
           in
           other
           Dominions
           ,
           but
           not
           their
           authority
           and
           sanction
           ;
           No
           more
           could
           the
           Romans
           in
           times
           past
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           any
           way
           under
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           because
           they
           borrowed
           ,
           and
           made
           use
           of
           som
           Lawes
           of
           theirs
           .
           No
           more
           can
           
           the
           Turks
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           any
           way
           subject
           to
           the
           Romans
           because
           they
           have
           the
           
             Iustinian
             Code
          
           translated
           into
           their
           vulgar
           language
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Cadies
           make
           use
           of
           them
           to
           rectifie
           somtimes
           natural
           reason
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           the
           supereminent
           royalties
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           appeer
           manifestly
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           have
           the
           sole
           power
           to
           indict
           war
           ,
           or
           establish
           peace
           ,
           to
           make
           leagues
           and
           confederacies
           ,
           to
           enact
           Lawes
           ,
           to
           creat
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           gown
           and
           the
           sword
           ,
           to
           give
           pardon
           for
           lives
           ,
           to
           stamp
           money
           ,
           to
           give
           letters
           of
           denization
           ,
           to
           impose
           taxes
           ,
           and
           make
           pecuniary
           levies
           at
           pleasure
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           is
           like
           a
           most
           fertile
           and
           florishing
           medow
           ,
           wheron
           infinit
           flocks
           of
           sheep
           do
           feed
           and
           bear
           golden
           fleeces
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           shorn
           when
           the
           shepherd
           pleaseth
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           except
           here
           the
           province
           of
           Languedoc
           wher
           the
           King
           cannot
           exact
           any
           subsidiary
           contributions
           ,
           without
           the
           expresse
           consentment
           of
           the
           
             three
             Estates
          
           of
           that
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           For
           administration
           of
           Civil
           Justice
           ,
           France
           comes
           short
           of
           no
           other
           Region
           ,
           whose
           charge
           it
           is
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kings
           prerogatives
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           priviledg
           of
           the
           subject
           ;
           To
           which
           end
           ther
           be
           8.
           
           Courts
           of
           Parlement
           whose
           names
           are
           known
           to
           any
           that
           have
           travel'd
           France
           ;
           Among
           these
           that
           of
           Paris
           is
           the
           most
           praedominant
           in
           regard
           the
           Parlament
           of
           Peers
           is
           alwayes
           there
           residing
           ,
           which
           high
           Court
           useth
           to
           verifie
           (
           not
           confirm
           )
           all
           the
           Kings
           Edicts
           to
           make
           them
           the
           more
           plausible
           ,
           and
           for
           form
           sake
           only
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           France
           is
           the
           beauty
           of
           Europe
           ,
           so
           that
           Parlement
           is
           the
           eye
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Parlement
           of
           Peers
           is
           the
           apple
           of
           that
           eye
           ;
           Nor
           do
           ther
           want
           examples
           how
           other
           Forren
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           have
           refer'd
           themselves
           to
           this
           Court
           of
           Parlement
           ,
           as
           a
           high
           consistory
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           as
           being
           Astrea's
           noblest
           tribunal
           .
           The
           Emperour
           Frederick
           the
           second
           refer'd
           the
           controversies
           'twixt
           him
           and
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           fourth
           ,
           touching
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           to
           the
           decision
           of
           this
           Court
           :
           So
           the
           Count
           of
           Namur
           in
           a
           difference
           'twixt
           Charles
           of
           Valois
           and
           him
           touching
           the
           County
           of
           Namur
           put
           himself
           upon
           the
           verdict
           of
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           he
           therby
           carried
           his
           businesse
           .
           Philip
           Prince
           of
           Tarentum
           overcame
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           in
           this
           Court
           ,
           touching
           som
           expences
           made
           in
           recovering
           the
           Greek
           Empire
           ;
           The
           Dukes
           of
           Lorain
           have
           in
           divers
           things
           refer'd
           themselves
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           this
           Court
           ;
           They
           of
           Cambray
           who
           are
           a
           free
           peeple
           have
           bin
           willing
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           it
           :
           The
           confederacy
           also
           'twixt
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Castile
           and
           Portugal
           were
           confirm'd
           by
           this
           Court
           ,
           Nor
           is
           ther
           any
           admitted
           to
           this
           Soverain
           Court
           but
           persons
           either
           priviledg'd
           by
           their
           birth
           ,
           or
           men
           of
           exquisit
           knowledg
           ,
           erudition
           ,
           and
           integrity
           .
           When
           Henry
           the
           second
           King
           of
           France
           by
           the
           eager
           importunity
           of
           a
           great
           Princesse
           had
           recommended
           one
           of
           the
           long
           Robe
           to
           this
           Court
           ,
           and
           being
           rejected
           ,
           he
           spoke
           merrily
           ,
           
             je
             pensois
             que
             parmy
             tant
             de
             chevaux
             d'espagne
             vn
             asne
             pourroit
             bien
             passer
             ,
          
           I
           thought
           that
           among
           so
           many
           Spanish
           ginets
           one
           Asse
           might
           have
           well
           pass'd
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           Oppidan
           Government
           of
           Paris
           ther
           is
           such
           special
           circumspection
           had
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           is
           intrusted
           with
           the
           chiefest
           office
           in
           the
           Citty
           call'd
           the
           
             Provost
             of
             the
             Marchants
          
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           be
           a
           man
           of
           eminent
           parts
           ,
           probity
           and
           prudence
           ,
           and
           generally
           esteemed
           so
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           us'd
           as
           a
           common
           saying
           to
           their
           Children
           if
           they
           commit
           any
           absurd
           or
           base
           thing
           ,
           
             Tu
             ne
             seras
             point
             prevost
             des
             Marchands
             ,
          
           Thou
           shalt
           never
           be
           Provost
           of
           the
           Marchants
           .
        
         
           And
           among
           others
           the
           providence
           and
           prudence
           of
           Lewis
           the
           twelfth
           was
           notable
           ,
           who
           had
           alwayes
           by
           him
           a
           catalogue
           of
           the
           discreetest
           ,
           and
           best
           qualified
           Cittizens
           upon
           whom
           he
           us'd
           to
           confer
           offices
           of
           Magistracy
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           time
           was
           when
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           us'd
           to
           sit
           upon
           the
           tribunal
           themselves
           to
           determine
           causes
           ,
           Charles
           the
           eight
           devoted
           two
           daies
           every
           week
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           St.
           Lewis
           three
           ;
           Nor
           are
           there
           any
           Kings
           so
           
           obvious
           and
           accessible
           as
           those
           of
           France
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Sun
           when
           he
           is
           up
           in
           the
           Orient
           displayes
           his
           beames
           upon
           all
           alike
           ,
           upon
           the
           Prince
           as
           well
           as
           the
           peasan
           ,
           upon
           the
           shrub
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Cedar
           ;
           so
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           behold
           all
           their
           Subjects
           with
           like
           humanity
           and
           grace
           ;
           They
           are
           benigne
           and
           affable
           to
           all
           both
           in
           speech
           ,
           countenance
           and
           gesture
           ,
           and
           seldom
           are
           any
           of
           them
           revengeful
           .
        
         
           As
           ther
           is
           a
           memorable
           passage
           of
           Lewis
           the
           twelfth
           ,
           who
           while
           he
           was
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           fell
           in
           some
           disgrace
           with
           Charles
           the
           eight
           ;
           herupon
           divers
           great
           men
           and
           others
           seeing
           him
           clowded
           in
           the
           Kings
           favour
           ,
           did
           him
           sundry
           ill
           offices
           ,
           Charles
           being
           dead
           and
           he
           succeeding
           in
           the
           throne
           ,
           a
           Courtier
           to
           get
           som
           boon
           of
           him
           ,
           told
           him
           of
           such
           and
           such
           who
           had
           bin
           no
           frends
           of
           his
           in
           his
           predecessors
           time
           ,
           and
           so
           wish'd
           his
           Majestie
           to
           question
           ,
           and
           punish
           them
           ;
           The
           King
           answered
           ,
           
             Tu
             vero
             aliud
             a
             me
             pete
             ,
             &
             meritis
             tuis
             gratia
             erit
             ,
             Nam
             Rex
             Galliae
             non
             exequitur
             injurias
             Ducis
             Aurelianensis
             :
          
           Propose
           som
           other
           thing
           unto
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           prefer
           thee
           ,
           for
           the
           King
           of
           France
           is
           not
           to
           revenge
           the
           injuries
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           are
           remarkable
           for
           their
           freedom
           ,
           mildnesse
           and
           mansuetude
           to
           their
           subjects
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           affection
           of
           the
           French
           alwayes
           in
           an
           intense
           degree
           towards
           their
           King.
           
        
         
           Nor
           was
           ther
           ever
           a
           more
           pregnant
           example
           hereof
           then
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           the
           report
           wher
           of
           struck
           such
           an
           Earthquake
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           many
           thousands
           ,
           that
           som
           Ladies
           miscarried
           in
           childbirth
           before
           their
           time
           ,
           others
           died
           suddenly
           upon
           the
           newes
           :
           Every
           one
           up
           and
           down
           the
           streets
           both
           men
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           damn'd
           the
           Assassin
           to
           a
           thousand
           hells
           both
           his
           soul
           and
           body
           ;
           Every
           one
           scruing
           up
           his
           witt
           how
           to
           devise
           som
           exquisit
           lasting
           torment
           for
           Ravillac
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           all
           matters
           were
           weigh'd
           in
           an
           impartial
           balance
           of
           justice
           ,
           who
           can
           deny
           but
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           of
           France
           is
           preferrable
           before
           all
           other
           Earthly
           Potentates
           :
           For
           although
           the
           Emperour
           by
           an
           old
           custom
           be
           the
           Prime
           of
           Princes
           ,
           yet
           the
           King
           of
           France
           appeers
           in
           more
           glorious
           Robes
           then
           He
           ,
           He
           hath
           a
           far
           more
           numerous
           guard
           then
           He
           ;
           The
           King
           of
           France
           is
           the
           first
           Son
           of
           the
           holy
           Church
           ;
           and
           well
           they
           may
           deserve
           it
           for
           their
           sanctity
           ,
           and
           munificence
           to
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           so
           many
           Voyages
           they
           made
           abroad
           to
           redeem
           the
           Sepulcher
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrey
           which
           he
           did
           blesse
           with
           his
           feet
           ,
           from
           the
           slavery
           of
           Infidels
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           Homer
           and
           Virgil
           are
           call'd
           The
           Poets
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           by
           Excellency
           ;
           As
           the
           Pope
           is
           call'd
           the
           Bishop
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           King
           of
           France
           The
           King
           :
           'T
           is
           he
           that
           by
           a
           special
           benediction
           from
           Heaven
           doth
           cure
           the
           Struma
           or
           the
           Kings
           Evil
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           His
           Court
           is
           frequently
           strew'd
           with
           sick
           patients
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           with
           Spaniards
           as
           much
           as
           any
           other
           who
           clammer
           over
           the
           Pyreneans
           Hills
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           kind
           of
           pilgrimage
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           doth
           it
           with
           that
           modesty
           that
           he
           alwayes
           entitles
           the
           cure
           upon
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           speech
           in
           performance
           of
           the
           Act
           ,
           
             Le
             Roy
             te
             touche
             ,
             Dieu
             te
             guerisse
             .
          
           The
           King
           toucheth
           thee
           ,
           God
           heal
           thee
           .
        
         
           Therfore
           were
           it
           but
           for
           this
           vertue
           alone
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           title
           ,
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           with
           his
           antiquity
           being
           the
           elder
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Spaniard
           hath
           no
           reason
           to
           dispute
           precedency
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           made
           Mendoza
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           Trent
           to
           say
           somewhat
           modestly
           ,
           
             Se
             nolle
             quide●…
             anteire
             ,
             tamen
             cogi
             non
             posse
             ut
             Francorum
             Legatos
             sequeretur
             .
          
           He
           wold
           not
           go
           before
           ,
           yet
           he
           could
           not
           be
           compell'd
           to
           follow
           the
           French
           Ambassadors
           .
        
         
           I
           shold
           enter
           into
           a
           field
           that
           had
           no
           horizon
           ,
           if
           I
           shold
           attempt
           here
           to
           conine
           morat
           the
           heroique
           achievments
           and
           trophy's
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           ,
           Merovee
           quell'd
           Attila's
           pride
           in
           the
           Catalonian
           fields
           :
           
             Childebert
             Almaricu●…
          
           the
           Gothic
           tyrant
           being
           slain
           subdued
           a
           great
           part
           of
           
             Spain
             ;
             Clota●…ius
          
           tam'd
           
           the
           dauntlesse
           
             Saxons
             :
             Pipin
          
           protected
           the
           Roman
           Church
           against
           Astulphus
           the
           Longobard
           ,
           and
           erected
           the
           Exarchatship
           of
           
             Ravenna
             :
             Charles
          
           the
           Great
           above
           all
           re-establish'd
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           freed
           Italy
           from
           their
           Invaders
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Kings
           of
           Galicia
           and
           Scotland
           his
           tributaries
           :
           
             Lodovicus
             Pius
          
           40
           ▪
           daies
           before
           he
           died
           fed
           upon
           nothing
           but
           the
           holy
           host
           ;
           Lewis
           the
           gros
           chac'd
           Henry
           the
           fifth
           into
           Germany
           ,
           and
           gave
           Sanctuary
           to
           four
           Popes
           ,
           Paschal
           the
           second
           ,
           Calixtus
           the
           second
           ,
           Honorius
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           Innocent
           the
           second
           ,
           when
           Italy
           was
           too
           hot
           for
           them
           :
           
             Philip
             Augustus
          
           threw
           his
           Crown
           upon
           the
           ground
           before
           his
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           invited
           any
           one
           to
           take
           it
           up
           ;
           St.
           Lewis
           ravish'd
           the
           very
           Barbarians
           with
           the
           admiration
           of
           his
           piety
           :
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           did
           wrest
           again
           from
           the
           English
           what
           they
           had
           taken
           in
           France
           .
           Charles
           the
           eight
           kept
           Italy
           under
           subjection
           almost
           five
           moneths
           ;
           Lewis
           the
           twelfth
           kept
           all
           Lombardy
           for
           the
           time
           .
           Francis
           the
           first
           the
           new
           Apollo
           of
           the
           Muses
           overthrew
           the
           Helvetians
           in
           a
           memorable
           fight
           .
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           was
           inferior
           to
           none
           of
           these
           ,
           for
           Vertu
           and
           Fortune
           did
           contend
           which
           shold
           entitle
           him
           Henry
           the
           Great
           ,
           They
           both
           striv'd
           for
           mastery
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           which
           shold
           overcom
           ,
           wheras
           indeed
           he
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           subdued
           both
           ;
           He
           was
           Conquerour
           in
           fower
           pitch'd
           battailes
           ,
           in
           35.
           hot
           skirmiges
           ,
           and
           above
           100.
           personal
           encounters
           ,
           with
           the
           siege
           of
           300.
           several
           places
           wherin
           he
           prov'd
           alwaies
           Victorious
           .
           His
           memory
           is
           still
           fresh
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           taketh
           impression
           successively
           from
           father
           to
           child
           to
           make
           it
           eternal
           .
           Ther
           is
           scarce
           any
           considerable
           Town
           but
           hath
           his
           statue
           in
           brasse
           or
           marble
           ,
           and
           pictures
           innumerable
           ,
           Insomuch
           as
           one
           sayed
           ,
           
             Una
             Henrici
             oblivio
             e●…
             Humani
             generis
             Occasus
             ,
          
           the
           memory
           of
           Henry
           the
           great
           will
           not
           perish
           but
           with
           the
           world
           .
           But
           for
           a
           true
           Character
           of
           him
           I
           will
           insert
           what
           is
           here
           engraven
           upon
           the
           belly
           of
           his
           Brazen
           horse
           on
           the
           
             new
             bridge
          
           in
           sight
           of
           his
           most
           royal
           Castle
           of
           the
           Louure
           in
           Paris
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ie
               suis
               Henry
               ,
               grand
               honneur
               de
               la
               Terre
               ,
            
             
               L'
               Astre
               de
               paix
               ,
               et
               foudre
               de
               la
               guerre
            
             
               L'
               Amour
               des
               Bons
               ,
               la
               Cranite
               des
               Pervers
               ,
            
             
               Dont
               les
               Vertus
               meritoîent
               L'Univers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               I
               am
               ,
               The
               Glory
               of
               Mankind
               ,
            
             
               The
               Star
               of
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Thunderbolt
               of
               War
               ,
            
             
               The
               spurr
               of
               Vertu
               ,
               scourge
               of
               Vice
               ,
               a
               Mind
            
             
               That
               merited
               to
               sway
               more
               Scepters
               far
               .
            
          
        
         
           We
           com
           now
           to
           Lewis
           the
           13th
           .
           his
           son
           ,
           Lewis
           the
           Just
           ,
           who
           though
           Nature
           was
           a
           stepmother
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           bodily
           imperfections
           ,
           yet
           Fortune
           was
           mightily
           indulgent
           and
           favorable
           to
           him
           ;
           He
           began
           to
           bear
           Armes
           almost
           when
           he
           was
           no
           higher
           then
           a
           sword
           :
           for
           in
           his
           bassage
           he
           repress'd
           two
           ill-favour'd
           Commotions
           in
           Poitou
           and
           Britany
           ;
           He
           was
           a
           Victor
           all
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           know
           how
           to
           be
           beaten
           ;
           He
           bang'd
           all
           his
           neighbours
           round
           about
           ;
           He
           clammer'd
           twise
           o're
           the
           Alps
           ,
           and
           came
           back
           having
           done
           his
           businesse
           .
           He
           clammer'd
           o're
           the
           Pyreneys
           ,
           and
           establish'd
           a
           French
           Vice
           Roy
           in
           Catalonia
           ;
           He
           cross'd
           o're
           the
           Meuse
           and
           made
           many
           ill-favour'd
           hacks
           in
           the
           
             Ragged
             staffe
          
           ;
           His
           Armies
           flew
           o're
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           and
           help'd
           to
           cuff
           the
           Eagle
           in
           the
           German
           Air
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           he
           fouly
           foyld
           the
           English
           at
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Ré
           .
           At
           home
           also
           he
           did
           marvailous
           things
           ,
           He
           debell'd
           the
           Huguenots
           and
           left
           them
           not
           one
           cautionary
           Town
           to
           stand
           upon
           their
           gard
           ;
           An
           Exploit
           which
           his
           five
           immediat
           predecessors
           could
           not
           do
           ,
           though
           they
           attempted
           it
           many
           wayes
           :
           And
           by
           Sea
           he
           improv'd
           the
           power
           of
           
             France
             ▪
          
           more
           then
           ever
           .
        
         
         
           Therfore
           ,
           most
           excellent
           President
           ,
           and
           you
           no
           lesse
           Illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           but
           France
           and
           her
           Monarks
           ,
           if
           we
           respect
           the
           freedom
           ,
           the
           fertility
           ,
           the
           fairnesse
           and
           self-sufficiency
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           And
           the
           glorious
           Exploits
           against
           Infidels
           both
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
             Asia
          
           ,
           and
           Afrique
           ,
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           with
           their
           absolut
           power
           ,
           their
           ordinary
           gards
           being
           greater
           then
           any
           one
           Potentat's
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           maner
           of
           their
           anointing
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           divine
           prerogative
           they
           have
           to
           be
           Physitians
           in
           curing
           the
           Struma
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           under
           the
           favor
           of
           this
           Judicious
           Assembly
           ,
           that
           France
           may
           well
           stand
           in
           competition
           for
           priority
           with
           any
           Countrey
           of
           Europe
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           
             RODOLPHUS
             MAXIMILIAN
          
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           of
           Angaria
           and
           Westphalia
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             Against
             Francé
          
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Splendid
             and
             Illustrious
             Auditory
             ,
          
        
         
           WE
           read
           that
           
             Actius
             Syncerus
             Sarmazarius
          
           a
           most
           Ingenious
           Poet
           ,
           who
           was
           next
           Maro
           for
           his
           muse
           and
           Monument
           ,
           
             —
             Musâ
             proximus
             et
             tumulo
             ,
          
           being
           buried
           hard
           by
           Virgil
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           made
           that
           famous
           Hexastic
           ,
           
             Viderat
             Hadriacis
             Venetam
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           honor
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Citty
           of
           Venice
           ,
           the
           Senat
           for
           every
           verse
           gave
           him
           in
           lieu
           of
           reward
           100.
           
           Zecchins
           of
           gold
           :
           Now
           ,
           if
           Sarmazarius
           merited
           such
           a
           gift
           ,
           what
           guerdon
           do
           you
           deserve
           my
           Illustrious
           Cosen
           Prince
           
             Ioachim
             Ernest
          
           ,
           who
           have
           given
           France
           so
           gallant
           Elogiums
           ?
           for
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           laudable
           or
           glorious
           you
           have
           confer'd
           it
           upon
           that
           Countrey
           with
           such
           a
           prodigality
           of
           affection
           ,
           and
           high
           straines
           of
           Eloquence
           :
           surely
           you
           merit
           no
           lesse
           then
           to
           be
           Peer
           or
           high
           Constable
           of
           France
           for
           it
           .
           But
           under
           favour
           you
           have
           omitted
           one
           thing
           which
           Bodin
           reports
           to
           have
           Aristotle
           speak
           of
           France
           ,
           his
           words
           are
           ,
           
             Neque
             tamen
             verum
             est
             quod
             Aristoteles
             scribit
             ,
             nullos
             in
             Gastia
             Hispanis
             proxima
             reperiri
             asinos
          
           —
           that
           ther
           are
           no
           asses
           found
           in
           France
           though
           next
           to
           Spain
           ;
           Indeed
           Aristotle
           was
           much
           misinform'd
           therin
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           liv'd
           now
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           tour
           of
           France
           ,
           he
           wold
           find
           more
           asses
           there
           then
           in
           all
           Europe
           besides
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           common
           peeple
           and
           poor
           peasans
           of
           France
           are
           all
           made
           asses
           of
           ,
           by
           the
           insupportable
           burdens
           they
           bear
           of
           so
           many
           impositions
           and
           tallies
           :
           But
           wheras
           Bodin
           among
           other
           extravagancies
           falls
           a
           praising
           the
           asses
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           distic
           may
           be
           not
           impertinently
           applied
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           Dum
           laudas
           Asinos
           Patriae
           ,
           Bodine
           ,
           quid
           Erras
           ?
           Ignotumne
           tibi
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           erat
           ?
        
         
           But
           wheras
           ,
           noble
           Cosen
           ,
           you
           have
           extoll'd
           France
           so
           highly
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           your self
           to
           be
           transported
           so
           far
           with
           her
           praises
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           she
           may
           be
           outwardly
           fair
           ,
           but
           she
           is
           foul
           within
           ,
           take
           off
           the
           gay
           saddle
           you
           have
           put
           upon
           the
           horse
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           his
           back
           all
           gaull'd
           ;
           take
           off
           those
           paintings
           you
           have
           
           with
           so
           much
           art
           put
           upon
           France
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           she
           will
           look
           but
           very
           homely
           .
        
         
           Monsieur
           
             de
             la
             Noüe
          
           one
           of
           her
           own
           children
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           rapid
           torrent
           never
           stops
           her
           furious
           course
           till
           she
           be
           swallow'd
           in
           the
           Sea
           ;
           so
           the
           French
           being
           snatch'd
           away
           by
           the
           torrent
           of
           their
           Enormous
           vices
           ,
           will
           never
           rest
           till
           they
           find
           their
           graves
           in
           the
           gulph
           of
           perdition
           .
           The
           same
           Author
           will
           whisper
           you
           in
           the
           Ear
           ,
           that
           France
           is
           possess'd
           with
           3.
           furies
           ,
           viz.
           with
           
             Impiety
             ,
             Injustice
          
           ,
           and
           Corruption
           of
           discipline
           ,
           the
           first
           gnawes
           the
           conscience
           ,
           the
           second
           gaules
           the
           Cominalty
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           raignes
           among
           the
           Gentry
           .
        
         
           For
           Impiety
           ,
           let
           that
           horrid
           massacre
           on
           St.
           Bartholomew's
           bear
           witnesse
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           brother
           did
           butcher
           brother
           ,
           the
           son
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           children
           their
           mothers
           ;
           Is
           it
           possible
           that
           a
           race
           of
           peeple
           adoring
           one
           God
           ,
           born
           in
           one
           Countrey
           ,
           fellow
           subjects
           to
           one
           King
           ?
           Is
           it
           possible
           that
           a
           Christian
           peeple
           trusting
           in
           the
           same
           Redeemer
           ,
           govern'd
           by
           the
           same
           Lawes
           ,
           eating
           the
           same
           bread
           ,
           breathing
           the
           same
           air
           ,
           shold
           prove
           such
           tygers
           ?
           Thuanus
           President
           of
           the
           Parlement
           in
           Paris
           abhors
           the
           very
           memory
           of
           it
           ,
           applying
           most
           appositly
           those
           Verses
           of
           Papinius
           ,
           and
           cryeng
           out
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Excidat
               illa
               dies
               aevo
               ,
               nec
               postera
               credant
            
             
               Saecula
               ,
               nos
               certè
               taceamus
               ,
               〈◊〉
               obruta
               multa
            
             
               Nocte
               tegi
               propriae
               patiamur
               crimina
               gentis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Let
           that
           black
           day
           be
           raz'd
           out
           of
           our
           Calender
           for
           ever
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           die
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           never
           com
           to
           the
           knowledg
           of
           our
           Nephews
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           doth
           aggravat
           the
           thing
           ▪
           what
           a
           horrid
           thing
           was
           it
           that
           Charles
           the
           ninth
           shold
           give
           way
           that
           this
           butchery
           shold
           be
           done
           at
           the
           Nuptials
           of
           his
           own
           Sister
           the
           Lady
           
             Margaret
             of
             Valois
          
           ,
           and
           Henry
           of
           Bourbon
           King
           of
           Navarr
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           ,
           as
           one
           sayed
           ,
           
             ther
             was
             more
             bloud
             spilt
             ,
             then
             wine
             drunk
             at
             that
             wedding
          
           ;
           Nor
           did
           this
           effusion
           of
           innocent
           bloud
           end
           in
           Paris
           ,
           but
           it
           went
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           over
           ;
           And
           among
           others
           that
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           tracing
           this
           massacre
           ,
           ther
           was
           a
           woman
           that
           was
           chief
           ,
           and
           where
           women
           are
           in
           any
           conspiracy
           ther
           must
           be
           bloud
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           
             Katherine
             de
             Medicis
          
           :
           a
           certain
           Poet
           doth
           descant
           wittily
           upon
           the
           humor
           of
           that
           Queen
           .
        
         
           
             
               Tres
               Erebi
               Furias
               ne
               posthac
               credite
               Vates
               ;
            
             
               Addita
               nam
               quarta
               est
               nunc
               Catharina
               tribus
               :
            
             
               Quòd
               si
               tres
               Furias
               a
               se
               dimitteret
               Orcus
               ,
            
             
               Haec
               Catharina
               foret
               pro
               tribus
               una
               satis
               .
            
          
           
             
               Speak
               of
               Three
               Furies
               now
               no
               more
               in
               Hell
               ,
            
             
               Katherin
               doth
               make
               Them
               fower
               ,
               and
               bears
               the
               bell
               ,
            
             
               But
               if
               all
               Three
               were
               thence
               dismiss'd
               ,
               this
               One
            
             
               Wold
               be
               enough
               for
               Pluto's
               Realm
               alone
               .
            
          
        
         
           About
           this
           time
           France
           did
           swarm
           with
           Magicians
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           Trisalcanus
           their
           ringleader
           being
           condemn'd
           therfore
           to
           suffer
           death
           ,
           confess'd
           that
           ther
           were
           above
           30000.
           of
           his
           Camerades
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           observ'd
           that
           Queen
           Katherine
           wold
           often
           confer
           with
           som
           of
           them
           :
           'T
           is
           observable
           what
           
             Theodore
             Beza
          
           sayeth
           of
           a
           new
           Star
           that
           appeer'd
           the
           November
           next
           after
           this
           massacre
           in
           the
           Asterisme
           of
           Cassiopaea
           so
           refulgent
           ,
           that
           it
           went
           beyond
           Iupiter
           in
           his
           perigaeum
           for
           brightnesse
           ,
           and
           
             Gemma
             Frisius
          
           affirms
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           Herod
           murther'd
           the
           children
           ,
           ther
           was
           never
           such
           a
           phaenomenon
           seen
           ,
           whether
           you
           respect
           the
           sublimity
           of
           the
           sign
           with
           the
           splendor
           and
           diuturnity
           of
           the
           Star
           ;
           Among
           these
           sanguinary
           assassinats
           old
           Coligni
           the
           Admiral
           was
           pistoll'd
           ,
           with
           Telinius
           his
           son
           in
           law
           ,
           with
           divers
           Noblemen
           mor
           ;
           
             Peter
             Ramus
          
           also
           was
           dispatch'd
           ,
           having
           no
           fallacy
           in
           all
           
           his
           new
           logique
           to
           escape
           death
           ,
           and
           above
           20000.
           more
           :
           Nor
           had
           the
           King
           any
           remorse
           of
           sorrow
           for
           these
           murthers
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           caus'd
           new
           medals
           to
           be
           made
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           after
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperours
           ,
           with
           this
           Motto
           engraven
           ,
           
             Virtus
             in
             Rebelles
             ,
             et
             Pietas
             excitavit
             justitiam
             ▪
             Carolus
             nonus
             Rebellium
             domitor
             ,
          
           Valour
           and
           piety
           excited
           Justice
           against
           Rebels
           ,
           Charles
           the
           ninth
           the
           Tamer
           of
           Rebels
           ;
           besides
           ,
           the
           Parlement
           of
           Paris
           did
           inorder
           that
           ther
           shold
           be
           an
           anniversary
           celebration
           of
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           Charles
           the
           ninth
           was
           branded
           for
           this
           massacre
           ,
           (
           and
           died
           a
           little
           after
           a
           young
           and
           lusty
           man
           ,
           which
           was
           held
           a
           judgment
           fallen
           upon
           him
           from
           the
           text
           that
           sayeth
           ,
           
             the
             bloody
             man
             shall
             not
             live
             half
             his
             dayes
          
           )
           so
           his
           Successor
           did
           do
           a
           most
           unchristian
           and
           ignoble
           act
           ,
           for
           to
           bear
           up
           against
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           he
           introduc'd
           the
           common
           Enemy
           of
           Christendom
           the
           Turk
           into
           her
           bowels
           ,
           by
           a
           solemn
           league
           struck
           betwixt
           both
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           world
           of
           mischief
           did
           
             Ahenobarbus
             Solymans
             General
          
           in
           many
           parts
           of
           Italy
           by
           vertu
           of
           this
           confederacy
           :
           And
           this
           league
           must
           be
           countenanc'd
           and
           confirm'd
           by
           publique
           writing
           and
           examples
           ;
           How
           A●…a
           King
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           sought
           help
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           against
           the
           Israelites
           ;
           How
           David
           who
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Prophet
           as
           well
           as
           King
           ,
           being
           ill
           entreated
           by
           Saul
           ,
           fled
           to
           Achis
           for
           to
           succour
           an
           Idolater
           ;
           How
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           made
           use
           of
           the
           Goths
           ,
           and
           Narsetes
           of
           the
           Longobards
           ;
           how
           Henry
           and
           Frederic
           Kings
           of
           Castile
           made
           the
           Sarracens
           their
           Auxiliaries
           ,
           And
           that
           other
           Christian
           Princes
           employed
           Pagans
           and
           Heathens
           and
           took
           them
           in
           pay
           ;
           What
           a
           rabble
           of
           rogues
           did
           follow
           Monsieur
           Monluc
           ,
           the
           very
           scumm
           of
           the
           peeple
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           grew
           to
           be
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           that
           a
           pack
           of
           raskals
           were
           call'd
           
             les
             Laquais
             de
             Monluc
             ;
             And
             he
             was
             us'd
             to
             say
             ,
             tha●…
             one
             may
             make
             arrowes
             of
             any
             tree
             against
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             could
             he
             wold
             evoke
             and
             employ
             all
             the
             infernal
             legions
             of
             devils
             for
             the
             destruction
             of
             him
             of
             whom
             he
             was
             in
             danger
          
           ;
           but
           a
           little
           after
           his
           conscience
           troubled
           him
           for
           that
           prophane
           speech
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Dieu
             me
             le
             pardonne
          
           .
           Confessing
           that
           since
           that
           confarreation
           'twixt
           Christians
           and
           Mahumetans
           matters
           went
           from
           bad
           to
           worse
           with
           
             France
             ▪
          
           And
           indeed
           
             Antoine
             du
             Pré
          
           who
           then
           was
           Chancelor
           ,
           refused
           to
           subscribe
           the
           transactions
           which
           pass'd
           'twixt
           
             Francis
             and
             Solyman
          
           ,
           it
           wold
           prove
           so
           great
           a
           scandal
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           an
           indeleble
           blemish
           to
           France
           ;
           And
           matters
           succeeded
           accordingly
           ,
           for
           this
           ignominious
           League
           did
           not
           only
           turn
           to
           the
           dishonor
           but
           detriment
           of
           France
           afterwards
           ,
           for
           she
           lost
           all
           she
           had
           in
           Italy
           ,
           sand
           it
           prov'd
           so
           ominous
           ,
           that
           
             Henry
             Francis
          
           his
           son
           was
           immaturely
           and
           unluckily
           kill'd
           at
           a
           tournement
           ,
           leaving
           the
           Crown
           most
           deeply
           laden
           with
           debt
           ,
           and
           two
           young
           Sons
           under
           the
           tutele
           of
           the
           foremention'd
           Katherin
           ,
           who
           descending
           from
           the
           House
           of
           Medici
           could
           make
           philtres
           as
           well
           as
           compound
           potions
           for
           whom
           she
           listed
           ;
           And
           Henries
           two
           Successors
           as
           they
           were
           short
           liv'd
           ,
           so
           they
           came
           far
           short
           in
           vertu
           and
           gallantry
           of
           other
           Kings
           of
           France
           ;
           Then
           come's
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           having
           stoln
           away
           surreptitiously
           out
           of
           Poland
           ,
           els
           he
           had
           bin
           sent
           away
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           had
           too
           much
           of
           him
           .
           This
           King
           spent
           the
           publique
           treasure
           in
           voluptuousnesse
           and
           vanities
           ,
           his
           very
           doggs
           and
           hawks
           stood
           him
           in
           an
           incredible
           summ
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           first
           who
           had
           his
           table
           rayl'd
           about
           when
           he
           did
           Eat
           ;
           He
           had
           so
           profusely
           exhausted
           the
           publique
           demeanes
           that
           in
           an
           Assembly
           of
           the
           3.
           
           Estates
           at
           Blois
           ,
           he
           desir'd
           them
           to
           advise
           of
           som
           means
           to
           acquit
           his
           Crown
           which
           was
           engag'd
           in
           above
           a
           hundred
           millions
           of
           gold
           .
        
         
           A
           little
           after
           this
           that
           horrid
           Hydra
           ,
           that
           mystical
           and
           many
           headed
           Monster
           the
           Ligue
           began
           to
           rage
           ,
           this
           hideous
           Monster
           did
           not
           onely
           like
           your
           Indian
           Serpents
           ,
           as
           Pliny
           reports
           ,
           swallow
           up
           bulls
           and
           beasts
           ,
           but
           it
           destroy'd
           whole
           Provinces
           :
           Good
           God
           in
           what
           a
           fearful
           and
           frantique
           condition
           was
           poor
           France
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           as
           if
           all
           the
           Furies
           of
           hell
           had
           bin
           let
           loose
           to
           distract
           and
           torment
           her
           ;
           Ther
           were
           base
           Mercenary
           preachers
           set
           on
           work
           to
           powr
           oyl
           upon
           the
           fire
           ,
           to
           encrease
           it
           ,
           rather
           then
           water
           to
           quench
           it
           ;
           Among
           
           others
           ,
           
             Gul.
             Rose
             ,
             Hamilton
             ,
             Bernard
             ,
             Christin
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           more
           did
           bellow
           out
           nothing
           but
           war
           ,
           and
           belch
           out
           bloud
           ;
           Nay
           the
           College
           of
           Sorbon
           which
           will
           be
           an
           everlasting
           reproch
           unto
           it
           ,
           did
           passe
           a
           solemn
           decree
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Kings
             name
             ,
             and
             the
             prayers
             that
             were
             appointed
             for
             him
             in
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             Masse
             shold
             be
             expung'd
             :
          
           At
           last
           the
           French
           madnes
           being
           com
           to
           the
           highest
           cumble
           of
           wickednesse
           ,
           the
           Parisians
           sent
           a
           young
           cut-throat
           ,
           a
           couled
           Fryer
           to
           murther
           their
           anointed
           lawful
           King
           ,
           his
           name
           was
           
             Frere
             Iacques
             Clement
          
           ,
           wherof
           ther
           was
           this
           pertinent
           Anagram
           made
           ,
           
             c'est
             l'enfer
             qui
             m'a
             cr●…é
          
           ,
           't
           is
           Hell
           that
           created
           me
           :
           But
           he
           did
           his
           busines
           ,
           and
           butcher'd
           the
           King
           with
           a
           long
           knife
           he
           carried
           in
           his
           sleeve
           so
           dextrously
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           bin
           brought
           up
           to
           the
           trade
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           instantly
           hack'd
           to
           peeces
           .
           Thus
           the
           Valesian
           line
           extinguish'd
           ;
           And
           remarquable
           it
           is
           ,
           what
           a
           vision
           the
           King
           had
           in
           his
           dream
           not
           long
           before
           ,
           for
           he
           thought
           that
           he
           was
           torn
           by
           Lions
           ,
           wherupon
           he
           commanded
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           this
           dream
           having
           made
           such
           a
           deep
           impression
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           those
           Lions
           and
           young
           Cubbs
           which
           were
           in
           the
           Louure
           shold
           be
           presently
           kill'd
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           .
           Ther
           was
           an
           Epitaph
           put
           upon
           this
           Henry
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           it
           not
           impertinent
           to
           impart
           unto
           this
           Ingenious
           Auditory
           .
        
         
           
             
               Adsta
               Viator
               ,
               et
               dole
               Regum
               vicem
               ,
            
             
               Cor
               Regis
               isto
               conditum
               est
               sub
               marmore
               ,
            
             
               Qui
               jura
               Gallis
               ,
               jura
               Sarmatis
               dedit
               ▪
            
             
               Tectus
               cucullo
               hunc
               abstulit
               sicarius
            
             
               Cùm
               magno
               potens
               Agmine
               cinctus
               fuit
               ,
            
             
               Abi
               Viator
               ,
               et
               dole
               Regum
               Vicem
               .
            
          
           
             Paraphrastically
             thus
             in
             English
             ,
          
           
             
               Whether
               thy
               choice
               or
               chance
               thee
               hither
               brings
               ,
            
             
               Stay
               passenger
               ,
               and
               wayle
               the
               fate
               of
               Kings
               ,
            
             
               This
               little
               stone
               a
               g●…eat
               Kings
               heart
               doth
               hold
            
             
               Who
               rul'd
               the
               fickle
               French
               ,
               and
               Polaques
               bold
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               with
               a
               mighty
               warlike
               host
               attended
            
             
               With
               fatal
               steel
               a
               couled
               Monster
               ended
               .
            
             
               So
               frayl
               are
               even
               the
               highest
               earthly
               things
               ,
            
             
               Go
               passenger
               ,
               and
               wayle
               the
               happ
               of
               Kings
               .
            
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           though
           that
           nefarious
           conjuration
           of
           the
           Ligue
           was
           partly
           dissipated
           by
           the
           fortitud
           and
           felicity
           of
           Henry
           the
           4th
           .
           yet
           this
           inundation
           settling
           it self
           so
           long
           upon
           the
           fair
           continent
           of
           France
           ,
           left
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           scruffy
           odd
           dreggish
           stuff
           behind
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           happens
           often
           when
           the
           pestilence
           ceaseth
           ,
           the
           infection
           may
           a
           long
           time
           continue
           in
           beds
           and
           clothes
           ;
           For
           though
           it
           happen'd
           22.
           yeers
           after
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           by
           one
           who
           was
           impell'd
           by
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           old
           Ligue
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           must
           needs
           go
           whom
           the
           devil
           drives
           )
           that
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           was
           kill'd
           by
           Ravillac
           ;
           so
           in
           revolution
           of
           not
           much
           above
           half
           an
           age
           ther
           were
           3.
           
           Henries
           all
           Kings
           of
           France
           died
           violently
           ,
           two
           by
           knifes
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           by
           the
           splinter
           of
           a
           Lance
           ,
           all
           contemptible
           instruments
           ;
           the
           first
           was
           kill'd
           on
           horseback
           ,
           the
           second
           in
           his
           closet
           ,
           the
           third
           in
           his
           coach
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           all
           is
           not
           gold
           that
           glisters
           ,
           no
           more
           was
           the
           last
           Henry
           so
           Peerles
           a
           Prince
           as
           he
           is
           cryed
           up
           to
           be
           ;
           we
           know
           well
           how
           he
           shrunk
           from
           that
           Religion
           he
           had
           professed
           nere
           upon
           forty
           yeers
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           his
           common
           practise
           to
           lye
           'twixt
           other
           mens
           sheets
           ,
           what
           a
           nomber
           of
           known
           natural
           children
           he
           left
           behind
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           were
           father'd
           by
           others
           ;
           We
           know
           how
           he
           repudiated
           his
           first
           wife
           of
           better
           Extraction
           then
           himself
           ,
           and
           being
           all
           gray
           maried
           a
           young
           Princesse
           to
           whom
           he
           mought
           have
           bin
           a
           granfather
           for
           age
           :
           We
           know
           also
           how
           he
           wrought
           Birons
           head
           to
           be
           chop'd
           off
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           were
           the
           chief
           that
           put
           the
           French
           Crown
           upon
           his
           head
           ;
           How
           he
           broke
           with
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           England
           in
           the
           performance
           
           of
           many
           promises
           ,
           who
           had
           done
           him
           such
           signal
           courtesies
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           period
           of
           my
           discourse
           with
           a
           proverb
           worth
           the
           knowledg
           ▪
        
         
           
             
               Quand
               Italie
               sera
               sans
               poison
               ,
            
             
               Angleterre
               sans
               trahison
               ,
            
             
               Et
               la
               France
               sans
               guerre
               ,
            
             
               Lors
               sera
               le
               monde
               sans
               Terre
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               Italie
               doth
               poyson
               want
               ,
            
             
               And
               Traytors
               are
               in
               England
               scant
               ,
            
             
               When
               France
               is
               of
               Commotions
               free
               ,
            
             
               The
               World
               without
               an
               Earth
               shall
               be
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           com
           now
           most
           noble
           Auditors
           ,
           to
           the
           third
           Ery●…nis
           or
           Furie
           of
           
             France
             ▪
             Injustice
             ▪
             Injustice
          
           ,
           and
           this
           fury
           compar'd
           to
           the
           first
           may
           change
           places
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           precedency
           ;
           ther
           is
           nothing
           so
           great
           an
           opposit
           ,
           and
           profess'd
           enemy
           to
           the
           Queen
           of
           Vertues
           as
           Injustice
           ,
           she
           is
           covetous
           ,
           revengeful
           ▪
           and
           ambitious
           in
           the
           superlatif
           degree
           ,
           yet
           she
           goes
           commonly
           under
           the
           holy
           ,
           and
           wholsom
           name
           of
           Justice
           wherwith
           she
           doth
           vayl
           and
           varnish
           all
           her
           actions
           ,
           and
           yet
           while
           she
           palliats
           her
           proceedings
           she
           doth
           perpetrat
           a
           world
           of
           mischiefs
           ,
           of
           rapine
           ,
           of
           tyrannical
           exactions
           ,
           and
           extorsions
           ,
           with
           a
           thousand
           villanies
           more
           ,
           she
           spares
           the
           nocent
           ,
           and
           so
           wrongs
           the
           innocent
           ;
           nay
           she
           spils
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           guiltlesse
           oftentimes
           ,
           and
           swallowes
           bribes
           by
           gobbets
           ;
           Her
           brain
           is
           alwaies
           at
           work
           to
           find
           new
           Monopolies
           ,
           new
           projects
           ,
           new
           devices
           to
           rack
           and
           rend
           money
           ,
           to
           grind
           the
           face
           and
           excoriat
           the
           poor
           peasan
           that
           she
           leaves
           him
           neither
           eyes
           to
           bewayl
           ,
           nor
           toung
           to
           bemoan
           his
           misery
           ;
           This
           Henry
           the
           4th
           found
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           he
           observ'd
           that
           ther
           was
           a
           double
           tribute
           us'd
           to
           be
           
             payed
             ,
             one
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             his
             Officers
             ,
             but
             the
             first
             was
             made
             intolerable
             by
             the
             second
          
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           but
           that
           both
           Prince
           and
           peeple
           ●…hold
           be
           abus'd
           :
           wherof
           in
           the
           last
           civil
           warrs
           ther
           was
           a
           notable
           instance
           happen'd
           in
           a
           president
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           who
           being
           inordred
           to
           raise
           30000.
           
           Crowns
           upon
           the
           Reformists
           ,
           it
           was
           discover'd
           that
           he
           had
           levied
           300
           thousand
           crowns
           in
           lieu
           of
           the
           30.
           
        
         
           But
           among
           other
           ocasions
           and
           bayts
           of
           Injustice
           in
           France
           ,
           the
           nundination
           and
           sale
           of
           Judiciary
           offices
           which
           lye
           prostant
           for
           him
           who
           gives
           most
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           dishonorablest
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           him
           who
           buyes
           to
           sell
           again
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           it
           often
           falls
           out
           that
           they
           who
           buy
           by
           detayl
           do
           sell
           again
           in
           grosse
           :
           Others
           clean
           contrary
           do
           buy
           in
           grosse
           and
           sell
           by
           detayl
           ,
           as
           Butchers
           use
           to
           do
           in
           buying
           a
           beast
           for
           the
           slaughter
           ▪
           whom
           they
           afterwards
           cut
           into
           parts
           ,
           and
           haply
           make
           one
           quarter
           to
           pay
           for
           the
           whole
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           by
           a
           modest
           Author
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           compasse
           of
           20.
           yeers
           ther
           came
           to
           the
           Kings
           coffers
           above
           26.
           millions
           of
           crownes
           this
           way
           ;
           And
           they
           wold
           justifie
           this
           by
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           who
           to
           support
           the
           war
           they
           had
           against
           Lewis
           the
           twelfth
           ,
           they
           rais'd
           5.
           millions
           by
           selling
           Offices
           by
           outcry
           under
           a
           spear
           to
           the
           highest
           bidder
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           way
           they
           were
           said
           to
           have
           levied
           100.
           millions
           since
           to
           preserve
           S.
           Marks
           bank
           from
           breaking
           :
           But
           the
           rate
           of
           Offices
           in
           France
           is
           mounted
           now
           to
           its
           highest
           pitch
           ,
           
             La
             vente
             des
             Offices
             aujourdhuy
             est
             montés
             a
             sa
             periode
             .
          
           A
           President
           's
           or
           Attorney
           Generals
           place
           is
           valued
           at
           about
           20000.
           franks
           ,
           2000.
           l.
           sterling
           ,
           which
           the
           poor
           client
           in
           a
           short
           time
           payes
           treble
           again
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           brave
           law
           of
           
             Theodosius
             and
             Valentinian
          
           ,
           that
           none
           shold
           be
           promoted
           to
           publique
           honors
           ,
           or
           Magistracies
           for
           money
           ,
           but
           for
           merit
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           party
           advanc'd
           shold
           be
           liable
           to
           an
           oath
           that
           he
           came
           to
           his
           place
           with
           clean
           hands
           ▪
           without
           gratuity
           ,
           price
           or
           compromise
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           .
           Now
           as
           Covetousnesse
           is
           sedulous
           ▪
           so
           she
           is
           ingenious
           ,
           as
           appeers
           by
           the
           Edict
           of
           the
           Paulette
           ,
           wherby
           it
           is
           enacted
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Officer
           doth
           not
           transmit
           it
           to
           another
           40.
           daies
           before
           he
           dies
           ▪
           the
           Office
           returns
           to
           the
           King
           ▪
           therfore
           to
           be
           free
           of
           this
           casualty
           
           they
           either
           give
           the
           more
           at
           first
           ,
           or
           they
           give
           an
           annual
           pension
           wherby
           most
           of
           the
           places
           of
           Judicature
           in
           France
           are
           not
           onely
           vendible
           ,
           but
           hereditary
           .
           This
           was
           the
           device
           of
           one
           Monsieur
           Paulet
           at
           first
           ,
           therfore
           when
           one
           hath
           bought
           an
           office
           he
           useth
           to
           say
           ,
           
             j'ay
             Paulette
             ,
             or
             j'ay
             payé
             la
             Paulette
             .
          
        
         
           Besides
           this
           institory
           and
           marchandising
           way
           of
           handling
           Justice
           ,
           't
           is
           incredible
           what
           multitudes
           of
           gown'd
           cormorants
           ther
           are
           in
           France
           ,
           as
           Advocates
           ,
           Proctors
           ,
           Scribes
           ,
           Clerks
           ,
           Solliciters
           ,
           who
           prey
           upon
           the
           poor
           Client
           ,
           and
           suck
           his
           vital
           spirits
           ,
           they
           are
           call'd
           the
           
             souris
             de
             Palais
          
           ,
           the
           mice
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           the
           Judges
           the
           ratts
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           thick
           as
           gnats
           ,
           and
           able
           to
           corrupt
           ten
           worlds
           :
           
             Stephen
             Paschasius
          
           recordeth
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           great
           ingenuity
           and
           integrity
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           might
           raise
           an
           Army
           of
           200
           thousand
           Scribes
           or
           Chicanears
           as
           they
           term
           common
           Barretors
           ,
           and
           Clerks
           ,
           and
           
             VVolfangas
             Prisbachius
          
           thinks
           ther
           are
           more
           of
           those
           in
           Paris
           alone
           ,
           then
           in
           all
           Germany
           ,
           which
           is
           estimated
           to
           be
           two
           parts
           in
           three
           larger
           then
           France
           :
           ther
           's
           not
           a
           word
           ,
           syllable
           ,
           or
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           draw
           you
           arguments
           of
           strife
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           Pleas.
           
        
         
           Nor
           is
           Justice
           lesse
           abus'd
           there
           by
           the
           multitude
           of
           Lawes
           which
           is
           beyond
           belief
           ,
           which
           the
           subtile
           capacities
           and
           working
           brains
           of
           that
           peeple
           use
           to
           wrest
           ,
           and
           distort
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           making
           therof
           a
           nose
           of
           wax
           ;
           As
           also
           the
           revocation
           of
           Ordinances
           and
           Arrests
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           frequent
           among
           them
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           as
           Baudius
           observes
           ,
           the
           high
           supreme
           Court
           of
           France
           whose
           authority
           was
           held
           so
           sacred
           ,
           doth
           retain
           little
           of
           its
           pristin
           ancient
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           King
           Edicts
           which
           they
           verifie
           being
           so
           commonly
           repeal'd
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           working
           tempestuous
           Sea
           ther
           is
           not
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           stable
           and
           quiet
           ,
           but
           one
           wave
           struggles
           ,
           and
           thrusts
           one
           another
           forward
           and
           backward
           ,
           Or
           as
           a
           Shipp
           under
           sayl
           wrestleth
           as
           she
           makes
           her
           way
           with
           the
           tumbling
           billowes
           ,
           so
           France
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           over-whelm'd
           with
           an
           Ocean
           of
           confusion
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           France
           at
           home
           is
           so
           subject
           to
           acts
           of
           oppression
           and
           injustice
           ,
           so
           whensoever
           she
           hath
           taken
           footing
           in
           any
           Countrey
           abroad
           ,
           her
           children
           shew
           themselves
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           their
           mother
           ,
           by
           ther
           insolencies
           ,
           and
           extortions
           ;
           They
           corrupt
           the
           manners
           of
           all
           Nations
           where
           they
           com
           ,
           with
           their
           fashions
           and
           levity
           ;
           They
           do
           not
           only
           corrupt
           the
           mind
           ,
           but
           they
           infect
           the
           body
           with
           their
           foul
           disease
           ,
           and
           leave
           stigmatizations
           behind
           them
           .
        
         
           Had
           the
           French
           administred
           justice
           in
           Sicily
           ,
           or
           had
           they
           comported
           themselves
           with
           that
           humanity
           ,
           prudence
           ,
           rectitude
           and
           moderation
           they
           shold
           have
           done
           ,
           the
           
             Sicilian
             Vespres
          
           had
           never
           happen'd
           ,
           when
           the
           Natives
           patience
           so
           often
           abus'd
           turn'd
           to
           fury
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           solemn
           conjuration
           to
           free
           themselves
           of
           them
           for
           their
           tyranny
           ,
           violation
           of
           virgins
           ,
           scortation
           ,
           ravishments
           ,
           stupration
           ,
           and
           insupportable
           taxes
           ,
           wherupon
           by
           a
           national
           unanimous
           consent
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           sounding
           of
           a
           bell
           they
           dispatch'd
           8000.
           
           French
           into
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           not
           sparing
           the
           pregnant
           wombs
           and
           embryos
           ,
           ther
           was
           such
           a
           mortal
           hatred
           generally
           conceived
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           Having
           pittifully
           complain'd
           to
           the
           Pope
           Nicolas
           the
           third
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           imploring
           him
           that
           he
           wold
           cast
           out
           of
           Sicily
           that
           ill
           spirit
           wherwith
           she
           was
           so
           miserably
           possess'd
           ;
           so
           Charles
           Duke
           of
           Anjou
           brother
           to
           St.
           Lewis
           ,
           having
           tyranniz'd
           in
           Sicily
           17.
           yeers
           was
           suddenly
           put
           out
           of
           his
           new
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           society
           of
           mankind
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           proling
           Countreymen
           ;
           And
           he
           was
           ejected
           the
           same
           way
           as
           he
           entred
           ,
           which
           was
           by
           bloud
           ,
           for
           when
           King
           Manfredus
           was
           defunct
           ,
           a
           young
           Prince
           Conradinus
           ,
           the
           lawful
           Heir
           descended
           of
           the
           Imperial
           stemm
           of
           the
           Hohenstauffens
           was
           to
           succeed
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           betrayed
           by
           a
           Fisherman
           and
           surpriz'd
           ;
           and
           together
           with
           the
           Austrian
           Duke
           Frederique
           he
           was
           barbarously
           butcher'd
           .
           Which
           made
           an
           Italian
           Author
           expresse
           himself
           pathetically
           ,
           
             Veramente
             di
             sasso
             sarebbe
             coluy
             che
             non
             fosse
          
           —
           Truly
           he
           shold
           be
           made
           of
           stone
           that
           wold
           not
           be
           mov'd
           at
           such
           a
           cruel
           tragaedy
           ,
           that
           so
           hopeful
           a
           young
           King
           
           descending
           from
           so
           many
           Caesars
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           valorus
           Duke
           being
           both
           but
           youths
           ,
           shold
           be
           so
           basely
           made
           away
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           councel
           of
           a
           Pope
           Clement
           the
           fourth
           ,
           which
           aggravat's
           the
           businesse
           much
           .
        
         
           Ther
           is
           another
           pregnant
           example
           how
           the
           State
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           having
           made
           a
           voluntary
           election
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Anjou
           for
           their
           Governor
           ,
           being
           induc'd
           therunto
           by
           the
           Letters
           of
           the
           Queen
           of
           England
           ,
           how
           unjustly
           ,
           perfidiously
           ,
           and
           ingratefully
           the
           said
           Duke
           did
           carry
           himself
           with
           his
           train
           of
           ruffling
           French
           ,
           by
           attempting
           in
           a
           proditorious
           way
           to
           make
           himself
           absolute
           and
           independent
           ,
           but
           the
           cocatrice
           was
           crush'd
           in
           the
           shell
           ,
           and
           his
           design
           frustrated
           ,
           yet
           for
           his
           person
           and
           domestiques
           he
           was
           suffer'd
           to
           depart
           civilly
           ,
           and
           peaceably
           ,
           though
           ingloriously
           in
           point
           of
           reputation
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           Countrey
           ;
           This
           was
           the
           reward
           the
           French
           gave
           the
           Belgians
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           among
           many
           other
           demonstrations
           of
           confidence
           ,
           affection
           and
           trust
           ,
           they
           had
           made
           him
           Duke
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           and
           given
           him
           the
           title
           of
           Governor
           ,
           which
           titles
           he
           wold
           not
           desert
           ,
           but
           wold
           have
           them
           to
           his
           death
           ,
           which
           happen'd
           a
           little
           after
           ;
           such
           are
           the
           humors
           ,
           such
           the
           ambition
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           which
           made
           
             Henry
             Fits
             Allen
          
           Earl
           of
           Arundel
           ,
           who
           first
           introduc'd
           the
           use
           of
           Coaches
           into
           England
           ,
           disswade
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           from
           matching
           with
           the
           said
           Duke
           of
           Alençon
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           had
           sufficient
           experience
           of
           the
           inconstancy
           ,
           arrogance
           and
           levity
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           that
           few
           of
           them
           had
           upright
           and
           just
           hearts
           .
        
         
           Nor
           do
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           pay
           the
           debts
           ,
           or
           hold
           themselves
           bound
           to
           perform
           the
           promises
           of
           their
           immediat
           predecessors
           ,
           for
           they
           say
           that
           they
           come
           to
           the
           Crown
           not
           as
           much
           by
           Hereditary
           as
           Kingly
           right
           ;
           as
           appeers
           by
           the
           answer
           which
           Lewis
           the
           12.
           gave
           the
           Parisians
           ,
           who
           humbly
           petitioning
           for
           som
           Armes
           and
           Canons
           which
           they
           had
           lent
           Charles
           the
           8.
           he
           told
           them
           that
           he
           was
           not
           
             Charles
             his
             Heir
             ,
             much
             lesse
             his
             Administrator
             :
          
           So
           the
           Swisses
           demanding
           of
           Francis
           the
           second
           ,
           a
           return
           of
           those
           large
           sommes
           which
           they
           had
           lent
           his
           father
           ,
           receiv'd
           this
           short
           injust
           answer
           ,
           that
           he
           
             was
             not
             tied
             to
             the
             solution
             of
             any
             mans
             debts
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           do
           the
           French
           wher
           they
           com
           bestow
           the
           Indian
           disease
           ,
           and
           infect
           the
           bloud
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           but
           in
           one
           part
           of
           France
           they
           have
           another
           disease
           as
           bad
           and
           more
           ugly
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           leprosie
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           South
           parts
           towards
           the
           Pyrency
           Hills
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Bearn
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           ther
           is
           a
           despicable
           kind
           of
           peeple
           call'd
           the
           Capots
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           dialect
           Gahets
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           being
           Carpenters
           ,
           Coupers
           ,
           Tinkers
           ,
           or
           of
           such
           mean
           mechanique
           trades
           ,
           whose
           society
           all
           men
           do
           shun
           and
           abominat
           ,
           because
           they
           use
           to
           infect
           others
           with
           their
           leprosie
           ,
           therfore
           they
           are
           not
           permitted
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           Towns
           ,
           and
           hardly
           to
           live
           in
           the
           Suburbs
           ,
           they
           have
           distinct
           stations
           apart
           in
           Churches
           ;
           when
           any
           dye
           they
           can
           leave
           no
           lands
           but
           only
           their
           moveables
           to
           their
           Children
           ,
           scarce
           having
           the
           same
           priviledges
           in
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           Iewes
           have
           in
           Italy
           and
           Germany
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           resume
           the
           threed
           of
           my
           discourse
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           if
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           be
           not
           tied
           to
           pay
           the
           debts
           and
           legacies
           of
           their
           parents
           and
           predecessors
           ,
           what
           law
           of
           honesty
           do
           we
           think
           can
           bind
           the
           vassals
           of
           France
           to
           do
           so
           ?
           
             Caesar
             and
             Tacitus
          
           had
           felt
           the
           pulse
           of
           this
           Nation
           sufficiently
           ,
           when
           they
           call
           them
           
             Levissimum
             hominum
             genus
          
           ,
           a
           most
           light
           race
           of
           peeple
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           more
           of
           imagination
           then
           judgment
           ,
           more
           words
           then
           common
           honesty
           .
           Yet
           Francis
           the
           first
           could
           vapour
           ,
           as
           Lipsius
           hath
           it
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Etiamsi
             fides
             toto
             Orbe
             exularet
          
           —
           although
           Faith
           shold
           be
           banish'd
           from
           among
           mortals
           ,
           yet
           she
           shold
           be
           found
           among
           Kings
           ,
           who
           shold
           be
           tied
           to
           performance
           by
           her
           alone
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           fear
           .
           You
           pleas'd
           to
           say
           ,
           Noble
           Cosen
           Ernest
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           never
           die
           ;
           shall
           they
           be
           eternal
           ,
           and
           their
           faith
           so
           mortal
           ?
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           that
           Bodin
           goes
           very
           far
           in
           the
           commendation
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           being
           transported
           with
           passion
           more
           then
           judgment
           ,
           and
           therin
           he
           shewes
           himself
           to
           be
           of
           a
           tru
           French
           humor
           ;
           And
           he
           thinks
           to
           do
           her
           right
           by
           wronging
           her
           
           neighbours
           ,
           specially
           the
           Empire
           and
           Germany
           ;
           He
           calls
           the
           
             Germans
             stupidos
             et
             rusticos
             ,
             plus
             roboris
             quàm
             rationis
             habentes
             ,
             leves
             ,
             suavitatem
             orationis
             et
             Veneres
             respuentes
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           say
           he
           calls
           the
           Germans
           doltish
           and
           stupid
           ,
           having
           more
           strength
           then
           reason
           ,
           they
           are
           light
           ,
           and
           averse
           to
           sweetnesse
           and
           elegancy
           of
           speech
           ,
           that
           the
           German
           Princes
           are
           feudatary
           to
           France
           ,
           and
           their
           Emperour
           to
           the
           Turk
           ,
           with
           such
           like
           calumnies
           ;
           Bodinus
           herein
           shew'd
           himself
           a
           base
           ,
           and
           ignorant
           sciolist
           ,
           and
           his
           lies
           are
           so
           notorious
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           worth
           the
           answering
           ,
           nor
           worthy
           of
           the
           indignation
           of
           a
           German
           Prince
           ;
           for
           my self
           I
           hold
           them
           to
           be
           like
           a
           brute
           beast
           besmattring
           a
           Traveller
           upon
           the
           high
           way
           with
           dirt
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Passenger
           is
           not
           angry
           ,
           nor
           doth
           he
           respect
           it
           coming
           from
           an
           irrational
           animal
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           beast
           may
           Bodinus
           be
           in
           aspersing
           the
           Germans
           as
           he
           doth
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           Furie
           which
           possesseth
           France
           is
           her
           temerity
           and
           unadvisednesse
           most
           commonly
           seen
           in
           her
           Actions
           ,
           which
           as
           Caesar
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           only
           a
           Travellor
           ,
           but
           a
           Conquerour
           ,
           and
           dweller
           there
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             Gallorum
             Genti
             temeritas
             est
             innata
          
           ,
           Rashnes
           is
           innated
           in
           the
           French
           Nation
           :
           And
           as
           we
           read
           of
           moving
           Ilands
           ,
           so
           the
           French
           is
           not
           only
           stirr'd
           ,
           but
           toss'd
           perpetually
           with
           the
           waves
           of
           Temerity
           and
           lightnes
           ;
           especially
           when
           the
           Circian
           or
           Southern
           wind
           blowes
           ;
           Augustus
           made
           his
           vow
           unto
           the
           Gods
           that
           it
           should
           not
           blow
           upon
           them
           ;
           For
           the
           French
           have
           a
           whirlwind
           in
           their
           brains
           ,
           they
           have
           quicksands
           in
           their
           breasts
           ,
           which
           tosseth
           their
           Councels
           ,
           and
           cogitations
           to
           and
           fro
           .
        
         
           The
           Physitians
           dispute
           whether
           the
           Worms
           that
           are
           engendred
           in
           man
           out
           of
           putrefaction
           proceed
           from
           the
           stomack
           or
           the
           belly
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           that
           in
           French
           bodies
           those
           Magotts
           are
           generated
           in
           the
           brain
           ,
           rather
           then
           any
           place
           of
           the
           microcosm
           besides
           .
           To
           confirm
           which
           tenet
           I
           will
           produce
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Authors
           and
           Countreymen
           who
           shold
           be
           best
           acquainted
           with
           their
           Genius
           ,
           It
           is
           
             Alexander
             Pontamarinus
          
           in
           his
           description
           of
           the
           French
           Nobility
           ;
           and
           no
           Limmer
           could
           put
           them
           out
           more
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           when
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           
             La
             jeuno
             Noblesse
             de
             France
             est
             d'un
             estrange
             humeur
             ,
             elle
             ne
             se
             plaist
             que
             d'une
             especce
             de
             mignotise
             ,
             où
             elle
             rend
             plus
             preu●…e
             de
             lascheté
             que
             de
             valeur
             ;
             Elle
             est
             tellement
             imbue
             de
             je
             ne
             sçay
             quel
             Esprit
             de
             mespris
             ,
             que
             tout
             son
             maintien
             n'est
             qu'un
             continuel
             desduin
             ;
             Elle
             á
             plus
             de
             mouuement
             aux
             espaules
             ,
             plus
             de
             bricolles
             aux
             pieds
             ,
             plus
             de
             singeries
             aux
             mains
             ,
             et
             de
             tournoyement
             en
             la
             teste
             qu'il
             n'y
             a
             de
             goute
             d'eau
             en
             la
             Seine
             ;
             Elle
             se
             contrefait
             ,
             elle
             se
             deguise
             ,
             elle
             begaye
             au
             lieu
             de
             parles
             ▪
             Elle
             pantalonne
             a
             cheval
             ,
             et
             se
             comporte
             en
             toutes
             ses
             actions
             si
             ridiculement
             ,
             qu'vn
             Penitre
             ne
             scauroit
             auec
             plus
             d'artifice
             esbaucher
             la
             d'un
             figure
             fol
             que
             ce
             ce
             pouure
             gentilhomme
          
           François
           
             en
             donne
             tesmoignage
             ;
             Et
             piu●…
             oyes
             le
             discourir
             ,
             c'est
             luy
             qui
             ne
             craint
             personne
             ,
             et
             na
             iamais
             appris
             de
             se
             faire
             Craindre
             ,
             c'est
             luy
             qui
             bat
             tout
             le
             monde
             ,
             et
             il
             ignore
             le
             moyen
             de
             se
             defendre
             ,
             C'est
             luy
             qui
             est
             bien
             a
             cheval
             ,
             et
             il
             ne
             scait
             pas
             tenir
             la
             bride
             ;
             C'est
             luy
             qui
             scait
             bien
             Entretenir
             les
             dames
             ,
             et
             les
             fiiles
             de
             chambre
             se
             mocquent
             de
             ses
             discours
             ;
             Bref
             ,
             c'est
             luy
             mesme
             qui
             est
             la
             fable
             du
             peuple
             ,
             l'ordinaire
             ,
             pitiè
             des
             honestes
             gens
             ,
             et
             le
             scandale
             de
             sa
             lignee
             ;
             Va-il
             par
             la
             rue
             il
             ne
             fait
             pas
             vne
             demarche
             qu'il
             ne
             negarde
             en
             arriere
             pour
             se
             glorifier
             en
             l●…
             suite
             de
             ses
             valets
             ;
             Chasque
             fois
             qu'il
             aurá
             les
             yeux
             sur
             ses
             souliers
             ,
             il
             postera
             la
             main
             sur
             le
             collet
             de
             sa
             chemise
             ,
             Homme
             sot
             et
             miserable
             :
          
           This
           character
           of
           a
           French
           Gentleman
           is
           rendred
           as
           wittily
           in
           Latin.
           
             Nobilis
             Gallus
             in
             delicias
             et
             inertiam
             quàm
             magnanimitatem
             est
             proclivior
             ,
             cum
             perpetuo
             rerum
             Omnium
             fastidio
             ,
             ubicumque
             in
             inimicis
             pedum
             ,
             manuumque
             gesticulationibus
             ,
             scapularum
             motationibus
             ,
             capitis
             vibrationibus
             prodigiosè
             frequens
             ;
             I●…cessu
             ,
             vestitu
             ,
             Sermone
             ,
             et
             in
             omnibus
             actionibus
             ita
             ridiculus
             ,
             et
             histrio
             ,
             vt
             omnem
             consummatissimi
             Fatui
             indolem
             ,
             et
             personam
             exactè
             representet
             ;
             Si
             coll●…quii
             res
             sit
             hic
             ille
             est
             qui
             prosternit
             omnes
             ,
             sed
             qui
             modum
             se
             defendendi
             ignorat
             ;
             Ille
             est
             qui
             omnium
             optimè
             regit
             equum
             ,
             sed
             qui
             frenos
             moderari
             adhuc
             nescit
             ;
             Ille
             est
             qui
             Ginecaei
             applausum
             sibi
             vendicat
             ,
             sed
             quem
             a
             tergo
             s●…mularem
             multa
             ciconia
             pinsit
             ;
             Summa
             ,
             Ille
             est
             fabula
             vulgi
             ,
             bonorum
             miseratio
             ,
             ordinis
             sui
             macula
             ;
             si
             verò
             deambulationibus
             per
             vrbem
             indulgeat
             ,
             sine
             stultitiae
             scen●…
             id
             n●…n
             facit
             ,
             modo
             vno
             vix
             gradu
             promoto
             ad
             pedissequos
             oculos
             rejicit
             gloriosulè
             se
             praedican●…
             ▪
             mod●…
             in
             calceis
             mir
             acula
             quaerit
             ,
             modò
             indusii
             collare
             manibus
             terit
             ,
             Homostolidus
             ,
             〈◊〉
             publicis
             Christianorum
             supplicationibus
             includendus
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           French
           Gentleman
           is
           a
           thing
           of
           an
           odd
           humour
           ,
           he
           pleaseth
           himself
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           fantastiquenesse
           ,
           which
           discovers
           more
           of
           softnesse
           ,
           then
           manhood
           ,
           he
           hath
           ever
           and
           anone
           such
           a
           slighting
           way
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           carriage
           is
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           perpetual
           disdain
           ;
           He
           hath
           more
           stirrings
           about
           his
           sholders
           ,
           he
           fetcheth
           such
           stroakes
           with
           his
           feet
           ,
           he
           hath
           such
           apish
           motions
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           he
           hath
           such
           windings
           of
           his
           head
           ,
           that
           ther
           is
           no
           member
           at
           rest
           about
           him
           ;
           He
           counterfeits
           ,
           he
           disguiseth
           ,
           he
           gapes
           and
           lisps
           insteed
           of
           speaking
           ;
           He
           doth
           so
           pantonolize
           it
           on
           horseback
           ,
           and
           comports
           himself
           in
           all
           his
           actions
           so
           ridiculously
           ,
           That
           an
           expert
           Painter
           cannot
           draw
           a
           fool
           with
           more
           artifice
           then
           this
           poor
           French
           Gentleman
           doth
           it
           really
           and
           to
           the
           life
           :
           Hear
           him
           discourse
           and
           he
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           he
           fears
           no
           body
           ,
           yet
           never
           learnt
           any
           body
           or
           boy
           to
           fear
           him
           ;
           It
           is
           he
           who
           could
           beat
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           knowes
           not
           how
           to
           defend
           himself
           against
           a
           pigmey
           ;
           It
           is
           he
           who
           is
           the
           only
           man
           on
           horseback
           ,
           yet
           haply
           he
           knowes
           not
           how
           to
           hold
           his
           bridle
           :
           It
           is
           he
           who
           is
           the
           only
           entertainer
           of
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Chambermaids
           make
           mowes
           at
           him
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           't
           is
           he
           who
           can
           hold
           excellent
           discourse
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           the
           by-word
           of
           the
           peeple
           ,
           the
           pity
           of
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           reproach
           of
           his
           family
           :
           Doth
           he
           march
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           he
           scarce
           makes
           two
           steps
           ,
           but
           he
           looks
           back
           to
           behold
           his
           Laquay
           strutting
           behind
           him
           ,
           he
           hath
           his
           hands
           often
           upon
           his
           locks
           ,
           and
           his
           eyes
           upon
           his
           shooes
           ;
           O
           poor
           sot
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           pray'd
           for
           in
           all
           Churches
           that
           he
           recover
           his
           wits
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Pontamarius
           in
           his
           
             Protean
             Academy
          
           doth
           describe
           and
           characterise
           a
           true
           Monsieur
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           one
           himself
           :
           Among
           their
           liberal
           Sciences
           dicing
           and
           carding
           are
           two
           wherunto
           they
           are
           excessively
           addicted
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           hereby
           bring
           a
           milpost
           to
           a
           thwittle
           ,
           and
           a
           noble
           to
           lesse
           then
           ninepence
           :
           A
           Physitian
           's
           son
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           in
           Paris
           ,
           lost
           in
           one
           night
           above
           60.
           thousand
           Crowns
           ;
           nor
           do
           young
           gallants
           only
           ,
           but
           Schollers
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           and
           Marchants
           of
           all
           sorts
           frequent
           this
           school
           of
           fortune
           .
           One
           Ionas
           kept
           a
           gaming
           house
           in
           the
           Suburbs
           of
           St.
           Germain
           ,
           that
           som
           daies
           and
           nights
           he
           had
           above
           1000
           franks
           to
           his
           box
           .
           And
           as
           the
           French
           are
           thus
           extremely
           given
           to
           gaming
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           Academy
           of
           Venus
           they
           are
           the
           greatest
           practitioners
           of
           any
           peeple
           ,
           the
           other
           us'd
           to
           wast
           their
           estates
           ,
           but
           this
           consumes
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           commonly
           ther
           is
           no
           French
           Gentleman
           but
           is
           a
           Surgeon
           himself
           of
           the
           Venerean
           disease
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           carry
           his
           salve
           box
           and
           implements
           alwaies
           about
           him
           for
           fear
           he
           get
           a
           clapp
           .
           Som
           parts
           of
           France
           have
           bin
           proverbially
           infamous
           for
           this
           kind
           of
           turpitude
           ;
           among
           other
           ,
           Marseilles
           in
           Province
           is
           one
           ,
           wherof
           the
           Greeks
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           sayl
           to
           Marseilles
           if
           you
           desire
           your
           choice
           of
           whores
           ;
           They
           us'd
           also
           there
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           boyes
           ,
           but
           this
           nefandous
           custom
           they
           had
           from
           the
           soft
           
             Greeks
             ▪
          
           who
           had
           a
           colony
           there
           so
           many
           ages
           ,
           and
           infected
           their
           neighbours
           with
           it
           ;
           Indeed
           ther
           is
           no
           Countrey
           where
           Venus
           keeps
           so
           great
           a
           Court
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           go
           sooner
           to
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           som
           women
           cannot
           tell
           when
           they
           were
           mayds
           :
           And
           as
           the
           French
           are
           observ'd
           to
           be
           thus
           extraordinarily
           salacious
           ,
           and
           given
           to
           this
           kind
           of
           lux
           ,
           and
           wantones
           with
           such
           a
           strong
           propensity
           of
           nature
           ;
           so
           is
           their
           language
           fit
           for
           such
           effeminacies
           and
           soft
           plesures
           ,
           which
           language
           is
           but
           
             squama
             latini
             Sermonis
             ,
             et
             rubigo
             trivialium
             barbarismorum
             ,
          
           she
           is
           but
           the
           scales
           of
           the
           Latin
           ,
           and
           rust
           of
           other
           old
           toungs
           .
           I
           know
           that
           many
           distinguish
           thus
           among
           languages
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           fittest
           to
           speak
           to
           God
           in
           Spanish
           for
           the
           Majestie
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           Princes
           in
           Italian
           for
           the
           gravity
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           enemy
           in
           Dutch
           for
           the
           manfulnes
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           women
           in
           French
           for
           the
           softnes
           of
           it
           .
           Ther
           is
           a
           tale
           of
           a
           German
           Ambassador
           to
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           who
           being
           ordred
           to
           deliver
           his
           Embassie
           in
           high
           Dutch
           ,
           a
           Spanish
           Don
           being
           attending
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           then
           at
           the
           audience
           ,
           observing
           the
           strength
           and
           severity
           of
           the
           language
           ,
           said
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           passion
           ,
           
             Voto
             al'
             Antichristo
          
           —
           I
           swear
           by
           Antichrist
           I
           think
           it
           was
           high
           Dutch
           that
           God
           Almighty
           spoak
           when
           h●…
           ejected
           Adam
           out
           of
           Paradice
           ,
           and
           caus'd
           an
           Angel
           with
           a
           flaming
           formidable
           sword
           to
           be
           Porter
           that
           none
           should
           re-enter
           :
           Wherunto
           the
           German
           acutely
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           he
           esteem'd
           the
           
             Spanish
             language
             for
             her
             subtlety
             to
             be
             that
             which
             th●…
          
           
           
             devil
             us'd
             when
             he
             seduc'd
             our
             poor
             granmother
             Eve
          
           ;
           Ther
           is
           another
           story
           of
           Langas
           sent
           Ambassador
           from
           Ferdinand
           the
           first
           ,
           to
           Poland
           ,
           who
           convers'd
           much
           with
           
             Don
             Pedro
             Ruyz
          
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           privy
           Councellor
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           being
           both
           one
           day
           at
           dinner
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           
             Don
             Pedro
          
           hearing
           Dutch
           much
           spoken
           in
           a
           dispute
           at
           the
           table
           ,
           and
           listning
           to
           the
           high
           though
           harsh
           accents
           and
           pronuntiation
           of
           it
           ,
           broke
           out
           into
           this
           speech
           ,
           
             Me
             thinks
             the
             Germans
             do
             not
             speak
             but
             thunder
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           let
           us
           still
           love
           our
           maternal
           Language
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           allur'd
           by
           those
           loose
           lascivious
           toungs
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
             Italy
          
           ,
           and
           France
           especially
           which
           serves
           chiefly
           to
           make
           wanton
           loves
           and
           complements
           ,
           to
           compose
           amorous
           sonnets
           ,
           and
           attract
           femal
           bewty
           ,
           or
           frame
           such
           odd
           Romances
           ,
           and
           hyperbolical
           stories
           ,
           as
           
             Amadis
             de
             Gaule
          
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ;
           what
           a
           world
           of
           wanton
           books
           are
           ther
           in
           French
           which
           tend
           chiefly
           to
           amuse
           the
           understanding
           with
           vicious
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           to
           corrupt
           maners
           ?
           what
           stories
           they
           have
           of
           adulterious
           loves
           ,
           of
           unbridled
           lusts
           ,
           what
           stratagems
           do
           they
           relate
           of
           such
           things
           ?
           teaching
           that
           Vowes
           made
           by
           the
           goddesse
           Venus
           are
           not
           obligatory
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Poet
           when
           he
           gave
           Councel
           to
           one
           that
           was
           desperatly
           in
           love
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Nec
               jurare
               time
               ,
               Veneris
               perjuria
               Venti
            
             
               Irrita
               per
               terras
               ,
               et
               freta
               longa
               ferunt
               .
            
          
        
         
           Such
           books
           are
           fitter
           to
           be
           made
           a
           sacrifice
           to
           Vulcan
           ,
           then
           kept
           in
           Gentlemens
           studies
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           transported
           to
           Sicilie
           ,
           where
           parents
           are
           put
           to
           a
           perpetual
           kind
           of
           watching
           to
           preserve
           their
           daughters
           from
           being
           stollen
           away
           ,
           and
           suborn'd
           ;
           The
           Lacedemonians
           by
           a
           vertuous
           law
           caus'd
           the
           works
           of
           Archilochus
           ,
           though
           a
           very
           ingenious
           and
           great
           Poet
           ,
           to
           be
           banish'd
           from
           their
           Citty
           ,
           because
           the
           reading
           therof
           might
           deprave
           the
           pudicity
           of
           their
           youth
           ,
           least
           more
           hurt
           might
           com
           by
           the
           wantonesse
           ,
           then
           good
           by
           the
           wittinesse
           of
           the
           verse
           .
           O
           most
           prudent
           and
           provident
           act
           !
           but
           how
           few
           such
           Lacedemonian
           Patriots
           are
           found
           now
           a
           dayes
           ,
           specially
           in
           France
           ?
           But
           the
           French
           Venus
           is
           not
           only
           a
           smooth
           pratling
           gossip
           ,
           but
           she
           is
           also
           profuse
           and
           luxurious
           .
           I
           pray
           hear
           what
           
             Ammianus
             Marcellinus
          
           speaks
           long
           since
           of
           the
           
             French
             ,
             Vini
             avidum
             genus
             ,
             affectans
             ad
             vini
             similitudinem
             multiplices
             potus
          
           —
           A
           race
           of
           peeple
           greedy
           of
           wine
           ,
           and
           affecting
           according
           to
           the
           similitude
           of
           the
           wine
           multiplicity
           of
           compotations
           ,
           they
           are
           quickly
           transported
           with
           excesse
           this
           way
           ;
           I
           will
           produce
           one
           example
           of
           a
           notable
           wine-bibber
           ,
           which
           was
           Rablais
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           was
           very
           well
           instructed
           both
           in
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           toungs
           ,
           and
           an
           excellent
           Physitian
           ,
           with
           other
           choice
           parts
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           leaving
           all
           other
           serious
           studies
           ,
           he
           did
           totally
           inslave
           himself
           to
           Epicurisme
           ,
           to
           gluttony
           ,
           and
           drunkennesse
           ,
           in
           which
           humors
           he
           belch'd
           out
           that
           Atheistical
           kind
           of
           book
           which
           goes
           under
           his
           name
           though
           under
           pleasant
           notions
           able
           to
           turn
           ev'ry
           Reader
           therof
           to
           a
           Democritus
           :
           As
           I
           have
           instanced
           in
           a
           man
           (
           wherof
           ther
           might
           be
           produc'd
           thousands
           in
           this
           kind
           )
           so
           I
           will
           bring
           before
           you
           a
           woman
           a
           rich
           widow
           who
           liv'd
           hard
           by
           Bourdeaux
           ,
           who
           was
           got
           with
           child
           while
           she
           was
           in
           a
           deep
           drunken
           sleep
           ,
           who
           beginning
           to
           swell
           thought
           it
           was
           onely
           a
           tympany
           ,
           but
           her
           Physitians
           told
           her
           she
           was
           with
           child
           ▪
           wherupon
           she
           caus'd
           it
           to
           be
           openly
           publish'd
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Parish
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           who
           got
           her
           with
           child
           wold
           confesse
           it
           ,
           she
           wold
           take
           him
           for
           her
           husband
           herupon
           ;
           Herupon
           a
           yong
           Vineyard
           man
           who
           was
           us'd
           to
           frequent
           her
           house
           ,
           did
           confesse
           that
           he
           had
           done
           it
           as
           she
           slept
           in
           a
           chair
           one
           night
           by
           the
           fire
           side
           ,
           having
           drunk
           much
           wine
           upon
           such
           a
           holiday
           ,
           so
           she
           married
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           thanked
           Bacchus
           for
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           Virgins
           use
           not
           to
           drink
           wine
           in
           France
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           great
           dishonor
           if
           they
           shold
           ,
           only
           they
           give
           somtimes
           a
           tincture
           to
           a
           glasse
           of
           water
           with
           some
           few
           drops
           of
           claret
           ,
           but
           Bacchus
           goes
           down
           smoothly
           the
           married
           womens
           throats
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           drinking
           ,
           so
           for
           eating
           also
           the
           French
           are
           inferior
           to
           none
           in
           point
           of
           excesse
           ,
           and
           indeed
           they
           seldom
           make
           sacrifices
           to
           Bacchus
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           Ceres
           with
           it
           ;
           Bishop
           
             Reginald
             Belney
          
           a
           man
           renowned
           for
           eloquence
           
           and
           learning
           ,
           us'd
           to
           eat
           at
           ev'ry
           4.
           hours
           end
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           six
           times
           ev'ry
           natural
           day
           :
           And
           indeed
           they
           hold
           it
           no
           disparagement
           in
           France
           among
           the
           best
           sorts
           of
           Ladies
           ,
           to
           be
           alwaies
           eating
           somthing
           or
           other
           as
           they
           go
           along
           the
           streets
           in
           their
           Coaches
           :
           And
           't
           is
           a
           common
           saying
           in
           
             France
             ▪
             Com
             le
             ts
             go
             to
             dinner
             quickly
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             have
             time
             enough
             for
             a
             collation
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             and
             so
             go
             in
             a
             seasonable
             hower
             to
             supper
             ,
             to
             take
             afterwards
             a
             nuntion
             ,
             and
             so
             go
             to
             bed
             betimes
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             rise
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             to
             breakfast
             .
          
        
         
           Other
           Nations
           eat
           ,
           and
           chew
           their
           meat
           ,
           but
           divers
           of
           the
           French
           do
           devour
           and
           swallow
           it
           up
           whole
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           have
           eaten
           their
           pottage
           ,
           it
           is
           common
           among
           som
           to
           lick
           the
           dish
           and
           their
           fingers
           afterwards
           .
           I
           com
           now
           from
           their
           diet
           to
           their
           clothing
           ;
           good
           Lord
           ,
           was
           ther
           ever
           any
           Nation
           so
           mimical
           ,
           so
           fantastique
           ,
           and
           variable
           in
           their
           vestments
           ?
           I
           know
           they
           are
           greedy
           of
           change
           ,
           and
           gaping
           after
           novelty
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           apparrel
           ,
           nor
           Proteus
           ,
           nor
           Vertumnus
           ,
           nor
           the
           Camelaeon
           was
           so
           transformable
           ;
           In
           the
           Kings
           Court
           the
           fashion
           of
           the
           sute
           you
           put
           on
           in
           the
           morning
           growes
           obsolet
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           and
           their
           brains
           are
           at
           labour
           in
           the
           night
           to
           find
           som
           new
           mode
           for
           the
           next
           day
           .
           But
           this
           alteration
           and
           variety
           of
           fashions
           though
           it
           impoverisheth
           private
           men
           ,
           yet
           it
           tends
           much
           to
           the
           Kings
           emolument
           ;
           for
           Thuanus
           avoucheth
           that
           this
           liberty
           of
           vestments
           brings
           the
           King
           in
           above
           300
           thousand
           crownes
           yeerly
           ,
           by
           those
           stuffs
           that
           are
           brought
           in
           from
           Italy
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           yet
           ther
           have
           bin
           Edicts
           and
           sumptuary
           lawes
           enacted
           often
           touching
           apparrel
           ,
           but
           such
           is
           the
           humor
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           their
           elboes
           so
           itch
           ever
           and
           anon
           for
           new
           fashions
           ,
           that
           no
           lawes
           were
           ever
           observed
           long
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           to
           be
           soly
           imputed
           to
           a
           desire
           of
           change
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           to
           an
           innated
           National
           pride
           which
           raigns
           in
           the
           French.
           Then
           came
           up
           to
           foment
           this
           pride
           ,
           sale
           of
           honors
           and
           offices
           ,
           nay
           ,
           the
           highest
           dignity
           of
           all
           ,
           which
           is
           St.
           Michaels
           order
           ,
           was
           prostant
           for
           money
           ,
           which
           made
           Tiercelin
           a
           Knight
           of
           very
           ancient
           Extraction
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Conchyliatus
             torques
          
           ,
           the
           order
           of
           
             St.
             Michael
             was
             becom
             a
             coller
             now
             for
             ev'ry
             asse
             .
          
        
         
           To
           raise
           this
           pride
           higher
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           Coches
           was
           introduc'd
           in
           the
           raign
           of
           Francis
           the
           first
           ,
           by
           
             Iean
             de
             laval
          
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           noble
           extraction
           ,
           who
           being
           of
           a
           corpulent
           and
           unweldy
           constitution
           ,
           was
           the
           first
           who
           had
           one
           made
           for
           him
           ;
           yet
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           in
           Henry
           the
           seconds
           time
           which
           was
           a
           good
           while
           after
           ▪
           ther
           were
           but
           two
           Coches
           in
           all
           Paris
           ,
           one
           for
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           his
           base
           daughter
           .
           But
           now
           their
           nomber
           is
           so
           monstrously
           increas'd
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           say
           ther
           be
           as
           many
           Coches
           in
           Paris
           ,
           as
           ther
           are
           Gondolas
           in
           Venice
           ,
           and
           indeed
           no
           place
           wants
           them
           more
           ,
           Paris
           being
           one
           of
           the
           dirtiest
           Townes
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           an
           ordinary
           but
           an
           indeleble
           oily
           coagulated
           dirt
           whose
           spots
           cannot
           be
           wash'd
           off
           with
           any
           sope
           ,
           and
           the
           sent
           of
           it
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           smell
           the
           dirt
           of
           Paris
           10
           miles
           before
           he
           comes
           at
           her
           if
           the
           wind
           be
           in
           his
           face
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           as
           the
           French
           grow
           quickly
           in
           love
           with
           any
           thing
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           sooner
           cloyed
           therwith
           then
           any
           other
           ;
           And
           for
           their
           affections
           one
           to
           another
           and
           towards
           strangers
           they
           are
           soon
           hot
           ,
           and
           soon
           cold
           ;
           they
           will
           take
           a
           pet
           at
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           pepper
           in
           the
           nose
           though
           their
           bodies
           be
           not
           pepper
           proof
           all
           over
           ;
           An
           inquiet
           Nation
           ,
           and
           enemies
           to
           tranquillity
           ,
           impatient
           of
           peace
           untill
           they
           have
           recover'd
           the
           ruines
           of
           war
           ,
           lovers
           of
           stirrs
           and
           motion
           ,
           which
           makes
           his
           next
           neighbour
           the
           Flemin
           to
           have
           this
           proverb
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Quand
             le
             François
             dort
             ,
             le
             diable
             le
             berse
             :
          
           When
           the
           Frenchman
           sleeps
           ,
           the
           devil
           rocks
           the
           cradle
           .
           Ther
           is
           not
           a
           more
           sanguinary
           and
           barbarous
           rabble
           in
           the
           World
           then
           in
           France
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           ordinary
           thing
           to
           digg
           one
           out
           of
           his
           grave
           and
           dragg
           him
           up
           and
           down
           in
           peeces
           ,
           as
           among
           others
           they
           did
           the
           Marquis
           of
           Ancre
           ,
           whose
           death
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           redounds
           infinitly
           to
           the
           dishonor
           both
           of
           King
           and
           peeple
           .
           The
           King
           having
           commanded
           him
           to
           be
           kill'd
           in
           his
           own
           House
           the
           Louure
           ,
           whose
           walls
           were
           besprinkled
           with
           his
           bloud
           ,
           and
           King●…
           Courts
           shold
           be
           sacred
           places
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           thing
           which
           prov'd
           ridiculous
           to
           all
           
           the
           world
           his
           proces
           was
           made
           after
           his
           death
           :
           Nor
           were
           any
           of
           that
           base
           rascality
           punish'd
           who
           broke
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           into
           his
           mortuary
           ,
           whence
           they
           pull'd
           him
           out
           and
           dragg'd
           him
           like
           a
           dogg
           up
           and
           down
           the
           channels
           ,
           and
           then
           hanging
           him
           to
           a
           gibet
           by
           the
           heeles
           ,
           they
           hack'd
           his
           body
           in
           mamocks
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           he
           was
           neither
           arraign'd
           ,
           convicted
           or
           condemn'd
           ,
           but
           death
           is
           not
           sufficient
           to
           satiat
           the
           French
           malice
           :
           What
           an
           inhuman
           thing
           was
           it
           ?
           an
           act
           that
           a
           Wild
           Arab
           wold
           never
           have
           don
           ▪
           to
           roast
           a
           man
           alive
           in
           the
           market
           place
           at
           Bourdeaux
           without
           any
           form
           of
           law
           .
           
             Gaspar
             Coligni
          
           writ
           in
           a
           letter
           of
           his
           to
           Charles
           the
           ninth
           ,
           
             C'est
             le
             naturel
             de
             Francois
          
           .
           It
           is
           given
           by
           nature
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           
             that
             if
             they
             cannot
             find
             an
             enemy
             abroad
             they
             will
             make
             one
             at
             home
          
           ;
           They
           seldom
           rob
           but
           they
           kill
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           safer
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           any
           then
           into
           a
           French
           pyrat's
           ,
           for
           ther
           is
           no
           mercy
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           all
           must
           overboard
           ;
           what
           horrid
           barbarismes
           have
           they
           committed
           at
           the
           plundring
           of
           Towns
           ?
           how
           have
           they
           ravish'd
           Nunns
           at
           the
           altar
           ,
           not
           sparing
           any
           sex
           ,
           as
           Tillemont
           of
           late
           yeers
           can
           bear
           testimony
           ;
           Nor
           are
           ther
           any
           peeple
           so
           contentious
           ,
           so
           quarelsom
           ,
           so
           malitious
           and
           bloudy
           among
           themselves
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           .
           It
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Montagne
             ,
             Mettez
             trois
             Francois
             aux
             deserts
             de
             Libye
             ils
             ne
             seront
             pas
             vn
             mois
             ensemble
             sans
             se
             harceler
             ,
             et
             esgratigner
             ,
          
           put
           three
           Frenchmen
           in
           the
           deserts
           of
           Lybie
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           be
           a
           month
           together
           but
           they
           will
           scratch
           one
           another
           ;
           nay
           the
           least
           ocasion
           in
           the
           World
           will
           make
           them
           thirst
           after
           one
           anothers
           life
           :
           For
           upon
           the
           least
           affront
           or
           surmize
           of
           affront
           ,
           
             ça
             Ça
          
           ,
           they
           must
           presently
           to
           the
           Field
           and
           seek
           one
           anothers
           hearts
           bloud
           :
           And
           ther
           be
           more
           monomachyes
           and
           duels
           fought
           in
           one
           yeer
           in
           France
           ,
           then
           in
           20.
           yeers
           all
           Christendom
           over
           ;
           St.
           Lewis
           had
           damn'd
           this
           fury
           of
           single
           combat
           to
           Hell
           ,
           but
           
             Philip
             de
             Valois
          
           fetch'd
           her
           out
           again
           .
           Ther
           have
           bin
           20.
           
           Edicts
           of
           late
           yeers
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           French
           are
           possess'd
           with
           such
           spirits
           ,
           that
           they
           care
           not
           for
           body
           or
           soul
           to
           preserve
           a
           little
           puntillo
           of
           supposed
           honor
           .
           But
           Francis
           the
           first
           brought
           monomachy
           to
           be
           very
           frequent
           by
           his
           Example
           ,
           when
           he
           defied
           Charles
           the
           Emperour
           in
           the
           Consistory
           at
           Rome
           for
           giving
           him
           the
           lye
           to
           a
           duel
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           lye
           hath
           bin
           ever
           since
           a
           mortal
           word
           ;
           It
           being
           the
           principle
           of
           that
           King
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           be
           a
           good
           man
           who
           return'd
           not
           the
           lye
           with
           his
           sword
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           most
           noble
           and
           highborn
           Cosens
           ,
           som
           may
           haply
           admire
           that
           I
           shold
           perstringe
           the
           French
           peeple
           thus
           sharply
           ,
           considering
           that
           they
           are
           extracted
           from
           Us
           ,
           and
           branches
           of
           the
           great
           German
           Tree
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Poets
           sing
           of
           Circe
           ,
           that
           she
           transform'd
           men
           to
           beasts
           ,
           so
           the
           clime
           of
           that
           Countrey
           hath
           quite
           metamorphos'd
           ,
           perverted
           and
           quite
           alienated
           their
           primitive
           natures
           &
           dispositions
           ,
           Gallia
           hath
           prov'd
           a
           Circe
           to
           Germany
           herin
           ;
           Or
           as
           ther
           be
           som
           Fountains
           in
           Italy
           and
           elswhere
           ,
           which
           have
           that
           quality
           as
           to
           turn
           
             stone
             to
             iron
          
           ,
           so
           have
           the
           Germans
           which
           went
           to
           France
           degenerated
           from
           themselves
           by
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           transmutation
           of
           nature
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           please
           to
           hear
           what
           one
           of
           themselves
           confesseth
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Les
             Francois
             passans
             le
             Rhin
             ne
             cesserent
             de
             tourmenter
             les
             Gaules
             ,
             jusques
             a
             ce
             que
             les
             Francois
             les
             ayans
             tous
             sinon
             chessé
             du
             moins
             appaisé
             les
             vns
             ,
             et
             forcer
             les
             autres
             a
             faire
             jo●…g
             ,
             y
             establirent
             en
             fin
             leur
             domination
             ;
             lesquels
             reprenans
             ,
             comme
             par
             droit
             de
             legitime
             succession
             avec
             les
             Commoditez
             du
             pays
             le
             bien
             et
             le
             mal
             ,
             tant
             de
             l'insuffifance
             ,
             que
             de
             la
             pen
             discrete
             legereté
             de
             ces
             peuples
             anciens
             ,
             n'ont
             esté
             moins
             signatez
             pour
             vn
             semblable
             naturel
             guerrier
             ,
             que
             pour
             les
             grands
             troubles
             ,
             et
             trop
             animeuses
             divisions
             les
             quelles
             ont
             assez
             souuent
             approché
             l'estat
             de
             sa
             ruine
             .
          
        
         
           This
           a
           pure
           Frenchman
           acknowledgeth
           ;
           The
           French
           passing
           the
           Rhin
           did
           not
           cease
           to
           torment
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           untill
           the
           French
           having
           if
           not
           chac'd
           away
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           induc'd
           som
           ,
           and
           forc'd
           others
           to
           the
           German
           yoke
           ,
           they
           establish'd
           ther
           at
           last
           their
           domination
           —
        
         
           To
           travel
           a
           little
           further
           in
           France
           they
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             Se
             Clementissimo
             aere
             frui
             ,
             ne●…
             ulla
             caeli
             gravitate
             flagellari
             ,
          
           they
           say
           that
           they
           enjoy
           a
           most
           mild
           air
           ,
           nor
           are
           beaten
           by
           any
           inclemency
           of
           heaven
           .
           Sure
           this
           cannot
           be
           tru
           ,
           for
           Claudian
           
           saith
           ,
           that
           Gallia
           
             is
             nive
             ferox
          
           ,
           that
           France
           hath
           fierce
           snowes
           ;
           Petronius
           hath
           a
           proverb
           ,
           
             gallica
             nive
             frigidior
          
           ,
           colder
           then
           French
           snow
           ;
           Diodorus
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           frost
           is
           so
           strong
           and
           contumacious
           ,
           that
           Rivers
           have
           bin
           pervious
           for
           whole
           Armies
           to
           passe
           over
           dry
           foot
           both
           for
           Cavalry
           and
           Infantry
           .
           Nay
           of
           late
           yeers
           in
           the
           siege
           hefore
           Amiens
           it
           was
           so
           bitterly
           cold
           ,
           that
           the
           wines
           did
           freeze
           in
           the
           cask
           ,
           and
           was
           sold
           in
           cakes
           and
           by
           weight
           unto
           the
           Soldiers
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           wholsomnesse
           of
           that
           clime
           ,
           sure
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           far
           ,
           it
           is
           found
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           both
           men
           and
           women
           are
           more
           subject
           to
           vermin
           ,
           to
           the
           itch
           and
           scabs
           then
           any
           other
           peeple
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           greatest
           thing
           they
           glory
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           France
           is
           so
           fertile
           and
           exuberant
           a
           soyle
           that
           it
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           
             Copia
             Cornu
          
           of
           all
           things
           (
           I
           confesse
           indeed
           ther
           are
           in
           France
           of
           horns
           )
           and
           that
           ther
           is
           not
           any
           part
           that
           is
           altogether
           barren
           ;
           but
           in
           point
           of
           fertility
           .
           This
           cannot
           be
           so
           generally
           tru
           ;
           for
           in
           Burgundy
           not
           far
           off
           ,
           ther
           is
           a
           Town
           call'd
           Orgelet
           ,
           wherof
           ther
           is
           a
           proverb
           ,
           that
           ther
           are
           there
           fields
           without
           grasse
           ,
           rivers
           without
           fish
           ,
           and
           hills
           without
           groves
           :
           betwixt
           Bourdeaux
           and
           Bayon
           you
           traverse
           such
           a
           tract
           of
           sandy
           ground
           ,
           that
           one
           wold
           think
           he
           passeth
           through
           the
           deserts
           of
           Arabia
           ,
           when
           he
           goeth
           over
           
             les
             landes
             de
             Gascoigne
          
           ,
           for
           so
           they
           are
           call'd
           vulgarly
           ;
           ther
           are
           divers
           large
           tracts
           of
           gronnd
           which
           are
           as
           bad
           ,
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Bodin
           ingenuously
           confesseth
           ,
           
             Exploratum
             est
             deserta
             et
             inculta
             loca
             si
             aquas
             et
             vias
             iis
             adjungamus
             duos
             Galliae
             trientes
             auferre
          
           ;
           It
           is
           is
           found
           and
           explor'd
           ,
           that
           the
           desert
           and
           untill'd
           places
           ,
           if
           we
           add
           to
           them
           waters
           and
           wayes
           ,
           make
           up
           two
           thirds
           of
           France
           ;
           Then
           he
           confesseth
           that
           ther
           is
           such
           a
           scarcity
           of
           great
           timber
           trees
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           for
           building
           of
           Ships
           ,
           but
           for
           erecting
           of
           ordinary
           houses
           they
           must
           be
           beholden
           to
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Is
           this
           that
           incomparable
           fertility
           of
           France
           you
           speak
           of
           ,
           Cosen
           ?
           is
           this
           that
           land
           of
           promise
           ?
           what
           a
           bragging
           do
           the
           Bourdelois
           keep
           of
           their
           grove
           of
           Cypres
           for
           the
           honor
           of
           which
           it
           was
           a
           custome
           that
           no
           ship
           shold
           go
           out
           of
           the
           Port
           with
           wine
           till
           the
           Magistrat
           had
           given
           him
           a
           branch
           of
           Cypres
           tree
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           to
           pay
           such
           a
           gabel
           ;
           yet
           this
           Grove
           wherof
           they
           vaunt
           is
           scarce
           seven
           acres
           in
           all
           .
        
         
           But
           Salt
           is
           the
           great
           staple
           Commodity
           of
           France
           ,
           yet
           I
           pray
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           hear
           what
           Lemnius
           speaks
           thereof
           ,
           
             Majores
             nostri
             salem
             confecerunt
             uberrimo
             sanè
             questu
             ,
             non
             ex
             aqua
             marina
             solis
             ardore
             in
             salem
             concreta
             atque
             indurata
             ,
             qualem
             ex
             Hispaniis
             &
             Galliis
             ad
             nos
             perfertur
             ,
             sed
             ex
             maritimis
             glebis
             exusti
             atque
             in
             cinerem
             redactis
             quem
             infusâ
             aqua
             minutatim
             in
             salem
             reducebant
             splendidum
             ac
             nitentem
             nec
             alio
             salis
             genere
             tota
             Belgica
             ad
             nostram
             usque
             memoriam
             usa
             est
             .
             Qui
             conficiendi
             salis
             modus
             cum
             inducto
             externo
             inolesceret
             excogitatus
             est
             alius
             non
             minus
             quaestuosus
             ,
             scilicet
             advecto
             ex
             Hispaniis
             atque
             Aquitanico
             sin●…
             rudi
             ac
             nigricante
             sordidoque
             sale
             ,
             exempto
             limo
             ,
             excoctisque
             sordibus
             candidissimum
             id
             nostrates
             efficiunt
             rebus
             conservandis
             ap●…issimum
             .
             Sed
             alter
             ille
             modus
             facilè
             in
             usum
             revocari
             potest
             ,
             si
             externus
             sal
             hostili
             odio
             denegetur
             ,
             aut
             ex
             quavis
             alia
             causa
             copiam
             nobis
             deesse
             contingat
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           Ancestors
           made
           Salt
           with
           much
           profit
           ,
           not
           of
           Sea
           water
           crusted
           by
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Sun
           and
           so
           obdurated
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           brought
           us
           from
           Spain
           and
           France
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           maritime
           glebes
           burnt
           ,
           and
           reduc'd
           to
           Cindres
           ,
           which
           powring
           therinto
           a
           small
           portion
           of
           water
           by
           drops
           ,
           they
           brought
           to
           be
           splendid
           and
           pure
           Salt
           ,
           nor
           did
           all
           Belgium
           use
           any
           other
           Salt
           until
           our
           memory
           ▪
           Which
           mode
           of
           making
           when
           it
           grew
           out
           of
           use
           ,
           a
           new
           extern
           way
           being
           introduc'd
           ,
           ther
           was
           another
           no
           lesse
           gainful
           way
           invented
           ;
           Which
           was
           that
           a
           rude
           and
           blackish
           sordid
           kind
           of
           salt
           being
           brought
           over
           from
           Spain
           ,
           or
           Aquitane
           Coasts
           ,
           the
           dreggs
           and
           filth
           being
           excocted
           ,
           we
           brought
           it
           by
           our
           art
           and
           industry
           to
           be
           candid
           and
           beautiful
           ,
           and
           most
           fit
           to
           conserve
           things
           ;
           but
           the
           t'other
           way
           may
           be
           revived
           again
           very
           easily
           ,
           if
           forren
           salt
           shold
           be
           denied
           us
           in
           case
           of
           enmity
           or
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Now
           although
           't
           is
           confess'd
           ,
           that
           France
           abounds
           with
           Salt
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           
           point
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           a
           sweet
           Countrey
           ,
           yet
           the
           Inhabitants
           pay
           dear
           for
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           King
           makes
           neer
           upon
           20.
           millions
           of
           Franks
           ev'ry
           yeer
           of
           the
           gabel
           of
           salt
           (
           as
           it
           was
           spoken
           before
           )
           which
           are
           two
           millions
           sterling
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           although
           France
           have
           such
           plenty
           of
           Salt
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           cheaper
           in
           any
           other
           Countrey
           .
           For
           it
           is
           found
           that
           the
           Marchant
           hath
           it
           at
           lower
           rates
           on
           the
           Sea
           side
           then
           the
           Peasan
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Hollander
           oftentimes
           bring
           thither
           French
           Salt
           back
           again
           and
           gain
           by
           it
           .
           One
           shall
           see
           somtimes
           the
           poor
           Roturier
           or
           yeoman
           to
           go
           from
           the
           market
           with
           his
           pockets
           cram'd
           with
           salt
           to
           avoid
           paying
           the
           gabel
           ,
           and
           women
           steal
           it
           home
           in
           their
           purses
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           such
           an
           affluence
           of
           all
           things
           in
           France
           ,
           besides
           which
           you
           insist
           upon
           ,
           my
           Noble
           Cosen
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           so
           ,
           but
           then
           surely
           ther
           is
           the
           worst
           kind
           of
           government
           there
           upon
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           unproportionablest
           divident
           made
           of
           that
           plenty
           ,
           for
           I
           dare
           avouch
           France
           doth
           abound
           with
           beggars
           more
           then
           any
           Countrey
           under
           the
           Sun.
           One
           cannot
           ride
           upon
           the
           high
           way
           but
           he
           shall
           have
           swarmes
           of
           little
           mendicants
           sing
           before
           his
           horse
           head
           ,
           as
           also
           when
           he
           remounts
           the
           next
           day
           ;
           The
           poor
           Vigneron
           ,
           and
           Husbandman
           go
           in
           their
           wooden
           shooes
           and
           canvas
           breeches
           to
           Church
           upon
           Sundayes
           ,
           and
           if
           their
           wifes
           have
           a
           buckram
           petticot
           she
           is
           brave
           .
           Therfore
           wheras
           you
           say
           that
           France
           is
           the
           freest
           and
           frankest
           Countrey
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           draws
           her
           etymology
           thence
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           so
           to
           strangers
           and
           passengers
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Natives
           I
           beleeve
           they
           are
           the
           arrand'st
           slaves
           upon
           earth
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           a
           meer
           asinin
           condition
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           King
           who
           so
           grinds
           their
           faces
           with
           taxes
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           villains
           also
           to
           their
           Lords
           :
           I
           will
           produce
           one
           example
           for
           all
           ;
           The
           Lord
           of
           Chasteauroux
           or
           red
           Castle
           in
           Berry
           had
           a
           Tenant
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           industry
           became
           Bourgesse
           of
           
             Paris
             ,
             Le
             seigneur
             vendica
             son
             serf
             ,
             qui
             s'estoi●…
             retiré
             et
             obtint
             la
             provision
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           in
           open
           Court
           demands
           his
           slave
           ,
           which
           the
           Court
           could
           not
           deny
           ,
           and
           so
           pass'd
           sentence
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           You
           say
           ,
           noble
           Cosen
           ,
           that
           France
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           all
           vertues
           ,
           truly
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           vertue
           can
           cohabit
           where
           such
           furies
           do
           tyrannize
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           Scaliger
           speaks
           of
           som
           parts
           of
           
             France
             ,
             quae
             ab
             omni
             humanita●…e
             et
             literis
             vasta
             est
             ,
             ubi
             librorum
             et
             bonorum
             hominum
             maxima
             solitudo
             est
             .
          
           Som
           parts
           which
           are
           void
           of
           all
           humanity
           and
           literature
           ,
           where
           ther
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           solitude
           and
           wildernesse
           both
           of
           books
           and
           good
           men
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           magnanimity
           and
           prwoesse
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           they
           did
           achieve
           som
           brave
           things
           while
           the
           German
           bloud
           continued
           fresh
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           untainted
           ;
           Cicero
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Caius
             Marius
          
           by
           his
           divine
           vertu
           and
           valour
           ,
           
             influentes
             in
             Italiam
             Gallorum
             Copias
             repressit
             ,
          
           that
           he
           repress'd
           those
           swarmes
           of
           French
           who
           rush'd
           into
           Italie
           ,
           but
           Caesar
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           better
           Historian
           then
           Cicero
           saith
           ,
           they
           were
           Cimbri
           and
           Teutones
           both
           which
           are
           High
           Dutch
           ,
           as
           also
           those
           which
           Brennus
           brought
           to
           sack
           Rome
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           took
           Delphos
           from
           the
           Greeks
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           French
           courage
           we
           know
           the
           trite
           proverb
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           are
           at
           the
           first
           onset
           more
           then
           men
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           les
           then
           women
           ;
           Indeed
           Florus
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Habent
             eorum
             corpora
             quiddam
             simile
             cum
             suis
             nivibus
             ,
             quae
             mox
             vt
             caluêrs
             pugnâ
             statim
             in
             sudorem
             eunt
             ,
             et
             levi
             motu
             quasi
             sole
             laxantur
          
           ;
           The
           French
           bodies
           bear
           some
           analogy
           with
           their
           snowes
           ,
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           heated
           in
           fight
           they
           vapour
           into
           sweat
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           as
           it
           were
           thaw'd
           by
           the
           Sun
           at
           the
           least
           motion
           .
        
         
           But
           your
           Highnesse
           seems
           to
           extol
           mightily
           the
           power
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           indeed
           't
           is
           an
           old
           saying
           ,
           that
           Gallum
           
             in
             suo
             sterquilinio
             plurimum
             posse
          
           ,
           The
           cock
           (
           Gallus
           )
           can
           do
           much
           upon
           his
           own
           dunghill
           .
           But
           this
           power
           is
           not
           so
           superlatif
           if
           we
           descend
           into
           the
           truth
           of
           things
           ,
           for
           touching
           the
           demeanes
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           King
           cannot
           alienat
           one
           acre
           therof
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           
             three
             Estates
          
           ,
           as
           ther
           is
           a
           pregnant
           example
           herof
           in
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Blois
           ,
           where
           Bodin
           lost
           the
           favour
           of
           Henry
           the
           third
           about
           this
           debate
           :
           For
           the
           
           French
           King
           is
           by
           the
           law
           but
           an
           
             Usufructuary
             of
             the
             Crown
             possession
          
           ;
           nor
           could
           any
           of
           them
           be
           sold
           for
           the
           redemption
           of
           King
           Iohn
           in
           England
           though
           it
           was
           then
           propos'd
           ,
           nor
           of
           King
           Francis
           in
           Spain
           ,
           though
           this
           was
           the
           greatest
           necessity
           that
           could
           be
           .
           We
           well
           know
           how
           often
           the
           Parlement
           of
           Paris
           hath
           clash'd
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           rejected
           his
           Edicts
           ;
           Nor
           is
           the
           single
           testimony
           of
           the
           King
           valid
           enough
           in
           France
           to
           take
           away
           any
           ones
           life
           ,
           ther
           was
           a
           notable
           example
           herof
           in
           Henry
           the
           seconds
           raign
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           commanded
           an
           Italian
           servant
           to
           be
           clap'd
           in
           prison
           ,
           and
           had
           solemnly
           sworn
           that
           he
           had
           found
           him
           in
           a
           most
           foul
           offence
           ,
           yet
           the
           Kings
           affidavit
           could
           not
           prevail
           with
           the
           Judges
           ,
           but
           they
           releas'd
           the
           prisoner
           .
           But
           now
           the
           integrity
           and
           stoutnesse
           of
           those
           brave
           ancient
           Legislators
           and
           Judges
           in
           times
           past
           is
           much
           diminish'd
           ,
           because
           Kings
           do
           use
           to
           lend
           their
           eares
           to
           Parasits
           ,
           Sycophants
           ,
           and
           Buffons
           rather
           then
           to
           
             Helvidius
             Priscus
             ,
             Monsieur
             Lavacre
          
           ,
           or
           such
           Sages
           .
           Ther
           is
           a
           tale
           of
           Bajazet
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           an
           Ethiop
           born
           in
           India
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           upon
           a
           march
           one
           day
           his
           tent
           pitch'd
           nere
           a
           high
           tree
           ,
           he
           call'd
           the
           Ethiop
           and
           sayed
           ,
           
             Dre
             Areb
          
           ,
           if
           thou
           lov'st
           me
           go
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           that
           tree
           ,
           the
           Indian
           scambled
           up
           presently
           ,
           so
           the
           Emperour
           sent
           presently
           for
           som
           to
           hew
           down
           the
           tree
           ,
           the
           poor
           Ethiop
           begging
           his
           life
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Counsellors
           wold
           intercede
           for
           him
           ,
           but
           nothing
           prevailing
           ,
           the
           Ethiop
           pull'd
           down
           his
           breeches
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           Excrements
           and
           Urine
           did
           so
           beray
           the
           hewers
           ,
           that
           they
           gave
           over
           work
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           interim
           the
           Ethiop
           gets
           down
           ,
           telling
           the
           Turks
           Counsellors
           ,
           
             Wold
             all
             such
             Privy
             Counsellors
             as
             you
             were
             so
             beray'd
             ,
             whose
             oouncel
             cannot
             do
             as
             much
             as
             my
             Excrements
             .
          
           The
           French
           Kings
           use
           to
           have
           many
           such
           weak
           Councellors
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           unlimited
           power
           the
           French
           Kings
           have
           to
           make
           pecuniary
           Levies
           and
           lay
           taxes
           ,
           I
           pray
           hear
           what
           
             Philip
             Comines
          
           sayeth
           ,
           one
           of
           Lewis
           the
           xi
           .
           chiefest
           Councellors
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           employ'd
           in
           the
           most
           intricat
           and
           arduous
           ocasions
           ,
           
             Nemo
             omnium
             est
             Principum
             qui
             jus
             habeat
             vel
             teruncium
             vnum
             exigendi
             a
             suis
             praeter
             constitutum
             annuum
             censum
             nisi
             populus
             assentiatur
             ,
             sunt
             quidem
             principes
             quibus
             hoc
             frequens
             est
             in
             Sermone
             vt
             dicant
             habere
             se
             privilegia
             vt
             quantum
             velint
             exigant
             a
             populo
             ,
             Galliarum
             vero
             Rex
             omnium
             minimè
             causam
             habet
             vt
             istud
             de
             se
             jactet
             ,
             nec
             enim
             vel
             ipsi
             vel
             cui
             vis
             alii
             licet
             .
          
           Ther
           is
           no
           Prince
           that
           hath
           right
           to
           raise
           the
           least
           farthing
           of
           his
           subjects
           besides
           his
           settled
           revenues
           ,
           without
           the
           peeples
           consent
           ;
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           ther
           are
           som
           Kings
           who
           have
           it
           frequently
           in
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           such
           praerogatives
           to
           impose
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           of
           France
           hath
           the
           least
           cause
           to
           vaunt
           thus
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           The
           Exorbitancies
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           this
           way
           hath
           bin
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           the
           warrs
           that
           were
           wag'd
           
             pour
             le
             Bien
             public
          
           ,
           for
           the
           common
           good
           which
           have
           harass'd
           France
           so
           often
           ;
           Charles
           the
           Grosse
           herby
           came
           to
           such
           an
           extreme
           exigence
           that
           being
           overcom
           by
           Arnosplus
           he
           begg'd
           his
           bread
           of
           him
           to
           preserve
           him
           from
           starving
           ,
           and
           so
           obtain'd
           of
           him
           a
           small
           pension
           in
           Germany
           .
           Neverthelesse
           ,
           though
           a
           clowd
           of
           examples
           of
           this
           kind
           could
           be
           produc'd
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           do
           still
           use
           to
           flay
           their
           sheep
           ,
           insteed
           of
           shearing
           them
           ;
           witnesse
           the
           last
           King
           who
           assum'd
           to
           himself
           the
           Epithet
           of
           Iust
           ,
           and
           God
           knowes
           he
           least
           deserv'd
           it
           of
           any
           ,
           having
           exacted
           more
           of
           his
           people
           by
           extrajudicial
           wayes
           then
           any
           of
           his
           predecessors
           ever
           did
           ,
           to
           maintain
           a
           groundlesse
           warr
           against
           the
           Spaniard
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           an
           ambitious
           and
           bloudy
           Cardinal
           ,
           whose
           heart
           was
           as
           red
           as
           his
           habit
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           deeper
           sanguine
           die
           .
           Now
           as
           we
           read
           of
           a
           Town
           in
           Spain
           that
           was
           undermin'd
           by
           Coneys
           ,
           of
           another
           in
           Thrace
           that
           was
           undermin'd
           by
           Mol●…e
           of
           another
           in
           Greece
           ranvers'd
           by
           Frogs
           ,
           another
           in
           Germany
           that
           was
           subverted
           by
           Rats
           ,
           so
           I
           beleeve
           that
           ther
           are
           in
           France
           many
           such
           Cunnies
           ,
           Moles
           ,
           Froggs
           and
           Rats
           ,
           I
           mean
           ambitious
           and
           sandy
           brain'd
           sycophants
           ,
           that
           will
           undermine
           ,
           ranverse
           and
           tumble
           to
           destruction
           their
           own
           dear
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           Pope
           Gregory
           could
           prophecy
           so
           much
           of
           Richelieu
           when
           he
           came
           to
           confirm'd
           Bishop
           of
           Lucon
           to
           Rome
           at
           20.
           yeers
           old
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           said
           
           when
           he
           had
           perceiv'd
           his
           genius
           by
           his
           discourse
           ,
           
             This
             man
             will
             overturn
             the
             World
          
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           Cardinal
           inferior
           unto
           him
           awhit
           ,
           but
           his
           head
           and
           his
           hat
           are
           altogerher
           as
           red
           ;
           He
           treads
           directly
           in
           his
           stepps
           ,
           and
           so
           doth
           the
           Queen
           in
           her
           husbands
           against
           her
           only
           Brother
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           truly
           ,
           if
           I
           apprehend
           any
           thing
           ,
           one
           may
           see
           France
           running
           post
           to
           her
           own
           destruction
           .
        
         
           Wheras
           you
           alledg
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           are
           such
           divine
           Physitians
           in
           curing
           the
           Struma
           ,
           I
           pray
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           hear
           what
           
             Petrus
             Crescentius
          
           a
           famous
           French
           Doctor
           affirms
           ,
           
             Multoties
             se
             vidisse
             Reges
             pro
             more
             tangere
             strumosos
             ,
             sed
             qui
             inde
             sanatus
             fuerit
             ,
             vidisse
             neminem
          
           ;
           He
           had
           seen
           often
           som
           of
           the
           strumatical
           disease
           touch'd
           by
           Kings
           ,
           but
           he
           saw
           not
           any
           cur'd
           meerly
           by
           the
           touch
           :
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           ther
           be
           waters
           in
           Moravia
           that
           can
           do
           the
           cure
           better
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           saltish
           ,
           bituminous
           ,
           chalchanthian
           vein
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           more
           probable
           that
           God
           and
           Nature
           shold
           infuse
           more
           vertu
           to
           those
           mineral
           Waters
           ,
           then
           to
           a
           mans
           fingers
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           things
           being
           unpassionatly
           considered
           and
           well
           ponder'd
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           the
           Countrey
           of
           France
           or
           her
           King
           ,
           considering
           the
           slavery
           and
           poverty
           of
           the
           peeple
           ,
           the
           unequal
           distribution
           of
           the
           public
           weal
           and
           blessings
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           with
           sundry
           other
           reasons
           and
           solaecismes
           in
           Government
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           what
           hopes
           or
           reason
           France
           may
           have
           to
           expect
           and
           demand
           the
           preheminence
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Europaean
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           Dixi.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           MAGNUS
           
             Duke
             of
          
           VVIRTEMBERG
           ,
           AND
           TECCIA
           
             Earl
             of
          
           MONTPELGARD
           ,
           &c.
           
             Lord
             of
          
           HEIDENHAM
           ,
           &c.
           For
           SPAIN
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             Princes
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           Province
           I
           have
           undertaken
           ,
           and
           the
           task
           that
           is
           impos'd
           on
           me
           ,
           is
           to
           speak
           something
           of
           that
           most
           Ancient
           ,
           and
           noble
           Countrey
           of
           Spain
           ;
           therfore
           while
           I
           put
           my self
           under
           that
           hot
           Clime
           ,
           I
           humbly
           desire
           the
           heat
           of
           your
           Affections
           ,
           and
           accustomed
           candor
           may
           goe
           along
           with
           me
           .
        
         
           The
           Emperour
           Charls
           the
           V.
           a
           Prince
           of
           approved
           judgment
           ,
           although
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           and
           bred
           in
           Germanie
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           intitled
           himself
           
             Citizen
             of
             Gant
          
           )
           yet
           he
           lov'd
           Spain
           with
           a
           more
           profuse
           love
           then
           any
           other
           Region
           ,
           making
           his
           residence
           there
           most
           commonly
           when
           he
           was
           not
           engag'd
           in
           the
           
             French
             ;
             German
          
           ,
           and
           African
           Wars
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           when
           he
           had
           transmitted
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           voluntary
           resignment
           of
           all
           his
           Kingdoms
           ,
           he
           reserv'd
           that
           Country
           for
           his
           last
           randevous
           ;
           And
           as
           it
           is
           curiously
           observ'd
           by
           divers
           Caesarean
           Writers
           ,
           when
           he
           hois'd
           saile
           from
           Sudeburg
           with
           Eleonor
           Queen
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           Mary
           Queen
           of
           Hungary
           his
           two
           sisters
           ,
           and
           with
           propitious
           gales
           had
           landed
           in
           Spain
           ,
           he
           fell
           down
           prostrat
           upon
           the
           first
           ground
           he
           trod
           ,
           and
           kissing
           it
           ,
           brake
           out
           into
           these
           words
           :
           
             Salve
             mihi
             optatissima
             Tellus
             ,
             nudus
             ex
             utero
             matris
             exivi
             ,
             nudus
             ad
             te
             tanquam
             alteram
             matrem
             redeo
             ,
             &
             quod
             unum
             possum
             ,
             pro
             tam
             multis
             in
             me
             meritis
             corpusculum
             hoc
             ,
             &
             ossa
             mea
             do
             dedicoque
             .
          
           Haile
           O
           most
           wished
           Country
           ,
           I
           came
           naked
           out
           of
           my
           mothers
           ●…womb
           ,
           and
           I
           return
           naked
           to
           thee
           as
           to
           another
           mother
           .
           And
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           thing
           I
           can
           do
           now
           ,
           I
           give
           up
           and
           dedicate
           to
           thee
           this
           body
           and
           bones
           of
           mine
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           benefits
           I
           have
           receav'd
           from
           thee
           .
           Now
           there
           be
           many
           eminent
           arguments
           for
           the
           high
           prerogatives
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
             —
             Adeò
             sunt
             multa
             loquacem
             Ut
             lassare
             queant
             Fabium
          
           ;
           They
           are
           so
           numerous
           that
           they
           wold
           tyre
           the
           best
           Orator
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           end
           eavour
           to
           wind
           all
           up
           upon
           a
           small
           bottom
           .
        
         
         
           Spain
           hath
           bin
           reputed
           from
           the
           beginning
           a
           most
           considerable
           Countrey
           ,
           witnes
           the
           Roman
           by
           whom
           she
           was
           
             prima
             tentata
          
           ,
           and
           
             ultima
             subacta
          
           ;
           first
           attempted
           ,
           and
           last
           subdued
           :
           For
           the
           old
           Romans
           ,
           as
           now
           the
           Ecclesiastique
           Lords
           of
           Rome
           ,
           sought
           most
           after
           those
           places
           where
           the
           plenty
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           soyl
           might
           strive
           with
           their
           desire
           to
           make
           them
           happy
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           the
           humor
           of
           our
           new
           Iasons
           (
           the
           Iesuits
           )
           to
           plant
           themselfs
           there
           wher
           ther
           are
           fat
           and
           golden
           returns
           .
           But
           ther
           be
           other
           extraordinary
           conveniences
           in
           Spain
           ,
           the
           subtile
           and
           cleer
           temper
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           the
           salubrity
           of
           the
           soyle
           ,
           and
           the
           constancy
           of
           one
           sort
           of
           weather
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           Homer
           and
           other
           Authors
           have
           plac'd
           there
           the
           Elisian
           Fields
           .
        
         
           Ther
           are
           no
           grosse
           caliginous
           vapours
           rising
           up
           there
           out
           of
           any
           Fenns
           ,
           gorsy
           grounds
           or
           loughs
           .
           Ther
           are
           most
           delicat
           breezes
           that
           blow
           from
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           penetrating
           the
           circumambient
           Air
           ,
           use
           to
           refresh
           both
           man
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           brute
           animalls
           ,
           attenuating
           and
           chasing
           away
           all
           dull
           terrestriall
           meteors
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           Navigators
           when
           they
           sayle
           along
           the
           Sea
           ,
           do
           come
           to
           know
           when
           they
           are
           nere
           the
           coasts
           of
           Spain
           ,
           by
           the
           fragrant
           odor
           which
           Rosemary
           and
           other
           aromatique
           Vegetalls
           ,
           that
           grow
           there
           up
           and
           down
           the
           fields
           do
           usually
           transmit
           and
           cast
           into
           the
           Air
           ;
           Spain
           is
           neither
           parch'd
           with
           so
           violent
           a
           Sun
           as
           Afrique
           is
           ,
           nor
           disquietted
           with
           such
           impetuous
           winds
           as
           France
           ,
           or
           shaken
           with
           such
           Earthquakes
           as
           Italy
           ,
           or
           benum'd
           with
           excessive
           cold
           as
           other
           Regions
           are
           ,
           but
           she
           partakes
           of
           all
           these
           in
           a
           middle
           kind
           of
           temperature
           .
           Spain
           doth
           not
           only
           furnish
           Europe
           ,
           but
           the
           Indian
           also
           with
           most
           generous
           Wines
           ,
           most
           perfect
           Oil
           ,
           most
           pure
           Salt
           ,
           excellent
           gaules
           ,
           the
           best
           fruits
           ,
           as
           Almonds
           ,
           Figgs
           ,
           Raisins
           ,
           Orenges
           ,
           Lemons
           ,
           Pomgrannets
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           kind
           of
           Vegitals
           ,
           as
           Roots
           ,
           Herbs
           and
           flowers
           ,
           which
           are
           there
           in
           a
           greater
           perfection
           then
           in
           other
           Countreys
           .
        
         
           The
           bowells
           of
           Spain
           abound
           also
           with
           excellent
           mettalls
           ,
           what
           Iron
           ,
           what
           Steel
           goes
           beyond
           that
           of
           Biscay
           ?
           What
           Quicksilver
           comparable
           to
           that
           of
           Medina
           ?
           What
           gold
           purer
           then
           that
           which
           is
           found
           in
           Tagus
           ?
           What
           Silke
           better
           then
           that
           of
           Granada
           and
           Valentia
           ?
           What
           Flax
           so
           good
           as
           that
           of
           Murcia
           ?
           What
           wool
           primer
           then
           that
           of
           Segovia
           ?
           witnes
           the
           testimony
           of
           Martial
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Vellera
               nativo
               pallent
               ibi
               flava
               metallo
               ,
            
             
               Et
               linit
               Hesperium
               bractea
               viva
               pecus
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           Pasture
           ,
           and
           soyl
           in
           som
           places
           is
           so
           exuberant
           ,
           that
           the
           milk
           cannot
           turn
           to
           whey
           ,
           nor
           can
           Cheese
           be
           made
           unless
           you
           intermingle
           water
           with
           the
           milk
           't
           is
           so
           creamy
           and
           thick
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           observ'd
           about
           Cales
           and
           other
           parts
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Horses
           ,
           that
           generous
           animall
           ,
           Spain
           is
           well
           known
           to
           excell
           all
           other
           Countries
           ,
           read
           Boterus
           ,
           or
           Quinqueranus
           and
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           
             Cordovan
             Ginetts
          
           in
           fierceness
           surpasse
           those
           of
           Turky
           ,
           in
           swiftness
           those
           of
           Barbary
           ,
           in
           bewty
           those
           of
           Italy
           ,
           som
           of
           those
           Ginets
           are
           sold
           for
           above
           1000.
           
           Duckets
           a
           peece
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           daintily
           limm'd
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           made
           of
           wax
           ;
           The
           Ginets
           of
           Asturia
           called
           Asturcones
           ,
           are
           also
           brave
           mettall'd
           animals
           .
           They
           go
           so
           wantonly
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           danced
           all
           the
           way
           ,
           their
           feet
           moving
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           regular
           glomeration
           ,
           as
           Martiall
           hath
           it
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Hic
               brevis
               ad
               numerum
               rapidos
               qui
               colligit
               ungues
               ,
            
             
               Venit
               ab
               Auriferis
               gentibus
               Astur
               equus
               .
            
          
        
         
           For
           Marble
           ,
           and
           other
           curious
           Stones
           ,
           for
           Architecture
           ,
           Spain
           is
           known
           to
           have
           Variety
           and
           what
           may
           seem
           miraculous
           ;
           Not
           far
           from
           Barcelona
           ,
           ther
           is
           a
           Mountain
           call'd
           Mondivi
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           antients
           
             Mons
             Iovis
          
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           an
           inexhausted
           quarrey
           of
           usefull
           stones
           for
           structure
           ,
           for
           although
           great
           quantities
           are
           hewn
           out
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           hill
           every
           day
           ,
           yet
           let
           the
           place
           rest
           but
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           nature
           will
           quickly
           heale
           the
           Ulcers
           ,
           and
           fill
           the
           place
           again
           as
           if
           it
           had
           never
           bi●…
           touch'd
           .
           The
           Monastery
           of
           Saint
           Laurence
           nere
           the
           Escurial
           can
           witnes
           what
           
           dainty
           Marble
           ,
           and
           Free
           stone
           Spain
           abounds
           withall
           ,
           a
           stupendous
           fabrique
           ,
           an
           egregious
           and
           Imperiall
           peece
           ,
           which
           stood
           Philip
           the
           2.
           in
           more
           then
           20.
           millions
           of
           Gold
           ;
           Let
           Aegypt
           bragg
           as
           long
           as
           she
           will
           of
           her
           
             Pyramids
             ,
             Greece
          
           of
           her
           Fanes
           and
           
             Temples
             ,
             Rome
          
           of
           her
           Amphitheaters
           ,
           and
           Palaces
           ,
           Babilon
           of
           her
           
             Walls
             ,
             France
          
           of
           her
           
             Louvre
             ,
             Venice
          
           of
           her
           
             Arsenal
             ,
             Milan
          
           of
           her
           
             Cittadel
             ,
             Turkey
          
           of
           her
           Baths
           ,
           This
           Monastery
           and
           Royall
           Pallace
           doth
           exceed
           them
           all
           far
           ,
           for
           matter
           and
           form
           ;
           It
           harbors
           and
           maintains
           100.
           
           Fryers
           ,
           wherof
           every
           one
           is
           allowed
           his
           Man
           and
           his
           Mule
           ,
           with
           great
           nombers
           of
           Officers
           ;
           besides
           ther
           is
           a
           stately
           Edifice
           annexed
           homogeneous
           to
           the
           rest
           (
           which
           is
           part
           of
           Saint
           Laurence's
           Grideiron
           )
           that
           may
           lodg
           four
           Kings
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           have
           a
           capacious
           quarter
           .
           'T
           is
           incredible
           to
           think
           how
           many
           hundred
           weight
           the
           very
           keyes
           of
           the
           Monastery
           weigh
           .
           For
           delicate
           Orchyards
           ,
           curious
           Aqueducts
           and
           Fountains
           ,
           for
           Grotts
           and
           Groves
           ,
           for
           Galleries
           and
           Ambulatories
           ,
           for
           neatnes
           and
           amaenity
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           you
           wold
           be
           so
           transported
           ,
           that
           you
           wold
           think
           your self
           to
           be
           in
           som
           earthly
           Paradis
           .
           And
           if
           Hee
           who
           will
           take
           an
           exact
           survay
           of
           this
           stately
           structure
           must
           goe
           above
           33.
           miles
           ,
           passing
           from
           roome
           to
           roome
           ,
           from
           quadrangle
           to
           quadrangle
           ,
           with
           other
           places
           annexed
           ,
           judg
           you
           therby
           of
           the
           magnitude
           and
           vastnes
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           He
           may
           be
           said
           to
           carrie
           a
           Pompion
           in
           his
           breast
           in
           lieu
           of
           a
           Heart
           ,
           that
           wold
           not
           be
           inflamed
           with
           a
           desire
           to
           see
           this
           eighth
           wonder
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Cities
           I
           pray
           who
           will
           dare
           to
           make
           any
           comparison
           with
           Sevill
           in
           point
           of
           Wealth
           ,
           where
           divers
           Fleets
           com
           yeerly
           from
           the
           Indies
           laden
           with
           ingots
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           balasted
           with
           barrs
           of
           Silver
           ,
           as
           also
           with
           Gemms
           ,
           and
           other
           rich
           Commodities
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           Sevill
           alone
           payes
           the
           King
           in
           duties
           ,
           and
           imports
           above
           a
           Million
           every
           yeer
           ;
           therfor
           that
           proverb
           is
           not
           ill
           grounded
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             Quien
             no
             ha
             visto
             Sevilla
             ,
             non
             ha
             visto
             Mar
             avilla
             ,
             Qui
             no
             ha
             visto
             Lisb●…a
             ,
             no
             ha
             visto
             cosa
             boa
          
           ;
           I
           will
           now
           passe
           from
           Sevill
           to
           Ulissipolis
           the
           Citty
           of
           Ulissis
           or
           Leisbon
           ,
           the
           very
           name
           tells
           her
           antiquity
           ;
           for
           largenes
           ,
           and
           commerce
           ,
           she
           vayles
           to
           no
           Citty
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           she
           was
           the
           first
           happy
           discoveresse
           of
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           ,
           whence
           she
           hath
           a
           world
           of
           Spices
           ,
           and
           Jewels
           that
           her
           Caraks
           bring
           yeerly
           ,
           and
           which
           she
           dispenseth
           up
           and
           down
           the
           world
           ;
           What
           a
           delicat
           Citty
           is
           Granada
           ,
           what
           a
           glorious
           peece
           is
           her
           Allhambra
           which
           may
           be
           called
           a
           Citty
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           rather
           then
           a
           royall
           Castle
           or
           Pallace
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           of
           such
           an
           amplitud
           that
           it
           will
           hold
           40.
           thousand
           Men
           ;
           What
           Town
           is
           more
           renowned
           then
           Toledo
           ?
           where
           17.
           
           Generall
           Councells
           have
           bin
           kept
           ,
           and
           no
           Citty
           can
           say
           so
           much
           :
           what
           a
           Heavenly
           Temple
           is
           there
           ?
           What
           a
           stately
           antient
           Palace
           where
           the
           Gothic
           Kings
           resided
           ?
           What
           a
           rich
           Archbishoprick
           hath
           she
           ,
           worth
           300.
           thousand
           Crownes
           in
           annuall
           rent
           ?
           What
           a
           Noble
           Aqueduct
           will
           you
           find
           there
           of
           the
           workmanship
           of
           
             Ianelli
             Turiano
          
           of
           Cremona
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           famous
           for
           invention
           of
           hidraulique
           fabriques
           ;
           In
           this
           antient
           Citty
           ther
           be
           above
           10000.
           
           Soules
           ,
           that
           earn
           their
           living
           by
           spinning
           ,
           twisting
           ,
           and
           weaving
           of
           Wool
           and
           Silk
           ;
           What
           place
           can
           compare
           with
           Vallodolid
           for
           a
           large
           Market
           place
           700.
           paces
           compasse
           ?
           The
           Royal
           City
           of
           Leon
           hath
           the
           Sepulchers
           of
           ●…7
           .
           Kings
           :
           Where
           can
           you
           find
           a
           more
           industrious
           people
           then
           in
           Segovia
           ,
           where
           a
           beggar
           is
           held
           a
           Monster
           ;
           For
           salubrity
           of
           air
           what
           town
           is
           like
           Madrid
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Village
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Populous
           ,
           made
           so
           by
           the
           residence
           meerly
           of
           his
           Catholique
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           his
           Councells
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           at
           one
           time
           there
           was
           a
           cense
           made
           there
           of
           neer
           upon
           a
           Million
           of
           soules
           .
           Charles
           the
           Emperour
           removed
           hither
           of
           purpose
           to
           be
           cur'd
           of
           a
           quartan
           Ague
           ,
           and
           he
           recovered
           ,
           which
           made
           it
           first
           so
           famous
           :
           What
           a
           beuteous
           brave
           built
           Citty
           is
           Valentia
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           spring
           all
           the
           yeer
           long
           ?
           The
           only
           place
           to
           make
           a
           stranger
           forget
           his
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           The
           brute
           Animalls
           ,
           there
           make
           themselfs
           beds
           of
           Rosemary
           and
           other
           Aromatique
           flowers
           ;
           This
           Citty
           affoorded
           lately
           two
           Popes
           of
           the
           Family
           of
           
             Borgia
             ,
             Calixtus
          
           the
           3.
           and
           Alexander
           the
           6.
           
           When
           Queen
           
             Margaret
             ,
             Philip
          
           the
           3.
           wife
           passed
           through
           that
           City
           ,
           the
           pomp
           of
           her
           entertainment
           amounted
           to
           300.
           thousand
           Crowns
           .
           What
           a
           commodious
           place
           for
           negotiation
           is
           Bilbo
           or
           Flaviobriga
           ,
           whence
           above
           50.
           
           Shipps
           are
           laden
           with
           Wools
           every
           yeer
           ,
           and
           transported
           to
           other
           Regions
           ?
           What
           a
           stately
           thing
           is
           
           Barcelona
           ,
           situated
           so
           commodiously
           upon
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           an
           Arsenall
           for
           the
           Kings
           gallies
           ?
           What
           a
           Rendevous
           for
           Devotion
           is
           Compostella
           ,
           where
           ther
           is
           such
           a
           frequency
           of
           Pilgrims
           to
           visit
           the
           body
           of
           Saint
           Iames
           the
           Apostle
           ?
           Pompey
           the
           Great
           in
           his
           Trophyes
           which
           he
           erected
           on
           the
           Pyrenean
           Hills
           ,
           makes
           mention
           of
           946.
           
           Towns
           thence
           to
           the
           furthest
           part
           of
           Spain
           ;
           Ther
           is
           nere
           Antiquera
           a
           choice
           kind
           of
           Morter
           call'd
           Tarra
           ,
           which
           is
           far
           more
           solid
           and
           lasting
           then
           the
           playster
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           more
           firm
           incrustation
           upon
           walls
           .
           Nere
           Corunna
           ther
           be
           quarrys
           whence
           Jaspers
           are
           hewn
           out
           ;
           But
           I
           will
           passe
           now
           to
           Minneralls
           ,
           Pliny
           in
           his
           natural
           History
           affirms
           that
           Spain
           had
           great
           plenty
           of
           Lead
           ,
           Iron
           ,
           Brasse
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Gold
           ,
           Marble
           ,
           and
           of
           
             speculares
             lapides
          
           ,
           a
           certain
           kind
           of
           specular
           stones
           which
           being
           cut
           thin
           will
           be
           as
           cleer
           as
           Crystall
           ,
           wherwith
           in
           former
           times
           windows
           were
           usd
           to
           be
           glazed
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Possidonius
           saith
           ,
           Pluto
           the
           God
           of
           riches
           dwelt
           in
           som
           of
           the
           subteranean
           parts
           of
           Spain
           .
           Moreover
           
             George
             Agricola
          
           avers
           ,
           that
           among
           those
           Regions
           where
           mettals
           were
           digged
           ,
           Spain
           was
           the
           first
           ,
           Thrace
           the
           second
           ,
           Great
           Brittain
           the
           third
           ,
           France
           the
           fourth
           ,
           Greece
           the
           fifth
           .
           In
           Biscay
           where
           the
           antient'st
           Inhabitans
           of
           Spain
           dwell
           ,
           ther
           be
           such
           rich
           veins
           of
           Steel
           and
           Iron
           ,
           that
           Vulcan
           was
           said
           to
           have
           his
           chiefest
           Forge
           there
           ,
           and
           Mars
           his
           Armory
           ;
           Pliny
           speaks
           of
           a
           whole
           mountain
           in
           Cantabria
           (
           now
           Biscay
           )
           which
           is
           all
           of
           Iron
           ,
           whereunto
           Martiall
           alludes
           ,
        
         
           Auro
           Bilbilis
           ,
           &
           superba
           ferro
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           wonderful
           what
           is
           read
           in
           the
           Roman
           story
           ,
           that
           about
           Carthagena
           ther
           were
           40.
           thousand
           Men
           that
           digged
           in
           the
           Mines
           of
           Silver
           ,
           which
           affoorded
           25000.
           
           Drachmas
           every
           day
           ,
           amounting
           according
           to
           Budaeus
           his
           calcule
           to
           2500.
           
           Crowns
           ;
           This
           no
           meaner
           man
           then
           Strabo
           affirmes
           :
           He
           goes
           further
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           Hannibal
           had
           begun
           a
           mine
           which
           affoorded
           3000.
           
           Crownes
           every
           day
           .
           It
           is
           well
           known
           what
           Diodorus
           writes
           of
           the
           Pyreny
           mountains
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           once
           very
           thick
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           mines
           ,
           that
           the
           Phaenicians
           the
           first
           traders
           by
           Sea
           of
           any
           people
           upon
           earth
           came
           often
           thither
           for
           tresure
           ;
           If
           we
           will
           give
           credit
           to
           Livie
           (
           and
           what
           Historian
           I
           pray
           is
           more
           Magisteriall
           ?
           )
           He
           will
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           spoils
           which
           the
           Romans
           in
           a
           few
           yeers
           brought
           from
           Spain
           came
           to
           600.
           thousand
           weight
           of
           Silver
           ,
           and
           10000.
           of
           Gold
           ;
           so
           that
           Spain
           was
           then
           to
           Rome
           ,
           what
           America
           is
           now
           to
           Spain
           .
           Nay
           ,
           som
           are
           of
           opinion
           that
           Tortosa
           in
           Spain
           ,
           was
           that
           Tharsis
           whether
           Salomon
           sent
           his
           fleet
           for
           treasure
           ,
           and
           they
           ground
           the
           probability
           of
           this
           opinion
           upon
           the
           frequent
           Navigation
           of
           the
           Tyrians
           and
           Phenicians
           then
           into
           Spain
           .
        
         
           But
           shall
           we
           passe
           with
           a
           dry
           foot
           the
           waters
           of
           
             Spain
             ?
             Strabo
             ,
             Pomponius
             Mela
             ,
          
           and
           Ptolomy
           assimilat
           Spain
           to
           an
           Ox
           hide
           stretched
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           whose
           sides
           are
           all
           washed
           with
           the
           circumfluent
           Sea
           ,
           the
           North
           side
           with
           the
           Cantabrian
           ,
           the
           West
           with
           the
           Atlantique
           ,
           the
           South
           with
           the
           Herculean
           or
           Balearique
           Sea
           ,
           but
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           hide
           lying
           Westward
           is
           bound
           by
           the
           Pyreny
           Hills
           ,
           where
           the
           distance
           twixt
           the
           Cantabrian
           ,
           and
           Meditterranean
           Seas
           is
           so
           small
           in
           som
           places
           ,
           that
           
             Iohn
             Vaseus
          
           leaves
           it
           upon
           Records
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           travelled
           through
           Biscay
           he
           might
           from
           the
           top
           of
           Mount
           Adrian
           ,
           see
           both
           the
           Seas
           .
           Besides
           these
           various
           Seas
           that
           like
           so
           many
           Laundresses
           wash
           the
           skirts
           of
           Spain
           ,
           there
           are
           150.
           
           Rivers
           that
           water
           the
           Continent
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           upon
           those
           Rivers
           ther
           are
           about
           600.
           
           Bridges
           ;
           besides
           som
           ponds
           ,
           lakes
           ,
           baths
           and
           Fountains
           ;
           In
           the
           field
           of
           Xerezcher
           are
           above
           1500.
           
           Springs
           .
           Among
           other
           Rivers
           ther
           is
           Guadiana
           which
           playes
           bopiepe
           with
           passengers
           ,
           for
           she
           suddenly
           steales
           away
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           and
           runs
           aboue
           20.
           
           Miles
           in
           subterrenean
           Caverns
           under
           ground
           ,
           and
           then
           she
           popps
           up
           againe
           to
           the
           ey
           of
           the
           beholder
           at
           
             Villa
             Harta
          
           ;
           Wherupon
           when
           the
           Spaniards
           speake
           of
           their
           miracles
           they
           say
           ther
           is
           a
           bridg
           in
           Spain
           whereon
           many
           thousand
           heards
           of
           Cattle
           do
           usually
           feed
           .
           Ther
           are
           som
           Spanish
           Rivers
           ,
           where
           they
           fish
           for
           gold
           sane
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Portugals
           do
           glory
           ,
           that
           their
           Crown
           is
           made
           of
           their
           own
           gold
           ,
           viz.
           of
           the
           sands
           of
           Tagus
           ,
           then
           which
           no
           oare
           is
           purer
           .
        
         
         
           Ther
           are
           variety
           of
           things
           more
           that
           might
           be
           produced
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           Spain
           ,
           which
           made
           Claudian
           to
           break
           out
           into
           this
           Elogium
           .
        
         
           
             
               Quod
               dignum
               memorare
               tuis
               ,
               Hispania
               ,
               Terris
            
             
               Vox
               humana
               valet
               ?
               primo
               lavat
               aequore
               solem
            
             
               India
               ,
               tu
               fessos
               exacta
               luce
               Iugales
            
             
               Proluis
               ,
               inque
               tuo
               respirant
               sydera
               fluctu
               ,
            
             
               Dives
               equis
               ,
               frugum
               facilis
               ,
               pretiosa
               Metallis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Pacatus
           though
           a
           Frenchman
           gives
           this
           Encomium
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
             Hispania
             terris
             omnibus
             terra
             foelicior
             cui
             excolendae
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Spain
           a
           Countrey
           more
           happy
           then
           all
           Countreys
           ,
           whom
           the
           Supreme
           Fabricator
           of
           the
           world
           hath
           indulged
           extraordinarily
           in
           point
           of
           agriculture
           and
           riches
           :
           she
           is
           not
           obnoxious
           to
           faint
           Southern
           heats
           ,
           or
           fierce
           Northern
           blasts
           ,
           but
           she
           is
           favoured
           with
           the
           temper
           of
           both
           the
           Poles
           ;
           And
           being
           wall'd
           in
           by
           the
           Pyreneans
           ,
           with
           the
           gentle
           waves
           of
           three
           or
           four
           Seas
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           little
           world
           of
           her self
           ▪
           What
           a
           nomber
           of
           noble
           Citties
           shine
           up
           and
           down
           ?
           she
           hath
           golden
           streams
           ,
           rocks
           of
           Jewells
           ,
           mines
           of
           all
           Mettals
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           (
           most
           noble
           Auditors
           )
           having
           expatiated
           my self
           thus
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           let
           me
           speak
           somthing
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ;
           And
           who
           knows
           not
           but
           the
           Spaniard
           hath
           bin
           ever
           reputed
           and
           felt
           to
           be
           a
           stout
           magnanimous
           people
           ,
           contemners
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           mighty
           conservators
           of
           liberty
           ?
           we
           may
           beleeve
           Lilius
           herin
           ,
           where
           he
           sings
        
         
           
             
               Prodiga
               geris
               animi
               ,
               &
               properare
               facillima
               mortem
               ;
            
             
               Namque
               ubi
               transcendit
               florentes
               viribus
               annos
               ,
            
             
               Impatiens
               aevi
               spernit
               novisse
               senectae
               ,
            
             
               Et
               fati
               modus
               in
               dextra
               est
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           patience
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           admirable
           ,
           ther
           are
           a
           world
           of
           examples
           hereof
           ;
           Iustin
           speaks
           of
           a
           boy
           ,
           that
           having
           bin
           reveng'd
           of
           his
           Master
           ,
           did
           exult
           and
           laugh
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           torment
           :
           and
           when
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           had
           debell'd
           the
           Bislayners
           ,
           they
           write
           that
           most
           of
           them
           rather
           then
           becom
           slaves
           to
           a
           Forrener
           ,
           made
           themselfs
           away
           either
           by
           Fyre
           ,
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           Poyson
           :
           Mothers
           slew
           their
           children
           ,
           and
           children
           their
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           
             
               Cantaber
               ante
               omnes
               hyemisque
               ,
               aestusque
               famisque
            
             
               Invictus
               —
            
          
        
         
           Besides
           the
           Spaniards
           did
           much
           glory
           to
           die
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           for
           the
           incolumity
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           rather
           perish
           by
           Famine
           ,
           then
           yeeld
           up
           their
           Fortresses
           .
           Witnes
           the
           siege
           of
           Sagunto
           called
           now
           Morviedre
           in
           Valentia
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           people
           of
           the
           town
           could
           no
           longer
           repell
           the
           punique
           armes
           ,
           and
           the
           strength
           and
           stratagems
           of
           Hannibal
           ,
           they
           brought
           all
           their
           Jewells
           ,
           Tresure
           and
           Wealth
           to
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           wifes
           and
           children
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           bonefire
           of
           themselfs
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           rather
           then
           by
           a
           base
           succumbency
           to
           yeald
           themselfs
           slaves
           to
           an
           African
           .
           So
           that
           Hannibal
           in
           taking
           Sagunto
           might
           be
           said
           not
           to
           have
           taken
           the
           Citty
           of
           Sagunto
           ,
           but
           the
           tomb
           of
           the
           Saguntins
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           speak
           of
           Numantia
           beleagerd
           no
           lesse
           then
           14.
           yeers
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           no
           walls
           or
           bastion
           but
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           no
           stones
           but
           humane
           bones
           ,
           to
           defend
           her self
           against
           a
           furious
           Enemy
           ,
           she
           had
           but
           4000.
           men
           against
           40000.
           
           Romans
           .
           At
           last
           when
           the
           fatal
           destroyer
           of
           Citties
           ,
           
             Scipio
             Africanus
          
           ,
           had
           taken
           her
           ,
           he
           found
           rather
           a
           large
           Sepulchre
           of
           dead
           men
           then
           a
           Citty
           ,
           for
           the
           Numantines
           held
           out
           so
           long
           till
           they
           devoured
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           bodies
           of
           the
           dead
           were
           rifled
           ,
           they
           found
           in
           their
           bosoms
           joynts
           of
           human
           bodies
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           killed
           for
           food
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Roman
           force
           ,
           but
           Famine
           that
           took
           Numantia
           .
        
         
         
           For
           their
           fidelity
           the
           Spaniards
           have
           bin
           very
           signal
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           which
           induc'd
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           to
           have
           a
           gard
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           a
           band
           of
           Biscayners
           or
           Cantabrians
           .
           But
           how
           far
           the
           vertu
           and
           valour
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           prevailed
           against
           the
           Romans
           let
           Paterculus
           be
           heard
           to
           speak
           ,
           
             Per
             ducentos
             annos
             in
             Hispanis
             multo
             mutuoque
             certatum
             est
             sanguine
          
           —
           For
           the
           space
           of
           200.
           yeers
           ,
           ther
           were
           so
           many
           and
           mutuall
           conflicts
           of
           bloud
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperours
           ,
           and
           Armies
           being
           lost
           ,
           much
           reproch
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           great
           danger
           resulted
           to
           Rome
           ;
           How
           many
           of
           their
           Scipios
           were
           destroyed
           there
           ?
           how
           VIRIATUS
           for
           ten
           yeers
           together
           did
           shake
           them
           ?
           what
           a
           disgracefull
           truce
           Pompey
           made
           ,
           and
           Mancinus
           a
           more
           disgracefull
           .
           In
           all
           Sertorius
           his
           time
           it
           was
           doubtfull
           whether
           Spain
           shold
           be
           tributary
           to
           Rome
           ,
           or
           Rome
           to
           Spain
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           do
           I
           fly
           to
           Pagan
           instances
           ,
           when
           ther
           are
           so
           many
           Christian
           Examples
           at
           hand
           ?
           Sancho
           King
           of
           Castile
           (
           I
           pray
           listen
           attentively
           to
           this
           stupendous
           story
           )
           I
           say
           Sancho
           King
           of
           Castile
           took
           Tariffa
           from
           the
           Moors
           ,
           but
           he
           being
           anxious
           and
           doubtfull
           whether
           he
           shold
           keep
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           vicinity
           of
           the
           enemy
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           expences
           that
           it
           wold
           put
           him
           to
           ,
           
             Alfonso
             Perez
          
           rise
           up
           and
           told
           the
           King
           that
           he
           wold
           undertake
           to
           secure
           &
           keep
           the
           place
           :
           Thereupon
           the
           Moore
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Morocco
           came
           with
           a
           numerous
           Army
           before
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           Alphonso's
           Son
           being
           taken
           prisoner
           at
           a
           sallie
           ,
           the
           Generall
           of
           the
           Moores
           desiring
           a
           parley
           upon
           the
           walls
           with
           Alfonso
           ,
           he
           shewed
           him
           his
           Son
           ,
           protesting
           unto
           him
           that
           he
           wold
           torture
           and
           slay
           his
           Son
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           wold
           yeeld
           up
           the
           place
           :
           Alphonso
           being
           not
           a
           whit
           abash'd
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           a
           hundred
           Sons
           ,
           he
           would
           prefer
           his
           honour
           and
           Countrey
           before
           all
           ;
           so
           the
           Moor
           having
           barbarously
           kill'd
           young
           Alphonso
           ,
           They
           of
           the
           Town
           made
           such
           a
           resolut
           sallie
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           that
           they
           utterly
           routed
           the
           Moores
           ,
           and
           took
           so
           many
           prisoners
           ,
           that
           he
           offered
           100.
           
           Moors
           for
           a
           Victime
           for
           his
           son
           .
           To
           this
           Alonso
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           illustrious
           Dukes
           of
           
             Medina
             Sidonia
          
           ow
           their
           rise
           .
        
         
           The
           Spaniards
           are
           admirable
           for
           their
           military
           discipline
           ,
           being
           exactly
           obedient
           to
           their
           Comanders
           ,
           and
           lesse
           subject
           to
           mutiny
           then
           any
           peeple
           .
           They
           are
           allwayes
           true
           to
           their
           trust
           ,
           witnes
           that
           Spanish
           Centinel
           who
           was
           found
           dead
           in
           the
           morning
           in
           a
           Tower
           upon
           the
           Cittadel
           of
           Antwerp
           with
           his
           Musket
           in
           his
           hand
           in
           a
           defensive
           posture
           ,
           and
           standing
           on
           his
           leggs
           all
           frozen
           .
           Moreover
           ther
           is
           no
           people
           so
           mutually
           charitable
           and
           carefull
           of
           their
           nationall
           honor
           then
           the
           Spaniards
           .
        
         
           For
           their
           modern
           exploits
           the
           name
           of
           
             Alvaro
             Sandeo
          
           is
           terrible
           to
           this
           day
           among
           the
           Moors
           ,
           for
           having
           invaded
           Barbary
           with
           4000.
           
           Spaniards
           ,
           and
           beat
           before
           him
           above
           16.
           miles
           ,
           20000
           Moores
           ,
           with
           but
           800.
           of
           his
           own
           :
           The
           memory
           of
           the
           2000.
           
           Spaniards
           ,
           is
           irksome
           to
           the
           French
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           who
           routed
           and
           quite
           discomfited
           
             Gaston
             de
             Foix
          
           who
           had
           quintuple
           the
           nomber
           :
           Gonzalo
           ,
           call'd
           the
           great
           Captain
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           is
           much
           spoken
           of
           amongst
           them
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           for
           having
           with
           such
           admirable
           fortitude
           taken
           away
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           from
           Lewis
           the
           12.
           and
           being
           return'd
           to
           Spain
           ,
           the
           King
           took
           off
           a
           Gold
           chain
           from
           off
           his
           own
           neck
           and
           hang'd
           it
           about
           his
           ;
           
             Antonio
             de
             Leiva
          
           was
           a
           stout
           and
           sedulous
           Commander
           ,
           so
           was
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Fuentes
             Don
             Pedro
             Encques
          
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           only
           defend
           ,
           but
           extend
           the
           boundaries
           of
           Belgium
           for
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           double
           warr
           took
           such
           Towns
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           in
           the
           wish
           but
           not
           in
           the
           hope
           of
           the
           Flemish
           .
           The
           Italians
           do
           yet
           tremble
           at
           the
           name
           of
           
             Don
             Fernand
             Alvarez
          
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           and
           his
           ghost
           ,
           who
           wold
           not
           take
           Rome
           when
           he
           could
           .
           He
           who
           terrified
           France
           ,
           secur'd
           Hungary
           ,
           subdued
           Afrique
           ,
           and
           appeas'd
           both
           Germans
           high
           and
           low
           ;
           He
           who
           chastis'd
           Spain
           ,
           He
           who
           first
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Don
             Sebastian
          
           told
           King
           Philip
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           fitting
           he
           shold
           see
           the
           rites
           of
           buriall
           to
           be
           perform'd
           in
           Lisbon
           for
           King
           Sebastian
           .
           Then
           Henry
           being
           dead
           ,
           in
           lesse
           then
           50.
           dayes
           space
           he
           enter'd
           ,
           survay'd
           ,
           and
           subjugated
           all
           Portugall
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           said
           
             se
             regnum
             Lusitanieum
             eo
             modo
             ,
             quo
             regnum
             caelorum
             acquiritur
             ,
             cepisse
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           That
           he
           had
           taken
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Portugall
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           is
           got
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           eating
           bread
           and
           drinking
           water
           ,
           and
           abstaining
           from
           other
           mens
           goods
           .
           And
           this
           was
           sayd
           ,
           because
           his
           Souldiers
           liv'd
           upon
           their
           allowance
           only
           ,
           having
           no
           
           benefit
           of
           booty
           in
           any
           Towns
           as
           they
           passed
           ,
           such
           a
           regular
           and
           strict
           Order
           was
           observed
           in
           his
           Army
           .
           We
           Germans
           do
           yet
           contemplat
           with
           admiration
           the
           exploit
           that
           a
           band
           of
           Spanish
           Soldiers
           did
           perform
           in
           the
           Saxon
           warr
           ,
           when
           stripping
           themselfs
           naked
           ,
           they
           leap'd
           into
           the
           Elve
           with
           their
           Swords
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           and
           swimming
           to
           the
           other
           side
           did
           fight
           for
           new
           cloathes
           ,
           and
           did
           notable
           feats
           afterwards
           ;
           
             Don
             Christopher
             Mandragon
          
           did
           do
           things
           in
           the
           low
           Countreys
           beyond
           belief
           .
           I
           could
           produce
           here
           a
           long
           scrowle
           of
           other
           late
           notable
           Spanish
           Commanders
           :
           therfore
           all
           things
           well
           ponder'd
           it
           may
           be
           justly
           said
           
             Hispania
             Rerum
             potitur
             in
             Europa
          
           .
           The
           Spaniards
           are
           the
           men
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           their
           King
           the
           considerablest
           Monark
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           not
           only
           all
           Spain
           united
           under
           him
           ,
           and
           reduc'd
           to
           one
           Empire
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           taken
           footing
           both
           in
           Germany
           and
           France
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Burgandy
           ;
           He
           possesseth
           above
           half
           Italy
           by
           having
           the
           Duchie
           of
           Milan
           with
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           Naples
           and
           Calabria
           ,
           the
           first
           is
           the
           heart
           of
           Lombardy
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           the
           very
           marrow
           of
           Italy
           ;
           Then
           hath
           he
           
             Sicily
             ,
             Sardinia
          
           ,
           the
           Baleares
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ilands
           in
           the
           Mediterranean
           .
           He
           hath
           Piombino
           in
           Toscany
           ,
           Port
           
             Hercules
             ,
             Telamon
             ,
             Orbitello
             ,
             Porto
             Longone
             ,
          
           all
           which
           bind
           the
           Italians
           to
           their
           good
           behaviour
           towards
           him
           .
           Genoa
           is
           as
           it
           were
           under
           his
           protection
           ,
           like
           a
           Partridge
           under
           a
           Faulcons
           wings
           ,
           who
           can
           seize
           upon
           the
           prey
           when
           he
           lift
           ▪
           That
           Citty
           being
           his
           scale
           for
           conveyance
           of
           his
           tresure
           is
           grown
           infinitely
           rich
           by
           his
           money
           ,
           and
           tied
           to
           him
           by
           an
           indissoluble
           knot
           :
           Nay
           ,
           Rome
           her self
           ,
           by
           making
           som
           of
           the
           Cardinalls
           his
           Pensioneries
           ,
           is
           much
           at
           his
           devotion
           ;
           The
           Spaniard
           hath
           don
           more
           then
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           not
           only
           got
           much
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           but
           conquered
           a
           new
           one
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Greek
           sighed
           so
           much
           .
           And
           if
           we
           beleeve
           the
           Civill
           Lawyers
           he
           hath
           don
           this
           justly
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           
             Quicquid
             calcaverit
             pes
             tuus
          
           —
           Wheresoever
           thou
           shalt
           tread
           with
           thy
           foot
           ,
           shall
           be
           thine
           ,
           the
           Heavens
           is
           the
           Lords
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           given
           the
           Earth
           among
           the
           Sonns
           of
           Men.
           Moreover
           Reason
           dictats
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           men
           who
           live
           like
           brute
           Animalls
           ,
           or
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           shold
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           civility
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           knowledg
           of
           the
           true
           God.
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           
             Quae
             bona
             nullius
             sunt
             ea
             fieri
             Occupantium
             ,
          
           Those
           goods
           which
           are
           no
           bodies
           ,
           may
           be
           any
           one
           's
           if
           he
           venture
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Portingals
           have
           by
           their
           painfull
           discoveries
           made
           all
           the
           best
           ports
           of
           Afrique
           as
           it
           were
           their
           own
           by
           way
           of
           commerce
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           maritime
           coasts
           of
           Asia
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           way
           by
           the
           Cape
           of
           good
           Hope
           to
           the
           Orientall
           Indies
           .
           
             Francisco
             Almeyde
          
           did
           dissipat
           Campsen
           with
           his
           Egiptian
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           
             Alphonso
             Alburquerque
          
           did
           subdue
           Goa
           ,
           and
           placed
           there
           a
           Vice
           Roy
           :
           then
           he
           reduc'd
           Malaca
           ,
           and
           erected
           a
           Castle
           at
           Calecut
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           Inhabitants
           from
           worshiping
           the
           Devill
           ,
           to
           adore
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           this
           he
           did
           when
           thousands
           of
           Infidells
           were
           arm'd
           against
           so
           many
           hundreds
           of
           Christians
           .
        
         
           O
           immortall
           God
           ,
           what
           glorious
           exploits
           did
           
             Fernando
             Cortez
          
           achieve
           in
           the
           Occidental
           Indies
           ,
           indeed
           they
           were
           rather
           miracles
           then
           exploits
           ;
           And
           as
           
             Lupus
             Suarez
             ,
             Sequera
             ,
             Meneses
             ,
             Vascus
             Gama
             ,
             Gratia●…
             Norogna
             ,
             Iuan
             de
             Castro
             ,
          
           by
           foyling
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Cambaia
           did
           establish
           unto
           the
           Crown
           of
           Portugal
           the
           East
           Indies
           ,
           and
           som
           part
           of
           the
           Antipodes
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           Hemispher
           ,
           so
           did
           
             Christopher
             Columbus
          
           (
           who
           though
           an
           Italian
           ,
           yet
           his
           fleet
           was
           Spanish
           )
           
             Americus
             Vesputius
             ,
             Iuan
             de
             Puente
             ,
             Ferdinand
             Magellan
             ,
             Fernandez
             Cortez
             ,
             de
             Vargas
             ,
             &
             Pizarro
             ,
          
           reduce
           and
           settle
           the
           new
           world
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           ;
           They
           civiliz'd
           the
           Savage
           Inhabitans
           ,
           and
           Coloniz'd
           the
           Countrey
           with
           Christians
           ,
           subjugated
           so
           many
           Heathenish
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           introduced
           Religion
           and
           vertue
           ;
           And
           I
           pray
           what
           Heros
           can
           be
           compared
           to
           those
           Worthies
           of
           Spain
           who
           perform'd
           all
           this
           ?
           what
           Age
           ever
           produc'd
           the
           like
           ?
           when
           had
           Envy
           more
           matter
           to
           work
           upon
           ?
           Let
           the
           fable
           of
           the
           Argonauts
           be
           now
           exploded
           ,
           let
           Bacchus
           and
           Hercules
           descend
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           let
           Spaniards
           take
           their
           room
           ;
           Let
           that
           so
           much
           cryed
           up
           Argo
           come
           down
           from
           among
           the
           celestiall
           bodies
           ,
           for
           she
           made
           but
           a
           small
           short
           voyage
           through
           the
           Pontique
           Sea
           ,
           and
           let
           that
           glorious
           galeon
           which
           conducted
           Magellan
           to
           the
           discovery
           of
           a
           new
           world
           ,
           let
           that
           happy
           vessell
           be
           fixed
           among
           the
           Starrs
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           new
           Constellation
           ,
           let
           her
           Pilot
           
             Iuan
             Sebastian
             Canoaa
          
           
           Mountaneer
           of
           Spain
           ,
           a
           most
           excellent
           Navigator
           make
           also
           another
           asterisme
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           me
           thinks
           I
           see
           a
           kind
           of
           amazement
           in
           your
           countenances
           at
           these
           mighty
           exploits
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           from
           the
           Rising
           Sun
           to
           his
           Setting
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           a
           hard
           question
           to
           determine
           whether
           the
           Indians
           reap'd
           more
           benefit
           by
           the
           Europaeans
           ,
           or
           Europe
           by
           them
           :
           but
           if
           a
           judicious
           soule
           enter
           into
           a
           true
           contemplation
           of
           the
           business
           ,
           he
           will
           make
           it
           no
           question
           at
           all
           ;
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           we
           have
           receav'd
           from
           the
           Indies
           gemms
           and
           gold
           which
           I
           confesse
           are
           the
           most
           precious
           productions
           of
           nature
           ;
           but
           what
           did
           the
           Indians
           receave
           from
           us
           by
           way
           of
           barter
           ?
           They
           receav'd
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           vertu
           ,
           civility
           and
           knowledg
           ,
           government
           and
           Policy
           ;
           All
           these
           benedictions
           the
           Viracochas
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Savage
           call
           the
           Christians
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           brought
           among
           them
           .
           It
           was
           the
           Spanish
           Navigation
           ,
           who
           first
           confuted
           that
           grosse
           opinion
           and
           hereticall
           tenet
           (
           for
           there
           was
           a
           Bishop
           imprisoned
           in
           Rome
           for
           holding
           the
           contrary
           )
           that
           ther
           were
           no
           Antipodes
           ;
           Therfore
           the
           rest
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           Asia
           and
           Afrique
           also
           shold
           vayle
           unto
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           respect
           him
           more
           then
           any
           Nation
           for
           this
           blessing
           of
           discovery
           ,
           which
           it
           seems
           the
           God
           of
           Nature
           had
           reserved
           for
           him
           from
           the
           beginning
           ;
           and
           a
           mighty
           blessing
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           needs
           acknowledg
           it
           so
           ,
           if
           we
           descend
           into
           the
           tru
           speculation
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           for
           therby
           ther
           was
           as
           much
           of
           the
           terrestriall
           globe
           discovered
           ,
           as
           for
           extent
           and
           amplitude
           did
           equall
           the
           old
           world
           .
           But
           what
           a
           world
           of
           dangers
           and
           difficulties
           did
           they
           overcom
           ?
           on
           the
           one
           side
           the
           incertitude
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           perills
           of
           the
           vast
           confused
           Ocean
           did
           offer
           themselfs
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           the
           expences
           of
           the
           voyage
           ,
           and
           the
           despair
           of
           more
           provision
           when
           the
           old
           store
           was
           spent
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           they
           shold
           discover
           and
           take
           footing
           on
           a
           new
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Savages
           might
           prove
           stranger
           then
           they
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           such
           thoughts
           as
           these
           did
           possesse
           and
           puzzle
           them
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           their
           courage
           and
           magnanimity
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           broak
           through
           all
           these
           difficulties
           :
           and
           as
           a
           wild
           Boar
           being
           taken
           within
           the
           toyles
           doth
           try
           all
           wayes
           ,
           turn
           about
           and
           struggle
           how
           to
           get
           out
           ,
           at
           last
           when
           all
           will
           not
           serve
           ,
           he
           lyes
           down
           betwixt
           quietness
           and
           despair
           ,
           putting
           himself
           upon
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Huntsman
           ,
           so
           that
           American
           fortune
           being
           tyed
           to
           that
           fear
           which
           possess'd
           it
           ,
           at
           last
           doth
           prostrat
           her self
           at
           the
           feet
           of
           the
           Spanish
           vertu
           ,
           tying
           her self
           therunto
           by
           a
           perpetuall
           tribut
           ;
           she
           brings
           her
           afterwards
           golden
           mines
           ,
           and
           mountains
           ,
           yea
           Rivers
           running
           with
           gold
           ,
           Seas
           full
           of
           Perl
           ,
           som
           parts
           of
           the
           earth
           labouring
           with
           gems
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           arromatick
           Spices
           ,
           sweet
           woods
           ,
           with
           new
           Species
           of
           birds
           ,
           beasts
           ,
           plants
           and
           fishes
           ;
           All
           these
           things
           did
           India
           afford
           the
           Spaniard
           for
           a
           gratefull
           return
           of
           his
           indefatigable
           and
           hazardous
           pains
           in
           coming
           to
           visit
           her
           :
           The
           mines
           of
           Potosi
           in
           Peru
           yeeld
           30000.
           
           Crowns
           every
           day
           in
           good
           gold
           ore
           ,
           The
           Mines
           of
           Mexico
           much
           more
           in
           Silver
           .
           But
           what
           exchanges
           did
           Spain
           make
           to
           Amenia
           for
           this
           tresure
           ?
           Mary
           she
           afforded
           her
           a
           far
           more
           precious
           thing
           ,
           even
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           world
           of
           pains
           did
           the
           Spaniards
           take
           to
           plant
           that
           among
           them
           at
           first
           ?
           It
           is
           recorded
           by
           Borerus
           that
           one
           Franciscan
           Frier
           did
           Christen
           400000.
           
           Americans
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Laver
           of
           regeneration
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Spaniards
           may
           term
           themselfs
           with
           arrogance
           the
           Apostles
           of
           the
           new
           world
           :
           They
           were
           the
           first
           who
           cultivated
           that
           Vineyard
           ,
           the
           first
           that
           brought
           light
           out
           of
           darknes
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Fryers
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           so
           did
           the
           Iesuits
           in
           the
           East
           Indies
           take
           infinite
           pains
           in
           planting
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           their
           piety
           and
           diligence
           hath
           succeeded
           so
           well
           that
           it
           is
           got
           into
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           great
           Emperour
           of
           China
           .
           What
           brave
           atchievments
           are
           these
           to
           conquer
           and
           subdu
           Souls
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           then
           to
           subjugat
           the
           body
           ?
           Certainly
           the
           Spaniards
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Grandees
           of
           these
           times
           above
           any
           other
           people
           .
        
         
           Now
           although
           ther
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           proverbiall
           saying
           ,
           
             Espanam
             las
             Armas
             ,
             Italia
             la
             pluma
             ,
          
           Spain
           is
           for
           the
           Pike
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           proper
           for
           the
           pen
           ;
           for
           the
           Sword
           ,
           not
           for
           Sciences
           ,
           which
           the
           Italians
           are
           more
           apt
           unto
           ;
           Though
           som
           Authors
           do
           brand
           them
           to
           be
           somwhat
           idle
           and
           Phlegmatique
           ,
           yet
           I
           could
           muster
           up
           here
           a
           whole
           Regiment
           of
           acute
           and
           learned
           wits
           in
           all
           faculties
           :
           And
           first
           for
           Theologie
           ;
           I
           pray
           what
           great
           lights
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           
             Vigilantius
             ,
             Aquilius
             ,
             Severus
             ,
             Prudentius
             ,
          
           
           
             Osius
             ,
             Avitus
             Presbyter
             ,
             Marcianus
             ,
             Paulus
             Orosius
             ,
             Pacianus
          
           and
           Dexter
           his
           Son
           ,
           
             Audentius
             ,
             Isiodorus
             ,
             Iustinian
             ,
             Leander
             ,
             Martinus
             ,
             Fulgentius
             ,
             Eladius
             ,
             Eutropius
          
           ;
           To
           whom
           may
           be
           added
           ,
           though
           of
           a
           Judaicall
           adventitious
           tribe
           and
           sect
           ,
           yet
           great
           learned
           men
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           
             Rabbi
             Abenezra
             ,
             Rabbi
             Moyses
             ,
             Rabbi
             David
             Chimchi
             ,
             Moses
             of
             Corduba
             ,
             Rabbi
             Camora
             .
          
        
         
           
             Franciscus
             Ximenez
          
           Cardinall
           and
           Archbishop
           of
           Toledo
           employed
           60.
           thousand
           Crowns
           ,
           for
           the
           Editions
           of
           the
           Complutensian
           Bible
           ,
           a
           great
           Spirit
           certainly
           ,
           and
           born
           under
           a
           happy
           Star
           ,
           for
           these
           times
           and
           for
           the
           ornament
           of
           Spain
           ,
           for
           he
           incited
           others
           to
           workes
           of
           vertue
           ;
           
             Franciscus
             de
             Sancta
             Aelia
          
           compos'd
           an
           usefull
           Ecclesiastique
           Dictionary
           ;
           But
           what
           a
           nomber
           of
           renound
           Bishops
           both
           for
           piety
           and
           erudition
           hath
           Spain
           had
           ?
           what
           shall
           I
           speak
           of
           
             Hierom
             Osorius
             ,
             Andrew
             Resendius
             ,
             Benedictus
             Arius
             Montanus
             ,
          
           who
           by
           a
           rare
           and
           most
           singular
           benignity
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           great
           example
           to
           posterity
           ,
           entertained
           Lipsius
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           a
           friend
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Son
           ,
           and
           invited
           him
           to
           Spain
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           continued
           to
           make
           him
           his
           Associat
           in
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           so
           he
           made
           him
           his
           successor
           at
           his
           death
           :
           What
           eminent
           men
           have
           the
           Dominicans
           produc'd
           ?
           Lewis
           of
           Granada
           was
           born
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Piety
           :
           what
           credit
           did
           
             Franciscus
             Forerius
          
           pourchase
           in
           the
           Tridentine
           Councell
           ,
           though
           he
           died
           a
           violent
           death
           ?
        
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           the
           Iesuits
           ,
           what
           saintlike
           men
           were
           
             Hieronimus
             Pradus
             ,
             Villalpandus
             ,
             Tunianus
             Pererius
             ,
             Tolletus
             ,
          
           who
           was
           first
           of
           that
           Order
           that
           was
           coopted
           by
           Clement
           the
           8.
           into
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Cardinalls
           ?
           What
           a
           man
           was
           Maldonatus
           ?
           what
           a
           bright
           Star
           he
           was
           both
           for
           candor
           of
           Maners
           ,
           for
           quicknes
           of
           wit
           ,
           for
           profound
           speculations
           in
           Philosophy
           and
           Theologie
           ,
           and
           for
           singular
           piety
           ,
           who
           studying
           ten
           yeers
           together
           in
           Clermont
           Colledg
           in
           Paris
           ,
           brought
           the
           French
           to
           have
           a
           better
           opinion
           of
           the
           Iesuits
           by
           his
           example
           ,
           whereas
           before
           they
           were
           so
           much
           hated
           :
           What
           rare
           Commentaries
           hath
           he
           upon
           the
           four
           Evangelists
           ,
           published
           by
           the
           care
           and
           charge
           of
           Puteanus
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           the
           same
           Society
           ?
           which
           Comentaries
           never
           the
           lesse
           't
           is
           thought
           by
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           learnedst
           men
           ,
           had
           bin
           better
           and
           purer
           if
           they
           had
           com
           out
           in
           his
           life
           time
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           I
           instance
           in
           particular
           men
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           whole
           Order
           of
           Iesuits
           first
           founded
           by
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           new
           and
           old
           world
           above
           three
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Colleges
           of
           their
           Society
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Seminaries
           for
           institution
           of
           youth
           ,
           and
           a
           rigid
           practise
           of
           piety
           that
           are
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           but
           specially
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           Christianity
           among
           Infidels
           :
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Iaponia
           alone
           ,
           it
           is
           credibly
           reported
           that
           they
           converted
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           of
           Soules
           ,
           among
           whom
           were
           three
           Iaponian
           Kings
           ,
           who
           made
           a
           pilgrimage
           to
           Rome
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           all
           the
           world
           .
           Henry
           the
           Great
           of
           France
           came
           to
           have
           such
           an
           opinion
           of
           this
           so
           pious
           and
           prudent
           order
           ,
           that
           he
           conferred
           Mountains
           of
           favours
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           he
           gave
           them
           not
           only
           one
           of
           his
           best
           palaces
           in
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           but
           he
           bequeathed
           them
           his
           heart
           after
           his
           death
           ;
           Certainly
           the
           Jesuits
           are
           men
           of
           extraordinary
           talents
           ,
           They
           are
           said
           to
           be
           Timothies
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Chrysostomes
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           Augustins
           in
           the
           Chair
           ;
           Being
           excited
           by
           their
           example
           ,
           
             Sancta
             Teresia
          
           a
           woman
           of
           a
           Masculine
           spirit
           rise
           up
           ,
           and
           did
           mighty
           and
           miraculous
           things
           ,
           for
           being
           a
           little
           stepped
           in
           yeers
           ,
           she
           tooke
           a
           Monasticall
           life
           upon
           her
           ,
           where
           she
           liv'd
           with
           such
           austerity
           ,
           that
           is
           wonderfull
           and
           transcending
           the
           frayle
           sexe
           of
           women
           ;
           she
           was
           the
           foundresse
           and
           Instauratrix
           of
           a
           new
           Order
           of
           reclus'd
           Virgins
           ,
           and
           't
           were
           mervailous
           to
           relate
           what
           encrease
           this
           order
           receav'd
           not
           only
           in
           Spain
           ,
           but
           in
           both
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           being
           encourag'd
           by
           the
           countenance
           of
           Pope
           
             Sixtus
             quintus
          
           and
           Clement
           the
           8.
           
        
         
           Now
           for
           great
           Doctors
           and
           eminent
           men
           in
           the
           Civill
           Lawes
           ,
           Spain
           hath
           bred
           as
           profound
           as
           any
           ,
           witnes
           Calixtus
           the
           third
           .
           
             Fortunius
             Garzia
             ,
             Coraviva
             Aspilcueta
          
           the
           Navarrin
           a
           man
           of
           celebrous
           integrity
           as
           well
           as
           of
           knowledg
           :
           For
           when
           Caranca
           Archbishop
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           permission
           of
           Philip
           the
           second
           ,
           summon'd
           and
           brought
           to
           Rome
           for
           suspition
           of
           being
           a
           Sectarian
           ,
           Doctor
           Aspilcueta
           being
           his
           old
           friend
           ,
           and
           having
           80.
           yeers
           on
           his
           back
           went
           purposely
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           defended
           the
           Archbishop
           with
           such
           strenuous
           arguments
           ,
           that
           he
           brought
           him
           off
           
           cleer
           .
           He
           also
           made
           good
           the
           title
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Navarre
           to
           Charles
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           litigated
           ,
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           rationall
           men
           ;
           To
           him
           may
           be
           added
           
             Ferd
             :
             Vasquius
             Pinellus
          
           ,
           the
           two
           
             Vergaras
             ,
             Emanuel
             Soarez
             ,
             Villalobos
             ,
             Alvarus
             Valascus
             ,
             Gutierez
             ,
          
           and
           Goveanus
           ,
           whom
           Cujaeius
           consesseth
           to
           be
           the
           truest
           Iustinian
           interpreter
           that
           ever
           was
           .
        
         
           For
           Physitions
           ,
           what
           part
           of
           the
           Univers
           hath
           produc'd
           more
           famous
           men
           then
           Spain
           ?
           as
           Averroes
           of
           
             Cordova
             ,
             Rasis
             Almansor
             ,
             Messahallath
             ,
             Avicenna
          
           of
           
             Sevill
             ,
             Nonius
             ,
             Amatus
             ,
             Christopher
             a
             Vega
             ,
             Garcias
             ab
             Horto
             ,
             Franciscus
             Valessus
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           other
           ,
           able
           to
           make
           a
           whole
           College
           of
           Physitions
           of
           themselfs
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Philosophers
           ,
           Rhetoritians
           and
           Poets
           ,
           Spain
           hath
           produc'd
           many
           masculine
           births
           also
           that
           way
           ,
           what
           a
           Man
           of
           Men
           was
           Seneca
           the
           Philosopher
           ?
           who
           in
           precepts
           of
           morality
           outwent
           and
           excell'd
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           not
           only
           all
           his
           contemporaries
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           went
           before
           him
           or
           came
           behind
           him
           ;
           Next
           to
           the
           Philosopher
           I
           wil
           bring
           in
           
             Seneca
             the
             Rhetor
          
           ,
           of
           whom
           among
           other
           rarities
           't
           is
           written
           ,
           that
           ther
           being
           two
           thousand
           names
           told
           him
           ,
           he
           presently
           repeated
           them
           all
           exactly
           in
           his
           Oration
           ;
           Lucan
           shall
           enter
           next
           ,
           then
           
             Silius
             Italicus
          
           ,
           after
           him
           
             Martiall
             Collumella
             ,
             Fabius
             Quintilianus
             ,
             Pomponius
             Mela
             ,
             Trogus
             Pompeius
             ,
             Iustinus
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           Alphonso
           King
           of
           
             Castile
             .
             Henry
          
           Infant
           of
           
             Portugal
             ,
             Arnoldus
             Villanovanus
             ,
             Raymundus
             Lullius
             ,
             Ludovicus
             Vives
             ,
             Nonius
             ,
             Salinus
             ,
             Antperez
             ,
             Morales
             ,
             Surita
             ,
             Geomecius
             ,
          
           and
           Barosius
           the
           best
           compiler
           of
           the
           Indian
           History
           ;
           all
           these
           by
           their
           workes
           have
           deserv'd
           infinitely
           much
           of
           all
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           :
           To
           these
           may
           be
           added
           that
           miracle
           of
           women-kind
           ,
           
             Aloysia
             Sigea
          
           ,
           who
           was
           practically
           vers'd
           in
           5.
           severall
           languages
           ,
           as
           
             Latin
             Greek
             ,
             Hebrew
             ,
             Syriaque
             ,
          
           and
           Chaldaique
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           letters
           are
           yet
           extant
           which
           Paul
           the
           third
           writ
           to
           this
           
             Toledo
             Virgin
          
           :
           I
           could
           muster
           here
           great
           nombers
           of
           learned
           men
           more
           whom
           Spain
           hath
           bred
           .
        
         
           
             
               Quos
               aget
               penna
               metuente
               solvi
            
             
               Fama
               superstes
               .
            
          
        
         
           What
           therfor
           Ausonius
           sung
           to
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           in
           poeticall
           amplifications
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           mention
           in
           part
           unto
           you
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           proper
           for
           the
           subject
           .
        
         
           
             
               Bellandi
               ,
               Fandique
               potens
               Hispania
               honorem
            
             
               Bis
               meret
               ,
               ut
               geminos
               titulos
               ,
               qui
               praelia
               musis
            
             
               Temperat
               &
               Geti●…um
               moderatur
               Apolline
               Martem
               ,
            
             
               Arma
               inter
               quantum
               cessat
               de
               tempore
               belli
               ,
            
             
               Indulget
               Clariis
               tantum
               inter
               castra
               Camaenis
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           com
           now
           to
           the
           vastnes
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           and
           certainly
           without
           controlment
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           that
           hath
           been
           since
           the
           Creation
           ,
           considering
           all
           things
           ;
           It
           may
           be
           sayed
           take
           all
           the
           Members
           thereof
           together
           ,
           to
           be
           ten
           times
           bigger
           then
           the
           Ottoman
           Empire
           ,
           although
           he
           hath
           in
           Europe
           the
           better
           part
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
             Bosnia
             ,
             Servia
             ,
             Bulgaria
             ,
             Macedon
             ,
             Epire
             ,
             Greece
             ,
             Peloponesus
             ,
             Thrace
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Iles
           in
           the
           Archipelago
           :
           All
           though
           he
           can
           go
           from
           Buda
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           nere
           to
           Tauris
           and
           all
           in
           his
           own
           Territories
           ;
           Nay
           it
           is
           of
           more
           extent
           then
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           was
           ,
           when
           she
           was
           mounted
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           power
           ,
           and
           Spaciousnesse
           ;
           for
           the
           Domininions
           of
           Philip
           now
           King
           of
           Spain
           expand
           themselfs
           further
           .
           The
           Sun
           doth
           perpetually
           shine
           upon
           som
           part
           of
           the
           Phillippean
           Monarchy
           ,
           for
           if
           it
           sets
           in
           one
           clime
           ,
           it
           then
           riseth
           in
           another
           .
           He
           hath
           dominion
           on
           both
           the
           Hemisphers
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           all
           the
           four
           Monarchies
           could
           say
           so
           much
           ,
           nor
           any
           Potentat
           now
           living
           but
           himself
           ;
           Therfore
           he
           may
           well
           joyn
           the
           Sphear
           of
           the
           world
           to
           his
           armes
           ,
           and
           better
           share
           Empires
           with
           Iove
           then
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           could
           ;
           his
           Scepter
           points
           at
           the
           four
           Cardinal
           corners
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           and
           South
           ,
           for
           of
           those
           
           360.
           degrees
           in
           the
           
             Aequinoctiall
             ,
             Portugall
          
           alone
           is
           said
           to
           occupie
           200.
           
        
         
           Iupiter
           in
           coelis
           ,
           in
           Terra
           regnat
           Iberus
           .
        
         
           Most
           Illustrious
           Auditors
           ,
           you
           have
           hitherto
           heard
           the
           magnitude
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           tends
           most
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           Spain
           ,
           is
           her
           policy
           and
           prudence
           in
           governing
           so
           many
           distinct
           Regions
           ,
           so
           many
           squandred
           Kingdoms
           ,
           so
           many
           millions
           of
           people
           of
           differing
           humours
           ,
           customes
           and
           constitutions
           .
           To
           be
           able
           to
           Rule
           so
           many
           Nations
           is
           more
           then
           to
           raign
           over
           them
           ;
           the
           one
           is
           imputed
           to
           the
           outward
           strength
           of
           bodies
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           the
           Sagacity
           of
           the
           brain
           ;
           but
           for
           Spain
           her self
           ther
           is
           that
           sweet
           harmony
           twixt
           the
           Prince
           and
           peeple
           ,
           the
           one
           in
           obeying
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           
             bearing
             rule
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           admirable
           ,
           and
           here
           the
           Spanish
           King
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           all
           other
           
             Imperando
             &
             parendo
          
           .
           He
           is
           neither
           King
           of
           Asses
           as
           the
           French
           is
           ,
           nor
           the
           King
           of
           Devills
           as
           the
           English
           is
           ,
           nor
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           as
           the
           Emperour
           glories
           to
           be
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           is
           
             Rex
             Hominum
          
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Men
           :
           he
           may
           also
           be
           termed
           the
           King
           of
           Princes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Character
           which
           Claudian
           gives
           Spain
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           
             Principibus
             faecunda
             piis
          
           —
        
         
           
             
               
                 There
                 also
                 as
                 he
                 signs
              
               —
               Fruges
               ,
               aera●…ia
               ,
               Miles
            
             
               Vndique
               conveniunt
               totoque
               ex
               orbe
               leguntur
               ▪
            
             
               Haec
               generat
               qui
               cuncta
               regunt
               —
            
          
        
         
           Therfore
           let
           Candy
           the
           Cradle
           of
           Iove
           ,
           let
           Thebes
           the
           Mother
           of
           Hercules
           ,
           and
           Delos
           the
           nurse
           of
           two
           Gods
           yeeld
           to
           Spain
           .
           It
           was
           she
           who
           brought
           forth
           Trajan
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           was
           as
           good
           as
           Augustus
           was
           happie
           ;
           she
           gave
           Hadrian
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           she
           gave
           Theodosius
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           of
           Emperours
           for
           Morality
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           who
           rays'd
           and
           rear'd
           up
           again
           the
           Roman
           Monarchy
           when
           she
           was
           tottering
           ;
           Ferdinand
           the
           first
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           Infant
           of
           Spain
           ,
           a
           Prince
           who
           for
           liberty
           and
           justice
           ,
           for
           mansuetude
           and
           munificence
           ,
           for
           assiduity
           and
           vigilance
           ,
           for
           piety
           and
           peace
           was
           inferiour
           to
           none
           of
           his
           progenitors
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           day
           they
           keep
           in
           Spain
           the
           Cradle
           ,
           and
           Rattles
           he
           us'd
           when
           he
           was
           a
           child
           in
           Complutum
           where
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           which
           Town
           enjoyes
           to
           this
           day
           some
           speciall
           immunities
           for
           his
           Nativity
           there
           .
        
         
           But
           Spain
           gave
           all
           these
           Princes
           to
           other
           Nations
           ;
           how
           many
           hath
           she
           affoorded
           her self
           ?
           she
           gave
           Ferdinand
           of
           Aragon
           a
           Prince
           of
           incomparable
           piety
           and
           prowesse
           who
           first
           lay'd
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           matching
           with
           
             Donam
             Isabella
          
           Queen
           of
           Castile
           ,
           a
           heavenly
           Princesse
           ,
           she
           gave
           Philip
           the
           second
           ,
           call'd
           the
           prudent
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           was
           ,
           to
           a
           proverb
           ;
           how
           cautious
           was
           he
           in
           administration
           of
           Justice
           ?
           how
           circumspect
           in
           distribution
           of
           Offices
           ?
           how
           judicious
           in
           rewarding
           of
           Men
           ?
           &c.
           how
           wary
           in
           conferring
           of
           honors
           ?
           for
           he
           was
           us'd
           to
           say
           ,
           
             that
             honors
             conferred
             upon
             an
             unworthy
             man
             ,
             was
             like
             sound
             Meat
             cast
             into
             a
             corrupt
             Stomack
          
           ;
           What
           a
           great
           example
           of
           Parsimony
           was
           he
           ?
           yet
           Magnificent
           to
           a
           miracle
           ,
           witnes
           the
           eighth
           wonder
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           Escuriall
           ,
           which
           stupendous
           fabrick
           he
           not
           only
           saw
           all
           finished
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           though
           the
           building
           continued
           many
           yeers
           ,
           but
           he
           enjoy'd
           it
           himself
           twelve
           yeers
           ,
           and
           carried
           his
           own
           bones
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           Pantheon
           he
           had
           built
           there
           .
           He
           was
           so
           choyce
           in
           the
           election
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           no
           Barber
           for
           his
           Ambassador
           ,
           nor
           Taylor
           for
           his
           Herald
           ,
           nor
           Physition
           for
           his
           Chancellor
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           of
           Lewis
           the
           XI
           .
           of
           France
           ,
           nor
           a
           Faukner
           to
           his
           chief
           Favorit
           as
           the
           last
           French
           King
           had
           .
           But
           that
           which
           was
           signall
           in
           this
           wise
           K.
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           attempted
           any
           great
           busines
           but
           he
           wold
           first
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           
             Councel
             of
             Conscience
          
           ;
           And
           before
           the
           Acquisition
           of
           Portugall
           he
           shewed
           a
           notable
           example
           hereof
           ;
           For
           King
           Sebastian
           being
           slain
           in
           a
           rash
           War
           against
           the
           Moores
           ,
           and
           Henry
           dying
           a
           little
           after
           ,
           ther
           were
           many
           Candidates
           and
           pretenders
           for
           the
           Lusitanian
           Crown
           ,
           first
           Philip
           himself
           ,
           then
           Philibert
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           after
           him
           Farnessius
           Duke
           of
           Parma
           ,
           then
           Iohn
           Duke
           of
           Bragansa
           ,
           and
           lastly
           
             Katherine
             de
             Medici
          
           ;
           King
           Philip
           ,
           though
           t
           was
           in
           vain
           to
           compasse
           this
           busines●…
           by
           Legations
           ,
           therfore
           he
           did
           it
           with
           his
           Legions
           ;
           yet
           he
           paus'd
           long
           upon
           the
           busines
           ,
           referring
           it
           to
           the
           debate
           of
           the
           learnedst
           Theologues
           ,
           and
           
             Civill
             Doctors
          
           ,
           where
           it
           
           was
           eventilated
           ,
           and
           canvas'd
           to
           and
           fro
           with
           all
           the
           wit
           and
           arguments
           the
           brain
           of
           man
           could
           affoord
           
             pro
             &
             con
          
           ;
           At
           last
           the
           title
           and
           right
           being
           adjudg'd
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           fairly
           demanded
           it
           in
           a
           peaceable
           way
           ,
           and
           being
           put
           off
           ,
           he
           raiseth
           an
           Army
           answerable
           to
           the
           greatnes
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           yet
           being
           advanc'd
           to
           the
           borders
           he
           made
           a
           halt
           ,
           and
           summons
           again
           both
           Divines
           and
           Civillians
           to
           deliver
           their
           knowledg
           and
           consciences
           herin
           ,
           conjuring
           them
           by
           God
           and
           the
           sacred
           Faith
           to
           do
           it
           with
           integrity
           ,
           and
           freedom
           ;
           Herupon
           they
           all
           unanimously
           concur'd
           in
           the
           confirmation
           of
           their
           former
           judgment
           ,
           as
           Ripsius
           doth
           testifie
           ;
           After
           this
           great
           transaction
           ,
           he
           sends
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           with
           an
           army
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           his
           right
           ,
           wherin
           he
           was
           so
           prosperous
           that
           he
           invaded
           ,
           survay'd
           ,
           and
           subjugated
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           Portugall
           in
           a
           very
           short
           time
           ,
           utterly
           defeating
           
             Don
             Antonio
          
           ,
           whom
           though
           King
           Philip
           might
           have
           surpriz'd
           a
           good
           while
           before
           lurking
           in
           a
           Monastery
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           do
           it
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           he
           caus'd
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bragansa's
           Son
           ,
           being
           Captif
           among
           the
           Moores
           ,
           to
           be
           redeem'd
           at
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           could
           have
           detained
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           suffer'd
           him
           to
           go
           where
           he
           would
           :
           Now
           having
           debell'd
           and
           absolutely
           reduc'd
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Portugall
           ,
           among
           many
           others
           who
           were
           his
           Opposers
           ,
           the
           Doctors
           of
           Conimbria
           were
           most
           busy
           ,
           yet
           he
           sent
           them
           not
           only
           a
           generall
           pardon
           ,
           but
           encreased
           the
           exhibitions
           of
           the
           University
           ;
           This
           mighty
           King
           was
           also
           a
           great
           Lover
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           preferring
           the
           publick
           incolumity
           therof
           before
           his
           own
           bloud
           ;
           his
           only
           Son
           Charls
           ,
           who
           being
           a
           youngman
           of
           a
           restles
           ambitious
           spirit
           ,
           and
           being
           weary
           of
           the
           compliance
           he
           ow'd
           his
           Father
           ,
           was
           us'd
           to
           carry
           Pistolls
           ready
           cock'd
           about
           him
           in
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           under
           his
           pillow
           in
           the
           night
           ;
           He
           confest
           to
           his
           ghostly
           Father
           ,
           that
           
             he
             had
             a
             purpose
             to
             kill
             a
             Man
             ,
          
           and
           being
           denied
           absolution
           from
           him
           ,
           he
           desir'd
           that
           he
           would
           give
           him
           unconsecrated
           bread
           before
           the
           Congregation
           to
           avoid
           publick
           offence
           ;
           King
           Philip
           being
           told
           of
           this
           confin'd
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           over
           to
           the
           Councell
           of
           the
           Inquisition
           ;
           The
           Councell
           deliver'd
           their
           opinion
           ,
           and
           humbly
           thought
           that
           since
           his
           Majesty
           could
           pardon
           those
           whom
           he
           
             hated
             most
          
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           pardon
           him
           whom
           he
           
             lov'd
             most
          
           ;
           And
           so
           made
           instance
           in
           Charles
           the
           Great
           ,
           who
           pardon'd
           his
           Son
           Pepin
           for
           a
           conjuration
           against
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           having
           attempted
           it
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           only
           committed
           him
           to
           a
           Monastery
           ;
           The
           King
           herupon
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             he
             was
             to
             love
             his
             Son
             ,
             but
             he
             lov'd
             Spain
             better
             :
          
           therupon
           he
           put
           a
           question
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           the
           pardon
           he
           shold
           give
           his
           Son
           would
           not
           prove
           a
           Sin
           rather
           then
           an
           Act
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           considering
           the
           publick
           calamities
           that
           might
           thence
           ensue
           ,
           therfore
           he
           asked
           them
           which
           was
           to
           be
           
             preferr'd
             the
             peoples
             good
             or
             his
             Son's
             ?
          
           They
           answered
           certainly
           ,
           the
           peoples
           ;
           So
           he
           transmitted
           him
           to
           that
           Councell
           ,
           conjuring
           them
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           who
           is
           to
           judg
           the
           Angells
           one
           day
           ,
           and
           will
           make
           no
           distinction
           twixt
           Kings
           and
           Coblers
           to
           do
           justice
           herin
           ;
           So
           the
           young
           Prince
           was
           adjudg'd
           ,
           and
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           passed
           upon
           him
           ;
           Good
           God!
           what
           passions
           did
           struggle
           in
           the
           Father
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           to
           sign
           the
           Sentence
           ?
           and
           t
           is
           his
           paternall
           affection
           to
           the
           chaire
           of
           Justice
           :
           he
           was
           a
           Father
           ,
           therfore
           his
           affections
           could
           not
           grow
           to
           such
           a
           hatred
           ,
           but
           they
           might
           returne
           to
           their
           own
           nature
           ;
           But
           after
           many
           such
           conflicts
           ,
           he
           chose
           rather
           to
           be
           
             Pater
             Patriae
          
           ,
           then
           
             Pater
             Caroli
          
           ,
           to
           be
           Father
           of
           Spain
           then
           Father
           of
           a
           Son
           ,
           and
           make
           naturall
           respects
           yeeld
           to
           prudentiall
           ;
           So
           the
           young
           Prince
           dyed
           ,
           yet
           not
           by
           the
           Executioners
           hand
           ,
           but
           as
           't
           was
           rumor'd
           by
           Poyson
           ;
           Thus
           to
           the
           consternation
           of
           all
           the
           world
           the
           Phosphorus
           of
           Spain
           fell
           to
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           suddenly
           set
           and
           divers
           of
           his
           Favorites
           with
           him
           ,
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           know
           the
           yeer
           this
           Cronogram
           will
           tell
           you
           .
        
         
           fILIUs
           ante
           DIeM
           patrIos
           InqUIrIt
           In
           annes
           .
        
         
           This
           Phillip
           was
           also
           famous
           for
           his
           Piety
           as
           well
           as
           Iustice
           ,
           which
           made
           Gregory
           the
           13.
           to
           break
           out
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             The
             prolongation
             of
             my
             life
             can
             little
             availe
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             but
             pray
             for
             the
             health
             of
             King
             Philip
             ,
             for
             his
             life
             concerns
             her
             more
             .
          
           He
           was
           wonderfully
           constant
           to
           himself
           ,
           he
           was
           always
           without
           passion
           ,
           
           and
           somtimes
           above
           them
           ,
           of
           a
           marvailous
           Equanimity
           ,
           and
           Longanimity
           ,
           witness
           his
           patience
           in
           his
           sicknesses
           ,
           wherof
           he
           had
           many
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           grave
           was
           the
           Pediculary
           disease
           ,
           which
           though
           nasty
           and
           gastly
           ,
           yet
           he
           endur'd
           it
           with
           invincible
           patience
           .
           When
           he
           found
           his
           glasse
           almost
           run
           out
           ,
           he
           sent
           for
           his
           Son
           and
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           told
           them
           ,
           
             In
             this
             small
             afflicted
             body
             you
             see
             to
             how
             small
             a
             threed
             the
             pomp
             and
             splendor
             of
             all
             Earthly
             Magnitude
             doth
             hang
             ,
             my
             Mortall
             life
             is
             upon
             departing
             ,
             the
             care
             of
             my
             Sepulchre
             ,
             and
             rites
             of
             exequies
             ,
             I
             commend
             unto
             you
             with
             my
             blessing
             .
          
           Among
           many
           other
           ther
           is
           one
           remarkable
           passage
           in
           this
           Kings
           life
           ;
           when
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           was
           upon
           point
           of
           going
           to
           Portugall
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           great
           desire
           to
           kisse
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           was
           denyed
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           Duke
           to
           say
           ,
           
             that
             his
             Master
             had
             sent
             him
             to
             conquer
             Kingdoms
             ,
             being
             tyed
             with
             chains
             and
             fetters
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Son
           Philip
           the
           second
           ,
           did
           equall
           him
           in
           Piety
           ,
           and
           in
           nothing
           els
           ,
           we
           know
           what
           a
           Saint-like
           man
           he
           was
           ,
           having
           his
           Beads
           alwayes
           either
           about
           his
           neck
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           hands
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           hold
           you
           no
           longer
           ,
           only
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           Spain
           more
           then
           any
           other
           have
           don
           miraculous
           and
           immortall
           things
           ;
           For
           as
           God
           almighty
           when
           he
           builds
           ,
           creates
           no
           lesse
           then
           a
           world
           ,
           When
           he
           is
           angry
           ,
           sends
           no
           lesse
           then
           an
           universall
           deluge
           ;
           When
           he
           conferrs
           grace
           to
           mankind
           ,
           sends
           no
           lesse
           then
           his
           own
           Son
           ;
           When
           he
           rewards
           ,
           gives
           no
           lesse
           then
           Paradise
           ;
           when
           he
           warrs
           ,
           employs
           no
           lesse
           then
           Legions
           of
           Angells
           and
           makes
           the
           Elements
           to
           fight
           ,
           the
           Sea
           to
           open
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           to
           stand
           ;
           so
           if
           finite
           things
           may
           beare
           any
           proportion
           with
           infinity
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           Spain
           are
           borne
           to
           do
           no
           petty
           things
           ,
           but
           mighty
           matters
           ;
           When
           they
           build
           ;
           they
           erect
           no
           lesse
           then
           an
           Escuriall
           ;
           If
           they
           are
           angry
           ,
           they
           drive
           forth
           whole
           Nations
           ,
           as
           the
           Moores
           and
           the
           Iews
           ;
           If
           they
           reflect
           upon
           the
           publique
           good
           ,
           they
           sacrifice
           no
           lesse
           then
           their
           own
           Sons
           ;
           If
           they
           desire
           to
           oblige
           any
           ,
           they
           restore
           Kings
           as
           Muleasses
           to
           Tunis
           ,
           and
           make
           Popes
           of
           their
           Schoolmasters
           ;
           when
           they
           take
           armes
           ,
           then
           they
           conquer
           not
           only
           whole
           Kingdoms
           ,
           but
           new
           Worlds
           .
        
         
           Therfore
           my
           dearest
           Brother
           ,
           
             Frederique
             Achilles
          
           ,
           and
           you
           most
           Illustrious
           Cosens
           and
           Auditors
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           shall
           derogat
           from
           no
           other
           Region
           ,
           if
           taking
           King
           and
           Countrey
           together
           ,
           I
           preferr
           the
           Spaniard
           for
           glory
           and
           amplitude
           of
           Dominions
           ,
           for
           fulgor
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           the
           longest
           arm'd
           Monark
           ,
           for
           Men
           and
           Mines
           ,
           for
           Iles
           and
           Continents
           ,
           I
           say
           I
           do
           no
           wrong
           to
           any
           ,
           if
           I
           prefer
           him
           before
           any
           other
           Prince
           or
           Potentat
           upon
           the
           earthly
           Globe
           .
        
         
           DIXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           The
           Lord
           GEORGE
           FREDERIQUE
           ,
           Baron
           of
           LIMBURG
           ,
           and
           Hereditary
           Officer
           to
           the
           Sacred
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           allwayes
           Free.
           Against
           SPAIN
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             Prince
             and
             President
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           WE
           have
           hitherto
           delivered
           sundry
           opinions
           ,
           wheron
           ther
           have
           been
           many
           learned
           and
           Rhetoricall
           descants
           ;
           I
           observe
           allso
           ther
           are
           som
           divorcements
           and
           discrepancies
           in
           the
           said
           opinions
           ;
           But
           for
           my
           particular
           suffrage
           ,
           I
           will
           preferr
           France
           before
           any
           Province
           of
           the
           Europaean
           world
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           shold
           attempt
           to
           speak
           more
           then
           hath
           bin
           presented
           by
           that
           high-born
           Prince
           Duke
           
             Ioachim
             Ernest
          
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           it
           wold
           be
           an
           argument
           of
           rashnes
           in
           me
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shold
           incurr
           no
           small
           hazard
           of
           my
           reputation
           :
           Me
           thinks
           I
           see
           Ciceno
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             Illam
             Orationem
             solùm
             populus
             Gallicus
             parem
             Imperio
             suo
             habet
             ,
             France
          
           hath
           that
           Oration
           alone
           ,
           equall
           to
           her
           Empire
           .
           But
           though
           ther
           was
           much
           spoken
           of
           Spain
           by
           that
           noble
           
             Prince
             ,
             Duke
             Magnus
             of
             Wirtemberg
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           that
           Spain
           doth
           not
           deserve
           either
           the
           Elogium
           or
           love
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           in
           so
           high
           a
           degree
           ;
           For
           as
           shadows
           use
           to
           make
           bodies
           bigger
           then
           they
           are
           really
           in
           bulk
           ,
           so
           it
           seemes
           his
           affection
           hath
           made
           Spain
           more
           then
           she
           is
           in
           intrinsique
           value
           .
           For
           truly
           unlesse
           I
           be
           stark
           blind
           ,
           I
           find
           Spain
           to
           be
           the
           most
           unhusbanded
           ,
           and
           the
           sterillest
           Country
           of
           Europe
           ,
           the
           thinnest
           of
           peeple
           ,
           the
           fullest
           of
           fruitlesse
           Hills
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Sierras
           ,
           and
           are
           indeed
           no
           better
           then
           Wildernesses
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           though
           she
           be
           so
           scant
           of
           Inhabitants
           ,
           yet
           hath
           she
           not
           Bread
           enough
           to
           put
           into
           the
           mouths
           of
           the
           sixt
           part
           of
           them
           :
           So
           that
           unlesse
           she
           be
           very
           ingratefull
           and
           impudent
           ,
           she
           must
           acknowledge
           Germany
           and
           France
           to
           be
           her
           Nources
           ,
           and
           Sicily
           her
           Barn
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           somtimes
           to
           the
           Romans
           .
           And
           among
           these
           ther
           was
           a
           computation
           made
           once
           of
           foure
           millions
           of
           tresure
           that
           France
           receav'd
           that
           yeer
           from
           Spain
           for
           Corn
           in
           Pistolls
           and
           Patacoons
           ,
           which
           made
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           say
           that
           the
           great
           store
           of
           tresure
           which
           Spain
           hath
           ,
           
             discovers
             her
             necessity
             as
             well
             as
             her
             plenty
             ,
             because
             she
             cannot
             keep
             her
             money
             at
             home
             ,
             which
             she
             might
             well
             do
             ,
             if
             she
             had
          
           Corn
           
             as
             well
             as
          
           Wine
           .
           
             For
             our
             Wheat
             is
             scarce
             grown
             ripe
             ,
             but
             the
             Spaniard
             is
             gaping
             for
             it
             at
             our
             Ports
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Nation
             for
             them
             .
          
        
         
           In
           Portugall
           ,
           if
           a
           Vessell
           com
           and
           cryes
           Traygo●…trigo
           ,
           I
           bring
           Corn
           ,
           he
           may
           turn
           it
           to
           present
           Silver
           ,
           and
           carry
           it
           away
           in
           the
           palm
           of
           his
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           permitted
           for
           any
           other
           commodity
           but
           Frumentarian
           :
           Which
           makes
           Frossard
           report
           that
           those
           English
           which
           went
           for
           the
           succour
           of
           Spain
           under
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lancaster
           to
           Portugall
           cry
           out
           that
           they
           wold
           be
           loth
           to
           return
           to
           Spain
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           such
           
           rough
           Craggs
           which
           could
           not
           be
           eaten
           with
           Verjuyce
           ,
           a
           feverish
           Air
           ,
           troubled
           Waters
           ,
           indigent
           peeple
           ,
           nasty
           and
           ill
           cloath'd
           .
           But
           ther
           is
           no
           man
           can
           judge
           of
           Spain
           but
           he
           who
           hath
           travell'd
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           his
           Mule
           and
           he
           must
           lodg
           together
           in
           som
           places
           ,
           and
           haply
           the
           Mule
           may
           fare
           better
           then
           the
           Master
           ▪
           yet
           ther
           is
           not
           any
           that
           can
           dissemble
           Saturity
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           useth
           to
           stroake
           his
           beard
           and
           breast
           from
           crumms
           ,
           and
           pick
           his
           teeth
           with
           that
           state
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           bin
           at
           a
           feast
           in
           Germany
           .
           Therfore
           it
           was
           charitably
           spoken
           by
           one
           ,
           
             Beati
             qui
             sterilitatem
             non
             viderunt
             ,
             sed
             crediderunt
             ,
          
           They
           are
           happy
           who
           have
           not
           seen
           the
           sterility
           of
           Spain
           ,
           but
           beleeve
           it
           .
           For
           whosoever
           doth
           purpose
           to
           see
           Spain
           ,
           must
           resolve
           before-hand
           to
           undergo
           hardshipps
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           to
           have
           oftentimes
           the
           lower
           Region
           of
           the
           Air
           for
           his
           Canopie
           ,
           Hunger
           for
           his
           food
           ,
           and
           Thirst
           for
           his
           drink
           ;
           he
           must
           resolve
           to
           fast
           perpetually
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           lights
           by
           chance
           upon
           som
           edible
           things
           ,
           as
           root
           ,
           fruit
           ,
           an
           ounce
           of
           flesh
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           t
           is
           a
           question
           whether
           he
           eats
           or
           fasts
           ;
           yet
           one
           shal
           be
           sure
           to
           stay
           there
           as
           much
           for
           such
           little
           modicums
           ,
           as
           one
           shold
           do
           in
           France
           or
           Germaay
           at
           a
           Crown
           Ordinary
           .
        
         
           Frederique
           the
           II.
           Count
           Palatine
           of
           the
           Rhine
           going
           to
           Spain
           to
           visit
           the
           Emperour
           Charles
           the
           V.
           came
           to
           a
           Town
           call'd
           Cervera
           upon
           
             Corpus
             Christi
          
           Eve
           ,
           and
           thinking
           to
           rest
           there
           the
           next
           day
           being
           a
           Holy-day
           for
           the
           refreshment
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           his
           Train
           and
           Horses
           ,
           the
           Corregidor
           or
           chief
           Magistrat
           of
           the
           Town
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           depart
           the
           place
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           enhancing
           the
           rates
           of
           things
           .
           The
           next
           day
           going
           to
           Gomorrha
           ,
           a
           Town
           of
           the
           second
           Classis
           in
           Spain
           ,
           and
           sending
           his
           Caterer
           to
           market
           to
           buy
           som
           Butter
           ,
           where
           being
           asked
           how
           much
           he
           wold
           have
           ?
           answered
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           pound
           :
           the
           Shop-keeper
           cross'd
           himself
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           You
           cannot
           find
           such
           a
           proportion
           in
           all
           this
           Town
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           to
           Estremadura
           ,
           where
           ther
           is
           good
           store
           of
           Oxen
           and
           Cowes
           .
           At
           last
           he
           brought
           him
           a
           Kids
           bladder
           full
           of
           Butter
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           went
           to
           grease
           the
           wheele
           of
           a
           Cart.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           scarcity
           brings
           one
           comodity
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           Spain
           is
           not
           so
           subject
           to
           be
           over-run
           by
           any
           forren
           force
           ,
           for
           an
           Army
           wold
           quickly
           starve
           there
           for
           want
           of
           aliment
           .
           Which
           inconvenience
           diverted
           Murat
           the
           great
           Turk
           once
           from
           invading
           Spain
           .
           Yet
           of
           late
           yeers
           ther
           is
           a
           better
           accommonation
           for
           passengers
           in
           som
           of
           the
           chief
           Towns
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           strangers
           that
           do
           it
           .
           Most
           of
           their
           Opificers
           are
           also
           Forreners
           ,
           specially
           French
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           in
           Valentia
           alone
           ther
           were
           reckond
           at
           one
           time
           above
           ten
           thousand
           Artists
           .
           For
           indeed
           the
           Spaniard
           himself
           is
           of
           a
           flothfull
           ,
           and
           stately
           nature
           ;
           he
           puts
           his
           Sword
           by
           his
           side
           ,
           his
           great
           Ruff
           about
           his
           neck
           ,
           and
           only
           goes
           with
           his
           Asse
           to
           the
           market
           to
           buy
           him
           bread
           ,
           with
           other
           necessities
           ,
           which
           strangers
           use
           to
           provide
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           since
           the
           expulsion
           of
           the
           Moriscos
           ,
           which
           were
           a
           laborious
           peeple
           ,
           and
           wold
           grubb
           up
           Corn
           from
           among
           those
           craggy
           hills
           ,
           Spain
           is
           poorer
           then
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           wold
           be
           more
           poor
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           those
           swarmes
           of
           Gascons
           that
           crosse
           the
           Pyreneys
           thither
           for
           love
           of
           their
           money
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Spain
           is
           so
           indigent
           ,
           so
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           poor
           in
           point
           of
           Vertu
           ,
           but
           rich
           for
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           Vices
           .
           They
           use
           to
           make
           use
           of
           Religion
           for
           a
           mantle
           to
           palliat
           their
           designs
           ;
           They
           rap
           out
           somtimes
           horrid
           blasphemies
           ,
           and
           ther
           is
           an
           Author
           (
           but
           he
           is
           a
           Frenchman
           )
           who
           relates
           that
           a
           King
           of
           Spain
           having
           had
           divers
           ill
           successes
           ,
           fell
           into
           that
           impatience
           ,
           that
           he
           swore
           he
           wold
           be
           reveng'd
           ,
           therfore
           he
           comanded
           that
           none
           of
           his
           Subjects
           shold
           adore
           God
           ,
           or
           beleeve
           in
           him
           ,
           or
           speak
           of
           him
           for
           so
           long
           a
           time
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Portugalls
           ,
           which
           are
           calld
           the
           new
           Christians
           ,
           whereas
           they
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           Iewes
           in
           their
           hearts
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           battaile
           where
           Don
           Sebastian
           was
           killd
           in
           Barbary
           ,
           ther
           were
           above
           1500.
           
           Renegado
           Christians
           of
           Andaluzia
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Army
           of
           
             Moley
             Molue
          
           King
           of
           Morocco
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           planted
           Christianity
           in
           both
           the
           Indies
           ,
           raysd
           up
           the
           Standard
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           taught
           Sauvages
           the
           way
           to
           heaven
           ;
           But
           those
           Pagans
           may
           say
           as
           Robert
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           said
           when
           he
           was
           going
           to
           the
           holy
           Sepulcher
           ,
           who
           being
           met
           by
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           mounted
           upon
           
             a
             great
             Sarracens
             backe
          
           ,
           &
           being
           much
           tyrd
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Commend
             me
             to
             all
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             &
             tell
             them
             I
             am
          
           
           
             going
             to
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             Devills
             back
             .
          
           So
           the
           converted
           Infidels
           may
           be
           said
           to
           goe
           to
           Heaven
           upon
           the
           Spanish
           Iesuitts
           backs
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           that
           I
           have
           touch'd
           upon
           the
           Iesuits
           ,
           who
           are
           a
           tru
           Spanish
           ospring
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           intimat
           Confidents
           of
           the
           Catholic
           King
           ,
           I
           will
           enlarge
           my self
           a
           little
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           for
           by
           laying
           open
           these
           men
           ,
           you
           will
           better
           discover
           the
           humor
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           .
           It
           was
           the
           saying
           of
           a
           Burgundian
           Nobleman
           ,
           That
           
             a
             Spaniard
             without
             his
             Iesuit
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             Partridg
             without
             an
             Orenge
             .
             Un
             Espagnol
             sans
             son
             Iesuite
             ,
             est
             come
             un
             Perdrix
             sans
             Orenge
             .
          
           These
           Jesuitts
           have
           turnd
           all
           the
           world
           topsitervy
           ;
           they
           have
           bin
           the
           Inceadiaries
           of
           all
           the
           differences
           ,
           the
           fire-brands
           of
           all
           the
           Warrs
           ,
           the
           fomenters
           of
           all
           the
           Rebellions
           that
           have
           bin
           in
           Christendom
           ever
           since
           they
           had
           a
           Bull
           to
           establish
           their
           Society
           by
           Pope
           Teatin
           from
           whom
           they
           bear
           the
           name
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           must
           be
           confessd
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           bin
           very
           thankfull
           to
           the
           Pope
           for
           it
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           bin
           the
           greatest
           supporters
           of
           his
           Chair
           ever
           since
           :
           in
           regard
           that
           all
           their
           consultations
           tend
           principally
           to
           depresse
           the
           power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           enhance
           the
           prerogative
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           whom
           they
           hold
           to
           be
           the
           universall
           Lord
           Paramount
           of
           the
           Universe
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Vice-roy
           of
           God
           Allmighty
           in
           this
           elementary
           world
           .
           They
           take
           him
           for
           a
           
             speaking
             Scripture
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Heresie
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             a
             Tenet
             in
             the
             points
             of
             Faith
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             decision
             of
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           They
           hold
           he
           can
           absolve
           any
           from
           his
           Allegeance
           and
           fidelity
           to
           his
           naturall
           lawfull
           Prince
           ,
           excommunicat
           any
           earthly
           Monark
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           tumble
           him
           out
           of
           his
           throne
           ,
           yea
           into
           hell
           both
           Soul
           and
           Body
           by
           the
           thunderbolts
           of
           Excommunication
           .
           They
           hold
           he
           can
           dispense
           with
           Subjects
           to
           levy
           armes
           against
           their
           soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           to
           meet
           him
           in
           the
           field
           and
           murther
           him
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           verses
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Pagan
           Poets
           may
           be
           most
           fitly
           applyed
           to
           these
           kind
           of
           Christians
           .
        
         
           
             
               Tu
               potes
               unanimes
               armare
               in
               praelia
               Fratres
               ,
            
             
               Atque
               odiis
               versare
               domos
               ,
               Tu
               verbera
               tectis
            
             
               Funereasque
               inferre
               faces
               ,
               tibi
               nomina
               mille
            
             
               Mille
               nocendi
               artes
               —
            
          
        
         
           Moreover
           't
           is
           their
           tenet
           that
           the
           holy
           Father
           cannot
           only
           depose
           any
           earthly
           potentat
           ,
           but
           dispose
           of
           his
           dominions
           to
           any
           other
           .
           And
           if
           a
           new
           Countrey
           be
           discover'd
           ,
           the
           party
           cannot
           possesse
           it
           ,
           till
           he
           receive
           it
           as
           a
           gift
           from
           him
           ,
           wherin
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           did
           so
           far
           comply
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           had
           discover'd
           and
           conquer'd
           America
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           thought
           upon
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           his
           humble
           addresses
           to
           his
           Holines
           for
           investiture
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           sages
           of
           the
           Parlement
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           acute
           learned
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Colledg
           of
           Sorbon
           detested
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           therfore
           by
           a
           solemn
           arrest
           of
           that
           high
           Court
           abetted
           by
           those
           great
           Divines
           ,
           caus'd
           the
           Institutions
           of
           Mariana
           the
           Arch-Jesuit
           ,
           who
           broach'd
           such
           tenets
           and
           expos'd
           them
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           Vulcan
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           common
           Executioner
           ,
           with
           another
           intitled
           
             de
             temporali
             potestate
             Papae
             adversus
             Gulielmum
             Barclaium
             ,
          
           and
           that
           under
           pain
           of
           committing
           High-Treason
           ,
           none
           should
           keep
           ,
           communicat
           ,
           print
           or
           vend
           any
           of
           those
           damnable
           bookes
           .
        
         
           The
           Venetians
           ,
           the
           prudentst
           and
           politiquest
           Republic
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           infer
           by
           the
           constancy
           of
           her
           goverment
           ,
           and
           longaevity
           ,
           did
           shew
           France
           the
           way
           of
           using
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           but
           that
           grave
           Senat
           went
           a
           rounder
           way
           to
           worke
           ,
           for
           they
           did
           not
           only
           burn
           their
           pages
           ,
           but
           banish
           their
           persons
           eternally
           from
           the
           Republic
           of
           Venice
           and
           all
           her
           Territories
           .
           And
           although
           Henry
           the
           4.
           did
           earnestly
           mediat
           for
           their
           readmission
           ,
           yet
           all
           wold
           not
           do
           ,
           for
           ther
           was
           a
           double
           inconvenience
           in
           it
           ,
           first
           ,
           a
           hazard
           of
           disreputation
           ,
           and
           opinion
           of
           rashnes
           upon
           the
           Senat
           for
           revoking
           so
           solemn
           a
           Decree
           ,
           which
           was
           debated
           and
           determined
           with
           such
           mature
           deliberation
           contrary
           to
           their
           custom
           ;
           And
           secondly
           ,
           ther
           wold
           be
           a
           continuall
           encrease
           of
           danger
           to
           the
           Republique
           ,
           for
           admitting
           such
           strangers
           into
           her
           bosome
           ,
           For
           they
           were
           not
           ignorant
           that
           whersoever
           they
           live
           ,
           or
           what
           Countrey
           soever
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           They
           are
           the
           Subjects
           of
           another
           Prince
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Popes
           .
        
         
         
           Furthermore
           the
           Iesuits
           have
           another
           dangerous
           doctrine
           prejudiciall
           to
           all
           soveraign
           Princes
           ,
           
             de
             confessione
             non
             detegenda
             ,
             ne
             in
             causa
             quidem
             Majestatis
             ,
             &
             presenti
             Regis
             ac
             regni
             periculo
             ,
          
           That
           the
           confession
           of
           a
           penitentiary
           must
           not
           be
           reveal'd
           ,
           no
           though
           it
           reflect
           upon
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           danger
           both
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           this
           is
           an
           Appendix
           of
           the
           
             Hildebrandine
             Iesuiticall
             Doctrine
          
           .
           The
           English
           Cronicle
           makes
           mention
           that
           Father
           Garnet
           the
           Jesuit
           being
           interrogated
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           Notingham
           if
           any
           one
           wold
           confesse
           unto
           him
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           murther
           the
           King
           the
           next
           evening
           ,
           whether
           he
           was
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           reveale
           it
           ?
           Garnet
           answer'd
           no.
           Which
           opinion
           Binetus
           the
           Jesuit
           confirm'd
           to
           Causabon
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             praestare
             Reges
             omnes
             perire
             quam
             si
             vel
             semel
             Confessionis
             Sigillum
             violaretur
             ,
             Regem
             enim
             ait
             humani
             juris
             Imperium
             esse
             ,
             Confessionem
             Iuris
             divini
          
           ;
           It
           were
           better
           that
           Kings
           should
           perish
           then
           that
           the
           seal
           of
           confession
           should
           be
           broken
           ,
           for
           the
           power
           of
           Kings
           is
           by
           humane
           right
           ,
           Confession
           by
           Divine
           .
           Moreover
           another
           Jesuit
           in
           France
           did
           dare
           openly
           to
           affirm
           ,
           
             si
             Dominus
             noster
             Iesus
             Christus
             in
             terris
             versaretur
             morti
             obnoxius
             ,
             &
             aliquis
             sibi
             in
             confessione
             dixisset
             velle
             se
             illum
             occidere
             prius
             quam
             confessionem
             revelaret
             ,
             passurum
             se
             ut
             Christus
             occidatur
             ,
          
           If
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           were
           himself
           again
           upon
           Earth
           subject
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           one
           under
           the
           seal
           of
           confession
           should
           tell
           him
           that
           he
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           reveale
           the
           confession
           he
           wold
           suffer
           that
           Christ
           shold
           be
           slain
           .
           
             Henricus
             Henriques
          
           also
           another
           furious
           Jesuit
           averrs
           that
           the
           Holy
           seal
           of
           Confession
           must
           not
           be
           broken
           for
           any
           cause
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Spanish
           Jesuit
           saith
           thus
           ,
           
             Quamvis
             se
             ageretur
             totius
             Orbis
             salus
             ;
             aut
             ipsius
             paenitentis
             utilitas
             ,
             nec
             pro
             vitando
             ullo
             damno
             gravissimo
             Innocentis
             ,
             aut
             quod
             esset
             totius
             orbis
             conflagratio
             ,
             aut
             perversio
             Religionis
             ;
             &
             omnium
             sacramentorum
             intentata
             demolitio
             .
          
           Although
           it
           tended
           to
           the
           salvation
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           or
           the
           utility
           of
           the
           penitentiary
           ,
           or
           that
           som
           Innocent
           might
           escape
           som
           grievous
           danger
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           conflagration
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           depended
           upon
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           perversion
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           overthrow
           of
           all
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           All
           these
           wold
           not
           be
           causes
           sufficient
           to
           impell
           the
           Ghostly
           Father
           to
           break
           the
           seal
           of
           Confession
           .
           All
           this
           
             Isaac
             Cansabon
          
           doth
           averr
           to
           be
           tru
           in
           his
           works
           to
           
             Fronton
             Pucaeus
          
           ,
           and
           Cardinall
           Perronius
           .
           For
           such
           a
           high
           and
           most
           venerable
           opinion
           they
           have
           of
           auricular
           Confession
           ,
           that
           what
           the
           penitentiary
           poures
           in
           the
           Priests
           breast
           ,
           is
           put
           up
           in
           the
           Closet
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           must
           be
           kept
           with
           sacred
           silence
           .
           This
           may
           be
           one
           of
           the
           reasons
           that
           more
           penitentiaries
           make
           their
           addresses
           to
           the
           Jesuits
           then
           to
           any
           other
           Order
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           a
           reason
           also
           why
           other
           Monasticalls
           do
           so
           much
           Envie
           them
           ,
           som
           Malign
           them
           ,
           others
           detest
           them
           .
           Those
           which
           formerly
           were
           mentioned
           ,
           are
           the
           tenets
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           touching
           privat
           Auricular
           confession
           ,
           if
           Causabon
           may
           be
           believed
           ,
           who
           (
           't
           is
           tru
           )
           was
           a
           profess'd
           enemy
           of
           theirs
           ,
           yet
           the
           positions
           are
           maintained
           but
           by
           the
           rigidst
           sort
           of
           Teatins
           not
           generally
           as
           som
           affirm
           ;
           By
           these
           meanes
           of
           Confession
           ,
           they
           open
           the
           Cabinets
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           know
           more
           of
           State-matters
           then
           any
           :
           For
           ther
           are
           none
           who
           have
           sooner
           and
           surer
           intelligence
           then
           they
           from
           all
           parts
           ,
           and
           their
           correspondencie
           is
           admirable
           for
           the
           punctuality
           of
           it
           .
           Ther
           are
           no
           Ecclesiastiques
           so
           frequent
           in
           Princes
           Courts
           ,
           and
           Noble
           mens
           Palaces
           ,
           then
           they
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           have
           more
           Legacies
           given
           them
           then
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           also
           another
           way
           besides
           secrecy
           of
           confession
           to
           oblige
           the
           Nobility
           by
           instructing
           their
           Children
           gratis
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           a
           rare
           method
           of
           Education
           that
           way
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           .
           But
           in
           Spain
           her self
           ,
           though
           the
           Jesuits
           have
           a
           powerfull
           hand
           over
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           as
           also
           a
           great
           stroak
           among
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           yet
           the
           common
           peeple
           malign
           and
           hate
           them
           generally
           ,
           as
           appeers
           by
           the
           Libel
           which
           was
           made
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Spain
           which
           I
           think
           worthy
           the
           relating
           here
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               Los
               mandamientes
               de
               los
               Teatinos
               Mas
               Humanos
               son
               que
               Divinos
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Adquirir
               mucho
               diuero
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Sugetar
               todo
               el
               mundo
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Buen
               Capon
               ,
               y
               buen
               Carnero
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               Comprar
               Barato
               ,
               y
               vender
               car●…
            
             
               5.
               
               Con
               el
               blanco
               aguar
               el
               tinto
               ,
            
             
               6.
               
               Tener
               siempre
               el
               lomo
               en
               siesto
               ;
            
             
               7.
               
               Guardarse
               bien
               del
               sereno
               ,
            
             
               8.
               
               Obrar
               lo
               suyo
               y
               lo
               ageno
               ,
            
             
               9.
               
               Hazer
               del
               Penitente
               esclav●…
            
             
               10.
               
               Mesclarse
               en
               cosas
               d'estado
               .
            
          
           
             
               Estos
               diez
               Mandamientes
               se
               encierran
               en
               dos
               .
            
             
               Todo
               para
               Mi
               ,
               y
               nada
               para
               vos
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Commandements
               of
               the
               Teatine
               Are
               more
               humane
               then
               Divine
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               To
               rake
               up
               much
               riches
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               subjugat
               all
               the
               world
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               Good
               Capons
               ,
               and
               good
               Mutton
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               To
               sell
               deare
               and
               buy
               cheap
            
             
               5.
               
               To
               water
               red
               Wine
               with
               White
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               To
               lye
               warme
               and
               easie
            
             
               7.
               
               To
               take
               heed
               of
               the
               serenes
               ,
               and
               ill
               ayr●…s
               ,
            
             
               8.
               
               To
               do
               his
               own
               busines
               and
               others
               ,
            
             
               9.
               
               To
               make
               their
               Penitentiaries
               slaves
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               To
               be
               busie
               in
               matters
               of
               State.
               
            
          
           
             
               All
               these
               ten
               may
               be
               made
               two
               :
            
             
               All
               for
               my selfe
               and
               nothing
               for
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           though
           som
           hug
           ,
           yet
           divers
           hate
           the
           Jesuit
           in
           Spain
           it self
           .
        
         
           
             Alexander
             Hayes
          
           a
           Jesuit
           himselfe
           gives
           this
           character
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Iesuita
             est
             omnis
             Homo
          
           ,
           A
           Jesuit
           is
           every
           man
           ;
           That
           is
           in
           their
           subtile
           and
           nimble
           way
           of
           negotiation
           ,
           wherein
           they
           will
           represent
           ,
           and
           personat
           the
           humour
           of
           any
           man
           ;
           They
           are
           the
           great
           Architects
           of
           all
           politic
           designes
           which
           tend
           to
           enrich
           themselfs
           ,
           and
           enhance
           the
           omnipotency
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           For
           the
           wisest
           men
           are
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           had
           it
           not
           bin
           for
           this
           pragmaticall
           order
           ,
           Saint
           Peters
           chair
           might
           have
           tumbled
           down
           ere
           this
           ,
           his
           bark
           sunk
           ,
           and
           his
           keys
           lost
           .
           When
           they
           first
           negotiated
           to
           take
           footing
           in
           the
           Academy
           of
           Paris
           ,
           they
           were
           asked
           whether
           they
           were
           Seculars
           or
           Regulars
           ,
           they
           answered
           ,
           they
           were
           
             Tales
             Quales
          
           ,
           they
           were
           such
           and
           such
           ;
           herupon
           the
           Parisian
           Students
           brought
           up
           this
           character
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           were
           
             Tales
             Quales
          
           ,
           and
           are
           nick'd
           so
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           herupon
           one
           applied
           this
           Distic
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               Vestra
               datis
               cùm
               verba
               datis
               ,
               nam
               〈◊〉
               Vestrum
               est
               ,
            
             
               Et
               cùm
               verba
               datis
               nil
               nisi
               vestra
               datis
               .
            
          
        
         
           In
           England
           it
           was
           their
           equivocations
           that
           caus'd
           the
           clause
           without
           
             Mentall
             reservation
          
           to
           be
           inserted
           in
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           .
        
         
         
           One
           compares
           them
           to
           those
           little
           Animals
           that
           Seneca
           speaks
           of
           ,
           
             qui
             mordent
             &
             non
             sentiuntur
          
           ,
           that
           bite
           and
           are
           not
           felt
           ,
           onely
           the
           swelling
           shews
           they
           are
           bitten
           ;
           so
           this
           subtile
           sort
           of
           Ghostly
           Fathers
           by
           insensible
           encroachments
           damnifie
           where
           they
           nestle
           ,
           though
           the
           party
           knowes
           not
           where
           he
           is
           hurt
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           were
           first
           to
           be
           introduc'd
           to
           France
           ,
           the
           Parlement
           of
           Paris
           desir'd
           the
           opinion
           of
           Sorbon
           Colledg
           compos'd
           of
           the
           acutest
           Theologues
           in
           France
           ,
           which
           they
           deliver'd
           thus
           as
           it
           stands
           upon
           Record
           .
           
             Novem
             hanc
             societatem
             appellatione
             insolita
             Iesus
             nomen
             sibi
             vindicantem
             praebere
             occasionem
          
           —
           This
           new
           society
           arrogating
           to
           themselfs
           by
           an
           unusuall
           appellation
           ,
           the
           name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           doth
           administer
           occasion
           of
           Schisme
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           subtract
           the
           obedience
           that
           is
           due
           to
           Prelates
           ,
           they
           deprive
           Ecclesiastic
           Lords
           and
           others
           of
           their
           rights
           ,
           They
           induce
           much
           perturbation
           both
           in
           civill
           and
           sacred
           administrations
           ,
           they
           usher
           in
           quarrells
           ,
           contentions
           ,
           debates
           ,
           emulations
           ,
           and
           divers
           scissures
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           therfore
           they
           held
           them
           to
           be
           dangerous
           instruments
           in
           the
           busines
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           such
           that
           wold
           disturb
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           overthrow
           Monasticall
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Order
           tended
           more
           to
           Destruction
           then
           Edification
           ;
           yet
           by
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Guysian
           faction
           ,
           they
           were
           admitted
           ,
           but
           the
           Parlement
           wold
           demur
           upon
           it
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           Herupon
           
             Stephen
             Paschasius
          
           an
           eminent
           Doctor
           ,
           did
           sharply
           argue
           against
           them
           ▪
           
             sectam
             eam
             ambitiosam
             &
             fucatae
             Religionis
             plebem
             appellans
             ,
             in
             Hispania
             natam
          
           —
           He
           call'd
           them
           an
           ambitious
           sect
           ,
           fellowes
           of
           a
           counterfet
           Religion
           ,
           born
           in
           Spain
           ,
           but
           foster'd
           in
           Paris
           ,
           strengthned
           in
           Rome
           ,
           who
           under
           the
           specious
           shew
           of
           a
           gratuitous
           institution
           of
           children
           ,
           cheat
           and
           exhaust
           many
           families
           ,
           infusing
           pernicious
           principles
           into
           the
           brains
           of
           youths
           —
           Then
           he
           went
           on
           with
           high
           exaggerations
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           their
           Provinciall
           was
           alwayes
           chosen
           by
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           to
           which
           Provinciall
           ,
           they
           yeeld
           an
           unquestionable
           blind
           obedience
           ,
           —
           Therefore
           he
           concludes
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           new
           sectaries
           were
           admitted
           ,
           they
           wold
           introduce
           a
           Trojan
           horse
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           full
           of
           armed
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           that
           France
           shold
           repent
           her
           of
           her
           credulity
           when
           it
           would
           be
           too
           late
           ,
           for
           these
           men
           by
           their
           subtilties
           ,
           and
           superstition
           ,
           by
           their
           praestigiatiory
           kind
           of
           artifices
           ,
           would
           distract
           the
           settlement
           and
           tranquility
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           .
           Herupon
           while
           this
           busines
           was
           in
           agitation
           ,
           King
           Henry
           the
           IV.
           was
           thrust
           in
           lieu
           of
           his
           breast
           into
           the
           Mouth
           by
           a
           yong
           Jesuit
           ,
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           one
           tooth
           ,
           the
           King
           having
           escap'd
           so
           great
           danger
           ,
           sayed
           pleasingly
           ;
           
             falloit
             il
             que
             les
             Iesuites
             fussent
             convaincus
             par
             ma
             bouche
             ?
          
           Was
           it
           needfull
           then
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           shold
           be
           convinced
           by
           my
           mouth
           ?
           Herupon
           by
           a
           solemn
           arrest
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Parlement
           ,
           they
           were
           utterly
           exterminated
           ,
           and
           commanded
           to
           quit
           the
           Kingdome
           by
           such
           a
           day
           under
           great
           penalties
           ;
           Ther
           was
           also
           in
           the
           sentence
           an
           interdictory
           clause
           ,
           that
           none
           shold
           send
           their
           children
           abroad
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           under
           pain
           of
           trea
           son
           .
        
         
           Herupon
           ther
           was
           a
           new
           Gallowes
           of
           Stone
           erected
           before
           the
           Pallace
           gate
           ,
           to
           execute
           the
           transgressors
           of
           this
           decree
           ;
           But
           the
           King
           finding
           that
           his
           life
           could
           never
           be
           safe
           while
           he
           stood
           out
           with
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           rather
           out
           of
           fear
           then
           affection
           ,
           connived
           for
           the
           non-execution
           of
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           causing
           the
           said
           Gallowes
           to
           be
           taken
           down
           ,
           herupon
           one
           sung
           wittily
           to
           the
           King
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Sire
               ,
               si
               vous
               voulez
               du
               tout
               a
               l'adenir
            
             
               De
               l'Assassin
               Chastel
               oster
               le
               souvenir
               ,
            
             
               Ostant
               la
               Pyramide
               ,
               &
               l'Arrest
               qui
               la
               touche
               ,
            
             
               Quon
               vous
               remitte
               donc
               une
               dent
               dans
               la
               bouche
               .
            
          
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           If
           you
           will
           for
           the
           future
           extinguish
           the
           remembrance
           of
           Chastel
           ,
           take
           down
           the
           Jesuits
           Pyramid
           and
           Sentence
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           put
           in
           a
           new
           tooth
           into
           your
           mouth
           .
           Elizabeth
           Queen
           of
           England
           had
           so
           ill
           a
           conceit
           of
           this
           order
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           credit
           the
           great
           Turk
           gave
           to
           her
           Embassador
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           advise
           he
           banished
           them
           out
           of
           Pera
           on
           the
           Asian
           shore
           ,
           over
           against
           Constantinople
           where
           he
           had
           permitted
           them
           formerly
           to
           reside
           .
        
         
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           Iesuits
           are
           a
           great
           advantage
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           because
           they
           propagate
           learning
           ,
           and
           instruct
           youth
           so
           dexterously
           ;
           't
           is
           tru
           ,
           they
           instruct
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           infuse
           into
           them
           besides
           ,
           most
           dangerous
           principles
           of
           equivocation
           and
           cunnning
           ,
           you
           will
           say
           they
           are
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           masculine
           propugnators
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ;
           't
           is
           tru
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           great
           weakners
           of
           the
           power
           of
           temporall
           Princes
           ;
           They
           have
           planted
           the
           standard
           of
           the
           Cross
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           greatest
           propagators
           of
           Christian
           Faith
           among
           Infidells
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           but
           they
           do
           it
           as
           much
           for
           extending
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           are
           the
           chiefest
           Agents
           of
           the
           Pope's
           where
           e're
           they
           come
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           Factors
           also
           for
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           the
           bent
           of
           all
           their
           projects
           being
           to
           enlarge
           the
           power
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           establish
           the
           omnipotency
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           That
           Prince
           or
           peeple
           are
           in
           a
           dangerous
           condition
           ,
           when
           any
           censures
           from
           Rome
           come
           against
           them
           ,
           if
           ther
           be
           Jesuits
           there
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           punctuallest
           executioners
           of
           the
           Papall
           excommunication
           ;
           such
           respects
           the
           Spaniards
           give
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           called
           Apostles
           in
           America
           ,
           and
           Disciples
           in
           Portugall
           ;
           But
           finding
           at
           first
           that
           they
           were
           malign'd
           for
           assuming
           the
           name
           of
           Jesuits
           ,
           they
           did
           moderat
           it
           ,
           and
           cal'd
           themselfs
           
             socios
             Iesu
          
           ,
           the
           companions
           of
           Jesus
           :
           Now
           ,
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           we
           read
           but
           of
           one
           that
           was
           cal'd
           the
           companion
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           Iudas
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           excuse
           me
           that
           I
           have
           bin
           so
           tedious
           and
           tart
           in
           displaying
           this
           new
           Ignatian
           Order
           ,
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           that
           being
           to
           speak
           of
           Spain
           ,
           it
           was
           pertinent
           to
           speak
           also
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           great
           Votaries
           of
           that
           Crown
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           give
           you
           now
           a
           little
           touch
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           be
           found
           to
           doubt
           or
           dispute
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           he
           is
           answered
           with
           a
           syllogisme
           of
           fire
           or
           hemp
           ,
           which
           concludes
           more
           strongly
           then
           a
           syllogisme
           in
           Barbara
           .
           But
           such
           kind
           of
           arguing
           is
           fitter
           for
           Butchers
           ,
           Hangmen
           and
           Devils
           ,
           then
           for
           the
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           that
           Heliogabalus
           the
           scandall
           of
           Emperours
           ,
           wold
           have
           had
           the
           Vestall
           fyres
           extinguished
           ,
           with
           all
           religious
           invocations
           and
           victimes
           ,
           and
           the
           name
           of
           Heliogabalus
           to
           be
           only
           ador'd
           ,
           so
           the
           Spaniard
           endeavours
           to
           extinguish
           all
           other
           orders
           and
           government
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Iesuit
           (
           his
           chief
           chaplain
           )
           and
           the
           Inquisition
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           proceeds
           from
           the
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           reads
           no
           Authors
           commonly
           but
           his
           own
           Countrey-men
           ,
           because
           he
           understands
           no
           Language
           but
           his
           own
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Academies
           and
           Schools
           ,
           sways
           more
           then
           Latin
           ,
           though
           the
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           Language
           be
           meer
           Morisco
           ,
           and
           patched
           up
           of
           Arabick
           words
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           wonder
           ,
           my
           noble
           Cosen
           Magnus
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Catalog
           you
           give
           of
           the
           learned
           men
           of
           Spain
           ,
           you
           extoll
           
             Raymundus
             Lullius
          
           so
           much
           ,
           a
           man
           foolishly
           subtile
           ,
           who
           scarce
           understanding
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           ,
           which
           he
           mingled
           with
           his
           own
           ,
           yet
           he
           dared
           expose
           som
           things
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           involv'd
           in
           darknes
           ,
           such
           obscurities
           that
           few
           of
           his
           Readers
           understand
           him
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           hold
           his
           
             Philosophers
             stone
          
           ;
           and
           his
           Learning
           to
           be
           all
           one
           ,
           but
           meer
           imaginary
           things
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           one
           may
           say
           ;
        
         
           
             
               Qui
               Lulli
               Lapidem
               quaerit
               ,
               quem
               quaerere
               nulli
            
             
               Profuit
               ,
               haud
               Lullus
               ;
               sed
               mihi
               nullus
               erit
               .
            
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           they
           are
           most
           made
           up
           of
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           fantastique
           gravity
           ,
           under
           which
           is
           cloak'd
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           pride
           :
           They
           beleeve
           more
           what
           they
           fancie
           ,
           then
           what
           they
           do
           .
           Nor
           doth
           the
           Portugais
           deny
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           confesseth
           that
           he
           acts
           according
           to
           that
           which
           he
           thinks
           himself
           to
           be
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           really
           is
           .
           
             Portugalli
             dictitant
             se
             niti
             eo
             potius
             quod
             se
             esse
             putant
             ,
             quam
             eo
             quod
             reverasunt
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           for
           Portugall
           ,
           it
           is
           made
           up
           most
           of
           Slaves
           ,
           for
           the
           nomber
           of
           them
           in
           som
           places
           are
           allmost
           equall
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           ;
           and
           ther
           are
           few
           Countreys
           where
           ther
           is
           lesse
           distinction
           made
           twixt
           men
           and
           beasts
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           both
           sold
           in
           the
           market
           for
           money
           alike
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           him
           march
           gravely
           ;
           
           with
           a
           croud
           of
           servants
           or
           slaves
           ,
           two
           before
           him
           ,
           another
           holds
           his
           hat
           upon
           occasion
           ,
           another
           his
           cloak
           if
           it
           doth
           rain
           ,
           another
           carryes
           a
           clout
           to
           wipe
           the
           dust
           off
           his
           Shoos
           ,
           another
           a
           cloth
           to
           rub
           his
           Ginet
           while
           he
           hears
           Mass
           ,
           another
           a
           Curry-comb
           to
           keem
           his
           mane
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           when
           they
           come
           home
           will
           be
           content
           haply
           with
           a
           loaf
           and
           a
           radish
           a
           peece
           for
           their
           dinner
           .
           It
           is
           admirable
           and
           indeed
           hatefull
           to
           see
           with
           what
           a
           Tympany
           of
           self-conceitednes
           the
           Spaniard
           useth
           to
           swell
           ,
           and
           how
           a
           common
           fellow
           will
           stand
           a
           tipto
           pulling
           out
           his
           Mustachos
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             Voto
             a
             tal
             jo
             soy
             tan
             buen●…
             como
             el
             Rey
             don
             Felipe
             ,
          
           I
           vow
           by
           Hercules
           that
           I
           am
           as
           good
           as
           King
           Philip
           :
           They
           mightily
           puff
           themselfs
           up
           with
           hopes
           of
           preferment
           ,
           ayming
           more
           at
           the
           honor
           of
           the
           thing
           then
           the
           profit
           .
           Among
           many
           others
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           
             Antonio
             de
             Leyva
          
           ,
           who
           from
           a
           Gregarian
           common
           Soldier
           came
           to
           be
           a
           Generall
           to
           Charles
           the
           V.
           and
           comming
           to
           attend
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           he
           was
           permitted
           to
           sit
           down
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           troubled
           with
           the
           gout
           ,
           but
           the
           Emperour
           being
           told
           that
           he
           verily
           beleev'd
           he
           shold
           be
           a
           Knight
           of
           the
           golden
           fleece
           ,
           or
           one
           of
           the
           Grandees
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           complaining
           of
           his
           gout
           one
           day
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           said
           ,
           
             I
             beleeve
             you
             are
             more
             indispos'd
             in
             your
             brain
             then
             in
             your
             feet
             .
             Barclay
          
           in
           his
           Euphormio
           hath
           a
           story
           of
           a
           Spanish
           woman
           that
           comming
           with
           three
           of
           her
           Sons
           a
           begging
           to
           a
           French
           Shomaker
           one
           day
           ,
           he
           told
           her
           ,
           good
           woman
           ,
           I
           will
           ease
           thee
           of
           one
           part
           of
           thy
           charge
           ,
           for
           if
           thou
           leave
           one
           of
           thy
           children
           with
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           breed
           him
           up
           in
           my
           trade
           ,
           wherby
           he
           may
           by
           his
           labour
           be
           able
           to
           live
           like
           a
           man
           ;
           O
           Sir
           ,
           God
           forbid
           I
           shold
           cast
           away
           my
           childe
           to
           a
           stranger
           ,
           and
           to
           so
           Mechanick
           a
           trade
           ,
           for
           who
           knowes
           but
           he
           may
           be
           Viceroy
           of
           Naples
           or
           Mexico
           ?
           One
           
             Matheo
             Serran
          
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           was
           Governor
           of
           the
           Sluce
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Marquesse
           Spinola
           ,
           who
           asking
           him
           what
           provision
           &
           defence
           he
           had
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           &
           advising
           to
           be
           carefull
           of
           furnishing
           it
           ,
           he
           rapt
           out
           a
           great
           Rodomontado
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Marquesse
           look
           you
           to
           your
           siege
           at
           Ostend
           ,
           I
           know
           well
           what
           belongs
           to
           the
           conservation
           of
           the
           Sluce
           without
           a
           Monitor
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           enemy
           shold
           com
           with
           fifty
           thousand
           Devills
           after
           him
           to
           besiege
           the
           place
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           thrust
           me
           out
           :
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           vanity
           this
           Captaine
           lost
           the
           Sluce
           afterwards
           ;
           And
           this
           fancy
           of
           pride
           raignes
           in
           the
           Spaniard
           more
           then
           any
           other
           ,
           for
           if
           one
           shold
           go
           to
           a
           
             Casa
             de
             Locos
          
           ,
           a
           Bedlam
           house
           in
           Spain
           ,
           and
           observe
           the
           humors
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           ;
           he
           will
           find
           that
           one
           will
           say
           he
           is
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           another
           that
           he
           is
           King
           of
           such
           a
           Countrey
           ,
           another
           that
           he
           is
           Pope
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           shall
           observe
           that
           ther
           will
           be
           more
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           madnes
           then
           of
           any
           other
           distemper
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           the
           Spaniards
           are
           bladder'd
           up
           generally
           with
           this
           arrogance
           ,
           and
           altitude
           of
           mind
           ,
           so
           they
           care
           not
           how
           they
           com
           by
           their
           wealth
           though
           they
           take
           it
           from
           another
           by
           violence
           to
           support
           it
           ;
           nor
           how
           little
           they
           worke
           to
           get
           a
           subsistance
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           sloathfull
           and
           idle
           to
           a
           proverb
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           in
           the
           Warrs
           ;
           This
           makes
           them
           to
           be
           cryed
           up
           for
           such
           theeves
           ,
           Herupon
           Charles
           the
           V.
           their
           own
           King
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           with
           many
           Spanish
           Dons
           ,
           as
           he
           pass'd
           in
           Germany
           by
           a
           great
           Inne
           ,
           where
           divers
           were
           a
           drinking
           and
           merry
           ▪
           he
           asked
           his
           Dons
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           Germans
           personable
           proper
           men
           ,
           well
           complexion'd
           and
           limm'd
           ?
           This
           cannot
           be
           deny'd
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           answer'd
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           excessively
           given
           to
           drinking
           ;
           the
           Emperour
           replyed
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           ,
           but
           do
           you
           know
           what
           vices
           the
           Spaniards
           are
           guilty
           of
           ?
           for
           as
           these
           are
           greedy
           of
           Wine
           ,
           so
           are
           the
           Spaniards
           greedy
           of
           another
           mans
           wealth
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           interdict
           the
           German
           his
           wine
           were
           the
           same
           as
           to
           prohibit
           the
           Spaniard
           he
           shold
           not
           robb
           ,
           which
           was
           one
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           where
           you
           shall
           not
           find
           any
           against
           drinking
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           peeple
           of
           Spain
           are
           such
           robbers
           ,
           so
           the
           Kings
           of
           Spain
           are
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           ;
           They
           are
           Robbers
           of
           whole
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           Countreys
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Harpies
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           for
           whersoever
           they
           confine
           ,
           they
           cast
           about
           how
           to
           devoure
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           using
           all
           artifices
           ,
           and
           picking
           any
           quarrell
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           those
           Virgilian
           Verses
           may
           very
           well
           quadrat
           with
           their
           practises
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               Armati
               Terram
               exercent
               ,
               semperque
               resentes
            
             
               Convectare
               juvat
               praedas
               ,
               &
               vivere
               rapto
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           greatnes
           of
           this
           Nation
           is
           but
           Modern
           and
           upstart
           ,
           when
           the
           fortune
           of
           France
           was
           a
           little
           wayning
           ,
           Spain
           began
           to
           shine
           ,
           first
           under
           Ferdinand
           King
           of
           Aragon
           Grandfather
           to
           Charles
           the
           V.
           so
           that
           as
           one
           sayd
           ,
           
             Ubi
             Galli
             desierunt
             Rerum
             potiri
             ,
             ibi
             Hispani
             inceperunt
             .
          
           This
           Ferdinand
           ,
           the
           first
           Catholique
           King
           ,
           vail'd
           and
           varnish'd
           all
           his
           Enprizes
           with
           the
           plausible
           pretext
           of
           advancing
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           were
           his
           pen
           and
           his
           tongue
           double
           in
           doing
           this
           ,
           he
           carryed
           oftentimes
           two
           faces
           under
           one
           hood
           ,
           and
           played
           with
           a
           staff
           of
           two
           ends
           in
           his
           greatest
           negotiations
           ,
           specially
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           Articles
           'twixt
           him
           and
           the
           French
           King
           Lewis
           the
           XII
           .
           about
           the
           division
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           ,
           that
           he
           shold
           have
           Calaba
           and
           Apulia
           ,
           and
           the
           
             French
             Naples
          
           ,
           and
           Campania
           ;
           But
           afterwards
           he
           sent
           his
           great
           Captain
           Gonsalvo
           who
           conquer'd
           both
           .
           He
           got
           also
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Navarr
           by
           a
           trick
           ,
           for
           when
           an
           English
           Army
           who
           was
           sent
           from
           Hen.
           the
           8.
           of
           England
           for
           his
           assistance
           ,
           was
           to
           passe
           from
           Spain
           to
           Aquitain
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           (
           who
           t
           is
           tru
           was
           then
           under
           Excommunication
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           King
           of
           France
           )
           desiring
           his
           English
           son-in-lawes
           Forces
           leave
           to
           passe
           through
           his
           Country
           ,
           Ferdinand
           took
           his
           advantage
           hereby
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           to
           seaze
           upon
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Navar
           ,
           and
           thrust
           out
           
             Iohn
             Labretan
          
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           lawfull
           King.
           And
           to
           make
           his
           cause
           more
           specious
           ,
           and
           pretend
           som
           right
           ,
           he
           insisted
           upon
           the
           censure
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           they
           who
           were
           enemies
           to
           the
           Holy
           Father
           ,
           might
           be
           assaulted
           by
           any
           Christian
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Holines
           was
           to
           give
           the
           Countrey
           to
           the
           
             first
             Conquerour
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           East
           and
           West
           Indies
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           title
           is
           unquestionable
           there
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           examin
           the
           busines
           a
           little
           .
           The
           right
           which
           the
           Spaniards
           pretend
           to
           these
           two
           Indies
           ,
           is
           Right
           of
           Discovery
           ;
           For
           the
           East
           Indies
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           so
           celebrated
           by
           ancient
           Pagan
           Writers
           ,
           that
           to
           hold
           the
           Spaniard
           to
           be
           the
           first
           De
           tector
           therof
           ,
           were
           to
           maintain
           the
           grossest
           paradox
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           For
           Pliny
           relates
           how
           Hanno
           the
           Carthaginian
           being
           carryed
           about
           from
           the
           feet
           of
           Gibraltar
           to
           the
           farthest
           end
           of
           Arabia
           was
           the
           first
           discoverer
           of
           India
           ,
           by
           twice
           crossing
           the
           Equinoctiall
           ;
           And
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           finde
           in
           antient
           Authors
           ,
           that
           Malacca
           was
           call'd
           
             Aurea
             Cherchonesus
          
           ,
           and
           that
           huge
           Iland
           Sumatra
           was
           known
           formerly
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Tatrobana
           ;
           what
           is
           he
           who
           is
           never
           so
           little
           vers'd
           in
           Antiquity
           but
           hath
           read
           the
           Orientall
           Brachman
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Sinenses
           the
           peeple
           of
           China
           ?
           Touching
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           unknown
           to
           Plato
           ,
           for
           whereas
           he
           placeth
           Atlantidis
           at
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Gaditan
           Frete
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           Ther
           is
           from
           Atlantidis
           a
           passage
           to
           other
           Ilands
           ,
           and
           from
           them
           to
           a
           great
           opposit
           Continent
           —
           What
           doth
           he
           intimat
           herby
           but
           the
           great
           Canarie
           with
           other
           Ilands
           in
           the
           Atlantique
           Sea
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           other
           Ilands
           Cuba
           ,
           and
           Hispaniola
           ,
           &
           by
           the
           opposit
           Continent
           Peru
           and
           Mexico
           .
           Moreover
           the
           Spaniards
           themselfs
           confesse
           that
           in
           a
           valley
           call'd
           Cautis
           in
           the
           Province
           of
           Chyli
           ,
           they
           found
           among
           the
           Sauvages
           many
           pictures
           and
           formes
           of
           two-headed
           Eagles
           in
           midst
           of
           their
           houses
           ,
           therfore
           the
           Spaniards
           call
           that
           part
           of
           AMERICA
           
             The
             Imperiall
             Province
          
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           because
           the
           Armes
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           were
           found
           there
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           greater
           evidence
           then
           this
           that
           the
           Spaniards
           were
           not
           the
           first
           discoverers
           of
           America
           ,
           for
           ther
           was
           a
           Welsh
           Epitaph
           found
           there
           upon
           Madoc
           a
           British
           Prince
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           flying
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Saxons
           in
           England
           ,
           put
           himself
           in
           som
           Bark
           to
           the
           fortune
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           landed
           in
           America
           .
           And
           that
           the
           old
           Britains
           or
           Welsh
           were
           there
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           confirmd
           further
           ,
           in
           regard
           ther
           are
           divers
           British
           words
           found
           amongst
           them
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           wander
           so
           far
           in
           the
           Indies
           ?
           We
           will
           come
           neerer
           home
           .
           We
           know
           well
           that
           Solyman
           the
           Turk
           denied
           Charles
           the
           V.
           the
           title
           of
           
             Roman
             Emperor
          
           ,
           
           alledging
           that
           he
           himself
           was
           the
           tru
           successor
           of
           Constantin
           the
           Great
           ,
           who
           was
           Emperour
           of
           East
           and
           West
           ;
           And
           that
           consequently
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           belongd
           to
           the
           Ottoman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           
             Selim
             ,
             Solymans
          
           son
           urgd
           such
           an
           argument
           when
           he
           took
           Cypres
           from
           the
           Venetians
           ,
           for
           he
           sayed
           that
           the
           sayed
           Ile
           appertained
           to
           the
           Soldans
           of
           Egipt
           which
           was
           now
           under
           his
           dominion
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Apostolicall
           concession
           and
           bounty
           of
           Pope
           Alexandor
           the
           VI.
           entitles
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           to
           America
           ;
           touching
           that
           I
           pray
           here
           what
           Attabalipa
           a
           wild
           Pagan
           King
           sayd
           ,
           when
           he
           heard
           that
           his
           Kingdome
           was
           given
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           the
           Spanish
           King
           ;
           surely
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           that
           
             Pope
             must
             be
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             fo●…l
             ,
             or
             som
             injust
             and
             impudent
             Tyrant
             that
             will
             undertake
             to
             bestow
             oth●…r
             mens
             possessions
             so
             freely
             .
          
        
         
           But
           his
           title
           may
           be
           just
           ,
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           :
           yet
           Christ
           enacted
           no
           such
           Law
           ,
           that
           any
           free
           peeple
           shold
           be
           made
           slaves
           ,
           much
           lesse
           murther'd
           ,
           and
           tortur'd
           ,
           either
           for
           refusing
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           or
           continuing
           in
           their
           former
           Religion
           ,
           ther
           was
           not
           any
           of
           the
           Apostles
           claym'd
           a
           Kingdom
           for
           his
           preaching
           ;
           Saint
           Paul
           preaching
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           did
           not
           demand
           the
           Empire
           ;
           Our
           Saviour
           sayd
           ,
           
             Go
             and
             preach
             the
             Gospell
             to
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           The
           Spaniard's
           lesson
           is
           ,
           
             Go
             and
             preach
             the
             Roman
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Spanish
             Empire
             to
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             keep
             under
             you
             ,
             or
             kill
             whosoever
             shall
             resist
             :
          
           For
           the
           first
           Doctrine
           which
           the
           Spaniards
           were
           us'd
           to
           vent
           in
           any
           place
           was
           ▪
           
             Vos
             Indiani
             hujus
             loci
             —
             Yee
             ▪
             Indians
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             we
             make
             known
             unto
             you
             All
             ▪
             that
             there
             is
             but
             one
             God
             ,
             one
             Pope
             ,
             one
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             which
             you
             must
             all
             obey
             .
          
           Thus
           Motezuna
           King
           of
           Mexico
           ,
           and
           Atabalipa
           Emperour
           of
           Peru
           were
           brought
           under
           the
           yoke
           ,
           though
           they
           gave
           a
           house
           full
           of
           Gold
           for
           their
           ransome
           .
           But
           the
           Indians
           did
           more
           upon
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           then
           the
           Spaniards
           could
           do
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           brought
           more
           Spaniards
           to
           adore
           the
           Indian
           Gold
           ,
           then
           the
           Spaniards
           brought
           Indians
           to
           adore
           Christ
           ;
           Herupon
           a
           company
           of
           Indians
           being
           ready
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           Spaniards
           hands
           carryed
           som
           Gold
           into
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           saying
           ▪
           
             This
             is
             the
             Spaniards
             God
             ,
             le
             ts
             dance
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             worship
             him
             ,
             for
             so
             he
             may
             command
             the
             Spaniards
             not
             to
             be
             ●…oruell
             unto
             us
             .
          
           Ther
           is
           not
           far
           from
           Conimbria
           in
           Spain
           ,
           a
           Well
           call'd
           〈◊〉
           ,
           which
           swallowes
           any
           thing
           that
           's
           cast
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           she
           is
           never
           full
           as
           't
           is
           found
           by
           experience
           ,
           it
           seems
           the
           Spaniards
           have
           an
           Analogie
           with
           that
           Well
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           Gold
           which
           they
           have
           swallow'd
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           never
           satisfied
           :
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           covetous
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           extreamly
           cruell
           ,
           for
           how
           many
           millions
           of
           men
           hath
           he
           made
           away
           in
           
             America
             ?
             Bartholome
             de
             Casa
          
           affirmes
           ,
           that
           in
           45.
           yeers
           ,
           there
           were
           above
           ten
           millions
           of
           humane
           soules
           (
           though
           Savage
           )
           kill'd
           in
           the
           
             new
             world
          
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Indian
           Husbands
           forbore
           to
           lye
           with
           their
           wives
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           prove
           with
           child
           ,
           and
           bring
           more
           slaves
           for
           the
           Spaniards
           .
           These
           millions
           before
           mention'd
           were
           kill'd
           out
           right
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           add
           to
           them
           those
           who
           have
           died
           of
           working
           in
           the
           mines
           ,
           of
           doing
           the
           offices
           of
           Asses
           ,
           Oxen
           ,
           and
           Mules
           ,
           to
           what
           a
           number
           do
           you
           thinke
           will
           they
           accrew
           ?
           som
           of
           them
           carry
           burdens
           upon
           their
           back
           of
           160.
           pound
           weight
           ,
           and
           that
           above
           300.
           
           Miles
           .
           How
           many
           of
           these
           poor
           wretches
           have
           perished
           by
           water
           as
           well
           as
           by
           land
           ,
           being
           forc'd
           to
           dive
           so
           many
           fadomes
           deep
           for
           the
           fishing
           of
           Perl
           ,
           and
           to
           stay
           there
           somtimes
           halfe
           an
           houre
           under
           water
           panting
           and
           drawing
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           and
           being
           fed
           of
           purpose
           with
           corse
           bisket
           and
           dry
           things
           to
           be
           long-winded
           for
           that
           work
           .
           And
           if
           what
           is
           reported
           be
           tru
           ,
           they
           hunt
           the
           poor
           Indians
           with
           doggs
           to
           find
           them
           sport
           :
           wherupon
           ther
           goes
           a
           tale
           of
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           to
           exercise
           his
           dog
           and
           make
           himself
           some
           sport
           with
           an
           old
           Woman
           ,
           made
           shew
           as
           if
           he
           sent
           her
           with
           a
           letter
           to
           the
           Governor
           of
           the
           next
           town
           hard
           by
           ,
           the
           poor
           woman
           being
           gone
           a
           flight
           shot
           off
           ,
           he
           let
           slip
           his
           dog
           after
           her
           ,
           which
           being
           com
           neer
           ,
           she
           fell
           down
           on
           her
           knees
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Senior
           dog
           ,
           Senior
           dog
           ,
           do
           not
           kill
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           going
           with
           letters
           from
           your
           Master
           to
           the
           Governour
           :
           the
           dog
           it
           seems
           was
           mov'd
           with
           compassion
           ,
           and
           so
           only
           lift
           up
           his
           legg
           and
           piss'd
           upon
           her
           .
        
         
           One
           may
           easily
           imagine
           how
           detestable
           the
           Spaniards
           became
           to
           these
           poor
           Pagans
           for
           these
           cruelties
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           tale
           of
           
             Hathu
             Cacico
          
           a
           stout
           Indian
           ,
           who
           being
           
           to
           dye
           ,
           was
           perswaded
           by
           a
           Franciscan
           Fryer
           to
           turn
           Christian
           ,
           then
           he
           shold
           go
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           Cacico
           ask'd
           whether
           ther
           were
           any
           Spaniards
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           yes
           said
           the
           Fryer
           ,
           't
           is
           full
           of
           them
           ,
           Nay
           then
           said
           he
           ,
           
             I
             had
             rather
             go
             to
             Hell
             then
             have
             their
             company
             .
          
        
         
           But
           how
           hath
           the
           Indian
           discovery
           prosper'd
           ?
           or
           what
           profit
           hath
           it
           brought
           to
           Europe
           ?
           It
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           but
           we
           brought
           among
           them
           all
           slavery
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           I
           beleeve
           more
           vices
           and
           infirmities
           then
           we
           found
           ,
           we
           brought
           them
           the
           
             small
             Pox
          
           ,
           the
           gastliest
           disease
           that
           can
           befall
           a
           humane
           body
           ,
           and
           in
           exchange
           they
           gave
           us
           the
           
             Venerean
             Pox
          
           ;
           Touching
           the
           tresure
           that
           hath
           been
           transported
           thence
           ,
           it
           hath
           fomented
           all
           the
           Warrs
           of
           Europe
           ever
           since
           ,
           upon
           this
           a
           French
           Poet
           descants
           wittily
           .
        
         
           
             
               Par
               Toy
               ,
               superbe
               Espagne
               ,
               &
               lo'r
               de
               tes
               doublons
            
             
               Toute
               la
               pouvre
               France
               insensez
               nous
               troublons
               ,
            
             
               Et
               si
               de
               tes
               doublons
               qui
               causent
               tant
               de
               troubles
            
             
               Il
               ne
               nous
               reste
               rien
               a
               la
               fin
               que
               de
               doubles
               .
            
          
        
         
           Plutarch
           speakes
           of
           
             Attinius
             Asiaticus
          
           who
           brought
           Gold
           first
           into
           Peloponnesus
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           found
           that
           it
           became
           an
           instrument
           of
           corruption
           ,
           therfore
           Attinius
           was
           accounted
           a
           publick
           enemy
           to
           his
           Countrey
           ;
           the
           Indian
           Gold
           in
           Europe
           hath
           not
           bin
           only
           the
           cause
           of
           corruption
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           effusion
           of
           an
           Ocean
           of
           bloud
           ;
           Nor
           hath
           it
           much
           prosper'd
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           for
           although
           such
           a
           Masse
           of
           tresure
           hath
           been
           transported
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           yet
           Spain
           hath
           the
           least
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           common
           coyn
           there
           is
           copper
           and
           no
           countrey
           fuller
           of
           it
           ;
           Moreover
           Spain
           may
           be
           said
           to
           furnish
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           yea
           the
           great
           Turk
           ,
           with
           tresure
           to
           fight
           against
           her self
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           This
           Indian
           tresure
           hath
           wrought
           another
           disadvantage
           to
           the
           Spanish
           King
           ,
           for
           it
           hath
           puff'd
           him
           up
           with
           a
           pride
           and
           an
           ambition
           that
           hath
           no
           horizon
           ,
           it
           makes
           him
           flatter
           himself
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           at
           last
           Monark
           of
           the
           Western
           world
           ,
           which
           drawes
           upon
           him
           not
           onely
           the
           Emulation
           ,
           but
           the
           hatred
           of
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           are
           ready
           ever
           and
           anon
           to
           confederat
           and
           bandy
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           fear
           he
           shold
           swallow
           them
           up
           one
           after
           another
           to
           satiat
           his
           ambition
           ;
           It
           was
           a
           witty
           saying
           of
           King
           Iames
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           only
           King
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           when
           he
           receav'd
           a
           caveat
           from
           his
           Godmother
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           the
           Spanish
           fleet
           ,
           He
           answer'd
           ,
           
             Se
             non
             aliud
             ab
             Hispano
             beneficium
             expectare
             quam
             quod
             Ulyssi
             Polyphemus
             promiserat
             ,
             scilicit
             ut
             aliis
             devoratis
             postremus
             degluriretur
             ,
          
           For
           his
           part
           he
           desir'd
           but
           one
           request
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           that
           Polyphemus
           had
           promis'd
           Ulysses
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           had
           devour'd
           others
           ,
           he
           wold
           swallow
           him
           last
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           among
           those
           poor
           
             Pagan
             Indians
          
           ,
           the
           cruelty
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           was
           so
           much
           discover'd
           ,
           so
           was
           it
           here
           in
           Europe
           among
           Christians
           ,
           witnes
           els
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           sponge
           of
           Belgian
           bloud
           ,
           for
           he
           bragg'd
           that
           he
           had
           dispatch'd
           to
           the
           other
           world
           above
           18000.
           
           Belgians
           ,
           either
           by
           Fire
           ,
           Water
           ,
           the
           Rack
           ,
           or
           the
           Axe
           ,
           his
           principles
           being
           ,
           
             that
             a
             Rebell
             must
             be
             us'd
             like
             a
             madd
             dogg
             ,
             for
             whom
             ther
             is
             no
             cure
             but
             to
             be
             knock'd
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             we
             know
          
           mortui
           non
           mordent
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           Gigantik
           power
           of
           the
           Catholique
           King
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           well
           weighed
           in
           the
           ballance
           of
           a
           knowing
           judgment
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           great
           as
           we
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           the
           unsociable
           distance
           of
           his
           territories
           ,
           the
           infinit
           sommes
           he
           owes
           to
           the
           Genowayes
           and
           others
           ,
           the
           vigilance
           and
           Emulation
           ,
           with
           the
           apprehensions
           they
           have
           of
           his
           still
           growing
           greatnes
           ;
           the
           Universall
           dis-affection
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           antipathy
           that
           all
           Nations
           have
           to
           the
           peeple
           themselfs
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           weaknes
           to
           him
           one
           way
           ,
           as
           his
           riches
           and
           power
           another
           way
           ;
           For
           matter
           of
           Justice
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Queen
           of
           Vertues
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           she
           raigns
           as
           little
           in
           Spain
           as
           among
           any
           peeple
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           among
           themselfs
           ,
           nor
           universally
           among
           themselfs
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Castilians
           may
           have
           her
           with
           more
           ease
           ,
           and
           lesse
           expences
           then
           their
           Conterraneans
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           
           Fellow-subjects
           ;
           I
           will
           produce
           an
           example
           of
           an
           Arragonez
           who
           having
           a
           sute
           there
           long
           depending
           which
           put
           him
           to
           mighty
           expence
           and
           attendance
           ,
           at
           last
           he
           came
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           Philip
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           ,
           opening
           his
           businesse
           unto
           him
           ,
           gave
           him
           this
           absolute
           Answer
           ,
           Ther
           's
           nothing
           that
           you
           have
           propos'd
           can
           be
           granted
           ;
           Sir
           ,
           answer'd
           the
           
             Aragones
             ,
             I
             thank
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             refuted
             the
             lies
             of
             threescore
             Ministers
             of
             yours
             in
             so
             few
             words
             ,
             who
             with
             much
             expence
             of
             time
             and
             tresure
             did
             put
             me
             still
             in
             hopes
             that
             my
             busines
             was
             just
             ,
             and
             it
             wold
             take
             effect
             ,
             but
             had
             I
             known
             it
             ,
             I
             wold
             have
             come
             to
             your
             Majestie
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             had
             been
             wiser
             then
             I
             was
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             Husband
          
           ;
           Now
           for
           Forreners
           it
           is
           as
           easie
           to
           redeem
           a
           damn'd
           soul
           out
           of
           Hell
           as
           almost
           to
           recover
           any
           thing
           if
           they
           have
           got
           it
           once
           among
           their
           clutches
           :
           did
           not
           Philip
           the
           second
           break
           ,
           and
           make
           himself
           an
           absolute
           bankrupt
           with
           many
           thousand
           besides
           ,
           when
           he
           alter'd
           the
           intrinseque
           value
           of
           coines
           and
           hois'd
           it
           higher
           ,
           and
           found
           out
           som
           Puntillios
           to
           pay
           the
           Genoways
           their
           interest
           ,
           which
           was
           cryed
           up
           to
           be
           a
           high
           point
           of
           injustice
           :
           How
           many
           hundred
           sutes
           have
           strangers
           had
           there
           ,
           wherein
           the
           processall
           charges
           countervail
           oft
           times
           the
           value
           of
           the
           thing
           ?
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           her
           Castillia
           her
           head
           is
           grown
           almost
           bald
           ;
           Portugall
           which
           was
           no
           other
           then
           a
           waxen
           Nose
           to
           her
           is
           melted
           off
           ;
           her
           
             Aragonian
             eyes
          
           have
           still
           som
           defluctions
           falling
           into
           them
           for
           their
           priviledges
           ;
           Navarr
           one
           of
           her
           Armes
           begins
           to
           have
           a
           Gangreen
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           French
           Surgeons
           can
           cure
           ;
           her
           golden
           bowels
           of
           Peru
           begin
           to
           be
           exulcerated
           ,
           and
           so
           doth
           the
           Duodenum
           of
           Mexico
           :
           Her
           hipps
           in
           Italy
           feare
           they
           have
           a
           symptome
           of
           the
           Sciatica
           ,
           and
           her
           feet
           in
           Belgium
           are
           pittifully
           sick
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           to
           cure
           which
           ,
           she
           hath
           often
           applyed
           Playsters
           made
           over
           with
           Elixir
           of
           Indian
           Gold
           ,
           which
           hath
           cost
           her
           more
           then
           Belgium
           is
           worth
           ten
           times
           over
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           to
           be
           sold
           in
           the
           Market
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           tru
           reall
           innated
           and
           personall
           valour
           ,
           how
           few
           Spaniards
           shall
           you
           find
           indu'd
           with
           it
           !
           It
           is
           a
           rare
           thing
           to
           heare
           of
           a
           Duell
           in
           an
           age
           there
           ,
           though
           every
           Cobbler
           weare
           a
           Sword
           by
           his
           side
           ;
           If
           they
           have
           receav'd
           affronts
           by
           any
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           shew
           their
           courage
           ,
           and
           draw
           their
           Swords
           one
           upon
           another
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           parted
           ,
           and
           commonly
           the
           Minister
           of
           Justice
           takes
           away
           both
           their
           weapons
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           so
           makes
           them
           friends
           ;
           The
           Spaniards
           have
           a
           saying
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           that
           
             al
             primer
             impetu
             son
             mas
             que
             hombres
             ,
             y
             despises
             menos
             que
             mugeres
             ,
          
           The
           French
           at
           first
           is
           more
           then
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           lesse
           then
           a
           woman
           ;
           but
           the
           French
           have
           an
           illfavour'd
           saying
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Spaniards
           in
           point
           of
           tru
           active
           courage
           are
           
             bearded
             Women
          
           .
           'T
           is
           tru
           in
           the
           conquest
           of
           the
           new
           world
           ,
           they
           did
           exploits
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           against
           men
           who
           had
           scarce
           any
           defensive
           Armes
           ,
           they
           had
           neither
           Horse
           ,
           Steele
           ,
           Iron
           or
           Gun-powder
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           coats
           of
           Males
           ,
           they
           were
           poor
           naked
           inermous
           creatures
           ,
           and
           so
           simple
           that
           they
           thought
           the
           horse
           and
           the
           man
           was
           but
           one
           animall
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           Monster
           or
           Devill
           ,
           therefore
           10.
           
           Horsemen
           only
           were
           able
           to
           profligat
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           party
           good
           against
           many
           thousand
           Indians
           ,
           for
           they
           thought
           they
           had
           a
           conceit
           they
           were
           not
           borne
           after
           the
           ordinary
           cours
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           but
           rather
           of
           som
           infernall
           fiends
           ,
           which
           bugbeare
           opinion
           scar'd
           the
           ignorant
           American
           away
           more
           then
           the
           Spanish
           valour
           .
        
         
           Where
           was
           the
           Spanish
           manhood
           in
           Afrique
           ,
           when
           Sebastian
           was
           slain
           ,
           and
           the
           Moor
           got
           so
           signall
           a
           victory
           ?
           Where
           was
           it
           at
           Goleta
           nere
           Tunis
           which
           was
           so
           shamefully
           lost
           ?
           which
           important
           place
           ,
           
             Sinan
             Bassa
          
           got
           ,
           by
           the
           pride
           as
           much
           as
           the
           pusillanimity
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           for
           
             Pedro
             Carera
          
           the
           Castellan
           thinking
           to
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           preserving
           that
           place
           himself
           with
           his
           Spaniards
           ,
           would
           not
           admit
           of
           500.
           
           Italians
           ,
           who
           offer'd
           themselfs
           for
           the
           service
           ;
           so
           the
           Spaniards
           were
           thrust
           out
           of
           Afrique
           in
           lesse
           then
           30.
           dayes
           ,
           and
           besides
           the
           Castle
           they
           took
           500.
           peece
           of
           Ordnance
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           arm'd
           Algier
           and
           Tunis
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           be
           such
           Pyrats
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           confidently
           reported
           that
           Captain
           Carrera
           during
           the
           furious
           siege
           and
           storming
           of
           the
           Castle
           was
           under-ground
           in
           a
           Vaut
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           so
           that
           when
           the
           news
           was
           brought
           to
           Rome
           ,
           that
           Goleta
           was
           
           lost
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           Tunis
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           pasquill
           went
           up
           and
           down
           that
           Carrera's
           cowardise
           ,
           
             the
             Duke
             Sesa's
             gout
             ,
             Don
             Iohn
             of
             Austria's
             Codpish
             ,
             and
             Cardinal
             Granvills
             (
             then
             Viceroy
             of
             Naples
             )
             his
             Breeches
             had
             lost
             the
             Guleta
             .
          
           Yet
           your
           Thrasonicall
           Castillians
           will
           say
           that
           
             un
             Espannol
             vale
             quatro
             Tudescos
             ,
             tres
             Franceses
             ,
             y
             dos
             Italianos
             ,
          
           That
           one
           Spaniard
           is
           worth
           four
           Germans
           ,
           three
           
             Frenchmen
             ▪
          
           and
           two
           Italians
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           this
           vainglorious
           foolish
           humor
           of
           raunting
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           then
           to
           any
           other
           peeple
           :
           witnes
           this
           following
           Rodomontado
           of
           a
           Castillian
           Captain
           ,
           which
           goes
           far
           beyond
           that
           of
           Pirgopolinices
           in
           Plautus
           .
        
         
           Quando
           yo
           pienso
           en
           mi
           mesmo
           demi
           terribilissima
           terrible
           terribilidad
           ,
           de
           tal
           manera
           me
           espanto
           que
           no
           puedo
           caber
           en
           mi
           mesmo
           ,
           pienso
           que
           22.
           mill
           maestros
           de
           guarismo
           no
           podrian
           contar
           en
           tres
           annos
           has
           hazannas
           que
           ha
           hecho
           esta
           espada
           Durindana
           ,
           Castiga
           Vellacos
           ,
           pobladora
           de
           ciminteries
           ;
           Viene
           megana
           de
           reyr
           todas
           y
           quantas
           vezes
           ,
           que
           yo
           me
           acuerdo
           que
           el
           gran
           Turco
           estando
           al
           pique
           de
           perder
           su
           Imperio
           contra
           el
           Sophy
           ,
           me
           embiava
           llamar
           ,
           yo
           por
           no
           ser
           acustumbrad
           ,
           de
           matar
           canalla
           can
           baxa
           l'embiava
           mi
           ritrato
           hecho
           por
           manos
           de
           quinientos
           Pintores
           los
           quales
           todos
           murieron
           haziendo
           los
           〈◊〉
           d'este
           rostro
           Basilisco
           ,
           y
           como
           el
           Gran
           Turco
           lo
           vio
           cayo
           enfiermo
           de
           una
           Calentura
           que
           le
           durava
           tres
           annos
           y
           mas
           ,
           y
           embiandolo
           despues
           al
           campo
           luego
           que
           los
           ●…nemiguos
           lo
           miravan
           con
           la
           mayor
           presteza
           del
           mando
           alearon
           el
           cerco
           con
           perdida
           de
           quarenta
           mill
           y
           ochenta
           soldados
           los
           quales
           todos
           perecieron
           mirando
           este
           mi
           espantable
           rostro
           ;
           Tengol●…s
           calcones
           llenos
           de
           barbas
           —
        
         
           When
           I
           descend
           into
           my self
           ,
           and
           contemplat
           my
           most
           terrible
           horrible
           terribility
           ,
           I
           can
           hardly
           hold
           my self
           within
           my self
           ;
           I
           beleeve
           that
           all
           the
           publick
           Notaries
           of
           Biscay
           are
           able
           in
           three
           yeers
           to
           cast
           up
           an
           account
           of
           those
           miraculous
           achievments
           which
           this
           Toledo
           blade
           ,
           this
           Durindana
           ,
           this
           scourge
           of
           Lutherans
           ,
           this
           converter
           of
           Pagans
           ,
           this
           peepler
           of
           Church-yards
           hath
           performd
           :
           I
           cannot
           choose
           but
           smile
           when
           I
           call
           to
           mind
           how
           the
           great
           Turk
           sending
           for
           me
           once
           ,
           to
           preserve
           his
           Empire
           ,
           which
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           swallow'd
           up
           by
           the
           Sophy
           ,
           I
           ,
           scorning
           to
           bath
           my
           hands
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           such
           infidells
           ,
           sent
           him
           only
           my
           picture
           .
           But
           the
           gran
           Signor
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           look'd
           upon
           it
           ,
           out
           of
           pure
           fear
           he
           fell
           into
           such
           a
           loosenes
           ,
           which
           lasted
           him
           divers
           Months
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           like
           to
           have
           cost
           him
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           sending
           it
           afterwards
           to
           the
           army
           ,
           the
           enemies
           at
           sight
           thereof
           ,
           ran
           away
           like
           so
           many
           hares
           ,
           when
           they
           beheld
           the
           Basiliscan
           eyes
           of
           this
           Physiognomy
           of
           mine
           ▪
           These
           Breeches
           I
           wear
           ,
           are
           stuff'd
           with
           Captains
           beards
           ,
           and
           the
           Mustachos
           of
           French
           Generalls
           ,
           the
           pillow
           I
           lay
           my
           head
           upon
           ,
           is
           fill'd
           with
           Amazonian
           hair
           ,
           my
           Cushion
           is
           made
           of
           a
           Turban
           took
           off
           from
           the
           Sultans
           head
           ,
           my
           Coverlet
           is
           the
           skin
           of
           that
           Nemean
           Lion
           which
           Hercules
           kill'd
           ,
           my
           Courtains
           are
           made
           up
           of
           colours
           and
           Ensignes
           taken
           in
           divers
           battailes
           ,
           when
           I
           march
           into
           the
           field
           I
           commonly
           carry
           two
           drumms
           as
           pendants
           at
           my
           eares
           ,
           I
           am
           lul'd
           asleep
           by
           noyse
           of
           trumpets
           ,
           and
           brasse
           kettles
           ,
           and
           Perillus
           bull
           stretch'd
           along
           ,
           serves
           me
           for
           a
           pillow
           .
           The
           month
           and
           day
           of
           my
           Nativity
           was
           Mars
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           the
           predominant
           Planet
           and
           my
           Ascendant
           ;
           I
           came
           into
           the
           world
           about
           break
           of
           day
           ,
           Sol
           himself
           then
           suffer'd
           an
           Eclypse
           ,
           Saturn
           stood
           astonish'd
           and
           dull
           ,
           Iove
           and
           Mercury
           hid
           themselfs
           ,
           and
           Cynthia
           took
           in
           her
           hornes
           for
           fear
           ,
           but
           Mars
           and
           Venus
           did
           cast
           benign
           influences
           being
           then
           in
           Conjunction
           ,
           yet
           that
           morning
           it
           rain'd
           blood
           ,
           the
           streames
           of
           the
           greatest
           River
           turn'd
           redd
           ,
           Mongibel
           and
           strombola
           belch'd
           out
           more
           fire
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           terrible
           Earth-quakes
           happen'd
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           Eolus
           blew
           very
           furious
           ,
           which
           rais'd
           such
           impetuous
           stormes
           ,
           that
           made
           Neptune
           to
           tumble
           and
           swell
           very
           high
           ;
           Nere
           the
           place
           which
           I
           was
           nurst
           in
           ,
           ther
           was
           a
           den
           of
           Lions
           that
           I
           might
           be
           inur'd
           to
           their
           roaring
           ,
           and
           one
           time
           my
           Mother
           caus'd
           a
           yong
           cubb
           to
           be
           slain
           of
           purpose
           to
           feed
           me
           with
           the
           bloud
           thereof
           ;
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           am
           that
           Invincible
           ,
           transcendent
           great
           Captain
           
             Basilisco
             ,
             Espheramonte
             ,
             Generalissimo
          
           of
           all
           the
           Melitia
           of
           Europe
           ,
           I
           am
           he
           who
           useth
           to
           swallow
           mountains
           ,
           to
           breath
           out
           whirlwinds
           ,
           to
           spit
           Targets
           ,
           and
           sweat
           Quicksilver
           —
        
         
         
           By
           this
           Rodomontado
           you
           may
           give
           a
           guesse
           at
           the
           vanity
           ,
           and
           extravagant
           humour
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           be
           not
           so
           big
           ,
           yet
           he
           looks
           higher
           then
           any
           other
           Nation
           in
           his
           own
           conceit
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           have
           that
           vapouring
           saying
           of
           themselfs
           in
           point
           of
           valour
           ,
           that
           
             Tres
             espanoles
             son
             quatro
             diables
             en
             Francia
             ,
          
           three
           Spaniards
           are
           fower
           Devills
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           When
           Mendoza
           was
           Ambassador
           in
           France
           ,
           he
           wold
           break
           out
           often
           into
           this
           prophane
           Ostentation
           ,
           
             Dios
             es
             poderoso
             en
             el
             Cielo
             ,
             y
             Don
             Felipe
             en
             Tierra
             ,
          
           Gods
           power
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           King
           Philips
           on
           earth
           ,
           he
           can
           command
           both
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Elements
           to
           serve
           him
           .
           When
           the
           English
           Drake
           swomme
           to
           
             Santo
             Domingo
          
           ,
           and
           plunder'd
           the
           place
           ,
           ther
           was
           a
           Pyramis
           erected
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           whereon
           was
           engraven
           this
           arrogant
           Motto
           ,
           —
           
             Non
             sufficit
             Orbis
          
           ,
           one
           world
           will
           not
           suffice
           Don
           Philip
           ,
           yet
           that
           Philip
           ,
           that
           invincible
           Philip
           ,
           was
           overcom
           at
           last
           by
           a
           Regiment
           of
           poor
           contemptible
           things
           ,
           for
           Herod-like
           ,
           he
           went
           out
           of
           the
           world
           by
           the
           pediculary
           disease
           ,
           which
           made
           no
           mean
           modern
           Poet
           to
           sing
           ,
        
         
           
             
               —
               Rex
               Ille
               Philippus
            
             
               Tot
               populis
               Terrisque
               potens
               ,
               lateque
               Tyrannus
            
             
               Occiditu
               â
               faedo
               rosus
               grege
               Vermieulorum
               ,
            
             
               Carnificesque
               suos
               miserando
               corpore
               pavit
            
             
               Vivens
               ,
               atque
               Videns
               ,
               &
               propria
               funera
               planxit
               .
            
          
        
         
           Som
           imputed
           this
           foul
           gastly
           kind
           of
           death
           to
           his
           lasciviousnes
           and
           lust
           ;
           som
           gave
           out
           it
           was
           a
           judgment
           upon
           him
           for
           doing
           away
           his
           Son
           Don
           Carlos
           ;
           others
           gave
           out
           that
           hé
           suffer'd
           for
           Alva's
           Tyranny
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           som
           gave
           out
           it
           was
           for
           bereaving
           Portugall
           of
           her
           right
           Heir
           ;
           But
           most
           affirm'd
           it
           was
           a
           visible
           judgment
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           because
           the
           bloud
           of
           so
           many
           hundred
           thousands
           of
           poor
           American
           souls
           did
           cry
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           who
           for
           their
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           were
           made
           away
           ,
           and
           extinguished
           by
           so
           many
           kindes
           of
           deaths
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Italian
           proverb
           ,
           
             La
             coda
             condanna
             spesso
             la
             volpe
             alla
             morte
             per
             esser
             troppo
             lunga
             .
          
           The
           Foxes
           tayl
           condemns
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           too
           long
           .
           How
           far
           further
           could
           I
           enlarge
           my self
           on
           this
           subject
           ?
           but
           I
           will
           grate
           the
           eares
           of
           so
           princely
           an
           auditory
           no
           longer
           ,
           therfore
           I
           will
           conclude
           with
           a
           character
           which
           a
           most
           ingenuous
           Poet
           gives
           of
           one
           part
           of
           Spain
           ,
           when
           he
           sayld
           thence
           to
           France
           .
        
         
           
             
               Iejuna
               misera
               tesqua
               Lusitaniae
            
             
               Gebaeque
               tantùm
               fertiles
               penuriae
               ,
            
             
               Valeta
               longùm
               ,
               At
               tu
               beata
               Gallia
            
             
               Salve
               bonarum
               blanda
               nutrix
               Artium
               ,
            
             
               Caelo
               Salubri
               fertili
               frugum
               solo
               ,
            
             
               Umbrosa
               colles
               pampini
               molli
               comâ
               ,
            
             
               Pecorosa
               saltus
               ,
               rigna
               Valles
               fontibus
               ,
            
             
               Prati
               virentis
               picta
               campos
               floribus
            
             
               Velifera
               longis
               Amnium
               decursibus
            
             
               Piscosa
               stagni
               ,
               rivulis
               ,
               lacubus
               ,
               mari
               ,
            
             
               Et
               hinc
               &
               illinc
               portoso
               littore
            
             
               Orbe
               receptans
               hospitem
               ,
               atque
               Orbi
               tuas
            
             
               Opes
               vicissim
               non
               avara
               impertiens
               ,
            
             
               Amaena
               Villis
               ,
               tuta
               muris
               ,
               turribus
               ;
            
             
               Superba
               ,
               testis
               lauta
               ,
               culta
               ,
               splendida
               ,
            
             
               Victu
               modesta
               ,
               moribus
               non
               aspera
               .
            
             
               Sermone
               comis
               ,
               patria
               gentium
               Omnium
            
             
               Communis
               ,
               animis
               fida
               ,
               pace
               florida
               ,
            
             
               Iucunda
               ,
               facilis
               ,
               Marte
               terrifico
               minax
               ,
            
             
               Invicta
               ,
               rebus
               non
               secundis
               Insolens
               ,
            
             
             
               Nec
               sorte
               dubia
               fracta
               ,
               cultrix
               numinis
            
             
               Syncera
               ,
               ritum
               in
               exterum
               non
               degener
               ,
            
             
               Nescit
               calores
               laenis
               aestas
               torridos
            
             
               Frangit
               rigores
               bruma
               flammis
               asperos
               ,
            
             
               Non
               pestilentis
               pallet
               Austri
               spiritu
            
             
               Autumnus
               aequis
               temperatus
               flatibus
               .
            
             
               Non
               ver
               solutis
               amnium
               repagulis
            
             
               Inundat
               agros
               ,
               &
               labores
               elicit
               ,
            
             
               Ni
               Patrio
               te
               Amore
               diligam
               ,
               &
               colam
            
             
               Dum
               vivo
               ,
               rursus
               non
               recuso
               visere
               .
            
             
               Iejuna
               miserae
               tesqua
               Lusitaniae
            
             
               Glebaeque
               tantùm
               fertiles
               penuriae
            
             
               Valete
               longùm
               —
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Scottish
           Poet
           descants
           upon
           France
           ,
           making
           Portugall
           a
           foyl
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           might
           have
           made
           his
           own
           Countrey
           as
           well
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           most
           Highborn
           Princes
           ,
           I
           hope
           ther
           is
           not
           any
           of
           this
           Auditory
           that
           will
           wrong
           his
           judgment
           so
           far
           as
           to
           think
           that
           Spain
           for
           any
           respects
           shold
           carry
           away
           the
           Palm
           ,
           and
           claime
           precedencie
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           .
        
         
           DIXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           REPLY
           OF
           Prince
           GEORGE
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Studenberg
           ,
           &c.
           in
           behalf
           of
           SPAIN
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             Auditors
             ,
             —
          
        
         
           THis
           Oration
           of
           the
           excellent
           Baron
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           though
           flowing
           with
           powerful
           eloquence
           ,
           hath
           not
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           wrought
           so
           much
           in
           me
           ,
           as
           that
           gallant
           Encomium
           of
           yours
           ,
           
             Prince
             Magnus
          
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           Spain
           ,
           therfore
           I
           concurr
           still
           with
           you
           in
           opinion
           that
           she
           may
           deserve
           the
           primacy
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           comparison
           that
           Strabo
           makes
           be
           admitted
           ,
           that
           Europe
           is
           like
           
             an
             Eagle
             whose
             head
             is
             Spain
             ,
             the
             neck
             France
             ,
             Germany
             the
             back
             and
             breast
             ,
             Italy
             and
             England
             the
             two
             Armes
             ,
             the
             thighs
             and
             leggs
             those
             huge
             tracts
             of
             Earth
             Northward
             ,
          
           I
           say
           if
           this
           Simile
           be
           allow'd
           ,
           ther
           is
           no
           question
           but
           Spain
           may
           challenge
           the
           priority
           and
           head-ship
           .
           But
           my
           noble
           Cofen
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           I
           much
           wonder
           what
           came
           into
           your
           mind
           ,
           to
           throw
           so
           much
           dirt
           into
           the
           face
           of
           Spain
           and
           her
           children
           ;
           If
           you
           were
           now
           in
           the
           Escuriall
           ,
           and
           made
           such
           a
           speech
           before
           Philip
           the
           fourth
           ,
           I
           believe
           we
           shold
           heare
           no
           more
           of
           you
           ,
           but
           you
           shold
           be
           buried
           alive
           in
           the
           Inquisition
           all
           your
           life
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           is
           Spain
           so
           hungry
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           eat
           grasse
           ?
           Is
           she
           so
           weak
           that
           she
           needs
           Crutches
           ?
           Is
           she
           so
           abandond
           to
           Vice
           ,
           that
           she
           hath
           quite
           shaken
           off
           all
           Vertu
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ?
           Surely
           no
           ;
           Touching
           the
           first
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Exchequer
           of
           all
           Christendom
           for
           Money
           ,
           and
           I
           pray
           what
           can
           he
           want
           who
           hath
           Money
           ?
           unlesse
           he
           make
           such
           a
           foolish
           wish
           as
           Mydas
           did
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           he
           touch'd
           might
           turn
           to
           gold
           ,
           for
           so
           he
           might
           starve
           
             medias
             inter
             opes
             inops
          
           .
           Ther
           is
           a
           proverb
           in
           Spain
           ,
           that
           
             Don
             sin
             dinero
             ,
             no
             es
             Don
             si
             no
             Donayre
             ,
          
           A
           man
           without
           money
           ,
           is
           no
           man
           but
           a
           bable
           ,
           but
           a
           man
           with
           money
           commands
           the
           world
           ,
           according
           to
           those
           witty
           verses
           of
           
             Petronius
             Arbiter
          
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Quisquis
               habet
               nummos
               ,
               securâ
               naviget
               Aurâ
               ,
            
             
               Fortunamque
               suo
               temperet
               arbitrio
               ;
            
             
               Uxorem
               ducat
               Danaen
               ,
               ipsumque
               licebit
            
             
               Arisium
               jubeat
               credere
               quod
               Danaen
               ,
            
             
               Carmina
               componat
               ,
               declamet
               ,
               concremet
               omnes
            
             
               Et
               peragat
               causas
               ,
               sitque
               Catone
               prior
               .
            
             
               Iurisconsultus
               paret
               ,
               non
               paret
               ,
               habeto
               ,
            
             
               Atque
               esto
               quicquid
               Servius
               &
               Labeo
               .
            
             
               Multa
               loquor
               ,
               quidvis
               nummis
               praesentibus
               opta
            
             
               Et
               Veniet
               ;
               Clausum
               possidet
               Arca
               Iovem
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           confesse
           it
           may
           be
           the
           Catholick
           King
           may
           be
           plung'd
           in
           a
           gulph
           of
           debt
           ,
           having
           
           allwayes
           his
           Sword
           drawn
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           perpetuall
           hostility
           with
           the
           common
           enemy
           of
           Christendom
           (
           to
           his
           great
           glory
           )
           as
           also
           in
           actuall
           Warr
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           who
           if
           they
           wold
           let
           him
           be
           quiet
           ,
           he
           might
           quickly
           subdue
           all
           Mauritania
           the
           opposit
           shore
           to
           Spain
           ,
           yet
           for
           all
           ther
           is
           never
           any
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           want
           in
           the
           Catholique
           Court
           ,
           nor
           the
           least
           shew
           that
           Spain
           is
           in
           warr
           or
           want
           ,
           but
           all
           things
           flourish
           as
           if
           he
           did
           not
           ow
           peny
           ,
           or
           as
           if
           he
           were
           in
           peace
           with
           all
           the
           world
           .
           It
           makes
           me
           think
           upon
           Glareanus
           a
           great
           learned
           man
           but
           much
           in
           debt
           ,
           who
           being
           asked
           by
           a
           friend
           of
           his
           how
           he
           liv'd
           ?
           He
           answer'd
           ,
           
             I
             lead
             the
             life
             of
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             for
             I
             drink
             ,
             I
             eet
             ,
             and
             indulge
             my
             genius
             ,
             I
             game
             and
             have
             money
             always
             in
             my
             purse
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           am
           in
           arrears
           to
           all
           ;
           so
           it
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           brave
           security
           the
           Spanish
           King
           gives
           to
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           assignments
           upon
           his
           occidentall
           Fleet
           ,
           which
           weigh
           all
           circumstances
           well
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           glories
           that
           ever
           Monarch
           had
           .
           Fortune
           her self
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           King
           of
           Spaines
           wife
           ,
           who
           hath
           brought
           with
           her
           such
           a
           bottomles
           tresure
           for
           her
           dowry
           ;
           His
           closet
           is
           that
           punctum
           so
           often
           wish'd
           by
           Archimedes
           ,
           whence
           he
           moves
           the
           whole
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           He
           hath
           more
           Kingdoms
           then
           the
           French
           King
           hath
           Provinces
           ,
           more
           Fleets
           then
           the
           French
           hath
           Shipps
           ,
           more
           Nations
           then
           the
           French
           hath
           Citties
           ,
           more
           Viceroys
           then
           he
           hath
           Marshals
           ,
           and
           more
           Captains
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           then
           he
           hath
           Common-Soldiers
           .
           It
           is
           day
           ,
           It
           is
           Spring
           perpetually
           with
           him
           in
           one
           part
           or
           other
           of
           his
           dominions
           .
           Strabo
           writes
           of
           one
           who
           had
           such
           a
           strong
           and
           piercing
           perspicuity
           of
           sight
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           discern
           an
           object
           135.
           miles
           off
           ,
           for
           from
           Lilybaeum
           a
           promontory
           in
           Sicily
           he
           could
           discern
           and
           dinumerat
           the
           Shipps
           that
           went
           out
           of
           Carthage
           road
           ;
           But
           the
           Catholique
           King
           hath
           stronger
           Optiques
           ,
           for
           from
           his
           Councell
           Chamber
           he
           can
           see
           what
           is
           a
           doing
           in
           the
           Seralio
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ▪
          
           in
           the
           Louvre
           in
           France
           ,
           at
           White-hall
           in
           England
           ,
           at
           Vienna
           in
           Austria
           ,
           in
           the
           Consistory
           at
           Rome
           ;
           his
           sight
           is
           so
           sharp
           that
           he
           can
           penetrat
           the
           very
           Cabinet-Chambers
           of
           Kings
           far
           and
           neer
           ,
           and
           pry
           into
           their
           intrinsecallst
           and
           secretst
           Councells
           .
           All
           other
           Princes
           and
           States
           stand
           to
           him
           in
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           he
           in
           the
           dark
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           wheras
           you
           say
           that
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           irreconcilable
           unto
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           although
           the
           Theologues
           there
           do
           sometimes
           inveigh
           against
           Luther
           ,
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           alledging
           that
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Calvinists
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           sin
           ,
           
             Deum
             Calvinistarum
             esse
             Authorem
             peccati
          
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           infer'd
           out
           of
           
             Iohn
             Calvins
          
           own
           words
           ,
           yet
           you
           must
           not
           count
           the
           Spaniard
           an
           Antichrist
           for
           this
           ;
           Nor
           although
           he
           will
           rant
           it
           out
           sometimes
           ,
           
             that
             he
             will
             go
             arm'd
             to
             Paradis
             ,
          
           and
           rapp
           out
           other
           Rodomontado's
           ;
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           Soldiers
           ,
           are
           great
           Libertines
           ,
           but
           not
           Atheists
           ;
           nay
           som
           of
           them
           have
           good
           Consciences
           and
           capable
           of
           Repentance
           ;
           As
           ther
           is
           a
           true
           and
           memorable
           story
           of
           a
           Spanish
           Captain
           who
           wold
           have
           ravish'd
           a
           Lawyers
           daughter
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           1578.
           who
           was
           of
           an
           alluring
           beauty
           ,
           but
           strugling
           with
           her
           she
           took
           his
           own
           dagger
           and
           mortally
           wounded
           him
           to
           preserve
           her
           pudicity
           ;
           The
           Spaniard
           thus
           wounded
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           he
           sending
           for
           a
           Surgeon
           ,
           't
           was
           told
           him
           he
           could
           not
           escape
           death
           many
           howers
           ,
           therupon
           he
           call'd
           for
           his
           ghostly
           father
           ;
           to
           whom
           having
           confess'd
           and
           shewed
           great
           Evidences
           of
           repentance
           he
           was
           absolv'd
           from
           the
           attempt
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           not
           sufficient
           sayed
           he
           ,
           the
           party
           whom
           I
           wold
           have
           wrong'd
           must
           pardon
           me
           :
           hereupon
           the
           yong
           Virgin
           came
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           sayd
           in
           rathfull
           termes
           ,
           I
           am
           here
           upon
           my
           deaths
           bed
           ,
           therefore
           I
           desire
           you
           wold
           pardon
           my
           rash
           attempt
           ,
           and
           for
           your
           pardon
           and
           the
           expiation
           of
           the
           offence
           ,
           I
           bequeath
           unto
           you
           all
           my
           Estate
           ,
           provided
           that
           you
           will
           give
           me
           rites
           of
           buriall
           ,
           and
           assume
           hereafter
           the
           name
           of
           my
           wife
           .
           The
           yong
           maid
           melting
           into
           teares
           ,
           did
           do
           all
           the
           Testator
           desir'd
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           But
           my
           noble
           Cousin
           
             George
             Frederique
          
           ,
           I
           find
           't
           was
           not
           enough
           for
           you
           to
           bespatter
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           tax
           him
           of
           pride
           ,
           prophanes
           and
           many
           other
           Vices
           ,
           but
           you
           bereave
           him
           of
           the
           glory
           for
           discovering
           the
           new
           World
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           right
           of
           that
           Discovery
           ;
           Seneca
           the
           Spanish
           Tragaedian
           was
           as
           much
           Prophet
           as
           Poet
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           tru
           Vates
           when
           he
           sung
           ,
        
         
           
             
             
               —
               Venient
               annis
            
             
               Saecula
               seris
               ,
               quibus
               Oceanus
            
             
               Vincula
               Rerum
               laxet
               ,
               &
               ingens
            
             
               Pateat
               Tellus
               ;
               Typhisque
               novos
            
             
               Detegat
               Orbes
               ,
               nec
               sit
               terris
            
             
               Ultima
               Thule
               .
            
          
        
         
           Late
           yeers
           shall
           bring
           an
           Age
           wherin
           the
           Ocean
           shall
           slacken
           the
           ligaments
           of
           nature
           ,
           a
           mighty
           tract
           of
           Earth
           shall
           appeare
           ,
           and
           Neptune
           shall
           discover
           new
           Worlds
           ,
           so
           that
           Thule
           or
           Island
           will
           not
           be
           the
           furthest
           part
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
           Now
           ,
           his
           Countreymen
           made
           Scneca
           a
           tru
           Prophet
           herein
           ,
           to
           whom
           that
           mighty
           blessing
           of
           discovery
           and
           dominion
           was
           reserv'd
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           both
           the
           Prophet
           of
           this
           
             new
             tract
             of
             Earth
          
           ,
           and
           the
           propagators
           thereof
           were
           Spaniards
           .
        
         
           So
           most
           humbly
           thanking
           this
           noble
           Auditory
           for
           this
           priviledg
           of
           reply
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           most
           noble
           Cosen
           and
           illustrious
           Baron
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           more
           charitable
           and
           just
           opinion
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           DIXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           MOST
           ILLUSTRIOUS
           LORD
           EUBESWALD
           ,
           &c.
           
             FOR
             GREAT
             BRITAIN
          
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Honorable
             and
             Heroique
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           any
           one
           of
           this
           Illustrious
           convention
           would
           set
           forth
           the
           glory
           of
           some
           great
           City
           ,
           which
           flow'd
           with
           plenty
           of
           all
           things
           that
           were
           requisit
           ,
           either
           for
           necessity
           or
           pleasure
           ▪
           exceeding
           therein
           the
           very
           wishes
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           a
           City
           which
           had
           also
           impregnable
           fortifications
           ,
           and
           strength
           both
           by
           art
           and
           nature
           ,
           with
           armes
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           such
           propugnacles
           ,
           such
           advantages
           by
           land
           and
           water
           both
           to
           defend
           her self
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           enemy
           ;
           Who
           had
           a
           grave
           way
           of
           administration
           of
           Justice
           ,
           whose
           Inhabitants
           did
           florish
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           manufactures
           ,
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           vertu
           ,
           invention
           ,
           and
           elegance
           ,
           and
           shining
           with
           all
           kind
           of
           pulchritude
           ,
           I
           believe
           there
           is
           not
           any
           of
           this
           Princely
           Assembly
           but
           would
           passionatly
           desire
           to
           see
           that
           rare
           renowned
           City
           ;
           But
           ,
           most
           excellent
           President
           ,
           I
           have
           taken
           in
           hand
           to
           describe
           unto
           you
           not
           such
           a
           narrow
           thing
           as
           one
           City
           ,
           or
           one
           Countrey
           either
           ,
           but
           a
           little
           world
           of
           it self
           ,
           wherein
           many
           Kingdoms
           are
           conjoind
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           under
           one
           Monarch
           ,
           which
           little
           world
           doth
           swell
           with
           affluence
           of
           all
           things
           desirable
           ;
           those
           blessings
           which
           are
           found
           single
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           Europe
           are
           found
           conjunctly
           here
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           no
           other
           portion
           of
           the
           earth
           then
           an
           Iland
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           Iland
           that
           before
           I
           have
           done
           with
           you
           ,
           you
           will
           acknowledg
           that
           this
           Iland
           may
           stand
           in
           competition
           for
           preheminence
           with
           any
           of
           those
           noble
           Regions
           that
           you
           have
           displayed
           hitherto
           in
           most
           learned
           and
           eloquent
           Orations
           ;
           And
           this
           is
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           the
           Queen
           of
           Iles
           ,
           the
           
             minion
             of
             Neptun
          
           ,
           the
           darling
           of
           Ceres
           ,
           Incomparable
           Britain
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           Greek
           Poet
           will
           tell
           you
           ;
        
         
           
             
               —
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
            
          
           
             
               No
               Ile
               did
               ever
               dare
            
             
               With
               Britain
               yet
               compare
               .
            
          
        
         
           Which
           I
           le
           being
           disjoin'd
           from
           many
           other
           potent
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           rich
           Countreys
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           small
           distance
           ,
           lies
           very
           commodious
           to
           receive
           into
           her
           
           bosome
           by
           way
           of
           Navigation
           and
           Negotiation
           the
           wealth
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           others
           happy
           with
           Hers
           ;
           she
           lies
           very
           apposit
           to
           comfort
           ,
           and
           relieve
           those
           that
           come
           neer
           her
           coasts
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           in
           any
           danger
           by
           distresse
           of
           weather
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           needfull
           for
           vessell
           or
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           aire
           is
           there
           so
           temperat
           that
           a
           well
           disposed
           body
           may
           passe
           there
           without
           either
           stoves
           in
           Winter
           ,
           or
           shades
           in
           Sommer
           ;
           There
           be
           gentle
           breezes
           that
           blow
           from
           the
           circumjacent
           Sea
           ,
           which
           refresh
           all
           kind
           of
           animalls
           both
           brute
           ,
           and
           rationall
           ,
           the
           clowds
           there
           drop
           fatnes
           ,
           dissolving
           into
           silver
           wholsom
           showers
           to
           soften
           and
           fertilize
           her
           glebes
           ;
           she
           useth
           to
           have
           in
           December
           and
           Ianuary
           frost
           enough
           to
           knit
           the
           joints
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           so
           corroborat
           them
           ;
           in
           February
           she
           hath
           snow
           enough
           to
           fill
           her
           dikes
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           coverlet
           to
           keep
           her
           plowd
           fields
           warm
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           seas
           of
           Spain
           and
           Italy
           are
           barren
           of
           fish
           ,
           Hers
           have
           them
           by
           whole
           shoales
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           variety
           that
           it
           is
           incredible
           .
           Her
           Forests
           and
           woods
           have
           no
           birds
           or
           beasts
           of
           rapine
           ,
           and
           noxious
           animalls
           ,
           but
           harmeles
           (
           though
           wild
           )
           creatures
           ,
           as
           the
           Stagg
           ,
           the
           Hind
           ,
           and
           the
           Hart
           ,
           which
           serve
           for
           pleasure
           and
           hospitality
           .
           The
           bowells
           of
           her
           soyl
           ,
           and
           hills
           are
           pregnant
           with
           mineralls
           ,
           or
           fuell
           ;
           The
           Sun
           which
           scorcheth
           Spain
           and
           Naples
           ,
           doth
           gently
           warm
           Britain
           with
           his
           rayes
           ;
           The
           air
           is
           nothing
           so
           thick
           and
           dull
           as
           in
           other
           climes
           ,
           but
           attenuated
           and
           cleerd
           with
           refreshing
           and
           gentle
           blasts
           ever
           and
           anone
           ;
           nor
           is
           her
           earth
           subject
           to
           agues
           ,
           to
           quaking
           and
           trepidation
           as
           other
           places
           are
           ,
           but
           alwayes
           firme
           and
           sure
           .
           For
           store
           and
           superfluity
           of
           corn
           ,
           in
           the
           Romans
           time
           she
           was
           call'd
           the
           barn
           and
           granary
           of
           the
           western
           part
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           Zosimus
           reports
           ,
           that
           they
           us'd
           to
           lade
           eight
           hundred
           vessells
           with
           British
           corn
           for
           many
           yeers
           to
           supply
           their
           army
           upon
           the
           frontiers
           of
           Germany
           .
           These
           ensueing
           verses
           of
           a
           Forrener
           do
           hint
           a
           little
           upon
           the
           happines
           of
           this
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           
             
               Anglia
               Terra
               ferax
               ,
               tibi
               pax
               secura
               quietem
               ,
            
             
               Multiplicem
               luxum
               merx
               opulenta
               dedit
               .
            
             
               Tu
               nimio
               nec
               stricta
               gelu
               ,
               nec
               sydere
               fervens
               ,
            
             
               Clementi
               coelo
               ,
               temperieque
               places
               .
            
             
               Cùm
               pareret
               natura
               parens
               ,
               variasque
               favore
            
             
               Divideret
               dotes
               omnibus
               una
               locis
               ,
            
             
               Seposuit
               potioratibi
               ,
               matremque
               professa
               ,
            
             
               Insulasis
               foelix
               ,
               plenaque
               pacis
               ,
               ait
               .
            
             
               Quicquid
               amat
               luxus
               ,
               quicquid
               desiderat
               usus
               ,
            
             
               Ex
               te
               provemet
               ,
               vel
               aliunde
               tibi
               .
            
          
        
         
           Eumenius
           in
           the
           famous
           panegyric
           he
           made
           to
           Constantin
           melts
           thus
           into
           her
           praises
           .
           
             O
             fortunata
             &
             omnibus
             beatior
             terris
             Britannia
             ,
             quae
             Constantinum
             Caesarem
             prima
             vidisti
             ;
             Merito
             te
             omnibus
             coeli
             ac
             soli
             dotibus
             natura
             donavit
             ,
             in
             qua
             nec
             hyemis
             est
             nimius
             rigor
             ,
             nec
             aestatis
             ardor
             ,
             in
             qua
             segetum
             tanta
             faecunditas
             ut
             muneribus
             utriusque
             sufficiat
             &
             Cereris
             &
             Liberi
             ;
             In
             qua
             nemora
             sine
             immanibus
             bestijs
             ,
             terra
             sine
             serpentibus
             noxijs
             ;
             contrà
             pecorum
             mitium
             innumerabilis
             multitudo
             lacte
             distenta
             ,
             &
             onusta
             velleribus
             ,
             certè
             quidem
             quod
             propter
             vitam
             diligitur
             ,
             longissimae
             dies
             ,
             &
             nullae
             sine
             aliqua
             luce
             noctes
             ,
             dum
             illa
             littorum
             extrema
             planities
             non
             attollit
             umbras
             ,
             noctisque
             metam
             coeli
             &
             syderum
             transit
             aspectus
             ,
             ut
             sol
             ipse
             qui
             nobis
             videtur
             occidere
             ,
             ibi
             appareat
             solummodò
             praeterire
             .
          
           O
           most
           fortunat
           Britain
           ,
           (
           saith
           Eumenius
           )
           more
           bless'd
           then
           any
           other
           Country
           ,
           which
           didst
           first
           see
           Constantin
           !
           Nature
           hath
           deservedly
           endowed
           thee
           with
           all
           gifts
           both
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           .
           In
           thee
           neither
           the
           excessive
           cold
           of
           winter
           ,
           or
           ardent
           heat
           of
           sommer
           doth
           offend
           the
           inhabitant
           :
           thou
           swellest
           with
           such
           a
           faecundity
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           corn
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           be
           called
           the
           Favorit
           of
           Ceres
           and
           Bacchus
           ;
           Thy
           groves
           are
           without
           savage
           rapacious
           beasts
           ,
           and
           thy
           heaths
           without
           poysonous
           serpents
           ,
           thy
           fields
           are
           covered
           with
           innumerable
           multitudes
           of
           mild
           creatures
           labouring
           with
           exuberance
           of
           milk
           ,
           and
           laden
           with
           rich
           fleeces
           ;
           For
           
           delightfullnesse
           or
           life
           ,
           thy
           daies
           are
           very
           long
           ,
           and
           no
           night
           but
           hath
           some
           glimpses
           of
           light
           .
           The
           glorious
           Sun
           which
           sets
           and
           goes
           down
           in
           other
           Countries
           ,
           seemes
           onely
           but
           to
           passe
           by
           the
           Coasts
           .
           That
           salt
           ditch
           which
           girds
           Britain
           about
           ,
           renders
           her
           invincible
           ;
           I
           meane
           the
           circumambient
           sea
           ,
           which
           opens
           and
           shuts
           ,
           and
           embosoms
           himself
           into
           her
           at
           divers
           commodious
           creeks
           .
           This
           Sea
           is
           so
           high
           and
           turgid
           oftentimes
           ,
           that
           some
           Authors
           record
           it
           riseth
           80.
           
           Fadoms
           at
           a
           spring-tide
           in
           divers
           places
           .
           He
           sometimes
           salutes
           and
           covers
           the
           inviting
           soyle
           ,
           then
           he
           departs
           ,
           but
           to
           come
           again
           .
           He
           doth
           cast
           up
           sometimes
           and
           leaves
           upon
           the
           shore
           huge
           fishes
           ,
           of
           strange
           shapes
           ,
           as
           the
           Lyric
           sings
           .
        
         
           
             
               —
               belluosus
               qui
               remoris
            
             
               Obstrepit
               Oceanus
               Britannis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Rejoyce
           therefore
           O
           Britain
           ,
           and
           triumph
           ,
           that
           Dame
           Nature
           hath
           cast
           such
           a
           mote
           about
           thee
           ,
           which
           no
           Engine
           of
           Man
           can
           choake
           ,
           no
           reach
           of
           wit
           or
           labour
           can
           dry
           up
           .
           Let
           the
           Flemish
           secure
           Ostend
           with
           new
           dikes
           ,
           Anwerp
           with
           a
           strong
           Cittadel
           ,
           let
           Milan
           glory
           for
           her
           inexpugnable
           Castle
           ,
           let
           the
           Venetians
           bragg
           of
           their
           Palma
           ,
           The
           Hungarians
           of
           Iavarin
           and
           Comorra
           ,
           The
           Turkes
           theirs
           of
           
             Goleta
             ,
             Savoy
          
           hers
           of
           Monmelian
           ,
           The
           French
           theirs
           of
           Baion
           ,
           where
           none
           must
           enter
           but
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           or
           the
           blood
           Royal
           ;
           Let
           the
           Spaniard
           bragge
           of
           his
           Havana
           ,
           the
           Pole
           of
           Smolenksco
           ,
           The
           Austrian
           of
           Vienna
           ,
           The
           Bavarian
           of
           Ingolstad
           ,
           The
           Dane
           of
           Croneburg
           ,
           Let
           Brandeburg
           bragge
           of
           
             Castreni
             ,
             Silesia
          
           of
           Breslaw
           ,
           the
           Franconians
           of
           Norimberg
           ,
           the
           Swed
           of
           Stockholm
           ,
           and
           let
           other
           Kings
           and
           Countries
           glory
           never
           so
           much
           of
           their
           strong
           holds
           ,
           Motes
           and
           Fortifications
           ;
           but
           to
           compare
           them
           to
           that
           Dike
           which
           is
           cast
           about
           great
           Britain
           ,
           were
           to
           compare
           a
           purl
           ,
           or
           small
           rivulet
           of
           water
           to
           the
           Archipelago
           ,
           or
           a
           small
           tuft
           of
           Earth
           to
           Mount
           Adrian
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           this
           huge
           Mote
           give
           security
           alone
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           but
           it
           brings
           them
           many
           other
           inestimable
           benefits
           ;
           it
           animates
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           salt-waters
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           contiguous
           Earth
           ,
           it
           nourisheth
           the
           air
           with
           pregnant
           vapours
           ,
           to
           make
           wholsom
           showres
           for
           the
           irrigation
           and
           refreshment
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           it
           takes
           in
           and
           lets
           out
           many
           brave
           Rivers
           for
           navigation
           ,
           which
           are
           replenished
           with
           all
           store
           of
           Fish.
           Among
           other
           kind
           ,
           the
           benefit
           that
           is
           made
           of
           Herrings
           is
           beyond
           belief
           ,
           which
           swimme
           in
           huge
           shoales
           like
           Mountains
           about
           the
           Iland
           .
           Towards
           the
           Summer
           Solstice
           ,
           they
           seek
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           then
           towards
           Autumne
           they
           retire
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           incredible
           what
           huge
           quantities
           are
           taken
           twixt
           Scarborough
           and
           the
           Thames
           mouth
           from
           the
           month
           of
           August
           to
           September
           :
           then
           they
           move
           more
           Southward
           to
           the
           British
           Sea
           ,
           and
           find
           matter
           for
           fishing
           till
           Christmas
           ;
           then
           having
           as
           it
           were
           fetch'd
           a
           compasse
           about
           Britain
           ,
           they
           seek
           the
           Western
           Sea
           ,
           and
           the
           Irish
           Coast
           ,
           where
           they
           keep
           till
           Iune
           ,
           and
           then
           set
           forward
           for
           Britain
           again
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           fat
           ,
           and
           numerous
           by
           multiplication
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Britany
           ,
           like
           a
           Microcosm
           of
           her selfe
           ,
           is
           seated
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           turbulent
           and
           working
           Sea
           ;
           yet
           she
           within
           is
           still
           quiet
           ,
           serene
           and
           safe
           .
           And
           now
           I
           will
           take
           a
           survay
           of
           this
           Noble
           Iland
           ,
           as
           one
           would
           doe
           of
           some
           stately
           Castle
           :
           and
           to
           do
           that
           exactly
           ,
           one
           must
           not
           onely
           view
           the
           Trenches
           and
           outworks
           which
           are
           about
           ,
           but
           pry
           into
           the
           recesses
           and
           roomes
           within
           ,
           and
           observe
           what
           fashion
           of
           men
           they
           are
           that
           keep
           it
           ;
           therefore
           I
           will
           make
           a
           progresse
           into
           the
           Center
           and
           bowells
           of
           Britain
           .
           Touching
           the
           people
           who
           inhabit
           Her
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           wellfavourdest
           ,
           and
           best
           complexion'd
           people
           of
           any
           upon
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           Earth
           :
           they
           have
           excellent
           Intellectuals
           ,
           sucking
           Capacities
           ,
           and
           spacious
           Understandings
           ;
           they
           add
           unto
           ,
           and
           perfect
           any
           invention
           that
           is
           brought
           them
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           wee
           Germans
           should
           be
           very
           ingrateful
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           should
           acknowledge
           to
           have
           receiv'd
           great
           benefit
           by
           them
           :
           for
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           and
           literature
           they
           have
           been
           Doctors
           and
           Parents
           unto
           us
           .
           
           They
           brought
           Christ
           and
           the
           Standard
           of
           the
           Crosse
           first
           amongst
           us
           ,
           they
           dispell'd
           the
           black
           clouds
           of
           Faganism
           and
           ignorance
           from
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           let
           in
           the
           sweet
           raies
           of
           piety
           and
           knowledge
           to
           enlighten
           us
           .
           This
           ,
           unlesse
           wee
           brand
           our selfs
           with
           the
           ugly
           mark
           of
           ingratitude
           ,
           we
           must
           ingeniously
           confesse
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           it
           is
           observ'd
           that
           the
           Britans
           were
           alwaies
           by
           a
           special
           instinct
           very
           much
           addicted
           to
           Religion
           ;
           And
           as
           in
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Druyds
           ,
           whose
           founders
           they
           are
           held
           to
           be
           ,
           they
           antecell'd
           all
           others
           ,
           (
           for
           Caesar
           records
           that
           the
           Gaules
           went
           over
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           the
           
             British
             Druyds
          
           )
           so
           when
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           was
           known
           among
           them
           ,
           with
           flagrant
           desires
           ,
           and
           fervent
           affections
           they
           embrac'd
           that
           beliefe
           with
           a
           wonderful
           ready
           devotion
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           glorious
           Sun
           when
           he
           culminates
           and
           appears
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           doth
           as
           it
           were
           in
           a
           moment
           illustrate
           the
           whole
           Hemisphear
           ;
           so
           the
           beames
           of
           Christianity
           displayed
           themselves
           with
           marvellous
           celerity
           all
           the
           Hand
           over
           .
           But
           this
           had
           very
           good
           helps
           to
           advance
           this
           work
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           infancy
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           Baronius
           doth
           assert
           ,
           Ioseph
           of
           Arimathea
           a
           Noble
           Decurion
           arrived
           there
           ,
           and
           
             Claudia
             Rufina
          
           ,
           Wife
           to
           
             Aulus
             Pudens
          
           the
           Roman
           ;
           of
           whom
           the
           Poet
           Martial
           ,
           nay
           Saint
           Paul
           himself
           makes
           honorable
           mention
           .
           
             Simon
             Zelotes
          
           having
           made
           a
           hot
           progresse
           through
           Barbary
           ,
           died
           in
           Britain
           .
           Nay
           ,
           some
           say
           that
           Saint
           Paul
           being
           freed
           from
           Nero's
           shackles
           ,
           encreas'd
           the
           propagation
           of
           grace
           there
           .
        
         
           Hereupon
           the
           Britains
           having
           had
           the
           advantage
           of
           such
           great
           lights
           ,
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           erect
           Oratories
           and
           Churches
           for
           the
           publique
           exercise
           of
           devotion
           ;
           wherein
           they
           grew
           so
           zealous
           ,
           that
           Lucius
           a
           British
           King
           left
           his
           Crown
           ,
           with
           all
           earthly
           pomp
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           spontaneous
           pilgrimage
           to
           Rome
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Eleutherius
           ,
           the
           year
           150.
           after
           the
           Incarnation
           ,
           and
           spent
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           life
           in
           holy
           Meditations
           ,
           and
           practices
           of
           piety
           .
           Now
           ,
           what
           a
           glory
           it
           is
           for
           Britain
           to
           have
           had
           the
           first
           Christian
           King
           that
           ever
           was
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperor
           ,
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           .
           And
           to
           speak
           truth
           ,
           no
           Region
           produc'd
           more
           constant
           professors
           of
           Christianity
           then
           Britain
           did
           ,
           and
           more
           fincere
           Propagators
           thereof
           ,
           which
           will
           appear
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           Catologe
           of
           Saints
           ,
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           Confessors
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           in
           lieu
           of
           that
           malitious
           character
           which
           Porphyrie
           gives
           of
           her
           (
           who
           hated
           her
           for
           being
           such
           a
           zealous
           Christian
           )
           by
           calling
           her
           
             feracem
             tyrannorum
             provinciam
          
           ,
           a
           Country
           fruitful
           for
           Tyrants
           ;
           she
           may
           more
           deservedly
           be
           call'd
           
             Regio
             sanctorum
             faecundissima
          
           ,
           a
           Region
           most
           abounding
           with
           Saints
           .
           Nor
           were
           the
           Britans
           such
           Zelots
           only
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           they
           cross'd
           the
           Seas
           to
           disperse
           the
           beams
           of
           Christian
           Knowledge
           abroad
           ;
           and
           their
           paines
           prov'd
           very
           successful
           herein
           .
           Germany
           was
           beholden
           to
           Winfridus
           ,
           and
           Willebrod
           that
           she
           was
           converted
           .
           France
           was
           beholden
           to
           Alcuin
           for
           establishing
           the
           Academy
           of
           Paris
           ,
           though
           Paschasius
           ,
           a
           cavilling
           Author
           ,
           denies
           it
           .
           Touching
           us
           Germans
           ,
           among
           other
           testimonies
           of
           gratitude
           to
           Britain
           ,
           let
           this
           of
           an
           excellent
           Almain
           Poet
           serve
           for
           one
           .
        
         
           
             
               Haec
               tamen
               Arctois
               laus
               est
               eterna
               Britannis
               ,
            
             
               Quod
               post
               Pannonicis
               vastatum
               incursibus
               Orbem
            
             
               Illa
               bonas
               Artes
               ,
               &
               Graiae
               munera
               linguae
               ,
            
             
               Stellarumque
               vias
               ,
               &
               magni
               sidera
               caeli
            
             
               Observans
               ,
               iterum
               turbatis
               intulit
               oris
               ,
            
             
               Quin
               se
               Relligio
               multùm
               debere
               Britannis
            
             
               Servata
               ,
               &
               latè
               circum
               dispersa
               fatetur
               .
            
             
               Quis
               nomen
               Winfride
               tuum
               ,
               quis
               munera
               nes●…cit
               ?
            
             
               Te
               Duce
               Germanis
               pietas
               se
               vera
               ,
               Fidesque
            
             
               Infinuans
               ,
               caepit
               ritus
               abolere
               prophanos
               .
            
             
               Quid
               non
               Alcuino
               facunda
               Lutetia
               debet
               !
            
             
               Instaurare
               bonas
               ibi
               qui
               faeliciter
               Artes
               ,
            
             
               Barbariemque
               procul
               solus
               dispellere
               caepit
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           To
           these
           British
           Champions
           of
           Christianity
           we
           may
           add
           Bede
           ,
           who
           hath
           the
           Epithet
           (
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           universall
           Christian
           Church
           )
           of
           Venerable
           given
           him
           .
           I
           will
           bring
           upon
           the
           stage
           next
           
             Io.
             Dunscotus
          
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           supereminent
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           the
           spiny
           art
           of
           Logique
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           call'd
           by
           the
           whole
           commonwealth
           of
           learning
           
             Subtilis
             Doctor
          
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           such
           large
           esteem
           ,
           that
           he
           founded
           a
           sect
           who
           are
           call'd
           Scotistae
           to
           this
           day
           :
           he
           also
           was
           call'd
           
             lima
             veritatis
          
           ,
           the
           file
           of
           truth
           :
           He
           was
           so
           great
           a
           man
           ,
           that
           as
           many
           Cities
           contended
           for
           the
           Nativity
           of
           Homer
           ,
           so
           did
           many
           Kingdoms
           strive
           for
           him
           ,
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           and
           France
           ;
           yet
           ,
           what
           a
           strange
           destiny
           befell
           this
           famous
           Doctor
           ?
           for
           being
           surpriz'd
           by
           an
           apoplexy
           ,
           and
           given
           for
           dead
           ,
           he
           was
           buried
           alive
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           found
           that
           he
           breath'd
           his
           last
           in
           the
           Grave
           .
           After
           him
           I
           may
           instance
           in
           
             Iohn
             Wicklif
          
           ,
           a
           great
           Artist
           and
           Theolog
           ;
           next
           to
           him
           I
           rank
           
             William
             Ockam
             ,
             patrem
             Nominalium
          
           ,
           who
           establishd
           a
           sect
           calld
           the
           Nominalls
           ,
           but
           both
           these
           were
           strong
           enemies
           to
           Rome
           ,
           as
           appeers
           yet
           by
           their
           penns
           ;
           There
           was
           another
           great
           Doctor
           calld
           Doctor
           Resolutus
           by
           the
           Italians
           for
           his
           acute
           way
           of
           disputation
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           
             Io
             :
             Baconthorp
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           deepest
           clerks
           of
           his
           time
           .
           What
           a
           rare
           man
           and
           of
           heavenly
           speculations
           was
           
             Io
             :
             de
             sacro
             bosco
          
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           sphaere
           ,
           which
           remaines
           yet
           engraven
           upon
           his
           tomb
           in
           Paris
           ?
           some
           ages
           after
           these
           ,
           the
           world
           of
           learned
           men
           did
           much
           esteem
           
             Reginald
             Poole
             ,
             Iohn
             Colet
             ,
             William
             Lillie
             ,
             Linacre
             ,
             Pace
             ,
             Cardinall
             Fisher
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Rochester
             ,
             Sir
             Thomas
             More
             ,
             Latimer
             ,
             Tindall
             ,
             Baleus
             ,
             Tunstall
             ,
          
           men
           inferior
           to
           none
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           sanctimony
           of
           life
           ,
           as
           for
           rare
           erudition
           and
           knowledg
           ;
           
             Toby
             Matthew
          
           Archbishop
           of
           York
           ,
           another
           
             Chrysostom
             ,
             Thomas
             Stapleton
             ,
             Nic.
             Wotton
             ,
             Iewell
             ,
             Cheek
             ,
             Humphreys
             ,
             Grindall
             ,
             Whitgift
             ,
             Plowden
             ,
             Ascham
             ,
             Cooke
             ,
             Smyth
             ,
             Whitaker
             ,
             Perkins
             ,
             Mountagu
             ,
          
           those
           great
           speculative
           Lords
           Baeon
           and
           
             Herbert
             ,
             Andrews
             ,
             Usher
          
           that
           rare
           Primat
           ,
           Selden
           ,
           who
           knows
           as
           much
           as
           both
           the
           
             Scaligers
             ,
             Camden
          
           the
           
             English
             Strabo
             ,
             Owen
          
           another
           Martiall
           ,
           with
           divers
           excellent
           Dramatique
           Poets
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           great
           wrong
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           learning
           that
           their
           works
           are
           not
           made
           intelligible
           in
           a
           larger
           toung
           then
           that
           Insulary
           Dialect
           ;
           Add
           hereunto
           ,
           that
           for
           Physicians
           and
           Lawyers
           ,
           both
           Civill
           and
           Common
           there
           are
           as
           profound
           spirits
           there
           as
           any
           on
           earth
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           learning
           ,
           so
           for
           prowess
           and
           magnanimity
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           have
           been
           and
           are
           still
           very
           celebrous
           ;
           And
           though
           there
           hath
           been
           alwayes
           an
           innated
           kind
           of
           enmity
           twixt
           the
           French
           and
           the
           English
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           extorted
           prayses
           out
           of
           their
           enemies
           mouths
           :
           witnes
           
             Comines
             ,
             Froissard
          
           ,
           and
           Bodin
           ,
           who
           write
           so
           much
           in
           honor
           of
           the
           English
           ;
           Nor
           do
           they
           herein
           complement
           or
           flatter
           a
           whit
           .
           What
           a
           bold
           Britain
           was
           Brennus
           (
           who
           liv'd
           long
           before
           the
           English
           took
           footing
           there
           )
           what
           notable
           feates
           did
           he
           perform
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
             Greece
          
           ,
           and
           Asia
           ?
           so
           that
           the
           old
           Britains
           ,
           or
           Welsh
           in
           honor
           of
           that
           Heroe
           call
           a
           King
           after
           his
           name
           to
           this
           day
           
             viz.
             Brennin
          
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           a
           Castle
           in
           Wales
           of
           his
           name
           to
           this
           day
           .
           How
           manfully
           did
           the
           ancient
           Britains
           tugg
           with
           the
           Romans
           ,
           who
           receav'd
           fowler
           defeats
           there
           then
           in
           any
           other
           Region
           ?
           which
           one
           of
           their
           Poets
           seemes
           to
           confesse
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
        
         
           —
           Invictos
           Romano
           Marte
           Britannos
           .
        
         
           The
           Silures
           who
           are
           a
           peeple
           but
           of
           a
           few
           small
           shires
           in
           Wales
           ,
           
             viz.
             Monmouth
             ,
             Brecknock
          
           and
           others
           ,
           being
           animated
           by
           the
           courage
           of
           their
           King
           Cataracus
           ,
           and
           provok'd
           by
           the
           menaces
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Claudius
           ,
           who
           threatned
           to
           extinguish
           the
           very
           names
           of
           them
           ,
           met
           his
           army
           in
           open
           field
           ,
           and
           cutting
           off
           an
           auxiliary
           Regiment
           which
           was
           going
           to
           recreut
           the
           Emperour
           under
           
             Marius
             Valens
          
           ,
           they
           utterly
           routed
           him
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Ostorius
           the
           propraetor
           of
           Britanny
           for
           the
           Romans
           resenting
           this
           dishonor
           died
           out
           of
           a
           sense
           of
           grief
           .
           
             Charles
             the
             Great
          
           had
           to
           doe
           with
           them
           in
           three
           battailes
           ,
           wherein
           there
           was
           such
           a
           slaughter
           of
           his
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           cryed
           ,
           
             Si
             vel
             semel
             tantùm
             cum
             illis
          
           
           
             adhuc
             depugnandum
             foret
             ,
             ne
             unum
             quidem
             militem
             sibi
             superfuturum
             ,
          
           If
           he
           were
           to
           encounter
           the
           Britains
           but
           once
           more
           ,
           he
           should
           not
           have
           a
           soldier
           left
           him
           :
           a
           saying
           proceeding
           from
           such
           a
           man
           as
           Charlemain
           ,
           that
           tends
           much
           to
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           Britains
           .
           But
           the
           Gaules
           are
           they
           whom
           the
           Britains
           galld
           ,
           having
           in
           so
           many
           victories
           left
           their
           arrowes
           in
           their
           thighs
           ,
           in
           their
           breasts
           ,
           and
           some
           sticking
           in
           their
           hearts
           ;
           which
           makes
           Bodin
           complain
           ,
           
             Gallos
             ab
             Anglis
             in
             ipsa
             Gallia
             clades
             accepisse
             ,
             ac
             pene
             Imperium
             amisisse
          
           —
           That
           the
           French
           receaved
           many
           overthrowes
           in
           France
           herself
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           had
           almost
           lost
           their
           Kingdom
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Poet
           sings
           wittily
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Anglorum
               semper
               virtutem
               Gallia
               sensit
               ,
            
             
               Ad
               Galli
               cantum
               non
               fugit
               iste
               Leo.
               
            
          
        
         
           For
           how
           often
           have
           the
           French
           Kings
           with
           their
           Nobles
           been
           routed
           ,
           defeated
           and
           discomfited
           by
           the
           
             English
             Gray-goose-wing
          
           ?
           how
           often
           hath
           it
           pierc'd
           the
           very
           center
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
           what
           notable
           rich
           returnes
           have
           the
           English
           made
           from
           France
           ?
           And
           what
           pittifull
           looks
           must
           France
           have
           ,
           when
           Edward
           the
           fourth
           got
           such
           a
           glorious
           victory
           at
           Cressy
           ,
           where
           above
           thirty
           thousand
           perish'd
           ,
           among
           whom
           the
           King
           of
           Bohemia
           was
           found
           among
           the
           dead
           bodies
           ,
           ten
           Princes
           ,
           eighty
           Barons
           ,
           twelve
           hundred
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           the
           flower
           of
           the
           French
           fell
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           King
           
             Philip
             of
             Valois
          
           did
           hardly
           escape
           himself
           to
           a
           small
           town
           ,
           which
           being
           ask'd
           at
           the
           gate
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           
             qui
             va
             la
          
           ?
           answer'd
           ,
           
             la
             Fortune
             de
             France
          
           ,
           the
           Fortune
           of
           France
           .
           This
           made
           France
           weare
           black
           a
           long
           time
           .
           But
           in
           another
           battail
           she
           had
           as
           ill
           luck
           ,
           wherein
           her
           King
           Iohn
           ,
           and
           David
           King
           of
           Scots
           where
           taken
           prisoners
           ,
           and
           attended
           the
           prince
           of
           Wales
           to
           England
           :
           yet
           such
           was
           the
           modesty
           of
           that
           prince
           ,
           though
           conquerour
           ,
           that
           he
           waited
           upon
           King
           Iohn
           bareheaded
           at
           table
           ;
           this
           was
           such
           a
           passage
           as
           happen'd
           in
           King
           Edgars
           raign
           ,
           who
           had
           foure
           Kings
           to
           row
           him
           upon
           the
           river
           Dee
           hard
           by
           
             Westchester
             ,
             viz.
             Kennad
          
           Kind
           of
           the
           
             Scots
             ,
             Malcolm
          
           King
           of
           
             Cumberland
             ;
             Maconus
          
           King
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           another
           Welsh
           King.
           The
           English
           reduc'd
           France
           to
           such
           a
           poverty
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           forc'd
           to
           coin
           leather
           money
           .
           In
           divers
           other
           battailes
           in
           the
           raignes
           of
           Charles
           the
           fift
           ,
           sixt
           ,
           and
           seventh
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           the
           elevenths
           time
           ,
           the
           English
           did
           often
           foyl
           the
           French
           ,
           untill
           the
           war
           
             pour
             le
             bien
             public
          
           begun
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           .
           Such
           a
           large
           livery
           and
           seifin
           the
           English
           had
           taken
           in
           France
           ,
           that
           for
           three
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           years
           they
           were
           masters
           of
           Aquitain
           and
           Normandy
           ;
           Nay
           Henry
           the
           sixt
           of
           England
           was
           crowned
           King
           of
           France
           in
           Paris
           .
           And
           so
           formidable
           were
           the
           English
           ,
           in
           France
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           Britany
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           to
           encounter
           the
           French
           army
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           thought
           it
           a
           policy
           to
           cloth
           a
           whole
           Regiment
           of
           his
           soldiers
           after
           the
           English
           mode
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           more
           terrible
           to
           the
           French.
           
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           that
           notable
           Virago
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           who
           did
           such
           exploits
           again
           Spain
           ,
           by
           taking
           the
           united
           provinces
           of
           the
           
             Low
             Countreys
          
           under
           her
           protection
           ?
           How
           did
           she
           ply
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           bayt
           him
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           how
           did
           she
           in
           a
           manner
           make
           him
           a
           Bankrupt
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           lose
           his
           credit
           in
           all
           the
           banks
           of
           Europe
           !
           And
           all
           that
           while
           Spain
           could
           do
           England
           no
           harme
           at
           all
           ;
           touching
           the
           strength
           of
           which
           Kingdom
           you
           may
           please
           to
           hear
           what
           a
           judicious
           Italian
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Il
             Regno
             d'Ingliterra
             non
             há
             bisogno
             d'altri
             per
             la
             propria
             difesa
             ,
             anzi
             non
             solo
             é
             difficile
             ,
             mà
             si
             può
             dir
             impossible
             se
             non
             é
             divisione
             nel
             Regno
             che
             per
             via
             de
             force
             possa
             esser
             conquistato
             .
          
           The
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           stands
           in
           no
           need
           of
           any
           other
           for
           her
           own
           defense
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           difficult
           ,
           but
           a
           thing
           impossible
           ,
           unlesse
           there
           be
           some
           intestin
           division
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           conquest
           of
           that
           Countrey
           .
           Philip
           offer'd
           very
           fairly
           for
           her
           in
           the
           year
           eighty
           eight
           ,
           when
           he
           thought
           to
           have
           swallowed
           her
           with
           his
           Invincible
           Fleet
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           preparing
           three
           yeers
           :
           she
           consisted
           of
           above
           150.
           saile
           ,
           8000.
           
           Mariners
           ,
           20000.
           foot
           ,
           besides
           voluntiers
           ,
           she
           carried
           1600.
           
           Canons
           of
           brasse
           ,
           1000.
           of
           iron
           ,
           and
           a
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           granados
           of
           all
           sorts
           .
           The
           
           Fleet
           stood
           the
           King
           in
           every
           day
           thirty
           thousand
           Duckets
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           
             Bernardin
             Mendoza
          
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           Ambassadour
           in
           France
           ,
           being
           in
           a
           private
           conference
           one
           day
           with
           King
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           ,
           assured
           him
           ,
           that
           
             viis
             &
             modis
          
           ,
           that
           Fleet
           had
           stood
           his
           Master
           in
           above
           tenne
           Millions
           first
           and
           last
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           that
           she
           set
           sayl
           from
           Lisbon
           .
           This
           Fleet
           look'd
           like
           a
           huge
           Forrest
           at
           Sea
           as
           she
           made
           her
           way
           .
           Good
           Lord
           how
           notably
           did
           that
           Masculine
           Queen
           bestirre
           her self
           ,
           in
           viewing
           her
           Armies
           ,
           in
           visiting
           her
           Men
           of
           Warre
           ,
           and
           Ships
           Royall
           ,
           in
           having
           her
           Castles
           and
           Ports
           well
           fortified
           ,
           in
           riding
           about
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Army
           her self
           ,
           in
           discharging
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           true
           Pallas
           ,
           wearing
           a
           Hat
           and
           Feather
           in
           lieu
           of
           a
           Helmet
           .
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           of
           France
           sent
           her
           seasonable
           notice
           hereof
           ,
           so
           that
           most
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholiques
           up
           and
           down
           were
           commanded
           to
           retire
           to
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Ely
           ,
           a
           fenney
           place
           ;
           and
           others
           were
           secured
           in
           Bishops
           houses
           till
           this
           horrid
           cloud
           which
           did
           threaten
           the
           destruction
           of
           England
           should
           be
           overblown
           .
           But
           this
           prodigious
           Fleet
           being
           come
           to
           the
           British
           seas
           ,
           how
           did
           the
           little
           English
           vessels
           pelt
           those
           huge
           Gigantick
           Galeons
           of
           Spain
           ?
           whereof
           those
           few
           which
           were
           left
           (
           for
           all
           the
           rest
           perisht
           )
           were
           forc'd
           to
           fetch
           a
           compass
           almost
           as
           far
           as
           Norway
           in
           62.
           degrees
           ,
           and
           so
           got
           to
           Spain
           to
           bring
           the
           sad
           tidings
           what
           became
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           Triumphs
           for
           this
           not
           onely
           in
           England
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           United
           Provinces
           over
           ,
           where
           a
           Medal
           was
           coyn'd
           bearing
           this
           Inscription
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           
             Classis
             Hispanica
          
           ,
           The
           Spanish
           Fleet
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
             Venit
             ,
             ●…vit
             ,
             fuit
          
           ,
           She
           came
           ,
           she
           went
           ,
           she
           was
           :
           But
           had
           the
           Duke
           of
           Parma
           come
           out
           of
           Flanders
           with
           his
           Land
           Army
           ,
           then
           it
           might
           have
           prov'd
           a
           black
           day
           to
           England
           ;
           and
           herein
           Holland
           did
           a
           peece
           of
           Knight-service
           to
           England
           ,
           for
           she
           kept
           him
           from
           comming
           forth
           with
           a
           squadron
           of
           Men
           of
           Warre
           .
           How
           gallantly
           did
           the
           English
           take
           Cales
           ,
           the
           Key
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           brought
           home
           such
           rich
           plunder
           ?
           How
           did
           they
           infest
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           masse
           of
           Treasure
           did
           Drake
           (
           that
           English
           Dragon
           )
           bring
           home
           thence
           ?
           he
           made
           his
           Sailes
           of
           Silk
           ,
           and
           his
           Anchors
           of
           Silver
           .
        
         
           Most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           something
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           tyth
           that
           might
           be
           said
           of
           the
           early
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           of
           the
           exquisite
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           Learning
           ,
           of
           the
           Manhood
           and
           Prowesse
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ;
           but
           these
           praises
           that
           I
           give
           her
           is
           but
           a
           bucket
           of
           water
           cast
           into
           her
           Seas
           .
           Now
           touching
           both
           King
           and
           people
           ,
           it
           is
           observ'd
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           reciprocation
           of
           love
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           ;
           the
           one
           swayes
           ,
           the
           other
           submits
           ,
           obeyes
           ,
           and
           contributes
           to
           the
           necessities
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           honour
           and
           majesty
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           receives
           protection
           and
           security
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Regall
           Authority
           ,
           and
           absolute
           Power
           and
           Prerogatives
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           high
           and
           supreame
           as
           any
           Monarchs
           upon
           Earth
           :
           They
           acknowledge
           no
           Superior
           but
           God
           himself
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           feudetary
           or
           homageable
           to
           any
           ,
           they
           admit
           no
           forraign
           jurisdiction
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           herein
           they
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           and
           Spaine
           ,
           yea
           of
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           vassalage
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           said
           to
           divide
           authority
           with
           him
           in
           their
           own
           Dominions
           .
           No
           ,
           they
           have
           long
           time
           shaken
           off
           that
           servitude
           ,
           and
           manumitted
           the
           Crown
           from
           those
           immense
           sums
           which
           were
           erogated
           and
           ported
           from
           England
           to
           pay
           for
           First
           fruits
           ,
           for
           Indulgences
           ,
           for
           Appeales
           ,
           Palls
           ,
           and
           Dispensations
           ,
           and
           such
           merchandises
           of
           Rome
           .
           How
           many
           hundred
           of
           years
           did
           England
           pay
           Tribute
           ,
           though
           it
           went
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Peter-pence
           ,
           to
           Rome
           ,
           think
           you
           ?
           no
           less
           than
           near
           upon
           a
           thousand
           ,
           from
           the
           reign
           of
           King
           Inas
           the
           Saxon
           to
           Henry
           the
           eighth
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           let
           us
           goe
           to
           their
           Justice
           ,
           let
           us
           descend
           from
           the
           Throne
           to
           the
           Tribunall
           .
           Now
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           Divinitie
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           doe
           any
           Injustice
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           Canon
           of
           their
           Common
           Law
           that
           the
           King
           can
           doe
           no
           wrong
           ;
           if
           any
           be
           done
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Kings
           Minister
           ,
           the
           Judge
           ,
           Magistrate
           ,
           or
           Officer
           doth
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           punishable
           
           accordingly
           :
           such
           a
           high
           regard
           the
           English
           have
           of
           the
           honour
           of
           their
           King
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           speciall
           care
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           have
           us'd
           to
           take
           for
           punishing
           of
           Injustice
           and
           corruption
           ;
           such
           a
           care
           as
           King
           Edgar
           had
           to
           free
           the
           Iland
           from
           Wolves
           (
           and
           corrupt
           Officers
           are
           no
           better
           than
           Wolves
           )
           which
           he
           did
           by
           a
           Tribute
           that
           he
           impos'd
           upon
           a
           Welsh
           Prince
           for
           his
           ranson
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           bring
           him
           in
           three
           hundred
           skinnes
           of
           Wolves
           every
           year
           :
           this
           produced
           ●…o
           good
           effects
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           race
           of
           Wolves
           was
           extirpated
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           as
           rare
           a
           thing
           to
           see
           a
           Wolf
           now
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           a
           Horse
           in
           Venice
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           care
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           us'd
           to
           have
           to
           enrich
           their
           subjects
           ,
           hath
           been
           us'd
           to
           be
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           the
           common
           stock
           :
           Edward
           the
           third
           (
           that
           
             Gallorum
             malleus
          
           ,
           the
           hammer
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           he
           quell'd
           them
           so
           )
           was
           the
           first
           who
           introduced
           the
           art
           of
           making
           of
           Cloth
           into
           England
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           with
           the
           publique
           and
           private
           wealth
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           did
           receive
           a
           mighty
           increment
           ;
           for
           Wooll
           is
           the
           Golden
           Fleece
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           prime
           Staple-commodity
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           by
           an
           old
           custome
           ,
           the
           Judges
           ,
           Masters
           of
           the
           Rolls
           ,
           and
           Secretaries
           of
           State
           in
           Parliament
           time
           doe
           use
           to
           sit
           upon
           Woolsacks
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           
             commodum
             lanarum
             &
             ovium
             non
             negligendum
             esse
             ,
             Parliamentum
             moneatur
             ,
          
           that
           they
           put
           the
           Parliament
           in
           mind
           that
           the
           commodity
           of
           Wool
           and
           Sheep
           be
           not
           neglected
           .
           The
           Swede
           ,
           the
           Dane
           ,
           the
           Pole
           ,
           the
           German
           ,
           the
           Russe
           ,
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           indeed
           all
           Nations
           doe
           highly
           esteem
           the
           English
           cloth
           .
           The
           time
           was
           that
           Antwerp
           her self
           did
           buy
           and
           vend
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           English
           cloths
           yearly
           ,
           as
           Camden
           hath
           it
           .
           And
           great
           and
           antient
           are
           the
           priviledges
           that
           the
           English
           have
           in
           Belgium
           ;
           for
           since
           the
           year
           1338
           ,
           which
           is
           above
           three
           hundred
           yeares
           agoe
           ,
           when
           
             Lewis
             Malan
          
           Earl
           of
           Flanders
           gave
           them
           very
           ample
           immunities
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Bruges
           ,
           since
           which
           time
           it
           is
           incredible
           how
           all
           kind
           of
           commerce
           and
           merchantile
           affaire
           did
           flourish
           among
           the
           Flemins
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           were
           first
           obliged
           to
           the
           English
           ;
           for
           the
           English
           Wooll
           hath
           been
           a
           Golden
           Fleece
           also
           to
           the
           Flemins
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           English
           themselves
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           one
           of
           the
           principal
           causes
           of
           enlarging
           their
           Trade
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           related
           ,
           when
           he
           established
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Golden
           Fleece
           Guicciardin
           makes
           a
           computation
           ,
           that
           the
           Traffique
           and
           Intercourse
           betwixt
           England
           and
           Flanders
           amounted
           to
           twelve
           millions
           yearly
           ,
           where
           of
           five
           was
           for
           woollen
           manufactures
           .
        
         
           What
           an
           Heroique
           incomparable
           Princesse
           was
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           who
           wore
           the
           English
           Crown
           ,
           and
           sway'd
           the
           Scepter
           as
           politiquely
           ,
           prudently
           ,
           and
           stoutly
           as
           any
           of
           those
           Kings
           which
           wore
           swords
           before
           her
           ,
           or
           after
           her
           ;
           she
           raigned
           four
           and
           forty
           years
           in
           a
           marvellous
           course
           of
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           yea
           her
           enemies
           did
           confesse
           that
           there
           was
           never
           such
           a
           Virgin
           and
           a
           Virago
           upon
           earth
           .
           Her
           subjects
           lov'd
           her
           as
           their
           most
           indulgent
           Mother
           ,
           her
           foes
           fear'd
           her
           as
           a
           just
           Revengresse
           ;
           her
           Neighbour
           Princes
           and
           States
           did
           attribute
           their
           safety
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           all
           Europe
           ,
           yea
           the
           great
           Turk
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Russia
           (
           to
           whom
           she
           first
           open'd
           the
           way
           of
           commerce
           )
           did
           behold
           her
           ,
           though
           a
           far
           off
           ,
           with
           the
           eyes
           of
           admiration
           .
           They
           esteem'd
           her
           as
           a
           great
           Heroina
           ,
           and
           the
           Arbitresse
           of
           Christendome
           ;
           for
           she
           might
           as
           well
           as
           her
           Father
           have
           taken
           that
           Motto
           ,
           
             cui
             adhaereo
             ,
             praeest
          
           ;
           He
           ,
           whom
           I
           sti●…k
           to
           ,
           prevailes
           .
           Nay
           ,
           she
           did
           more
           truly
           verifie
           that
           saying
           of
           her
           Father's
           ,
           
             Galliam
             &
             Hispaniam
             esse
             quasi
             lances
             in
             Europae
             libra
             ,
             &
             Angliam
             esse
             lingulā
             ,
             sive
             libripendem
          
           ;
           That
           France
           and
           Spain
           were
           like
           the
           Beams
           of
           the
           great
           balance
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           England
           was
           the
           handle
           of
           that
           balance
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           observance
           and
           fidelity
           which
           the
           English
           us'd
           to
           bear
           towards
           their
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           us'd
           to
           be
           rare
           and
           exemplary
           .
           They
           reverence
           him
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           as
           wel
           as
           when
           he
           is
           present
           ;
           for
           whersoever
           the
           Chaire
           of
           State
           stands
           ,
           all
           goe
           uncover'd
           ,
           they
           honour
           his
           very
           shadow
           ,
           they
           serve
           him
           upon
           the
           knee
           .
           The
           Preacher
           makes
           three
           profound
           reverences
           in
           
           the
           Pulpit
           before
           he
           beginnes
           his
           Sermon
           .
           They
           pray
           for
           him
           five
           times
           in
           the
           publique
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Heir
           apparent
           ,
           by
           name
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           children
           ;
           which
           I
           beleeve
           is
           not
           done
           so
           often
           to
           any
           Christian
           Prince
           .
           Their
           fidelity
           ,
           and
           affectionate
           Allegiance
           is
           also
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           pattern
           to
           all
           subjects
           ;
           when
           the
           Spaniard
           by
           internunciall
           negotiation
           and
           secret
           practises
           did
           treat
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           Norfolk
           ,
           and
           the
           Earle
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           in
           England
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           should
           rise
           against
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           the
           people
           were
           so
           eager
           in
           the
           cause
           ,
           especially
           on
           the
           Sea
           side
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           how
           they
           flocked
           to
           all
           the
           Ports
           voluntarily
           of
           themselves
           ,
           to
           prevent
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           there
           came
           a
           command
           to
           restrain
           such
           confluences
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           one
           should
           retire
           home
           to
           his
           dwelling
           and
           business
           till
           there
           were
           occasion
           .
        
         
           When
           Prince
           Charles
           return'd
           from
           Spain
           in
           safety
           ,
           what
           exultations
           of
           joy
           was
           in
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           specially
           in
           the
           great
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           what
           huge
           Bonefires
           ,
           some
           of
           big
           massy
           timber
           ,
           were
           up
           and
           down
           streets
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           as
           lightsome
           in
           the
           night
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           noon
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           the
           flames
           of
           the
           fires
           might
           be
           seen
           as
           far
           as
           Spain
           ;
           what
           barrels
           of
           Beer
           ,
           Ale
           ,
           and
           Wine
           were
           brought
           out
           to
           drink
           carouses
           to
           his
           health
           ?
        
         
           But
           most
           Illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           in
           regard
           this
           Iland
           is
           so
           delicate
           a
           peece
           of
           Earth
           ,
           I
           'le
           take
           her
           into
           parcels
           ,
           and
           present
           her
           to
           your
           view
           .
           I
           will
           beginne
           with
           the
           Southernst
           part
           ,
           with
           Cornwall
           ,
           a
           Province
           which
           abounds
           with
           diversity
           of
           necessary
           commodities
           ,
           whereof
           Spain
           hath
           every
           year
           a
           good
           share
           ,
           being
           the
           nearest
           part
           of
           the
           Iland
           towards
           Her
           ;
           here
           besides
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           and
           Marble
           ,
           there
           is
           great
           store
           of
           Tinne
           digg'd
           out
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           pure
           and
           white
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           passe
           for
           Silver
           when
           it
           is
           hammer'd
           into
           Vessells
           .
           This
           commodity
           is
           transported
           and
           dispers'd
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           &
           rich
           returnes
           made
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           they
           have
           a
           savory
           Fish
           call'd
           Pilchards
           ,
           which
           Spaniards
           call
           Sardinas
           ,
           which
           is
           found
           in
           incredible
           quantities
           in
           the
           Sea
           near
           that
           Coast
           ;
           whereof
           there
           be
           huge
           Cargasars
           carried
           to
           Spain
           ,
           and
           Italy
           every
           year
           ,
           and
           for
           barter
           they
           will
           give
           you
           Silke
           ,
           Wine
           ,
           Oyle
           ,
           Cotton
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Commodities
           they
           have
           .
           About
           November
           this
           Fish
           is
           taken
           ,
           and
           they
           shape
           the
           course
           of
           their
           Voyages
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           in
           Spain
           &
           Italie
           a
           little
           before
           Lent
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           convenientest
           for
           their
           Market
           ,
           because
           in
           those
           Catholick
           Countries
           ,
           that
           season
           is
           observ'd
           so
           strictly
           .
           There
           is
           in
           this
           Province
           of
           Cornwall
           a
           wonderfull
           thing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           great
           famous
           Stone
           call'd
           Mainamber
           ,
           a
           little
           distant
           from
           a
           small
           Market
           Town
           call'd
           Pensans
           .
           That
           stone
           though
           it
           be
           as
           bigg
           as
           a
           little
           Rock
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           multitude
           of
           men
           cannot
           carry
           it
           away
           ,
           yet
           you
           may
           stirre
           and
           move
           it
           sensibly
           with
           your
           little
           finger
           .
           Prince
           Arthur
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           9.
           
           Worthies
           ,
           was
           born
           there
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           much
           celebrated
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           a
           number
           of
           Authors
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           for
           his
           round
           Table
           which
           was
           made
           of
           stone
           ,
           about
           which
           a
           selected
           number
           of
           Chivalrous
           Kinghts
           were
           us'd
           to
           sit
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           special
           Orders
           and
           Lawes
           made
           among
           themselves
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           observe
           punctually
           .
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           what
           a
           Heroe
           was
           this
           Arthur
           ,
           being
           an
           old
           Britain
           born
           !
           he
           overcame
           the
           Saxons
           in
           twelve
           several
           battells
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           an
           ingenious
           Poet
           sung
           of
           him
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             
               Prisca
               parem
               nescit
               ,
               aequalem
               postera
               nullum
            
             
               Exhibitura
               dies
               ,
               Reges
               supereminet
               omnes
               ,
            
             
               Solus
               praeteritis
               melior
               ,
               majorque
               futuris
               .
            
          
        
         
           From
           Cornwall
           I
           passe
           to
           Devonshire
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           also
           quantity
           of
           choice
           Tinne
           ,
           not
           inferior
           in
           purity
           to
           that
           of
           Cornwall
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           place
           there
           also
           ,
           where
           Loadstone
           is
           found
           .
           Winfrid
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           was
           borne
           there
           at
           Kirton
           ,
           who
           converted
           the
           Thuringians
           and
           Friselanders
           to
           Christianity
           .
           I
           will
           leave
           Exeter
           the
           Provincial
           Town
           ,
           Neat
           ,
           Rich
           ,
           and
           
           large
           ,
           and
           wil
           go
           to
           Plimouth
           ,
           a
           most
           comodious
           and
           safe
           well
           frequented
           Port.
           Here
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Drake
          
           was
           born
           ,
           for
           Naval
           glory
           and
           skill
           the
           ablest
           that
           any
           age
           hath
           afforded
           ;
           he
           did
           circumnavigate
           and
           compasse
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           he
           saild
           further
           into
           the
           Southern
           Seas
           ,
           into
           
             mare
             pacificum
          
           then
           any
           other
           ;
           where
           starres
           are
           so
           scant
           to
           guide
           one's
           course
           by
           :
           for
           there
           are
           but
           three
           of
           the
           first
           magnitude
           to
           be
           seen
           there
           .
           He
           gave
           part
           of
           America
           a
           new
           name
           ,
           call'd
           new
           Albion
           .
           Among
           other
           prizes
           he
           tooke
           from
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           the
           Shippe
           
             Caga
             fuego
          
           was
           one
           ,
           which
           had
           seventy
           pound
           weight
           of
           Gold
           in
           her
           ,
           thirteen
           great
           Chests
           cramm'd
           with
           Patacoons
           ,
           and
           a
           huge
           quantity
           of
           barrs
           and
           sowes
           of
           silver
           which
           serv'd
           for
           Ballast
           .
           This
           rich
           ship
           this
           
             English
             Iason
          
           brought
           with
           him
           to
           England
           with
           his
           own
           ship
           the
           Publican
           in
           safety
           .
           But
           the
           Spanish
           Captain
           broke
           this
           jest
           for
           all
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           treasure
           ,
           that
           his
           ship
           and
           Drakes
           ship
           should
           change
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           should
           be
           call'd
           
             Caga
             plata
          
           ,
           and
           
             Drakes
             Caga
             fuego
          
           .
           Thus
           this
           English
           Drake
           swom
           like
           the
           great
           Leviathan
           to
           the
           new
           and
           old
           World
           ;
           of
           whom
           that
           most
           ingenious
           Epigrammatist
           Owen
           hath
           this
           Hexastic
           .
        
         
           
             
               Drake
               ,
               pererrati
               quem
               novit
               terminus
               Orbis
               ,
            
             
               Quemque
               semel
               mundi
               vidit
               utrumque
               latus
               ,
            
             
               Si
               taceant
               homines
               ,
               facient
               Te
               sidera
               notum
               ,
            
             
               Atque
               loqui
               de
               Te
               discet
               uterque
               polus
               .
            
             
               Plus
               ultra
               Herculeas
               inscribas
               Drake
               columnas
               ,
            
             
               Et
               Magno
               dicas
               Hercule
               Maior
               Ego
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           passe
           now
           to
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           which
           Province
           were
           it
           commendable
           for
           no
           other
           benefit
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           for
           many
           ,
           yet
           Biertport
           doth
           make
           it
           singular
           for
           the
           great
           plenty
           of
           Hemp
           which
           growes
           there
           ,
           whereof
           Cable
           and
           Ropes
           for
           shipping
           are
           made
           .
           But
           Somersetshire
           what
           a
           beautiful
           blessed
           County
           it
           is
           ,
           wherein
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           shines
           as
           a
           jewel
           in
           the
           bosse
           of
           a
           ring
           ,
           for
           indeede
           that
           City
           affords
           plenty
           of
           Diamonds
           ;
           a
           great
           Merchantile
           Town
           situate
           upon
           the
           Avon
           ,
           who
           not
           farre
           off
           disgorgeth
           her selfe
           into
           the
           Severn
           :
           In
           the
           craggy
           Rocks
           of
           this
           Avon
           ,
           Diamonds
           are
           cut
           out
           in
           that
           plenty
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           carried
           away
           by
           pecks
           full
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           there
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           hard
           kind
           of
           flintstones
           found
           ,
           which
           are
           fetch'd
           for
           other
           Countries
           .
           Wiltshire
           is
           famous
           for
           the
           martial
           courage
           of
           her
           Children
           ,
           who
           in
           times
           pass'd
           did
           represse
           the
           fury
           and
           stop
           the
           progresse
           of
           the
           Danes
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           passe
           no
           further
           Southward
           that
           way
           .
           There
           Warder
           Castle
           stands
           ,
           made
           famous
           by
           the
           Noble
           Baron
           
             Iohn
             Arundel
          
           ,
           who
           receives
           his
           Title
           of
           honor
           from
           it
           ,
           for
           having
           perform'd
           such
           noble
           exploits
           against
           the
           sworn
           Enemy
           of
           Christendom
           the
           Great
           Turk
           ;
           for
           which
           the
           Emperor
           Rodulphus
           did
           put
           a
           deserved
           mark
           of
           honor
           upon
           him
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           a
           Count
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           the
           merit
           of
           the
           cause
           is
           thus
           mentioned
           in
           his
           Patent
           .
           
             Quod
             fortiter
             &
             strenuè
             se
             gessisset
             in
             apert
             is
             praeliis
             ,
             &
             in
             Civitatum
             &
             Castrorum
             oppugnationibus
             ,
             &
             spectato
             fortitudinis
             exemplo
             in
             expugnatione
             oppidi
             aquatici
             juxta
             Strigonium
             ,
             vexillum
             Turcis
             sua
             manu
             eripuit
             ,
             Ipsum
             ,
             omnesque
             &
             singulos
             liberos
             haeredes
             &
             posteros
             ,
             &
             descendentes
             legitimos
             vtriusque
             sexus
             natos
             ,
             aeternaque
             serie
             nascituros
             ,
             veros
             sacri
             Imperii
             Comites
             &
             Comitissas
             Creavimus
             ,
             fecimus
             ,
             &
             nominavimus
             ,
             tituloque
             ,
             honore
             &
             dignitate
             comitatus
             Imperialis
             auximus
             ,
             &
             insignivimus
             .
          
           Because
           the
           foresaid
           
             Iohn
             Arundel
          
           had
           comported
           him
           magnanimously
           and
           stoutly
           in
           open
           field-fights
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           the
           oppugnation
           and
           beleagrings
           of
           Cities
           and
           Castles
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           notable
           example
           of
           fortitude
           in
           storming
           and
           subduing
           a
           Town
           hard
           by
           Strigonium
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           where
           he
           tooke
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           the
           Turkes
           colours
           ;
           We
           therefore
           have
           created
           ,
           made
           and
           nominated
           the
           said
           
             Iohn
             Arundel
          
           ,
           himself
           ,
           and
           all
           and
           every
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           Heirs
           ,
           and
           Posterity
           of
           both
           sexes
           lawfully
           descended
           ,
           or
           shall
           by
           eternal
           propogation
           issue
           thence
           ,
           to
           be
           Counts
           and
           Countesses
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ,
           and
           do
           dignifie
           and
           adorn
           them
           with
           honor
           and
           title
           accordingly
           .
        
         
         
           Hampshire
           is
           remarkable
           for
           many
           things
           ,
           specially
           for
           the
           pretty
           Port
           Town
           Southhampton
           ,
           where
           King
           Canutus
           the
           Dane
           did
           a
           memorable
           Act
           :
           for
           one
           day
           having
           many
           Parasits
           and
           Temporizers
           about
           him
           ,
           who
           did
           magnifie
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           Idolize
           ,
           by
           calling
           him
           Great
           Monarch
           of
           Land
           ,
           of
           Sea
           ,
           and
           men
           ;
           The
           King
           listning
           unto
           them
           with
           silence
           upon
           the
           Sea-shore
           ,
           caus'd
           his
           Chair
           of
           state
           to
           be
           brought
           thither
           ,
           wherein
           being
           sate
           in
           Majesty
           upon
           the
           Sands
           ,
           it
           being
           flowing
           water
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           speech
           unto
           the
           Sea
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Tu
             meae
             ditionis
             es
             ,
             &
             Terra
             in
             qua
             sedeo
             mea
             est
             ;
             nec
             fuit
             qui
             meo
             resisteret
             Imperio
             .
             Impero
             igitur
             tibi
             ne
             in
             Terram
             meam
             ascendas
             ,
             nec
             vestes
             ,
             nec
             membra
             Dominatoris
             tui
             madefacias
             .
             Mare
             verò
             de
             more
             conscendens
             Pedes
             Regis
             sine
             reverentia
             madefecit
             ,
             Ille
             igitur
             resiliens
             ait
             ,
             sciant
             omnes
             habitantes
             Orbem
             ,
             vanam
             &
             frivolam
             esse
             Regum
             potentiam
             ,
             nec
             Regis
             quempiam
             nomine
             dignum
             praeter
             eum
             cujus
             nutui
             Caelum
             ,
             Terram
             ,
             Mare
             legibus
             obediunt
             aeternis
             :
             nec
             unquam
             postea
             coronam
             sibi
             imposuit
             .
          
           O
           Sea
           thou
           belongst
           to
           my
           dominions
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           whereon
           I
           sit
           is
           mine
           ,
           nor
           hath
           there
           any
           yet
           resisted
           my
           commands
           unpunished
           ;
           I
           command
           thee
           therefore
           that
           thou
           come
           not
           up
           to
           my
           ground
           ,
           nor
           presume
           to
           wet
           the
           Vest
           ,
           members
           of
           thy
           Lord.
           But
           the
           Sea
           still
           rising
           ,
           began
           to
           bespatter
           and
           wet
           the
           Kings
           feet
           ,
           which
           making
           him
           recoyl
           backward
           .
           He
           said
           again
           ,
           
             Know
             yee
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             the
             power
             of
             Kings
             is
             vaine
             and
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             none
             deserves
             the
             name
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             he
             at
             whose
             nod
             Heaven
             ,
             Earth
             ,
             and
             Sea
             obey
             his
             eternal
             Lawes
             .
          
           So
           Canutus
           would
           never
           wear
           the
           Crown
           again
           .
           Odia
           must
           not
           be
           pass'd
           over
           with
           silence
           ,
           proud
           for
           a
           Royal
           Palace
           ,
           where
           David
           the
           Scots
           King
           pass'd
           some
           part
           of
           his
           Captivity
           .
           Thirteen
           English
           defended
           this
           place
           against
           Lewis
           of
           France
           most
           couragiously
           for
           15.
           daies
           .
           How
           many
           memorable
           things
           occur
           in
           
             Barkshire
             ;
             Reading
          
           can
           shew
           the
           ashes
           of
           Henry
           the
           1.
           and
           Matilda
           his
           Queen
           ,
           Daughter
           to
           the
           Emperor
           Henry
           the
           4.
           
           This
           witty
           Epitaph
           is
           put
           upon
           Her.
           
        
         
           
             
               Ortu
               magna
               ,
               viro
               major
               ,
               sed
               maxima
               prole
               ,
            
             
               Heic
               jacet
               Henrici
               filia
               ,
               sponsa
               ,
               Parens
               .
            
          
        
         
           She
           was
           Daughter
           ,
           Wife
           and
           Mother
           to
           three
           Henries
           .
           But
           the
           most
           stately
           Castle
           of
           Winsore
           deserves
           a
           kind
           of
           admiration
           ;
           a
           most
           delicate
           and
           pompous
           Palace
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           the
           cradle
           and
           Sepulchre
           of
           many
           Kings
           .
           Among
           others
           ;
           Edward
           the
           third
           (
           that
           thunderbolt
           of
           Warre
           )
           was
           born
           there
           ,
           who
           to
           excite
           military
           vertue
           with
           splendor
           and
           rewards
           ,
           erected
           a
           noble
           society
           of
           Knights
           call'd
           the
           Knights
           of
           Saint
           George
           ;
           Whereinto
           many
           Emperors
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           and
           forren
           Princes
           held
           it
           a
           great
           honor
           to
           be
           coopted
           .
           In
           the
           Province
           of
           Surrey
           there
           be
           many
           Royal
           Palaces
           ,
           there
           is
           Nonsuch
           house
           ,
           where
           the
           amaenity
           and
           sweetnesse
           of
           the
           soyl
           and
           fite
           doth
           contend
           with
           the
           rare
           artifice
           and
           curiosity
           of
           the
           structure
           for
           priority
           .
        
         
           Sussex
           is
           a
           strong
           peece
           of
           Earth
           ,
           for
           her
           bowells
           are
           full
           of
           Iron
           ;
           whereof
           there
           be
           huge
           proportions
           made
           and
           dispers'd
           to
           other
           Shires
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           Kent
           ,
           a
           very
           noble
           portion
           of
           Great
           Britany
           ,
           abounding
           with
           Pasturage
           ,
           with
           Medowes
           and
           fields
           of
           extraordinary
           fatnesse
           and
           fertility
           ;
           for
           any
           kind
           of
           cattle
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           meager
           ,
           do
           thrive
           when
           they
           come
           to
           feed
           on
           Kentish
           Grasse
           .
           This
           County
           is
           very
           plentiful
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           fruit
           ,
           specially
           for
           Cherries
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           pleasure
           to
           behold
           the
           Orchards
           when
           they
           are
           ripe
           .
           This
           delicate
           fruit
           was
           brought
           to
           Rome
           by
           Lucullus
           from
           Pontus
           600.
           years
           after
           the
           founding
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Romans
           brought
           to
           Britany
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           remarkable
           how
           the
           vein
           of
           Earth
           and
           genius
           of
           that
           soyle
           doth
           agree
           with
           that
           fruit
           .
           This
           Noble
           County
           enjoyes
           greater
           priviledges
           then
           any
           other
           ,
           for
           Kent
           was
           never
           conquer'd
           by
           the
           Norman
           ,
           but
           by
           way
           of
           treaty
           ;
           she
           conform'd
           upon
           such
           conditions
           :
           By
           her
           shores
           lie
           all
           the
           Arsenals
           ,
           and
           Docks
           ,
           where
           the
           royal
           Shipps
           are
           built
           .
           There
           is
           Canterbury
           an
           antient
           City
           ,
           the
           Metropolitan
           seat
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           and
           primate
           of
           all
           England
           ;
           
           call'd
           by
           Urban
           the
           2.
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           the
           other
           World.
           There
           stands
           Dover
           with
           a
           stupendous
           high
           Castle
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           menace
           France
           ,
           that
           stands
           opposite
           and
           in
           sight
           of
           it
           .
           We
           will
           leave
           Kent
           and
           go
           to
           the
           Severn
           ,
           on
           whose
           banks
           the
           gentle
           City
           of
           Glocester
           ,
           built
           first
           by
           
             Claudius
             Caesar
          
           ,
           doth
           stand
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           very
           jolly
           rich
           Towns
           ,
           as
           
             Worcester
             ,
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             Bridgnorth
             ,
             Teuxbury
          
           ;
           and
           that
           Noble
           River
           of
           Severn
           doth
           part
           England
           from
           the
           antient
           Country
           of
           Wales
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           He
           ,
           who
           is
           master
           of
           the
           Severn
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           master
           of
           the
           3d.
           part
           of
           England
           in
           point
           of
           Power
           .
           I
           have
           a
           great
           mind
           now
           to
           come
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           a
           little
           Earthly
           Paradise
           for
           situation
           ,
           salubrity
           of
           air
           ,
           and
           sweetnesse
           of
           soyl
           ,
           most
           daintily
           watered
           ,
           and
           crested
           about
           with
           hills
           a
           convenient
           distance
           off
           ;
           because
           she
           might
           have
           a
           freer
           respiration
           .
           But
           the
           prime
           thing
           which
           graceth
           this
           delightful
           City
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           renowned
           University
           which
           is
           founded
           there
           :
           she
           is
           rank'd
           among
           the
           4.
           principal
           Academies
           of
           Europe
           for
           antiquity
           ,
           for
           number
           of
           Colledges
           ,
           for
           large
           exhibitions
           to
           students
           ;
           for
           a
           Library
           they
           may
           compare
           with
           the
           Vatican
           .
           The
           story
           relates
           that
           in
           the
           reign
           of
           Edward
           the
           first
           ,
           there
           were
           thirty
           thousand
           students
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           which
           did
           homage
           to
           the
           Muses
           .
           Hear
           what
           Lipsius
           saith
           ,
           
             Unum
             Oxoniense
             Collegium
             decem
             Belgica
          
           :
           One
           Oxford
           Colledge
           is
           worth
           ten
           
             Flemish
             .
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           ,
           call'd
           the
           Lionhearted
           ,
           for
           the
           vastnesse
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           was
           born
           here
           ,
           He
           who
           built
           the
           walls
           of
           Vienna
           at
           his
           Victorious
           return
           from
           Palestine
           :
           It
           is
           a
           great
           pleasure
           to
           passe
           from
           Oxford
           to
           Buckinghamshire
           ,
           to
           see
           those
           numerous
           heards
           of
           sheep
           which
           graze
           there
           ,
           and
           bear
           excellent
           Wooll
           .
           Bedfordshire
           among
           other
           things
           hath
           such
           large
           fieldes
           of
           Beanes
           and
           Pease
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           great
           delight
           to
           behold
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           make
           the
           very
           air
           redolent
           ,
           and
           perfume
           it
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           fragrancy
           .
           The
           County
           of
           Hartford
           hath
           all
           Commodities
           in
           it
           .
           Verolam
           stands
           there
           ,
           famous
           for
           the
           Protomartyr
           of
           Britany
           ,
           Saint
           
             Albons
             .
             Middlesex
          
           comes
           next
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           many
           memorable
           places
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           illustrates
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           whole
           Iland
           ,
           is
           the
           potent
           ,
           and
           populous
           vast
           city
           of
           
             London
             ,
             Englands
          
           Imperial
           Chamber
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           eyes
           of
           Christendom
           .
           There
           you
           have
           as
           proud
           ,
           and
           as
           deep
           a
           Navigable
           River
           as
           ever
           made
           her
           bed
           between
           banks
           ,
           you
           have
           an
           antient
           inexpugnable
           Tower
           ,
           you
           have
           two
           exchanges
           ,
           old
           and
           new
           ,
           of
           most
           curious
           structure
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           largest
           Hall
           at
           Westminster
           for
           tribunals
           of
           Justice
           of
           any
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           King
           hath
           divers
           Royal
           Palaces
           there
           :
           There
           is
           a
           Bridge
           of
           ninteen
           large
           high
           Arches
           over
           the
           rapid
           profound
           River
           of
           Thames
           ,
           which
           would
           astonish
           you
           to
           behold
           ,
           and
           indeed
           it
           may
           be
           called
           one
           of
           the
           wonders
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           ;
           you
           have
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           peece
           of
           ground
           ,
           the
           antient
           Church
           of
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           stateliest
           piles
           of
           stone
           that
           ever
           was
           reard
           :
           this
           stately
           Temple
           is
           founded
           upon
           Faith
           ;
           for
           underneath
           there
           is
           another
           subterranean
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           rarity
           that
           no
           other
           I
           know
           of
           hath
           through
           all
           the
           Christian
           World.
           There
           is
           Westward
           a
           large
           Abbey
           ,
           the
           sight
           whereof
           would
           strike
           devotion
           into
           the
           beholder
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           curious
           Chappel
           annexed
           thereunto
           ,
           call'd
           Henry
           the
           sevenths
           Chappel
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           Leland
           saith
           ,
           may
           be
           call'd
           
             Orbis
             miraculum
          
           .
           And
           judge
           you
           if
           London
           in
           the
           time
           of
           William
           the
           Conqueror
           could
           send
           out
           forty
           thousand
           foot
           ,
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           horse
           ,
           as
           the
           Annals
           have
           it
           ,
           how
           many
           would
           she
           be
           able
           to
           set
           forth
           now
           that
           she
           is
           more
           opulent
           ,
           more
           peopled
           ,
           and
           greater
           in
           all
           dimensions
           by
           the
           6d.
           part
           ;
           for
           her
           Suburbs
           are
           of
           more
           extent
           then
           her self
           ,
           so
           that
           some
           have
           compar'd
           her
           to
           a
           narrow
           crown'd
           hat
           with
           broad
           brimms
           .
           There
           are
           more
           parish
           Churches
           there
           then
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
             viz.
          
           122.
           
           There
           are
           divers
           Hospitals
           ,
           both
           for
           Orphans
           ,
           which
           come
           to
           above
           600.
           and
           other
           poor
           people
           of
           both
           sexes
           above
           1200.
           in
           so
           much
           that
           one
           may
           say
           that
           poverty
           is
           no
           where
           better
           hous'd
           and
           fed
           then
           there
           .
        
         
           I
           goe
           now
           from
           London
           to
           Essex
           ,
           a
           most
           fruitfull
           and
           well
           hedg'd
           Country
           :
           among
           other
           things
           she
           is
           famous
           for
           
             Iohn
             Hawknood
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           Italians
           ,
           
           among
           whom
           he
           was
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           call
           Aucutho
           ;
           nor
           was
           he
           more
           known
           than
           honour'd
           by
           them
           ;
           for
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           rare
           documents
           he
           gave
           for
           Military
           discipline
           ,
           the
           Senate
           of
           Florence
           rays'd
           a
           Statue
           and
           Tomb
           for
           him
           .
           There
           is
           old
           Walden
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           where
           excellent
           Saffron
           growes
           ;
           there
           is
           Colchester
           ,
           where
           the
           best
           Oysters
           are
           ,
           and
           Dunmow
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           proverb
           for
           the
           best
           Bacon
           .
           I
           pass
           to
           Suffolk
           ,
           a
           spritefull
           pleasant
           Country
           ;
           and
           Doctor
           Despotino
           ,
           an
           Italian
           Physitian
           ,
           affirm'd
           that
           the
           healthfullest
           air
           under
           heaven
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           moves
           over
           Saint
           Edmondsberry
           .
           That
           famous
           Navigator
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Cavendish
          
           ,
           who
           sailed
           about
           the
           World
           ,
           makes
           this
           Country
           famous
           for
           his
           Nativity
           there
           .
           Norfolk
           lies
           next
           ,
           a
           County
           full
           of
           acute
           wits
           ,
           and
           abounding
           with
           Lawyers
           ;
           Norwich
           is
           the
           Metropolis
           ,
           a
           large
           City
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Artisans
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           hardly
           found
           so
           many
           Loomes
           any
           where
           .
           Now
           comes
           in
           Cambridgeshire
           ,
           a
           self-sufficient
           County
           ,
           where
           the
           antient
           Academy
           of
           Cambridge
           stands
           still
           flourishing
           with
           scientificall
           wits
           ,
           and
           rare
           acute
           capacities
           in
           all
           professions
           ,
           in
           all
           faculties
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           reputed
           all
           the
           world
           over
           for
           a
           most
           learned
           University
           :
           and
           she
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           ,
           being
           so
           near
           allyed
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           her
           only
           Sister
           ,
           and
           having
           such
           stately
           seats
           for
           the
           Muses
           ,
           though
           the
           circumjacent
           soyl
           ,
           and
           site
           on
           Camus
           banks
           be
           not
           so
           pleasant
           as
           that
           which
           stands
           on
           
             Isis.
             Huntingdonshire
          
           her
           neighbour
           is
           famous
           for
           rurall
           Philosophy
           ;
           upon
           a
           time
           the
           Town
           of
           Gormonchester
           entertain'd
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           a
           kinde
           of
           pomp
           ,
           with
           ninescore
           Ploughs
           .
           Northampton
           is
           full
           of
           noble
           Townes
           ,
           Villages
           ,
           and
           Churches
           ,
           whereof
           most
           are
           of
           a
           Danish
           built
           ;
           for
           you
           shall
           behold
           at
           once
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           thirty
           holy
           Pyramids
           or
           Steeples
           as
           you
           pass
           along
           ,
           and
           the
           field
           cover'd
           all
           over
           with
           sheep
           .
           Leicestershire
           doth
           benefit
           all
           her
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           warm
           them
           with
           her
           Cole-mines
           ,
           which
           she
           distributes
           up
           and
           down
           .
           Lincoln
           was
           us'd
           to
           be
           a
           well
           devoted
           County
           ;
           for
           in
           her
           chief
           Town
           there
           are
           half
           a
           hundred
           of
           Churches
           ,
           wherof
           the
           Minster
           or
           Cathedrall
           Church
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           conspicuous
           and
           visiblest
           Church
           in
           the
           World.
           Notingham
           for
           delightfull
           prospects
           hath
           not
           her
           fellow
           ;
           there
           you
           have
           true
           Troglodits
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           Mountaines
           of
           the
           Moon
           in
           Ethiopia
           ,
           that
           hew
           their
           houses
           out
           of
           Rocks
           .
           This
           Country
           is
           singular
           for
           Liquorish
           .
           Derby
           lies
           next
           ,
           famous
           for
           the
           best
           Ale
           ;
           on
           the
           West
           parts
           her
           bowels
           are
           pregnant
           with
           excellent
           lead
           ,
           in
           somuch
           that
           the
           Chymists
           say
           that
           the
           Planet
           Saturn
           ,
           who
           presides
           over
           Lead
           ,
           is
           more
           benign
           to
           the
           English
           than
           to
           the
           French.
           Warwick
           excels
           for
           Fabrarian
           inventions
           ,
           for
           Smiths
           work
           .
           Worcester
           for
           Salt-pits
           ,
           and
           delicate
           Sider
           ;
           for
           Pears
           and
           Apples
           grow
           there
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           Gloucestershire
           ,
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Hedges
           and
           Highwayes
           .
           Among
           other
           Fish
           which
           the
           Severn
           ,
           which
           waters
           her
           soyl
           ,
           doth
           afford
           ,
           Salmon
           is
           one
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           the
           best
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           the
           Romans
           confessed
           .
           The
           Trent
           ,
           called
           so
           for
           thirty
           species
           of
           Fishes
           that
           shee
           breeds
           ,
           doth
           make
           Staffordshire
           of
           extraordinary
           account
           ;
           others
           will
           have
           that
           River
           called
           so
           ,
           because
           that
           thirty
           other
           Rivers
           do
           pay
           her
           tribute
           ,
           and
           disemboke
           into
           her
           .
           There
           is
           in
           this
           County
           a
           Lake
           of
           an
           admirable
           nature
           ,
           that
           no
           beast
           will
           enter
           into
           ,
           though
           pursued
           never
           so
           close
           by
           dogges
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           rather
           dye
           than
           goe
           in
           :
           and
           as
           Necham
           hath
           it
           ,
           this
           Lake
           is
           Prophetique
           ;
           for
           when
           her
           waters
           roare
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           presage
           of
           some
           ill
           .
        
         
           
             
               Rugitu
               lacus
               est
               eventus
               praeco
               futuri
               ,
            
             
               Cujus
               aquis
               fera
               se
               credere
               nulla
               solet
               :
            
             
               Instet
               odora
               canum
               virtus
               ,
               mors
               instet
               acerba
               ,
            
             
               Non
               tamen
               intrabit
               exagitata
               lacum
               .
            
          
        
         
           Shropshire
           for
           amenity
           of
           soyl
           ,
           and
           neatnesse
           of
           well
           pav'd
           streets
           ,
           yeelds
           to
           none
           ;
           She
           is
           a
           Peninsula
           ,
           compassed
           about
           every
           where
           with
           the
           Severn
           ,
           except
           
           one
           little
           neck
           of
           land
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           beares
           the
           form
           of
           a
           horshooe
           .
           Cheshire
           her
           neighbour
           is
           the
           Shire
           of
           men
           ;
           she
           affords
           also
           good
           store
           of
           salt
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           Shire
           that
           is
           fuller
           of
           Gentry
           .
           Hereford
           is
           a
           delicate
           little
           County
           ,
           very
           frugiferous
           ;
           for
           passengers
           as
           they
           goe
           along
           the
           highwayes
           may
           pluck
           Apples
           ,
           Peares
           ,
           and
           Plums
           off
           the
           trees
           without
           offence
           ;
           she
           hath
           good
           store
           of
           Marble
           ,
           and
           her
           Lemsters
           ore
           ,
           or
           wool
           ,
           yeelds
           nothing
           in
           finess
           to
           the
           Spanish
           ,
           or
           that
           of
           Apulia
           and
           Tarentum
           ;
           and
           judge
           you
           of
           the
           salubrity
           and
           wholsomnesse
           of
           this
           County
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Morris-dance
           of
           tenne
           men
           taken
           up
           on
           the
           Welsh
           side
           ,
           that
           made
           above
           a
           thousand
           years
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           the
           one
           supplying
           what
           the
           other
           wanted
           of
           a
           hundred
           ;
           and
           one
           
             Philip
             Squire
          
           the
           Tabourer
           ,
           and
           
             Bess
             Gwin
          
           the
           Maidmarian
           ,
           were
           above
           a
           hundred
           a
           peece
           .
           Caermarthan
           ,
           old
           Maridunum
           ,
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           British
           Kings
           ,
           is
           a
           gentile
           County
           .
           Giraldus
           speakes
           of
           a
           Well
           there
           that
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           sea
           doth
           ebbe
           and
           flow
           every
           four
           and
           twenty
           houres
           .
           Then
           you
           have
           Pembrockshire
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           many
           Families
           of
           the
           Flemish
           race
           ,
           that
           were
           sent
           to
           colonize
           there
           by
           King
           Henry
           ,
           for
           bridling
           of
           the
           Welsh
           .
           This
           Country
           is
           call'd
           
             little
             England
             beyond
             Wales
          
           ,
           because
           the
           English
           tongue
           is
           so
           frequent
           among
           them
           :
           This
           County
           is
           also
           celebrous
           for
           Milford
           Haven
           ,
           the
           most
           comodious
           and
           capacious
           Port
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           a
           thousand
           sayles
           of
           Ships
           may
           ride
           at
           Anchor
           there
           in
           severall
           Creeks
           ,
           and
           one
           not
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           from
           hence
           she
           takes
           her
           denomination
           .
           She
           hath
           also
           an
           ancient
           stately
           Temple
           at
           Saint
           Davids
           ,
           call'd
           Menevia
           ,
           the
           seat
           of
           an
           Archbishop
           in
           times
           past
           :
           it
           stands
           in
           a
           solitary
           by-corner
           of
           the
           whole
           Isle
           ,
           a
           place
           fittest
           for
           contemplation
           ,
           and
           for
           sequestring
           the
           spirits
           for
           holy
           exercises
           of
           any
           upon
           the
           earth
           .
           Next
           is
           Cardiganshire
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           River
           Towy
           ,
           that
           affords
           rare
           Salmon
           ,
           which
           fish
           thirsting
           after
           fresh
           water
           ,
           doth
           use
           to
           put
           himself
           in
           a
           circle
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           naturall
           slight
           taking
           his
           tayle
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           will
           spring
           and
           leap
           up
           three
           cubits
           high
           over
           Wears
           into
           the
           fresh
           water
           ,
           whence
           he
           cannot
           goe
           back
           ,
           as
           Ausonius
           hath
           very
           elegantly
           .
        
         
           
             
               Nec
               te
               puniceo
               rutilantem
               vis●…cre
               salmo
               ,
            
             
               Transierim
               ,
               latae
               cujus
               vaga
               verbera
               caudae
            
             
               Gurgite
               de
               medio
               summas
               referuntur
               in
               undas
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             M●…n
             gomery
          
           shire
           hath
           good
           Horses
           ,
           Merioneth
           shire
           hath
           a
           famous
           Lake
           call'd
           
             Pimble
             meare
          
           ,
           which
           the
           River
           Deva
           runnes
           through
           ,
           and
           goes
           out
           of
           the
           same
           bignesse
           as
           she
           enters
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           is
           wonderfull
           ,
           is
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Fish
           call'd
           Guiniad
           ,
           which
           the
           Lake
           breeds
           ,
           and
           cannot
           abide
           the
           river
           ,
           and
           the
           river
           hath
           Salmons
           that
           cannot
           abide
           the
           Lake
           water
           ,
           which
           Leland
           describes
           very
           hansomly
           ;
        
         
           
             
               Illud
               habet
               certè
               lacus
               admirabile
               dictu
               ,
            
             
               Quantumvis
               magna
               pluvia
               non
               aestuat
               ,
               atqui
            
             
               Aere
               turbato
               ,
               si
               ventus
               murmura
               tollat
               ,
            
             
               Excrescit
               subitò
               rapidis
               violentior
               undis
               ,
            
             
               Et
               tumido
               superat
               contemptas
               flumine
               ripas
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           River
           Conow
           makes
           Arvon
           pretious
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           Musles
           bred
           ,
           wherin
           there
           are
           plenty
           of
           pearl
           found
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           I
           had
           it
           from
           a
           good
           hand
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           those
           pearles
           was
           sold
           for
           two
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Crownes
           .
           Denbigh
           and
           Flintshire
           are
           wholsome
           high
           crested
           Countreyes
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           County
           of
           York
           it
           may
           be
           called
           a
           little
           Kingdome
           of
           it self
           for
           the
           spaciousness
           of
           it
           ,
           being
           halfe
           as
           bigge
           as
           all
           the
           fix
           United
           Provinces
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           .
           
           There
           is
           a
           famous
           Quarrey
           there
           ,
           whence
           is
           digged
           a
           Free-stone
           ,
           which
           is
           soft
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           receives
           hardness
           and
           incrustation
           by
           the
           air
           .
           There
           is
           also
           a
           rare
           Well
           ,
           called
           
             Dropping
             Well
          
           ,
           which
           transmutes
           wood
           into
           stone
           ;
           there
           is
           Mougrave
           Castle
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           good
           store
           of
           Rozin
           ,
           with
           Jet
           and
           Agat
           stones
           ,
           which
           is
           ranked
           among
           Jewels
           ,
           as
           Marbodaeus
           sings
           wittily
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Nascitur
               in
               Lycia
               lapis
               ,
               &
               prope
               gemma
               Gagates
               ,
            
             
               Sed
               genus
               eximium
               faecunda
               Britannia
               mittit
               ,
            
             
               Lucidus
               &
               niger
               est
               ,
               levis
               &
               levissimus
               idem
               ,
            
             
               Vicinas
               paleas
               t●…ahit
               attritu
               calefactus
               ,
            
             
               Ardet
               aqua
               lotus
               ,
               restinguitur
               unctus
               olivo
               .
            
          
        
         
           Among
           other
           properties
           of
           this
           Stone
           ,
           it
           burns
           in
           water
           ,
           and
           that
           burning
           is
           extinguished
           onely
           by
           oyl
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Province
           stands
           Scarborough
           Castle
           highly
           mounted
           ;
           the
           Sea
           underneath
           is
           almost
           as
           full
           of
           fish
           as
           of
           water
           ,
           and
           this
           the
           Hollanders
           know
           well
           ,
           when
           they
           fish
           there
           for
           Herring
           ,
           with
           the
           leave
           of
           the
           Castle
           ,
           not
           otherwise
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           said
           the
           English
           doe
           reserve
           the
           honour
           to
           themselves
           ,
           but
           pass
           over
           the
           profit
           to
           others
           .
           There
           is
           Rippon
           Temple
           ,
           famous
           for
           Saint
           VVilfrids
           Needle
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           hole
           to
           try
           the
           chastity
           of
           woemen
           ,
           and
           onely
           the
           honest
           can
           passe
           through
           it
           :
           There
           is
           Halifax
           ,
           who
           hath
           a
           peculiar
           mode
           of
           punishment
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           axe
           tied
           to
           a
           pulley
           ,
           which
           falls
           down
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           Malefactor
           ,
           and
           chops
           it
           off
           in
           a
           trice
           ,
           and
           heretofore
           they
           were
           us'd
           to
           punish
           first
           ,
           and
           examine
           the
           cause
           afterward
           .
           In
           this
           County
           there
           is
           a
           jolley
           Port
           Town
           call'd
           
             Kingston
             upon
             Hull
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           true
           resemblance
           of
           a
           Low-country
           Town
           ;
           for
           she
           lies
           so
           low
           and
           flat
           ,
           that
           she
           can
           inound
           and
           overwhelm
           the
           Country
           four
           miles
           land-ward
           .
           The
           Metropolis
           of
           this
           County
           is
           Eboracum
           ,
           called
           York
           ,
           where
           a
           high
           Provinciall
           Magistrate
           was
           used
           to
           keep
           Court
           ,
           to
           determine
           all
           causes
           from
           Trent
           to
           Tweed
           .
           This
           City
           hath
           been
           famous
           for
           the
           residence
           of
           Emperours
           ;
           for
           Severus
           had
           his
           Palace
           here
           ,
           
             Antoninus
             Augustus
          
           died
           here
           ,
           and
           breathing
           his
           last
           he
           sayd
           ,
           
             Turbatam
             Rempublicam
             ubique
             accepi
             ,
             pacatam
             Britannis
             relinquo
             ,
          
           I
           found
           the
           Commonwealth
           full
           of
           troubles
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           peaceable
           .
           A
           hundred
           yeares
           after
           
             Severus
             ,
             Flavius
             Valerius
             Constantinus
          
           having
           got
           Constantin
           the
           Great
           by
           his
           former
           Wife
           Helene
           ,
           a
           British
           Lady
           ,
           kept
           his
           Court
           here
           .
           I
           will
           now
           to
           Richmondshire
           ,
           whose
           Mountaines
           swell
           with
           three
           severall
           Commodities
           ,
           with
           Brasse
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           and
           Cole
           :
           The
           River
           Swale
           runnes
           hard
           by
           ,
           celebrous
           and
           sacred
           in
           regard
           the
           story
           speakes
           of
           ten
           thousand
           Pagans
           that
           were
           baptised
           and
           regenerated
           there
           in
           one
           day
           by
           Paulinus
           :
           Here
           dwels
           the
           fruitful
           race
           of
           the
           Metcalfs
           ,
           whereof
           one
           of
           them
           being
           Sherif
           ,
           brought
           three
           hundred
           of
           his
           own
           name
           in
           Blew-coats
           to
           wait
           on
           the
           Itinerant
           Judges
           at
           the
           Grand
           Sessions
           .
           There
           confines
           to
           the
           Province
           of
           York
           ,
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Durham
           ,
           a
           County
           Palatine
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Bishop
           is
           perpetuall
           Sherif
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           sumptuous
           antient
           Cathedrall
           Church
           belongs
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           soyl
           is
           so
           fat
           ,
           that
           the
           fertility
           thereof
           doth
           contend
           with
           the
           labour
           of
           the
           Tiller
           .
           Then
           there
           is
           Lancashire
           ,
           that
           brings
           forth
           goodly
           Oxen
           with
           larger
           hornes
           than
           ordinary
           ;
           besides
           that
           Country
           produceth
           the
           handsomest
           and
           best
           favour'dst
           women
           of
           any
           in
           the
           whole
           Iland
           .
           VVestmerland
           excells
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Kendall
           for
           curious
           Artists
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Wooll
           .
           Cumberland
           is
           singular
           for
           abundance
           of
           Fish
           ,
           and
           doth
           upbrayd
           the
           negligence
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           who
           might
           make
           a
           farre
           greater
           emolument
           of
           them
           ;
           there
           runnes
           there
           the
           precious
           River
           of
           Irt
           ,
           which
           affords
           plenty
           of
           Pearle
           .
           This
           County
           also
           hath
           Mines
           of
           Copper
           ,
           amongst
           which
           is
           found
           some
           Gold
           ore
           ;
           which
           Mines
           were
           first
           discovered
           by
           a
           Countryman
           of
           ours
           ,
           
             Gemanus
             Augustan
          
           ;
           insomuch
           
           that
           Caesar
           &
           Cicero
           were
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           when
           one
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           bring
           brasse
           to
           Britany
           for
           Coining
           of
           Money
           ,
           &
           the
           other
           saith
           ,
           
             neque
             Argenti
             scrupulum
             ullum
             esse
             in
             Insula
             Britannica
          
           ;
           for
           in
           Cardigan
           in
           Wales
           ,
           there
           is
           both
           a
           Silver
           Mine
           ,
           and
           a
           Mint
           ,
           which
           emploies
           about
           three
           hundred
           men
           every
           day
           in
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           rich
           returnes
           .
           And
           for
           other
           Minerals
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           onely
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Natives
           ,
           but
           to
           furnish
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           besides
           ,
           which
           is
           done
           by
           frequent
           transportation
           .
           The
           most
           Northern
           County
           of
           England
           is
           Northumberland
           ,
           which
           is
           full
           of
           Warlike
           stout
           people
           ;
           for
           every
           Gentlemans
           house
           there
           is
           built
           Castlewise
           ,
           with
           Turrets
           and
           Motes
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           hitherto
           most
           noble
           Princes
           spoken
           of
           the
           best
           part
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           which
           is
           England
           .
           I
           will
           now
           crosse
           Offa's
           Dike
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           continued
           Mount
           of
           Earth
           that
           extends
           from
           Sea
           to
           Sea
           ,
           which
           the
           Romans
           did
           cast
           up
           to
           make
           a
           partition
           twixt
           England
           and
           Scotland
           ;
           there
           is
           another
           Water-partition
           that
           Nature
           hath
           put
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Tweed
           ;
           but
           before
           I
           part
           with
           England
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           that
           Character
           which
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           4th
           .
           gave
           of
           her
           .
           
             Anglia
             est
             verè
             hortus
             deliciarum
             ,
             &
             puteus
             inexhaustus
             ,
             England
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           is
           a
           true
           Garden
           of
           delicacies
           ,
           and
           an
           inexhaustible
           Well
           .
           But
           there
           is
           not
           any
           ,
           who
           can
           make
           a
           true
           estimate
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           he
           who
           hath
           seen
           her
           —
           
             auget
             praesentia
             famam
          
           .
           Touching
           this
           Elogium
           of
           mine
           ,
           I
           confesse
           it
           too
           barren
           to
           set
           forth
           her
           fertility
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           to
           Scotland
           ,
           which
           by
           King
           Iames
           was
           united
           to
           England
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           first
           who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           break
           down
           the
           partition-wall
           by
           way
           of
           descent
           ,
           
             Henricus
             Rosas
             ,
             Regna
             Iacobus
             .
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           joyn'd
           the
           two
           Roses
           ,
           and
           King
           Iames
           joyn'd
           the
           two
           Kingdomes
           .
           And
           here
           it
           is
           worth
           the
           observing
           ,
           how
           Keneth
           the
           Pict
           being
           utterly
           destroyed
           ,
           carried
           with
           him
           a
           fatal
           stone
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           placed
           it
           in
           a
           woodden
           chaire
           in
           Scone-Monastery
           ,
           with
           this
           inscription
           engraven
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ni
               fallat
               Fatum
               ,
               Scoti
               quocunque
               locatum
            
             
               Invenient
               lapidem
               ,
               regnare
               tenentur
               ibidem
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               Fate
               failes
               not
               ,
               The
               Scots
               where
               e're
               they
               find
            
             
               This
               stone
               ,
               there
               they
               shall
               raign
               ,
               and
               rule
               mankind
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           Northern
           Kingdome
           is
           fenc'd
           with
           the
           same
           salt
           ditch
           as
           England
           is
           .
           It
           is
           much
           longer
           then
           it
           is
           in
           latitude
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           there
           is
           never
           a
           house
           there
           that
           is
           much
           above
           twenty
           miles
           distant
           from
           the
           Sea.
           There
           is
           plenty
           of
           Fish
           ,
           Foule
           and
           Flesh
           there
           .
           In
           Sutherland
           there
           are
           Mountaines
           that
           afford
           fair
           white
           Marble
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           craggs
           of
           Craford
           there
           was
           a
           Gold
           Mine
           discover'd
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Iames
           the
           fourth
           .
           But
           that
           which
           redounds
           most
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           shew
           a
           cataloge
           of
           Kings
           for
           above
           twenty
           ages
           ,
           which
           come
           to
           the
           number
           of
           109.
           from
           Fergusius
           to
           Charles
           the
           first
           .
           There
           hath
           a
           strong
           antient
           league
           been
           struck
           betwixt
           this
           Nation
           and
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           confederated
           alwaies
           with
           them
           against
           England
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           French
           King
           hath
           a
           gard
           of
           Scots
           ever
           about
           his
           person
           ,
           call'd
           
             la
             Garde
             de
             la
             manche
          
           ;
           then
           there
           is
           a
           gard
           of
           Swisse
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           is
           last
           .
        
         
           I
           passe
           now
           from
           Scotland
           to
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           long
           voyage
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           twelve
           leagues
           distance
           over
           a
           working
           and
           angry
           Sea
           ,
           full
           of
           Rocks
           and
           little
           Ilands
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           hundreds
           about
           the
           two
           Iles
           call'd
           the
           Orcades
           and
           
             Hebrides
             .
             Ireland
          
           is
           a
           Noble
           and
           very
           considerable
           Region
           ,
           if
           you
           
           explore
           either
           the
           fatnesse
           of
           the
           soyl
           ,
           the
           conveniency
           of
           Ports
           and
           Creekes
           ,
           the
           multitudes
           of
           fresh
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           huge
           loughs
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Inhabitants
           who
           are
           a
           robust●…
           ,
           nimble
           ,
           and
           well
           timbred
           people
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Giraldus
           saith
           ,
           
             Naturam
             hoc
             Zephyri
             regnum
             benigniori
             oculo
             respexisse
             ,
          
           Nature
           did
           look
           upon
           this
           Western
           Kingdom
           with
           a
           more
           benign
           aspect
           then
           ordinary
           :
           The
           temper
           of
           the
           air
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           summer
           solstice
           forceth
           them
           to
           seek
           shades
           or
           Caves
           against
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           heat
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Winter
           solstice
           they
           may
           make
           a
           shift
           to
           be
           without
           fire
           against
           the
           rigor
           of
           the
           cold
           .
           There
           are
           cattle
           there
           in
           an
           incredible
           abundance
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           in
           one
           of
           the
           four
           Provinces
           alone
           ,
           there
           were
           reckon'd
           there
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           head
           of
           cattle
           at
           one
           time
           .
           Bees
           do
           thrive
           and
           swarm
           there
           infinitely
           in
           hollow
           trees
           up
           and
           downe
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           hives
           .
           They
           were
           Christians
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           for
           Saint
           Patrik
           ,
           a
           Britain
           born
           ,
           did
           convert
           them
           ,
           where
           he
           did
           many
           miracles
           .
           They
           so
           adore
           the
           memory
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           common
           saying
           among
           them
           ,
           
             That
             if
             Christ
             had
             not
             been
             Christ
             when
             he
             was
             Christ
             ,
             Saint
          
           Patrik
           
             had
             been
             Christ.
          
           Hereupon
           many
           famous
           men
           flourished
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           both
           for
           sanctitie
           of
           the
           life
           and
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           the
           Roman
           Ecclesiastic
           history
           speakes
           of
           ,
           as
           
             Caelius
             Sedulius
          
           the
           Priest
           ,
           
             Columba
             ,
             Colmannus
             ,
             Aidanus
             ,
             Gallus
             Kilianus
             ,
             Maydulphus
             ,
             Brendanus
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           of
           a
           holy
           and
           austere
           Monastique
           life
           ,
           who
           contemned
           the
           World
           ,
           with
           the
           vanity
           and
           riches
           thereof
           .
           For
           it
           is
           recorded
           of
           Columbanus
           ,
           who
           being
           offered
           great
           matters
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           ,
           )
           if
           he
           would
           not
           depart
           the
           Country
           ,
           (
           as
           Eusebius
           writes
           also
           of
           Thaddeus
           ,
           he
           answer'd
           ,
           
             non
             decere
             videlicet
             ut
             alienas
             divitias
             amplecterentur
             ,
             qui
             Christi
             nomine
             suas
             dereliquissent
             ,
          
           It
           was
           not
           fitting
           that
           any
           should
           embrace
           other
           mens
           riches
           ,
           who
           for
           Christ's
           sake
           had
           abandoned
           their
           own
           .
           Nay
           ,
           it
           is
           recorded
           in
           good
           story
           ,
           that
           the
           Saxons
           (
           now
           English
           )
           cross'd
           over
           those
           stormy
           Seas
           to
           the
           mart
           of
           learning
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           famous
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           often
           mentioned
           in
           the
           English
           Annalls
           ,
           how
           such
           a
           one
           
             amandatus
             est
             in
             Hyberniam
             ad
             disciplinam
             ,
          
           he
           was
           sent
           to
           Ireland
           to
           be
           taught
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           life
           of
           Sulgenus
           ,
           who
           lived
           neere
           upon
           700.
           years
           since
           ,
           these
           verses
           are
           found
           .
        
         
           
             
               Exemplo
               patrum
               commotus
               amore
               legendi
               ,
            
             
               Ivit
               ad
               Hybernos
               sophiâ
               mirabile
               claros
               .
            
          
        
         
           According
           to
           the
           example
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           Ireland
           for
           love
           of
           learning
           ,
           who
           were
           marvellously
           famous
           for
           wisdom
           and
           knowledge
           .
           This
           Iland
           doth
           partake
           with
           Creet
           ,
           now
           Candie
           ,
           in
           one
           property
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           produceth
           no
           Venemous
           creature
           ,
           as
           Toads
           ,
           Vipers
           ,
           Snakes
           ,
           Spiders
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           be
           brought
           thither
           ,
           they
           die
           .
           It
           is
           wonderfull
           what
           huge
           confluences
           of
           birds
           do
           flutter
           about
           the
           shores
           of
           this
           Iland
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           which
           offuscate
           the
           broad
           face
           of
           Heaven
           sometimes
           ,
           and
           likewise
           such
           huge
           shoales
           of
           Fish.
           A
           thousand
           things
           more
           might
           be
           spoken
           of
           these
           Ilands
           which
           are
           fitter
           for
           a
           Volume
           then
           a
           Panegyrical
           Oration
           .
           I
           will
           end
           with
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Shetland
           ,
           which
           most
           of
           your
           great
           Geographers
           take
           to
           be
           that
           
             ultima
             Thule
          
           that
           terminates
           the
           Earth
           ,
           which
           lyeth
           under
           63.
           degrees
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Northern
           point
           of
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           since
           the
           most
           generous
           I
           le
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           her
           handmaid
           Ilands
           ,
           which
           indeed
           are
           without
           number
           ,
           doth
           as
           it
           were
           overflow
           with
           abundance
           of
           all
           commodities
           that
           conduce
           to
           the
           welfare
           and
           felicity
           of
           mankind
           ,
           and
           is
           able
           to
           afford
           her
           neighbours
           enough
           besides
           ,
           as
           the
           Hollander
           confesseth
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           lives
           partly
           upon
           the
           Idlenesse
           and
           superfluity
           of
           the
           English
           :
           Since
           the
           antient
           Britaines
           were
           the
           first
           displayers
           of
           Christianity
           in
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Western
           World
           ;
           Since
           of
           late
           years
           
           they
           have
           been
           such
           Navigators
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           swom
           like
           Leviathans
           to
           both
           the
           Indies
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           the
           other
           Hemisphere
           of
           the
           Earth
           among
           the
           Antipodes
           ;
           since
           that
           in
           the
           Newfound
           World
           they
           have
           so
           many
           Colonies
           ,
           Plantations
           and
           Ilands
           ;
           yea
           ,
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           Continent
           of
           America
           annexed
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
           And
           since
           that
           Her
           inhabitants
           for
           Comelines
           and
           courage
           ,
           for
           arts
           and
           armes
           ,
           as
           the
           Romans
           themselves
           confessed
           ,
           whose
           conquests
           in
           other
           places
           had
           no
           horizon
           —
           
             Invictos
             Romano
             Marte
             Britannos
          
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           circumstances
           and
           advantages
           Maturely
           considered
           ,
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           may
           well
           be
           a
           Candidate
           ,
           and
           conte
           nd
           for
           priority
           ,
           and
           the
           Dictatorship
           with
           other
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           motto
           upon
           Saint
           George
           his
           Garter
           ,
           
             Hony
             soit
             quimaly
             pense
          
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           beraid
           who
           thinks
           any
           hurt
           by
           holding
           this
           opinion
           ,
           which
           neverthelesse
           I
           most
           humbly
           submit
           to
           this
           Princely
           Tribunall
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           ANOTHER
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           
             WOLF
             ANGUS
          
           ,
           BARON
           of
           STUBENBERG
           .
           For
           
             GREAT
             BRITAIN
          
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             President
             and
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           most
           dear
           Lord
           and
           Cosen
           ,
           the
           Baron
           of
           Eubeswald
           ,
           hath
           made
           an
           Elogium
           of
           the
           noble
           I
           le
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           as
           copious
           ,
           and
           as
           full
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           as
           the
           I
           le
           itself
           is
           full
           of
           all
           things
           that
           are
           requisite
           for
           humane
           accommodation
           :
           but
           most
           humbly
           under
           favour
           in
           this
           survey
           there
           are
           some
           things
           pretermitted
           ,
           which
           are
           peculiar
           to
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           worthy
           the
           taking
           notice
           of
           ;
           one
           is
           the
           generous
           ,
           strong-bodied
           ,
           and
           dauntless
           race
           of
           Dogs
           ,
           which
           that
           ▪
           I
           le
           produceth
           ,
           whereof
           Claudian
           makes
           mention
           .
        
         
           Magnaque
           taurorum
           fracturi
           colla
           Britanni
           .
        
         
           Britain
           hath
           Dogs
           that
           will
           break
           the
           huge
           necks
           of
           Buls
           :
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           by
           these
           Buls
           those
           fierce
           and
           truculent
           White-buls
           which
           are
           found
           in
           the
           woody
           Caledonian
           hils
           of
           Scotland
           (
           who
           are
           so
           wild
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           touch
           any
           thing
           that
           men
           have
           handled
           ,
           or
           blown
           upon
           )
           for
           they
           cannot
           only
           repell
           ,
           but
           they
           contemn
           the
           assaults
           of
           any
           Dog.
           It
           was
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           huge
           Irod
           Cages
           the
           British
           Dogges
           to
           Rome
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           Amphitheatres
           were
           put
           to
           tugge
           with
           huge
           wild
           beasts
           ;
           therefore
           there
           was
           an
           Officer
           call'd
           
             Procurator
             Cynegi●…
             in
             Britannis
             Ventensis
          
           ,
           The
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Dog-house
           among
           the
           Britains
           ,
           which
           Cuiacius
           would
           have
           to
           be
           Gynaecii
           ,
           not
           Cynegii
           ,
           viz.
           a
           Work-house
           for
           Women
           ,
           not
           a
           Kennell
           for
           Dogges
           :
           And
           Pancirollus
           is
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Gynaecia
             illa
             constituta
             fuisse
             texendi●…
             principis
             ,
             militumque
             vestibus
             ,
             navium
             velis
             ,
             stragulis
             ,
             linteis
             ,
             &
             aliis
             ad
             instruendas
             mansiones
             necessariis
             ,
          
           That
           those
           Gynecia
           ,
           or
           Female
           Work-houses
           were
           appointed
           to
           weave
           Garments
           for
           the
           Prince
           and
           Souldiery
           ,
           as
           also
           Sailes
           for
           
           Ships
           ,
           Beds
           ,
           Tents
           ,
           and
           other
           necessaries
           for
           furnishing
           of
           houses
           .
           But
           
             Wolfangus
             Lazius
          
           holds
           to
           the
           first
           opinion
           ,
           
             Procuratorem
             illum
             canes
             Imperatoribus
             in
             illa
             Venta
             curavisse
             ,
          
           That
           the
           said
           Procurator
           did
           keep
           and
           provide
           Dogges
           for
           the
           Emperour
           .
           Strabo
           saith
           further
           ,
           that
           
             Britanni
             canes
             erant
             milites
          
           ,
           the
           English
           Dogs
           were
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           the
           old
           Gaules
           made
           use
           of
           them
           so
           accordingly
           in
           their
           Wars
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           also
           rare
           Animals
           for
           Hunting
           ,
           and
           herein
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           what
           Balaeus
           hath
           upon
           record
           ,
           that
           two
           hundred
           and
           seventy
           years
           before
           the
           Incarnation
           ,
           Dordanilla
           ,
           King
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           did
           commit
           to
           writing
           certain
           precepts
           for
           Hunting
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           his
           subjects
           ,
           which
           are
           yet
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           hath
           also
           the
           most
           generous
           and
           sprightfull
           Cocks
           of
           any
           Country
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           great
           pleasure
           to
           be
           in
           one
           of
           their
           Pits
           at
           that
           sport
           ,
           where
           one
           shall
           behold
           a
           Cock
           fight
           out
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           yet
           retain
           still
           his
           naturall
           vigour
           to
           destroy
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           if
           these
           brute
           Animals
           ,
           Beasts
           and
           Birds
           be
           thus
           extraordinary
           couragious
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           think
           the
           rational
           creatures
           may
           hold
           analogy
           with
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           
             LORD
             DANIEL
             VON
             WENSIN
             ,
             AGAINST
             GREAT
             BRITAIN
             .
          
        
         
           
             Most
             Excellent
             Lord
             President
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           NOw
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Britains
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           my
           Oration
           with
           that
           of
           
             Ausonius
             ,
             Nemo
             bonus
             Britto
             est
          
           —
           No
           good
           man
           is
           a
           Britain
           ,
           which
           ever
           since
           grew
           to
           be
           a
           Proverb
           .
           God
           forbid
           this
           should
           be
           verified
           of
           all
           ,
           but
           I
           believe
           I
           shal
           rectify
           the
           judgment
           of
           those
           noble
           princes
           who
           spoak
           before
           me
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           I
           observ'd
           when
           I
           sojourn'd
           there
           )
           neither
           the
           Countrey
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           nor
           her
           Inhabitants
           are
           generally
           so
           good
           as
           they
           by
           their
           perswasive
           and
           powerfull
           Oratory
           would
           induce
           you
           to
           give
           credit
           unto
           .
           For
           as
           the
           English
           sea
           is
           unfaithfull
           ,
           and
           from
           Beerfleet
           in
           Normandy
           almost
           to
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           chanell
           is
           full
           of
           rocks
           and
           illfavourd
           ragged
           places
           (
           wherin
           prince
           VVilliam
           ,
           son
           to
           Henry
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           Heir
           apparant
           to
           England
           and
           Normandy
           ,
           was
           cast
           away
           by
           shipwrack
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           sister
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           noble
           personages
           besides
           )
           so
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Britains
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           full
           of
           craggs
           and
           shelfs
           of
           sands
           ,
           that
           vertue
           cannot
           sayle
           safely
           among
           them
           without
           hazarding
           a
           wreck
           .
           England
           is
           not
           such
           a
           paradis
           ,
           nor
           the
           Angli
           such
           Angeli
           (
           though
           styld
           so
           by
           a
           Popes
           mouth
           )
           which
           you
           make
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           most
           Illustrious
           Baron
           of
           Ewbeswald
           .
           First
           ,
           for
           the
           Countrey
           it self
           it
           is
           not
           sufficiently
           inhabited
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           be
           some
           Colonies
           of
           Walloons
           &
           Hollanders
           among
           them
           .
           The
           earth
           doth
           witnes
           this
           ,
           which
           wants
           culture
           ,
           and
           the
           sea
           is
           a
           greater
           witnes
           that
           wants
           fishermen
           ;
           Touching
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           meere
           desert
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           having
           no
           kind
           of
           agriculture
           ,
           though
           she
           be
           capable
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           for
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Hollanders
           make
           more
           benefit
           upon
           their
           coasts
           then
           they
           themselves
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           a
           very
           reproachfull
           thing
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           buy
           their
           own
           fish
           of
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           incredible
           how
           many
           hundreds
           of
           Busses
           they
           of
           Holland
           put
           forth
           every
           yeer
           ,
           and
           what
           infinit
           benefit
           they
           make
           thereof
           .
           Therefore
           Gount
           Gondamar
           the
           Spanish
           Ambassador
           had
           some
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Great
           Britain
           had
           a
           richer
           mine
           upon
           his
           coasts
           (
           meaning
           fishing
           )
           then
           his
           Master
           had
           ,
           either
           at
           Mexico
           or
           Peru
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           make
           right
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           some
           of
           the
           Charibbi
           Ilands
           also
           ,
           which
           the
           English
           have
           as
           
             Antego
             ,
             Mevis
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           neer
           the
           number
           of
           men
           which
           should
           colonize
           them
           ,
           shew
           the
           scarcity
           of
           the
           peeple
           of
           Britain
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           their
           sloth
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Great
           Britain
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           as
           the
           sea
           tumbleth
           perpetually
           about
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           so
           their
           braines
           do
           fluctuat
           in
           their
           
           noddles
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           so
           variable
           and
           unsteady
           ;
           And
           herein
           they
           are
           little
           inferior
           to
           their
           next
           transmarin
           neighbours
           the
           French
           ,
           only
           they
           use
           to
           come
           short
           of
           them
           in
           point
           of
           counsell
           and
           policy
           ,
           wherein
           the
           French
           hath
           been
           too
           hard
           for
           them
           in
           all
           Treaties
           .
           But
           they
           exceed
           the
           French
           in
           superstitious
           kinds
           of
           vanities
           ,
           specially
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           writers
           brand
           them
           )
           with
           prophecies
           ,
           and
           old
           Milesian
           tales
           ,
           being
           very
           apt
           in
           arduous
           &
           important
           businesses
           to
           suffer
           their
           belief
           to
           be
           transported
           that
           way
           ;
           and
           as
           Tages
           was
           to
           the
           Hetruscans
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Indigenae
               dixere
               Tagen
               ,
               qui
               primus
               Hetruscam
            
             
               Edocuit
               gentem
               casus
               aperire
               futuros
               .
            
          
        
         
           So
           Merlin
           of
           Caermarthen
           the
           son
           of
           an
           Incubus
           left
           behind
           him
           some
           things
           which
           they
           believe
           as
           Oracles
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           meere
           Orestes
           dreames
           .
           To
           this
           Merlin
           I
           may
           add
           that
           Arch-Heretick
           Pelagius
           (
           whose
           true
           name
           was
           Morgan
           ,
           an
           old
           British
           name
           )
           who
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
             Afrique
          
           ,
           and
           Asia
           ,
           belchd
           out
           such
           pernicious
           opinions
           ,
           as
           Prosper
           sayed
           ,
        
         
           
             Pestifero
             vomuit
             Coluber
             sermone
             Britannus
             ,
          
           
             Like
             a
             poysonous
             Viper
             he
             vomited
             much
             venome
             ;
          
        
         
           But
           in
           point
           of
           solid
           learning
           the
           English
           are
           much
           degenerated
           from
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           are
           grown
           more
           flashy
           ,
           and
           superficiall
           ,
           and
           nothing
           so
           pious
           as
           they
           us'd
           to
           be
           ;
           where
           shall
           we
           find
           now
           among
           them
           a
           Winfred
           ,
           an
           Alcuin
           ,
           a
           Bede
           ,
           men
           that
           converted
           whole
           Nations
           ?
           Yet
           this
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           their
           supinesse
           and
           sloth
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           decay
           of
           Nature
           in
           their
           intellectualls
           .
           Now
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           idlenes
           the
           women
           sympathize
           with
           their
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           onely
           their
           faces
           ,
           but
           their
           hands
           mask'd
           with
           leather
           ,
           for
           fear
           their
           skin
           should
           be
           too
           much
           hardned
           with
           working
           ;
           And
           for
           their
           femalls
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           Hermaphrodits
           at
           first
           appearance
           ,
           for
           they
           use
           to
           weare
           hatts
           as
           men
           do
           ,
           with
           toting
           feathers
           in
           them
           .
           There
           cannot
           be
           found
           now
           among
           them
           such
           a
           woman
           as
           Queen
           Anne
           was
           ,
           daughter
           to
           the
           Emperour
           Charles
           the
           fourth
           ,
           married
           to
           Richard
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           first
           reform'd
           that
           wanton
           ,
           unseemly
           fashion
           of
           riding
           astride
           on
           horseback
           .
           Their
           men
           of
           late
           yeers
           are
           arrand
           pirats
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           call'd
           captain
           Ward
           ,
           did
           do
           Christendom
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           mischiefs
           that
           ever
           was
           done
           ,
           by
           teaching
           the
           Art
           of
           piracy
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           way
           of
           building
           shipps
           to
           the
           picaroons
           of
           Algier
           and
           Tunis
           .
           They
           go
           roving
           abroad
           to
           other
           seas
           ,
           when
           their
           own
           might
           find
           them
           work
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           make
           use
           of
           the
           comodities
           they
           affoord
           .
           They
           are
           but
           dull
           for
           invention
           ,
           whereas
           't
           is
           true
           they
           use
           to
           add
           something
           when
           they
           have
           seene
           a
           thing
           ;
           For
           matter
           of
           manufactures
           of
           cloth
           ,
           and
           Kersies
           with
           other
           woollen
           stuffs
           ,
           they
           were
           Flemmins
           that
           taught
           them
           first
           ,
           as
           also
           all
           goldsmiths
           work
           ,
           and
           argentry
           ,
           with
           judgment
           in
           Jewells
           .
           Add
           hereunto
           that
           it
           is
           the
           proper
           humor
           of
           the
           English
           to
           be
           arrogant
           ,
           high
           minded
           and
           proud
           ,
           yea
           in
           forren
           Countreys
           ;
           where
           if
           they
           have
           a
           little
           language
           ,
           they
           will
           keep
           such
           a
           magnifying
           of
           their
           own
           Iland
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           fastidious
           to
           hear
           them
           .
           Nor
           of
           any
           other
           Nation
           can
           they
           agree
           among
           themselves
           when
           they
           are
           abroad
           ,
           specially
           the
           Marchants
           ,
           who
           are
           envious
           ,
           and
           repine
           at
           one
           anothers
           profit
           ;
           and
           so
           ready
           to
           cut
           one
           anothers
           throat
           .
           When
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           was
           in
           Spain
           ,
           thinking
           to
           have
           the
           Infanta
           for
           his
           wife
           ,
           it
           was
           observ'd
           that
           the
           cariage
           of
           the
           English
           was
           very
           insolent
           there
           ;
           for
           some
           of
           them
           being
           dieted
           in
           the
           Kings
           House
           ,
           they
           would
           fall
           a
           vilifying
           the
           Spanish
           fare
           ,
           extolling
           ever
           and
           anon
           the
           good
           beef
           of
           England
           ;
           which
           was
           so
           much
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           much
           hurt
           to
           the
           treaty
           of
           the
           match
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           saying
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           true
           one
           ,
           That
           England
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           
             Hell
             of
             Horses
          
           ,
           the
           
             Purgatory
             of
             servánts
             ,
             and
             the
             Paradis
             of
             Women
             .
          
           Touching
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           English
           take
           a
           great
           pride
           in
           galloping
           ,
           and
           post
           it
           on
           the
           high
           way
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           going
           for
           a
           ghostly
           father
           ,
           a
           midwife
           ,
           or
           a
           physician
           for
           one
           mortally
           
           sick
           ,
           though
           indeed
           there
           be
           no
           cause
           of
           any
           hast
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           poor
           beast
           is
           thrust
           into
           some
           cold
           corner
           ,
           all
           in
           a
           water
           ,
           where
           he
           commonly
           contracts
           some
           distemper
           .
           Then
           have
           you
           huge
           long
           Races
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           many
           hundreds
           in
           England
           ,
           wherein
           a
           poor
           sprightfull
           horse
           is
           rid
           off
           his
           legges
           ,
           and
           made
           to
           spend
           his
           very
           lungs
           ,
           having
           holes
           in
           his
           flank
           that
           will
           hide
           rowell
           and
           beame
           .
           And
           in
           this
           kinde
           of
           pastime
           ,
           there
           is
           more
           cunning
           ,
           and
           rooking
           then
           in
           Cardes
           and
           Dice
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           sport
           .
           Then
           for
           their
           Carrs
           and
           Carts
           they
           are
           so
           unmeasurably
           loaden
           ,
           that
           the
           track
           doth
           not
           only
           spoil
           the
           pavements
           of
           the
           streets
           and
           highwaies
           as
           they
           passe
           ,
           but
           oftentimes
           it
           seems
           to
           break
           the
           very
           heart-strings
           of
           the
           poor
           passive
           animall
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           of
           any
           Nation
           that
           holy
           Text
           is
           least
           observed
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           
             A
             good
             man
             is
             mercifull
             to
             his
             beast
             .
          
        
         
           England
           is
           the
           
             Purgatory
             of
             Servants
          
           ;
           for
           they
           live
           no
           where
           in
           so
           much
           slavery
           :
           the
           poor
           Footman
           must
           keep
           pace
           with
           his
           Master
           when
           he
           gallops
           in
           Hunting
           ,
           they
           are
           sent
           upon
           arrands
           forty
           ,
           fifty
           miles
           a
           day
           .
           The
           Apprentices
           ,
           though
           Gentlemens
           sonnes
           of
           good
           extraction
           ,
           sometimes
           are
           put
           to
           fetch
           tankards
           of
           water
           ,
           carry
           coales
           ,
           to
           sweep
           the
           gutters
           ,
           and
           doe
           other
           as
           servile
           offices
           ,
           as
           slaves
           doe
           in
           other
           Countries
           ;
           and
           Servingmen
           must
           not
           offer
           to
           put
           on
           their
           hats
           ,
           though
           it
           rain
           ,
           or
           the
           weather
           be
           never
           so
           cold
           ,
           standing
           before
           their
           Master
           ;
           which
           makes
           me
           think
           on
           a
           facetious
           tale
           of
           a
           German
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           having
           entertain'd
           an
           English
           servant
           ,
           and
           riding
           before
           him
           through
           a
           rough
           foard
           ,
           where
           the
           horses
           stayed
           to
           drink
           ,
           and
           the
           servant
           keeping
           his
           hat
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           though
           the
           winde
           blew
           hard
           ,
           his
           Master
           smil'd
           upon
           him
           saying
           ,
           
             Put
             on
             thy
             hat
             fool
             ;
             for
             our
             horses
             drink
             no
             healths
             .
          
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           that
           England
           is
           the
           
             Paradise
             of
             Women
          
           :
           then
           it
           is
           either
           for
           the
           extraordinary
           respect
           the
           husbands
           bear
           them
           by
           permitting
           them
           to
           be
           alwayes
           at
           the
           upper
           end
           of
           the
           Table
           (
           whither
           their
           lightnesse
           carries
           them
           sometimes
           )
           or
           for
           their
           extraordinary
           beauty
           .
           To
           the
           first
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           second
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           are
           moulded
           commonly
           of
           good
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           have
           sanguine
           clear
           complexions
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           withall
           flegmatick
           and
           dull
           ,
           and
           many
           thousands
           of
           them
           are
           so
           massie
           and
           big
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           men
           rather
           than
           women
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           were
           distinguished
           by
           their
           clothes
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           haughtinesse
           of
           minde
           that
           is
           naturall
           in
           the
           English
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           notable
           example
           in
           the
           person
           of
           
             Nicolas
             Breakspeare
          
           ,
           born
           at
           Langley
           in
           Hartfordshire
           ,
           who
           ,
           being
           elevated
           to
           the
           Popedome
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Adrian
           the
           fourth
           ,
           came
           to
           such
           a
           height
           of
           arrogance
           ,
           that
           he
           rebuked
           the
           Emperour
           for
           writing
           his
           name
           before
           him
           in
           a
           certain
           Instrument
           .
           And
           being
           to
           hold
           the
           stirrup
           while
           that
           Adrian
           mounted
           ,
           he
           took
           hold
           of
           the
           wrong
           ;
           but
           a
           little
           flie
           cur'd
           in
           him
           this
           humour
           of
           pride
           ,
           who
           getting
           into
           his
           throat
           choakt
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           him
           low
           enough
           .
           With
           such
           a
           spirit
           of
           pride
           was
           
             Thomas
             Wolsey
          
           possessed
           ,
           who
           was
           at
           once
           Chancellor
           ,
           Archbishop
           ,
           and
           Cardinall
           ,
           though
           a
           Butchers
           Son
           of
           Ipswich
           by
           blood
           .
           Charles
           the
           fift
           in
           his
           Letters
           subscrib'd
           himself
           his
           Son
           and
           Cosen
           ;
           for
           indeed
           he
           had
           a
           designe
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           his
           affairs
           ,
           as
           they
           stood
           then
           ,
           to
           advance
           him
           to
           the
           Popedom
           after
           the
           decease
           of
           Leo
           the
           tenth
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Emperour
           had
           exalted
           Adrian
           the
           sixth
           ,
           a
           Brewers
           sonne
           ,
           his
           Tutor
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           the
           Butcher
           his
           Cosen
           ,
           to
           the
           Chair
           ,
           and
           having
           denied
           him
           also
           the
           Archbishoprick
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           he
           grew
           so
           implacable
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           he
           set
           all
           wheeles
           a
           going
           to
           make
           both
           England
           and
           France
           to
           bandy
           against
           him
           .
           He
           therefore
           began
           to
           whisper
           some
           surmises
           into
           Henry's
           eare
           touching
           Katharine
           of
           Aragon
           his
           Queen
           ,
           
             VVhether
             the
             match
             was
             consonant
             to
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             she
             having
             been
             his
             eldest
             brothers
             wife
             before
          
           ;
           and
           he
           raised
           this
           doubt
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           the
           said
           Queen
           had
           miscarried
           so
           often
           in
           Childbirth
           of
           Male
           Princes
           .
           The
           Cardinal
           knowing
           his
           Masters
           humor
           ,
           might
           well
           think
           that
           this
           would
           make
           impressions
           within
           
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           recommended
           unto
           him
           the
           Lady
           Margaret
           ,
           Sister
           to
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ;
           but
           when
           this
           scruple
           was
           thrust
           into
           the
           Kings
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Divorce
           was
           procurable
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           look
           towards
           France
           ,
           but
           he
           cast
           his
           eyes
           upon
           Anne
           ,
           daughter
           to
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Bolen
          
           ,
           having
           no
           regard
           to
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           beauty
           and
           lust
           .
           This
           cool'd
           Wolsey
           from
           negotiating
           the
           said
           Divorce
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           spinne
           out
           the
           time
           by
           tergiversations
           and
           delayes
           ;
           which
           his
           Master
           perceiving
           ,
           his
           favour
           began
           to
           decline
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           died
           ,
           some
           say
           ,
           out
           of
           apprehension
           of
           grief
           ,
           others
           say
           by
           poyson
           .
           This
           Wolsey
           was
           a
           man
           of
           a
           notable
           high
           spirit
           ,
           and
           vast
           designes
           ,
           and
           among
           other
           passages
           which
           discovered
           it
           ,
           one
           was
           ,
           that
           having
           built
           a
           Colledge
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           he
           put
           his
           own
           Armes
           before
           the
           Kings
           ,
           with
           this
           
             Motto
             ,
             Ego
             &
             Rex
             meus
             ,
          
           I
           and
           my
           King
           :
           which
           ,
           as
           one
           wittily
           said
           ,
           might
           be
           true
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           Grammar
           ,
           which
           tels
           us
           that
           the
           first
           person
           is
           more
           worthy
           than
           the
           third
           ,
           but
           the
           Moral
           rule
           tels
           us
           otherwise
           .
           He
           had
           such
           a
           splendid
           magnificent
           Family
           ,
           than
           an
           Earl
           ,
           nine
           Barons
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           tell
           how
           many
           Knights
           and
           Squires
           ,
           with
           near
           upon
           four
           hundred
           were
           his
           domestique
           servants
           ;
           there
           were
           all
           likewise
           choice
           personable
           men
           whom
           he
           entertain'd
           ,
           so
           that
           after
           his
           fall
           ,
           divers
           of
           them
           came
           to
           be
           the
           Kings
           servants
           .
        
         
           After
           Pride
           comes
           in
           the
           Lust
           and
           Luxury
           of
           the
           English
           ;
           It
           stands
           upon
           good
           record
           how
           Pope
           Boniface
           writ
           to
           King
           Etheobald
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Gentes
             Anglorum
             spretis
             legalibus
             connubiis
             adulterando
             &
             luxuriando
             ad
             instar
             Sodomiticae
             gentis
             faedam
             vitam
             ducere
          
           ;
           The
           English
           Nation
           forsook
           their
           lawfull
           Wives
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Sodomiticall
           people
           spent
           their
           lives
           in
           Adultery
           and
           Luxury
           .
           There
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Henries
           left
           thirteen
           Bastards
           behinde
           him
           ,
           as
           some
           write
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           more
           than
           probable
           that
           Anne
           of
           Bolen
           (
           who
           was
           call'd
           in
           
             France
             ,
             La
             Mule
             du
             Roy
             ,
             &
             l'haquenée
             d'Angleterre
             ,
          
           The
           Kings
           Mule
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           hackney
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           according
           to
           some
           Writers
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           than
           probable
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           both
           Daughter
           and
           Wife
           to
           the
           eighth
           Henry
           :
           Among
           others
           ,
           one
           inference
           was
           ,
           that
           when
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Brian
          
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           facetious
           Knight
           ,
           asked
           the
           King
           what
           it
           was
           to
           lie
           with
           the
           Daughter
           and
           the
           Mother
           ,
           
             It
             was
             no
             more
          
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             than
             to
             eat
             the
             hen
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             chicken
             after
             .
          
           This
           King
           married
           six
           several
           Wives
           ,
           whereof
           the
           second
           and
           the
           fift
           he
           chopt
           off
           their
           heads
           with
           an
           Axe
           ;
           the
           first
           and
           fourth
           he
           repudiated
           ;
           the
           third
           was
           destroyed
           in
           childbearing
           ;
           the
           sixt
           he
           left
           behind
           him
           .
           This
           was
           that
           mercilesse
           Prince
           who
           sign'd
           a
           Warrant
           for
           beheading
           some
           Noblemen
           upon
           his
           very
           death-bed
           ,
           and
           being
           much
           troubled
           in
           conscience
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           taking
           his
           farewell
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           last
           word
           he
           breathed
           out
           to
           the
           Bishop
           by
           him
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             All
             is
             lost
             ,
             all
             is
             lost
             ,
          
           and
           so
           expir'd
           ,
           to
           go
           before
           the
           Tribunall
           of
           Heaven
           to
           give
           account
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           wherein
           he
           had
           confessed
           before
           ,
           that
           
             He
             had
             never
             spar'd
             man
             in
             his
             rage
             ,
             nor
             woman
             in
             his
             lust
             .
          
        
         
           But
           you
           say
           that
           the
           English
           are
           strenuous
           and
           stout
           :
           they
           might
           be
           such
           in
           former
           ages
           ,
           but
           now
           they
           are
           much
           degenerated
           ,
           their
           warrs
           are
           now
           in
           Tap-houses
           and
           Tobacco-shops
           ;
           for
           since
           Drake
           brought
           that
           inchanting
           Nicotian
           Drugge
           from
           the
           Indies
           against
           crudities
           and
           rheums
           ,
           the
           use
           thereof
           is
           so
           frequent
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           incredible
           ;
           the
           very
           Impost
           of
           that
           Indian
           smoak
           alone
           amounting
           to
           more
           than
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           received
           in
           custom
           for
           all
           commodities
           whatsoever
           .
           In
           Ireland
           also
           this
           Weed
           is
           taken
           excessively
           in
           sneezing
           ,
           which
           the
           Husbandman
           at
           the
           Plough-taile
           ,
           and
           the
           servant
           mayd
           at
           the
           washing
           block
           doe
           use
           to
           suck
           into
           their
           nostrils
           to
           beget
           new
           spirits
           in
           them
           when
           they
           are
           tyr'd
           with
           labour
           .
           King
           Iames
           was
           a
           great
           enemy
           to
           this
           smoak
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Hunting
           if
           any
           fogge
           or
           mist
           would
           rise
           up
           to
           interrupt
           his
           sport
           ,
           he
           would
           swear
           that
           
             Belzebub
             was
             then
             taking
             Tobacco
          
           ;
           and
           being
           once
           surprised
           with
           a
           great
           showre
           of
           rain
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           goe
           to
           a
           Pigstie
           for
           shelter
           ,
           he
           caused
           a
           pipe
           of
           Tobacco
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           that
           one
           stink
           ,
           as
           extremes
           use
           to
           doe
           ,
           might
           drive
           out
           another
           .
           Moreover
           since
           the
           English
           have
           been
           accustomed
           to
           have
           Beer
           for
           their
           beverage
           so
           much
           ,
           not
           using
           so
           universally
           
           the
           old
           drink
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           Ale
           ;
           the
           Hop
           by
           its
           inflammation
           hath
           made
           them
           more
           subject
           to
           diseases
           ,
           fill'd
           them
           with
           gravell
           ,
           and
           so
           troubled
           them
           with
           the
           Stone
           ,
           Strangury
           ,
           and
           Coliques
           .
           These
           with
           drinking
           such
           sophisticated
           Wines
           ,
           hath
           much
           enervated
           the
           English
           Nation
           in
           point
           of
           strength
           ,
           which
           in
           former
           times
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           draw
           an
           arrow
           of
           an
           Ell
           long
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Gray-goose-wing
           fly
           through
           the
           heart
           of
           France
           .
           And
           now
           that
           I
           speak
           of
           Wine
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           adulterated
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           it
           drinks
           in
           some
           places
           like
           a
           Potion
           ;
           and
           I
           beleeve
           as
           many
           dye
           there
           by
           drinking
           bad
           Wines
           ,
           as
           of
           any
           other
           disease
           ;
           for
           indeed
           all
           Vintners
           are
           Brewers
           in
           England
           ,
           they
           mixe
           French
           Wines
           with
           Syder
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           with
           milk
           ,
           and
           feed
           other
           Wines
           with
           flesh
           very
           frequently
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           Valour
           of
           the
           English
           in
           France
           ,
           whereof
           the
           noble
           Baron
           hath
           spoken
           so
           much
           ,
           they
           were
           very
           valiant
           indeed
           ,
           when
           a
           silly
           Shepheardesse
           ,
           
             Anne
             d'
             Arc
          
           did
           beat
           them
           away
           from
           before
           Orleans
           ,
           pursued
           them
           to
           Paris
           ,
           and
           so
           drive
           them
           over
           the
           Seine
           to
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           could
           not
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           this
           Mayd
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           being
           taken
           by
           a
           Stratageme
           ,
           they
           cut
           her
           off
           by
           a
           forged
           accusation
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           a
           Sorceresse
           forsooth
           .
           Then
           was
           the
           time
           ,
           if
           the
           English
           had
           comported
           themselves
           like
           men
           of
           prowesse
           and
           policy
           ,
           to
           have
           reduc'd
           all
           France
           under
           a
           perpetuall
           subjection
           ,
           
             King
             Charles
          
           the
           seventh
           being
           driven
           to
           such
           streights
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           constrain'd
           to
           fly
           to
           Bourges
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           the
           time
           was
           in
           a
           jeering
           way
           call'd
           King
           of
           Berry
           .
           But
           that
           notable
           mayd
           at
           her
           execution
           being
           tied
           to
           the
           stake
           was
           nothing
           daunted
           ,
           but
           left
           prosperity
           and
           victory
           for
           a
           legacy
           to
           her
           Countrey
           men
           ,
           till
           the
           English
           should
           be
           beaten
           quite
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           afterwards
           ;
           for
           being
           driven
           and
           dogg'd
           as
           far
           as
           Calais
           ,
           they
           kept
           that
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           they
           were
           by
           a
           writ
           of
           ejectment
           publish'd
           by
           sound
           of
           drum
           and
           trumpet
           ,
           as
           also
           by
           the
           Canon
           &
           Musket
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           ,
           thrust
           out
           of
           Calais
           ,
           and
           so
           casheer'd
           quite
           out
           of
           France
           ;
           which
           sunck
           so
           deep
           ,
           and
           made
           such
           black
           impressions
           of
           sorrow
           upon
           the
           heart
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           often
           say
           ,
           if
           
             she
             were
             open'd
             after
             death
             ,
             the
             town
             of
             Calais
             would
             be
             found
             Engraven
             in
             her
             heart
             .
          
           Now
           for
           the
           piety
           ,
           goodnes
           and
           vertu
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           which
           the
           noble
           Baron
           did
           so
           much
           magnifie
           ,
           you
           may
           judge
           what
           it
           was
           in
           those
           dayes
           by
           the
           ingenuous
           confession
           of
           an
           English
           Captain
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           truss'd
           up
           his
           bagg
           and
           bagage
           to
           go
           for
           England
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           going
           out
           of
           the
           gate
           he
           in
           a
           geering
           way
           was
           ask'd
           ,
           
             O
             Englishmen
             ,
             when
             will
             you
             back
             again
             to
             France
             ?
          
           The
           Captain
           with
           a
           sad
           serious
           countenance
           answer'd
           ,
           
             When
             the
             sinns
             of
             France
             are
             greater
             then
             the
             sinns
             of
             England
             ,
             then
             will
             the
             English
             return
             to
             France
             .
          
           Nor
           indeed
           had
           the
           French
           much
           cause
           to
           affect
           the
           English
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           insolence
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           wherof
           there
           be
           divers
           examples
           :
           for
           in
           some
           good
           successes
           they
           had
           ,
           the
           victory
           was
           more
           bloody
           then
           the
           battaill
           ,
           cutting
           of
           prisoners
           off
           in
           cold
           blood
           for
           their
           greater
           security
           .
           But
           the
           English
           must
           needs
           be
           cruell
           in
           a
           Forren
           Countrey
           ,
           when
           they
           use
           to
           be
           so
           in
           their
           own
           .
           What
           a
           barbarous
           act
           was
           that
           of
           Edward
           the
           fourth
           ,
           to
           clapp
           up
           his
           own
           brother
           ,
           George
           Duke
           of
           Clarence
           ,
           in
           prison
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           drown
           him
           in
           a
           butt
           of
           Muscadin
           ,
           by
           a
           new
           invention
           of
           death
           .
           But
           to
           descend
           to
           neerer
           times
           ,
           what
           an
           act
           of
           immanity
           and
           ignoblenes
           was
           that
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           when
           she
           promis'd
           safety
           &
           welcom
           to
           Mary
           Queen
           of
           Scotts
           ,
           and
           Dowager
           of
           France
           ,
           if
           she
           came
           to
           England
           ,
           for
           preventing
           the
           machinations
           of
           her
           rebellious
           subjects
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           suffer
           her
           to
           be
           hurried
           from
           one
           prison
           to
           another
           for
           twenty
           yeares
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           suffer
           her
           head
           to
           be
           chop'd
           off
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           cunning
           kind
           of
           dissimulation
           to
           lay
           the
           fault
           upon
           Davison
           her
           secretary
           ,
           and
           throw
           the
           bloud
           into
           his
           face
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           he
           sent
           the
           warrant
           for
           her
           execution
           without
           her
           knowledge
           ?
           Truly
           this
           was
           a
           most
           inglorious
           act
           ,
           and
           the
           reproach
           of
           it
           will
           never
           be
           worn
           out
           ,
           but
           will
           stick
           as
           a
           black
           spot
           to
           England
           while
           she
           is
           an
           Iland
           ,
           nor
           can
           all
           the
           water
           of
           the
           Sea
           about
           her
           wash
           off
           the
           stain
           ,
           but
           it
           wil
           continue
           still
           indelible
           .
           But
           't
           is
           the
           more
           strange
           ,
           that
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           should
           doe
           this
           ,
           a
           
           Queen
           that
           had
           been
           herself
           bred
           up
           a
           good
           while
           in
           the
           school
           of
           affliction
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           said
           to
           have
           come
           from
           the
           Scaffold
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           I
           say
           't
           is
           strange
           that
           she
           should
           not
           be
           more
           sensible
           of
           anothers
           calamity
           .
           Dido
           the
           Pagan
           Queen
           out
           of
           a
           sweet
           tendernes
           could
           say
           ,
           
             Non
             ignara
             mali
             miseris
             succurrere
             disco
             ,
          
           and
           it
           had
           more
           becom'd
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           to
           have
           said
           so
           ,
           being
           a
           Christian
           Queen
           .
           That
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           should
           do
           this
           to
           her
           own
           Cosen
           ,
           and
           sister
           Queen
           ,
           one
           as
           good
           as
           herself
           ,
           who
           after
           an
           invitation
           to
           England
           would
           never
           suffer
           her
           to
           have
           the
           comfort
           of
           her
           presence
           all
           the
           while
           ;
           That
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           who
           was
           cryed
           up
           and
           down
           the
           world
           to
           be
           so
           just
           ,
           so
           vertuous
           ,
           so
           full
           of
           clemency
           should
           do
           this
           ,
           it
           doth
           aggravat
           the
           fact
           much
           more
           then
           if
           another
           had
           done
           it
           .
           I
           must
           confesse
           she
           lost
           much
           repute
           abroad
           for
           it
           ;
           Satyres
           ,
           pasquills
           ,
           and
           invectives
           being
           made
           in
           every
           corner
           of
           Christendom
           :
           among
           others
           I
           will
           recite
           unto
           you
           one
           that
           was
           belch'd
           out
           in
           France
           ,
           which
           was
           thus
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Anglois
               vous
               dites
               qu'entre
               vous
            
             
               Un
               seul
               loup
               vivant
               on
               ne
               trouve
               ,
            
             
               Non
               ,
               mais
               vous
               avez
               une
               Louve
            
             
               Pire
               qu'un
               million
               de
               loups
               .
            
          
           
             
               No
               Wolfs
               ye
               Englishmen
               do
               say
            
             
               Live
               in
               your
               Ile
               ,
               or
               beasts
               of
               prey
               ,
            
             
               No
               ,
               but
               a
               Wolfesse
               you
               have
               one
            
             
               Worse
               then
               a
               thousand
               Wolfs
               alone
               .
            
          
        
         
           Among
           other
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           of
           England
           the
           example
           of
           this
           Queen
           and
           her
           Father
           may
           serve
           to
           verifie
           the
           saying
           of
           Porphyrius
           which
           you
           alledg'd
           ,
           most
           noble
           Baron
           ,
           
             Britannia
             fertilis
             Provincia
             Tyrannorum
          
           ;
           That
           Great
           Britanny
           is
           a
           province
           fruitfull
           for
           Tyrants
           .
           Now
           Nimrod
           was
           call'd
           the
           
             Robustus
             Venator
          
           ,
           the
           strong
           Hunter
           ,
           which
           the
           Divines
           do
           interpret
           to
           be
           a
           mighty
           Tyrant
           ;
           And
           certainly
           the
           chasing
           and
           hunting
           of
           beasts
           ,
           the
           killing
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           washing
           of
           the
           Kings
           hands
           in
           their
           blood
           ,
           and
           feasting
           with
           them
           afterwards
           ,
           must
           needs
           make
           the
           minds
           of
           princes
           more
           ferocious
           ,
           and
           lesse
           inclinable
           to
           clemency
           ;
           wherefore
           they
           have
           a
           wholsom
           law
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           no
           Butcher
           who
           is
           habituated
           to
           blood
           may
           be
           capable
           to
           be
           a
           Juryman
           to
           give
           verdit
           upon
           any
           mans
           life
           .
           The
           Nobles
           of
           England
           may
           in
           some
           kind
           be
           call'd
           Carnificers
           of
           some
           sorts
           of
           beasts
           ,
           as
           the
           buck
           ,
           and
           the
           doe
           ;
           with
           other
           such
           poor
           harmeles
           creatures
           ,
           whereof
           some
           have
           no
           gall
           in
           them
           :
           for
           having
           wounded
           them
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           worried
           them
           down
           with
           their
           doggs
           ,
           at
           last
           as
           a
           signall
           of
           victory
           they
           bath
           their
           fingers
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           poor
           animall
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           to
           
             take
             the
             essay
          
           ;
           but
           certainly
           this
           must
           conduce
           to
           obdurat
           human
           hearts
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           flesh
           them
           in
           blood
           .
           Now
           't
           is
           well
           known
           there
           are
           no
           Kings
           on
           earth
           such
           great
           hunters
           as
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           more
           of
           variety
           of
           sport
           in
           that
           kind
           then
           any
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           more
           Forests
           ,
           Chaces
           ,
           and
           Parks
           (
           besides
           variety
           of
           Royall
           palaces
           )
           annexed
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           then
           to
           any
           other
           of
           Europe
           ,
           which
           might
           make
           the
           Countrey
           far
           more
           copious
           of
           corn
           ,
           fuller
           of
           cattle
           ,
           and
           have
           fewer
           beggars
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           made
           arable
           grounds
           ,
           or
           turn'd
           to
           pasturage
           .
           Moreover
           the
           English
           Kings
           may
           not
           improperly
           be
           call'd
           Nimrods
           ,
           as
           Bodin
           hath
           it
           herein
           ,
           considering
           what
           rigorous
           punishments
           use
           to
           be
           inflicted
           upon
           the
           poor
           peeple
           ,
           by
           vertu
           of
           the
           Forest
           lawes
           .
           In
           the
           book
           call'd
           
             Liber
             Rufus
          
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           law
           enacted
           in
           Canutus
           time
           ,
           
             Omnis
             homo
             abstineat
             a
             Venerijs
             meis
             super
             poenam
             vitae
             ,
          
           Upon
           pain
           of
           life
           let
           every
           man
           refrain
           from
           my
           deer
           and
           my
           hunting
           places
           .
        
         
           The
           Swainmote
           Courts
           have
           harsh
           punishments
           and
           amercements
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           poor
           Husbandman
           ther
           's
           no
           remedy
           for
           him
           against
           the
           Kings
           dear
           ,
           though
           they
           lye
           all
           night
           in
           his
           corn
           ,
           and
           spoile
           it
           ;
           Sarisburiensis
           ,
           a
           reverend
           and
           authentic
           Author
           ,
           comprehends
           all
           this
           in
           a
           few
           words
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           
           exorbitancies
           of
           England
           in
           this
           kind
           .
           
             Quod
             magis
             mirere
             ,
             ait
             ,
             pedicas
             parare
             ,
             avibus
             ,
             laqueos
             texere
             ,
             allicere
             nodis
             aut
             fistula
             ,
             aut
             quibuscunque
             insidijs
             supplantare
             ex
             edicto
             saepe
             fit
             genus
             criminis
             ,
             &
             vel
             proscriptione
             bonorum
             mulctatur
             ,
             vel
             membrorum
             punitur
             ,
             salutisque
             dispendio
             ;
             Volucres
             coeli
             ,
             &
             pisces
             maris
             communes
             esse
             audieras
             ,
             sed
             hae
             Fisci
             sunt
             ,
             quas
             venatica
             exigit
             ubicunque
             volant
             :
             manum
             contine
             ,
             abstine
             ,
             ne
             &
             tu
             in
             poenam
             laesae
             majestatis
             venantibus
             caedas
             in
             praedam
             .
             Anovalibus
             suis
             arcentur
             Agricolae
             ,
             dum
             ferae
             habeant
             vagandi
             libertatem
             ,
             illis
             ut
             pascua
             augeantur
             ,
             praedia
             subtrahantur
             Agricolis
             ,
             sationalia
             insitiva
             Colonis
             ,
             cùm
             pascua
             armentarijs
             &
             gregarijs
             ,
             tum
             alvearia
             a
             floralibus
             excludunt
             ,
             ipsis
             quoque
             apibus
             vix
             naturali
             libertate
             uti
             permissum
             est
             .
          
           But
           that
           which
           is
           more
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           saith
           Sarisburiensis
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           to
           lay
           netts
           ,
           to
           prepare
           trapps
           ,
           to
           allure
           birds
           by
           a
           whissle
           ,
           or
           to
           supplant
           them
           by
           any
           kind
           of
           wile
           becomes
           oftentimes
           a
           kind
           of
           crime
           by
           the
           Edicts
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           is
           punish'd
           either
           by
           amercement
           ,
           or
           some
           corporall
           punishment
           ;
           whereas
           in
           other
           climes
           the
           birds
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           the
           fish
           of
           the
           Sea
           are
           common
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           England
           ;
           they
           belong
           to
           the
           Fisk
           ,
           or
           some
           particular
           person
           ;
           you
           must
           hold
           your
           hand
           ,
           and
           refraine
           for
           fear
           of
           comitting
           treason
           ;
           The
           Yeoman
           is
           hunted
           away
           from
           his
           new
           plowd
           fields
           ,
           while
           wild
           beasts
           have
           liberty
           to
           wander
           in
           them
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           nay
           sometimes
           cattle
           are
           kept
           from
           pasture
           ,
           and
           the
           Bees
           are
           scarce
           permitted
           to
           use
           their
           naturall
           liberty
           of
           sucking
           flowers
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           English
           tyranny
           doth
           not
           terminat
           onely
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           it
           difuseth
           it selfe
           further
           among
           the
           Nobles
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           as
           Camden
           relates
           there
           were
           in
           King
           Stephens
           raigne
           as
           many
           tyrants
           in
           England
           as
           there
           were
           Castellans
           ,
           or
           Governors
           of
           Castles
           ;
           
             Stephani
             Regis
             temporibus
             tot
             erant
             in
             Anglia
             tyranni
             ,
             quot
             Castellorum
             Domini
          
           ;
           Who
           arrogated
           to
           themselves
           regall
           rights
           and
           prerogatives
           ,
           as
           coyning
           of
           money
           ,
           marshall
           law
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           For
           now
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Kingdom
           on
           earth
           (
           Naples
           excepted
           )
           where
           there
           have
           been
           more
           frequent
           insurrections
           then
           in
           England
           :
           for
           as
           the
           Kings
           have
           been
           noted
           to
           be
           Tyrants
           ,
           so
           the
           subjects
           are
           branded
           for
           devills
           .
           In
           the
           Civill
           warrs
           that
           happen'd
           in
           Comines
           time
           there
           were
           above
           fourescore
           that
           were
           slain
           by
           the
           fortune
           of
           war
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           ,
           of
           the
           blood
           Royall
           ,
           besides
           the
           Kings
           themselves
           that
           perish'd
           ;
           Whereupon
           when
           the
           Queen
           of
           Scots
           heard
           of
           the
           fatall
           sentence
           that
           was
           pronounc'd
           against
           her
           ,
           with
           an
           intrepid
           and
           undaunted
           heart
           she
           said
           ,
           as
           an
           Author
           of
           credit
           hath
           it
           ,
           
             Angli
             in
             suos
             Reges
             subinde
             caedibus
             saevierunt
             ,
             ut
             neutiquam
             novum
             sit
             si
             etiam
             in
             me
             ex
             eorum
             sanguine
             natam
             itidem
             saevierint
             ,
          
           If
           the
           English
           have
           been
           often
           so
           cruell
           in
           the
           slaughter
           of
           their
           own
           Kings
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           then
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           grown
           so
           cruell
           to
           me
           that
           am
           descended
           of
           their
           blood
           .
           What
           a
           horrid
           and
           destructive
           conjuration
           was
           that
           subterranean
           plot
           of
           the
           Gunpowder
           Treason
           ?
           so
           bloody
           a
           designe
           no
           age
           can
           parallell
           .
           It
           was
           like
           the
           wish
           of
           Caligula
           ,
           who
           wish'd
           the
           peeple
           of
           Rome
           had
           had
           but
           one
           neck
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           cut
           it
           off
           at
           one
           blow
           ;
           He
           had
           it
           onely
           in
           wish
           ,
           but
           these
           had
           a
           reall
           attempt
           to
           blow
           up
           not
           onely
           the
           blood
           Royall
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Nobility
           and
           chief
           Gentry
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           
             Guido
             Faux
          
           who
           was
           to
           set
           fire
           to
           the
           powder
           ,
           did
           shew
           so
           little
           sign
           of
           feare
           and
           repentance
           ,
           that
           he
           boldly
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             none
             but
             the
             great
             Devill
             of
             Hell
             who
             had
             discovered
             the
             plot
             ,
             and
             hindred
             him
             from
             the
             execution
             of
             it
             ;
             that
             God
             Almighty
             had
             no
             hand
             in
             the
             discovery
             and
             prevention
             of
             that
             meritorious
             work
             ,
          
           Which
           if
           it
           had
           taken
           effect
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           sayd
           ,
           
             it
             would
             have
             satisfied
             for
             all
             the
             sins
             of
             his
             whole
             life
             ,
             had
             he
             liv'd
             a
             thousand
             yeers
             after
             .
          
        
         
           And
           whereas
           ,
           my
           Noble
           Baron
           ,
           you
           travelled
           in
           your
           highstrain'd
           and
           smooth
           Oration
           through
           all
           the
           Shires
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           pointed
           at
           some
           things
           extraordinary
           in
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           they
           have
           as
           many
           blemishes
           as
           they
           have
           blessings
           .
           When
           you
           extoll
           the
           Province
           of
           Cornwall
           so
           much
           ,
           you
           should
           also
           have
           made
           mention
           of
           their
           Pyrrhocoracas
           ,
           their
           Sea-theeves
           and
           Pirates
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           thick
           as
           choughes
           among
           them
           .
           And
           whereas
           you
           magnifie
           Drake
           so
           much
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           better
           then
           a
           Corsary
           ,
           
           or
           a
           Skimmer
           of
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           an
           Archpyrate
           ,
           who
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           was
           an
           Ambassador
           here
           resident
           from
           Spain
           ,
           and
           a
           firm
           peace
           twixt
           the
           two
           Crownes
           ;
           yet
           was
           he
           permitted
           to
           steal
           and
           robb
           by
           land
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Sea
           among
           the
           subjects
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
           Nor
           did
           he
           exercise
           cruelty
           on
           the
           Spaniards
           and
           Indians
           only
           ,
           but
           upon
           his
           own
           Countrymen
           ;
           as
           for
           example
           ,
           when
           he
           landed
           at
           Port
           
             San
             Iulian
          
           ,
           and
           finding
           a
           Gallowes
           there
           ,
           set
           up
           by
           Magellan
           ,
           he
           hang'd
           up
           by
           his
           own
           power
           a
           gentleman
           better
           then
           himself
           ,
           which
           was
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Doughty
          
           ,
           meerly
           out
           of
           envy
           ,
           because
           he
           might
           not
           partake
           of
           the
           honor
           of
           his
           Expeditions
           .
           You
           praise
           Devonshire
           ,
           and
           the
           Town
           of
           Exeter
           especially
           ,
           about
           which
           there
           growes
           nothing
           but
           thin
           Oates
           ,
           and
           eares
           without
           grains
           in
           many
           places
           ;
           but
           you
           should
           have
           remembred
           ,
           that
           whereas
           Henry
           Duke
           of
           that
           City
           had
           married
           Edward
           the
           fourths
           Sister
           ,
           yet
           in
           tattered
           raggs
           ,
           and
           barefooted
           ,
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           begge
           his
           bread
           up
           and
           down
           in
           Flanders
           .
           Whereas
           you
           speak
           also
           of
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           you
           should
           have
           call'd
           to
           mind
           the
           tyranny
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           against
           
             de
             Linde
          
           ,
           for
           killing
           one
           of
           his
           Dear
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           a
           Hart
           in
           
             White
             Forrest
          
           ;
           for
           which
           he
           was
           not
           onely
           amerc'd
           in
           a
           great
           sum
           of
           money
           ,
           but
           the
           Tenants
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           that
           hunted
           with
           him
           were
           condemn'd
           to
           pay
           every
           year
           such
           a
           tax
           call'd
           
             White
             heart
             Silver
          
           ,
           every
           year
           to
           the
           Exchequer
           .
           You
           passe
           also
           over
           Portland
           ,
           a
           poor
           naked
           Iland
           without
           Woods
           or
           any
           kind
           of
           Fuel
           ,
           but
           the
           ordure
           of
           beasts
           ,
           which
           they
           use
           for
           fyring
           .
           For
           Somersetshire
           ,
           what
           huge
           tracts
           of
           wast
           grounds
           are
           found
           there
           up
           and
           down
           without
           Inhabitants
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           so
           subject
           to
           theeves
           and
           Robbers
           ?
           Touching
           Hampshire
           ,
           what
           a
           large
           act
           of
           sacriledge
           did
           King
           William
           commit
           there
           ,
           by
           demolishing
           divers
           Churches
           ,
           and
           takeing
           away
           the
           Glebes
           from
           God
           and
           men
           the
           space
           of
           thirty
           miles
           and
           upwards
           ,
           making
           it
           a
           wild
           Forrest
           ,
           to
           plant
           and
           people
           the
           Country
           with
           bruite
           beasts
           useful
           only
           for
           his
           hunting
           ,
           venery
           and
           pleasure
           .
           But
           the
           judgements
           of
           Heaven
           fell
           visibly
           upon
           his
           Children
           ;
           for
           Richard
           his
           second
           Son
           died
           of
           a
           Pestilential
           air
           in
           the
           same
           Forest.
           
             William
             Rufus
          
           ,
           another
           Son
           of
           his
           ,
           succeeding
           him
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           was
           kill'd
           there
           also
           by
           the
           glance
           of
           an
           arrow
           from
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Terrell
             :
             Henry
          
           also
           his
           Granchild
           ,
           Sonne
           to
           Robert
           his
           first
           begotten
           ,
           breath'd
           his
           last
           there
           like
           Absolon
           ,
           hanging
           at
           a
           bow
           while
           he
           was
           a
           hunting
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           Barkshire
           hath
           one
           goodly
           structure
           ,
           which
           is
           Winsor
           Castle
           ;
           but
           most
           of
           the
           Country
           about
           is
           inhabited
           by
           savage
           beasts
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           live
           better
           then
           the
           people
           thereabouts
           .
           For
           Surrey
           ,
           you
           should
           have
           remembred
           what
           a
           perfidious
           act
           Godwin
           Earl
           of
           Kent
           perform'd
           at
           Guilford
           ;
           who
           betraying
           to
           Harald
           the
           Dane
           a
           young
           Prince
           ,
           that
           was
           sent
           from
           Normandy
           to
           receive
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           was
           delivered
           to
           Harald
           the
           
             Dane
             .
             Sussex
          
           is
           infamous
           for
           the
           murther
           of
           King
           Sigebert
           by
           a
           Swineheard
           .
           And
           the
           Province
           of
           Kent
           will
           never
           wash
           away
           the
           foul
           stain
           she
           received
           for
           the
           sacrilegious
           murther
           of
           
             Thomas
             Becket
          
           ,
           a
           Saintlike
           man
           ;
           which
           assassinate
           was
           perpetrated
           in
           the
           very
           Church
           near
           the
           high
           Altar
           :
           for
           which
           crying
           and
           flagitious
           deed
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           race
           of
           the
           murtherers
           have
           ever
           have
           since
           a
           white
           tuffe
           of
           hair
           in
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           the
           wind
           blowing
           in
           their
           faces
           whersoever
           they
           go
           .
           For
           Glocestershire
           ,
           her
           inhabitants
           there
           are
           worthy
           of
           reproach
           ,
           that
           by
           idlenesse
           and
           ignorance
           they
           would
           suffer
           the
           Vineyards
           there
           to
           decay
           utterly
           ,
           and
           in
           lieu
           of
           Wine
           be
           content
           with
           windy
           Sider
           .
           In
           Oxfordshire
           was
           that
           lustful
           Labarynth
           made
           at
           Woodstock
           ,
           where
           Henry
           the
           second
           kept
           Rosamond
           his
           Concubine
           ,
           whom
           the
           revengful
           Queen
           poysoned
           .
           Now
           touching
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           well
           call'd
           a
           Monster
           ,
           for
           she
           being
           the
           head
           ,
           bears
           no
           proportion
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           is
           farre
           too
           bigge
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           might
           serve
           a
           Kingdom
           thrice
           as
           bigge
           ;
           but
           what
           Saint
           Hierom
           spoake
           of
           
             Constantinople
             ,
             Eam
             nuditate
             omnium
             civitatum
             constructam
             fuisse
             ,
          
           that
           she
           was
           made
           up
           of
           the
           nakednesse
           (
           and
           ruine
           )
           of
           other
           Cities
           ,
           so
           may
           London
           be
           said
           to
           grow
           rich
           out
           of
           the
           poverty
           of
           other
           Towns.
           She
           is
           like
           the
           Spleen
           in
           the
           natural
           body
           ,
           by
           whose
           swelling
           the
           rest
           
           of
           the
           members
           pine
           away
           .
           And
           herein
           let
           me
           observe
           the
           poor
           policy
           of
           the
           fatheaded
           English
           ,
           who
           suffer
           this
           one
           Town
           to
           be
           pamperd
           up
           ,
           while
           other
           places
           though
           situated
           in
           as
           convenient
           places
           for
           Navigation
           ▪
           are
           ready
           to
           starve
           for
           want
           of
           trade
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           King
           Iames
           and
           King
           Charles
           his
           Son
           ,
           did
           put
           forth
           Proclamations
           for
           restraint
           of
           building
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           gentry
           should
           retire
           to
           their
           Country
           dwellings
           in
           the
           Vacation
           time
           ,
           and
           at
           Christmas
           ;
           but
           these
           Proclamations
           were
           like
           a
           fire
           put
           under
           a
           green
           wood
           ,
           which
           did
           flash
           a
           little
           ,
           but
           suffer'd
           presently
           to
           go
           again
           ;
           so
           those
           Royal
           Proclamations
           were
           put
           in
           hot
           execution
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           yet
           they
           quickly
           grew
           cold
           again
           .
           But
           indeed
           such
           is
           the
           crossgrain'd
           and
           contumacious
           perverse
           nature
           of
           the
           Londoners
           ,
           specially
           the
           schismatical
           part
           ,
           that
           they
           suspect
           ,
           or
           repine
           at
           any
           new
           command
           that
           comes
           from
           authority
           .
           For
           whereas
           there
           was
           a
           secure
           and
           comely
           durable
           way
           of
           structure
           inordred
           them
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           should
           build
           for
           the
           future
           with
           stone
           or
           brick
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           lath
           and
           wood
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           should
           build
           regularly
           for
           the
           beauty
           ,
           prospect
           and
           evennesse
           of
           the
           streets
           ,
           as
           also
           that
           the
           Houses
           might
           not
           be
           subject
           to
           firing
           ;
           Yet
           this
           obstinate
           selfwitted
           people
           do
           stand
           still
           in
           their
           own
           light
           ,
           and
           fall
           againe
           to
           build
           with
           lath
           and
           lime
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           they
           know
           well
           enough
           the
           great
           advantages
           that
           would
           redound
           to
           the
           City
           by
           the
           other
           mode
           of
           Edifice
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           in
           England
           ther
           's
           not
           near
           that
           Elegance
           of
           building
           generally
           as
           in
           other
           Cities
           ,
           nor
           are
           their
           streetes
           so
           streight
           and
           lightsome
           ;
           by
           reason
           the
           Houses
           paunch
           out
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           so
           uniform
           as
           else
           where
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           condescend
           to
           the
           praises
           you
           give
           of
           Essex
           &
           Suffolk
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           at
           Saint
           
             Edmunds
             Berry
          
           ,
           there
           have
           happened
           so
           many
           popular
           tumults
           twixt
           the
           Monks
           and
           Citizens
           .
           And
           were
           it
           not
           for
           a
           sordid
           tenure
           that
           lands
           are
           held
           by
           them
           of
           Hemingstone
           ,
           where
           Baldwin
           call'd
           
             le
             Petteur
          
           ,
           held
           lands
           from
           the
           Crown
           by
           
             sarieanty
             ,
             pro
             quibus
             debuit
             Die
             Natali
             Domini
             singulis
             annis
             coram
             Domino
             Rege
             Angliae
             unum
             saltum
             ,
             unum
             suflatum
             &
             unum
             bumbulum
             ,
          
           for
           which
           lands
           he
           was
           to
           pay
           one
           leap
           ,
           one
           puff
           ,
           and
           one
           crack
           of
           the
           taile
           ,
           before
           the
           King
           upon
           Christmas
           day
           ,
           every
           yeare
           under
           paine
           of
           forfeiting
           his
           Tenure
           !
           O
           brave
           Knight
           service
           !
           O
           Noble
           homage
           !
           O
           brave
           devotion
           upon
           the
           birth
           day
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Norfolk
           men
           ,
           they
           are
           naturally
           wranglers
           and
           Cavillers
           .
           The
           Fenny
           situation
           of
           Cambridge
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           wonder
           sufficiently
           how
           that
           place
           should
           be
           chosen
           out
           to
           be
           made
           a
           seat
           for
           the
           Muses
           .
           Huntingtonshire
           Countrymen
           have
           such
           a
           rustiquenesse
           ,
           that
           hardly
           admits
           any
           civility
           .
           Northhampton
           ,
           and
           Leicestershire
           are
           so
           bald
           ,
           that
           you
           can
           hardly
           see
           a
           tree
           as
           you
           passe
           through
           them
           .
           The
           people
           of
           Lincolnshire
           are
           infested
           with
           the
           affrightments
           of
           Crowlands
           Daemonical
           spirits
           .
           Notinghamshire
           doth
           delude
           the
           labour
           of
           the
           husbandman
           with
           the
           Sandinesse
           of
           their
           soyl
           .
           God
           deliver
           us
           from
           the
           Devills
           Posteriors
           at
           the
           Peak
           in
           
             Darbishire
             ;
             Warwik
          
           is
           choaked
           up
           with
           wood
           ,
           there
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Lincolnshire
           ,
        
         
           
             
               The
               Ordure
               of
               the
               Sow
               and
               Cow
            
             
               Doth
               make
               them
               fire
               and
               Sope
               enough
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           should
           like
           Worcester
           but
           for
           cold
           flatulent
           Perry
           .
           Stafford
           relates
           many
           odde
           fables
           of
           her
           Lake
           ,
           and
           the
           River
           of
           Trent
           .
           In
           Shropshire
           the
           sweating
           sicknesse
           took
           its
           first
           rise
           ,
           which
           dispers'd
           it self
           not
           onely
           all
           England
           over
           ,
           but
           cross'd
           the
           Seas
           ,
           found
           out
           and
           infested
           English
           bodies
           in
           other
           Regions
           .
           Chester
           complaines
           for
           want
           of
           corn
           to
           make
           her
           bread
           .
           In
           Herefordshire
           there
           are
           walking
           Mountains
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           year
           1571.
           about
           6.
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           hill
           with
           a
           Rock
           underneath
           ,
           did
           rise
           up
           as
           if
           she
           were
           awaken
           
           out
           of
           a
           long
           sleep
           ,
           and
           changing
           her
           old
           bed
           ,
           did
           remove
           herself
           to
           a
           higher
           place
           ,
           carrying
           with
           her
           trees
           ,
           and
           folds
           of
           sheep
           ,
           she
           left
           a
           gap
           behinde
           of
           forty
           foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           eighty
           ells
           long
           ,
           the
           whole
           peece
           of
           earth
           was
           above
           twenty
           Acres
           ,
           and
           the
           motion
           lasted
           above
           a
           natural
           day
           ,
           that
           the
           sayd
           Moantain
           was
           in
           travell
           .
           Radnor
           with
           her
           crags
           would
           frighten
           one
           ;
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           Wales
           ,
           though
           the
           inhabitants
           be
           courteous
           and
           antient
           ,
           yet
           the
           country
           swels
           with
           such
           a
           conglobation
           of
           Mountains
           ,
           that
           strangers
           would
           be
           hardly
           invited
           to
           visit
           her
           ;
           which
           Mountaines
           in
           some
           places
           are
           so
           high
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           near
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           that
           Shepheards
           may
           talk
           one
           to
           another
           from
           the
           tops
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           able
           to
           meet
           one
           another
           in
           a
           whole
           day
           ,
           by
           traversing
           from
           one
           Mountain
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           through
           the
           valley
           ,
           and
           precipices
           underneath
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           large
           Province
           of
           York
           ,
           whereas
           you
           averre
           that
           Constantine
           and
           his
           Mother
           Helen
           were
           Britaines
           ,
           and
           born
           there
           ,
           Nicephorus
           makes
           a
           question
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           them
           to
           be
           of
           Bithynia
           .
           Towards
           Richmond
           there
           are
           such
           squalid
           uncouth
           places
           ,
           and
           horrid
           Mountaines
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           themselves
           call
           them
           the
           
             Northern
             Alpes
          
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           such
           roaring
           streames
           of
           water
           which
           rush
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           inhabitants
           name
           them
           Hell-becks
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Infernal
           ,
           or
           Stygian
           Rivers
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           Scotland
           ,
           Good
           Lord
           what
           a
           pittifull
           poor
           Country
           is
           it
           !
           It
           were
           no
           petty
           kinde
           of
           punishment
           to
           be
           banisht
           thither
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Country
           onely
           for
           those
           to
           dwell
           in
           that
           want
           a
           Country
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           part
           of
           the
           earth
           besides
           to
           dwell
           upon
           .
           In
           some
           parts
           the
           soyl
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           turns
           trees
           to
           stones
           ,
           and
           wheat
           to
           oats
           ;
           apples
           to
           crabbs
           ,
           and
           melons
           to
           pumpions
           .
           In
           some
           places
           as
           you
           pass
           along
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           neither
           bird
           in
           the
           aire
           ,
           nor
           beast
           on
           the
           earth
           ,
           or
           worm
           creeping
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           nor
           scarce
           any
           vegetall
           ,
           but
           a
           black
           gorsie
           soyl
           ,
           a
           raw
           rheumatique
           air
           ,
           or
           some
           craggy
           and
           squalid
           wild
           disconselate
           hils
           :
           And
           touching
           Woods
           ,
           Groves
           ,
           or
           Trees
           ,
           as
           Stephen
           might
           have
           scap'd
           stoning
           in
           Holland
           for
           want
           of
           stones
           ,
           so
           if
           Iudas
           had
           betrayed
           Christ
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           he
           might
           (
           as
           one
           sayd
           )
           have
           repented
           before
           he
           could
           have
           found
           out
           a
           tree
           to
           have
           hang'd
           himself
           upon
           .
           And
           most
           noble
           Auditors
           ,
           you
           may
           make
           easie
           conjectures
           of
           the
           poverty
           of
           Scotland
           by
           the
           demeans
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           scarce
           amount
           to
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Dollars
           a
           year
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           is
           the
           ordinary
           Income
           of
           a
           German
           Prince
           ,
           and
           this
           both
           Boterus
           and
           Bodin
           do
           testifie
           ,
           who
           were
           Eagle-ey'd
           Inspectors
           into
           the
           Revenues
           of
           all
           Kingdomes
           and
           States
           .
           And
           the
           answer
           which
           the
           Duke
           of
           Norfolk
           made
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           when
           she
           reprehended
           him
           for
           his
           presumption
           to
           marry
           the
           Queen
           of
           Scots
           ,
           doth
           verifie
           this
           ;
           Madam
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             it
             is
             no
             great
             presumption
             in
             me
             to
             attempt
             this
             ,
             for
             my
             Revenues
             are
             not
             much
             inferiour
             to
             the
             King
             of
          
           Scotlands
           .
           This
           induced
           the
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           to
           give
           King
           Iames
           ,
           her
           Godsonne
           ,
           and
           Successor
           ,
           a
           Pension
           every
           year
           .
           Nor
           were
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           any
           thing
           considerable
           ,
           till
           of
           late
           years
           that
           Trade
           began
           to
           encrease
           so
           infinitely
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Customes
           ,
           with
           Suits
           in
           Law
           since
           the
           demolition
           of
           Abbeyes
           ,
           and
           the
           alienation
           of
           Church-Lands
           to
           the
           Crowne
           with
           the
           First-fruits
           ,
           Fines
           ,
           and
           other
           perquisites
           by
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Courts
           of
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           I
           say
           before
           these
           additions
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           was
           but
           very
           contemptible
           in
           comparison
           of
           other
           Princes
           .
           I
           must
           confesse
           indeed
           that
           in
           these
           late
           Wars
           ,
           the
           Wealth
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Strength
           thereof
           ,
           hath
           wonderfully
           appear'd
           ;
           for
           I
           believe
           on
           both
           sides
           there
           hath
           been
           above
           two
           hundred
           Millions
           consum'd
           .
           And
           there
           is
           now
           coming
           into
           this
           new
           Republique
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           above
           twelve
           Millions
           of
           Crownes
           every
           year
           .
           And
           for
           her
           Strength
           ,
           one
           may
           say
           ,
           England
           was
           like
           a
           Horse
           ,
           she
           knew
           not
           her
           own
           strength
           till
           now
           ;
           for
           who
           would
           have
           thought
           that
           England
           could
           have
           put
           forth
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           foot
           ,
           and
           forty
           thousand
           horse
           ,
           all
           arm'd
           ,
           besides
           her
           power
           at
           Sea
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           could
           have
           thought
           it
           ?
           
           Yet
           there
           were
           so
           many
           in
           number
           at
           least
           ,
           betwixt
           King
           and
           Parliament
           at
           one
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           reflect
           again
           upon
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           the
           Country
           is
           pittifully
           barren
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           
             long
             Keale
          
           and
           
             short
             Keale
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Cabbidge
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           dress
           twenty
           sorts
           of
           wayes
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           their
           principall
           food
           ,
           besides
           fish
           ,
           and
           some
           odde
           fowle
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Solan
             Goose
          
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           greatest
           Regalo
           ,
           yet
           the
           Eater
           must
           stop
           his
           nose
           when
           he
           takes
           a
           bit
           into
           his
           mouth
           ,
           the
           smell
           is
           so
           rank
           and
           strong
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           Country
           is
           so
           steril
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           people
           sordid
           ,
           and
           subject
           to
           vermine
           .
           Good
           Lord
           what
           nasty
           little
           huts
           ,
           and
           holes
           shall
           you
           finde
           there
           up
           and
           down
           ;
           what
           dirty
           courts
           ,
           and
           stables
           above
           the
           anckle
           deep
           cramm'd
           with
           dung
           .
           The
           sight
           of
           an
           ordinary
           Scots
           woman
           is
           a
           remedy
           against
           Lust
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           as
           big
           as
           Cows
           in
           the
           middle
           :
           Nature
           seems
           to
           make
           no
           distinction
           there
           between
           the
           two
           sexes
           ,
           but
           the
           women
           commonly
           are
           as
           bigge
           limb'd
           as
           the
           men
           .
           These
           short
           commons
           at
           home
           drive
           the
           men
           commonly
           abroad
           to
           seek
           their
           fortunes
           in
           
             Swethland
             ,
             Denmark
          
           and
           Poland
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           in
           such
           multitudes
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Poland
           might
           put
           in
           the
           field
           thirty
           thousand
           Scots
           Pedlars
           ,
           though
           they
           passe
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Merchants
           ;
           for
           if
           one
           can
           come
           up
           to
           a
           horse
           and
           a
           pair
           of
           panniers
           ,
           he
           presently
           assumes
           that
           name
           unto
           him
           .
           Now
           ,
           though
           abroad
           the
           Scots
           are
           kept
           under
           a
           strict
           discipline
           that
           they
           cannot
           steal
           ,
           yet
           at
           home
           they
           are
           notable
           theeves
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           Caledonians
           were
           ever
           so
           to
           a
           proverb
           ,
           they
           goe
           now
           under
           the
           names
           of
           Mossetroupers
           .
           Hear
           I
           pray
           what
           their
           own
           Country
           man
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Lesley
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rosse
           speaks
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Noctu
             turmatim
             per
             invia
             loca
             ,
             perque
             multos
             maeandros
             è
             suis
             finibus
             exeunt
             ,
             interdiu
             in
             prostitutis
             latibulis
             equos
             viresque
             suas
             recreant
             ,
             donec
             eò
             tandem
             per
             tenebras
             quo
             volunt
             perveniant
             .
             Arrepta
             praeda
             similiter
             noctu
             per
             circuitus
             &
             devia
             loca
             dunt
             axat
             ad
             sua
             redeunt
             .
             Quò
             quisque
             peritior
             Dux
             per
             illas
             solitudines
             ,
             anfractus
             &
             praecipitia
             ,
             media
             caligine
             &
             tenebris
             esse
             potest
             ,
             is
             ut
             ingeni●…
             excellens
             majore
             in
             honore
             habetur
             ,
             &
             tanta
             calliditate
             hi
             valeut
             ,
             ut
             rarissimè
             praedam
             sibi
             eripi
             sinant
             ,
             nifi
             canum
             odoratu
             ,
             quorum
             ductu
             rectis
             semper
             vestigiis
             insequentium
             ab
             adversariis
             non
             nunquam
             capiantur
             .
          
           In
           the
           night
           time
           the
           Scots
           doe
           use
           to
           steal
           forth
           by
           troups
           ,
           through
           odde
           invious
           places
           ,
           and
           divers
           Meanders
           and
           windings
           ;
           they
           bait
           in
           the
           way
           in
           some
           odde
           nook
           or
           cave
           ,
           where
           they
           refresh
           themselves
           and
           their
           horses
           ,
           untill
           they
           come
           unto
           the
           places
           they
           aime
           at
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           intelligence
           there
           was
           booty
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           have
           got
           ,
           they
           return
           by
           some
           other
           devious
           passage
           ,
           wheeling
           about
           until
           they
           are
           come
           to
           their
           own
           home
           .
           He
           who
           is
           the
           most
           cunning
           conductor
           through
           these
           unfrequented
           ,
           and
           craggy
           by-places
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           is
           cried
           up
           to
           be
           a
           very
           knowing
           man
           ,
           and
           consequently
           he
           is
           held
           in
           greatest
           esteem
           .
           And
           so
           cautious
           &
           crafty
           they
           are
           in
           their
           art
           this
           way
           ,
           that
           their
           prey
           is
           seldome
           or
           never
           taken
           away
           from
           them
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           be
           pursued
           with
           Dogs
           .
           —
           But
           these
           Borderers
           or
           Mossetroopers
           ,
           which
           this
           description
           aimes
           at
           ,
           are
           far
           inferiour
           to
           the
           Highlanders
           or
           Redshankes
           ,
           who
           sojourne
           'twixt
           craggs
           and
           rocks
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           art
           of
           Robbery
           ,
           go
           much
           beyond
           all
           other
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Law
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
             St
             quis
             ex
             aliqua
             illorum
             gente
             damna
             intulerit
             ,
             quicunque
             captus
             fuerit
             ,
             aut
             damna
             resarciat
             ,
             aut
             capite
             luat
             :
          
           When
           any
           of
           the
           Highlanders
           commit
           any
           Robbery
           ,
           let
           the
           next
           that
           is
           taken
           repair
           the
           losse
           ,
           or
           suffer
           death
           .
           I
           know
           I
           shall
           strike
           a
           horrour
           and
           astonishment
           into
           this
           Princely
           Assembly
           ,
           by
           relating
           here
           what
           Saint
           Hierome
           writes
           of
           this
           people
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Se
             adolescentulum
             in
             Gallia
             vidisse
             Scotos
             ,
             gentem
             Britannicam
             ,
             humanis
             vesci
             carnibus
             ,
             &
             cum
             per
             sylvas
             porcorum
             greges
             ,
             &
             armentorum
             pecudumque
             reperiant
             ,
             pastorum
             nates
             ,
             &
             faeminarum
             papillas
             solere
             abscindere
             ,
             &
             has
             solas
             ciborum
             delicias
             arbitrar
             .
          
           When
           I
           was
           a
           young
           man
           among
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           I
           saw
           Scots
           there
           ,
           a
           people
           of
           Britain
           ,
           who
           fed
           upon
           humane
           flesh
           ,
           for
           when
           they
           passed
           through
           the
           Woods
           ,
           where
           there
           were
           Swineheards
           ,
           and
           other
           Shepheards
           ,
           they
           us'd
           to
           seize
           upon
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           the
           
           buttocks
           of
           the
           male
           ,
           and
           paps
           of
           the
           female
           ,
           which
           they
           us'd
           to
           feed
           upon
           as
           the
           greatest
           dainties
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Learning
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           once
           in
           an
           age
           haply
           they
           produce
           a
           Wit
           ,
           but
           tentimes
           they
           prove
           pestiferous
           ;
           witness
           Buchanan
           and
           Knocks
           ,
           which
           two
           villaines
           were
           
             fratres
             in
             malum
          
           ,
           what
           a
           world
           of
           troubles
           have
           they
           rais'd
           ?
           what
           a
           distraction
           did
           they
           bring
           on
           mens
           braines
           ?
           what
           proud
           rascals
           were
           they
           in
           their
           own
           conceit
           ?
           how
           they
           would
           vapour
           and
           raunt
           (
           an
           humor
           that
           is
           more
           the
           Scotchmans
           own
           than
           any
           )
           nay
           what
           a
           malitious
           and
           ingratefull
           monster
           was
           one
           of
           them
           ?
           I
           mean
           Buchanan
           ,
           who
           though
           a
           poor
           Paedagogue
           ,
           yet
           he
           presum'd
           to
           write
           in
           such
           familiar
           terms
           ,
           and
           disgorge
           such
           base
           invectives
           against
           so
           great
           a
           personage
           ,
           as
           Mary
           Queen
           Dowager
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Soveraign
           Princesse
           ,
           and
           which
           sets
           forth
           his
           abject
           spirit
           further
           ,
           this
           Paedagogues
           pen
           was
           mercenary
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           hir'd
           to
           doe
           it
           .
           Yet
           King
           Iames
           took
           him
           afterwards
           for
           his
           Tutor
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           he
           had
           been
           so
           ingratefull
           ,
           and
           bespatter'd
           his
           mother
           so
           fowly
           ,
           as
           appeares
           by
           these
           pedantick
           dunsticall
           incongruous
           lines
           ,
           this
           most
           base
           and
           scurrilous
           Libell
           which
           hee
           vomited
           against
           her
           with
           that
           virulencie
           .
        
         
           
             
               O
               Maria
               ,
               O
               Scota
               ,
               O
               Meretrix
               ,
               O
               quàm
               bene
               nota
            
             
               Impurè
               illota
               ,
               Veneri
               dedidissima
               tota
            
             
               Quae
               stimulis
               mota
               ,
               moechos
               trahis
               ad
               tua
               vota
               ,
            
             
               Vinoque
               praepota
               ,
               facis
               id
               quod
               rancida
               Gota
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reproba
               Regina
               ,
               mage
               salax
               quam
               Messalina
               ,
            
             
               Altera
               Faustina
               ,
               semper
               recubans
               resupina
               ,
            
             
               Pellex
               Palatina
               ,
               temerans
               conjugia
               bina
               ,
            
             
               Moribus
               lupina
               ,
               Regni
               jurata
               ruina
               .
            
          
           
             
               Belie
               incepisti
               tu
               quando
               puella
               fuisti
               ,
            
             
               Inguine
               pruristi
               ,
               procaxque
               viros
               petiisti
               ,
            
             
               Hin●…
               excussisti
               pudorem
               ,
               &
               aperuisti
            
             
               Seram
               tuae
               cistae
               quam
               claudere
               non
               potuisti
               .
            
          
           
             
               Quid
               precor
               egisti
               tu
               in
               Francia
               quando
               fuisti
               ?
            
             
               Antequam
               nupsisti
               ,
               cum
               Cardinale
               coisti
               ?
            
             
               Marito
               &
               tristi
               tu
               ●…ornua
               multa
               dedisti
               ,
            
             
               Contra
               &
               jus
               Christi
               vitrico
               temet
               subegisti
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nec
               minus
               arsisti
               postquam
               in
               patriam
               rediisti
               ,
            
             
               Nonne
               tuo
               mystae
               Davidi
               succubuisti
               ?
            
             
               Unde
               viro
               tristi
               causam
               vindictae
               dedisti
               ,
            
             
               Et
               huic
               &
               isti
               mortis
               tu
               causa
               fuisti
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nonne
               vir●…
               est
               scitum
               te
               propinasse
               aconitum
               ,
            
             
               Blandéque
               accitum
               somno
               jugulasse
               sopitum
               ,
            
             
               Nec
               mora
               ,
               protritum
               moechum
               duxisti
               maritum
               ,
            
             
               Caede
               insignitum
               Regni
               scelerisque
               peritum
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               At
               principatus
               moecho
               est
               pro
               munere
               datus
               ,
            
             
               Hinc
               Scotiae
               status
               tumultibus
               est
               cruciatus
               ,
            
             
               Miles
               &
               armatus
               jugi
               in
               statione
               locatus
               ,
            
             
               Usque
               quò
               fugatus
               est
               Boshwellus
               dux
               sceleratus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Itaque
               cun●…
               tota
               sic
               intus
               &
               in
               cute
               nota
               ,
            
             
               Daemoni
               devota
               ,
               tam
               prudens
               ut
               est
               Idiota
               ,
            
             
               Ut
               sic
               amota
               cupimus
               ante
               omnia
               vota
               ,
            
             
               Fortunae
               Rota
               si
               reflectat
               ,
               vae
               tibi
               Scota
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           now
           that
           I
           have
           given
           a
           touch
           of
           Ingratitude
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           Scots
           are
           a●…
           guilty
           of
           that
           base
           vice
           as
           any
           Nation
           .
           What
           mountainēs
           of
           favours
           did
           the
           two
           last
           Kings
           of
           England
           tumble
           upon
           them
           ?
           What
           honors
           ,
           offices
           ,
           and
           dignities
           did
           they
           conferr
           upon
           them
           ?
           What
           vast
           pensions
           had
           they
           from
           the
           English
           Exchequer
           ?
           how
           did
           the
           last
           King
           enervat
           his
           own
           prerogative
           ,
           to
           strengthen
           their
           priviledges
           ?
           What
           gracious
           concessions
           did
           he
           make
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           confessions
           ?
           how
           he
           pull'd
           down
           Bishops
           at
           their
           request
           and
           distributed
           the
           lands
           amongst
           them
           ;
           how
           at
           his
           last
           being
           in
           Scotland
           in
           Parliament
           he
           was
           so
           easy
           and
           yeelding
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           nothing
           but
           
             ask
             and
             have
          
           ,
           In
           so
           much
           that
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           granted
           them
           so
           much
           of
           his
           Royall
           right
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           future
           he
           was
           but
           King
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           only
           Titular
           .
           How
           at
           his
           depar●…ure
           they
           confessed
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           nothing
           to
           complain
           of
           for
           the
           government
           of
           Kirk
           or
           State
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           imagine
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           lieu
           of
           their
           gratitud
           their
           Parliament
           voted
           ,
           that
           the
           old
           Act
           should
           be
           reviv'd
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           
             be
             det●…stable
             and
             damnable
             treason
             in
             any
             of
             the
             subjects
             of
             Scotland
             of
             what
             degree
             ,
             condition
             or
             quality
             soever
             ,
             to
             make
             any
             military
             levi●…s
             ,
             or
             put
             themselves
             in
             armes
             without
             the
             Kings
             Royall
             commission
          
           ;
           to
           observe
           which
           Act
           they
           took
           their
           oths
           upon
           the
           Evangelist
           ,
           yet
           the
           yeer
           scarce
           revolv'd
           when
           they
           rais'd
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           rush'd
           into
           England
           ,
           not
           only
           without
           his
           comission
           ,
           but
           point
           blanck
           and
           expresly
           against
           his
           Royall
           letters
           ,
           wherein
           he
           desir'd
           them
           (
           as
           they
           confess'd
           themselves
           ▪
           )
           since
           they
           had
           nothing
           to
           complain
           of
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           be
           Spectators
           onely
           and
           no
           Actors
           in
           some
           differences
           which
           were
           'twixt
           him
           and
           his
           English
           Subjects
           ,
           yet
           directly
           against
           his
           will
           and
           request
           they
           did
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           the
           busines
           ;
           And
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           their
           own
           Country-man
           and
           King
           had
           fled
           to
           them
           in
           his
           greatest
           extremity
           for
           shelter
           and
           comfort
           ,
           they
           most
           basely
           sold
           him
           away
           .
           O
           monsters
           of
           men
           !
           O
           horrid
           ingratitude
           ,
           and
           per●…idiousnes
           ,
           which
           hath
           cast
           such
           foule
           blemishes
           ,
           and
           indelible
           Spo●…ts
           upon
           that
           nation
           ,
           that
           I
           believe
           all
           the
           water
           of
           the
           Tweed
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           wash
           away
           .
           But
           the
           judgments
           of
           heaven
           were
           never
           so
           visible
           upon
           any
           peeple
           as
           those
           which
           have
           fallen
           upon
           the
           Scots
           since
           ;
           for
           besides
           the
           sweeping
           furious
           Plague
           that
           raign'd
           in
           Edenburgh
           ,
           and
           the
           incredible
           multitude
           of
           Witches
           which
           have
           encreas'd
           ,
           and
           been
           executed
           there
           since
           ,
           besides
           the
           sundry
           shamefull
           defeats
           they
           have
           receav'd
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           who
           carried
           away
           more
           of
           them
           prisoners
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           themselves
           in
           number
           ,
           besides
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           died
           by
           meere
           hunger
           ,
           besides
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           sold
           away
           slaves
           ,
           at
           half
           a
           crown
           a
           dozen
           ,
           for
           forren
           plantations
           among
           sauvages
           ;
           I
           say
           besides
           all
           this
           chaine
           of
           judgments
           with
           divers
           other
           ,
           they
           have
           quite
           lost
           their
           reputation
           among
           all
           mankind
           ;
           some
           jeer
           them
           ,
           some
           hate
           them
           ,
           and
           none
           pitty
           them
           .
           What
           's
           become
           now
           of
           their
           hundred
           and
           ten
           Kings
           which
           they
           us'd
           
           to
           raunt
           of
           so
           much
           ?
           What
           's
           become
           of
           their
           Crown
           which
           they
           bragg'd
           to
           be
           more
           weighty
           ,
           and
           have
           more
           gold
           in
           it
           then
           any
           Crown
           in
           Christendome
           ?
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           by
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           sweet
           gale
           of
           your
           Noble
           favours
           cross
           over
           to
           Ireland
           ,
           another
           rough
           hewn
           Country
           ,
           and
           crosse
           graind
           peope
           too
           ;
           and
           indeed
           the
           Irish
           and
           Scots
           are
           originally
           but
           birds
           of
           one
           feather
           ,
           the
           same
           tongue
           being
           maternal
           to
           both
           .
           Yet
           for
           the
           soyl
           and
           the
           climes
           ,
           Ireland
           much
           exceeds
           Scotland
           ;
           Nevertheless
           ,
           the
           Country
           is
           full
           of
           boggs
           ,
           of
           squalid
           and
           unfrequented
           places
           ,
           of
           loughs
           and
           rude
           Fenns
           ,
           of
           huge
           craggs
           and
           stony
           fruitlesse
           hills
           ;
           the
           air
           is
           rhumatique
           ,
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           odiously
           nasty
           ,
           sluggish
           and
           lowsie
           .
           Nay
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           are
           Pagans
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           worship
           the
           new
           moon
           ,
           for
           the
           kerns
           will
           pray
           unto
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           leave
           them
           in
           as
           good
           health
           as
           she
           found
           them
           .
           For
           all
           the
           paines
           the
           English
           have
           taken
           to
           civilize
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           many
           savage
           customes
           among
           them
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           they
           plow
           their
           ground
           by
           tying
           their
           tacklings
           to
           ●…he
           horses
           taile
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           more
           painful
           to
           the
           poor
           beast
           ,
           then
           if
           they
           were
           before
           his
           breast
           and
           on
           his
           back
           .
           They
           burn
           their
           corn
           in
           the
           husk
           in
           stead
           of
           threshing
           it
           ,
           which
           out
           of
           meer
           sloth
           they
           will
           not
           do
           for
           preserving
           the
           Straw
           .
           But
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Irish
           in
           their
           own
           colours
           ,
           I
           pray
           hear
           how
           Saint
           Barnard
           describeth
           them
           ,
           when
           he
           speakes
           of
           Saint
           Malachias
           a
           holy
           Irish
           Bishop
           of
           a
           place
           call'd
           then
           Conereth
           ;
           a
           man
           that
           had
           no
           more
           of
           his
           Country
           rudenesse
           in
           him
           then
           a
           fish
           hath
           saltnesse
           of
           the
           Sea.
           
             Malachias
             ,
             inquit
             Barnardus
             ,
             tricesimo
             ferme
             aetatis
             suae
             anno
             consecratus
             Episcopus
             introducitur
             Conereth
             ,
             hoc
             enim
             nomen
             Civitatis
             .
             Cum
             autem
             caepisset
             pro
             officio
             suo
             agere
             ,
             tun●…
             intellexit
             homo
             Dei
             non
             ad
             homines
             se
             ,
             sed
             ad
             bestias
             destinatum
             .
             Nusquam
             adhuc
             tales
             expertus
             fuer
             at
             in
             quantacunque
             barbarie
             ,
             nusquam
             repererat
             sic
             protervos
             ad
             mores
             ,
             sic
             ferales
             ad
             ritus
             ,
             sic
             ad
             fidem
             impios
             ,
             ad
             leges
             barbaros
             ,
             cervicosos
             ad
             disciplinam
             ▪
             spurcos
             ad
             vitam
             ,
             Christiani
             erant
             nomine
             ,
             Re
             Pagani
             .
             Non
             decimas
             ,
             non
             primitias
             dare
             ,
             nec
             legitima
             inire
             conjugia
             ,
             non
             facere
             confessiones
             .
             paenitentias
             nec
             qni
             peteret
             ,
             ne●…
             qui
             daret
             penitus
             inveniri
             .
             Ministri
             altaris
             pauci
             admodum
             erant
             ,
             sed
             enim
             quid
             opus
             pluribus
             ,
             ubi
             ipsa
             paucitas
             inter
             Laicos
             propemodum
             otiosa
             vacaret
             ?
             Non
             erat
             quod
             de
             suis
             fr●…ctificarent
             officiis
             in
             populo
             nequam
             .
             Nec
             enim
             in
             Ecoles●…iis
             aut
             prae●…icantis
             vox
             ,
             aut
             cantant
             is
             audiebatur
             .
             Quid
             faceret
             Athleta
             Domini
             ?
             aut
             turpiter
             cedendum
             ,
             an
             t
             periculosè
             certandum
             :
             sed
             qui
             se
             pastorem
             &
             non
             mercenarium
             agnoscebat
             ,
             elegit
             stare
             potius
             quam
             fugere
             ,
             paratus
             animam
             suam
             dare
             pro
             ovibus
             si
             oportuerit
             .
             Et
             quanquam
             omnes
             lupi
             &
             Oves
             nullae
             ,
             stetit
             in
             medio
             luporum
             pastor
             intrepidus
             ,
             omnimodo
             argumentosus
             quomodo
             faceret
             oves
             de
             lupis
             .
             Malachias
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           Barnard
           ,
           in
           the
           33.
           year
           of
           his
           age
           ,
           was
           consecrated
           Bishop
           of
           Conereth
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           began
           to
           officiate
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           his
           holy
           function
           ,
           he
           found
           that
           he
           had
           to
           deal
           with
           beasts
           rather
           then
           with
           men
           ,
           for
           he
           never
           met
           with
           the
           like
           among
           any
           Barbarians
           ,
           He
           never
           found
           any
           so
           indocil
           for
           manners
           ,
           so
           savage
           in
           customes
           ,
           so
           impious
           in
           their
           faith
           ,
           so
           barbarous
           in
           their
           lawes
           ,
           so
           stiffnecked
           for
           discipline
           ,
           so
           sordid
           in
           their
           carriage
           .
           They
           were
           Christians
           in
           name
           ,
           but
           Pagans
           in
           deed
           .
           There
           were
           none
           found
           that
           would
           pay
           tiths
           or
           first
           fruits
           ,
           that
           would
           confine
           themselves
           to
           lawfull
           wedlock
           ,
           that
           would
           confesse
           ,
           or
           doe
           any
           acts
           of
           penitence
           :
           For
           there
           were
           very
           few
           Ministers
           of
           the
           altar
           ,
           and
           those
           few
           did
           live
           licentiously
           among
           the
           Laiques
           ;
           Neither
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           Preacher
           or
           singing
           man
           was
           heard
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           Now
           ,
           what
           should
           the
           Champion
           of
           God
           do
           ?
           He
           must
           recede
           with
           shame
           ,
           or
           strive
           with
           danger
           ,
           but
           knowing
           that
           he
           was
           a
           true
           Pastor
           and
           not
           a
           hireling
           ,
           he
           chose
           to
           stay
           rather
           then
           flye
           ,
           being
           ready
           to
           sacrifice
           his
           life
           for
           his
           sheep
           .
           And
           though
           they
           were
           all
           Wolfs
           ,
           and
           no
           sheep
           ,
           yet
           the
           faithful
           shepheard
           stood
           fearlesse
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           ,
           debating
           with
           himself
           how
           he
           might
           turn
           them
           from
           Wolfes
           to
           sheep
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           this
           holy
           Father
           
             S.
             Bernard
          
           was
           well
           acquainted
           with
           Ireland
           by
           
           this
           relation
           ;
           for
           ther
           's
           no
           Countrey
           so
           wolvish
           :
           they
           are
           in
           up
           and
           down
           heards
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           and
           devoure
           multitudes
           not
           only
           of
           cattle
           but
           men
           .
           In
           deed
           of
           late
           yeers
           Ireland
           ,
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           was
           much
           improv'd
           both
           in
           point
           of
           civility
           as
           also
           in
           wealth
           and
           commerce
           ;
           Their
           mud
           cottages
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           specially
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           where
           the
           Court
           was
           ,
           turnd
           to
           fair
           brick
           or
           free-stone-houses
           ;
           Ireland
           was
           made
           to
           stand
           upon
           her
           own
           leggs
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           to
           pay
           the
           standing
           English
           army
           which
           was
           there
           ,
           and
           us'd
           to
           be
           payd
           out
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           but
           to
           maintain
           the
           Vice-Roy
           with
           all
           the
           Officers
           besides
           of
           her self
           ,
           and
           to
           affoord
           the
           King
           of
           England
           a
           considerable
           revenu
           every
           yeer
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           done
           by
           the
           management
           and
           activity
           of
           the
           last
           Lord
           Deputy
           ,
           after
           whose
           arrivall
           the
           Countrey
           did
           thrive
           wonderfully
           in
           traffic
           (
           which
           is
           the
           great
           artery
           of
           every
           ●…land
           )
           and
           in
           all
           bravery
           besides
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Court
           of
           Dublin
           in
           point
           of
           splendidnes
           might
           compare
           with
           that
           of
           England
           ;
           But
           that
           refractory
           haf-witted
           peeple
           did
           not
           know
           when
           they
           were
           well
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           I
           will
           leave
           the
           Irish
           to
           his
           
             Bony
             clabber
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Scot
           to
           his
           long
           Keall
           ,
           and
           short
           Keall
           ,
           being
           loth
           to
           make
           your
           eares
           do
           penance
           in
           listning
           to
           so
           harsh
           discourses
           .
           Therefore
           to
           conclude
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           I
           conceave
           it
           a
           high
           presumption
           in
           Great
           Britain
           to
           stand
           for
           the
           principality
           of
           Europe
           ,
           considering
           how
           many
           inconveniences
           attend
           her
           :
           for
           first
           though
           she
           be
           most
           of
           all
           potent
           at
           sea
           ,
           yet
           she
           cannot
           set
           a
           ship
           under
           sayle
           in
           perfect
           equipage
           without
           the
           help
           of
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           she
           hath
           her
           cordage
           ,
           pitch
           and
           tarr
           ,
           she
           hath
           her
           masts
           ,
           and
           brasse
           Canons
           from
           abroad
           ▪
           onely
           she
           hath
           indeed
           incomparable
           Oke
           ,
           and
           knee
           timber
           of
           her
           own
           ;
           she
           abounds
           't
           is
           true
           with
           many
           commodities
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           rustic
           and
           coorse
           things
           in
           comparison
           of
           other
           Kingdoms
           ,
           who
           have
           silk
           for
           her
           wooll
           ,
           wine
           for
           her
           
             beer
             ,
             gold
          
           and
           silver
           ,
           for
           lead
           and
           tinne
           .
           For
           arts
           and
           sciences
           ,
           for
           invention
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           civilities
           she
           hath
           it
           from
           the
           Continent
           ;
           Nay
           the
           language
           she
           speaks
           ,
           her
           very
           accents
           and
           words
           she
           borroweth
           els
           where
           ,
           being
           but
           a
           dialect
           of
           ours
           .
           She
           hath
           a
           vast
           quantity
           of
           wast
           grounds
           ,
           she
           hath
           barren
           ,
           bad
           mountains
           ,
           uncouth
           uncomfortable
           heaths
           ,
           she
           hath
           many
           places
           subject
           to
           Agues
           and
           diseases
           ,
           witnes
           your
           Kentish
           and
           Essex
           Agues
           ;
           what
           a
           base
           jeer
           ,
           as
           their
           own
           Poet
           Skelton
           hath
           it
           ,
           have
           other
           Nations
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           by
           calling
           them
           
             Stert
             men
          
           with
           long
           tailes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           verse
           ,
        
         
           Anglicus
           a
           tergo
           caudam
           gerit
           ,
           ergo
           caveto
           .
        
         
           What
           huge
           proportions
           of
           good
           ground
           lieth
           untill'd
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           sloth
           of
           her
           Inhabitants
           ?
           she
           suffers
           her
           neighbours
           to
           eat
           her
           out
           of
           trade
           in
           her
           own
           commodities
           ,
           she
           buyeth
           her
           own
           fish
           of
           them
           ,
           They
           carry
           away
           her
           gammons
           of
           bacon
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           art
           having
           made
           it
           harder
           and
           blacker
           ,
           they
           sell
           it
           her
           againe
           for
           Westphalia
           ,
           at
           thrice
           the
           rate
           ;
           she
           hath
           affronted
           ,
           imprisond
           ,
           deposd
           ,
           and
           destroyd
           many
           of
           her
           Kings
           ;
           of
           late
           yeers
           she
           hath
           been
           bafled
           at
           Amboyna
           ,
           she
           made
           a
           dishonorable
           return
           from
           Cales
           ,
           she
           was
           fowly
           beaten
           at
           the
           I
           le
           of
           Rè
           ,
           the
           small
           handfulls
           of
           men
           she
           sent
           hither
           to
           Germany
           ,
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           the
           Daughter
           of
           England
           ,
           did
           her
           more
           discredit
           then
           honor
           .
           And
           her
           two
           lasts
           Kings
           were
           overreach'd
           in
           the
           Treaty
           touching
           the
           match
           with
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           restitution
           of
           the
           Palatinate
           .
           She
           hath
           been
           a
           long
           time
           in
           a
           declining
           condition
           ;
           her
           common
           people
           are
           grown
           insolent
           ,
           her
           Nobility
           degenerous
           ,
           her
           Gentry
           effeminate
           and
           fantasticall
           ,
           they
           have
           brought
           down
           their
           wasts
           to
           the
           knees
           ,
           where
           the
           points
           hang
           dangling
           ,
           which
           were
           us'd
           to
           tie
           the
           middle
           ,
           they
           weare
           Episcopal
           sleeves
           upon
           their
           leggs
           ,
           and
           though
           they
           are
           farre
           from
           observing
           any
           rites
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           yet
           they
           seem
           to
           keep
           As●…wensday
           all
           the
           year
           long
           by
           powdring
           not
           onely
           their
           locks
           and
           haire
           ,
           but
           the
           upper
           parts
           of
           their
           doubletts
           ,
           with
           the
           capes
           of
           
           their
           cloakes
           ;
           and
           the
           time
           was
           not
           many
           yeers
           since
           that
           they
           made
           themselves
           ridiculous
           to
           all
           the
           world
           by
           a
           sluttish
           yellow
           kind
           of
           starch
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           pure
           invention
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           not
           an
           imitation
           of
           others
           ,
           whereunto
           they
           are
           very
           subject
           ;
           specially
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           scarce
           men
           of
           themselves
           ,
           but
           other
           mens
           Apes
           .
           Therefore
           most
           excellent
           President
           ,
           and
           Princes
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           Great
           Britain
           should
           compare
           with
           the
           other
           noble
           Continents
           of
           Europe
           ;
           yet
           I
           allow
           Her
           to
           be
           Great
           within
           herself
           (
           if
           she
           had
           the
           wit
           to
           make
           use
           of
           her
           Greatnes
           ,
           )
           and
           to
           be
           the
           
             Queen
             of
             Iles.
          
           
        
         
           Dixi.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           MAXIMILIAN
           A
           Mosch
           For
           POLAND
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Excellent
             President
             and
             Prince
             ,
          
        
         
           TWo
           Perusian
           Ambassadors
           were
           imployed
           to
           Pope
           Urban
           the
           fifth
           residing
           then
           at
           Avignon
           ,
           who
           being
           admitted
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           to
           deliver
           their
           Ambassage
           as
           succinctly
           as
           they
           could
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Popes
           indisposition
           ,
           yet
           they
           made
           a
           long
           tedious
           Oration
           ,
           which
           did
           disquiet
           his
           Holinesse
           as
           it
           was
           observ'd
           by
           the
           Auditors
           ;
           The
           first
           Ambassador
           having
           at
           last
           concluded
           ,
           the
           second
           subjoyn'd
           very
           wittily
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             have
             this
             moreover
             given
             to
             us
             in
             Charge
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             will
             not
             condescend
             to
             our
             demands
             ,
             this
             my
             Colleague
             must
             repeat
             his
             speech
             again
             ,
             and
             make
             some
             additions
             to
             it
             .
          
           The
           Pope
           was
           so
           much
           taken
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           presently
           dismissed
           both
           of
           them
           very
           well
           satisfied
           for
           the
           businesse
           they
           came
           about
           .
           But
           I
           being
           to
           speak
           for
           the
           Noble
           Kingdom
           of
           Poland
           ,
           need
           no
           such
           trick
           of
           wit
           to
           procure
           your
           consent
           that
           it
           may
           have
           the
           Principality
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           ;
           Nor
           confiding
           so
           much
           in
           your
           judgements
           need
           I
           any
           Rhetorical
           florishes
           ,
           or
           force
           of
           Eloquence
           to
           induce
           you
           thereunto
           ,
           for
           the
           argument
           hath
           strength
           enough
           of
           it self
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           businesse
           .
           Poland
           needs
           no
           artifice
           ,
           she
           needs
           no
           Mountibank
           to
           set
           forth
           her
           riches
           ,
           which
           nature
           hath
           scattered
           in
           every
           corner
           with
           a
           liberal
           hand
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           high
           and
           very
           Noble
           peece
           of
           the
           Continent
           ,
           she
           abounds
           with
           Mines
           of
           Iron
           ,
           Lead
           and
           Sulphureous
           Mettals
           ,
           and
           with
           Lazurium
           ,
           a
           kinde
           of
           stone
           of
           a
           blew
           caerulean
           colour
           ,
           which
           God
           himself
           pleas'd
           to
           make
           use
           of
           for
           the
           Adorning
           of
           his
           own
           Palace
           .
           Lituania
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             Ceres
             Barn
          
           ,
           and
           
             Russia
             her
             Haggard
          
           :
           for
           there
           if
           a
           field
           be
           sowd
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           year
           following
           ,
           without
           necessity
           of
           throwing
           any
           new
           seed
           .
           In
           Podolia
           there
           be
           grounds
           that
           return
           100.
           graines
           for
           one
           ,
           besides
           there
           be
           Pasturages
           there
           that
           the
           horns
           of
           the
           Oxen
           feeding
           therein
           can
           hardly
           be
           seen
           .
           The
           salt
           pits
           of
           Cracovia
           may
           compare
           with
           any
           on
           Earth
           ,
           there
           are
           such
           concamerations
           in
           them
           that
           make
           a
           little
           Town
           supported
           by
           great
           Pillars
           of
           Salt
           ;
           and
           the
           entrance
           is
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           you
           need
           not
           stoop
           your
           head
           to
           go
           in
           ;
           There
           is
           no
           where
           better
           Hony
           ,
           and
           mix'd
           with
           lesser
           Wax
           ,
           or
           whiter
           then
           that
           which
           is
           found
           in
           Samogitia
           ;
           The
           trunks
           of
           trees
           are
           full
           of
           their
           hives
           .
           There
           is
           such
           abundance
           of
           Pears
           ,
           Apples
           ,
           Plumms
           ,
           Cherries
           ,
           and
           Nuts
           ,
           and
           these
           in
           such
           variety
           ,
           that
           no
           Country
           can
           produce
           more
           in
           every
           one
           of
           the
           32
           County
           Palatines
           of
           Poland
           ,
           whence
           huge
           quantities
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           Barley
           ,
           and
           Oates
           ,
           with
           other
           Grains
           ,
           as
           also
           Hopps
           ,
           Hides
           ,
           Tallow
           ,
           Allum
           ,
           Hony
           ,
           Wax
           ,
           Pitch
           ,
           Ta●…
           ,
           Pot-ashes
           ,
           
           Masts
           ,
           and
           Hemp
           are
           exported
           to
           other
           Countries
           :
           The
           number
           of
           Oxen
           and
           Horses
           are
           infinite
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           Wealth
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           private
           men
           I
           will
           produce
           you
           one
           stupendous
           Example
           .
           In
           the
           year
           1363.
           about
           the
           season
           of
           Shrovetide
           the
           Emperor
           Charles
           the
           4th
           .
           his
           Nuptials
           were
           to
           be
           celebrated
           at
           Cracovia
           w
           th
           the
           Neece
           of
           Casimir
           the
           Great
           King
           of
           Poland
           ;
           the
           Kings
           of
           Hungary
           and
           
             Denmark
             ,
             Peter
          
           King
           of
           Cyprus
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Princes
           were
           present
           ;
           
             Vernicus
             Germanus
          
           ,
           being
           then
           Consul
           of
           Cracovia
           ,
           entertain'd
           all
           these
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           his
           own
           Houses
           ,
           and
           feasted
           them
           for
           many
           daies
           ,
           dismissing
           them
           with
           presents
           ,
           whereof
           that
           which
           he
           bestowed
           upon
           Casimir
           was
           valued
           at
           100
           thousand
           Florins
           ;
           This
           Vernicus
           being
           infinitely
           rich
           ,
           exhausted
           his
           wealth
           in
           such
           publique
           Gallantries
           ,
           yet
           he
           looked
           to
           the
           main
           chance
           ,
           that
           he
           left
           himself
           a
           competence
           to
           live
           well
           and
           honestly
           :
           
             a
             small
             pittance
             will
             suffice
             nature
             ,
             when
             immense
             possessions
             cannot
             satisfie
             opinion
             .
          
           The
           Pole
           doth
           not
           glory
           much
           in
           high
           ostentous
           buildings
           ,
           measuring
           the
           vanities
           thereof
           by
           the
           frailty
           of
           his
           own
           body
           ,
           which
           is
           subject
           to
           decay
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           So
           he
           falls
           into
           contemplation
           that
           the
           proudest
           Fabriques
           will
           dissolve
           and
           crumble
           to
           dust
           at
           last
           .
           What
           shall
           wee
           think
           of
           the
           Pyramides
           of
           Egipt
           ,
           towards
           the
           rearing
           thereof
           ,
           there
           were
           ninescore
           Talents
           erogated
           out
           of
           Garlike
           ,
           Leeks
           and
           Onions
           alone
           ;
           there
           were
           three
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           thousand
           opificers
           and
           labourers
           imployed
           for
           twenty
           years
           together
           in
           the
           work
           ;
           but
           what
           's
           become
           now
           of
           those
           4.
           
           Pyramids
           ?
           They
           are
           all
           turn'd
           to
           rubbish
           .
           But
           observable
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           was
           reard
           by
           Rhodope
           a
           Courtisan
           ,
           who
           was
           grown
           so
           infinitly
           rich
           by
           the
           publique
           use
           of
           her
           own
           .
           The
           Temple
           of
           Ephesus
           was
           no
           lesse
           then
           220.
           years
           a
           building
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           Asia
           did
           contribute
           ,
           the
           stupendous
           length
           whereof
           was
           425
           paces
           ,
           the
           Latitude
           220.
           
           It
           had
           120
           columnes
           ,
           60.
           foot
           in
           Altitude
           .
           The
           Tomb
           of
           King
           Mausolus
           was
           an
           admirable
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           love
           of
           Artemisia
           his
           Wife
           was
           more
           admirable
           in
           erecting
           such
           a
           Tomb
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           taking
           some
           of
           the
           powder
           of
           her
           husbands
           body
           and
           drinking
           it
           in
           little
           doses
           next
           her
           heart
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             that
             her
             body
             was
             the
             fittest
             Tomb
             for
             her
             dear
             Husband
             .
          
           Now
           come
           in
           the
           Walls
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           200
           foot
           high
           ,
           and
           60
           miles
           compasse
           ;
           to
           finish
           which
           there
           came
           three
           Millions
           of
           people
           together
           .
           I
           will
           now
           fix
           my
           eyes
           upon
           the
           Rhodian
           Colosse
           ,
           which
           did
           bear
           the
           image
           of
           the
           Sun
           in
           that
           glory
           ;
           It
           was
           70
           Cubits
           high
           ,
           the
           thumb
           of
           the
           Image
           could
           not
           be
           embrac'd
           with
           both
           the
           armes
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           may
           guesse
           at
           the
           vast
           proportion
           of
           the
           rest
           ;
           The
           statue
           of
           
             Iupiter
             Olympius
          
           compos'd
           of
           Ivory
           and
           Gold
           by
           Phidias
           was
           a
           work
           of
           wonder
           .
           I
           will
           conclude
           with
           Old
           Rome
           ,
           wherin
           there
           were
           in
           the
           Pagans
           time
           420
           ▪
           Temples
           ;
           The
           very
           roof
           of
           the
           Capitol
           stood
           in
           12
           Talents
           ;
           she
           was
           once
           above
           30
           miles
           about
           :
           She
           had
           in
           one
           Cense
           that
           was
           made
           above
           25
           hundred
           thousand
           souls
           in
           her
           ,
           but
           now
           in
           point
           of
           people
           she
           is
           but
           a
           Wildernesse
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           Village
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           a
           City
           she
           was
           ;
           being
           spacious
           once
           to
           hold
           all
           mankind
           ,
           all
           her
           amphitheaters
           ,
           her
           baths
           ,
           Statues
           and
           Temples
           are
           mouldred
           away
           ,
           and
           scarce
           any
           remnant
           left
           ,
           together
           with
           her
           vast
           Palaces
           which
           aemulate
           Cities
           .
           The
           serious
           ,
           wise
           Pole
           considering
           the
           small
           duration
           ,
           and
           great
           charge
           ,
           with
           the
           vanity
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           measures
           his
           House
           by
           his
           own
           body
           ,
           as
           the
           Turks
           do
           ;
           it
           is
           sufficient
           if
           it
           last
           him
           for
           his
           own
           life
           ,
           let
           his
           Sonne
           build
           for
           himself
           .
           It
           is
           remarkable
           what
           Seneca
           saith
           ;
           
             Romae
             olim
             cul●…um
             lib●…ros
             texisse
             ,
             postea
             sub
             marmore
             atque
             auro
             servitutem
             habitasse
             ,
          
           Rome
           liv'd
           free
           under
           culme
           ,
           and
           thatch'd
           houses
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           she
           grew
           to
           be
           a
           slave
           under
           
             Marble
             and
             golden
             roofs
          
           .
        
         
           For
           matter
           of
           civility
           you
           shall
           find
           Italy
           her self
           in
           Poland
           ;
           for
           complement
           you
           shall
           find
           France
           ,
           for
           plain
           downright
           dealing
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           Germany
           ;
           Nay
           for
           urbanity
           ,
           and
           elegance
           of
           manly
           attire
           ,
           the
           Pole
           goes
           beyond
           us
           ;
           his
           language
           also
           is
           smoother
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           abrupt
           as
           ours
           :
           Therefore
           they
           are
           very
           wide
           from
           truth
           ,
           who
           charge
           Sarmatia
           with
           asperity
           and
           roughnesse
           of
           manners
           ;
           for
           whosoever
           will
           converse
           familiarly
           with
           them
           ,
           shall
           find
           that
           they
           
           are
           very
           humane
           and
           open-hearted
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           simple
           and
           upright
           ;
           for
           the
           first
           integrity
           of
           the
           World
           may
           be
           found
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           the
           Polish
           air●…
           is
           favourable
           to
           the
           M●…ses
           ,
           for
           ther
           's
           both
           poore
           and
           rich
           ,
           Gentry
           &
           Commonalty
           ,
           Town
           and
           Country
           are
           vers'd
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           wherunto
           it
           is
           a
           great
           advantage
           that
           the
           latine
           tongue
           is
           spoken
           so
           frequently
           and
           vulgarly
           among
           them
           ,
           in
           every
           Dorp
           and
           petty
           Village
           ;
           Nay
           their
           Hoslers
           ,
           and
           Chamberlains
           understand
           and
           speake
           it
           in
           many
           places
           ;
           They
           are
           also
           vers'd
           in
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
             French
          
           ,
           &
           Italian
           ;
           Which
           was
           wondred
           at
           in
           Paris
           ,
           when
           the
           Delegats
           of
           Poland
           came
           thither
           to
           declare
           that
           they
           had
           elected
           by
           unanimous
           suffrage
           the
           Duke
           of
           Aniou
           to
           be
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           for
           some
           of
           them
           spoak
           as
           perfect
           French
           ,
           and
           knew
           the
           Mode
           of
           Paris
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           born
           there
           :
           Besides
           the
           Parisians
           did
           admire
           the
           goodly
           large
           bodies
           of
           their
           new
           guests
           their
           manly-Physiognomies
           ,
           their
           furr'd
           Capps
           ,
           their
           rich
           Buskins
           ,
           their
           costly
           scabbards
           with
           huge
           silver
           Chapes
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           also
           wondred
           at
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           the
           whole
           company
           ,
           whither
           Laquay
           ,
           Page
           ,
           Groom
           ,
           or
           Cook
           ,
           but
           could
           speak
           latin
           ,
           and
           parly
           some
           French
           ;
           which
           many
           spoake
           so
           exactly
           ,
           as
           if
           nature
           had
           brought
           them
           forth
           upon
           the
           bankes
           of
           the
           Loire
           ,
           and
           Sein
           ,
           rather
           then
           upon
           those
           of
           the
           Vistula
           and
           Boristhenes
           .
           In
           this
           splendid
           Legation
           ,
           
             Sirius
             Samosius
          
           Chancellor
           of
           Poland
           was
           chief
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           rare
           Erudition
           and
           Policie
           ;
           There
           was
           also
           Baldwin
           the
           celebrous
           Civilian
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Orator
           ,
           which
           he
           perform'd
           to
           admiration
           ;
           The
           foresaid
           Samosius
           was
           famous
           both
           for
           the
           Gown
           and
           the
           sword
           ;
           Touching
           the
           latter
           ,
           he
           performd
           many
           exploits
           both
           against
           the
           Muscovites
           ,
           and
           the
           Austrian
           Family
           ;
           For
           the
           other
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           printed
           works
           published
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           as
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Muscovian
           Wars
           ,
           which
           Thuanus
           would
           father
           upon
           
             Carolus
             Sigonius
          
           ,
           or
           Secretary
           Heidenstein
           ,
           but
           wrongfully
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           Polish
           Nobility
           ,
           whereof
           many
           are
           famous
           for
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           
             Stanislaus
             Hosius
          
           was
           very
           renowned
           in
           Italy
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           spent
           much
           time
           ,
           both
           in
           Padua
           and
           Bolonia
           ,
           where
           
             Alexander
             Farnese
          
           was
           a
           breeding
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           together
           with
           Madrucci
           ,
           and
           
             Otho
             Truchsesius
          
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           three
           coopted
           afterwards
           to
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Cardinals
           .
           Besides
           
             Hosius
             ,
             Iohn
             Dantiscus
          
           was
           a
           rare
           man
           for
           knowledge
           ,
           who
           when
           Charles
           the
           Emperor
           had
           resign'd
           both
           Empire
           and
           Kingdom
           with
           all
           Earthly
           Glory
           ,
           and
           dismiss'd
           all
           from
           about
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           reserv'd
           
             Iohn
             Dantiscus
          
           ;
           But
           with
           what
           Elogies
           sha●…l
           I
           celebrate
           the
           memory
           of
           
             Martinus
             Polonus
          
           ,
           or
           
             Matthias
             de
             Miechow
          
           ,
           or
           
             Martin
             de
             Ilte
          
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Composer
           of
           the
           Almanak
           or
           Ephemerides
           in
           
             Europe
             ?
             Cromerus
             ,
             Herbortus
             ,
             Varsevicius
             ,
             Bzovius
             ,
             Lascius
             ,
             Vaporius
             ,
             Dresnerus
             ,
             Herbestus
             ,
             Sternaus
             ,
             Lumbostus
             ,
             Cichocius
             ,
          
           with
           multitudes
           more
           of
           Authors
           ,
           were
           men
           of
           sublime
           and
           celestial
           soules
           .
           The
           times
           are
           much
           altered
           now
           from
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           when
           Pope
           Clement
           ,
           the
           fourth
           Bishop
           from
           Saint
           Peter
           the
           Apostle
           did
           write
           ,
           
             In
             Sarmatia
             extremam
             Germaniam
             contingente
             ,
             nullum
             Geometram
             ,
             vel
             Poetam
             Pictoremve
             ,
             aut
             Trapezitam
             esse
             ,
          
           In
           Poland
           confining
           upon
           the
           furthest
           parts
           of
           Germany
           ,
           there
           was
           neither
           Geometrician
           ,
           Poet
           ,
           Painter
           ,
           or
           Trapezit
           ,
           viz.
           an
           exchanger
           of
           Monies
           ,
           or
           Banker
           .
           There
           is
           a
           strange
           Vicissitude
           since
           ;
           for
           all
           Poland
           now
           is
           a
           most
           litterated
           Country
           ,
           as
           if
           Athens
           had
           transported
           herself
           thither
           ;
           There
           is
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Piety
           also
           there
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           since
           Paganisme
           was
           expell'd
           thence
           by
           Mieczislaus
           ,
           and
           established
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           they
           maintain
           still
           with
           that
           stoutnesse
           and
           fervencie
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Apostolical
           Creed
           is
           read
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           every
           man
           stands
           up
           and
           drawes
           out
           his
           sword
           ,
           which
           he
           holds
           naked
           in
           his
           hand
           till
           the
           Creed
           be
           read
           ,
           intimating
           thereby
           that
           they
           will
           uphold
           and
           defend
           it
           with
           all
           the
           strength
           that
           God
           and
           Nature
           hath
           given
           them
           :
           a
           solemnity
           which
           is
           observ'd
           by
           no
           other
           Nation
           so
           much
           .
           And
           it
           seems
           that
           God
           almighty
           hath
           plac'd
           Religion
           thus
           under
           the
           Clientele
           of
           Poland
           ,
           because
           that
           she
           confining
           upon
           divers
           ferocious
           and
           wild
           Nations
           ,
           which
           are
           capital
           Enemies
           to
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           at
           least
           wise
           dissociated
           and
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           
           Latine
           Church
           ,
           she
           by
           the
           valour
           and
           virility
           of
           her
           Inhabitants
           might
           be
           a
           propugnacle
           and
           rampart
           to
           the
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           fulminating
           legions
           ,
           and
           armes
           ,
           might
           be
           able
           to
           repel
           ,
           and
           frustrate
           any
           attempt
           of
           theirs
           .
           The
           Muscovit
           her
           confining
           neighbour
           ,
           distant
           from
           her
           in
           Faith
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           territory
           ,
           serves
           as
           a
           Whetstone
           to
           sharpen
           the
           Polonian
           courage
           ,
           least
           by
           desuetude
           it
           should
           grow
           dull
           and
           rusty
           ;
           The
           Mahumetan
           is
           also
           her
           limitaneous
           Neighbour
           ,
           but
           a
           sorer
           and
           more
           formidable
           foe
           then
           the
           other
           :
           for
           there
           is
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             ubicunque
             equus
             ▪
             Turcicus
             ungulam
             impresserit
             ,
             ibi
             gramen
             non
             crescere
             .
          
           Wheresoever
           the
           Turks
           horse
           doth
           once
           plant
           his
           hoof
           ▪
           no
           grasse
           grows
           there
           any
           more
           :
           Yet
           of
           late
           years
           he
           bears
           up
           notably
           against
           that
           huge
           Giant
           ,
           and
           apprehends
           no
           great
           fear
           of
           him
           ;
           As
           it
           appears
           by
           the
           magnanimous
           answer
           which
           King
           Stephen
           gave
           the
           Sultan
           ,
           who
           having
           sent
           to
           him
           for
           some
           auxiliar
           forces
           against
           the
           Persian
           ,
           under
           pretext
           of
           an
           antient
           Custom
           ,
           he
           sent
           him
           word
           ,
           
             candidam
             Polonorum
             Aquilam
             antea
             implumem
             ,
             &
             viribus
             suis
             destitutam
             ,
             nunc
             rejuvenescere
             ,
             pennas
             recepisse
             ,
             ungues
             &
             rostrum
             exacuisse
          
           The
           white
           Eagle
           of
           Poland
           which
           was
           thin
           of
           feathers
           before
           ,
           had
           now
           renewed
           her
           strength
           ,
           recovered
           her
           quills
           ,
           and
           sharpned
           her
           pounces
           and
           bill
           .
           For
           the
           Pole
           is
           naturally
           a
           stout
           man
           ,
           that
           will
           neither
           be
           softned
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           nor
           dismay'd
           by
           danger
           ;
           a
           death
           bravely
           purchas'd
           he
           holds
           to
           be
           an
           immortality
           ,
           and
           a
           life
           disgracefully
           preserv'd
           to
           be
           worse
           then
           any
           death
           .
           He
           is
           more
           careful
           to
           keep
           his
           Honor
           ,
           then
           life
           ;
           &
           as
           ,
           according
           to
           Cromers
           testimony
           ,
           near
           the
           Town
           of
           Streme
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           hill
           ,
           where
           Pots
           ,
           Caudrons
           ,
           and
           other
           Vessells
           are
           found
           naturally
           so
           shapen
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           soft
           within
           the
           Earth
           ,
           but
           being
           digged
           out
           ,
           they
           quickly
           incrustrate
           and
           grow
           hard
           when
           they
           are
           expos'd
           to
           the
           cold
           air
           ;
           so
           the
           Pole
           is
           naturally
           shap'd
           for
           a
           soldier
           in
           his
           Mothers
           womb
           ,
           but
           confirm'd
           afterwards
           by
           the
           severe
           discipline
           of
           his
           Parents
           ;
           He
           feares
           the
           clashing
           of
           armes
           no
           more
           then
           the
           wagging
           of
           oken
           leaves
           ,
           or
           the
           bubbling
           of
           waters
           ;
           And
           herein
           they
           retain
           still
           the
           genius
           of
           the
           Great
           Piastus
           ,
           who
           as
           by
           probity
           and
           justice
           he
           got
           the
           Kingdom
           at
           first
           ,
           so
           his
           Ospring
           conserv'd
           it
           by
           succession
           for
           500.
           years
           .
           The
           women
           there
           also
           are
           indued
           with
           a
           masculine
           courage
           ,
           for
           by
           the
           old
           constitution
           of
           Poland
           ,
           no
           maiden
           was
           to
           marry
           ,
           till
           she
           had
           kill'd
           three
           enemies
           in
           the
           field
           ;
           but
           Piastus
           abolished
           this
           custom
           ,
           and
           commanded
           women
           to
           exercise
           themselves
           in
           matters
           more
           consentaneous
           to
           their
           sex
           .
           We
           read
           that
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           gave
           in
           command
           to
           Lentulus
           his
           Ambassador
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           disquiet
           the
           
             Sarmatian
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             were
             once
             provoked
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             understand
             what
             peace
             was
             afterwards
             :
          
           so
           the
           Danube
           did
           put
           limits
           to
           the
           so
           prosperous
           Augustus
           ,
           and
           the
           Pole
           did
           terminate
           his
           progresse
           .
           All
           this
           is
           confirm'd
           by
           that
           disticke
           of
           Ovid
           who
           was
           banished
           thither
           .
        
         
           
             
               Maxima
               pars
               hominum
               nec
               te
               pulcherrima
               curat
            
             
               Roma
               ,
               nec
               Ausonij
               militis
               armatimet
               .
            
          
        
         
           Good
           Lord
           ,
           what
           Victorious
           Kings
           hath
           Poland
           had
           ?
           Ziemovit
           did
           debell
           the
           
             Hungarians
             ,
             Bohemians
             ,
             Pomeranians
          
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           all
           tributary
           ;
           
             Boleslaus
             Chrobri
          
           subdued
           the
           Russe
           ,
           bridled
           the
           Prusse
           ,
           chastised
           the
           Saxons
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           frontires
           of
           his
           Dominions
           erected
           brazen
           Pillars
           :
           after
           his
           death
           all
           Poland
           mourned
           a
           whole
           year
           ,
           all
           which
           time
           there
           was
           neither
           feasting
           nor
           dancing
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Boleslaus
           the
           third
           ,
           who
           fought
           50.
           battailes
           ,
           and
           was
           Victor
           in
           all
           ?
           In
           his
           time
           the
           Emperor
           Otto
           the
           third
           ,
           made
           a
           Pilgrimage
           to
           Poland
           to
           visit
           the
           body
           of
           Saint
           Adalbertus
           (
           which
           Boleslaus
           had
           redeem'd
           from
           
             Prusse
             Pagans
          
           )
           and
           it
           was
           to
           expiate
           a
           crying
           sin
           that
           he
           had
           committed
           ,
           which
           was
           thus
           .
           The
           Empresse
           being
           light
           ,
           she
           caressed
           an
           Italian
           Count
           so
           farre
           ,
           that
           she
           offered
           him
           the
           use
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           which
           he
           refusing
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           malitious
           indignation
           ,
           like
           Pharo's
           Wife
           ,
           she
           accus'd
           the
           said
           Count
           that
           he
           would
           have
           forc'd
           her
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           was
           arraigned
           ,
           condemned
           and
           executed
           ,
           but
           before
           his
           death
           he
           discoverd
           the
           whole
           series
           of
           the
           businesse
           to
           his
           Wife
           .
           A
           little
           after
           a
           great
           Sessions
           in
           Roncalias
           ,
           appointed
           
           to
           right
           Orphans
           and
           Widdows
           ,
           the
           Countess
           came
           before
           the
           tribunal
           ,
           and
           brought
           her
           husbands
           head
           under
           her
           vest
           ,
           so
           desiring
           leave
           of
           Caesar
           to
           speak
           ,
           she
           ask'd
           what
           punishment
           did
           he
           deserve
           that
           took
           away
           another
           mans
           life
           ?
           Otto
           answered
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           death
           .
           
             Then
             O
             Emperor
             you
             have
             condemned
             your self
             ,
             who
             have
             taken
             away
             my
             guiltlesse
             husband
             ,
             and
             behold
             here
             his
             head
          
           ;
           and
           because
           there
           wants
           proof
           in
           so
           private
           a
           cause
           ,
           I
           will
           undergoe
           the
           Ordeal
           ,
           the
           fyrie
           tryal
           ;
           which
           the
           Countesse
           having
           perform'd
           without
           any
           hurt
           ,
           the
           Empresse
           
             Maria
             Augusta
          
           ,
           who
           had
           accus'd
           the
           Count
           was
           brought
           ,
           and
           condemned
           to
           be
           burnt
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           .
           And
           the
           Emperor
           gave
           the
           Countesse
           Dowager
           4.
           
           Castles
           in
           fuller
           satisfaction
           .
           To
           make
           further
           atonement
           for
           this
           offence
           ,
           the
           said
           Emperor
           Otto
           came
           to
           Poland
           upon
           a
           Pilgrimage
           ,
           and
           Boleslaus
           came
           7.
           miles
           to
           meet
           him
           ,
           the
           way
           being
           cover'd
           with
           cloth
           of
           divers
           colours
           all
           along
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           Emperor
           for
           so
           Signal
           a
           favour
           ,
           did
           solemnly
           create
           Boleslaus
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Companion
           ,
           and
           a
           friend
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           declaring
           him
           free
           from
           all
           tribute
           and
           jurisdiction
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           more
           Modern
           times
           .
           What
           a
           man
           of
           men
           was
           Sigismund
           the
           first
           ?
           you
           know
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           that
           ,
           the
           Persians
           doe
           cry
           up
           Cyrus
           ,
           the
           
             Macedonians
             ,
             Alexander
          
           the
           Great
           ;
           The
           
             Germans
             ,
             Charlemagne
          
           ,
           for
           heroique
           and
           valiant
           Kings
           .
           The
           Athenians
           cry
           up
           
             Miltiades
             ,
             Cimon
             ,
             Alcibiades
             ,
             Thrasybulus
             ,
             Phocio
          
           and
           others
           .
           The
           Lacedemonians
           their
           
             Pausanias
             ,
             Lysander
          
           ,
           and
           Agesilaus
           .
           The
           
             Thebans
             ,
             Epaminondas
          
           ,
           and
           Pelopidas
           .
           The
           Carthaginians
           cry
           up
           
             Hamilcar
             ,
             Hannibal
          
           ,
           and
           Asdrubal
           .
           The
           Romans
           do
           celebrate
           their
           Fabios
           ,
           their
           
             Scipios
             ,
             Lucullus
          
           ,
           and
           Caesar
           for
           strenuous
           and
           incomparable
           Captaines
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           to
           deal
           with
           soft
           effeminate
           people
           .
           But
           the
           
             Polonian
             Sigismund
          
           had
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           toughest
           ,
           the
           most
           intrepid
           and
           fiercest
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           favourable
           gale
           of
           fortune
           did
           blow
           upon
           him
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Progresse
           of
           his
           life
           and
           actions
           .
           He
           tugg'd
           with
           Mechmet
           the
           Moscovian
           Emperor
           ,
           whom
           Amurath
           the
           3.
           acknowledg'd
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Warriers
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           got
           the
           better
           of
           him
           .
           He
           wrastled
           with
           the
           grim
           Tartars
           ,
           with
           the
           furious
           Valachians
           ,
           and
           layed
           them
           on
           their
           backs
           .
           He
           cop'd
           with
           the
           Great
           Turk
           (
           who
           glories
           in
           a
           perpetuity
           of
           Victorship
           )
           and
           foild
           him
           more
           then
           once
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           had
           divers
           Praeliations
           with
           us
           Germans
           ,
           and
           took
           from
           us
           the
           spacious
           Provinces
           of
           Livonia
           ,
           and
           Prussia
           ,
           which
           ,
           not
           without
           a
           foule
           blemish
           to
           Germany
           ,
           he
           added
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Poland
           .
           And
           although
           the
           people
           of
           those
           Countries
           have
           often
           solicited
           our
           Diets
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           German
           Emperors
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           avulsion
           ,
           and
           losse
           of
           those
           Countries
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           leave
           the
           quarrel
           alone
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           be
           got
           by
           the
           Pole
           but
           knocks
           ,
           for
           the
           Poleax
           is
           a
           terrible
           weapon
           .
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Poland
           ;
           you
           know
           that
           for
           Cavalry
           ,
           he
           is
           the
           potentest
           Prince
           of
           
             Europe
             .
             Thuanus
          
           the
           Frenchman
           confesseth
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Poland
           can
           bring
           to
           the
           field
           in
           Noble
           men
           and
           Gentry
           alone
           ,
           which
           are
           bound
           to
           serve
           him
           so
           long
           time
           upon
           their
           own
           charge
           ,
           above
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           men
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Arms.
           The
           name
           of
           Cosacks
           is
           formidable
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ;
           And
           although
           they
           are
           cryed
           up
           to
           be
           freebooters
           ,
           fighting
           onely
           for
           plunder
           ,
           I
           will
           rectifie
           your
           opinion
           in
           that
           ,
           by
           a
           late
           pregnant
           example
           in
           the
           Ivonic
           War
           :
           for
           having
           taken
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Enemie
           Prisoner
           ,
           although
           there
           was
           offer'd
           6.
           times
           his
           weight
           ,
           twice
           in
           Gold
           ,
           thrice
           in
           Silver
           ,
           and
           once
           in
           Jewells
           ,
           yet
           this
           would
           nothing
           at
           all
           move
           the
           valiant
           Cosacks
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           for
           the
           Nobility
           of
           Poland
           ,
           it
           is
           numerous
           and
           antient
           ,
           nay
           ,
           there
           be
           good
           Authors
           affirm
           that
           the
           great
           families
           
             of
             Italy
          
           ,
           the
           Ursins
           ,
           the
           Colonni
           ,
           the
           Ialians
           ,
           the
           Gastaldi
           are
           originally
           of
           a
           Lituanian
           race
           .
           There
           are
           in
           Poland
           the
           Radivils
           ,
           the
           Ostrogians
           ,
           the
           Starasians
           ,
           the
           Tarlons
           ,
           the
           Herburtons
           ,
           with
           30.
           princely
           families
           more
           .
           All
           this
           considered
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           Poland
           may
           well
           come
           in
           and
           stand
           in
           competition
           for
           the
           principality
           of
           Europe
           ,
           but
           —
           
             verbum
             non
             amplius
             addam
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           
             AC
             ACIUS
             AXELIUS
          
           against
           POLAND
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             judicious
             and
             Excellent
             President
             and
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Oration
           that
           was
           pronounc'd
           before
           was
           too
           long
           and
           prolix
           ,
           considering
           the
           poornesse
           and
           tenuity
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           but
           to
           me
           it
           was
           too
           brief
           and
           concise
           ,
           considering
           the
           Eloquence
           and
           strength
           of
           the
           stile
           ▪
           I
           will
           not
           say
           it
           was
           like
           those
           ranting
           speeches
           that
           are
           usually
           made
           upon
           the
           Theaters
           of
           Italy
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           make
           an
           Ox
           of
           a
           Bee
           ,
           or
           a
           Mountain
           of
           a
           Mole-hil
           ,
           when
           they
           speak
           in
           commendation
           of
           the
           vertue
           of
           their
           Balsams
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           vent
           of
           them
           .
           But
           I
           wonder
           what
           should
           come
           into
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           Noble
           Orator
           ,
           before
           me
           to
           extoll
           Poland
           so
           hyperbolically
           ;
           sure
           it
           was
           to
           trie
           what
           he
           could
           doe
           upon
           so
           bare
           and
           barren
           a
           Subject
           .
           As
           we
           reade
           that
           Archippus
           fell
           a
           praising
           the
           shadow
           of
           an
           Asse
           ,
           and
           Passeratius
           the
           Asse
           himself
           ;
           as
           Glaucus
           fell
           in
           praise
           of
           injustice
           ,
           Polycrates
           and
           Isocrates
           of
           
             Busiris
             ,
             H●…ttenus
          
           of
           the
           Fever
           ,
           or
           as
           Maro
           fell
           upon
           the
           praise
           of
           a
           
             Flea
             ,
             Synesius
          
           of
           
             Baldnesse
             ,
             Pickhennerus
          
           of
           the
           
             Gout
             ,
             Libanius
          
           of
           an
           
             Ox
             ,
             Diocles
          
           of
           a
           
             Rape
             ,
             ●…ierius
          
           of
           
             Poetical
             poverty
             ,
             Mirandula
          
           of
           
             Barbarism
             ,
             Salerius
          
           of
           
             Drunkennesse
             ;
             Lucian
          
           of
           a
           
             Fly
             ,
             Dion
          
           of
           a
           
             Parrat
             ,
             Mayoragius
          
           of
           Dirt
           ,
           or
           as
           Erasmus
           fell
           upon
           the
           praise
           of
           Folly
           ,
           and
           Heinsius
           of
           a
           Louse
           ,
           to
           make
           experiment
           of
           their
           inventions
           what
           they
           could
           say
           upon
           such
           small
           theames
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           make
           Poland
           contest
           either
           with
           
             Germany
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Italy
             ,
          
           or
           Great
           Britain
           for
           superiority
           and
           worthynesse
           ;
           were
           to
           make
           Vatinius
           and
           Cicero
           competitors
           for
           one
           preferment
           ,
           or
           Arachne
           to
           contend
           with
           Pallas
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           best
           Spinstresse
           .
           Now
           ,
           touching
           Poland
           ,
           let
           the
           report
           of
           those
           French
           Gentlemen
           that
           attended
           the
           Duke
           of
           Aniou
           thither
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           be
           heard
           ,
           who
           questionlesse
           found
           the
           best
           things
           that
           Poland
           could
           afford
           .
           They
           at
           their
           return
           to
           France
           ,
           put
           her
           forth
           in
           such
           illfavoured
           colours
           ,
           that
           possibly
           could
           be
           .
           
             They
             said
             she
             was
             the
             proper
             seat
             ,
             and
             perpetuall
             domicile
             of
             all
             barbarism
             and
             misery
             ;
             Therefore
             it
             was
             superfluo●…s
             labour
             for
             them
             to
             passe
             a
             decree
             ,
             that
             no
             French
             should
             have
             a
             faculty
             granted
             him
             to
             purchase
             any
             Stable
             possession
             in
          
           Poland
           ,
           
             for
             none
             of
             them
             was
             of
             so
             abject
             a
             mind
             or
             fortune
             ,
             that
             would
             be
             Great
             Duke
             of
          
           Lituania
           .
           Let
           us
           take
           a
           survay
           of
           the
           fertillest
           piece
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           which
           is
           Podolia
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           it
           but
           a
           harsh
           and
           a
           hard
           stony
           soyl
           ,
           that
           a
           yoak
           of
           ten
           Oxen
           are
           required
           most
           commonly
           to
           plough
           up
           the
           Earth
           .
           Then
           the
           cold
           is
           there
           so
           violent
           ,
           that
           water
           thrown
           but
           a
           yard
           or
           two
           high
           into
           a
           ba●…on
           ,
           will
           freeze
           in
           the
           air
           before
           it
           descends
           .
           But
           this
           extemity
           of
           cold
           hath
           been
           sometimes
           advantagious
           to
           the
           Country
           ;
           for
           one
           year
           there
           
           r●…sh'd
           in
           an
           Army
           of
           70
           thousand
           Turkes
           ,
           but
           there
           hapned
           such
           a
           terrible
           frost
           upon
           a
           suddain
           ,
           that
           40.
           thousand
           of
           them
           starv'd
           for
           the
           rigor
           of
           the
           frost
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           were
           found
           wrap'd
           in
           Horses
           bellies
           ;
           Which
           did
           strike
           such
           a
           Religion
           into
           the
           Mahumetan
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           the
           Pole
           and
           Russe
           were
           protected
           by
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Touching
           ●…amogitia
           ,
           a
           large
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Nobles
           there
           dwell
           in
           Cottages
           ;
           What
           shall
           we
           thinke
           then
           of
           the
           Commonnalty
           ?
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Vertues
           of
           the
           Pole
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           first
           with
           Religion
           ,
           and
           where
           is
           she
           hous'd
           so
           poorly
           as
           in
           Poland
           ?
           Where
           is
           she
           more
           mix'd
           with
           prophannesse
           ?
           Near
           Vilna
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           Capital
           Cities
           ,
           the
           Mahumetan
           Tartar
           doth
           observe
           his
           rites
           .
           Nay
           between
           Lituania
           and
           Samogitia
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           who
           attribute
           a
           divinity
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           Serpents
           ,
           which
           in
           their
           language
           are
           call'd
           Givoijtos
           ,
           they
           carry
           them
           home
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           time
           of
           the
           year
           they
           offer
           Sacrifices
           unto
           them
           ,
           they
           provide
           them
           meat
           ,
           and
           if
           those
           Penates
           or
           houshold
           Gods
           of
           theirs
           do
           not
           eat
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           Omen
           of
           ill
           luck
           ,
           and
           presageth
           calamities
           .
           Nay
           ,
           (
           I
           will
           not
           tell
           so
           Princely
           an
           Auditory
           a
           falshood
           )
           in
           some
           places
           of
           
             Russia
             ,
             Lituania
          
           and
           Samogitia
           ,
           the
           Country
           people
           ,
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           October
           ,
           do
           provide
           Oblations
           and
           Holocausts
           for
           the
           Devill
           .
           They
           use
           to
           meet
           in
           some
           Ba●…n
           or
           Stable
           ,
           and
           bring
           thither
           a
           Calf
           ,
           a
           Hogge
           ,
           a
           Cock
           and
           Hen
           ,
           with
           other
           creatures
           to
           make
           an
           immolation
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           kill'd
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           their
           Priest
           or
           Inchant
           or
           whispering
           out
           some
           words
           ,
           doth
           strike
           the
           ground
           with
           his
           staffe
           ,
           and
           cryes
           out
           ,
           the
           whole
           brigade
           keeping
           tone
           with
           him
           in
           pronouncing
           these
           words
           .
           
             O
             God
          
           Zeimminick
           (
           
             for
             so
             they
             call
             the
             Devill
          
           )
           
             These
             things
             we
             offer
             unto
             thee
             ,
             and
             render
             thee
             thanks
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             vouchsafed
             to
             conserve
             us
             this
             year
             in
             safety
             and
             health
             .
             And
             now
             we
             pray
             thee
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             defend
             us
             for
             the
             future
             from
             Fire
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             and
             from
             our
             Enemies
             .
          
           Then
           they
           take
           the
           flesh
           of
           those
           slain
           Animalls
           and
           eat
           them
           ,
           throwing
           first
           into
           the
           four
           corners
           of
           the
           roome
           some
           morsells
           ,
           and
           pronouncing
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Haec
             O
             Zeimmenick
             nostra
             Holocausta
             suscipe
             ,
             &
             comede
             benignus
             ▪
          
           O
           Zeimmenick
           accept
           of
           these
           our
           sacrifices
           ,
           and
           eat
           favourably
           :
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           think
           that
           Christ
           can
           cohabit
           or
           be
           found
           with
           those
           infernall
           ,
           and
           Reptill
           Gods
           ?
           Moreover
           the
           Samogitians
           are
           so
           given
           to
           superstition
           ,
           that
           whereas
           it
           was
           the
           old
           custom
           of
           that
           Country
           to
           till
           the
           ground
           with
           wooden
           Ploughes
           ,
           and
           Cul●…ers
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Governor
           of
           one
           of
           their
           Provinces
           brought
           them
           the
           use
           of
           iron
           Plough-shares
           for
           the
           ease
           of
           the
           labourer
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           years
           after
           by
           an
           unusuall
           distemper
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           dear
           year
           or
           two
           ;
           They
           threw
           away
           their
           iron
           ploughshares
           ,
           and
           fell
           to
           the
           old
           wooden
           ones
           again
           ,
           attributing
           a
           kind
           of
           divinity
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           unluckinesse
           unto
           the
           other
           .
           Though
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Polonique
           people
           be
           not
           infected
           with
           such
           grosse
           Idolatry
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           as
           grossly
           ignorant
           as
           any
           Christians
           on
           Earth
           can
           be
           .
           Few
           of
           them
           can
           say
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           know
           what
           the
           ten
           commandements
           are
           ,
           they
           leave
           that
           to
           their
           Landlords
           and
           Priests
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           for
           them
           to
           believe
           by
           an
           implicit
           faith
           in
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           spirit
           ;
           touching
           more
           knowledge
           ,
           it
           belongs
           to
           Princes
           and
           Great
           men
           .
           Now
           for
           the
           Masse
           of
           common
           people
           ;
           They
           are
           meer
           slaves
           unto
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           worse
           then
           the
           Peasants
           of
           France
           ;
           a
           Landlord
           may
           come
           into
           any
           husbandmans
           house
           ,
           attended
           with
           a
           hungry
           train
           of
           followers
           ,
           and
           there
           do
           or
           take
           away
           what
           he
           will
           ,
           without
           any
           controllment
           .
           Nor
           do
           the
           Country
           people
           refrain
           from
           their
           ordinary
           labour
           upon
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           but
           they
           plough
           ,
           and
           harrow
           ,
           they
           digge
           and
           delve
           as
           upon
           other
           daies
           ;
           hereupon
           a
           stranger
           asking
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           why
           he
           laboured
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           ?
           
             Because
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             I
             must
             eat
             upon
             the
             Sunday
             .
          
           The
           Landlords
           there
           have
           not
           only
           a
           Despoticall
           ,
           but
           Regal
           power
           over
           their
           Tenants
           ,
           having
           power
           of
           life
           and
           death
           ;
           which
           slavish
           custom
           ,
           Vitoldo
           Duke
           of
           Lituania
           brought
           in
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           was
           such
           a
           
           Tyrant
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           bad
           any
           to
           go
           away
           and
           hang
           himself
           ,
           the
           party
           must
           do
           it
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           should
           be
           put
           to
           a
           worse
           kind
           of
           death
           .
           Murther
           is
           no
           capitall
           crime
           among
           them
           ,
           but
           onely
           finable
           ;
           if
           a
           Gentleman
           kills
           another
           Gentleman
           ,
           he
           forfetis
           30.
           
           Crownes
           ;
           if
           a
           clown
           kill
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           he
           forfeits
           twice
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           if
           a
           gentleman
           kill
           a
           yeoman
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           10.
           crownes
           amercement
           :
           But
           Sigismund
           the
           first
           reform'd
           these
           lawes
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           price
           of
           blood
           more
           precious
           .
           That
           Sigismund
           could
           crack
           a
           horshoe
           with
           his
           hands
           ,
           or
           tear
           a
           whole
           stock
           of
           cards
           to
           flitters
           ,
           or
           heave
           up
           a
           reasonable
           horse
           in
           his
           armes
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           much
           to
           be
           deplor'd
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           of
           Poland
           were
           divided
           to
           four
           parts
           ,
           three
           parts
           of
           four
           are
           Arrians
           in
           the
           i●…hearts
           ,
           for
           that
           heresie
           reignes
           no
           where
           more
           in
           Europe
           ;
           there
           are
           other
           among
           them
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           the
           greatest
           :
           and
           can
           there
           be
           a
           greater
           heresie
           among
           Christians
           ?
        
         
           Now
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           civilities
           ,
           the
           Pole
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           the
           German
           ,
           who
           was
           their
           first
           introducer
           and
           instructer
           ;
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           those
           reliques
           of
           the
           German
           tongue
           ,
           which
           are
           yet
           found
           among
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Slavonique
           did
           shoulder
           out
           .
           Now
           the
           Slavonique
           is
           the
           most
           spacious
           vulgar
           language
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           it
           extends
           as
           far
           as
           Constantinople
           ,
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           Mosco
           another
           way
           ;
           for
           above
           twenty
           severall
           Nations
           speak
           it
           for
           their
           Vernacular
           tongue
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           naturall
           disposition
           of
           the
           Pole
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           savage
           and
           sanguinary
           as
           of
           any
           Nation
           .
           Among
           a
           cloud
           of
           horrid
           examples
           which
           could
           be
           produc'd
           ,
           that
           of
           King
           Popiel
           the
           2.
           is
           remarkable
           ;
           Who
           finding
           himself
           to
           be
           illbeloved
           by
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           suspecting
           that
           his
           brothers
           and
           uncles
           did
           goe
           to
           undermine
           him
           ,
           He
           counterfeited
           himself
           to
           be
           sick
           ,
           and
           so
           sent
           for
           them
           as
           it
           were
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           to
           take
           his
           farewell
           of
           them
           ,
           committing
           his
           wife
           and
           children
           to
           their
           care
           ,
           and
           speaking
           unto
           them
           faintly
           and
           with
           much
           tenderness
           ;
           he
           calls
           for
           a
           boul
           of
           wine
           to
           drink
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           scarce
           touch'd
           with
           his
           lipps
           ;
           but
           they
           pledging
           him
           freely
           ,
           were
           all
           poyson'd
           ,
           and
           died
           soon
           after
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           cunning
           Queen
           crying
           out
           that
           they
           had
           an
           intent
           to
           poyson
           the
           King
           her
           Husband
           ,
           their
           bodies
           were
           depriv'd
           of
           Christian
           buriall
           ,
           and
           thrown
           into
           the
           lake
           Goplus
           :
           but
           mark
           the
           judgements
           of
           Heaven
           .
           Out
           of
           the
           putrified
           bodies
           ,
           there
           were
           such
           ratts
           engendred
           ,
           more
           bigg
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           that
           first
           devoured
           all
           Popiells
           children
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           Queen
           ,
           and
           lastly
           himself
           in
           Crusvicia
           Castle
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           disastrous
           manner
           ,
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           all
           mankind
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           touching
           the
           perfidiousnesse
           of
           the
           Polish
           Nation
           ;
           there
           be
           as
           many
           pregnant
           examples
           as
           can
           be
           produc'd
           among
           any
           people
           ;
           but
           not
           to
           detain
           your
           ears
           long
           with
           such
           harsh
           notes
           ,
           let
           this
           one
           serve
           .
           When
           Ladislaus
           ,
           the
           Son
           and
           rightfull
           Heir
           of
           King
           Albertus
           was
           put
           by
           ,
           and
           Uladislaus
           the
           5.
           made
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           God
           Allmighty
           having
           respect
           to
           the
           innocence
           of
           young
           Ladislaus
           ,
           powr'd
           his
           judgement
           upon
           the
           Pole
           in
           the
           Varvensian
           Battaile
           ,
           wherein
           besides
           the
           loss
           of
           many
           thousand
           soules
           ,
           Christianity
           receiv'd
           the
           fowlest
           blemish
           that
           ever
           she
           did
           from
           her
           infancie
           to
           that
           day
           .
           For
           this
           usurping
           Uladislaus
           ,
           having
           agreed
           upon
           Articles
           of
           peace
           with
           
             Sultan
             Amurath
          
           ,
           and
           given
           him
           the
           holy
           host
           for
           caution
           in
           point
           of
           performance
           ,
           The
           said
           Uladislaus
           breaking
           the
           Capitulations
           ,
           caus'd
           Amurath
           to
           rush
           into
           Poland
           with
           a
           fearfull
           army
           ,
           and
           as
           both
           were
           to
           close
           ,
           the
           Turk
           drew
           out
           of
           his
           bosome
           the
           host
           ,
           and
           the
           Articles
           which
           Uladislaus
           had
           sworn
           unto
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           
             O
             thou
             Crucified
             ,
             O
             thou
             crucified
             ,
             look
             upon
             thy
             perfidious
             people
             who
             have
             pawn'd
             thee
             unto
             me
             ,
             yet
             in
             a
             most
             scelestous
             and
             perjurious
             manner
             have
             infring'd
             their
             vow
             :
             if
             thou
             art
             some
             God
             ,
             let
             perjury
             be
             vindicated
             .
          
           Hereupon
           there
           was
           a
           generall
           overthrow
           given
           to
           the
           Austrian
           Army
           ,
           and
           Uladislaus
           himself
           slain
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Poland
           grew
           so
           despicable
           ,
           that
           scarce
           any
           would
           undertake
           the
           title
           of
           her
           King.
           
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Cosacks
           which
           were
           so
           much
           applauded
           in
           the
           preceding
           Oration
           .
           Truly
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           a
           race
           of
           
           people
           of
           the
           same
           trade
           the
           wild
           Arabs
           are
           of
           ,
           who
           live
           by
           robberies
           and
           plunder
           ;
           and
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           they
           are
           as
           wild
           as
           they
           ,
           for
           they
           feede
           upon
           raw
           flesh
           ,
           which
           they
           put
           sometimes
           upon
           their
           horses
           back
           under
           the
           saddle
           to
           warm
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           devoure
           it
           .
           They
           are
           farre
           worse
           then
           the
           Mosstroupers
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           the
           Tories
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           Frondeurs
           of
           France
           ,
           or
           the
           Bandoleros
           of
           Spain
           ,
           which
           lurk
           among
           the
           Pyrenean
           hills
           for
           rapine
           and
           spoil
           .
        
         
           To
           draw
           to
           a
           conclusion
           ,
           as
           the
           genius
           and
           naturall
           disposition
           of
           the
           Pole
           is
           rough
           ,
           fierce
           and
           unpolish'd
           ,
           so
           is
           their
           speech
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           most
           abrupt
           and
           craggy
           kind
           of
           language
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           in
           some
           words
           you
           have
           
             ten
             consonants
          
           and
           but
           
             one
             vowell
          
           ;
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Pole
           when
           he
           speakes
           high
           ,
           are
           as
           so
           many
           stones
           thrown
           at
           a
           mans
           braines
           that
           heares
           him
           ,
           they
           have
           such
           penenetrating
           harsh
           sounds
           and
           accents
           .
           The
           teeth
           of
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           
             dentes
             lupini
          
           ,
           are
           the
           of
           Poland
           ,
           I
           arms
           wil
           not
           say
           their
           nature
           doth
           sympathize
           with
           that
           rapacious
           beast
           ,
           but
           me
           thinks
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           whereof
           they
           bragge
           so
           much
           in
           point
           of
           vulgarity
           ,
           should
           sound
           but
           very
           harshly
           among
           such
           teeth
           .
        
         
           For
           conclusion
           ,
           I
           will
           relate
           unto
           you
           the
           character
           which
           one
           of
           Henry
           the
           thirds
           Secretaries
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           then
           attending
           the
           King
           ,
           gives
           of
           Poland
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           which
           stands
           upon
           record
           in
           an
           Authentique
           peece
           of
           story
           .
           
             Quant
             a
             moy
             qui
             ne
             puis
             mentir
             je
             vous
             diray
             fort
             librement
             que
             je
             ne
             vis
             iamais
             un
             si
             miserable
             pays
             ,
             ●…ant
             de
             pouvre
             Noblesse
             ,
             touts
             brutals
             &
             sauuage
             ,
             mais
             toutesfois
             si
             pleins
             d'
             arrogance
             qu'
             elle
             n'estime
             ancune
             Nation
             .
             Ces
             sont
             choses
             difficiles
             a
             representer
             par
             escrit
             ,
             &
             du
             tout
             impossibles
             a
             croire
             que
             par
             ceux
             qui
             les
             auroient
             veues
             .
          
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           saith
           the
           French
           Secretary
           ,
           who
           cannot
           lie
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           freely
           that
           I
           never
           saw
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           my
           life
           so
           miserable
           a
           Country
           ;
           so
           indigent
           a
           Gentry
           ,
           so
           brutish
           ,
           and
           savage
           a
           Commonalty
           ,
           but
           nevertheless
           so
           full
           of
           arrogance
           that
           they
           esteem
           no
           other
           Nation
           .
           These
           are
           things
           which
           are
           difficult
           to
           be
           represented
           by
           writing
           ,
           and
           impossible
           to
           be
           believ'd
           but
           by
           them
           who
           have
           been
           
             Eyewitnesses
             hereof
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             been
             too
             long
             .
          
        
         
           Surely
           it
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           this
           arrogant
           nature
           of
           theirs
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           no
           man
           worthy
           to
           be
           their
           King
           by
           birth
           ,
           but
           by
           Election
           .
           Nature
           is
           not
           worthy
           and
           wise
           enough
           to
           give
           them
           a
           King
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           choose
           one
           themselves
           .
           And
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           they
           are
           the
           only
           people
           among
           Mortals
           ,
           who
           fetch
           their
           Kings
           from
           far
           ,
           and
           admit
           Forreners
           to
           rule
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           one
           reason
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           squalidness
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           will
           not
           take
           upon
           them
           such
           a
           spendid
           slavery
           .
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           Poland
           hath
           neither
           King
           nor
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           confus'd
           
             Oligarchycall
             kind
          
           of
           Government
           ;
           which
           made
           the
           Lady
           
             Christina
             ,
             Caesars
          
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           Wife
           to
           Uladislaus
           the
           5.
           so
           say
           ,
           
             summum
             illud
             jus
             ,
             &
             authoritatem
             Monarchiae
             in
             Polonia
             esse
             vmbratilem
             .
          
           That
           the
           highest
           power
           and
           authority
           of
           the
           Polish
           Monarchy
           is
           meerly
           umbraticall
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           a
           shadow
           of
           a
           power
           ;
           for
           neither
           in
           the
           OEconomicall
           Government
           of
           his
           domestick
           family
           ,
           nor
           in
           choosing
           himself
           a
           Wife
           ,
           much
           lesse
           in
           the
           senate
           hath
           he
           any
           power
           of
           free
           will.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           most
           excellent
           and
           judicious
           Princes
           ,
           for
           to
           make
           Poland
           to
           have
           a
           precedence
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           Bramble
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           holy
           text
           ,
           was
           made
           the
           King
           of
           Trees
           .
        
         
           Dixi.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           Prince
           
             HENRY
             ALBERTUS
          
           Baron
           of
           LIMBURG
           &c.
           Hereditary
           Lord
           BUTLER
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           Allwaies
           free
           for
           HUNGARY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Excellent
             President
             and
             Prince
             ,
          
        
         
           WHile
           we
           are
           in
           so
           serious
           a
           debate
           touching
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           which
           of
           them
           may
           deserve
           the
           principality
           ;
           truly
           me
           thinks
           that
           we
           are
           ingratefull
           to
           Hungary
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           deferr'd
           so
           long
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           stoutest
           people
           that
           march
           under
           the
           standard
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           by
           whose
           valour
           the
           peace
           and
           incolumity
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           hath
           hitherto
           stood
           .
           We
           should
           have
           been
           more
           mindfull
           of
           the
           memory
           of
           our
           Benefactors
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Roman
           Respublique
           is
           oftentimes
           tax'd
           to
           have
           sinn'd
           against
           her
           best
           and
           most
           devoted
           Cittizens
           ,
           as
           when
           Camillus
           was
           ostracis'd
           and
           banish'd
           ,
           Scipio
           dismiss'd
           ,
           Cicero
           after
           Catiline
           undervalued
           ,
           Rutilius
           hurried
           over
           to
           
             Smyrna
             ,
             Cato
          
           was
           denied
           the
           Praetorship
           ,
           Vatinius
           the
           basest
           of
           men
           being
           preferr'd
           before
           him
           ;
           so
           truly
           it
           may
           be
           said
           that
           we
           have
           misdemean'd
           our selves
           towards
           Hungary
           .
           Now
           if
           Hungary
           could
           transplant
           her self
           hither
           before
           us
           ,
           she
           would
           sharply
           rebuke
           us
           for
           this
           preterition
           and
           neglect
           ;
           but
           because
           that
           cannot
           be
           ,
           I
           will
           adventure
           to
           be
           Advocate
           for
           that
           most
           Noble
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           as
           in
           a
           vast
           Forrest
           full
           of
           Trees
           ,
           one
           intending
           to
           fell
           down
           one
           for
           Timber
           ,
           and
           building
           ,
           but
           having
           such
           choise
           about
           him
           ,
           is
           puzzled
           which
           to
           single
           out
           ;
           so
           am
           I
           at
           a
           stand
           being
           entred
           into
           this
           large
           Forrest
           of
           matter
           ,
           where
           or
           how
           to
           begin
           .
        
         
           Will
           an
           inestimable
           treasure
           of
           all
           Wealth
           delight
           you
           ?
           I
           pray
           where
           hath
           nature
           endeavoured
           with
           more
           industry
           to
           enrich
           a
           Country
           ?
           If
           the
           amaenity
           of
           soyl
           ,
           the
           marvellous
           clemencie
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           the
           faecundity
           of
           ground
           can
           ennoble
           a
           Country
           ,
           I
           pray
           hath
           not
           Hungary
           all
           these
           qualities
           ?
           such
           is
           the
           fertility
           of
           fields
           there
           ,
           that
           grain
           growes
           no
           where
           so
           kindly
           and
           copiously
           as
           there
           .
           There
           are
           such
           Vineyards
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           hardly
           find
           any
           where
           such
           generous
           and
           strong
           Wines
           .
           The
           Medows
           are
           there
           so
           luxurious
           ,
           that
           one
           Cart
           cannot
           see
           one
           another
           though
           at
           a
           small
           distance
           .
           For
           
           numerous
           heards
           of
           Cattle
           where
           can
           we
           find
           the
           like
           ?
           How
           many
           thousand
           heads
           of
           fat
           cattell
           doe
           the
           Graziers
           fetch
           thence
           for
           the
           supply
           of
           all
           the
           neighbouring
           Provinces
           ?
           Vienna
           her self
           ,
           the
           Caesarean
           Court
           ,
           spends
           above
           80.
           thousand
           of
           them
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           felicity
           of
           Woods
           and
           Groves
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           full
           of
           fruit
           trees
           as
           well
           as
           timber
           ,
           as
           Chessnuts
           ,
           Walnuts
           ,
           Acrons
           ,
           Plumms
           ,
           and
           Apples
           ;
           besides
           they
           abound
           with
           wild
           beasts
           ,
           and
           Foul
           ,
           as
           Boares
           ,
           Hares
           ,
           Pheasans
           ,
           Partridges
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           familiar
           food
           of
           the
           Peasans
           .
        
         
           For
           stately
           deep
           Rivers
           Europe
           hath
           not
           greater
           ,
           and
           more
           commodious
           and
           navigable
           for
           commerce
           ,
           and
           the
           easie
           conveyance
           of
           all
           necessaries
           to
           and
           fro
           .
           They
           are
           quickned
           with
           abundance
           of
           Fish
           ,
           great
           and
           small
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           River
           Tibisco
           is
           said
           by
           a
           proverb
           of
           the
           circumiacent
           Inhabitants
           
             to
             have
             two
             parts
             water
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             fish
             ,
          
           so
           that
           
             Wernherus
             ▪
          
           affirmes
           that
           100.
           
           Carpes
           taken
           out
           Tibisco
           were
           sold
           for
           one
           Hungary
           ducket
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Richnesse
           of
           Mines
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           wherein
           there
           are
           precious
           ores
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           the
           purest
           that
           is
           in
           the
           World.
           In
           a
           mine
           of
           Dalmatia
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           ignoble
           part
           of
           the
           Hungarian
           Empire
           ,
           there
           have
           been
           digg'd
           out
           500.
           pound
           of
           Gold
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           Mine
           in
           the
           Principality
           of
           Nero
           as
           they
           call
           it
           .
           There
           be
           some
           Rivers
           in
           Transyl●…ania
           ,
           wherein
           ingots
           of
           Gold
           have
           been
           found
           half
           a
           pound
           weight
           ,
           as
           Bonfinius
           reports
           .
           There
           is
           a
           very
           credible
           report
           ,
           that
           
             Sigismund
             Chanzares
          
           Bishop
           of
           the
           five
           Churches
           ,
           was
           so
           rich
           in
           Gold
           ,
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           entertain
           an
           army
           upon
           his
           own
           pay
           .
           Hereupon
           when
           Albertus
           the
           Pole
           challeng'd
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Hungaria
           from
           his
           brother
           Uladislaus
           ,
           he
           us'd
           to
           heighten
           the
           courage
           of
           his
           souldiers
           by
           puting
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           exuberant
           riches
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Hanc
             esse
             Illam
             Regionem
             quam
             mediam
             Danubius
             tot
             fluviorum
             consiuxu
             incolis
             percommodus
             intersecat
             ,
             &
             quae
             universi
             paenè
             orbis
             faelicitatem
             complectitur
             .
             Hanc
             esse
             Illam
             optimdrum
             for
             acissimam
             fructuum
             ,
             vinetis
             specio
             fissimam
             ,
             equis
             &
             caeteris
             animalibus
             aff●…im
             abuudant●…m
             ;
             Auri
             atque
             argenti
             ,
             multorumque
             praeterea
             metallorum
             ditissimam
             ,
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ribns
             quae
             non
             modo
             ad
             vitae
             usum
             spectant
             ,
             sed
             &
             luxum
             possit
             ministrare
             ,
             instructissimam
             .
          
           This
           was
           that
           Region
           which
           the
           Danube
           with
           the
           conflux
           of
           other
           Rivers
           doth
           cut
           up
           and
           down
           with
           many
           intersections
           ,
           a
           Country
           which
           hath
           the
           ●…aelicity
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           This
           is
           she
           that
           abounds
           with
           such
           variety
           of
           fruit
           ,
           with
           fair
           Vineyards
           ,
           with
           plenty
           of
           generous
           Horses
           ,
           and
           other
           animalls
           of
           all
           kind
           .
           She
           is
           enrich'd
           with
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           sorts
           of
           mettalls
           .
           In
           sum
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           Kingdome
           which
           is
           furnished
           with
           all
           things
           that
           appertain
           to
           humane
           life
           ,
           either
           for
           use
           or
           pleasure
           .
           Yet
           Hungary
           doth
           not
           measure
           these
           splendid
           gifts
           of
           nature
           according
           to
           the
           common
           opinion
           and
           wish
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           she
           proportions
           them
           according
           to
           the
           necessity
           and
           use
           .
           And
           the
           Inhabitants
           must
           labour
           for
           them
           accordingly
           ▪
           Without
           doubt
           industry
           is
           a
           high
           and
           indefatigable
           vertue
           ;
           idlenesse
           and
           voluptuousnesse
           is
           a
           servile
           ,
           slothfull
           ,
           weak
           and
           degenerous
           thing
           ,
           her
           station
           is
           commonly
           in
           stoves
           and
           taphouses
           ,
           in
           baths
           ,
           and
           hot
           ▪
           houses
           ,
           or
           such
           places
           ;
           When
           we
           find
           the
           other
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           in
           the
           Market
           ,
           in
           the
           Mines
           ,
           or
           standing
           in
           defence
           of
           a
           Town
           with
           hard
           callous
           hands
           .
           If
           Vertue
           and
           industry
           can
           be
           found
           no
           where
           else
           ,
           you
           are
           sure
           to
           find
           them
           embracing
           each
           other
           in
           Pannonia
           ,
           now
           Hungary
           .
           What
           brave
           masculine
           births
           hath
           she
           produc'd
           ,
           what
           grave
           and
           learned
           Doctors
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           eminent
           
             B.
             Martin
          
           a
           pious
           Bishop
           ,
           a
           pure
           Apostolicall
           man.
           Then
           she
           had
           Saint
           Hierom
           ,
           who
           for
           his
           sanctity
           and
           learning
           is
           reckon'd
           ,
           and
           with
           good
           reason
           ,
           among
           the
           holy
           Confessors
           and
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Then
           you
           have
           
             Andrew
             〈◊〉
             ▪
          
           an
           admired
           student
           of
           Ciceronian
           Eloquence
           ,
           who
           writ
           thrice
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           all
           Cicero's
           works
           that
           are
           instant
           .
           But
           at
           last
           leaving
           the
           Papaci●…
           ,
           the
           miter
           ,
           the
           sublime
           honors
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           all
           worldly
           Pomp
           ,
           he
           be
           took
           himself
           to
           a
           private
           contemplative
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           devotions
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           stuff
           my
           speech
           with
           all
           those
           rare
           and
           holy
           men
           which
           Hungary
           
           hath
           produc'd
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           the
           Catalogue
           would
           be
           so
           large
           as
           that
           of
           Germany
           ,
           or
           France
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           have
           deserv'd
           so
           well
           of
           the
           Common-Wealth
           of
           learning
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           greater
           Benefactors
           then
           some
           Kings
           or
           Princes
           .
           Among
           other
           
             Ioānes
             Sambucus
          
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           by
           profession
           ,
           was
           so
           diligent
           in
           the
           collection
           of
           the
           best
           Authors
           ,
           that
           his
           Library
           might
           be
           compared
           to
           any
           one
           private
           man
           's
           in
           Europe
           ;
           which
           Nonnus
           and
           Hesychius
           doe
           testifie
           at
           large
           .
           We
           are
           going
           now
           to
           make
           inspection
           into
           the
           heroique
           vertue
           of
           the
           Hungarians
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Valour
           and
           Courage
           .
           And
           first
           we
           could
           nominate
           eight
           Emperors
           ,
           which
           under
           a
           benign
           and
           happy
           star
           were
           born
           in
           Hungary
           .
           In
           the
           Emperor
           Decius
           ,
           his
           vertues
           kept
           touch
           with
           his
           age
           ,
           and
           grew
           up
           together
           .
           He
           came
           to
           the
           Caesarian
           dignity
           ,
           neither
           by
           ambition
           ,
           by
           bought
           suffrages
           ,
           nor
           canvasing
           and
           corrupting
           of
           friends
           ;
           but
           as
           his
           Election
           was
           fair
           ,
           so
           his
           Government
           was
           so
           exemplary
           and
           glorious
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           adjudg'd
           to
           deserve
           the
           character
           of
           
             Optimus
             Princeps
          
           by
           the
           unanimous
           judgement
           of
           the
           Senate
           ;
           had
           he
           not
           been
           given
           so
           much
           to
           Pagan
           superstition
           ,
           and
           oppress'd
           Christianity
           by
           such
           cruentous
           persecutions
           .
           Aurelianus
           is
           cryed
           up
           to
           have
           kept
           the
           whole
           Roman
           Empire
           three
           years
           without
           the
           least
           invasion
           ,
           or
           noise
           of
           Warre
           ;
           he
           augmented
           the
           bounds
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           enhanc'd
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           all
           his
           life
           time
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           tainted
           with
           the
           same
           stain
           as
           Decius
           was
           .
           He
           was
           of
           a
           tall
           stature
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           sinewy
           constitution
           ,
           and
           robust
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           it
           is
           recorded
           how
           in
           the
           Sarmatian
           War
           he
           slew
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           48
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           above
           950.
           
           In
           so
           much
           that
           children
           and
           boyes
           us'd
           to
           sing
           up
           and
           down
           the
           streets
           on
           festivall
           daies
           .
           
             Mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             decollavimus
             ,
             unus
             homo
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             ,
             decollavimus
             ,
             mille
             ,
             mille
             vivat
             ,
             qui
             mille
             ,
             mille
             occidit
             :
          
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Probus
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           who
           for
           his
           meer
           vertue
           and
           valor
           was
           hois'd
           up
           to
           the
           transcendent
           dignity
           of
           an
           Emperor
           ,
           though
           descended
           of
           very
           mean
           Parents
           ,
           of
           a
           Gardiner
           ;
           his
           name
           suted
           with
           his
           nature
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           punctuall
           probity
           .
           He
           trounc'd
           the
           Pole
           ,
           he
           extinguish'd
           Tyrants
           ,
           he
           pacified
           the
           VVorld
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           VVarres
           being
           ceas'd
           all
           the
           World
           over
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           
             Milites
             minimè
             fore
             necessarios
             ,
             cùm
             desint
             hostes
             ,
          
           Souldiers
           were
           superfluous
           when
           there
           were
           no
           Enemies
           .
           Dioclesian
           was
           also
           an
           Hungarian
           ,
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           notable
           spirit
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           antecell'd
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           tenth
           persecution
           happen'd
           in
           his
           raign
           .
           For
           there
           were
           nine
           before
           under
           
             Nero
             ,
             Domitian
             ,
             Tra●…an
             ,
             Marcus
             ,
             Severus
             ,
             Maximus
             ,
             Decius
             ,
             Valerianus
             ,
             Aurelianus
             ,
          
           but
           that
           of
           Dioelesian
           was
           the
           bloudiest
           of
           all
           .
           
             Iovianus
             Augustus
          
           was
           also
           a
           child
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           who
           being
           chosen
           Emperor
           ,
           refus'd
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           rule
           Pagans
           .
           hereupon
           the
           soldiers
           with
           a
           loud
           voice
           said
           they
           were
           Christians
           .
           Valentinianus
           and
           Valens
           were
           Hungarians
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Gratian
           ,
           all
           Emperors
           ,
           who
           did
           more
           exploits
           ,
        
         
           
             
               —
               quam
               quae
               comprendere
               dictis
            
             
               In
               promptu
               mihi
               sit
               —
            
          
        
         
           After
           this
           there
           rush'd
           into
           Hungary
           many
           rough
           septentrionall
           people
           in
           swarms
           ,
           as
           
             Vandales
             ,
             Goths
             ,
             Hunns
             ,
             Ostrogoths
             ,
          
           and
           Longobards
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           Pannonia
           came
           to
           be
           call'd
           Hungary
           ,
           and
           those
           stout
           Nations
           did
           incorporate
           and
           mix
           with
           the
           
             Hungarians
             .
             Attila
          
           struck
           in
           like
           a
           thunderbolt
           and
           brought
           hither
           the
           Empire
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           Hungary
           had
           Greece
           and
           Italy
           in
           Vassalage
           ,
           and
           Stipendiary
           .
           She
           did
           persecute
           the
           Gauls
           with
           devastations
           and
           ●…yrings
           ;
           She
           brought
           Germany
           after
           many
           changes
           of
           VVar
           to
           be
           tributary
           unto
           her
           ;
           and
           to
           pay
           this
           tribute
           ,
           Germany
           was
           constrain'd
           to
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           and
           melt
           her
           Church
           plate
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Monasteries
           .
           And
           there
           was
           no
           people
           on
           Earth
           so
           formidable
           as
           the
           Hungarian
           .
           For
           their
           Empire
           did
           extend
           then
           from
           Austria
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           the
           Pontique
           Sea
           ,
           and
           from
           Poland
           to
           the
           Adriatique
           another
           way
           :
           in
           which
           compasse
           of
           Earth
           there
           were
           7.
           spacious
           Kingdoms
           ,
           subject
           to
           Hungary
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           King
           began
           to
           be
           call'd
           Archirix
           .
        
         
         
           But
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           
             Stephanus
             Sanctus
          
           ,
           who
           would
           never
           attempt
           any
           ▪
           act
           in
           Warre
           or
           Peace
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           offer
           up
           some
           extraordinary
           sacrifice
           to
           Heaven
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Andrea
           the
           2.
           who
           was
           so
           happy
           in
           the
           Education
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           that
           his
           Daughter
           Elizabeth
           being
           married
           to
           the
           Langrave
           of
           Hessen
           ,
           for
           her
           austere
           and
           abstemious
           holy
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           was
           enroll'd
           in
           the
           Calender
           of
           Saints
           ?
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Ladislaus
           the
           first
           ,
           who
           quell'd
           the
           Pole
           ,
           brought
           down
           the
           Swisses
           courage
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           upon
           an
           expedition
           against
           the
           Sarracens
           ,
           by
           conjunction
           with
           other
           Princes
           ,
           pai'd
           nature
           the
           last
           debt
           ,
           and
           so
           died
           in
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           glory
           ▪
           and
           the
           magnitude
           of
           his
           great
           exploits
           ;
           a
           man
           ,
           besides
           valour
           ,
           for
           integrity
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           innocence
           incomparable
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Geisis
           ,
           of
           the
           Belis
           ,
           of
           Emericus
           ,
           of
           the
           many
           of
           the
           name
           of
           Charles
           and
           Lewis
           ,
           of
           
             Sigismund
             ,
             Albert
          
           ,
           and
           Uladislaus
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           most
           gallant
           Kings
           full
           of
           prowesse
           and
           piety
           ;
           VVith
           what
           Praeconiums
           shall
           I
           blazon
           the
           praise
           of
           Matthias
           the
           first
           ?
           ô
           what
           a
           Heroe
           was
           that
           Matthias
           ,
           he
           that
           was
           a
           terror
           to
           the
           East
           and
           West
           .
           He
           that
           was
           Son
           to
           Huniades
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           great
           an
           Artist
           in
           policy
           ,
           and
           a
           well
           temperd
           Government
           ?
           He
           never
           embarqu'd
           himself
           in
           any
           businesse
           but
           he
           arriv'd
           at
           his
           wished
           Port
           ;
           he
           never
           attempted
           any
           businesse
           though
           never
           so
           arduous
           ,
           but
           he
           compas'd
           it
           ,
           being
           most
           constant
           and
           thorough
           in
           all
           his
           resolutions
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           them
           ;
           who
           had
           such
           a
           dextrous
           and
           moving
           way
           to
           incite
           his
           souldiers
           ,
           
             that
             he
             made
             hope
             of
             Victory
             to
             serve
             for
             pay
             .
          
           The
           Emperor
           Maximilian
           the
           first
           ,
           when
           he
           took
           the
           City
           Alba
           ,
           when
           he
           triumphantly
           entred
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           enquired
           after
           was
           Saint
           Maries
           Church
           ,
           where
           the
           body
           of
           
             Sanctus
             Stephanus
          
           was
           interr'd
           ;
           but
           spying
           the
           Armes
           and
           Ensignes
           of
           
             Matthias
             Corvinus
          
           ,
           being
           neerly
           fix'd
           and
           pendant
           upon
           the
           walls
           with
           this
           Inscription
           ,
           
             Sub
             marmore
             hoc
             Matthias
             situs
             est
             ,
             quem
             facta
             Deum
             ostendunt
             ,
             Fata
             fuisse
             hominem
             :
          
           Here
           lieth
           Matthias
           under
           this
           Marble
           ,
           whom
           his
           feats
           shewed
           to
           be
           a
           God
           ,
           but
           his
           fate
           a
           man
           ,
           having
           I
           say
           spied
           and
           read
           this
           ,
           he
           burst
           into
           teares
           ,
           so
           highly
           did
           Maximilian
           esteem
           Matthias
           ;
           and
           indeed
           the
           perfections
           and
           prosperity
           of
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           whom
           would
           it
           not
           ravish
           ?
           For
           Matthias
           in
           his
           time
           was
           the
           only
           man
           who
           was
           said
           to
           bear
           armes
           .
           He
           subdued
           the
           Bohemians
           ,
           he
           orecame
           the
           Valachians
           ,
           he
           afflicted
           the
           Pole
           ,
           he
           tam'd
           the
           Rebells
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           he
           reduc'd
           Austria
           under
           his
           Dominion
           ,
           he
           extended
           the
           limits
           of
           his
           Possessions
           to
           the
           shores
           of
           the
           Adriatique
           Sea
           ;
           he
           rais'd
           the
           seige
           of
           Otranto
           ;
           He
           dissipated
           innumerable
           swarmes
           of
           Turkes
           ,
           and
           so
           abated
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           great
           Sultan
           Mahomet
           ,
           who
           in
           32.
           years
           had
           acquir'd
           two
           Empires
           ,
           had
           got
           12.
           
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           taken
           200.
           
           Cities
           ;
           I
           say
           he
           so
           handled
           this
           Mahomet
           ,
           that
           he
           and
           Bajazet
           his
           Sonne
           desir'd
           peace
           .
           Besides
           ,
           this
           
             Sultan
             Mahomet
          
           when
           he
           gloried
           of
           himself
           that
           he
           had
           conquer'd
           and
           quell'd
           all
           the
           Kings
           round
           about
           him
           ,
           he
           used
           to
           except
           alwaies
           King
           Matthias
           ,
           who
           was
           call'd
           by
           him
           
             strenuus
             Princeps
          
           ,
           the
           strenuous
           Prince
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           adds
           much
           to
           the
           renown
           of
           this
           notable
           King
           ,
           was
           that
           he
           joyn'd
           Arts
           with
           Armes
           ,
           that
           he
           contracted
           a
           kind
           of
           Matrimony
           twixt
           Mars
           and
           the
           Muses
           ;
           to
           whom
           he
           was
           much
           devoted
           in
           his
           private
           retirements
           .
           At
           dinner
           and
           supper
           he
           had
           alwaies
           some
           book
           or
           other
           read
           unto
           him
           ,
           or
           some
           Doctors
           discoursing
           by
           learned
           altercations
           :
           He
           would
           alwaies
           say
           that
           't
           was
           impossible
           for
           any
           to
           be
           a
           Generall
           ,
           and
           to
           deserve
           the
           name
           of
           a
           great
           Captain
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           were
           vers'd
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           Warre
           among
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           their
           discipline
           of
           Warre
           and
           Stratagems
           .
           He
           made
           Buda
           the
           Domicile
           and
           rendevous
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Knowledge
           ;
           For
           he
           was
           very
           liberall
           and
           munificent
           to
           all
           learned
           men
           as
           well
           as
           Military
           ,
           and
           his
           reign
           florished
           with
           both
           .
           Earl
           Emericus
           was
           another
           Ulisses
           ,
           his
           brother
           Stephen
           an
           
             Agamemnon
             ,
             Paul
             Cinisius
          
           another
           
             Aiax
             ,
             Micolas
             Cyupor
          
           a
           
             Diomedes
             ,
             Michael
             Palatine
          
           a
           
             Nestor
             ,
             Blasius
             Magerus
          
           (
           who
           was
           of
           ●…o
           robust
           a
           constitution
           ,
           that
           he
           lift
           up
           a
           but
           of
           wine
           which
           three
           horses
           could
           hardly
           draw
           )
           
           was
           another
           Hercules
           ,
           and
           King
           Matthias
           himself
           was
           a
           true
           Achilles
           .
           In
           his
           happy
           reign
           ,
           Hungary
           was
           no
           other
           then
           an
           Academy
           of
           brave
           men
           in
           all
           faculties
           .
           He
           boar
           up
           most
           magnanimously
           against
           the
           whole
           power
           of
           the
           Ottoman
           Empire
           ,
           who
           denounced
           Warre
           so
           often
           against
           him
           ;
           That
           fresh
           Empire
           which
           florisheth
           with
           such
           incredible
           Wealth
           ,
           most
           spacious
           and
           variety
           of
           Dominions
           ,
           with
           such
           veteran
           Captains
           and
           exact
           discipline
           and
           exercised
           souldiery
           ;
           flesh'd
           so
           often
           with
           blood
           and
           a
           continuall
           course
           of
           conquering
           ,
           having
           their
           courage
           elevated
           with
           the
           conceit
           of
           the
           puissance
           and
           large
           territories
           of
           their
           Emperor
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           advantages
           which
           the
           soft
           .
           Europaean
           Princes
           have
           not
           ,
           among
           whom
           either
           want
           of
           mony
           ,
           the
           mutining
           of
           souldiers
           ,
           the
           covetousnesse
           of
           Commanders
           ,
           the
           carriage
           of
           so
           much
           luggage
           and
           amunition
           for
           the
           mouth
           ,
           the
           luxury
           ,
           and
           excesses
           of
           the
           common
           souldier
           is
           so
           frequent
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           as
           an
           Italian
           Author
           hath
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           harder
           matter
           to
           take
           the
           smallest
           cottage
           from
           the
           Turke
           ,
           then
           it
           were
           to
           take
           Calais
           or
           Bayon
           from
           the
           
             French.
             Hungary
          
           is
           the
           greatest
           rampart
           of
           Christendome
           against
           that
           Gigantique
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           magnifieth
           and
           esteems
           the
           Hungarian
           ,
           and
           slightes
           all
           other
           Europaeans
           ,
           confessing
           that
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           field
           against
           them
           ,
           he
           is
           sure
           to
           meet
           with
           men
           .
           Nay
           the
           women
           of
           Hungary
           have
           such
           masculine
           spirits
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           admirable
           .
           Among
           many
           other
           instances
           which
           might
           be
           made
           ,
           I
           will
           produce
           a
           late
           one
           .
           When
           Mahomet
           had
           closely
           begirt
           Agria
           by
           a
           pertinacious
           siege
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Praesidiaries
           being
           summon'd
           to
           make
           a
           rendition
           of
           the
           place
           upon
           very
           fair
           termes
           ;
           for
           answer
           they
           set
           up
           a
           Mortuary
           with
           a
           death's
           head
           upon
           it
           on
           the
           top
           of
           one
           of
           their
           turrets
           ,
           preferring
           death
           before
           a
           dedition
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           next
           day
           he
           made
           a
           furious
           storm
           ,
           and
           brought
           his
           scaling
           ladders
           round
           about
           the
           walls
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           notably
           repuls'd
           twice
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           .
           Wherein
           the
           virility
           and
           valour
           of
           the
           women
           was
           much
           seen
           ,
           whereof
           one
           having
           her
           husband
           kill'd
           before
           her
           face
           ,
           her
           mother
           being
           by
           ,
           the
           mother
           said
           that
           she
           should
           have
           a
           care
           of
           her
           Husbands
           body
           to
           give
           him
           buriall
           .
           God
           forbid
           ,
           O
           mother
           ,
           that
           my
           husband
           should
           go
           unreveng'd
           to
           his
           grave
           ,
           
             pugnas
             hoc
             tempus
             ,
             non
             exequias
             poscit
             ,
          
           this
           is
           a
           time
           of
           fighting
           not
           burying
           ,
           and
           so
           taking
           up
           her
           husbands
           sword
           and
           target
           ,
           she
           rush'd
           in
           among
           the
           throng
           of
           the
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           never
           left
           till
           she
           had
           kill'd
           three
           Turks
           with
           her
           own
           hands
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           scaling
           a
           wall
           ,
           and
           so
           offer'd
           them
           for
           a
           Victime
           to
           her
           spouse
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           afterward
           gave
           the
           rites
           of
           buriall
           .
           Another
           following
           her
           Mother
           ,
           who
           carried
           upon
           her
           head
           a
           great
           stone
           to
           throw
           down
           upon
           the
           scaling
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           being
           shot
           by
           a
           bullet
           and
           kill'd
           ;
           the
           daughter
           takes
           up
           the
           same
           stone
           and
           went
           furiously
           to
           the
           walls
           ,
           where
           she
           made
           so
           happy
           a
           throw
           ,
           that
           she
           knock'd
           down
           dead
           two
           huge
           Turks
           as
           they
           were
           climing
           up
           a
           ladder
           .
           This
           female
           courage
           did
           much
           heighten
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           behav'd
           themselves
           so
           manfully
           ,
           that
           the
           gran
           Signior
           was
           constrain'd
           to
           raise
           his
           seige
           most
           ingloriously
           ,
           and
           so
           trusse
           up
           his
           bagage
           and
           be
           gone
           .
           Bonfinius
           hath
           another
           story
           of
           a
           valiant
           Hungarian
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           seige
           of
           Iayza
           ,
           clim'd
           up
           a
           Turret
           where
           the
           Turk
           had
           set
           up
           his
           colours
           ,
           which
           he
           pull'd
           down
           ,
           and
           fell
           down
           with
           the
           colours
           ,
           and
           so
           sacrific'd
           his
           life
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           portentous
           courage
           of
           
             Nicolas
             Iurischyzius
          
           who
           kept
           Gunzium
           a
           small
           City
           against
           Solyman
           ,
           maugre
           his
           Army
           of
           300.
           thousand
           men
           .
           What
           stupendous
           exploits
           did
           
             Nicolas
             Serinius
          
           perform
           ●…
           at
           the
           siege
           of
           Ligeth
           ,
           who
           being
           encompas'd
           on
           al
           sides
           ,
           with
           fire
           ,
           famine
           ,
           &
           thirst
           ,
           with
           the
           howling
           and
           screeching
           of
           women
           and
           children
           ,
           Thuanus
           reports
           ,
           he
           caus'd
           a
           gate
           to
           be
           open'd
           ,
           and
           having
           a
           select
           company
           of
           Adventurers
           with
           him
           ,
           they
           rush'd
           into
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           the
           whole
           army
           ,
           where
           some
           of
           them
           lost
           their
           lives
           so
           happily
           ,
           that
           they
           rais'd
           the
           siege
           :
           But
           Serinius
           like
           the
           Salamander
           went
           through
           and
           through
           the
           fire
           without
           being
           burnt
           .
           Necessity
           is
           vertues
           occasion
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           property
           of
           a
           man
           truly
           valiant
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           turn
           it
           to
           vertue
           .
           Now
           vertue
           hath
           many
           
           waies
           to
           try
           the
           valour
           of
           her
           children
           .
           She
           tries
           the
           courage
           of
           Regulus
           by
           fire
           ,
           of
           Rutilius
           by
           banishment
           ,
           of
           Socrates
           by
           poyson
           ,
           of
           Cato
           by
           his
           self-necion
           ;
           And
           of
           the
           Hungarians
           by
           these
           and
           many
           other
           waies
           :
           Thus
           she
           tryed
           
             Serinius
             ,
             Iurischyzius
             ,
             Georgius
             Thurius
             ,
          
           and
           Nadastus
           ,
           who
           have
           got
           themselves
           high
           seates
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           immortality
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           Hungary
           that
           is
           the
           Antemurale
           ,
           the
           true
           Propugnacle
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           against
           that
           prodigious
           huge
           Tyrant
           the
           Musulmans
           Emperor
           .
           The
           Germans
           grow
           rich
           by
           the
           Hungarian
           armes
           ,
           the
           Italians
           live
           by
           their
           Funeralls
           ,
           the
           French
           sleep
           quietly
           by
           their
           Calamities
           ,
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           at
           leisure
           to
           Warre
           else
           where
           by
           their
           Perills
           ,
           the
           English
           and
           Dutch
           made
           the
           more
           safe
           for
           their
           Power
           ,
           The
           Pole
           followes
           his
           spotes
           by
           their
           labour
           .
           And
           Christians
           in
           generall
           live
           securely
           through
           their
           perpetual
           and
           contiguous
           dangers
           .
           So
           that
           Noble
           Hungary
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           inexpugnable
           rampart
           ,
           but
           the
           buckler
           of
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           the
           Hungarians
           without
           much
           prophanesse
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Patrons
           and
           Tutelar
           Angells
           of
           Europe
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Pole
           ,
           when
           the
           
             French
             Henry
          
           had
           stole
           away
           from
           them
           ,
           made
           no
           ill
           choice
           when
           they
           reflected
           upon
           
             Stephen
             Bartorius
          
           to
           be
           their
           King.
           What
           an
           heroique
           Expedition
           did
           he
           engage
           himself
           in
           against
           the
           Moscovite
           ;
           what
           an
           immense
           tract
           of
           ground
           was
           he
           to
           traverse
           ,
           what
           thick
           endlesse
           woods
           ,
           what
           huge
           Rivers
           ,
           what
           fenns
           and
           loughs
           with
           other
           horrid
           uncouth
           places
           was
           he
           to
           meet
           withal
           !
           The
           Turks
           expeditions
           to
           Persia
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           to
           the
           Indies
           ,
           the
           expeditions
           which
           were
           made
           in
           former
           ages
           to
           the
           holy
           Land
           ,
           come
           short
           of
           this
           difficult
           march
           which
           Bartorius
           made
           .
           But
           what
           did
           he
           doe
           by
           this
           tedious
           and
           venturous
           march
           ?
           when
           he
           had
           gone
           from
           Boristhenes
           to
           Cerinova
           ,
           from
           Staricia
           ,
           and
           Novogard
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           lake
           Lohod
           ;
           depopulating
           all
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           taking
           all
           the
           youth
           of
           the
           Country
           Captives
           ,
           he
           constrain'd
           the
           Sudari
           the
           Emperor
           of
           Mosco
           ,
           to
           refrain
           from
           all
           navigation
           in
           the
           Boristhenes
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ports
           of
           the
           Baltique
           Sea
           ,
           and
           confin'd
           him
           to
           the
           interior
           Russia
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           wander
           no
           further
           .
           This
           Bartorius
           extended
           his
           arme
           from
           the
           Danube
           ,
           the
           Titisco
           ,
           the
           Dravo
           ,
           and
           the
           River
           Marossa
           to
           the
           furthest
           parts
           of
           the
           Northern
           World.
           When
           the
           Turk
           besieg'd
           Plescovia
           ,
           there
           came
           an
           Ambassador
           from
           him
           into
           Bartorius
           his
           Army
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           put
           in
           battalion
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           beholding
           the
           countenances
           of
           the
           men
           ,
           their
           postures
           ,
           and
           regular
           discipline
           ,
           with
           the
           splendor
           of
           their
           armes
           ,
           and
           richnesse
           thereof
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           horses
           and
           Canons
           ,
           he
           fel
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           astonishment
           ,
           breaking
           out
           into
           these
           passionate
           words
           ,
           
             Faceret
             Deus
             ut
             isti
             Principes
          
           —
           would
           God
           were
           pleas'd
           that
           these
           Princes
           ,
           meaning
           his
           Master
           the
           Great
           
             Turk
             ,
             Amurath
          
           the
           3d.
           and
           King
           
             Stephen
             Bartorius
          
           were
           conjoin'd
           in
           a
           league
           ,
           and
           they
           might
           subdue
           all
           the
           World.
           I
           will
           conclude
           with
           a
           brave
           Character
           that
           Vanotius
           gave
           of
           
             Stephen
             Bartorius
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               Bartorius
               erat
            
             
               In
               Templo
               plus
               quàm
               sacerdos
               ,
            
             
               In
               Republica
               plus
               quàm
               Rex
               ,
            
             
               In
               Tribunali
               plus
               quàm
               Senator
               ,
            
             
               In
               Iudicio
               plus
               quàm
               Iurisconsultus
               ,
            
             
               In
               exercitu
               plus
               quàm
               Imperator
               ,
            
             
               In
               acie
               plus
               quàm
               miles
               ,
            
             
               In
               adversis
               perferendis
               injuriisq
               ,
               condonandis
               plus
               quàm
               Vir
               ,
            
             
               In
               public
               a
               libertate
               tuenda
               plus
               quàm
               Civis
               ,
            
             
               In
               amicitia
               colenda
               plus
               quàm
               amicus
               ,
            
             
               In
               convictu
               plus
               quàm
               familiaris
               ,
            
             
             
               In
               Venatione
               ,
               ferisque
               domandis
               plus
               quàm
               Leo
               ,
            
             
               In
               tota
               reliqua
               vitâ
               plus
               quàm
               homo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bartorius
               was
            
             
               In
               the
               Temple
               more
               then
               a
               Priest
               ,
            
             
               In
               the
               Common-wealth
               more
               then
               a
               King
               ,
            
             
               In
               point
               of
               Judgement
               more
               then
               a
               Lawyer
               ,
            
             
               In
               the
               Army
               more
               then
               an
               Emperor
               ,
            
             
               In
               the
               field
               more
               then
               a
               souldier
               ,
            
             
               In
               suffring
               adversities
               and
               more
               then
               man
               ,
            
             
               In
               pardoning
               of
               injuries
               more
               then
               man
               ,
            
             
               In
               preserving
               the
               Publique
               liberty
               more
               then
               a
               Patriot
               ,
            
             
               In
               all
               Offices
               of
               friendship
               more
               then
               a
               friend
               ,
            
             
               In
               his
               conversation
               more
               then
               familiar
               ,
            
             
               In
               hunting
               and
               taming
               wild
               beasts
               more
               then
               a
               Lion
               ,
            
             
               In
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               life
               more
               then
               a
               Philosopher
               .
            
          
        
         
           All
           these
           things
           impartially
           consider'd
           and
           well
           ponder'd
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           ,
           under
           correction
           of
           the
           judgement
           of
           this
           most
           sage
           Assembly
           ,
           but
           Hungary
           may
           stand
           in
           competition
           for
           preheminence
           with
           divers
           other
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           
             ERNEST
             SCHAFELISKI
          
           against
           HUNGARY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             ,
             and
             Highborn
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Noble
           
             Henricus
             Albertus
          
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           hath
           detained
           your
           attentions
           a
           good
           while
           in
           setting
           forth
           the
           praises
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           her
           capable
           of
           the
           principality
           of
           Europe
           ;
           but
           therein
           he
           hath
           labour'd
           to
           put
           a
           
             Giants
             head
             upon
             a
          
           Pygimes
           
             shoulders
             ,
             or
             Hercules
             Buskins
             upon
             a
             Childs
             leggs
             .
          
           For
           ,
           as
           by
           unanswerable
           arguments
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           prove
           ,
           she
           hath
           no
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           aim
           at
           such
           a
           Prerogative
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           although
           it
           enjoy
           a
           fat
           and
           fertile
           soil
           ,
           and
           almost
           every
           where
           Productive
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           fury
           of
           Mars
           ,
           and
           neighbourhood
           of
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           her
           agriculture
           and
           Mines
           have
           extremely
           suffer'd
           for
           many
           Ages
           .
           Besides
           ,
           her
           air
           is
           found
           unwholsom
           ,
           and
           disagreeable
           to
           all
           strangers
           ,
           for
           the
           grossnesse
           of
           it
           in
           some
           seasons
           ,
           and
           the
           tenuity
           of
           it
           in
           others
           .
           Therefore
           they
           cannot
           continue
           in
           one
           place
           above
           a
           month
           without
           danger
           ,
           least
           the
           
             languor
             Hungaricus
          
           ,
           the
           Hungarian
           faintnesse
           seize
           upon
           them
           ;
           which
           is
           prevented
           by
           frequent
           remove
           of
           stations
           ;
           that
           disease
           of
           the
           
             Hungarian
             languor
          
           or
           lithernes
           ,
           having
           begun
           in
           the
           army
           at
           Comorra
           ,
           dispers'd
           it self
           to
           Iavarin
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           contagion
           did
           expand
           it selfe
           among
           the
           
             Germans
             ,
             Bohemians
             ,
             Belgians
             ,
             French
             ,
          
           and
           Italians
           ,
           where
           it
           extremely
           raged
           for
           a
           while
           .
           And
           as
           at
           Buda
           (
           then
           which
           besides
           Possonium
           there
           is
           scarce
           a
           City
           worthy
           the
           view
           of
           a
           stranger
           in
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           there
           be
           some
           sulphureous
           Waters
           of
           such
           an
           intense
           heat
           ,
           that
           will
           singe
           hoggs
           if
           they
           be
           thrown
           into
           them
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           peculiar
           sorts
           of
           fish
           that
           are
           there
           generated
           ,
           with
           certain
           kinds
           of
           froggs
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           throw
           other
           Rivers
           fish
           or
           froggs
           into
           them
           ,
           they
           presently
           die
           and
           turn
           up
           their
           bellies
           .
           So
           the
           air
           of
           Hungary
           agrees
           by
           decree
           of
           nature
           with
           the
           inhabitants
           themselves
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           averse
           ,
           pestilentiall
           and
           intollerable
           to
           other
           people
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           those
           kinds
           of
           lice
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           ofspring
           of
           the
           Hungarian
           air
           ,
           which
           much
           infest
           all
           people
           ?
           for
           it
           is
           found
           there
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           take
           a
           Napkin
           and
           wash
           it
           there
           in
           pond
           water
           ,
           and
           expos'd
           to
           drying
           in
           the
           Sun
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           presently
           full
           of
           Vermine
           .
           Nay
           ,
           if
           one
           sweat
           never
           so
           little
           ,
           the
           moisture
           of
           his
           body
           will
           turn
           to
           lice
           by
           the
           pravity
           of
           the
           Hungarian
           air
           .
           Adde
           hereunto
           ,
           that
           besides
           the
           Malignity
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           the
           waters
           are
           also
           there
           of
           an
           ill
           quality
           both
           Fountaines
           and
           Rivers
           ,
           all
           for
           the
           most
           part
           except
           the
           Danube
           ,
           
           whose
           streames
           are
           wholsom
           and
           potable
           :
           The
           River
           Rabniza
           which
           mingleth
           with
           the
           Danube
           about
           Iavarin
           ,
           runns
           with
           such
           unwholsome
           waters
           ,
           that
           the
           fish
           and
           crabbs
           which
           are
           caught
           there
           do
           cast
           an
           ill
           sent
           ,
           yea
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           boyl'd
           .
           But
           as
           Parents
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           a
           child
           either
           crump-shoulderd
           ,
           hopperhipp'd
           ,
           bleareyd
           ,
           or
           mark'd
           with
           any
           other
           deformity
           ,
           do
           make
           her
           a
           compensation
           for
           it
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           Dowry
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           make
           a
           sow
           appear
           like
           Susanna
           ;
           So
           Nature
           and
           Fortune
           have
           made
           Hungary
           some
           amends
           for
           these
           her
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           furnished
           her
           with
           patches
           to
           put
           upon
           her
           Moles
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Hungary
           ,
           I
           pray
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           hear
           what
           Otto
           a
           grave
           Bishop
           of
           Frisinghen
           saith
           of
           them
           .
           
             Hungari
             sunt
             facie
             tetri
             ,
             profundis
             oculis
             ,
             statura
             humiles
             ,
             moribus
             &
             linguâ
             barbari
             &
             feroces
             ,
             ut
             jure
             fortuna
             culpanda
             ,
             vel
             potius
             divina
             patientia
             sit
             admiranda
             ,
             quae
             ne
             dicam
             hominibus
             ,
             sed
             talibus
             hominum
             monstris
             tam
             delectabilem
             exposuit
             terram
             .
          
           The
           Hungarians
           saith
           the
           Bishop
           (
           and
           Bishops
           should
           not
           lie
           )
           are
           commonly
           of
           a
           tetrique
           countenance
           ,
           hollow
           eyd
           ,
           low
           statur'd
           ,
           barbarous
           and
           fierce
           in
           their
           behaviour
           and
           speech
           ;
           That
           either
           Fortune
           may
           be
           justly
           blam'd
           ,
           or
           the
           Divine
           providence
           admir'd
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           delightfull
           Country
           should
           be
           expos'd
           to
           such
           men
           ,
           or
           rather
           Monsters
           of
           men
           .
           The
           Hunns
           ,
           which
           are
           birds
           of
           a
           feather
           with
           the
           Hungarians
           ,
           if
           antient
           writers
           may
           be
           believ'd
           ,
           had
           their
           Originall
           from
           a
           sort
           of
           Demons
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           tradition
           ,
           but
           the
           story
           goes
           ,
           Filimer
           King
           of
           the
           Goths
           having
           in
           his
           army
           a
           huge
           vast-bodied
           woman
           which
           was
           accus'd
           of
           impudicity
           ;
           he
           banish'd
           her
           to
           a
           Wilderness
           beyond
           the
           Maeotis
           ,
           where
           meeting
           with
           Satyres
           and
           Demons
           ,
           she
           coupled
           with
           them
           and
           brought
           forth
           a
           numerous
           issue
           ,
           which
           were
           afterwards
           call'd
           Hunns
           .
           But
           certain
           it
           is
           that
           both
           Hunns
           and
           Hungarians
           came
           at
           first
           from
           the
           extremest
           parts
           of
           the
           North
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           Province
           call'd
           Iuharia
           ,
           or
           Iurha
           ,
           which
           were
           subject
           to
           the
           Moscovite
           ;
           who
           in
           quest
           of
           a
           hotter
           clime
           came
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           banks
           of
           the
           Danube
           ,
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Continent
           now
           call'd
           Ungaria
           ,
           which
           took
           its
           name
           from
           Iuharia
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           Province
           of
           Iuharia
           ,
           they
           speak
           to
           this
           day
           the
           same
           language
           as
           the
           Hungars
           do
           :
           of
           these
           
             Iuharians
             Claudian
          
           speakes
           .
        
         
           
             
               —
               quo
               non
               deformius
               ullum
            
             
               Arctos
               alit
               ,
               turpes
               habitus
               ,
               obscaenaque
               visu
            
             
               Corpora
               .
            
          
        
         
           Marcellinus
           calls
           them
           
             Bipedes
             bestias
             ,
             vel
             quales
             in
             commarginandis
             pontibus
             effigiati
             stipites
             dolantur
             incompti
             in
             hominum
             figuras
          
           ;
           They
           are
           two
           footed
           beasts
           ,
           or
           rough-hewn
           trunks
           effigiated
           in
           the
           form
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           use
           to
           stand
           upon
           the
           margen
           of
           bridges
           .
        
         
           Now
           their
           Intellectualls
           are
           as
           ugly
           as
           their
           bodies
           .
           There
           were
           never
           before
           nor
           after
           such
           Martins
           ,
           and
           such
           Hieroms
           ,
           as
           Hungary
           had
           the
           happe
           once
           to
           produce
           ,
           which
           were
           two
           columns
           of
           Christianity
           .
           What
           a
           bloody
           tyrant
           of
           Christians
           was
           that
           Decius
           you
           extoll
           so
           highly
           ?
           what
           a
           fierce
           Persecutor
           was
           
             Dioclesian
             ?
             Valentinianus
          
           though
           a
           Christian
           was
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           and
           Valens
           an
           Arrian
           .
           But
           Attila
           you
           say
           was
           that
           unparalleld
           Heroe
           ,
           yet
           I
           pray
           hear
           what
           Lucan
           speakes
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           
             
               Terrarum
               fatale
               malum
               ,
               &
               sydus
               iniquum
            
             
               Gentibus
               —
            
          
        
         
           That
           Attila
           was
           a
           prodigious
           Blasphemer
           ;
           he
           was
           us'd
           to
           belch
           out
           that
           ,
           as
           Olaus
           hath
           it
           ,
           he
           would
           make
           
             stellas
             prae
             se
             cadere
             ,
             terras
             tremere
          
           ;
           the
           starrs
           to
           fall
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           to
           tremble
           .
           In
           his
           Publique
           diplomas
           ,
           and
           warrants
           he
           stil'd
           himself
           to
           be
           
             Attila
             filius
             Beneduci
             ,
             Nepos
             magni
             Nemroth
             ,
             nutritus
             in
             Engaddi
             ,
             Dei
             gratia
             Rex
             Hunnorum
             ,
             Medorum
             ,
             Gothorum
             ,
             Dacorum
             ,
             flagellum
             Dei
             ,
             metus
             &
             malleus
             Orbis
             .
             Attila
          
           the
           Son
           of
           Beneduc
           ,
           Nephew
           to
           great
           Nemroth
           ,
           nurs'd
           in
           Engaddi
           ,
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           King
           of
           the
           Hunns
           ,
           
           
             Medes
             ,
             Gothes
             ,
             Dacians
          
           ,
           the
           scourge
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           terror
           and
           hammer
           of
           the
           World.
           He
           had
           an
           Army
           of
           700
           ▪
           thousand
           men
           ,
           yet
           fearing
           to
           be
           taken
           once
           ,
           by
           Aëtius
           the
           Roman
           Generall
           ,
           he
           had
           caus'd
           many
           saddles
           to
           be
           put
           in
           a
           place
           ,
           that
           if
           need
           were
           ,
           a
           fire
           might
           be
           made
           of
           them
           to
           burn
           him
           :
           but
           it
           pleas'd
           God
           to
           throw
           away
           this
           iron
           rodd
           in
           the
           height
           of
           his
           pride
           ;
           for
           being
           to
           be
           married
           to
           the
           daughter
           of
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Bactrians
           ,
           this
           bloody
           Tyrant
           was
           choak'd
           in
           his
           bed
           the
           night
           before
           by
           a
           sudden
           flux
           of
           blood
           .
        
         
           You
           well
           know
           ,
           my
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           how
           these
           Hungarians
           were
           for
           many
           ages
           like
           Goads
           in
           our
           Ancestors
           sides
           ;
           how
           prone
           they
           have
           alwaies
           been
           to
           rush
           into
           Germany
           to
           breath
           better
           air
           ;
           but
           stories
           tell
           how
           magnanimously
           our
           Emperors
           have
           repell'd
           and
           routed
           them
           .
           Among
           others
           ,
           how
           did
           
             Henricus
             Auceps
          
           ,
           and
           Otto
           the
           great
           trounce
           them
           ?
           They
           grew
           so
           insolent
           as
           to
           demand
           tribute
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           who
           in
           disdain
           of
           them
           ,
           sent
           them
           a
           lame
           old
           scabby
           dogg
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           came
           into
           the
           field
           with
           a
           formidable
           Army
           ,
           but
           Heaven
           was
           so
           auspicious
           to
           
             Henricus
             Auceps
          
           ,
           that
           he
           utterly
           discomfited
           them
           with
           the
           death
           of
           150.
           thousand
           ,
           and
           50.
           thousand
           taken
           prisoners
           ;
           yet
           they
           made
           head
           again
           ,
           and
           invaded
           the
           confines
           of
           Germany
           by
           the
           incitement
           of
           Horoldus
           Bishop
           of
           Salisburg
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           numerous
           Army
           ,
           that
           they
           vapour'd
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             nisi
             Caelum
             cadens
             nos
             obruat
             ,
             aut
             Terra
             dehiscens
             nos
             absorbeat
             ,
             nulla
             vis
             humana
             tanta
             erit
             quae
             vel
             aspectum
             nostrum
             sustinere
             possit
             :
          
           Unlesse
           the
           Heaven
           fall
           down
           and
           overwhelm
           us
           ,
           or
           the
           Earth
           gape
           and
           swallow
           us
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           humane
           power
           never
           so
           great
           dare
           look
           us
           in
           the
           face
           .
           But
           Otto
           the
           Great
           pricked
           the
           Tympany
           of
           their
           pride
           ,
           utterly
           overthrew
           them
           ,
           took
           their
           King
           Bultzko
           prisoner
           ,
           with
           their
           4.
           chief
           Generals
           ,
           
             Lelius
             ,
             Sura
             ,
             Toxus
          
           and
           Schaba
           .
           This
           Signall
           and
           mighty
           victory
           did
           so
           abate
           their
           spirits
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           never
           since
           be
           elevated
           to
           that
           height
           against
           Germany
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           confounded
           them
           most
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           their
           
             But
             sco
          
           should
           be
           hang'd
           before
           that
           Gate
           in
           Ratisbone
           which
           looks
           towards
           Hungary
           .
           There
           is
           a
           proverb
           that
           
             Hungarus
             multum
             lupi
             in
             se
             habet
             ,
          
           The
           Hungarian
           hath
           much
           of
           the
           Wolf
           in
           him
           :
           this
           alludes
           to
           his
           immanity
           ,
           fiercnesse
           and
           cruelty
           .
           Therefore
           one
           gave
           Uladislaus
           this
           advice
           ,
           as
           Bonfinius
           hath
           it
           ;
           
             Hungaros
             non
             clementia
             &
             impunitate
             ,
             sed
             ferrea
             virga
             continendos
             esse
             ,
          
           The
           Hungarian
           was
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           aw
           ,
           not
           by
           mildnesse
           and
           impunity
           ,
           but
           with
           an
           Iron
           rodd
           .
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           spoken
           of
           the
           odd
           humors
           of
           the
           Hungarians
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           here
           cut
           off
           the
           thred
           of
           my
           discourse
           ,
           for
           feare
           I
           should
           abuse
           the
           ears
           of
           so
           gentle
           an
           Auditory
           with
           such
           abrupt
           matter
           .
           And
           ,
           most
           Noble
           Baron
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           this
           presumption
           of
           Hungary
           in
           demanding
           the
           precedence
           of
           other
           Kingdoms
           ,
           is
           like
           that
           of
           Weiderad
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Fuldo
           ,
           when
           in
           a
           Diet
           at
           Mentz
           ,
           he
           demanded
           Priority
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Colen
           ,
           who
           answered
           ,
           
             sure
             this
             Imperiall
             Councell
             will
             not
             think
             it
             fitting
             ,
             that
             an
             Archbishop
             should
             give
             the
             place
             to
             an
             Abbot
             ,
             nor
             a
             Prince
             Elector
             to
             a
             Monk.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           
             LAURENCE
             VONWENSIN
          
           For
           ITALY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             ,
             and
             nobly
             extracted
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           recorded
           of
           the
           
             Macedonian
             Alexander
          
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           fell
           a
           reading
           those
           verses
           of
           Homer
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Valiant
           Hector
           challeng'd
           any
           of
           the
           nine
           greatest
           Captaines
           of
           Greece
           to
           combat
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           army
           thereupon
           putting
           it
           to
           a
           sortilegious
           chance
           or
           lot
           ,
           with
           trembling
           vows
           ,
           so
           Iupiter
           wish'd
           that
           he
           might
           be
           Aiax
           ,
           or
           
             Agamemnon
             ;
             Alexander
          
           broak
           out
           into
           a
           sudden
           passion
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Occiderem
             qui
             me
             Tertium
             nominasset
          
           :
           I
           would
           kill
           him
           who
           should
           name
           me
           the
           third
           ,
           intimating
           thereby
           that
           he
           scorn'd
           to
           be
           the
           third
           in
           chief
           among
           nine
           ,
           though
           thereby
           he
           might
           have
           more
           under
           him
           then
           above
           him
           .
           But
           ,
           most
           excellent
           Princes
           ,
           put
           case
           any
           were
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           Caesar
           or
           Pompey
           should
           offer
           to
           range
           Italy
           in
           the
           third
           place
           among
           the
           Provinces
           of
           Europe
           ,
           I
           believe
           an
           ordinary
           death
           should
           not
           serve
           his
           turn
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           Alexander
           threatned
           ,
           but
           he
           should
           be
           presently
           snatched
           to
           the
           
             Gemonian
             scales
          
           ,
           hurld
           into
           Tyber
           ,
           or
           praecipitated
           down
           the
           
             Tarpeian
             Rock
          
           .
        
         
           For
           indeed
           Italy
           ,
           fair
           Italy
           is
           the
           most
           precious
           gemme
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           other
           Provinces
           are
           but
           Bristoll
           stones
           in
           comparison
           .
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           that
           Character
           which
           Pliny
           gives
           of
           her
           ,
           who
           is
           acknowledg'd
           to
           be
           one
           of
           
             Natures
             chiefest
             Notaries
             .
             Italia
             omnium
             rerum
             alumna
             ,
             eadem
             &
             parens
             ,
             numine
             Divum
             electa
             ,
             quae
             caelum
             ipsum
             clarius
             faceret
             ,
             sparsa
             congregaret
             imperia
             ,
             ritusque
             molliret
             ,
             &
             tot
             populorum
             discordes
             ferasque
             linguas
             sermonis
             commercio
             contraheret
             ad
             colloquia
             ,
             &
             humanitatem
             homini
             daret
             ,
             breviterque
             una
             cunctarum
             Gentium
             in
             toto
             or
             be
             patria
             fieret
             .
             Italy
          
           is
           the
           nurse
           and
           Parent
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           she
           is
           the
           Elect
           of
           the
           Gods
           ,
           as
           she
           who
           should
           make
           the
           Heavens
           more
           clear
           ,
           who
           should
           congregate
           scatter'd
           Empires
           ,
           and
           mollifie
           their
           customes
           :
           't
           is
           she
           that
           's
           cut
           out
           by
           nature
           ,
           to
           draw
           unto
           her
           by
           sweet
           comerce
           of
           language
           the
           most
           discordant
           and
           fiercest
           people
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           give
           humanity
           to
           man.
           And
           lastly
           ,
           't
           is
           she
           who
           is
           fittest
           to
           be
           the
           common
           Country
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
           Therefore
           I
           cannot
           choose
           but
           wonder
           ,
           and
           not
           injustly
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           be
           pretermitted
           all
           this
           while
           in
           so
           Judicious
           an
           assembly
           ;
           but
           the
           same
           fortune
           befalls
           Italy
           here
           ,
           as
           doth
           commonly
           fall
           upon
           the
           most
           precious
           jewells
           expos'd
           in
           some
           Cabinet
           to
           be
           sold
           ,
           where
           the
           richest
           are
           shewn
           last
           :
           For
           if
           the
           praises
           of
           Italy
           had
           been
           first
           dilated
           ,
           the
           elogiums
           of
           all
           other
           Countries
           had
           prov'd
           insipid
           and
           tedious
           .
           Now
           as
           the
           glorious
           Sun
           ,
           when
           he
           culminates
           and
           toucheth
           
           the
           Meridian
           Circle
           doth
           cast
           a
           lesser
           shadow
           ,
           then
           when
           he
           declines
           towards
           our
           horizon
           Westward
           ;
           so
           the
           perfections
           of
           Italy
           which
           are
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Zenith
           ,
           and
           the
           Verticall
           point
           over
           all
           other
           Nations
           .
           If
           I
           should
           undertake
           to
           speake
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           draw
           them
           down
           to
           the
           horizon
           of
           humane
           understanding
           ,
           I
           should
           shadow
           and
           obscure
           them
           the
           more
           .
           There
           is
           in
           Italy
           such
           an
           harmonious
           concent
           of
           all
           creatures
           ,
           that
           the
           Elements
           can
           afford
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           such
           a
           perfection
           ,
           that
           as
           Pliny
           saith
           again
           ,
           
             quicquid
             est
             quo
             carere
             vita
             non
             debeat
             nusquam
             est
             praestantius
             .
          
           Whatsoever
           is
           ,
           that
           life
           ought
           not
           to
           want
           ,
           is
           no
           where
           more
           excelling
           .
           The
           terroir
           or
           soil
           is
           gentle
           ,
           copious
           and
           cheerfull
           ,
           it
           returnes
           more
           profit
           to
           the
           husbandman
           then
           he
           sometimes
           expects
           ,
           being
           at
           no
           great
           charge
           of
           culture
           ,
           for
           the
           land
           doth
           not
           struggle
           there
           with
           her
           Lord
           ,
           but
           is
           gentle
           and
           complying
           with
           his
           desires
           .
           The
           Italian
           Wheat
           for
           whitenesse
           and
           weight
           is
           distinguish'd
           from
           any
           other
           Countries
           ;
           the
           Boetian
           is
           next
           ,
           then
           Sicily
           ,
           and
           the
           African
           Wheat
           is
           the
           fourth
           in
           goodnesse
           .
           Here
           I
           pray
           what
           an
           Emperor
           (
           
             Constanstin
             Paleologus
          
           )
           speakes
           of
           her
           ,
           
             Nisi
             scirem
             a
             sanctissimis
             viris
             in
             Oriente
             Paradisum
             esse
             ▪
             meo
             judicio
             non
             alibi
             posse
             reperiri
             quam
             in
             persuavi
             Patavina
             amaenitate
             .
          
           If
           I
           did
           not
           know
           ▪
           saith
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           by
           the
           affirmation
           of
           most
           Holy
           men
           ,
           that
           Paradise
           were
           Eastward
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           found
           no
           where
           else
           but
           in
           the
           most
           sweet
           amaenities
           of
           Padua
           ;
           whence
           sprung
           the
           proverb
           ,
           
             Bologna
             la
             grassa
             ,
             Padoua
             la
             passa
             .
          
           There
           be
           some
           soyles
           in
           Italy
           that
           afford
           four
           lattermaths
           of
           Hay
           &
           grass
           ;
           there
           are
           Cheeses
           made
           there
           in
           many
           places
           of
           a
           hundred
           poundweight
           .
           Nor
           doth
           Italy
           feed
           the
           eye
           onely
           as
           you
           passe
           with
           delectable
           prospects
           farre
           and
           near
           ,
           but
           it
           feeds
           the
           smelling
           also
           with
           the
           most
           aromatical
           odors
           of
           her
           fruit
           ,
           witness
           Apulia
           with
           many
           other
           places
           ,
           which
           would
           make
           you
           think
           you
           passe
           through
           the
           Elysian
           fields
           as
           you
           journey
           along
           her
           territories
           .
           For
           Vineyards
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           call'd
           
             Bacchus
             his
             Inner
             Cellar
          
           ,
           where
           the
           most
           generous
           &
           sweetest
           Wines
           are
           kept
           .
           And
           whereas
           Pliny
           ,
           who
           had
           survaid
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           doth
           enumerate
           fourscore
           kinds
           of
           Wines
           ,
           the
           one
           half
           of
           them
           may
           be
           appropriated
           to
           Italy
           .
           Who
           hath
           not
           heard
           of
           the
           Greek
           Wine
           that
           growes
           hard
           by
           Naples
           ,
           on
           that
           part
           of
           ground
           were
           the
           fierie
           Mountain
           Vesuvius
           is
           superincumbent
           ?
           the
           
             Set
             in
          
           Wine
           which
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           preferr'd
           before
           all
           others
           ;
           the
           Caecubum
           and
           Falernian
           Wine
           ,
           the
           Albanian
           ,
           the
           Surrentin
           ,
           the
           Massican
           ,
           the
           Statan
           ,
           the
           
             Calen●…
             ,
             Fundani
          
           and
           Veliternian
           Wines
           ,
           with
           the
           Rhetican
           which
           growes
           near
           Verona
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           a
           royall
           tast
           ,
           which
           Theodoric
           King
           of
           the
           Ostrogoths
           ,
           while
           he
           did
           signorize
           over
           Italy
           ,
           caus'd
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           Rome
           for
           his
           own
           palate
           ;
           the
           Ligustic
           and
           Tabian
           Wine
           ,
           and
           lastly
           the
           Wine
           about
           
             Monte
             Fiascone
          
           call'd
           
             Lachrymae
             Christi
          
           ,
           the
           tears
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           the
           suavity
           thereof
           ,
           which
           when
           one
           of
           our
           Countrymen
           had
           tasted
           ,
           he
           fetch'd
           a
           sigh
           saying
           ,
           
             O
             Domine
             ,
             quare
             non
             lachrymâsti
             in
             nostris
             Terris
             ?
          
           O
           Lord
           why
           didst
           thou
           not
           shed
           some
           teares
           in
           our
           Country
           ?
           At
           Papia
           there
           grow
           most
           fragrant
           Grapes
           which
           perfume
           one's
           mouth
           as
           he
           eates
           them
           .
           The
           licor
           of
           these
           grapes
           is
           better
           then
           any
           Hellebor
           against
           melancholy
           ,
           it
           expells
           corroding
           cares
           ,
           and
           wonderfully
           elevates
           the
           languishing
           spirits
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           that
           the
           Famous
           
             Boetius
             Severinus
          
           ,
           a
           Patrician
           of
           Rome
           being
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           but
           half
           alive
           ,
           the
           sence
           of
           his
           Captivity
           having
           sunk
           so
           deep
           into
           him
           ,
           was
           so
           reviv'd
           by
           this
           Wine●…
           that
           it
           begat
           new
           spirits
           in
           him
           .
           
             O
             faelicia
             vina
             quae
             labantem
             m●…rore
             animum
             ,
             curisque
             depressum
             modico
             haustu
             erigunt
             ,
             firmantque
             nutantem
             .
          
           O
           happy
           Wines
           which
           elevate
           the
           mind
           depress'd
           with
           cares
           ,
           and
           crestfaln
           with
           grief
           ,
           bearing
           it
           up
           from
           going
           down
           ,
           though
           he
           drink
           but
           a
           modicum
           of
           it
           .
           Hereupon
           his
           strength
           and
           spirits
           being
           restor'd
           and
           instaurated
           by
           this
           Wine
           ,
           he
           fell
           to
           write
           his
           book
           
             de
             Consolatione
          
           :
           Who
           doubts
           but
           Oenotria
           receiv'd
           her
           old
           denomination
           for
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           the
           Wine
           that
           is
           gathered
           there
           .
        
         
           Italy
           also
           excells
           for
           rare
           large
           cattle
           ,
           whence
           she
           haply
           may
           receive
           her
           name
           from
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Calf
           .
           The
           fame
           of
           the
           Neapolitan
           Coursier
           runs
           
           all
           the
           World
           over
           .
           And
           for
           heards
           of
           sheep
           she
           hath
           had
           alwaies
           great
           numbers
           ,
           according
           to
           Martial
           .
        
         
           
             
               Velleribus
               primis
               Appulia
               ,
               Parma
               secundis
            
             
               Nobilis
               ,
               Altinum
               tertia
               laudat
               Ovis
               .
            
          
        
         
           Apulia
           hath
           the
           first
           fleeces
           ,
           Parma
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           Altinum
           the
           third
           .
           For
           Volatills
           and
           Aquatique
           creatures
           ,
           Italy
           also
           abounds
           with
           variety
           .
           For
           all
           sorts
           of
           metalls
           Italy
           also
           vailes
           to
           no
           Country
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           Mine
           of
           Quicksilver
           hard
           by
           the
           River
           Hydra
           .
           For
           Allum
           also
           in
           Toscany
           ,
           and
           the
           territories
           of
           the
           Church
           there
           is
           great
           store
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           call'd
           now
           one
           of
           Romes
           Staple
           Commodities
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           mighty
           proportions
           carried
           away
           ;
           and
           to
           encourage
           the
           Merchant
           to
           come
           thither
           ,
           the
           Pope
           hath
           long
           since
           publish'd
           a
           Manifesto
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           shipp
           be
           taken
           by
           Pyrates
           ,
           or
           cast
           away
           by
           storm
           being
           laden
           with
           Roman
           Allum
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           again
           he
           shall
           have
           it
           at
           halfe
           the
           rate
           he
           payed
           for
           it
           before
           ;
           't
           is
           thought
           that
           France
           vents
           of
           this
           Commodity
           above
           a
           Million
           of
           Duckets
           every
           year
           .
           There
           is
           most
           excellent
           Salt
           made
           in
           Italy
           ;
           she
           hath
           excellent
           Alablaster
           ,
           and
           Marble
           .
           She
           hath
           Manna
           ,
           which
           no
           Kingdome
           of
           Europe
           hath
           besides
           her
           .
           She
           hath
           store
           of
           Corral
           and
           Porphyrie
           ,
           she
           hath
           
             Ophits
             ,
             Agats
          
           ,
           and
           Chalcedeny
           ,
           shee
           hath
           the
           hard
           Azur
           ,
           and
           the
           Lazul
           stones
           ,
           the
           grain
           for
           Purple
           dies
           ,
           with
           innumerable
           other
           rich
           Commodities
           .
           O
           precious
           Italy
           ,
           and
           among
           other
           territories
           of
           thine
           ,
           
             O
             luxurious
             Campania
          
           ?
           which
           Florus
           doth
           describe
           thus
           very
           elegantly
           .
           
             Omnium
             non
             modo
             Italia
             ,
             sed
             toto
             terrarum
             orbe
             pulcherrima
             Campaniae
             plaga
             est
             ,
             nihil
             mollius
             caelo
             ,
             nihil
             uberius
             solo
             ,
             bis
             floribus
             vernat
             ,
             Ideo
             Liberi
             Cererisque
             certamen
             dicitur
             ,
             nihil
             hospitalius
             mari
             .
             Heic
             illi
             nobiles
             portus
             ,
             Caieta
             &
             Misenus
             ,
             &
             tepentes
             fontibus
             Baiae
             ,
             Lucrinus
             &
             Avernus
             quaedam
             maris
             ostia
             .
             Heic
             amicti
             vitibus
             montes
             Gaurus
             ,
             Falernus
             ,
             Massicus
             ,
             &
             pulcherrimus
             omnium
             Vesuvius
             ,
             Aetnaei
             ignis
             imitator
             .
             Campania
          
           is
           the
           most
           beautifull
           tract
           of
           Earth
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           Italy
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           World.
           Ther
           's
           nothing
           more
           gentle
           then
           her
           air
           ,
           more
           luxuriant
           then
           her
           soyl
           .
           Bacchus
           and
           Ceres
           strive
           here
           for
           the
           mastery
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Sea
           so
           hospitable
           ,
           here
           are
           the
           Noble
           Ports
           of
           Caieta
           ,
           and
           
             Misenum
             ,
             Lucrinus
          
           and
           Avernus
           are
           as
           two
           Gates
           to
           let
           in
           Neptune
           ;
           here
           are
           Baths
           fedd
           with
           tepid
           Fountaines
           ,
           here
           are
           hills
           clad
           with
           Vines
           ,
           
             Gaurus
             ,
             Falernus
             ,
             Massicus
          
           ,
           and
           the
           fairest
           of
           all
           
             Vesuvius
             ,
             Aetna's
             Ape
             .
             Halicarnassaeus
          
           affirm'd
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           that
           fruits
           are
           gathered
           there
           three
           seasons
           in
           the
           year
           ;
           what
           a
           place
           of
           pleasure
           was
           Capua
           in
           Tiberius
           his
           time
           ?
           what
           a
           Paradise
           is
           Naples
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           Here
           Virgil
           melted
           away
           his
           time
           when
           he
           writ
           his
           
             Georgiques
             .
             Horace
             ,
             Livy
             ,
             Statius
             ,
             Pampinius
             ,
             Claudian
             ,
             Anneius
             Seneca
             ,
             Agellius
             ,
             Petrarca
             ,
             Panormitanus
             ,
             Laurentius
             Valla
             ,
             Porcellius
             ,
             Blondus
             ,
             Facius
          
           with
           other
           excellent
           writers
           .
           For
           the
           lustre
           and
           number
           of
           Nobility
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           such
           a
           concourse
           upon
           Earth
           of
           Princes
           ,
           Dukes
           ,
           Marquises
           ,
           and
           Counts
           .
           Who
           then
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           least
           ambition
           to
           vertue
           ,
           but
           would
           be
           transported
           with
           a
           violent
           desire
           to
           visit
           Italy
           ,
           who
           hath
           Cities
           that
           shine
           in
           her
           like
           so
           many
           constellations
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ?
           Those
           of
           the
           first
           magnitude
           are
           Rome
           ,
           holy
           and
           magnificent
           Rome
           ,
           wise
           ,
           rich
           and
           Lordly
           Venice
           ,
           gentile
           ,
           and
           odoriferous
           Naples
           ,
           beautifull
           Florence
           ,
           a
           City
           ,
           as
           Charles
           the
           Emperor
           said
           ,
           to
           be
           seen
           only
           on
           Festivall
           daies
           ,
           Milan
           the
           spacious
           ,
           Bolonia
           the
           fat
           ,
           Ferrara
           the
           civill
           ,
           Padoua
           the
           strong
           ,
           Bergamo
           the
           subtle
           ,
           Genoa
           the
           proud
           ,
           Verona
           the
           worthy
           ,
           Brescia
           the
           fortified
           ,
           Mantoua
           the
           glorious
           ,
           Rimini
           the
           good
           ,
           Siena
           the
           studious
           ,
           Luca
           the
           industrious
           ,
           Furli
           the
           wanton
           ,
           Ravenna
           the
           mild
           ,
           Capoua
           the
           amorous
           ,
           Urbin
           the
           loyall
           ,
           &c.
           with
           divers
           renouned
           Cities
           more
           that
           have
           their
           peculiar
           Epithets
           .
        
         
           The
           Divine
           ingenie
           ,
           and
           inventive
           brain
           of
           the
           Italian
           ,
           is
           well
           known
           all
           the
           Earth
           over
           ,
           for
           all
           Countries
           have
           reap'd
           the
           benefit
           thereof
           .
           There
           are
           not
           such
           Opificers
           and
           Artists
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           if
           you
           respect
           Limmers
           ,
           Architects
           ,
           Painters
           ,
           Weavers
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ;
           who
           are
           not
           only
           imitated
           ,
           but
           admir'd
           by
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Europaeans
           .
           What
           a
           rare
           Chymicall
           invention
           was
           that
           
           of
           making
           Christall
           Glasses
           by
           the
           Venetian
           .
           What
           a
           happy
           ,
           and
           infinitly
           profitable
           invention
           was
           that
           of
           the
           
             Mariners
             compass
          
           ,
           found
           out
           by
           the
           subtile
           reach
           of
           a
           Napolitan
           wit
           ,
           that
           immortall
           
             Iohn
             Goia
          
           of
           Amalphi
           :
           What
           prodigious
           fancies
           had
           
             Michael
             Angelo
          
           of
           Florence
           ,
           and
           Raphael
           of
           Urbin
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           Biscopius
           a
           British
           Monk
           ,
           made
           5.
           
           Pilgrimages
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           carried
           back
           to
           Great
           Britain
           in
           the
           year
           703.
           the
           choicest
           Artificers
           of
           Italy
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           one
           may
           say
           that
           that
           Iland
           was
           first
           civiliz'd
           ,
           so
           to
           this
           day
           all
           other
           Countries
           fetch
           their
           chiefest
           Artists
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           for
           all
           other
           Speculative
           and
           Theorical
           Knowledge
           ,
           the
           Italian
           brain
           transcends
           all
           other
           in
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Sciences
           .
           Rome
           had
           but
           short
           skirts
           before
           litterature
           was
           introduc'd
           ,
           which
           happen'd
           a
           little
           after
           the
           first
           Punique
           Warre
           ,
           then
           she
           began
           to
           be
           another
           Athens
           .
           O
           immortall
           Gods
           ,
           how
           did
           she
           expand
           her self
           afterwards
           ,
           how
           violently
           did
           she
           thrive
           and
           augment
           her
           Dominions
           ?
           what
           rare
           wits
           did
           she
           produce
           ,
           as
           
             Ennius
             Rudinus
             ,
             Accius
             Plautus
             ,
             Lucretius
             ,
             Catullus
             ,
             Statius
             ,
             Horatius
             ,
             Persius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Valerius
             Flaccus
             ,
             Iuvenal
             ,
             Porpertius
             ,
             Ovid
             ,
             &
             Virgil
          
           ;
           all
           heavenly
           Poets
           .
           For
           
             Prose
             ,
             Porcius
             Cato
             Censorinus
             ,
             Q.
             Claudius
             ,
             Marcus
             Varro
             ,
          
           who
           wrote
           more
           then
           others
           use
           to
           read
           ,
           
             Salustius
             Crispus
             ,
             Cornelius
             Nepos
             ,
             Pompeius
             Trogus
             ,
             Titus
             Livius
             ,
             Caius
             Iulius
             Caesar
             ,
             Velleius
             Paterculus
             ,
             Cornelius
             Tacitus
             ,
             Valerius
             Maximus
             ,
             Suetonius
             ,
             Plinie
             ,
             Natures
             Bibliothecary
             .
          
           What
           accurate
           rules
           of
           historizing
           are
           given
           us
           by
           
             Archytas
             ,
             Aristoxenus
             ,
             Luritus
             ,
             Nicomachus
             ,
          
           all
           
             Tarentines
             .
             Alchmen
          
           ,
           and
           
             Philolaus
             ,
             Crotonians
             ,
             Vitruvius
          
           of
           Verona
           ;
           The
           Mysteries
           of
           Greek
           Philosophy
           were
           open'd
           to
           us
           by
           Papirius
           ,
           and
           Sempronius
           .
           For
           the
           Pandects
           of
           the
           Law
           we
           are
           beholden
           to
           
             Papinianus
             ,
             Paulus
          
           ,
           and
           Ulpian
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           those
           Hero's
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           
             Cornelius
             Cethegus
             ,
             Appius
             Caecus
             ,
             Q.
             Metellus
             ,
             C.
             Laelius
             ,
             P.
             Africanus
             ,
             Ser.
             Galba
             ,
             Aemilius
             Lepidus
             ,
             C.
             Gracchus
             ,
             Q.
             Catulus
             ,
             Herennius
             ,
             Titius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           great
           Standardbearer
           of
           Orators
           ,
           of
           
             Tullius
             Cicero
          
           .
           What
           were
           found
           single
           in
           all
           the
           other
           ,
           met
           all
           in
           him
           together
           .
           His
           Orations
           had
           the
           gravity
           of
           Cato
           ,
           the
           lenity
           of
           Laelius
           ,
           he
           had
           neither
           the
           boysterousnesse
           of
           Gracchus
           ,
           nor
           the
           heat
           of
           Caesar
           ,
           nor
           the
           confus'd
           distributions
           of
           Hortensius
           ,
           nor
           the
           sophisms
           of
           Calvus
           ,
           nor
           the
           niggardnesse
           of
           Salust
           .
           There
           could
           nothing
           imaginable
           be
           either
           added
           ,
           spar'd
           or
           alter'd
           in
           his
           Orations
           .
           And
           what
           a
           powerfull
           stroak
           did
           the
           Ciceronian
           Eloquence
           carry
           with
           it
           against
           Catiline
           ?
           what
           a
           virtue
           it
           had
           to
           preserve
           
             Rome
             ?
             Romulus
          
           did
           not
           so
           great
           an
           act
           to
           build
           Rome
           ,
           as
           Cicero
           did
           to
           defend
           it
           .
           It
           was
           a
           great
           trophy
           that
           Scipio
           carried
           away
           from
           
             Hannibal
             ,
             Fabricius
          
           from
           Pyrrhus
           ,
           the
           other
           Scipio
           from
           
             Antiochus
             ,
             Crassus
          
           from
           
             Spartacus
             ,
             Pompey
          
           from
           Sertorius
           and
           Mithridates
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           a
           more
           wholsome
           Victory
           for
           Rome
           which
           Cicero
           had
           of
           Catiline
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           these
           glorious
           Lamps
           of
           learning
           ,
           there
           happen'd
           afterward
           dark
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           irruption
           of
           many
           barbarous
           Nations
           into
           Italy
           ,
           who
           ravish'd
           Rome
           so
           often
           ,
           overwhelm'd
           all
           Italy
           with
           ignorance
           .
           But
           Urban
           the
           4.
           revok'd
           the
           Muses
           from
           Banishment
           ,
           and
           learning
           began
           to
           flourish
           again
           .
           He
           sent
           for
           
             Thomas
             Aquinas
          
           to
           Rome
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           a
           scholler
           to
           
             Albertus
             Magnus
          
           .
           This
           Aquinas
           was
           a
           man
           of
           extraordinary
           intellectualls
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           grew
           more
           illustrious
           for
           his
           learning
           ,
           then
           for
           his
           birth
           ,
           though
           he
           descended
           from
           the
           antient
           Counts
           of
           Apulia
           :
           The
           old
           Academy
           of
           Rome
           was
           then
           re-established
           by
           new
           instaurations
           .
           After
           
             Urban
             ,
             Clement
          
           the
           5.
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           Vienna
           made
           a
           Decree
           ,
           that
           at
           Rome
           ,
           or
           wheresoever
           the
           Pontifical
           Court
           should
           reside
           ,
           the
           
             Hebrew
             ,
             Chaldaic
          
           ,
           and
           Arabic
           should
           be
           read
           by
           publique
           Professors
           .
           Then
           in
           Nicolas
           the
           5.
           time
           choice
           Agents
           were
           sent
           all
           Europe
           over
           to
           fish
           for
           old
           Authors
           ,
           to
           which
           end
           he
           gave
           them
           golden
           hooks
           ,
           and
           large
           allowance
           .
           He
           offer'd
           5000.
           
           Duckets
           to
           him
           who
           could
           bring
           the
           Hebrew
           Copy
           of
           Saint
           Matthews
           Gospel
           .
           Cosmo
           ,
           and
           
             Laurence
             de
             Medici
          
           ,
           were
           great
           Restaurators
           of
           learning
           .
           Which
           made
           
             Marsilius
             Ficinus
             ,
             Argyropilus
             ,
             Chalco●…diles
             ,
             Picus
             ,
          
           and
           Politianus
           to
           come
           to
           
             Florence
             .
             Azon
          
           of
           Bolonia
           did
           much
           in
           reviving
           the
           Civill
           Law
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           glossaries
           of
           Accursius
           .
        
         
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           
             Dante
             Aligero
             ,
             Petrarca
          
           ,
           and
           Boccaccio
           a
           triumvirate
           ,
           who
           were
           Gran-Masters
           of
           the
           Italian
           tongue
           .
        
         
           Leo
           the
           tenth
           was
           a
           man
           born
           for
           the
           reparation
           of
           Letters
           ,
           and
           advancement
           of
           knowing
           men
           ;
           from
           his
           time
           it
           is
           incredible
           how
           all
           kind
           of
           Sciences
           did
           reflourish
           in
           Italy
           ,
           and
           consequently
           in
           all
           Countries
           else
           ;
           for
           Italy
           may
           be
           call'd
           the
           Source
           or
           great
           Cestern
           ,
           whence
           all
           kind
           of
           Vertues
           flow
           to
           the
           Europaean
           World.
           Divine
           Writers
           did
           multiply
           ,
           
             Sadolet
             ,
             Caietan
             ,
             Contarenus
             ,
             Borromaeus
             ,
             Sirletus
             ,
             Caraffa
             ,
             Caesar
             Baronius
             ,
          
           who
           with
           much
           Oyl
           and
           labour
           compil'd
           a
           Gigantic
           work
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Ecclesiastic
           History
           ,
           which
           for
           Magnitude
           ,
           for
           Method
           ,
           for
           Variety
           of
           Narrations
           ,
           for
           Expence
           and
           paines
           ,
           must
           be
           confess'd
           that
           
             nil
             oriturum
             alias
             ,
             nil
             ortum
             tale
             .
          
           There
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           will
           there
           be
           such
           a
           work
           .
           I
           bring
           Bellarmine
           next
           to
           Baronius
           ,
           they
           were
           both
           purpurated
           ,
           and
           great
           Cardinalls
           ,
           great
           in
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Dignity
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           great
           heap
           of
           knowledge
           lodg'd
           under
           their
           red
           Caps
           .
           
             Peter
             Martyr
             ,
             Zanchius
             ,
             Paulus
             Venetus
             ,
             Isidore
             ,
             Clarius
          
           and
           Folengius
           ,
           two
           Benedictins
           ,
           were
           Eminent
           men
           .
        
         
           For
           prudence
           of
           the
           Law
           how
           Celebrous
           is
           
             Alciat
             ,
             Pancirolus
             ,
             Albericus
             Gentilis
             ,
             Pacius
             ,
             Peregrinus
             ,
             Monochius
             ,
             Vaudus
             Mascardus
             ,
             Farinacius
             ,
             Surdus
             ,
          
           and
           Hondaeus
           .
        
         
           What
           could
           Hippocrates
           or
           Galen
           know
           more
           in
           the
           secrecies
           and
           Operations
           of
           Physick
           then
           did
           
             Fracastorius
             ,
             Fallopius
             ,
             Hierom
             Mercurialis
             ,
             Aldrovandus
             ,
             Matthiolus
             ,
             Maranta
             ,
             Brasavolus
             ,
             Cesalpinus
             ,
             Baccius
             ,
             Iohn
             Baptista
             Porta
             ,
             Costeus
             ,
             Chlumna
             ,
             Ghinus
             ,
             Aloys
             ,
             Anguillara
             ,
             Tapivacius
             ,
             Tali●…otius
             ,
          
           who
           could
           make
           Lipps
           ,
           Noses
           ,
           Eares
           ,
           and
           Eyes
           so
           artificiall
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           naturall
           ,
           to
           the
           wonder
           of
           the
           spectator
           .
        
         
           Within
           the
           whole
           circumference
           of
           Phylosophy
           ,
           what
           could
           be
           so
           criticall
           and
           recondit
           ,
           that
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
             Scaliger
          
           did
           not
           penetrate
           .
           
             Fran.
             Guicciardin
          
           need
           not
           give
           place
           to
           any
           Historian
           old
           or
           new
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           opinion
           of
           Thuanus
           and
           Lipsius
           .
           What
           singular
           men
           were
           
             Paulus
             Iovius
             ,
             Sigonius
             ,
             Bonamimicus
             ,
             Gyraldus
             ,
          
           Cardinal
           
             Bembo
             ,
             Cardan
             ,
             Gauricus
             ,
             Onufrius
             ,
             Hermolaus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Daniel
             Barbari
             ,
             Calepin
             ,
             Albertus
             ,
             Manucins
             ,
             Peter
             Aretin
             ,
             Pomponius
             Laetus
             ,
             Vergerius
             ,
             Picus
             ,
             Zabarella
             ,
             Piccolomini
             ,
             Magirus
             ,
             Bonciarius
             ,
             Ehinus
             ,
             Speronius
             Torquatus
             Tasso
             ,
             Paruta
             ,
             Ur
             sinus
             ,
             Ricobonus
             ,
             Superantius
             .
          
           What
           rare
           Women
           for
           Morality
           and
           Erudition
           were
           
             Laurentia
             Strozzia
          
           ,
           and
           
             Olimpia
             Fulvia
             Morata
          
           .
           Nor
           can
           Italy
           choose
           but
           be
           full
           of
           such
           exquisite
           learned
           spirits
           ,
           considering
           there
           are
           so
           many
           convenient
           Seminaries
           to
           plant
           them
           in
           ,
           so
           many
           brave
           Universities
           .
           There
           is
           Rome
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           .
           There
           is
           Padoa
           her
           first
           Daughter
           ,
           there
           is
           Bolonia
           the
           subtillest
           ,
           Siena
           the
           pleasantest
           ,
           Florence
           the
           fairest
           ,
           Milan
           the
           profoundest
           ;
           There
           is
           
             Naples
             ,
             Pisa
             ,
             Papia
             ,
             Ferrara
             ,
          
           with
           divers
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           17.
           in
           all
           ;
           therefore
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           good
           corne
           where
           there
           are
           such
           fields
           to
           sow
           it
           ,
           and
           such
           good
           culturage
           .
        
         
           Nor
           hath
           Mercury
           only
           his
           Pavilions
           in
           Italy
           ,
           but
           Mars
           hath
           also
           his
           tents
           ther
           ,
           Military
           Vertue
           and
           Discipline
           never
           came
           to
           that
           height
           of
           perfection
           as
           it
           is
           there
           ;
           what
           notable
           ingenious
           Engineers
           doth
           she
           daily
           produce
           ?
           what
           new
           waies
           of
           fortification
           doth
           she
           daily
           invent
           ?
           how
           she
           reduceth
           all
           to
           rules
           of
           art
           ,
           so
           that
           any
           one
           is
           there
           a
           Mathematitian
           .
           The
           Italian
           doth
           not
           rush
           rashly
           into
           danger
           as
           other
           blind
           bayards
           ;
           but
           he
           doth
           cast
           the
           action
           first
           into
           the
           balance
           of
           judgement
           ,
           to
           see
           whither
           it
           be
           feasable
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           continueth
           in
           one
           degree
           of
           heat
           all
           the
           while
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           in
           assaulting
           ,
           or
           pursuing
           ,
           whither
           he
           makes
           a
           halt
           or
           retires
           ,
           he
           is
           still
           the
           same
           man
           in
           point
           of
           courage
           .
           In
           matter
           of
           Treaty
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           ever
           went
           beyond
           the
           Italian
           ,
           he
           was
           never
           cosend
           that
           way
           ,
           wherein
           he
           useth
           to
           shew
           resolution
           as
           well
           as
           reservednesse
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           memorable
           example
           of
           that
           ,
           when
           Charles
           the
           8.
           came
           into
           Italy
           ,
           he
           advanc'd
           as
           farre
           as
           Florence
           ,
           where
           entring
           into
           a
           Treaty
           with
           the
           Duke
           ,
           he
           employed
           4.
           
           Commissiones
           to
           the
           Emperors
           Camp
           ,
           whereof
           Caponi
           was
           one
           ,
           who
           hearing
           the
           propositions
           read
           by
           the
           Kings
           Secretary
           ,
           
           and
           finding
           them
           very
           high
           ,
           snatched
           them
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           toar
           them
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Frenchmen
             ,
             if
             you
             propose
             such
             high
             things
             ,
             go
             and
             sound
             your
             trumpets
             ,
             and
          
           Florence
           
             shall
             ring
             her
             bells
          
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           and
           his
           fellow
           Commissioners
           withdrew
           themselves
           suddenly
           from
           the
           Kings
           Bed-Chamber
           ,
           where
           the
           businesse
           was
           to
           be
           transacted
           .
           This
           resolute
           comportment
           of
           Caponi
           startled
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           to
           farre
           lower
           termes
           .
           I
           should
           tire
           your
           patience
           too
           much
           if
           I
           should
           give
           a
           Cataloge
           here
           of
           all
           the
           great
           Captaines
           of
           Italy
           ,
           therefore
           I
           will
           instance
           but
           in
           few
           .
           Who
           hath
           not
           heard
           of
           
             Farinata
             Uberti
          
           ,
           celebrated
           by
           
             Dante
             ?
             Castruccio
          
           was
           admir'd
           by
           all
           .
           Scaliger
           Prince
           of
           Verona
           was
           fear'd
           by
           all
           ,
           
             Balbicino
             ,
             Draccio
             ,
             Sforza
             ,
             Gutamelata
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           the
           Venetians
           erected
           a
           brazen
           Statue
           at
           
             Padoa
             Piccinini
             ,
             Coleone
          
           ,
           and
           Feltrio
           Prince
           of
           
             Urbin
             ,
             Vitellio
             ,
             Ursini
             ,
             Liviano
             ,
             Macone
             ,
             Correggi
             ,
             Trivultio
             ,
             Gonzaga
             ,
             Davali
             ,
             Vastio
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prospero
             Colonna
          
           ,
           were
           all
           of
           them
           great
           Martialists
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           admirable
           conduct
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Strozzi
           ,
           of
           
             Iacomo
             Medicini
          
           ,
           of
           Castaldi
           ,
           of
           
             Andrea
             Doria
          
           ,
           another
           Neptun
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Ambrosio
             Spinola
          
           a
           great
           Captain
           ;
           of
           sound
           prudence
           in
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           performance
           in
           the
           Camp.
           What
           notable
           exploits
           did
           he
           do
           in
           high
           and
           low
           Germany
           ?
           how
           important
           was
           his
           presence
           at
           the
           siege
           of
           Ostend
           ,
           where
           120.
           thousand
           soules
           found
           their
           Graves
           .
           What
           a
           stupendous
           circumvallation
           was
           that
           of
           Breda
           ?
           how
           politiquely
           did
           he
           seaze
           upon
           the
           Palatinat
           ;
           but
           being
           commanded
           a
           farre
           off
           from
           Spain
           to
           raise
           the
           siege
           of
           Casale
           ,
           his
           great
           spirit
           not
           being
           able
           to
           brook
           it
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             me
             han
             quitado
             la
             honra
          
           ,
           They
           have
           taken
           away
           my
           honor
           ;
           which
           made
           such
           impressions
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           retir'd
           to
           the
           town
           of
           his
           Nativity
           (
           Genoa
           )
           and
           so
           march'd
           to
           Heaven
           .
           But
           ,
           most
           Noble
           Princes
           ,
           excuse
           me
           that
           I
           have
           pretermitted
           so
           long
           one
           of
           your
           rank
           ,
           
             Alexander
             Farnese
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           P●…rma
           ,
           of
           whom
           Monsieur
           
             de
             la
             Noue
          
           his
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Martialists
           in
           France
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             Iamais
             Capitain
             n'
             eust
             plus
             de
             Iugement
             en
             la
             conduite
             d'vne
             Armee
             ,
             ni
             plus
             de
             justice
             en
             la
             discipline
             militaire
             .
          
           Never
           Captain
           had
           more
           judgment
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           nor
           more
           Justice
           in
           the
           discipline
           of
           Warre
           .
           Who
           doth
           not
           admire
           
             Americo
             Vespucio
          
           the
           Florentine
           ,
           who
           hath
           christn'd
           the
           New
           World
           ,
           which
           is
           held
           to
           be
           as
           big
           as
           the
           Old
           ,
           with
           his
           name
           ?
           Who
           doth
           not
           stand
           astonish'd
           at
           
             Christophoro
             Columba
          
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           greater
           Hero●…
           then
           Hercules
           ;
           for
           he
           discover'd
           a
           farre
           greater
           World
           ;
           and
           went
           far
           beyond
           his
           
             nil
             ultra
          
           .
           Truly
           all
           Antiquity
           cannot
           parallel
           that
           exploit
           which
           he
           perform'd
           ,
           meerly
           by
           strength
           of
           wit
           ,
           and
           his
           rare
           skill
           in
           the
           Mathematiques
           :
           for
           contemplating
           with
           himself
           ,
           that
           the
           Aequator
           the
           great
           Circle
           in
           the
           Heavens
           did
           divide
           the
           whole
           World
           into
           two
           equall
           parts
           ,
           and
           finding
           that
           there
           was
           such
           a
           proportion
           of
           Earth
           on
           the
           North-East
           side
           ;
           he
           concluded
           with
           himself
           that
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           much
           on
           the
           South-West
           to
           counterbalance
           the
           Globe
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Heavenly
           Circle
           to
           be
           just
           in
           his
           division
           ;
           and
           this
           speculation
           of
           his
           was
           grounded
           upon
           a
           true
           principle
           ,
           as
           it
           prov'd
           by
           the
           effect
           ;
           Though
           the
           Ligurians
           his
           Countrymen
           deem'd
           it
           a
           vain
           fancy
           .
           Henry
           the
           7.
           of
           England
           held
           it
           ridiculous
           ,
           Alphonsus
           the
           5.
           a
           meer
           fancy
           ,
           at
           last
           this
           great
           Artist
           being
           in
           despair
           to
           find
           some
           Prince
           to
           patronage
           the
           Work
           ;
           he
           made
           his
           addresse
           to
           Isabella
           Queen
           of
           Castile
           ,
           a
           most
           pious
           and
           fortunat
           Lady
           ,
           who
           began
           to
           give
           ear
           and
           credit
           to
           him
           ,
           &
           so
           accommodated
           him
           for
           the
           voyage
           ,
           which
           notwithstanding
           a
           thousand
           difficulties
           ,
           as
           the
           danger
           of
           those
           vast
           unknown
           Seas
           ,
           the
           murmuring
           humor
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           that
           went
           with
           him
           ;
           yet
           he
           brought
           his
           ends
           home
           to
           his
           aim
           ,
           and
           return'd
           with
           an
           Olive
           branch
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           leaf
           of
           Gold
           home
           in
           his
           mouth
           .
           Thus
           as
           providence
           would
           have
           Columba
           ,
           a
           Dove
           first
           to
           discover
           dry
           Earth
           after
           the
           Deluge
           ;
           so
           Columbus
           first
           discover'd
           this
           new
           peece
           of
           Earth
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           old
           World.
           In
           so
           much
           that
           this
           Italian
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           laid
           the
           first
           foundation
           of
           the
           greatnesse
           ,
           which
           Spain
           is
           mounted
           unto
           at
           this
           time
           .
           But
           Columbus
           chancing
           to
           be
           one
           time
           unkown
           among
           some
           Spaniards
           ,
           who
           discoursing
           of
           this
           discovery
           ,
           and
           slighting
           it
           ,
           saying
           it
           might
           have
           beeen
           feasable
           by
           
           any
           Navigator
           ,
           he
           calls
           for
           an
           Egge
           ,
           and
           laying
           a
           wager
           that
           none
           could
           make
           that
           Egge
           to
           stand
           at
           an
           end
           upon
           a
           smooth
           table
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           trying
           many
           wayes
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           missing
           ,
           Columbo
           took
           the
           egge
           ,
           and
           b●…uising
           the
           shell
           at
           one
           end
           ,
           made
           it
           stand
           upright
           ;
           then
           every
           one
           could
           doe
           it
           after
           him
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           told
           them
           ,
           just
           so
           when
           an
           Italian
           had
           shewed
           you
           the
           way
           ,
           't
           was
           easie
           for
           you
           Spaniards
           to
           goe
           to
           the
           new
           World.
           Yet
           that
           brave
           Queen
           Isabella
           and
           Ferdinand
           with
           their
           Successors
           did
           nobly
           reward
           Columbo
           ,
           though
           Genoa
           his
           own
           native
           town
           was
           ingratefull
           unto
           him
           ,
           for
           having
           left
           her
           a
           mighty
           Legacy
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           she
           did
           not
           raise
           any
           monument
           ,
           much
           lesse
           any
           brass
           Statue
           to
           his
           memoey
           ,
           which
           he
           so
           much
           deserved
           .
           But
           herein
           Genoa
           carried
           her self
           towards
           Columbo
           ,
           as
           London
           in
           England
           did
           towards
           Cavalier
           Middleton
           ,
           who
           fell
           upon
           a
           brave
           wholsome
           invention
           of
           bringing
           a
           fresh
           River
           fifty
           miles
           about
           ,
           to
           runne
           through
           her
           streets
           to
           her
           infinite
           advantage
           for
           many
           uses
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           noble
           virtue
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           she
           reigns
           no
           where
           so
           strongly
           as
           among
           the
           Italians
           ,
           who
           are
           naturally
           of
           a
           most
           humane
           and
           mansuete
           disposition
           ,
           not
           onely
           among
           themselves
           but
           to
           strangers
           .
           There
           was
           a
           notable
           example
           thereof
           in
           
             Alostio
             Priuli
          
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           had
           contracted
           a
           strict
           league
           of
           love
           with
           Cardinal
           Pole
           an
           English
           man
           ,
           which
           lasted
           many
           years
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           was
           much
           notice
           taken
           at
           Rome
           ,
           of
           that
           conformity
           of
           manners
           ,
           reciprocation
           of
           affection
           ,
           and
           sweet
           sympathy
           which
           were
           between
           them
           .
           This
           friendship
           continued
           in
           the
           same
           strain
           of
           strength
           for
           twenty
           six
           years
           ;
           all
           which
           time
           Priuli
           could
           not
           be
           wrought
           upon
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Cardinals
           ,
           though
           often
           invited
           by
           Iulius
           the
           third
           .
           Cardinal
           Pole
           falling
           at
           last
           sick
           of
           a
           lingring
           disease
           ,
           Signior
           Priuli
           never
           stirred
           from
           his
           side
           all
           the
           while
           :
           at
           last
           ,
           the
           Physitians
           telling
           him
           he
           had
           not
           long
           to
           live
           ,
           he
           sent
           for
           a
           Notary
           ,
           and
           made
           Priuli
           Heire
           of
           all
           he
           had
           ;
           but
           such
           was
           the
           generosity
           of
           the
           Venetian
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           not
           a
           penny
           benefit
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           gave
           it
           all
           among
           his
           English
           kindred
           ;
           being
           twenty
           moneths
           in
           perpetual
           agitation
           for
           the
           recovering
           of
           the
           estate
           .
        
         
           Nor
           are
           there
           any
           people
           so
           naturally
           addicted
           to
           Charity
           as
           the
           Italians
           :
           Cardinal
           Atestino
           was
           a
           great
           example
           hereof
           ,
           of
           whom
           there
           was
           a
           kind
           of
           Proverb
           in
           Rome
           ,
           That
           his
           House
           was
           an
           Exchequer
           to
           the
           rich
           ,
           an
           Hospitall
           to
           the
           poor
           ;
           his
           Person
           was
           the
           splendour
           of
           the
           sacred
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           an
           ornament
           to
           the
           Roman
           Court.
           
        
         
           I
           passe
           now
           to
           the
           Nobility
           of
           Italy
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           numerous
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           clime
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           Virtue
           is
           more
           rewarded
           ,
           good
           qualities
           more
           pryed
           into
           ,
           and
           Industry
           higher
           advanced
           .
           Rome
           is
           the
           Common-countrey
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           rendevous
           of
           all
           Ingenious
           spirits
           ;
           and
           its
           impossible
           for
           any
           person
           of
           Merit
           to
           be
           there
           long
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           sought
           after
           ,
           and
           advanced
           .
           This
           makes
           Italy
           so
           abound
           with
           Nobles
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
           For
           the
           generous
           exercise
           of
           riding
           great
           Horses
           ,
           they
           goe
           beyond
           all
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           to
           see
           ,
           what
           a
           docible
           creature
           they
           bring
           those
           fiery
           mettall'd
           animals
           to
           be
           ;
           they
           use
           to
           make
           them
           dance
           ,
           and
           keep
           touch
           with
           the
           musique
           ,
           by
           a
           rare
           art
           ,
           and
           do
           strange
           feats
           besides
           .
           What
           a
           famous
           Master
           in
           this
           art
           was
           
             Sigismondo
             Locatello
          
           of
           
             Ferrara
             ?
             Grisonio
          
           was
           no
           lesse
           rare
           in
           point
           of
           Horsmanship
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           compleat
           and
           gallant
           spirits
           which
           Italy
           produced
           these
           latter
           Ages
           ,
           
             Cosmo
             de
             Medici
          
           was
           one
           of
           the
           most
           admired
           all
           the
           world
           over
           :
           'T
           was
           He
           that
           did
           first
           found
           the
           grandeur
           of
           the
           Medicean
           Family
           ;
           't
           was
           He
           brought
           his
           Hetruscan
           Countrey
           to
           such
           a
           civility
           ;
           't
           was
           He
           who
           taught
           Soveraigne
           Princes
           first
           ,
           to
           look
           to
           the
           encroaching
           power
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           aequilibrio
           ;
           therefore
           Apollo
           made
           fit
           choice
           of
           him
           to
           hold
           the
           Balance
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           were
           weighed
           before
           him
           at
           Delphos
           .
           He
           was
           a
           man
           of
           an
           exquisite
           temper
           in
           his
           behaviour
           ,
           of
           a
           notable
           reach
           of
           understanding
           ,
           of
           a
           marvailous
           forecasting
           head
           ,
           a
           subtile
           cleare
           brain
           ,
           quick
           apprehension
           and
           profound
           judgement
           .
           He
           was
           munificent
           to
           
           strangers
           ,
           liberal
           to
           his
           domestiques
           ,
           and
           extreamly
           charitable
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           a
           mighty
           restaurator
           of
           Gods
           Houses
           .
           In
           all
           these
           acts
           he
           was
           equal
           to
           Kings
           ,
           he
           exceeded
           ordinary
           Princes
           ,
           and
           went
           far
           beyond
           all
           private
           men
           .
           Now
           ,
           although
           out
           of
           the
           largeness
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           piety
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           he
           had
           expended
           a
           Kings
           Ransom
           in
           Hospitals
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           Churches
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Non
             potuisse
             se
             in
             suis
             accepti
             &
             expensi
             codicibus
             unquam
             reperire
             Deum
             Debitorem
             :
          
           When
           he
           went
           to
           look
           into
           his
           Leger
           book
           of
           Account
           what
           moneys
           he
           had
           received
           and
           issued
           ,
           he
           could
           never
           find
           God
           his
           Debter
           .
           Yet
           this
           mighty
           man
           was
           ,
           when
           Auditor
           Cossa
           did
           audit
           his
           expenses
           ,
           't
           was
           found
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           spent
           forty
           millions
           in
           publique
           and
           private
           Fabriques
           ,
           and
           tenne
           millions
           in
           private
           acts
           of
           munificence
           ,
           and
           charity
           .
           He
           was
           such
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           so
           mighty
           a
           Patriot
           ,
           that
           having
           lived
           above
           seventy
           yeares
           ,
           this
           modest
           ,
           but
           well
           merited
           Epitaph
           was
           engraven
           upon
           his
           tomb
           ,
           
             Cosmus
             Med●…ces
             heic
             situs
             est
             ,
             Decreto
             publico
             ,
             pater
             patriae
             .
             Cosmo
          
           of
           Medici
           lyes
           here
           ,
           Father
           of
           his
           Country
           by
           publique
           Decree
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           I
           am
           in
           Toscany
           ,
           I
           will
           visit
           Pisa
           ,
           who
           I
           finde
           was
           in
           former
           times
           a
           Commonwealth
           of
           great
           authority
           by
           land
           ,
           and
           power
           by
           sea
           ,
           she
           did
           subjugate
           Sardinia
           ,
           and
           Carthage
           also
           ,
           bringing
           her
           king
           captive
           to
           the
           Pope
           ▪
           by
           whom
           he
           was
           converted
           ;
           she
           also
           made
           her self
           mistris
           of
           
             Majorica
             ,
             Panormo
          
           ,
           and
           Salerno
           ;
           she
           was
           once
           at
           that
           cumble
           of
           wealth
           and
           greatness
           ,
           that
           a
           hundred
           Gentlemen
           of
           Pisa
           were
           us'd
           to
           build
           and
           maintain
           upon
           their
           own
           charge
           every
           one
           his
           Galley
           ,
           to
           scowre
           and
           secure
           the
           Ligustic
           sea
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           state
           of
           Genoa
           ?
           who
           among
           the
           Records
           of
           her
           Triumphs
           ,
           can
           glory
           ,
           that
           she
           took
           and
           possessed
           once
           ,
           
             Sardinia
             ,
             Cyprus
             ,
             Lesbos
          
           ,
           and
           Chio
           ,
           as
           also
           Pera
           opposite
           to
           Constantinople
           on
           the
           Asian
           shore
           ;
           she
           was
           also
           mistris
           of
           Theodosia
           ,
           or
           Caffa
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           her
           dominions
           extended
           as
           far
           as
           the
           banks
           of
           Tanais
           :
           And
           to
           this
           day
           there
           be
           some
           Christian
           Rites
           ,
           and
           Italian
           Families
           in
           that
           part
           of
           Tartary
           .
           What
           tough
           wrestling
           ,
           and
           terrible
           Wars
           continued
           'twixt
           her
           and
           Venice
           for
           two
           or
           three
           Ages
           together
           ?
           and
           we
           may
           easily
           conjecture
           how
           potent
           she
           was
           ,
           when
           she
           could
           tugge
           with
           Venice
           so
           long
           .
        
         
           The
           Dutchy
           of
           Milan
           is
           come
           to
           a
           stupendous
           height
           of
           magnificence
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           riches
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Insubrian
           Revenues
           are
           above
           those
           of
           some
           Kings
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           most
           Rare
           and
           Renowned
           Republique
           of
           Venice
           ;
           she
           is
           of
           that
           high
           consequence
           ,
           that
           without
           her
           ,
           Italy
           should
           want
           her
           chiefest
           Ornament
           ,
           Liberty
           should
           want
           a
           refuge
           ,
           Europe
           should
           want
           her
           chiefest
           Bu●…
           〈◊〉
           ▪
           Neptune
           should
           want
           a
           Mistris
           ,
           and
           Nature
           a
           Miracle
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           〈◊〉
           
             Venice
             ,
             orbis
             christiani
             arx
          
           ,
           the
           prime
           Castle
           of
           Christendome
           ;
           and
           the
           Sea
           〈◊〉
           be
           said
           to
           be
           hers
           too
           ;
           she
           is
           Lady
           of
           more
           Sea
           than
           any
           state
           in
           the
           world
           〈◊〉
           point
           of
           extent
           ;
           she
           hath
           a
           Fortress
           the
           most
           exactly
           built
           by
           the
           rules
           of
           ●…ginry
           of
           any
           upon
           earth
           ,
           't
           is
           Palma
           ,
           which
           cost
           two
           millions
           the
           erecting
           ,
           〈◊〉
           the
           yearly
           keeping
           of
           it
           stands
           her
           in
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Crowns
           
             per
             annum
             ▪
          
           She
           hath
           an
           Arsenal
           that
           is
           almost
           as
           great
           a
           wonder
           as
           her self
           ,
           there
           is
           no●…●…e
           like
           under
           the
           Sun
           :
           she
           hath
           three
           hundred
           Artificers
           perpetually
           in
           pay
           ,
           and
           she
           spends
           
             communibus
             annis
          
           ,
           above
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           Crowns
           meerly
           〈◊〉
           that
           Arsenal
           .
           She
           would
           ravish
           a
           fresh
           comer
           with
           the
           lustre
           of
           her
           Palaces
           ▪
           with
           her
           marble
           Pictures
           ,
           and
           marble
           Statues
           ,
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Saint
           Mark
           pav'd
           with
           Porphyrie
           ,
           and
           chequer'd
           with
           many
           kind
           of
           precious
           stones
           ,
           and
           her
           roof
           and
           walls
           all
           Mosaical
           work
           :
           If
           I
           could
           get
           into
           the
           Treasury
           of
           St.
           Mark
           ,
           I
           could
           tel
           you
           more
           wonders
           ;
           but
           they
           who
           have
           seen
           it
           ,
           report
           they
           were
           quite
           stupified
           at
           the
           wealth
           they
           saw
           there
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Commerce
           of
           Venice
           ,
           it
           is
           beyond
           belief
           ;
           walk
           in
           the
           Rialto
           ,
           or
           Saint
           Marks
           place
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           meet
           with
           
             Greeks
             Turks
             ,
             Arabs
             ,
             Egiptians
             ,
             Moores
             ,
             Cannibals
             ,
             Tartars
             ,
             Ethiopians
             ,
             Persians
             ,
          
           and
           Indians
           :
           There
           you
           shall
           finde
           Merchants
           of
           the
           
             black
             ,
             white
          
           ,
           and
           red
           sea
           ,
           of
           the
           Hellespont
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           
           Iles
           of
           Greece
           ,
           of
           the
           Miditerranean
           ,
           of
           Ormus
           ,
           besides
           European
           Marchants
           from
           every
           corner
           ;
           The
           boyes
           there
           will
           not
           stand
           gazing
           at
           a
           turband
           or
           a
           shash
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           strange
           habit
           which
           are
           worn
           there
           familiarly
           ;
           This
           City
           ,
           though
           a
           Virgin
           (
           of
           neere
           upon
           thirteen
           hundred
           yeares
           standing
           )
           hath
           been
           such
           a
           Virago
           ,
           that
           she
           hath
           wrastled
           with
           the
           greatest
           Monarchs
           upon
           earth
           ,
           and
           layed
           some
           of
           them
           on
           their
           back
           ,
           but
           none
           of
           thē
           could
           lay
           her
           in
           such
           a
           posture
           as
           to
           get
           her
           maydenhead
           ;
           And
           lately
           she
           hath
           cop'd
           singly
           of
           her self
           with
           the
           Great
           Ottoman
           Emperour
           any
           time
           these
           eight
           yeares
           both
           by
           sea
           &
           upon
           
             Terra
             firma
          
           ,
           and
           given
           him
           many
           ill
           favoured
           foyles
           ;
           Now
           the
           reason
           that
           this
           sage
           Signorie
           hath
           continued
           a
           pure
           intacted
           maid
           so
           many
           ages
           ,
           besides
           her
           advantagious
           situation
           ,
           the
           
             Adrian
             Sea
          
           being
           her
           protector
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Venetians
           are
           grave
           in
           their
           Counsells
           ,
           severe
           in
           judgment
           ,
           constant
           in
           adverse
           fortune
           ,
           and
           temperat
           in
           good
           ;
           They
           are
           excellent
           patriotts
           ,
           they
           have
           publick
           soules
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           study
           of
           every
           particular
           man
           how
           to
           conserve
           their
           liberty
           ,
           improve
           their
           strength
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           Venice
           .
           But
           her
           incolumity
           doth
           not
           depend
           upon
           any
           one
           frail
           mans
           life
           ,
           progeny
           ,
           or
           wit
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           prudence
           of
           a
           politic
           and
           immortall
           Senat
           ;
           For
           although
           Venice
           hath
           had
           most
           heavy
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           human
           reason
           irreparable
           defeates
           ,
           as
           destructive
           as
           that
           of
           Rome
           at
           Cannas
           ,
           yet
           she
           never
           sunk
           in
           her
           courage
           and
           Counsells
           ,
           but
           boare
           up
           still
           above
           water
           ;
           That
           overthrow
           at
           Abdua
           ,
           That
           at
           Trebia
           and
           Trasimeni
           ,
           that
           at
           Bresica
           and
           Vicenza
           were
           very
           sore
           and
           fatall
           blowes
           ,
           as
           great
           as
           that
           of
           Cannas
           was
           to
           Rome
           ,
           yet
           she
           recovered
           herself
           in
           a
           shorter
           time
           far
           then
           ever
           Rome
           could
           doe
           ;
           For
           the
           richesses
           of
           this
           state
           you
           may
           easily
           guesse
           at
           their
           greatnes
           ,
           when
           the
           revenues
           of
           
             S.
             Mark
          
           ,
           use
           and
           imposts
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Venice
           herself
           is
           able
           to
           support
           an
           Emperour
           .
           Besides
           the
           very
           demeanes
           of
           the
           Church
           amount
           to
           three
           millions
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           O
           Rome
           ,
           O
           glorious
           Rome
           ,
           O
           holy
           Rome
           ,
           I
           make
           my
           entrance
           into
           thee
           ,
           the
           pyramidall
           top
           of
           all
           glory
           ,
           the
           lady
           of
           all
           vertues
           ,
           the
           source
           of
           all
           piety
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           wish
           of
           
             S.
             Augustin
          
           to
           see
           three
           things
           ,
           Christ
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           Paul
           in
           the
           pulpit
           ,
           and
           Rome
           in
           her
           highest
           florish
           .
           Hear
           Martial
           .
        
         
           
             
               Terrarum
               Dea
               ,
               gentiumque
               Roma
               ,
            
             
               Cui
               par
               est
               nihil
               ,
               &
               nihil
               secundum
               .
            
          
        
         
           Livie
           in
           his
           time
           gave
           this
           character
           of
           her
           ,
           
             Nulla
             unquam
             Respublica
             nec
             major
             ,
             nec
             sanctior
             ,
             bonisque
             exemplis
             ditior
             fuit
          
           ;
           No
           common-wealth
           was
           ever
           more
           potent
           ,
           more
           pious
           ,
           and
           richer
           for
           good
           examples
           ;
           Lipsius
           averres
           ,
           that
           Rome
           had
           three
           millions
           of
           men
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           millions
           in
           annuall
           revenu
           :
           she
           had
           at
           one
           time
           in
           Legions
           abroad
           and
           at
           home
           for
           her
           preservation
           six
           hundred
           and
           five
           and
           forty
           thousand
           armed
           Soldiers
           ;
           From
           Romulus
           to
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           she
           had
           above
           three
           hundred
           Triumphs
           ;
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           brought
           into
           the
           aerarium
           or
           common
           treasury
           sixty
           and
           five
           thousand
           talents
           ,
           which
           amount
           to
           almost
           forty
           millions
           of
           our
           money
           :
           she
           had
           above
           thirty
           miles
           in
           circuit
           ,
           which
           in
           Aurelianus
           his
           time
           extended
           to
           twenty
           miles
           more
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           encreased
           accordingly
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           Vopiscus
           affirmes
           ,
           she
           fed
           at
           one
           time
           foure
           millions
           of
           men
           in
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           .
           Seneca
           left
           seventy
           and
           five
           hundred
           thousand
           philippicos
           ,
           or
           crowns
           behind
           him
           ;
           
             Caecilius
             Claudius
             Isidorus
          
           ,
           although
           he
           had
           lost
           much
           by
           the
           civill
           warrs
           ,
           yet
           he
           left
           4117.
           slaves
           ,
           3060.
           yoke
           of
           Oxen
           ;
           and
           of
           other
           cattle
           two
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           seven
           thousand
           :
           Tacitus
           reports
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           Plinie
           the
           second
           .
           There
           were
           at
           one
           time
           in
           Rome
           five
           hundred
           Gladiators
           or
           Fencers
           ,
           a
           thousand
           Beares
           ,
           one
           hundred
           Lions
           ;
           which
           were
           kept
           in
           divers
           denns
           .
           The
           high
           way
           of
           Appia
           extended
           three
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           miles
           ,
           the
           Flaminian
           more
           .
           Touching
           the
           Aqueducts
           and
           fountaines
           ,
           the
           baths
           ,
           and
           the
           waters
           of
           Rome
           ,
           there
           were
           at
           once
           five
           hundred
           men
           hired
           to
           look
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           channells
           were
           so
           broad
           ,
           that
           a
           horseman
           might
           foord
           over
           ▪
           What
           art
           was
           used
           to
           furnish
           the
           seven
           hills
           
           with
           conduits
           and
           cesternes
           .
           When
           Cyneas
           the
           Ambassador
           of
           Pyrrhus
           came
           to
           Rome
           and
           was
           brought
           about
           to
           view
           the
           City
           ,
           he
           was
           asked
           what
           he
           thought
           of
           her
           ?
           He
           answered
           (
           looking
           upon
           her
           foure
           hundred
           Churches
           )
           he
           thought
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           that
           all
           Rome
           was
           but
           one
           Temple
           ,
           her
           Senat
           is
           an
           assembly
           of
           Kings
           ,
           she
           is
           yet
           to
           this
           day
           the
           flower
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           part
           of
           mankind
           .
           Now
           Rome
           came
           to
           this
           vast
           magnitude
           by
           her
           parsimony
           ,
           by
           her
           severity
           ,
           and
           industry
           ;
           she
           had
           her
           legions
           alwayes
           well
           trained
           ,
           and
           never
           sufferd
           to
           be
           idle
           ,
           nor
           did
           she
           pamper
           them
           with
           too
           much
           pay
           ;
           The
           Senators
           were
           more
           carefull
           for
           the
           discipline
           of
           the
           soldiers
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           education
           of
           their
           children
           ;
           They
           used
           to
           inure
           and
           habituat
           them
           to
           armes
           before
           they
           sent
           them
           abroad
           ;
           And
           certainly
           the
           Romans
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           valiant
           men
           naturally
           ;
           besides
           so
           many
           victories
           did
           heighten
           their
           courage
           ;
           Among
           thousands
           of
           examples
           which
           I
           could
           produce
           ,
           let
           
             Licinius
             Dentatus
          
           serve
           for
           one
           ,
           who
           as
           
             Valerius
             Maximus
          
           avoucheth
           ,
           had
           receaved
           forty
           and
           five
           severall
           wounds
           and
           never
           a
           one
           backward
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           in
           above
           one
           hundred
           battailes
           ,
           and
           brought
           home
           thirty
           and
           foure
           spoiles
           .
           What
           notable
           great
           Generalls
           did
           she
           breed
           of
           divers
           tempers
           ;
           Marcellus
           was
           of
           a
           fiery
           spirit
           ,
           
             Fabius
             Maximus
          
           was
           politiquely
           slow
           ,
           Pompey
           was
           daring
           ,
           The
           Scipios
           were
           patient
           ,
           Caesar
           for
           expedition
           ,
           for
           martiall
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           magnitude
           of
           mind
           was
           unparalleld
           .
           When
           Pyrrhus
           came
           with
           a
           new
           race
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           horrible
           Elephants
           into
           Italy
           ,
           and
           was
           advanced
           within
           thirty
           miles
           of
           Rome
           ;
           He
           sent
           unto
           her
           if
           she
           would
           parly
           ,
           word
           was
           sent
           
             Pyrrhus
             ,
             Italiâ
             cum
             copijs
             excedito
             ,
             ubi
             excesserit
             ,
             de
             pace
             si
             volet
             agito
             ;
             ni
             excesserit
             ,
             Arma
             &
             viros
             &
             acie●…
             expectato
             .
          
           Let
           Pyrrhus
           depart
           Italy
           with
           all
           his
           forces
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           that
           ,
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           treaty
           for
           peace
           if
           he
           will
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           do
           not
           depart
           ,
           let
           him
           expect
           Armes
           ,
           men
           ,
           and
           a
           battaile
           :
           such
           was
           the
           undauntable
           courage
           of
           Rome
           in
           that
           age
           ,
           which
           it
           seems
           did
           much
           degenerat
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Goths
             ,
             Vandalls
             ,
             Huns
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Septentrionall
           rough-hewn
           peeple
           appeared
           before
           her
           ;
           And
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           degeneration
           in
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           Romans
           was
           ,
           that
           by
           desuetude
           of
           arms
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           an
           enemy
           they
           fell
           to
           voluptuousness
           ,
           to
           ease
           and
           softnes
           ;
           Before
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           brave
           method
           in
           training
           up
           their
           youth
           ,
           they
           were
           instructed
           in
           letters
           till
           they
           were
           twenty
           ,
           &
           afterwards
           in
           military
           discipline
           .
        
         
           But
           new
           Rome
           after
           so
           many
           assaults
           ,
           and
           sackings
           of
           divers
           barbarous
           nations
           ,
           as
           she
           fell
           in
           glory
           ,
           so
           she
           also
           fell
           lower
           in
           situation
           ,
           for
           she
           removed
           from
           the
           seven
           Hills
           to
           the
           plaine
           of
           
             Campus
             Martius
          
           where
           she
           is
           seated
           now
           ,
           having
           lost
           the
           fift
           part
           of
           her
           circumference
           ,
           and
           magnitude
           ,
           and
           being
           not
           the
           sixt
           part
           so
           populous
           ;
           yet
           a
           notable
           providence
           hath
           attended
           this
           City
           ,
           that
           she
           florisheth
           still
           ,
           and
           though
           she
           be
           not
           so
           bigg
           as
           she
           was
           '
           ,
           yet
           she
           is
           better
           ,
           since
           the
           standard
           of
           the
           Crosse
           was
           planted
           there
           by
           a
           speciall
           benignity
           of
           heaven
           ;
           she
           hath
           the
           Law
           of
           Christ
           insteed
           of
           her
           Legions
           ,
           As
           she
           was
           before
           the
           chiefest
           City
           in
           the
           world
           for
           armes
           ,
           so
           she
           is
           now
           for
           Religion
           ;
           she
           is
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Chief
           Pastor
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           Countrey
           of
           all
           Christians
           ,
           she
           is
           the
           gnomon
           of
           the
           great
           Diall
           of
           saving
           Faith
           ,
           
             Romana
             Ecclesia
             est
             illa
             quae
             non
             modo
             tot
             principum
             &
             Imperatorum
             ,
             sed
             quod
             longè
             praeclarius
             est
             ,
             omnium
             sanctorum
             Catholicamater
             ,
             &
             in
             cujus
             gremio
             mori
             faelicius
             est
             ,
             quàm
             ab
             initio
             nasci
             ,
             cùm
             non
             nasci
             satius
             sit
             ,
             quàm
             in
             hac
             non
             mori
             .
          
           The
           Roman
           Church
           is
           she
           who
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           Catholique
           universall
           mother
           of
           Princes
           and
           Emperours
           ,
           but
           of
           Saints
           ,
           in
           whose
           lapp
           it
           is
           more
           happy
           to
           die
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           been
           born
           ,
           it
           being
           better
           not
           to
           be
           born
           at
           all
           ,
           then
           not
           to
           die
           in
           Her
           ;
           as
           Montanus
           saith
           .
           This
           makes
           her
           so
           refulgent
           for
           so
           many
           prerogatives
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           European
           world
           ,
           as
           also
           all
           the
           new
           Converts
           in
           the
           American
           new
           world
           doe
           acknowledge
           her
           the
           Chief
           seat
           of
           the
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           her
           Bishop
           the
           chiefest
           ministeriall
           head
           of
           the
           holy
           Church
           :
           and
           to
           deny
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           be-believe
           
             Stapleton
             ,
             summae
             impietatis
             vel
             praecipitis
             arrogantiae
             est
             :
          
           It
           is
           either
           the
           highest
           impiety
           ,
           or
           the
           desperatest
           arrogance
           ;
           He
           is
           the
           universall
           Shepheard
           ,
           
           the
           successor
           of
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           and
           the
           Vicar
           of
           Christ
           ;
           the
           Commission
           which
           our
           Saviour
           gave
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           Feed
           my
           Flock
           ,
           is
           transferr'd
           to
           him
           in
           chief
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Commission
           the
           keyes
           ,
           and
           power
           also
           of
           absolving
           ,
           and
           binding
           .
           For
           which
           respect
           (
           such
           an
           humiliation
           and
           reverence
           Religion
           strikes
           into
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           )
           all
           Emperors
           and
           most
           Kings
           doe
           willingly
           give
           not
           onely
           precedence
           ,
           but
           perform
           Offices
           of
           service
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           ,
           among
           a
           world
           of
           instances
           that
           could
           be
           produc'd
           besides
           ,
           Charles
           the
           fifth
           ,
           did
           at
           Bolonia
           ,
           and
           Francis
           the
           first
           at
           Marseilles
           .
           How
           many
           Emperors
           have
           held
           the
           bason
           while
           he
           wash'd
           his
           hands
           ,
           how
           many
           Kings
           have
           held
           his
           stirrop
           while
           he
           mounted
           and
           descended
           off
           his
           Mule
           ,
           how
           many
           have
           lead
           his
           horse
           by
           the
           bridle
           .
           How
           many
           thousand
           Princes
           have
           kiss'd
           his
           Pantouffle
           ,
           and
           carried
           him
           in
           a
           Chair
           upon
           their
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           gloried
           in
           all
           these
           acts
           of
           submission
           ;
           such
           a
           Power
           Christian
           Religion
           hath
           to
           humble
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           temporall
           greatnesse
           stoop
           to
           the
           spiritual
           hopes
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           Rome
           from
           her
           very
           infancy
           ,
           when
           she
           was
           a
           Pagan
           ,
           was
           much
           given
           to
           the
           reverence
           of
           the
           Gods.
           Her
           
             Pontifex
             Maximus
          
           was
           then
           in
           high
           adoration
           ,
           she
           had
           magnificent
           ,
           and
           costly
           Temples
           ,
           Altars
           and
           Fanes
           which
           had
           singular
           immunities
           and
           prerogatives
           ,
           the
           Temple
           was
           then
           an
           Asylum
           and
           Sanctuarium
           ,
           a
           refuge
           and
           sanctuary
           from
           all
           violence
           ;
           and
           of
           these
           Ethnic
           Temples
           Rome
           had
           4.
           times
           more
           then
           she
           hath
           now
           of
           Christian
           Churches
           .
           She
           had
           then
           her
           Nunneries
           and
           Vestall
           fires
           ,
           her
           Flamins
           and
           Archflamins
           more
           in
           number
           then
           any
           other
           City
           ;
           when
           she
           had
           conquer'd
           any
           forren
           Nation
           ,
           their
           Gods
           were
           brought
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           ascited
           among
           hers
           ,
           &
           admitted
           ;
           alledging
           that
           there
           could
           not
           be
           too
           many
           Gods
           to
           preserve
           so
           great
           a
           City
           .
           Yet
           there
           was
           violence
           laid
           then
           upon
           the
           conscience
           in
           spiritual
           things
           ,
           nor
           did
           the
           Ecclesiastick
           Power
           ,
           and
           
             Pontifex
             Maximus
          
           ever
           clash
           with
           the
           temporal
           for
           Superiority
           ,
           but
           alwaies
           yeilding
           unto
           it
           ,
           as
           receiving
           his
           Protection
           ,
           Meanes
           and
           Maintenance
           from
           it
           .
           This
           was
           the
           genius
           of
           old
           Rome
           ,
           but
           new
           Rome
           came
           to
           be
           so
           high
           in
           her
           devotions
           ,
           that
           she
           came
           at
           last
           to
           give
           more
           alleageance
           to
           the
           Pontifical
           Power
           then
           to
           the
           Imperial
           .
           Nor
           were
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           ever
           in
           that
           adoration
           in
           old
           Rome
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           is
           now
           in
           the
           new
           ,
           whom
           she
           holds
           to
           be
           so
           farre
           above
           the
           temporall
           power
           as
           the
           Soul
           is
           above
           the
           body
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           was
           much
           reverence
           given
           to
           the
           chief
           Roman
           Magistrate
           and
           Senate
           ,
           from
           all
           times
           .
           Adherbal
           King
           of
           Numidia
           call'd
           himself
           
             Romanorum
             Procuratorem
          
           ,
           The
           Romans
           Procter
           .
           Eumenes
           King
           of
           Pergamus
           came
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           pulling
           of
           his
           Capp
           ,
           offer'd
           it
           to
           the
           Senate
           ,
           confessing
           he
           receiv'd
           his
           liberty
           from
           
             Rome
             .
             Prusias
          
           King
           of
           Bithynia
           when
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Senate
           ,
           he
           us'd
           to
           kisse
           the
           threshal
           of
           the
           door
           ,
           acknowledging
           himself
           
             Mancipium
             Senatus
          
           ,
           a
           slave
           unto
           the
           Senate
           .
           Tiridates
           ,
           King
           of
           Armenia
           ,
           bowd
           himself
           to
           Nero's
           knees
           .
           But
           there
           was
           never
           such
           low
           submission
           done
           to
           any
           Pagan
           Governor
           ,
           as
           is
           now
           done
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           whom
           the
           Turkes
           call
           Rumbeg
           ,
           that
           is
           Prince
           or
           Lord
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Persian
             Rumschah
          
           ,
           King
           of
           Rome
           ;
           for
           we
           never
           read
           that
           the
           Ethniques
           ever
           descended
           so
           low
           as
           to
           Foot-Osculation
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           reverence
           peculiar
           and
           due
           only
           to
           the
           Pope
           ;
           the
           Emperor
           and
           other
           Kings
           being
           contented
           only
           that
           the
           Vassall
           kisse
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           hem
           of
           their
           Garment
           .
           Nor
           doth
           the
           Pope
           return
           reverence
           to
           any
           other
           potentate
           by
           rising
           up
           ,
           bowing
           his
           head
           ,
           or
           uncovering
           his
           head
           to
           any
           ,
           onely
           to
           the
           Emperor
           after
           he
           hath
           kiss'd
           his
           feet
           ,
           he
           is
           afterwards
           admitted
           to
           kisse
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           riseth
           a
           little
           and
           giveth
           him
           a
           mutuall
           kisse
           of
           Charity
           with
           an
           Embracement
           .
           There
           is
           a
           cloud
           of
           examples
           ,
           how
           diver
           Emperors
           and
           Kings
           came
           to
           Rome
           to
           do
           their
           filial
           duty
           to
           the
           Holy
           Father
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           their
           Coronations
           confirm'd
           by
           him
           .
           Iustinian
           ,
           did
           so
           to
           
             Constantine
             ,
             Pipin
          
           to
           Stephen
           the
           second
           ,
           Charles
           the
           Great
           to
           Leo
           the
           3.
           
           
             Lodovicus
             pins
          
           of
           France
           to
           Sergius
           the
           2.
           the
           Emperor
           Henry
           the
           
           forth
           to
           Paschall
           the
           2.
           
           Frederic
           the
           first
           to
           Adrian
           the
           4.
           
           But
           that
           was
           a
           notable
           Signal
           reverence
           which
           Lewis
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           second
           of
           England
           did
           to
           Alexander
           the
           3.
           
           Who
           came
           both
           together
           ,
           and
           jointly
           attended
           the
           Pope
           a
           good
           way
           to
           his
           lodging
           ,
           he
           being
           on
           horsback
           ,
           and
           they
           both
           a
           foot
           .
           Now
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           high
           Tenets
           of
           the
           Catholiques
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           is
           the
           only
           Free
           independent
           Prince
           upon
           Earth
           ;
           not
           accountable
           to
           any
           for
           his
           actions
           ,
           but
           unto
           Christ
           himself
           whose
           Vicegerent
           he
           is
           .
           He
           cannot
           onely
           command
           ,
           but
           make
           Kings
           ,
           at
           least
           confirm
           them
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Spain
           did
           not
           hold
           himself
           perfectly
           established
           King
           of
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           till
           the
           Holy
           Father
           pleas'd
           to
           allow
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           confirm
           him
           .
           Now
           touching
           the
           Title
           of
           Emperor
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           notable
           letter
           upon
           record
           ,
           which
           Adrian
           the
           4.
           writ
           to
           the
           three
           Ecclesiastic
           Electors
           of
           
             Germany
             .
             Romanum
             Imperium
             a
             Graecis
             translatum
             est
             ad
             Alemannos
             ,
             ut
             Rex
             Teutonicorum
             non
             ante
             quam
             ab
             Apostolica
             manu
             coronaretur
             Imperator
             vocaretur
             ;
             ante
             consecrationem
             Rex
             ,
             post
             Imperator
             .
             Unde
             igitur
             habet
             Imperium
             ,
             nisi
             a
             nobis
             ?
             ex
             electione
             principum
             suorum
             habet
             nomen
             Regis
             ,
             ex
             consecratione
             nostra
             habet
             ,
             nomen
             Imperatoris
             ,
             Augusti
             &
             Caesaris
             .
             Ergo
             per
             nos
             imperat
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             Imperator
             quod
             habet
             ,
             totum
             a
             nobis
             habet
             ;
             Ecce
             in
             potestate
             nostra
             est
             ,
             ut
             dem●…s
             illud
             cui
             volumus
             ,
             propterea
             constituti
             a
             deo
             super
             gentes
             &
             Regna
             ,
             ut
             destruamus
             ,
             &
             evellamus
             ,
             ut
             aedificemus
             &
             plantemus
             .
          
           The
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           saith
           Adrian
           the
           4.
           was
           transferr'd
           from
           Greece
           to
           Germany
           ,
           therefore
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Teutons
           cannot
           be
           call'd
           Emperor
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           apostolically
           Crown'd
           ,
           before
           his
           consecration
           he
           is
           but
           King
           ,
           and
           Emperor
           afterward
           .
           Whence
           therefore
           hath
           he
           the
           Empire
           but
           from
           us
           ?
           by
           the
           Election
           of
           his
           Princes
           he
           hath
           the
           name
           of
           King
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           the
           Title
           of
           Emperor
           ,
           of
           Augustus
           and
           Caesar
           ,
           by
           our
           consecration
           .
           Therefore
           he
           is
           Imperial
           by
           us
           ,
           &c.
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           of
           Emperor
           he
           hath
           wholly
           from
           us
           ;
           behold
           it
           is
           in
           our
           power
           to
           give
           the
           Title
           to
           whom
           we
           please
           ;
           therefore
           are
           we
           constituted
           by
           God
           himself
           over
           Nations
           and
           Kings
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           destroy
           ,
           and
           pluck
           up
           ,
           build
           and
           plant
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nor
           doth
           the
           Papall
           power
           extend
           to
           give
           Titles
           to
           Emperors
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           Kings
           .
           It
           is
           upon
           record
           how
           Pope
           Leo
           made
           Pipin
           King
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
             Sergius
          
           made
           Stephen
           King
           of
           Hungary
           .
           Pope
           Iohn
           made
           Wenceslaus
           King
           of
           
             Poland
             .
             Alphonso
          
           King
           of
           Portugal
           was
           made
           by
           Eugenius
           the
           3d.
           Edgar
           was
           made
           King
           of
           Scotland
           by
           Urban
           the
           2d.
           
             Iohn
             de
             Brenna
          
           was
           made
           King
           of
           Ierusalem
           by
           Innocent
           the
           third
           ;
           Pope
           Pius
           the
           5.
           gave
           
             Cosmo
             de
             Medici
          
           the
           Title
           of
           Gran-Duke
           of
           T●…scany
           ,
           notwithstanding
           ,
           the
           opposition
           of
           Maximilian
           the
           2d.
           and
           Philip
           the
           2d.
           of
           Spain
           .
           I
           saw
           in
           the
           Archives
           of
           Rome
           the
           names
           of
           those
           Kings
           who
           are
           Vassalls
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           rank'd
           in
           this
           order
           ,
           and
           Bodins
           Cataloge
           agrees
           with
           it
           .
           
             Reges
             Neapolis
             ,
             Siciliae
             ,
             Arragoniae
             ,
             Sardiniae
             ,
             Hierolosymorum
             ,
             Angliae
             ,
             Hiberniae
             ,
             Hungariae
          
           ;
           all
           these
           are
           ,
           or
           should
           be
           at
           least
           feudetary
           and
           hommageable
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           the
           Holy
           Father
           entitle
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           make
           Kings
           and
           Gran-Dukes
           ;
           but
           he
           can
           ,
           as
           he
           alledgeth
           ,
           depose
           them
           if
           they
           degenerate
           to
           Tyrants
           or
           Heretiques
           ;
           he
           can
           absolve
           their
           subjects
           from
           all
           ties
           of
           allegeance
           .
           As
           among
           other
           examples
           Innocent
           the
           3.
           did
           to
           Iohn
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           
             Sixtus
             quintus
          
           did
           to
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             .
             Innocent
          
           the
           1.
           did
           not
           onely
           thrust
           Arcadius
           out
           of
           his
           Throne
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           the
           society
           of
           Christians
           .
           Anastasius
           the
           Emperor
           was
           excommunicated
           by
           Anastasius
           the
           2.
           
           Pope
           Constantine
           anathematiz'd
           the
           Emperor
           
             Philippicus
             ,
             Gregory
          
           the
           third
           delivered
           over
           to
           Satan
           Pope
           
             Leo
             Isaurus
          
           ,
           and
           took
           from
           him
           all
           
             Italy
             .
             Gregory
          
           the
           7.
           excommunicated
           the
           Emperor
           Henry
           the
           3.
           and
           Boleslaus
           King
           of
           Poland
           .
           The
           Emperor
           Lewis
           the
           4.
           was
           barr'd
           to
           come
           to
           Church
           by
           Benedict
           the
           12.
           
           Otho
           by
           Innocent
           the
           3.
           
           Frederic
           the
           2.
           by
           Innocent
           the
           4.
           and
           Peter
           King
           of
           Castile
           was
           quite
           thrust
           out
           both
           of
           his
           Throne
           and
           the
           holy
           Church
           by
           Vrban
           the
           5.
           who
           made
           Henry
           the
           bastard
           capable
           to
           succeed
           him
           by
           a
           bull
           of
           legitimation
           ;
           and
           indeed
           that
           Peter
           was
           a
           hatefull
           Tyrant
           ,
           having
           murtherd
           
           many
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           his
           Queen
           or
           the
           house
           of
           Bourbon
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           high
           prerogative
           which
           the
           Roman
           Bishop
           claimes
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           summon
           Generall
           Councells
           ,
           which
           Montanus
           ,
           who
           was
           president
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           Trent
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           did
           avouch
           in
           open
           assembly
           upon
           a
           design
           of
           removing
           the
           Councell
           to
           Bolonia
           ,
           where
           he
           among
           other
           things
           did
           positively
           assert
           and
           pronounce
           ,
           
             Caesarem
             nempe
             non
             Dominum
             a●…t
             Magistrum
             esse
             ,
             sed
             Ecclesiae
             filium
             esse
             ,
             se
             verò
             &
             Collegas
             qui
             adsint
             ,
             Romane
             sedis
             Legatos
             esse
             ,
             penes
             quos
             ordinandi
             &
             transferendi
             concilii
             jus
             erat
             .
             Caesar
          
           was
           not
           Lord
           nor
           Master
           ,
           but
           Sonne
           of
           the
           Holy
           Church
           .
           But
           he
           and
           his
           Colleagues
           there
           present
           were
           Legats
           of
           the
           Roman
           See
           ,
           whose
           right
           it
           was
           to
           ordain
           ,
           and
           transferre
           General
           Councells
           ▪
        
         
           Moreover
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           hath
           a
           great
           stroake
           in
           preserving
           the
           Universal
           peace
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           keeping
           Earthly
           Potentates
           from
           clashing
           one
           with
           another
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Pope
           may
           be
           compar'd
           to
           that
           Isthmos
           of
           land
           which
           runns
           twixt
           the
           Ionian
           and
           Aegaean
           Seas
           ,
           keeping
           their
           waters
           from
           jusling
           one
           with
           another
           .
           Nor
           is
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           thus
           powerfull
           only
           by
           his
           spirituall
           Authority
           ,
           by
           vertue
           whereof
           ,
           besides
           Patriark●…
           ,
           Archbishops
           ,
           and
           a
           world
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           he
           hath
           70.
           
           Cardinalls
           ,
           who
           are
           accounted
           equal
           to
           Princes
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           all
           of
           his
           making
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           at
           his
           devotion
           ;
           which
           number
           of
           70.
           was
           limited
           by
           a
           solomn
           diploma
           ,
           or
           Bull
           of
           
             Sixtus
             Quintus
          
           ;
           and
           the
           election
           to
           be
           alwaies
           in
           December
           ,
           so
           many
           daies
           before
           Christmas
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           general
           Jubile
           of
           rejoycing
           for
           the
           Nativity
           of
           our
           Saviour
           .
           And
           as
           these
           Cardinals
           are
           Princes
           Companions
           ,
           so
           have
           they
           revenues
           accordingly
           from
           the
           Common
           aerarium
           ,
           or
           Treasury
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           unknown
           thing
           and
           inexhaustible
           .
           For
           as
           long
           as
           men
           have
           soules
           within
           them
           ,
           and
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           the
           Roman
           Church
           can
           never
           want
           Mony.
           There
           is
           a
           proverbe
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
             Al
             papa
             non
             mancano
             maj
             danari
             quando
             non
             manca
             la
             mano
             &
             la
             penna
             .
          
           The
           Pope
           can
           never
           want
           Money
           as
           long
           as
           he
           hath
           fingers
           to
           write
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           when
           a
           league
           was
           struck
           twixt
           Pius
           the
           5.
           
           Phillip
           the
           2.
           and
           the
           Venetians
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Spaniard
           was
           to
           be
           at
           half
           the
           charge
           ,
           the
           Venetians
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           other
           half
           ,
           &
           the
           Pope
           the
           sixth
           part
           of
           a
           third
           ;
           The
           Venetian
           Ambassador
           took
           him
           up
           somewhat
           short
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           
             that
             his
             Holinesse
             quill
             might
             command
             all
             the
             Wealth
             of
          
           Europe
           .
           In
           that
           age
           there
           were
           130.
           
           Archbishopricks
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           and
           seventeene
           Bishopricks
           that
           the
           Pope
           had
           the
           confirmation
           of
           ,
           besides
           those
           of
           the
           East
           and
           
             West
             Indies
          
           .
           Touching
           Monasteries
           and
           Religious
           Claustral
           Houses
           ,
           there
           were
           in
           Charles
           the
           fifths
           time
           ,
           and
           Paul
           the
           4.
           which
           was
           60.
           years
           before
           ,
           above
           a
           hundred
           and
           44.
           thousand
           ;
           of
           Parishes
           two
           hundred
           and
           fourscore
           eight
           thousand
           ,
           which
           the
           Pope
           had
           influence
           upon
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           when
           there
           was
           an
           ouverture
           of
           a
           league
           twixt
           Charles
           the
           Emperor
           and
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           for
           a
           conjunction
           against
           the
           Turk
           ;
           there
           was
           a
           proposition
           made
           ,
           that
           every
           Monastery
           should
           contribute
           6.
           
           Crownes
           yearly
           ,
           and
           every
           Parish
           52.
           
           Crownes
           towards
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Warre
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           amounted
           to
           near
           upon
           16.
           
           Millions
           
             per
             ann
          
           .
           And
           for
           men
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           10
           cull'd
           out
           of
           every
           Monastery
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           made
           an
           Army
           of
           fourteen
           hundred
           and
           forty
           thousand
           men
           :
           Nor
           should
           so
           much
           regard
           be
           had
           to
           the
           number
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           having
           been
           accustomed
           to
           penances
           ,
           to
           fasting
           ,
           and
           watchings
           ,
           could
           endure
           more
           hardship
           then
           other
           men
           .
           Add
           hitherto
           the
           zeal
           they
           would
           have
           to
           the
           Cause
           ,
           being
           Votaries
           and
           Religious
           persons
           ;
           holding
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           an
           Earthly
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           who
           lose
           their
           life
           's
           in
           any
           service
           or
           expedition
           warranted
           by
           his
           Cruzada
           ,
           deserve
           a
           greater
           degree
           of
           beatitude
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Such
           an
           Army
           as
           this
           the
           Pope
           can
           raise
           ,
           which
           no
           Mundan
           Potentate
           can
           do
           ,
           or
           ever
           could
           do
           ;
           Who
           out
           of
           a
           conceit
           of
           the
           Holinesse
           they
           bear
           to
           his
           Function
           ,
           and
           power
           of
           his
           Commission
           ,
           would
           
           runne
           through
           fire
           and
           water
           ,
           to
           serve
           him
           with
           their
           Soule
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           their
           bodies
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           Pope
           thus
           potent
           among
           the
           Ecclesiastiques
           ,
           for
           spiritual
           revenues
           and
           perquisits
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           also
           a
           Great
           Temporal
           Prince
           :
           witness
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Ferrara
           ,
           and
           Bolonia
           ;
           Each
           whereof
           singly
           is
           able
           to
           support
           a
           secular
           Soveraign
           Prince
           ,
           besides
           other
           signories
           which
           he
           hath
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           was
           well
           express'd
           by
           the
           Poet
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Pope
           .
        
         
           
             
               Ense
               potens
               gemino
               ,
               Cuius
               vestigia
               adorat
            
             
               Caesar
               ,
               &
               aurato
               fulgentes
               murice
               Reges
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           largest
           field
           for
           matter
           that
           possibly
           an
           Orator
           can
           run
           in
           ,
           me
           thinks
           it
           hath
           no
           Horison
           .
           Now
           Scaurus
           hath
           a
           wise
           saying
           ;
           
             Non
             minus
             magnam
             virtutem
             esse
             scire
             desinere
             ,
             quam
             scire
             dicere
             ,
          
           It
           is
           no
           less
           vertue
           to
           know
           when
           to
           give
           over
           speaking
           ,
           then
           to
           know
           when
           to
           speak
           .
           Therefore
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           safer
           to
           strike
           saile
           ,
           and
           launch
           out
           no
           further
           into
           this
           Ocean
           of
           matter
           :
           Wherefore
           I
           will
           bid
           a
           farewell
           for
           this
           time
           to
           fair
           Italy
           ,
           and
           conclude
           with
           three
           several
           Characters
           ,
           which
           three
           famous
           Authors
           gives
           her
           .
           Mamertinus
           the
           Panegyrist
           calls
           her
           
             Gentium
             Dominam
          
           ,
           The
           Lady
           of
           all
           Nations
           .
           
             Rutilius
             Numatianus
          
           calls
           her
           
             Caelestem
             ,
             mundique
             Reginam
          
           ,
           A
           Heavenly
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           Queen
           of
           the
           World.
           
             Dionysius
             Halycarnassaeus
          
           calls
           her
           
             Totius
             Orbis
             Optimam
          
           ,
           The
           Best
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           Therefore
           under
           favour
           take
           spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           power
           ;
           take
           the
           word
           and
           the
           sword
           ,
           the
           pike
           and
           the
           pen
           ,
           Arts
           and
           Arms
           together
           ,
           Italy
           ,
           Divine
           Italy
           deserves
           without
           controversie
           ,
           or
           any
           scruple
           at
           all
           ,
           the
           Supremacy
           of
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Dixi.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           THE
           Lord
           
             GEORGE
             ROELDERER
             VON
             HOCH
          
           ,
           Against
           ITALY
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             noble
             ,
             and
             anciently
             descended
             Princes
             ;
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Francisco
             Barbaro
          
           ,
           and
           
             Georgio
             Trapezuntio
          
           ,
           a
           pair
           of
           great
           Scientifical
           men
           ,
           and
           singularly
           vers'd
           in
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Tongues
           ,
           that
           by
           decay
           of
           their
           Intellectuals
           ,
           and
           decrepitnesse
           of
           age
           ,
           they
           came
           utterly
           to
           forget
           both
           .
           The
           like
           is
           recorded
           of
           
             Philip
             Seci●…s
          
           ,
           a
           famous
           Jurisconsult
           ,
           and
           Professor
           of
           both
           the
           Laws
           ,
           both
           in
           
             Padoa
             ,
             Florence
             ,
             Siena
             ,
             Ticini
             ,
          
           and
           Pisa
           ,
           that
           his
           memorie
           came
           to
           be
           so
           strangely
           eclipsed
           and
           clouded
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           remember
           one
           Paragraph
           of
           the
           Roman
           Law.
           And
           Pliny
           ,
           that
           
             great
             Register
             of
             Nature
          
           ,
           doth
           write
           of
           
             Messala
             Corvino
          
           ,
           that
           the
           faculty
           of
           remembrance
           was
           so
           declin'd
           in
           him
           by
           longaevity
           ,
           and
           the
           revolution
           of
           so
           many
           Winters
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           forgot
           his
           own
           name
           .
           The
           same
           may
           be
           said
           now
           adayes
           of
           Italy
           ,
           she
           that
           was
           in
           former
           times
           the
           
             Eye
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           and
           Rome
           the
           Apple
           of
           that
           Eye
           ,
           are
           fallen
           to
           that
           delirium
           ,
           and
           dotage
           ,
           that
           neither
           of
           them
           can
           remember
           what
           once
           they
           were
           ,
           most
           of
           her
           Cities
           have
           almost
           forgotten
           their
           primitive
           names
           ,
           her
           vital
           spirits
           ,
           vertue
           ,
           and
           valour
           are
           so
           far
           spent
           ,
           by
           having
           so
           many
           yeares
           on
           her
           back
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           quite
           transmuted
           from
           what
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           grown
           ●…ank
           and
           litherly
           both
           in
           her
           strength
           and
           courage
           .
           Touching
           Rome
           ,
           she
           is
           shrunk
           into
           a
           Pigmey's
           skin
           ,
           from
           that
           Gigantick
           stature
           she
           was
           of
           ▪
           And
           as
           some
           did
           guess
           at
           the
           magnitude
           of
           Rome
           by
           that
           Incendium
           ,
           that
           huge
           voracious
           fire
           which
           happened
           in
           Nero's
           time
           (
           who
           was
           then
           in
           his
           turret
           tuning
           upon
           his
           fiddle
           the
           sack
           of
           Troy
           ,
           so
           little
           did
           he
           resent
           that
           direfull
           spectacle
           ,
           but
           rather
           rejoyced
           at
           it
           ;
           hoping
           out
           of
           the
           rubbish
           of
           old
           Rome
           to
           re-edifie
           a
           new
           Citty
           of
           his
           own
           name
           )
           which
           fire
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           very
           consuming
           and
           violent
           ,
           yet
           the
           City
           found
           it
           matter
           enough
           to
           work
           upon
           for
           nine
           dayes
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           partly
           out
           of
           that
           the
           hugeness
           of
           Rome
           might
           be
           guessed
           at
           ;
           or
           by
           that
           raging
           Plague
           which
           swept
           away
           about
           tenne
           thousand
           men
           every
           day
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Vespasian
           ;
           or
           by
           the
           weight
           of
           those
           Cobwebs
           which
           Heliogabalus
           caus'd
           to
           be
           gather'd
           and
           poiz'd
           ,
           which
           came
           to
           ten
           thousand
           pound
           weight
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           these
           one
           may
           make
           a
           conjecture
           of
           the
           vast
           dimensions
           of
           Rome
           ,
           so
           out
           of
           that
           obscenity
           and
           filth
           which
           now
           reigns
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           of
           concupiscence
           which
           rageth
           there
           (
           no
           where
           more
           )
           and
           lastly
           out
           of
           those
           numberless
           infectious
           diseases
           and
           various
           vices
           that
           now
           raign
           there
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           
           to
           produce
           before
           you
           ,
           you
           may
           give
           a
           guesse
           at
           the
           goodness
           and
           government
           ,
           the
           happiness
           and
           deserts
           of
           Italy
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           beleeve
           you
           will
           not
           have
           so
           favourable
           a
           conceit
           of
           her
           as
           the
           noble
           Lord
           who
           spake
           before
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           prodigal
           in
           displaying
           her
           merit
           .
        
         
           The
           Peacock
           when
           she
           beholds
           her
           glorious
           feathers
           ,
           swels
           and
           puffs
           with
           an
           amorous
           opinion
           of
           her self
           ,
           but
           looking
           upon
           her
           feet
           she
           is
           presently
           dejected
           :
           you
           have
           hitherto
           seen
           the
           gay
           feathers
           of
           Italy
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           now
           her
           ●…oul
           feet
           .
           The
           common
           tenet
           ,
           that
           Italy
           in
           goodness
           and
           riches
           excells
           all
           other
           Regions
           ,
           is
           a
           meer
           fable
           ,
           which
           Boterus
           her
           own
           child
           doth
           refell
           ,
           accusing
           them
           of
           imprudence
           and
           shallow
           judgement
           who
           think
           so
           ;
           for
           we
           know
           wel
           that
           two
           third
           parts
           of
           Italy
           hath
           no
           navigable
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           the
           fourth
           part
           is
           a
           steril
           rough-hewen
           umbratical
           country
           ,
           made
           up
           by
           the
           Apennine
           hil
           .
           Bonfinius
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           a
           curious
           lustrator
           of
           many
           Countries
           ,
           prefers
           Austria
           before
           Italy
           ,
           though
           his
           own
           Country
           .
           Liguria
           was
           damn'd
           by
           Nature
           her self
           to
           a
           perpetual
           sterility
           ;
           And
           the
           Plaines
           of
           Verona
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           famous
           for
           some
           battles
           that
           have
           been
           fought
           there
           ,
           yet
           doe
           they
           bear
           but
           a
           sorry
           report
           for
           the
           wildness
           of
           the
           soyl
           ,
           and
           huge
           stones
           that
           are
           therein
           .
           In
           Alagnia
           there
           is
           a
           cankerworm
           that
           corrodes
           the
           Vines
           ,
           and
           strangely
           grows
           with
           the
           grape
           ,
           and
           takes
           wings
           at
           last
           ,
           it
           revives
           with
           the
           culture
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           dies
           with
           it
           ;
           besides
           there
           be
           swarmes
           of
           little
           stares
           that
           doth
           much
           annoy
           the
           crop
           both
           of
           Corn
           and
           Wine
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           fence
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           numerous
           .
           The
           
             Pisan
             ,
             Aquileian
          
           ,
           and
           Roman
           fields
           themselves
           how
           many
           patches
           of
           rough
           barren
           ground
           have
           they
           ?
           what
           ill
           air'd
           fens
           in
           many
           places
           ?
           which
           makes
           them
           so
           thinne
           of
           inhabitants
           .
           How
           many
           places
           in
           Italy
           are
           there
           ,
           whither
           strangers
           when
           they
           goe
           thither
           ,
           are
           warned
           not
           to
           goe
           unto
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           ill
           air
           ?
           as
           
             Piombino
             ,
             Grossetto
             ,
             Sinigallia
             ,
             Arimino
             ,
             Cervia
             ,
             Pesar●…
             .
          
           Pestilentiall
           Fevers
           are
           frequent
           in
           Venice
           and
           Ancona
           ,
           and
           Tertians
           in
           Ferrara
           ;
           nor
           is
           the
           meridian
           of
           Rome
           free
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           upon
           the
           Maritime
           coasts
           from
           Port
           Hercules
           to
           Tarracina
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           miles
           in
           extent
           ,
           there
           are
           hardly
           eight
           thousand
           inhabitants
           in
           all
           .
           The
           Veliternian
           Wines
           are
           good
           for
           nothing
           unless
           they
           be
           boil'd
           ;
           nor
           can
           those
           of
           Viterbo
           last
           any
           time
           till
           they
           be
           also
           used
           so
           ;
           for
           generally
           the
           Italian
           Wines
           are
           so
           fading
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           last
           scarce
           a
           year
           to
           an
           end
           ;
           whereas
           our
           German
           Wines
           gather
           strength
           with
           their
           age
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           and
           the
           Necc●…r
           ;
           but
           those
           of
           the
           Po
           and
           the
           Tiber
           grow
           quickly
           sower
           and
           flat
           ,
           which
           made
           Scaliger
           spit
           out
           this
           bitter
           jest
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             Urbem
             illam
             esse
             novum
             ac●…tum
             pessimum
             veteris
             vini
             optimi
          
           ;
           that
           she
           is
           the
           worst
           new
           Vinegar
           of
           the
           best
           old
           Wines
           .
           Besides
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           places
           in
           Italy
           which
           might
           be
           fruitfull
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           the
           hands
           of
           industry
           ;
           for
           the
           Italians
           are
           not
           so
           industrious
           with
           their
           bodies
           (
           I
           cannot
           tell
           what
           their
           braines
           may
           be
           )
           as
           the
           world
           takes
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           witnesse
           that
           capacious
           and
           noble
           port
           of
           Ancona
           ,
           which
           was
           suffer'd
           to
           be
           choak'd
           up
           with
           sand
           ,
           meerly
           by
           the
           supinenesse
           and
           sloth
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           .
           For
           Mettals
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           in
           Clement
           the
           sevenths
           time
           ,
           there
           were
           knowing
           Mineralists
           sent
           for
           from
           Germany
           to
           Italy
           ,
           and
           they
           returned
           quickly
           after
           ;
           for
           they
           said
           that
           the
           benefit
           would
           not
           countervail
           the
           charge
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           there
           is
           no
           clime
           so
           subject
           to
           vicissitude
           of
           Tempests
           as
           Italy
           :
           The
           Apennine
           keeps
           her
           snow
           longer
           than
           the
           Abnoba
           ,
           the
           mother
           of
           the
           Danube
           .
           How
           passengers
           are
           tormented
           with
           Chinches
           ,
           ●…
           stinking
           little
           vermin
           ,
           in
           their
           lodgings
           at
           night
           ?
           The
           heat
           of
           Naples
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           none
           will
           travell
           in
           Iuly
           and
           August
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           should
           command
           him
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           Padoa
           hath
           fertile
           fields
           about
           her
           ,
           but
           the
           Tillers
           of
           them
           are
           half
           devils
           ,
           and
           more
           humorous
           than
           any
           part
           of
           
             France
             .
             Sicilia
          
           ,
           once
           a
           part
           of
           the
           continent
           of
           Italy
           ,
           was
           used
           to
           bear
           away
           the
           bell
           for
           faecunditie
           ,
           being
           called
           by
           
             Cicero
             ▪
             Cella
             penaria
             Reipub.
             &
             nutrix
             plebis
             Romanae
             ,
          
           She
           was
           Romes
           Nurse
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           Pantree
           ;
           but
           whereas
           there
           is
           a
           principle
           ,
           
             Omnes
             Insulanos
             esse
             malos
             ,
             pessimos
             autem
             esse
             Siculos
          
           ;
           That
           all
           Ilanders
           are
           bad
           ,
           and
           the
           Sicilians
           the
           worst
           
           of
           all
           ;
           It
           is
           truer
           now
           then
           ever
           it
           was
           .
           Touching
           the
           Calabrians
           ,
           King
           Alphonso
           could
           say
           that
           ,
           
             nihil
             habebant
             praeter
             figuram
          
           ,
           they
           had
           nothing
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           the
           shapes
           of
           men
           .
           Touching
           Campania
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           but
           they
           are
           luxurious
           Countreyes
           ,
           and
           very
           populous
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           Bozius
           gives
           an
           account
           of
           above
           three
           millions
           of
           peeple
           there
           ,
           and
           neere
           upon
           foure
           hundred
           thousand
           fit
           to
           beare
           armes
           ,
           together
           with
           foureteen
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           towns
           ;
           but
           take
           all
           along
           with
           you
           ,
           the
           improbity
           of
           the
           peeple
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           proverb
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Italians
             ,
             Napoli
             é
             un
             paradiso
             ,
             ma
             habit
             ato
             da
             diaboli
             ;
             Naples
          
           is
           a
           paradis
           inhabited
           by
           devills
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           so
           delicat
           a
           country
           that
           it
           will
           put
           to
           tryall
           the
           vertu
           of
           any
           one
           ;
           witness
           Hannibal
           and
           his
           army
           .
           The
           Genoways
           is
           as
           bad
           as
           the
           Nopolitan
           ,
           heare
           what
           the
           tartmouthed
           Scaliger
           speaks
           of
           him
           ,
           giving
           a
           wipe
           also
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           by
           huddling
           up
           a
           company
           of
           Epithets
           .
        
         
           
             
               Genuenfi
               Osor
               pacis
               ,
               ac
               boni
               moris
               ,
            
             
               Unus
               Brit
               annis
               tetrior
               ,
               Ligur
               cunctis
               ,
            
             
               Saxicola
               ,
               pelagi
               cursor
               ,
               invidus
               ,
               spurcus
               ,
            
             
               Famelicosus
               ,
               turpis
               ,
               Archipirata
               .
            
          
        
         
           Now
           whereas
           you
           have
           been
           persuaded
           to
           believe
           that
           Italy
           is
           the
           source
           of
           civility
           ,
           the
           nurce
           of
           noblenes
           and
           vertue
           ,
           the
           prime
           propagatresse
           of
           piety
           and
           learning
           ,
           I
           pray
           herein
           take
           me
           along
           with
           you
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           say
           the
           Italians
           are
           ignoble
           ,
           but
           the
           corrupters
           of
           Nobility
           ;
           They
           are
           not
           illiterat
           ,
           but
           the
           perverters
           of
           letters
           :
           They
           are
           not
           vicious
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           cutthroats
           of
           vertu
           ;
           They
           are
           not
           impious
           ,
           but
           the
           abusers
           of
           piety
           :
           they
           have
           drunk
           so
           much
           superstition
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           got
           so
           far
           into
           their
           bones
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           never
           out
           of
           their
           flesh
           .
           I
           am
           loth
           to
           bring
           all
           their
           vices
           before
           so
           princely
           an
           Assembly
           ,
           for
           feare
           the
           sent
           of
           them
           might
           be
           unpleasing
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           stop
           your
           noses
           ,
           as
           peeple
           use
           to
           do
           when
           they
           passe
           by
           a
           carren
           ,
           or
           dounghill
           :
           and
           when
           they
           once
           infect
           a
           German
           ,
           they
           transform
           him
           to
           a
           Devill
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           proverb
           ,
           
             Tudesco
             Italionato
             é
             un
             diabolo
             incarnat
             ,
          
           a
           Dutchman
           Italionat
           is
           a
           Devill
           incarnat
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           place
           upon
           earth
           where
           vice
           goes
           more
           oft
           in
           vertues
           habit
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           able
           to
           deceave
           the
           wisest
           :
           For
           as
           in
           the
           sands
           of
           the
           river
           Anien
           there
           are
           fine
           white
           stones
           gathered
           of
           various
           shapes
           ,
           some
           like
           comfetts
           ,
           others
           like
           round
           suger
           plumms
           ,
           others
           like
           candid
           ●…innamon
           ,
           which
           are
           call'd
           in
           derision
           the
           junketts
           of
           Tivoli
           ,
           and
           are
           put
           sometimes
           upon
           the
           table
           for
           a
           merriment
           to
           strangers
           ,
           so
           are
           counterfet
           banquetts
           and
           sweets
           of
           vertu
           served
           before
           strangers
           in
           Italy
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           meer
           baits
           of
           vanity
           and
           vice
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           Italy
           abounds
           with
           nobles
           ,
           but
           what
           kind
           of
           one's
           are
           they
           ?
           such
           as
           are
           found
           in
           Lunigiana
           ,
           where
           a
           passenger
           spied
           three
           Marquises
           upon
           one
           tre●…
           eating
           figgs
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           starving
           :
           
             I
             Marchesi
             di
             Ceva
             ,
             i
             Conti
             di
             Piacenza
             ,
             i
             Cavaglieri
             di
             Bolognia
             ,
          
           The
           Marquises
           of
           Ceva
           ,
           the
           Earles
           of
           Piacenza
           ,
           the
           Knights
           of
           Bolonia
           ,
           are
           poore
           to
           a
           proverb
           ;
           for
           all
           of
           them
           will
           not
           make
           one
           compleat
           nobleman
           in
           point
           of
           estate
           .
           But
           indeed
           the
           Italian
           Nobles
           are
           rather
           Marchants
           then
           Nobles
           ,
           nay
           many
           of
           their
           Princes
           are
           no
           better
           :
           what
           I
           pray
           is
           the
           Gran
           Duke
           of
           Florence
           ?
           what
           are
           the
           Clarissimi
           of
           Venice
           ?
           what
           are
           the
           Senators
           of
           Genoa
           but
           all
           Marchants
           ?
           yet
           every
           broker
           and
           pedler
           is
           there
           termed
           by
           
             Vostra
             Signoria
          
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           :
           The
           meanest
           Prince
           in
           Italy
           must
           be
           called
           Serenissimo
           ,
           a
           title
           used
           to
           be
           given
           only
           to
           the
           Archdukes
           of
           Austria
           ;
           they
           scorn
           to
           be
           call'd
           Excellentissimi
           ,
           or
           Illustrissimi
           .
           Nay
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           return'd
           the
           Senats
           letters
           to
           Venice
           ,
           because
           mention
           being
           made
           in
           them
           of
           the
           Dukes
           children
           ,
           they
           termed
           them
           Excellentissimi
           ,
           not
           Serenissimi
           .
        
         
           But
           learning
           and
           the
           sciences
           you
           say
           doe
           florish
           in
           Italy
           more
           then
           any
           where
           ;
           Indeed
           I
           confesse
           literature
           is
           a
           rare
           vertu
           ,
           it
           enables
           one
           for
           any
           profession
           ;
           
           and
           no
           profession
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           mechanique
           ,
           can
           be
           without
           it
           .
           The
           Emperour
           Sigismund
           did
           make
           high
           esteem
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           he
           preferr●…d
           a
           Doctor
           before
           a
           Knight
           ,
           and
           his
           reason
           was
           that
           he
           
             could
             make
             twenty
             Knights
             in
             a
             day
             ,
             but
             not
             one
             Doctor
             .
          
           You
           all
           know
           the
           famous
           apophthegm
           of
           Alphonso
           King
           of
           
             Aragon
             ,
             Rex
             illiteratus
             est
             Asinus
             coronatus
             ,
          
           an
           illiterat
           King
           is
           an
           Asse
           with
           a
           crown
           on
           his
           head
           ;
           The
           Genoa
           Lady
           was
           of
           another
           opinion
           ,
           who
           saied
           ,
           
             penna
             non
             facit
             Nobilem
             ,
             sed
             penis
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           we
           are
           beholden
           to
           Italy
           for
           learning
           ,
           and
           she
           to
           Greece
           ;
           But
           as
           poore
           Greece
           is
           now
           so
           degenerated
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           she
           who
           call'd
           all
           the
           world
           Barbarians
           (
           yea
           the
           Italians
           among
           others
           )
           is
           now
           become
           Barbary
           Herself
           in
           point
           of
           literature
           ,
           and
           scientificall
           knowledge
           .
           In
           Honorius
           time
           there
           dwelt
           but
           a
           few
           Marchants
           of
           honey
           in
           Athens
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           the
           same
           fate
           may
           not
           befall
           Italy
           for
           her
           nefandous
           crimes
           which
           are
           rife
           there
           :
           but
           touching
           learning
           ,
           I
           pray
           heare
           what
           Muretus
           speaks
           ;
           
             In
             media
             Italia
             ,
             in
             medio
             Latio
             ,
             in
             media
             Magna
             Graecia
             vix
             centisimum
             quemque
             invenias
             ,
             qui
             Latinè
             aut
             Graecè
             loqui
             sciat
             ,
          
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           Italy
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Latium
           ,
           in
           the
           mid●…t
           of
           Magna
           Graecia
           you
           shall
           not
           find
           the
           hundreth
           man
           that
           can
           understand
           Greek
           or
           Latin
           ,
           or
           any
           kind
           of
           letters
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           pray
           ,
           how
           doth
           Italy
           use
           to
           encourage
           and
           reward
           learned
           men
           ?
           Look
           upon
           Philelphus
           the
           lea●…nedst
           man
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           forc'd
           to
           sell
           his
           books
           to
           bury
           him
           in
           Bolonia
           ;
           And
           who
           would
           have
           thought
           that
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           ,
           or
           Pope
           Pins
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           was
           beholden
           to
           the
           Muses
           for
           all
           his
           fortunes
           and
           promotion
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           thought
           that
           being
           congratulated
           by
           sundry
           peeces
           of
           Poetry
           when
           he
           came
           to
           be
           Pope
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           reward
           he
           put
           them
           off
           with
           this
           distic
           .
        
         
           
             
               Pro
               numeris
               numeros
               a
               me
               sperate
               Poetae
               ,
            
             
               Carminaque
               est
               animus
               reddere
               ,
               non
               emere
               .
            
          
        
         
           O
           Poets
           ,
           expect
           numbers
           for
           numbers
           ,
           I
           use
           to
           return
           ,
           not
           buy
           verses
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           that
           Homers
           fate
           of
           inevitable
           poverty
           is
           devolv'd
           by
           way
           of
           inheritance
           to
           all
           poets
           ;
           Paul
           the
           second
           ,
           next
           successor
           to
           Aeneas
           ,
           had
           a
           mischievous
           designe
           to
           demolish
           all
           learning
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           he
           esteemed
           students
           and
           philosophers
           no
           other
           then
           Heretiques
           or
           Conjurers
           .
           And
           now
           that
           I
           have
           fallen
           among
           the
           Popes
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           you
           have
           heard
           of
           the
           common
           saying
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
             Nos
             accipimus
             pecuniam
             ,
             &
             mittimus
             asinos
             in
             Germaniam
             ,
          
           We
           receive
           money
           ,
           and
           send
           Asses
           to
           Germany
           ;
           There
           were
           two
           Popes
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           who
           was
           the
           wiser
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           simpler
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           
             viz.
             Iohn
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           or
           Calixtus
           the
           third
           :
           The
           first
           sold
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           to
           Charles
           the
           bald
           for
           a
           vast
           summe
           of
           money
           ,
           depriving
           the
           right
           heirs
           ;
           The
           other
           put
           Edmund
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Vincent
           of
           Spain
           into
           the
           catalogue
           of
           Saints
           ,
           whereupon
           when
           Cardinall
           Bessarion
           heard
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Novi
             hi
             sancti
             de
             veteribus
             mihi
             dubium
             movent
             ,
          
           These
           new
           saints
           puts
           me
           in
           some
           doubt
           of
           the
           old
           .
           Alexander
           the
           sixt
           scrap'd
           up
           so
           much
           treasure
           by
           the
           nundination
           ,
           and
           sale
           of
           Indulgences
           ,
           that
           Caesar
           Borgia
           (
           his
           son
           )
           loosing
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           crownes
           one
           night
           at
           dice
           ,
           sayed
           ,
           
             Germanorum
             tantum
             haec
             peccata
             sunt
          
           ,
           These
           are
           onely
           the
           sinns
           of
           Germany
           .
           Iulius
           the
           third
           intending
           to
           advance
           Montanus
           to
           a
           Cardinalship
           ,
           and
           the
           consistory
           disswading
           his
           holines
           from
           it
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           of
           very
           meane
           birth
           ,
           and
           no
           parts
           ,
           answered
           no
           lesse
           modestly
           then
           wittily
           ,
           
             Then
             what
             thinke
             you
             I
             pray
             of
             me
             ,
             whom
             you
             have
             constituted
             Prince
             of
             the
             Christian
             Commonwealth
             ?
          
        
         
           Leo
           the
           tenth
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           creat
           
             Raphael
             Urbinus
          
           ,
           a
           meer
           painter
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Cardinall
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           liv'd
           to
           it
           .
           But
           touching
           the
           strange
           humors
           ,
           and
           extravagancies
           of
           some
           Popes
           ,
           I
           put
           you
           over
           to
           Platina
           ,
           who
           was
           secretary
           to
           so
           many
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           revert
           a
           little
           ,
           touching
           the
           older
           sect
           of
           Italians
           ,
           Authors
           ,
           there
           is
           more
           vice
           then
           vertu
           to
           be
           found
           in
           most
           of
           them
           ;
           witnes
           those
           triumvirs
           of
           wanton
           love
           ,
           
             Catullus
             ,
             Tibullus
          
           ,
           and
           
             Propertius
             ;
             Ovid
          
           might
           be
           called
           a
           pander
           
           to
           Venus
           in
           some
           of
           his
           works
           ;
           what
           spurcidicall
           and
           obscene
           things
           doe
           we
           read
           in
           Martiall
           ,
           and
           Iuvenall
           ?
           what
           a
           foolish
           humor
           was
           that
           in
           Persius
           to
           study
           obscurity
           so
           much
           ?
           And
           in
           Virgil
           ,
           whom
           we
           cry
           up
           so
           highly
           ,
           what
           was
           he
           but
           a
           meere
           Ape
           to
           
             Homer
             ,
             Theocritus
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Greek
           Poets
           ?
           I
           have
           seene
           Homer's
           picture
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           vomiting
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Latin
           poets
           about
           him
           licking
           up
           what
           he
           had
           spewd
           ,
           but
           Virgil
           lapp'd
           up
           more
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           Now
           Cicero
           whom
           we
           magnifie
           above
           all
           ,
           if
           we
           well
           observe
           him
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           he
           sate
           often
           upon
           two
           stooles
           .
           
             Petrus
             Bembus
          
           was
           such
           a
           slave
           to
           Cicero
           ,
           and
           so
           sworn
           to
           his
           words
           ,
           that
           he
           infected
           Longolius
           with
           the
           same
           humor
           ,
           who
           would
           use
           no
           other
           Latin
           words
           but
           what
           he
           found
           in
           Cicero
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Senat
           of
           Venice
           is
           alwayes
           call'd
           by
           him
           
             Patres
             Conscripti
          
           ;
           Dukes
           and
           Dukedoms
           ,
           
             Reges
             &
             Regna
          
           ;
           The
           sophy
           of
           Persia
           ,
           and
           Gran
           Turk
           ,
           
             Reges
             Armeniae
             &
             Thracum
             ;
             Faith
          
           is
           call'd
           by
           him
           
             persuasion
             ;
             Excommunication
             ,
             Interdiction
             of
             fire
             and
             water
          
           ;
           Nunns
           are
           call'd
           Vestalls
           ,
           The
           Pope
           
             Pontifex
             Maximus
          
           ,
           The
           Emperour
           Caesar
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           so
           much
           that
           he
           holds
           any
           word
           barbarous
           that
           is
           not
           found
           in
           Cicero
           ;
           But
           touching
           learning
           and
           eloquence
           we
           well
           know
           that
           Greece
           hath
           been
           the
           true
           source
           of
           both
           ,
           whence
           the
           Romans
           have
           fill'd
           their
           cisterns
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           for
           the
           Latin
           toung
           herself
           we
           know
           she
           is
           two
           thirds
           Greek
           ,
           all
           her
           scientificall
           words
           ,
           and
           tearms
           of
           art
           are
           deriv'd
           from
           the
           Greek
           :
           In
           so
           much
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           to
           be
           a
           perfect
           Latinist
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           understand
           the
           Greek
           also
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           go
           a
           little
           back
           to
           Bembo
           again
           ,
           who
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           was
           so
           fantasticall
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           use
           no
           words
           but
           pure
           Ciceronian
           ;
           but
           this
           fancy
           drew
           him
           to
           a
           pure
           prophanes
           ,
           for
           it
           brought
           him
           to
           contemne
           the
           Epistles
           of
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           slighting
           way
           to
           call
           them
           Epistolaccias
           ,
           disswading
           his
           friends
           from
           reading
           them
           ,
           least
           they
           should
           corrupt
           their
           eloquence
           .
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           Sanazarius
           ,
           that
           in
           three
           books
           he
           writ
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           the
           Name
           of
           Iesus
           or
           Christ
           through
           the
           whole
           work
           ?
           and
           the
           reason
           one
           gave
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           Latin
           words
           ;
           he
           puts
           the
           Sibylls
           works
           in
           the
           blessed
           Virgins
           hands
           ,
           and
           making
           no
           use
           of
           Esay
           or
           David
           ,
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           pagan
           prophets
           to
           prove
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           leave
           these
           santastiques
           ,
           I
           will
           now
           be
           more
           serious
           ,
           and
           pry
           a
           little
           into
           the
           Canon-law
           ,
           which
           hath
           such
           a
           vogue
           in
           Italy
           ;
           It
           makes
           the
           Crown
           a
           slave
           to
           the
           Miter
           ,
           and
           the
           scepter
           to
           the
           crosier
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperours
           throne
           to
           the
           Popes
           chair
           ;
           Nay
           it
           lessens
           and
           distracts
           the
           allegeance
           of
           the
           subject
           to
           his
           natural
           rightfull
           prince
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           the
           concordant
           opinion
           of
           all
           the
           Canonists
           ;
           
             Imperij
             vasallos
             criminis
             Rebellionis
             ,
             &
             Majestatis
             haud
             esse
             reos
             ,
             si
             pro
             Pontifice
             Romano
             adversus
             Imperatorem
             ipsum
             pugnent
          
           ;
           The
           vassalls
           of
           the
           Empire
           cannot
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           crime
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           if
           they
           take
           armes
           for
           the
           Roman
           Bishop
           against
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           And
           Bartolus
           himself
           ,
           who
           by
           Schurfius
           is
           called
           
             Magister
             veritatis
          
           ,
           the
           Master
           of
           truth
           ,
           by
           
             Menochius
             ,
             Iurisconsultorum
             signifer
          
           ,
           the
           standard-bearer
           of
           Reason
           ,
           by
           
             Natta
             ,
             Excellentissimus
             Doctor
          
           ,
           by
           others
           the
           
             Lantern
             of
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           the
           
             Guide
             of
             the
             Blind
          
           ,
           the
           
             Mirroir
             and
             Father
             of
             verity
          
           ;
           holding
           that
           his
           works
           are
           worthy
           to
           be
           bound
           with
           the
           
             Sacred
             Code
          
           ,
           averres
           the
           same
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           though
           he
           poorely
           excuseth
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           held
           these
           tenets
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           engaged
           in
           the
           Roman
           Court.
           
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           these
           Canonists
           are
           not
           only
           content
           to
           give
           his
           Holines
           the
           Keys
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           Spain
           ,
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           upon
           earth
           :
           There
           are
           some
           think
           there
           are
           Kingdoms
           likewise
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           as
           well
           pretend
           a
           power
           paramount
           over
           them
           also
           .
           But
           let
           us
           see
           how
           the
           Pope
           came
           to
           this
           transcendency
           ,
           to
           this
           cumble
           and
           height
           of
           greatnes
           .
           His
           first
           rise
           was
           when
           Constantin
           gave
           him
           Rome
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           a
           notable
           rise
           ;
           yet
           all
           others
           ,
           the
           Canonists
           excepted
           ,
           do
           question
           the
           validity
           of
           this
           donation
           ,
           and
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           himself
           did
           so
           before
           he
           was
           Pope
           :
           for
           said
           he
           ,
           
             Callidè
             id
             provisum
             a
             Pontifice
          
           ;
           It
           was
           cautiously
           provided
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           this
           should
           be
           alwayes
           under
           controversy
           ,
           
           whether
           that
           donation
           of
           Constantine
           was
           valid
           or
           not
           valid
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           donation
           might
           be
           presumed
           still
           to
           have
           been
           ;
           so
           the
           Popes
           are
           not
           much
           displeased
           that
           another
           question
           should
           be
           still
           litigated
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Schools
           should
           ring
           with
           the
           debate
           ,
           
             Whether
             that
             power
             which
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Rome
           
             hath
             over
             Princes
             in
          
           temporalibus
           
             be
             directly
             ,
             or
             indirectly
          
           ;
           for
           the
           stating
           of
           the
           question
           it self
           presupposeth
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           power
           .
           But
           many
           Princes
           ,
           not
           only
           those
           who
           have
           quite
           shaken
           off
           his
           yoke
           ;
           but
           others
           who
           still
           adhere
           to
           Rome
           ,
           have
           quite
           freed
           themselves
           of
           this
           servitude
           ;
           France
           did
           it
           long
           since
           in
           the
           clash
           that
           happen'd
           'twixt
           
             Philip
             le
             bell
          
           and
           Boniface
           the
           eighth
           ,
           claiming
           a
           jurisdiction
           in
           Gallia
           over
           Temporals
           ;
           but
           the
           King
           wrote
           to
           him
           in
           these
           tart
           words
           ,
           
             Que
             ta
             tres-grande
             sottise
             scache
          
           —
           Let
           thy
           great
           foolishnes
           know
           ,
           that
           in
           Temporals
           we
           are
           subject
           to
           none
           but
           to
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           think
           otherwise
           are
           sots
           —
           .
        
         
           And
           Monsieur
           Nogaret
           going
           afterwards
           to
           Rome
           in
           quality
           of
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           using
           some
           bold
           termes
           at
           his
           Audience
           ,
           the
           Pope
           upbraided
           him
           that
           his
           Father
           had
           been
           burnt
           for
           a
           Heretique
           ;
           thereupon
           Nogaret
           tooke
           him
           ,
           with
           a
           Gantlet
           ,
           which
           hee
           had
           on
           his
           hand
           ,
           such
           a
           cuffe
           under
           the
           eare
           ,
           that
           fell'd
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           memorable
           also
           in
           what
           termes
           the
           Greek
           Churches
           writ
           to
           Iohn
           the
           third
           ,
           who
           demanding
           plenitude
           of
           power
           over
           the
           Church
           universall
           ,
           sent
           him
           word
           ,
           
             Potentiam
             tuam
             summam
             circa
             tuos
             subditos
             firmiter
             credimus
             ,
             superbiam
             tuam
             summam
             tollerare
             non
             possumus
             ,
             avaritiam
             satiare
             non
             valemus
             .
             Diabolus
             tecum
             ,
             Dominus
             nobiscum
             .
          
           We
           firmely
           beleeve
           thy
           supreme
           power
           over
           thy
           own
           subjects
           ,
           but
           we
           cannot
           endure
           thy
           pride
           ,
           nor
           are
           we
           able
           to
           satiate
           thy
           covetousnesse
           .
           The
           Devill
           be
           with
           thee
           ,
           and
           God
           with
           us
           .
           It
           was
           an
           odde
           farewell
           .
        
         
           Nor
           of
           late
           years
           touching
           the
           right
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Portugal
           ,
           would
           Philip
           the
           second
           ,
           though
           extremely
           devoted
           to
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           stand
           to
           the
           decision
           of
           the
           Pope
           after
           the
           death
           of
           Henry
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           very
           memorable
           ,
           that
           he
           died
           the
           Moon
           being
           in
           an
           Eclipse
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           same
           day
           and
           hour
           that
           he
           had
           been
           born
           68
           years
           before
           .
           No
           ,
           King
           Philip
           thought
           that
           the
           Sword
           was
           fittest
           to
           be
           Umpire
           in
           that
           business
           ,
           which
           he
           made
           accordingly
           .
           Of
           such
           an
           opinion
           was
           Paul
           the
           third
           also
           for
           maintainance
           of
           his
           power
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           us'd
           to
           laugh
           at
           those
           who
           would
           make
           use
           of
           arguments
           to
           maintain
           the
           Pontifical
           power
           ;
           no
           ,
           he
           was
           us'd
           to
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Word
           only
           ,
           but
           the
           Sword
           which
           must
           defend
           that
           ;
           good
           Garrisons
           ,
           Castles
           ,
           and
           Bastions
           must
           do
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Excomunications
           and
           Buls
           .
        
         
           The
           Venetians
           of
           late
           years
           gave
           a
           shrewd
           wound
           to
           the
           Papal
           power
           through
           the
           sides
           of
           Paul
           the
           fifth
           ;
           when
           he
           had
           threatned
           them
           with
           spiritual
           Armes
           ,
           
             Nicolao
             Pontano
          
           the
           Doge
           ,
           or
           Duke
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           a
           free
           soul
           ,
           answered
           the
           Nuncio
           ,
           
             That
             if
             Rome
             would
             dart
             her
             thunderbolts
             so
             rashly
             ,
          
           verendum
           esse
           ,
           ne
           qui
           Graeci
           olim
           fuissent
           ,
           è
           Latio
           in
           Graeciam
           migrâssent
           ,
           
             it
             was
             to
             be
             feared
             that
             they
             who
             were
             Greeks
             of
             old
             ,
             might
             goe
             again
             from
             Italy
             to
             Greece
             ▪
          
           meaning
           to
           the
           Greek
           Church
           .
           In
           this
           quarrel
           the
           Pope
           had
           recourse
           to
           Spain
           for
           to
           appear
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           did
           much
           complement
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lerma
           ,
           but
           a
           little
           under
           the
           dignity
           of
           a
           Pope
           :
           He
           termed
           him
           ,
           
             Basin
             Hispanicae
             coronae
             ,
             super
             qua
             acquiescat
             Monarchia
             Catholica
             ,
             unicum
             Ecclesiae
             fundamentum
             .
          
           He
           writ
           ,
           that
           Lerma
           was
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Crown
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Catholique
           Monarchy
           did
           rest
           ,
           the
           onely
           prop
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1337.
           
           
             Lodovicus
             Bavarus
          
           being
           Emperour
           ,
           there
           happen'd
           some
           contrasts
           'twixt
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           Pope
           ,
           who
           alledged
           that
           the
           Electors
           made
           him
           King
           onely
           ,
           but
           he
           made
           him
           Emperour
           .
           Hereupon
           at
           a
           solemn
           Diet
           this
           notable
           Sanction
           was
           enacted
           .
           
             Sacrosanctum
             Imperium
             ,
             summa
             in
             terris
             potestas
             ,
             coeleste
             donum
             est
             ;
             Imperator
             enim
             primus
             ante
             omnes
             ,
             secundus
             post
             Deum
             est
             ,
             per
             quem
             ,
             leges
             ,
             jura
             ,
             regna
             humanae
             genti
             largitur
             aeterna
             Majestas
             ,
             &
             tam
             grande
             nomen
             à
             solo
             Deo
             traditur
             ,
             cui
             soli
             me
             Reipub
             ▪
             administrandae
             rationē
             reddendam
          
           
           
             habet
             .
             A
             curiatis
             igitur
             Heptarchis
             rebus
             impositus
             ,
             continuò
             more
             Majorum
             atque
             jure
             gentium
             Rex
             est
             &
             vocatur
             :
             ipsum
             contra
             majestatem
             Reipub.
             decus
             Imperii
             legatos
             ad
             sacerdotem
             Romanum
             ,
             ut
             Author
             fiat
             copiam
             administrandi
             concedat
             mittere
             ,
             eidem
             jurejurando
             fidem
             astringere
             ,
             atque
             petere
             ab
             ipso
             usum
             regii
             diadematis
             Religio
             est
             .
             Nullum
             harum
             rerum
             sus
             omnino
             est
             pastori
             ,
             qui
             servus
             ovium
             est
             ,
             &
             in
             consecrando
             domino
             gregi
             servit
             ▪
             quippe
             jure
             suffragiorum
             ,
             beneficio
             Electorum
             atque
             populi
             quisque
             imperat
             .
             Haec
             verissima
             esse
             convenit
             inter
             omnes
             annalium
             ,
             rerum
             humanarum
             ,
             divinarumque
             peritos
             ,
             atque
             jam
             saepius
             utriusque
             juris
             Caesarei
             atque
             Pontificii
             coelestis
             thesauri
             testimoniis
             comprobatum
             est
             .
             Nonnulli
             quidem
             sanctuli
             praeter
             fas
             contra
             naturae
             legem
             docere
             non
             erubescunt
             ,
             pastoris
             beneficiarium
             esse
             Dominum
             ,
             neque
             ante
             principem
             principum
             esse
             aut
             nominari
             oportere
             ,
             quàm
             ille
             servus
             servorum
             Author
             fiat
             ,
             &
             dignum
             judicârit
             qui
             regnet
             ,
             sed
             haec
             cum
             maxima
             Christianae
             Reipub.
             pernicie
             ,
             intollerabili
             populi
             Christiani
             ,
             imperatoriae
             Majestatis
             jacturâ
             ,
             nec
             sine
             gravissimo
             Tetrarcharum
             ,
             Dynastarum
             ,
             Clientium
             imperii
             detriment●…
             ,
             instigante
             Stygio
             principe
             ,
             domino
             hujus
             mundi
             ,
             commenta
             esse
             ,
             eventus
             docet
             ,
             exitus
             probat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Quare
             decernimus
             ,
             &
             perpetuò
             sancimus
             Edicto
             ,
             nimirùm
             ex
             solo
             Electionis
             beneficio
             omnem
             potestatem
             imperiumque
             proficisci
             ,
             nec
             ullo
             pacto
             pontificis
             Romani
             in
             hac
             re
             sanctimonia
             ,
             flaminio
             ,
             authoritate
             ,
             consensu
             opus
             esse
             .
             Quicunque
             aliter
             docuerit
             ,
             senserit
             ,
             ●…actitarit
             ,
             crimine
             laesae
             Majestatis
             reus
             ,
             hostis
             reipub
             .
             atque
             proscriptus
             esto
             ,
             capite
             paenas
             solvito
             ,
             bona
             ejus
             publica
             sunto
             ,
             praedia
             infiscentur
             .
          
           The
           most
           holy
           Empire
           being
           the
           highest
           power
           upon
           earth
           ,
           is
           the
           gift
           of
           heaven
           :
           For
           the
           Emperour
           is
           first
           before
           all
           ,
           and
           second
           after
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           eternall
           Majesty
           does
           bestow
           Lawes
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Kingdomes
           to
           mankind
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           a
           name
           is
           onely
           given
           by
           God
           ,
           to
           whom
           onely
           he
           is
           accountable
           for
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
           By
           the
           election
           of
           the
           Heptarchicall
           Electors
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           he
           is
           King
           ,
           and
           call'd
           so
           :
           For
           him
           to
           send
           Ambassadours
           to
           the
           Priest
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           authorize
           him
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           administer
           ,
           is
           against
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Empire
           ;
           but
           to
           binde
           himself
           unto
           him
           by
           oath
           ,
           and
           seek
           of
           him
           the
           use
           of
           the
           royal
           Diadem
           ,
           is
           Religion
           .
           The
           Pastor
           hath
           no
           right
           to
           any
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           who
           is
           servant
           to
           his
           sheep
           ,
           and
           serves
           the
           flock
           in
           consecrating
           the
           Lord
           :
           For
           by
           right
           of
           suffrage
           ,
           by
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Electors
           and
           people
           ,
           every
           one
           reignes
           .
           That
           these
           things
           are
           true
           ,
           is
           well
           known
           to
           all
           those
           that
           are
           vers'd
           in
           Antiquity
           never
           so
           little
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           finde
           this
           Doctrine
           confirm'd
           not
           onely
           by
           Caesarean
           ,
           but
           Pontificial
           testimonies
           themselves
           .
           Yet
           neverthelesse
           some
           Sciolists
           ,
           or
           little
           modern
           Saints
           doe
           not
           blush
           to
           teach
           the
           contrary
           ,
           viz.
           That
           the
           Lord
           is
           a
           Beneficiary
           to
           the
           Shepheard
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Emperour
           may
           not
           be
           call'd
           Prince
           of
           Princes
           ,
           till
           he
           receive
           his
           authority
           from
           
             servus
             servorum
          
           ,
           from
           the
           servant
           of
           servants
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           stiles
           himself
           to
           be
           .
           But
           this
           cannot
           be
           without
           much
           mischief
           to
           the
           Christian
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           utter
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           on
           which
           so
           many
           Princes
           and
           Potentates
           depend
           .
           Therefore
           it
           may
           be
           called
           a
           Doctrin
           suggested
           by
           the
           Stygian
           Prince
           ,
           and
           belched
           forth
           out
           of
           hell
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           we
           decree
           and
           divulge
           it
           for
           an
           everlasting
           Sanction
           ,
           that
           the
           Caesarean
           Majesty
           is
           derived
           from
           the
           power
           of
           Election
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           sanctimony
           ,
           consent
           ,
           or
           confirmation
           of
           Pontificall
           authority
           .
           And
           whosoever
           shall
           maintain
           ,
           publish
           ,
           or
           teach
           otherwise
           ,
           we
           pronounce
           him
           criminall
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           a
           professed
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           capitall
           punishment
           ,
           or
           Proscription
           ,
           that
           the
           property
           of
           his
           goods
           be
           altered
           and
           confiscated
           .
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           this
           solemn
           Sanction
           ,
           how
           hath
           the
           Papal
           power
           encreas'd
           upon
           the
           Imperial
           of
           late
           times
           ?
           Caesar
           was
           us'd
           to
           summon
           universal
           Councells
           .
           It
           was
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           ,
           who
           call'd
           the
           Nicene
           Counsel
           .
           Theodosius
           the
           
             Constantinopolitan
             :
             Theodosius
             Iunior
          
           the
           
             Ephesian
             .
             Martianus
          
           that
           of
           
           Chalcedon
           ,
           which
           four
           Councels
           are
           next
           in
           authority
           to
           the
           4.
           
           Evangelists
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           the
           4.
           
           Rivers
           that
           ran
           through
           Paradis
           .
           Besides
           how
           many
           other
           General
           Councels
           were
           indicted
           by
           Emperors
           .
           Besides
           it
           was
           their
           Prerogative
           to
           institute
           Popes
           .
           Henry
           the
           3.
           created
           Clement
           the
           2.
           
           Damasus
           the
           2.
           
           Leo
           9.
           and
           Victor
           the
           2.
           
           Nay
           Caesar
           was
           us'd
           to
           punish
           the
           contumacies
           ,
           and
           exorbitances
           of
           the
           Pope
           .
           So
           did
           Otto
           the
           1.
           chastice
           Pope
           Iohn
           and
           
             Benedict
             .
             Henry
          
           the
           3.
           
           Sylvester
           and
           
             Gregory
             .
             Henry
          
           the
           5.
           depos'd
           Pope
           Paschal
           .
           There
           is
           a
           cloud
           of
           examples
           to
           prove
           this
           .
           The
           summons
           of
           Henry
           the
           4.
           to
           
             Gregory
             Hildebrand
          
           ,
           that
           Satanical
           St.
           as
           Damianus
           stiles
           him
           ,
           are
           very
           remarkable
           .
           
             Tu
             Hildebrande
             ,
             non
             jam
             Apostolice
             ,
             sed
             false
             Monache
             descende
             ,
             vendicatam
             tibi
             sedem
             Apostolicam
             relinque
             .
             Alius
             sedem
             B.
             Petri
             ascendet
             ,
             qui
             nulla
             violentiam
             Religione
             palliet
             ,
             sed
             Beati
             Petri
             doctrinam
             doceat
             .
             Ego
             Henricus
             Rex
             dei
             gratiâ
             cum
             omnibus
             Episcopis
             nostris
             tibi
             dicimus
             descende
             ,
             descende
             .
          
           Thou
           Hildebrand
           ,
           who
           art
           no
           apostolical
           ,
           but
           a
           false
           Monk
           ,
           descend
           ;
           leave
           the
           Apostolical
           seat
           which
           thou
           claimst
           ,
           another
           shall
           ascend
           blessed
           Peters
           Throne
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           palliate
           violence
           with
           Religion
           ,
           but
           teach
           
             Peters
             ▪
          
           pure
           Doctrine
           .
           
             I
             Henry
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             King
             ,
             with
             all
             our
             Bishops
             do
             tell
             thee
             ,
             descend
             ,
             descend
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           see
           but
           the
           Emperor
           is
           Caesar
           still
           ,
           and
           endow'd
           with
           the
           same
           power
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           touching
           the
           oth
           which
           the
           Pope
           exhibits
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           an
           Oth
           of
           alleageance
           or
           fidelity
           ,
           but
           that
           Oth
           relates
           to
           the
           protection
           ,
           and
           defence
           which
           he
           is
           bound
           thereby
           to
           give
           the
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           which
           Lords
           use
           to
           promise
           ordinarily
           to
           their
           Vassalls
           ,
           and
           temporal
           Princes
           to
           their
           subjects
           .
           And
           whereas
           of
           old
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           out
           of
           a
           pious
           reverence
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           did
           use
           to
           calculate
           the
           time
           of
           his
           reign
           from
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Coronation
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           we
           know
           well
           that
           that
           custom
           is
           grown
           obsolet
           ,
           and
           antiquated
           by
           a
           long
           desuetude
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           German
           or
           Electorian
           Coronation
           is
           now
           as
           valid
           as
           the
           other
           .
           And
           I
           pray
           how
           many
           Emperors
           have
           omitted
           the
           Papal
           Coronation
           ,
           and
           neglected
           those
           superfluous
           formalities
           and
           ceremonies
           ?
           The
           Emperor
           
             Henricus
             Auceps
          
           ,
           being
           invited
           by
           the
           Pope
           to
           be
           crown'd
           at
           Rome
           ,
           answered
           ,
           It
           was
           sufficient
           for
           him
           to
           be
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           by
           
             Gods
             Grace
          
           ,
           and
           so
           oblig'd
           to
           protect
           Germany
           from
           the
           incursion
           of
           infidells
           .
           Rodolph
           the
           1.
           gave
           such
           an
           other
           answer
           ,
           being
           advis'd
           to
           go
           to
           Rome
           to
           be
           crown'd
           .
           
             Italy
             said
             he
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             hath
             consum'd
             many
             Alman
             Kings
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             to
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             I
             am
             already
             King
             ,
             I
             am
             already
             an
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             act
             for
             the
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             had
             perform'd
             that
             ceremony
             at
          
           Rome
           .
        
         
           The
           Canonists
           ,
           whose
           main
           endeavours
           are
           to
           elevate
           the
           Popes
           Miter
           above
           the
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           would
           have
           it
           ;
           
             that
             when
          
           Caesar
           
             dies
             ,
             the
             Right
             is
             devolv'd
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             till
             a
             new
             Election
             .
          
           But
           we
           well
           know
           ,
           most
           noble
           Princes
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           Golden
           bull
           it
           is
           ordain'd
           otherwise
           ,
           &
           that
           during
           the
           Vacancy
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           the
           right
           of
           Administration
           appertains
           to
           the
           
             Electors
             of
             the
             Rhine
             and
             Saxony
             .
          
           It
           is
           well
           known
           how
           Paul
           the
           4.
           would
           have
           molested
           Ferdinand
           the
           1.
           by
           his
           
             Caraffical
             Canons
          
           ,
           but
           to
           little
           purpose
           .
           For
           as
           Serpents
           do
           naturally
           retain
           a
           poyson
           still
           in
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           alwaies
           vent
           it
           ;
           so
           the
           Roman
           seaven
           headed
           Beast
           doth
           still
           keep
           within
           him
           that
           malignant
           humor
           towards
           the
           Emperor
           ;
           which
           may
           chance
           be
           his
           own
           destruction
           at
           last
           :
           as
           we
           read
           of
           
             Iohn
             Baptista
          
           Bishop
           of
           Concordia
           ,
           who
           at
           a
           Ducal
           feast
           in
           Venice
           ,
           kept
           in
           his
           gutts
           that
           Wind
           which
           should
           have
           found
           vent
           backward
           ,
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           he
           died
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           touching
           the
           Right
           that
           his
           Holinesse
           hath
           to
           Rome
           by
           the
           donation
           of
           Constantine
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           same
           that
           Venice
           hath
           to
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Adriatique
           Gulph
           ;
           they
           are
           both
           of
           them
           no
           other
           then
           Titles
           of
           Straw
           :
           yet
           that
           of
           Rome
           doth
           produce
           the
           Pope
           much
           grain
           .
           And
           as
           that
           vainglorious
           Citty
           was
           first
           founded
           by
           Fugitives
           and
           Robbers
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           patched
           up
           an
           Empire
           of
           
             varia
             magna
             latrocinia
          
           ,
           of
           divers
           great
           Theeveries
           (
           for
           Kingdoms
           are
           little
           better
           )
           which
           shee
           got
           by
           oppression
           ,
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           rapine
           ;
           
           so
           the
           same
           genius
           remaines
           still
           in
           Rome
           ,
           for
           she
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           a
           Harpye
           still
           ,
           and
           to
           robbe
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           that
           's
           subject
           to
           her
           by
           her
           mercenary
           Pardons
           ,
           Buls
           ,
           and
           Indulgences
           :
           She
           seldome
           takes
           the
           Lamb
           without
           his
           Fleece
           :
           Lord
           ,
           how
           is
           she
           degenerated
           from
           her self
           when
           she
           was
           a
           Primitive
           Christian
           !
           in
           those
           times
           there
           were
           golden
           Priests
           ,
           and
           wooden
           Chal●…ces
           ,
           but
           now
           clean
           contrary
           ,
           as
           Boniface
           the
           Martyr
           cryed
           out
           ,
        
         
           
             
               —
               In
               time
               of
               old
            
             
               The
               Chalices
               were
               wood
               ,
               the
               Priests
               were
               gold
               ;
            
             
               But
               now
               a
               man
               may
               swear
               by
               
                 Haly
                 rood
              
               ,
            
             
               The
               Chalices
               are
               gold
               ,
               the
               Priests
               are
               wood
               .
            
          
        
         
           Indeed
           the
           Italians
           are
           generally
           covetous
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           to
           foment
           their
           pleasures
           ,
           whereof
           they
           are
           the
           greatest
           embracers
           of
           any
           people
           .
           About
           the
           precincts
           of
           Padoa
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           brothers
           that
           in
           a
           cleer
           shine
           night
           were
           walking
           in
           the
           fields
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           casting
           his
           eyes
           up
           to
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           wished
           that
           he
           had
           as
           many
           fat
           Oxen
           as
           there
           were
           Starres
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
           The
           other
           presently
           wished
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Field
           as
           large
           as
           the
           Firmament
           ;
           the
           other
           replying
           ,
           what
           he
           would
           doe
           with
           it
           ?
           he
           answered
           ,
           To
           feed
           your
           Oxen.
           But
           the
           judgement
           of
           Heaven
           is
           observable
           herein
           ;
           for
           as
           they
           multiplied
           discourse
           about
           these
           prophane
           wishes
           ,
           they
           fell
           a
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           so
           slew
           one
           another
           in
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           what
           Nation
           is
           more
           vindicative
           than
           the
           Italian
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           been
           murther'd
           for
           casting
           but
           a
           few
           glances
           upon
           another
           mans
           wife
           out
           of
           a
           window
           ?
           What
           various
           inventions
           have
           they
           of
           poysoning
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           the
           smoak
           of
           a
           candle
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           the
           suavity
           of
           a
           flower
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           a
           poyson'd
           glove
           or
           handkerchief
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           small
           crossebowes
           with
           poyson'd
           needles
           instead
           of
           arrowes
           .
           What
           an
           inhumane
           horrid
           revenge
           did
           a
           Millanez
           take
           of
           an
           old
           friend
           of
           his
           ,
           to
           whom
           having
           been
           reconciled
           after
           some
           quarrell
           ,
           he
           bore
           still
           a
           black
           rancor
           in
           his
           breast
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           surpris'd
           him
           in
           a
           convenient
           place
           ,
           he
           put
           a
           dagger
           to
           his
           throat
           ,
           vowing
           that
           if
           hee
           would
           not
           doe
           one
           thing
           ,
           hee
           was
           a
           dead
           man
           ,
           which
           was
           
             to
             abjure
             God
             Almighty
          
           ,
           the
           infortunate
           man
           did
           it
           thrice
           ,
           and
           the
           third
           time
           as
           he
           was
           pronouncing
           the
           words
           ,
           he
           stabb'd
           him
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           so
           dispatcht
           him
           ,
           glorying
           afterwards
           of
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           his
           revenge
           ;
           for
           hee
           had
           destroyed
           his
           
             body
             and
             soul
          
           ?
           And
           now
           that
           I
           am
           in
           Milan
           ,
           me-thinkes
           I
           see
           that
           glorious
           Empresse
           Barbarossa's
           wife
           ,
           riding
           through
           the
           streets
           upon
           a
           Mule
           ,
           with
           her
           face
           towards
           the
           posteriors
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           holding
           the
           tayle
           in
           her
           hand
           for
           a
           bridle
           ;
           O
           most
           unmanly
           ,
           and
           base
           unparallell'd
           peece
           of
           barbarism
           ;
           but
           the
           Emperour
           was
           soundly
           quit
           with
           them
           ;
           for
           besides
           those
           whom
           he
           put
           to
           death
           for
           this
           affront
           ,
           he
           caus'd
           the
           chiefest
           of
           the
           Town
           to
           lick
           out
           figges
           being
           stuck
           in
           a
           Mules
           Fundament
           ,
           whence
           proceeded
           that
           proverbiall
           Jeere
           which
           continues
           to
           this
           day
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
             Ecco
             la
             fico
             ;
             Lo
             here
             the
             figge
             :
          
           For
           when
           they
           would
           mock
           any
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           put
           the
           thumb
           betwixt
           the
           two
           forefingers
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           those
           words
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           to
           draw
           to
           a
           period
           ,
           I
           pray
           hear
           what
           that
           noble
           French
           personage
           ,
           
             Alexander
             de
             Pontaymery
          
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           a
           candid
           and
           clear
           judgement
           ,
           speakes
           of
           this
           wanton
           Countrey
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
             Nous
             allons
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             en
             Italie
             auec
             une
             despense
             incroyable
             achepter
             la
             seule
             ombre
             de
             la
             civitité
             ,
             &
             nous
             en
             rapportons
             la
             masse
             entiere
             de
             vices
             ;
             ceux
             de
             Milan
             nous
             apprenment
             la
             tromperie
             ,
             le
             Venetien
             nous
             rend
             Hypocrites
             ,
             le
             Romain
             nous
             plonge
             en
             un
             Ocean
             d'
             Atheisme
             &
             d'
             impieté
             ,
             &
             le
             Neapolitain
             nous
             change
             en
             satyre
             ,
             où
             plustost
             nous
             fait
             un
             esgoust
             ,
             &
             un
             cloaque
             de
             tou●…
             lascivité
             ,
             mollesse
             ,
             &
             paillardisse
             ,
             le
             Florentin
             nous
          
           
           
             enseigne
             l'artifice
             et
             l'operation
             de
             poyson
          
           —
           We
           traverse
           the
           Alpes
           ,
           and
           trot
           into
           Italy
           with
           incredible
           expense
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           certain
           shadows
           of
           Civility
           ,
           but
           we
           bring
           back
           the
           whole
           masse
           of
           Vice
           ;
           the
           Milanez
           teacheth
           us
           how
           to
           be
           Iuglers
           ,
           the
           Bolognois
           to
           be
           Lyars
           ,
           the
           Venetian
           to
           be
           Hypocrites
           ,
           the
           Napolitan
           transformeth
           us
           to
           Satyres
           in
           lascivity
           and
           lust
           ,
           the
           Roman
           plungeth
           us
           in
           an
           ocean
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           the
           Florentine
           teacheth
           us
           the
           artifice
           of
           Poysoning
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           under
           the
           favour
           of
           this
           noble
           Prince
           that
           spoak
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           most
           celebrous
           and
           sage
           Assembly
           ,
           I
           hold
           
             Italy
             ,
             in
             statu
             quo
             nunc
             ,
          
           to
           be
           most
           incapable
           to
           recover
           her
           former
           Principality
           ,
           but
           fitter
           rather
           to
           be
           the
           Queene
           of
           Pleasures
           ,
           than
           the
           Empress
           of
           Europe
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ORATION
           OF
           The
           L
           :
           NICHOLAS
           BAWNICKHAUSEN
           OF
           BALMEROD
           ,
           By
           way
           of
           Apologie
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Temperament
           to
           the
           preceding
           ORATIONS
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Ample
             ,
             Illustrious
             ,
             and
             High-born
             Princes
             ,
          
        
         
           THere
           is
           no
           quality
           more
           naturally
           inherent
           ,
           and
           so
           hereditary
           to
           humane
           braines
           ,
           as
           variety
           and
           difference
           of
           opinions
           ,
           which
           ,
           I
           think
           never
           appear'd
           more
           evidently
           then
           in
           this
           most
           learned
           ,
           and
           renowned
           Assembly
           ;
           but
           I
           beleeve
           that
           those
           discrepancies
           of
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           have
           happen'd
           ,
           have
           proceeded
           not
           from
           any
           hatred
           ,
           or
           Malignant
           humour
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           innocent
           ,
           and
           free
           conceptions
           of
           the
           mind
           ;
           let
           malice
           and
           partiality
           seek
           lodging
           among
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           and
           not
           harbour
           in
           such
           noble
           breasts
           as
           yours
           ;
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           ther
           hath
           been
           much
           acrimony
           and
           bitternes
           shew'd
           in
           detecting
           the
           Vices
           of
           som
           peeple
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ther
           hath
           bin
           as
           much
           candor
           and
           sweetnes
           in
           displaying
           their
           vertues
           ;
           In
           performance
           of
           both
           ,
           Eloquence
           mounted
           up
           to
           her
           very
           height
           .
           But
           touching
           the
           Vices
           you
           have
           spoken
           of
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           a
           due
           and
           serious
           regard
           of
           the
           frailties
           of
           humane
           condition
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           high
           point
           of
           injustice
           to
           charge
           a
           whole
           Nation
           with
           the
           misdemeanours
           of
           a
           few
           :
           so
           that
           Apology
           which
           the
           amorous
           Poet
           made
           in
           behalf
           of
           maydes
           ,
           may
           be
           applyed
           to
           Nations
           :
        
         
           
             
               Parcite
               paucarum
               diffundere
               crimen
               in
               omnes
               ;
            
             
               Spectetur
               meritis
               Natio
               quaeque
               suis.
               
            
          
        
         
           We
           are
           all
           the
           Sons
           of
           Adam
           ,
           and
           sprung
           from
           his
           loynes
           ,
           
             Omnes
             mali
             sumus
          
           ,
           and
           it
           comes
           oftentimes
           to
           passe
           that
           what
           one
           reprehends
           in
           another
           ,
           or
           abroad
           ▪
           he
           finds
           it
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           haply
           in
           his
           own
           bosome
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           all
           quadrupedrall
           Animalls
           ,
           except
           Asses
           ,
           are
           subject
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           Vermin
           ,
           so
           ther
           is
           no
           Nation
           unlesse
           it
           be
           meerly
           Asinin
           ,
           but
           is
           subject
           to
           some
           infirmities
           or
           other
           ;
           Ther
           is
           a
           free
           and
           facetious
           common
           saying
           ,
           
             Nullam
             familiam
             esse
             in
             qua
             non
             sit
             fur
             aut
             Meretrix
             ,
          
           Ther
           is
           no
           family
           (
           high
           or
           low
           )
           but
           hath
           a
           whore
           or
           a
           knave
           in
           't
           :
           Now
           ,
           if
           single
           Families
           cannot
           plead
           such
           an
           immunity
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           think
           that
           whole
           Nations
           can
           be
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ?
           The
           greatest
           wits
           have
           a
           kind
           of
           mixture
           of
           madnes
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           policied
           peeple
           ,
           cannot
           be
           without
           som
           spice
           of
           Exorbitancy
           .
           The
           purest
           fields
           have
           som
           kind
           of
           weeds
           that
           repullulat
           among
           the
           corn
           ;
           Either
           Intemperance
           ,
           Incontinence
           ,
           Idlenes
           or
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           or
           som
           other
           signall
           vice
           doth
           sway
           
           among
           all
           peeple
           more
           or
           lesse
           .
           Wherupon
           when
           
             Gaspar
             Slickius
          
           was
           telling
           Frederique
           the
           fourth
           ,
           that
           he
           abhorr'd
           Hypocrisy
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           he
           wold
           go
           travell
           to
           find
           out
           a
           Countrey
           wher
           ther
           were
           no
           dissemblers
           ,
           The
           Emperour
           smiling
           said
           ,
           
             Ultra
             sauro
             matas
             ergo
             &
             glacialem
             Oceanum
             tibi
             eundum
             est
             ▪
             tamen
             cum
             eò
             veneris
             non
             omnino
             carebit
             hypocrisi
             locus
             ,
             si
             modo
             &
             tu
             homo
             non
             Deus
             es
             ,
             Inter
             mortales
             enim
             nemo
             est
             qui
             non
             aliqua
             ex
             parta
             fictus
             fucatusque
             sit
             .
          
           Thou
           must
           go
           beyond
           Sarmatia
           ,
           and
           the
           frozen
           Ocean
           ,
           yet
           when
           thou
           comst
           thither
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           find
           that
           there
           is
           Hypocrisie
           if
           they
           be
           Men
           ,
           and
           no
           Gods
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Soul
           among
           Mortalls
           but
           is
           som
           way
           or
           other
           fain'd
           or
           counterfeited
           .
           
             Vitia
             erunt
             donec
             Homines
          
           ,
           Ther
           will
           be
           Vices
           as
           long
           as
           ther
           are
           men
           ,
           as
           Cerialis
           sa●…th
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           we
           inveigh
           against
           the
           Vice
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           part
           of
           humanity
           to
           hate
           the
           person
           ,
           let
           us
           hate
           the
           ill
           Manners
           and
           not
           the
           Man.
           And
           being
           mindfull
           of
           our
           own
           lubricities
           as
           well
           as
           of
           mankinds
           in
           generall
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           be
           too
           Eagle
           ey'd
           into
           other
           mens
           infirmities
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           by
           them
           to
           mend
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           most
           excellen
           Prince
           Maximilian
           ,
           what
           you
           have
           charged
           the
           French
           withall
           ,
           viz.
           that
           they
           were
           possess'd
           somtimes
           with
           Furies
           ,
           alluding
           to
           their
           sundry
           civill
           Commotions
           ;
           't
           is
           very
           tru
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           not
           bin
           so
           far
           transported
           ,
           but
           they
           came
           to
           themselfs
           againe
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           will
           in
           a
           short
           time
           quench
           these
           present
           flames
           that
           now
           rage
           there
           ,
           and
           for
           us
           Germans
           it
           were
           our
           duty
           to
           bring
           all
           the
           water
           of
           the
           Rhin
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           by
           calling
           to
           memory
           that
           most
           holy
           league
           which
           was
           struck
           between
           the
           Emperour
           Frederique
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           the
           eighth
           of
           France
           ,
           wherin
           the
           most
           ancient
           appellation
           of
           Germans
           and
           Franks
           ,
           was
           reviv'd
           and
           acknowledgd
           to
           be
           the
           same
           nation
           ,
           &
           sprung
           of
           the
           same
           stock
           ,
           therfore
           it
           was
           capitulated
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           came
           to
           mention
           one
           another
           ,
           we
           shold
           mutually
           term
           our selfs
           brothers
           ;
           We
           must
           remember
           also
           how
           Maximilian
           the
           first
           ,
           caus'd
           the
           book
           which
           was
           kept
           among
           the
           Records
           at
           Spire
           ,
           to
           be
           publickly
           burnt
           ,
           wherin
           all
           the
           injuries
           and
           quarrells
           that
           had
           ever
           happen'd
           twixt
           the
           Empire
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           were
           couch'd
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           most
           adorn'd
           Baron
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           under
           favour
           you
           have
           inveigh'd
           against
           Spain
           with
           too
           much
           heat
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           were
        
         
           
             
               Nido
               di
               tradimento
               ove
               si
               cova
            
             
               Quanto
               mal
               per
               il
               mond'hoggi
               si
               trova
               .
            
          
        
         
           As
           if
           Spain
           were
           the
           nest
           ,
           wherin
           was
           hatch'd
           all
           the
           mischief
           that
           hath
           befaln
           poore
           Europe
           ,
           since
           the
           Castilian
           mounted
           to
           this
           greatnes
           .
           Now
           as
           som
           Painters
           when
           they
           draw
           a
           Face
           take
           more
           pains
           to
           set
           out
           a
           Mole
           ,
           or
           Wert
           ,
           then
           the
           gracefulnesse
           of
           the
           whole
           countenance
           ,
           so
           under
           correction
           have
           you
           bin
           pleas'd
           to
           delineat
           Spain
           unto
           us
           ;
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           much
           emulated
           by
           som
           ,
           and
           hated
           by
           others
           ,
           suspected
           by
           all
           ;
           but
           as
           many
           sweet
           and
           savoury
           things
           are
           not
           therfore
           insipid
           ,
           because
           they
           prove
           so
           to
           squeazy
           and
           unsound
           stomachs
           ,
           so
           the
           Spaniard
           is
           not
           so
           bad
           of
           himself
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           reported
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           by
           such
           who
           either
           envy
           or
           Maligne
           him
           ;
           All
           Spaniards
           are
           not
           like
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           ,
           who
           because
           he
           perfectly
           abhorr'd
           a
           Rebell
           ,
           such
           as
           he
           held
           our
           Countrey-man
           the
           Low-German
           to
           be
           ,
           did
           such
           severe
           execution
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           wheras
           they
           alledg
           that
           King
           Philip
           had
           broke
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           infring'd
           their
           privileges
           ,
           by
           introducing
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           imposing
           new
           taxes
           ,
           K.
           Philip
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           they
           themselfs
           who
           had
           broken
           their
           own
           privileges
           first
           ,
           by
           receding
           from
           that
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           he
           found
           them
           ,
           and
           wherin
           acording
           as
           he
           was
           engaged
           to
           God
           Almighty
           by
           solemn
           Oath
           ,
           taken
           at
           his
           Inauguration
           ,
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           maintain
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           do
           but
           by
           strength
           of
           Armes
           and
           a
           Warre
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           drawn
           upon
           themselfs
           ,
           and
           therfore
           it
           was
           just
           they
           shold
           maintain
           it
           :
           For
           what
           he
           did
           was
           to
           preserve
           his
           Oath
           with
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Immunities
           he
           found
           them
           in
           ,
           which
           they
           wold
           force
           him
           to
           violat
           ,
           therfor
           they
           may
           thank
           themselfs
           for
           the
           miseries
           that
           befell
           them
           ;
           
           which
           yet
           in
           som
           respect
           turn'd
           mightily
           to
           their
           advantage
           ,
           for
           it
           fil'd
           Belgium
           with
           wealth
           and
           tresure
           ;
           In
           regard
           the
           Spaniard
           being
           of
           so
           haughty
           an
           humor
           ,
           that
           he
           wold
           not
           relinquish
           his
           right
           to
           those
           Provinces
           ,
           he
           employ'd
           so
           much
           Indian
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           to
           reduce
           them
           that
           countervayl'd
           the
           price
           of
           the
           Countrey
           forty
           times
           over
           ;
           And
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           those
           unhappy
           Warrs
           ,
           the
           Catholique
           King
           might
           by
           this
           time
           have
           pav'd
           all
           his
           Churches
           and
           palaces
           with
           Peru
           Ingots
           ,
           and
           Mezican
           Patacoons
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Society
           of
           Iesuits
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           their
           Hildebrandian
           Doctrine
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           very
           necessary
           Members
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Education
           of
           youth
           ,
           the
           propagation
           of
           learning
           ,
           converting
           of
           Infidels
           and
           other
           things
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           concerns
           Great
           
             Britain
             ,
             Hungary
          
           and
           Poland
           ,
           truly
           the
           Darts
           which
           som
           Noble
           Princes
           here
           have
           hurld
           at
           them
           ,
           were
           a
           little
           too
           keen
           ;
           Touching
           the
           two
           last
           ,
           those
           Encomiums
           which
           som
           noble
           Princes
           whom
           I
           behold
           before
           ●…e
           have
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           make
           a
           full
           compensation
           for
           what
           was
           spoken
           contra
           ;
           They
           a
           Martiall
           peeple
           ,
           perpetually
           inur'd
           to
           Armes
           ,
           and
           standing
           upon
           their
           gard
           ,
           that
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           shall
           rush
           no
           further
           into
           Europe
           .
           And
           for
           them
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           in
           former
           ages
           much
           renoun'd
           for
           their
           trophies
           and
           feats
           abroad
           ,
           (
           for
           one
           of
           them
           built
           the
           walls
           of
           our
           Vienna
           returning
           from
           the
           Holy
           land
           ,
           which
           ,
           to
           confesse
           the
           truth
           ,
           was
           more
           honor
           to
           him
           then
           to
           the
           Arch-Duke
           ,
           who
           articled
           with
           him
           to
           do
           it
           )
           I
           say
           as
           some
           ages
           since
           ,
           the
           English
           were
           famous
           ,
           so
           of
           late
           yeers
           they
           were
           envied
           by
           all
           Nations
           for
           their
           mighty
           encrease
           of
           wealth
           and
           commerce
           ,
           with
           peace
           and
           afluence
           of
           all
           felicity
           ;
           Untill
           these
           late
           intestine
           Warrs
           happen'd
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           now
           to
           be
           rather
           pittied
           then
           Envied
           ,
           to
           be
           rather
           scorned
           then
           respected
           ;
           yet
           they
           have
           discover'd
           that
           the
           same
           spirit
           of
           magnanimity
           and
           prowesse
           remaines
           still
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           peeple
           ,
           as
           appear'd
           by
           those
           sundry
           battails
           ,
           sieges
           and
           Skirmishings
           they
           had
           ,
           which
           were
           more
           then
           happen'd
           in
           any
           Countrey
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           considering
           the
           extent
           of
           ground
           ;
           But
           that
           addition
           of
           Scotland
           to
           England
           was
           unhappy
           and
           fatall
           to
           her
           ,
           for
           from
           that
           cold
           Northern
           dore
           blew
           all
           her
           troubles
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           do
           I
           much
           admire
           what
           came
           into
           that
           Prince
           his
           mind
           ,
           who
           spoke
           of
           Germany
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           tart
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           to
           throw
           so
           much
           dirt
           into
           the
           face
           of
           his
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           surely
           as
           I
           beleeve
           he
           took
           those
           taunts
           and
           contumelies
           out
           of
           som
           forr
           ein
           Author
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           great
           friend
           to
           Germany
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           as
           easie
           for
           Her
           to
           shake
           them
           off
           ,
           as
           feathers
           off
           a
           Cloak
           ,
           or
           small
           flies
           when
           they
           infest
           us
           in
           Sommer
           ;
           but
           as
           Tiberius
           answer'd
           one
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           of
           som
           aspersions
           that
           were
           cast
           abroad
           upon
           him
           ,
           
             Non
             indignamur
             aliquos
             esse
             qui
             nobis
             male
             dicat
             ,
             satis
             est
             si
             hoc
             habemus
             ne
             quis
             nobis
             malè
             faciat
          
           ;
           We
           are
           not
           angry
           that
           ther
           are
           some
           who
           speak
           ill
           of
           us
           ,
           It
           is
           enough
           that
           we
           are
           in
           such
           a
           condition
           ,
           that
           no
           body
           can
           do
           us
           any
           ill
           ;
           so
           may
           Germany
           say
           of
           her self
           .
           'T
           is
           too
           tru
           ,
           that
           Caesar
           hath
           receiv'd
           some
           deminution
           in
           point
           of
           power
           ,
           but
           though
           som
           Countreys
           which
           seem
           to
           have
           revolted
           from
           him
           seem
           to
           usurp
           his
           rights
           ,
           yet
           he
           still
           claims
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           acknowledg
           fealty
           ;
           We
           know
           that
           Frederique
           the
           second
           writ
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           
             Italia
             haereditas
             est
             mea
             ,
             &
             hoc
             notum
             est
             toti
             orbi
          
           ;
           you
           know
           Italy
           is
           my
           inheritance
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           known
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           therfore
           when
           Pius
           the
           fourth
           wold
           have
           made
           Cosmo
           of
           
             Medici
             King
          
           of
           Hetruria
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           did
           countermand
           it
           ;
           And
           afterwards
           when
           Pius
           the
           fift
           created
           him
           ,
           
             Gran
             Duke
             of
             Toscany
             ,
             Caesar
          
           did
           protest
           against
           it
           ,
           as
           an
           invasion
           of
           his
           imperiall
           prerogative
           ;
           though
           that
           title
           was
           afterwards
           confirm'd
           to
           Francis
           his
           Son
           by
           the
           Emperors
           special
           charter
           ,
           and
           intercession
           of
           friends
           ,
           yet
           with
           this
           proviso
           ,
           that
           he
           shold
           acknowledg
           himself
           Beneficiary
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           Moreover
           it
           continueth
           to
           this
           day
           that
           when
           any
           difference
           happen
           twixt
           any
           of
           the
           Italian
           Princes
           about
           extent
           of
           Territory
           ,
           the
           decision
           herof
           belongs
           to
           the
           Imperiall
           Court
           ;
           Ther
           is
           a
           late
           pregnant
           example
           herof
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           Genoways
           had
           encroached
           upon
           the
           Marquis
           of
           Final
           ,
           and
           had
           in
           a
           manner
           exterminated
           him
           from
           House
           and
           home
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           Ferdinand
           did
           summon
           them
           to
           answer
           for
           themselfs
           ,
           with
           this
           menacing
           addition
           ,
           
             Nisi
             Feciali
             suo
             parerent
             urbem
             &
             agrum
             Genuensem
          
           
           
             se
             proscripturum
             ▪
          
           If
           they
           wold
           not
           obey
           his
           Herald
           ,
           his
           Imperiall
           Majestie
           wold
           proscribe
           both
           the
           Town
           and
           Countrey
           of
           Liguria
           ,
           but
           they
           conform'd
           to
           his
           command
           ;
           Now
           ,
           ther
           is
           no
           Civilian
           Doctor
           but
           will
           confesse
           that
           Caesar
           is
           Lord
           paramount
           ,
           and
           consequently
           hath
           Jurisdiction
           over
           all
           the
           States
           of
           Italy
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           an
           incontroulable
           truth
           ,
           and
           a
           Rule
           in
           Law
           ,
           
             Nullis
             Italiae
             civitatibus
             leges
             condere
             jus
             esse
             quae
             Romanorum
             legibus
             quas
             Fredericus
             promulgari
             jussit
             contrariae
             sint
             ,
          
           Ther
           is
           no
           City
           of
           Italy
           can
           by
           right
           establish
           any
           Law
           that
           may
           repugn
           any
           way
           the
           Roman
           Lawes
           which
           Frederique
           comanded
           to
           be
           promulgated
           .
           Touching
           the
           Pope
           ,
           all
           the
           world
           know
           that
           he
           is
           no
           other
           
             de
             Iure
          
           but
           a
           Vassall
           or
           Chaplain
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           who
           gave
           him
           the
           praefecture
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrey
           adjacent
           ;
           a
           confirmation
           wherof
           ,
           he
           solemnly
           seeks
           of
           every
           new
           Emperour
           :
           Therfore
           Caesar
           is
           not
           fallen
           from
           his
           property
           and
           Imperiall
           Right
           to
           Rome
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           Nor
           is
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           him
           to
           make
           his
           personall
           residence
           in
           Rome
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Rule
           ,
           
             Ibi
             est
             Roma
             ,
             ubi
             est
             Imperator
             ,
          
           Ther
           Rome
           is
           ,
           where
           the
           Emperour
           is
           ;
           We
           know
           that
           when
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           ,
           did
           first
           transferr
           his
           Court
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           fixed
           there
           ,
           she
           being
           the
           fittest
           Citty
           to
           rule
           the
           world
           by
           reason
           of
           her
           situation
           ,
           yet
           he
           and
           his
           successors
           did
           still
           entitle
           themselfs
           Roman
           Emperours
           ,
           preserving
           still
           their
           first
           rights
           ;
           as
           the
           Athenians
           were
           sayed
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           they
           had
           relinquished
           the
           Citty
           to
           conserve
           Athens
           still
           in
           their
           Ships
           ;
           So
           that
           it
           may
           be
           sayd
           without
           much
           impropriety
           of
           speech
           ,
           that
           Rome
           is
           now
           at
           Vienna
           ,
           or
           Prague
           ,
           or
           Norimberg
           ,
           whersoever
           the
           imperiall
           person
           of
           Caesar
           is
           :
           All
           the
           Hans
           Towns
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           made
           use
           of
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           procur'd
           large
           priviledges
           for
           som
           pecuniary
           contributions
           ,
           yet
           they
           acknowledg
           him
           still
           their
           supreme
           liege
           Lord
           ;
           Adde
           herunto
           that
           
             Savoy
             ,
             Lorrain
          
           ,
           and
           Burgundy
           are
           members
           of
           the
           Empire
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           as
           also
           the
           Neitherlands
           or
           Belgium
           ,
           therfore
           when
           the
           confederat
           Provinces
           having
           revolted
           from
           Spain
           ,
           had
           sent
           a
           splendid
           legation
           to
           Elizabeth
           Queen
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           take
           them
           under
           her
           protection
           ,
           the
           just
           and
           wise
           Princesse
           put
           it
           to
           deliberation
           of
           Councell
           ,
           as
           it
           appears
           yet
           upon
           Record
           ,
           
             An
             cum
             alterius
             principis
             subditis
             protectionis
             faedus
             inire
             liceret
             ,
             &
             an
             Belgae
             faederati
             offerre
             jure
             possent
             sine
             Caesaris
             consensu
             qui
             supremus
             Feudi
             Dominus
             erat
          
           ;
           I
           say
           the
           said
           prudent
           Queen
           put
           it
           to
           debate
           ,
           whether
           it
           was
           lawfull
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           league
           with
           the
           Subjects
           of
           another
           Prince
           ,
           and
           whether
           those
           confederated
           Provinces
           could
           make
           such
           a
           proposall
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           Caesar
           who
           was
           Soveraign
           Lord
           of
           the
           Fee
           :
           Wherupon
           the
           first
           answer
           she
           sent
           them
           was
           ,
           
             Nihil
             sibi
             antiquius
             esse
             quam
             fidem
             cum
             honore
             con
             ,
             unctam
             tueri
             ,
             nec
             dum
             sibi
             liquere
             ,
             quomodo
             salvo
             honore
             ,
             &
             conscientia
             integrâ
             provincias
             illas
             oblatas
             in
             protectionem
             multo
             minus
             in
             possessionē
             accipere
             posset
             ,
          
           Nothing
           ,
           sayd
           Q.
           Eliz.
           was
           of
           more
           Religion
           to
           her
           ,
           then
           to
           conserve
           her
           Faith
           conjoyn'd
           with
           an
           honor
           worthy
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           did
           not
           yet
           appear
           unto
           her
           how
           with
           safety
           of
           her
           honor
           and
           integrity
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           she
           cold
           undertake
           the
           protection
           ,
           much
           more
           the
           possession
           of
           those
           Provinces
           :
           Yet
           afterwards
           som
           darknesses
           and
           jealousies
           encreasing
           'twixt
           her
           and
           Spain
           ,
           she
           undertook
           the
           protection
           .
           And
           she
           prov'd
           a
           brave
           Auxiliary
           unto
           them
           ,
           both
           for
           men
           and
           Money
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           foundation
           of
           that
           Free
           State
           may
           be
           sayd
           to
           be
           cimented
           with
           English
           blood
           ;
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           France
           concurr'd
           with
           her
           for
           pure
           politicall
           respects
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           both
           as
           Remoras
           to
           the
           Spanish
           greatnes
           ;
           Therfore
           although
           those
           sixe
           Fugitive
           Provinces
           which
           have
           revolted
           from
           Spain
           have
           been
           strangers
           to
           the
           Empire
           ever
           since
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Provinces
           acknowledg
           their
           old
           homage
           to
           Caesar.
           
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           Helvetians
           or
           Suisses
           ,
           although
           by
           an
           Imperiall
           Diplom
           or
           Charter
           ,
           they
           have
           
             Exemptionem
             à
             Iudicio
             Aulico
             ,
             Camerali
             &
             Rotvillensi
             ,
             libertatem
             foederationum
             ,
             &
             immunitatem
             ab
             omnibus
             oneribus
             realibus
             Imperio
             debitis
             ,
             tamen
             constitutione
             fractae
             pacis
             publicae
             tenentur
             ,
             &
             pacem
             Imperii
             publicam
             violantes
             in
             Camera
             accusari
             possunt
             ,
             imo
             etiam
             contra
             omnes
             Imperii
             hostes
             exteros
             suppetias
             ferre
             sunt
             obstricti
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           although
           the
           Swisses
           have
           exemption
           from
           Court
           or
           Chamber
           censures
           ,
           although
           they
           have
           freedom
           or
           confederacy
           ,
           and
           an
           immunity
           from
           all
           reall
           taxes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           yet
           in
           case
           they
           infringe
           the
           publick
           peace
           ,
           they
           are
           citable
           to
           the
           imperiall
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           bring
           ayd
           against
           all
           forren
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
         
           Touching
           the
           excesse
           of
           Drinking
           ,
           wherwith
           you
           brand
           the
           German
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           no
           Nation
           is
           more
           sociable
           and
           hospitable
           ,
           which
           proceeds
           from
           the
           largenes
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           and
           free
           Spirits
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           are
           peccant
           this
           way
           ,
           their
           rare
           continence
           makes
           a
           compensation
           for
           their
           intemperance
           ;
           Yet
           under
           favour
           ther
           be
           other
           Nations
           that
           be
           as
           guilty
           this
           way
           ;
           For
           wheras
           the
           German
           doth
           pelt
           the
           brain
           with
           small
           shot
           ,
           I
           mean
           with
           little
           draughts
           ,
           the
           Englishman
           doth
           use
           to
           Storm
           it
           with
           Canon
           Bullet
           ,
           I
           mean
           with
           huge
           drawghts
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           In
           so
           much
           that
           of
           the
           two
           he
           is
           the
           purer
           Drinker
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           the
           only
           man
           who
           trades
           in
           sheere
           liquor
           ,
           without
           eating
           any
           thing
           els
           ,
           which
           all
           other
           Nations
           use
           to
           do
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           Scaliger
           doth
           not
           hit
           the
           humor
           right
           in
           his
           Epigram
           ,
           wherin
           he
           descants
           upon
           three
           Nations
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Tres
               sunt
               Convivae
               ,
               
                 Germanus
                 ,
                 Flander
              
               &
               Anglus
               ,
            
             
               Dic
               ,
               quis
               edit
               melius
               ,
               quis
               meliusve
               bibit
               ?
            
             
               Non
               comedis
               Germane
               ,
               bibis
               ,
               Tu
               non
               bibis
               Angle
            
             
               Sed
               comedis
               ,
               comedis
               Flandre
               ,
               bibisque
               bene
               .
            
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           touching
           ITALY
           ,
           Renowned
           and
           Triumphant
           Italy
           ,
           that
           Noble
           Prince
           who
           declaim'd
           in
           her
           praise
           spoke
           too
           sparingly
           ,
           and
           he
           who
           pleaded
           against
           her
           ,
           spoke
           too
           much
           ,
           he
           rubb'd
           her
           sores
           with
           too
           rigid
           a
           hand
           ,
           specially
           the
           imperiall
           seven-hill'd
           City
           ,
           glorious
           and
           immortall
           Rome
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           seems
           that
           Providence
           hath
           a
           peculiar
           and
           more
           speciall
           care
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           for
           although
           she
           hath
           bin
           so
           often
           ravish'd
           by
           such
           swarmes
           of
           barbarous
           peeple
           ,
           yet
           she
           still-holds
           up
           her
           head
           ;
           and
           though
           so
           many
           Crowns
           &
           Scepters
           have
           forsaken
           her
           ,
           yet
           the
           Crosier
           bears
           still
           up
           her
           aged
           limbs
           ,
           and
           keeps
           her
           from
           falling
           .
           She
           ,
           who
           in
           former
           ages
           preserved
           her self
           by
           Prowesse
           ,
           doth
           do
           it
           now
           by
           piety
           .
           Touching
           her
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           saying
           of
           Guicciardin's
           was
           a
           little
           too
           virulent
           ,
           wherin
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             Hodie
             tam
             depravati
             sunt
             mores
             ,
             ut
             in
             Pontifice
             laudetur
             probitas
             cum
             caeterorum
             hominum
             nequitiam
             non
             excedit
             :
          
           Ther
           is
           such
           a
           deprivation
           of
           manners
           now
           a
           dayes
           crept
           into
           Rome
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Popes
           vices
           do
           not
           exceed
           those
           of
           an
           ordinary
           man
           ,
           he
           is
           accounted
           vertuous
           .
           Touching
           the
           wealth
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           bounty
           of
           our
           Pious
           progenitors
           ,
           I
           am
           none
           of
           those
           that
           repine
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           wold
           be
           loath
           to
           deprive
           Saint
           Peter
           of
           his
           patrimony
           ,
           or
           have
           any
           of
           his
           lands
           to
           mingle
           with
           mine
           ,
           for
           fear
           they
           shold
           prove
           as
           a
           Canker
           in
           my
           Estate
           ,
           I
           wold
           be
           loath
           to
           exchange
           Souls
           with
           any
           of
           those
           that
           robb
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           fill
           my
           Chests
           with
           such
           
             Aurum
             Tholosanum
          
           :
           Ther
           was
           a
           remarkable
           thing
           happen'd
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Frederique
           the
           second
           ,
           who
           being
           extremely
           incenc'd
           against
           
             Peter
             de
             Vineis
          
           his
           Secretary
           ,
           caus'd
           him
           to
           be
           exoculated
           ;
           yet
           though
           he
           had
           so
           lost
           his
           eyes
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           readmitted
           him
           to
           his
           Councel
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           an
           extraordinary
           wise
           man
           :
           The
           Secretary
           was
           very
           sensible
           of
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           therfor
           studyed
           how
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           .
           Herupon
           ther
           being
           a
           Warre
           twixt
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Secretary
           
             de
             Vineis
          
           told
           him
           ,
           
             Vires
             Ecclesiae
             suismet
             opibus
             esse
             conterendas
             ,
          
           The
           power
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           to
           be
           quell'd
           by
           her
           own
           wealth
           :
           Herupon
           he
           advised
           the
           Emperour
           to
           sell
           som
           of
           the
           Church
           goods
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           Pisa
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           the
           Secretary
           told
           him
           boldly
           ,
           
             Imperator
             ,
             injuriam
             mihi
             à
             te
             illatam
             ultus
             sum
             ,
          
           —
           O
           Emperor
           I
           have
           now
           reveng'd
           my self
           of
           the
           injury
           that
           was
           done
           me
           ,
           Thou
           hast
           drawn
           upon
           thy self
           already
           the
           hatred
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           now
           I
           have
           drawn
           upon
           thee
           the
           hatred
           of
           God
           by
           this
           act
           of
           Sacrilege
           ,
           therfor
           all
           things
           shall
           fare
           ill
           with
           thee
           hereafter
           ,
           which
           proved
           accordingly
           as
           the
           History
           plainly
           tells
           us
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           excesses
           of
           some
           Popes
           ,
           which
           Poggio
           and
           Platina
           ripp
           up
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           but
           among
           so
           many
           som
           must
           be
           bad
           ;
           In
           the
           first
           Election
           that
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           made
           of
           his
           twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           we
           know
           ther
           was
           one
           naught
           ,
           But
           let
           it
           not
           be
           forgotten
           that
           the
           first
           33.
           
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           were
           all
           Martyrs
           ;
           If
           the
           Cardinalls
           purple
           seem
           too
           gay
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           that
           Noble
           Prince
           who
           spoke
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           som
           Ecclesiastiques
           live
           in
           too
           much
           pomp
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           The
           Capuchins
           
           frock
           ,
           and
           the
           austere
           abstemious
           lifes
           of
           other
           mendicant
           Fryers
           may
           make
           som
           compensation
           for
           their
           excesses
           ;
           If
           Venice
           and
           Naples
           with
           other
           places
           ,
           have
           so
           many
           Courtesans
           ,
           the
           continence
           of
           so
           many
           thousand
           cloyster'd
           sweet
           soules
           who
           have
           quite
           divorc'd
           themselfs
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           wedded
           Heaven
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           apologize
           for
           the
           Countrey
           in
           generall
           ;
           Yet
           I
           am
           not
           so
           far
           transported
           with
           the
           love
           of
           Italy
           ,
           (
           or
           any
           Region
           els
           )
           that
           she
           may
           deserve
           to
           stand
           in
           competition
           for
           preheminence
           with
           Germany
           ;
           No
           ,
           Italy
           comes
           as
           far
           short
           of
           her
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           a●…
           an
           
             Italian
             mile
          
           comes
           short
           of
           a
           
             German
             league
          
           ,
           which
           in
           som
           places
           is
           five
           times
           longer
           .
        
         
           DIXI
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             C.
             Frederique
             von
             Pliegianem
             .
          
           
             I
             Have
             heard
             with
             no
             lesse
             pleasure
             then
             profit
             all
             those
             most
             learned
             and
             Elaborat
             Orations
             ,
             which
             have
             bin
             pronounced
             in
             this
             Princely
             Diet
             ;
             and
             touching
             my
             own
             judgment
             I
             totally
             concurr
             in
             point
             of
             opinion
             with
             the
             personage
             that
             spoke
             last
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             highnesse
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             who
             dilated
             himself
             so
             gallantly
             upon
             the
             same
             subject
             ,
             viz.
             that
             of
             all
             the
             Kingdoms
             and
             States
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
               Germany
            
             deserves
             the
             Palm
             ,
             and
             principality
             .
          
        
         
           
             B.
             Henry
             von
             Pa●…owitz
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             also
             ,
             most
             excellent
             Princes
             ,
             am
             setled
             also
             in
             the
             same
             opinion
             ,
             which
             I
             hold
             to
             be
             Orthodoxall
             ,
             and
             not
             derogatory
             to
             any
             other
             Countrey
             besides
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             Ioachim
             von
             Iaxheim
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             am
             cleerly
             of
             that
             mind
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             hold
             it
             a
             wrong
             or
             disparagement
             to
             any
             other
             part
             of
             Europe
             to
             veile
             to
             Germany
             ,
             and
             come
             in
             the
             arreare
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             Christopher
             von
             Belward
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             weigh'd
             and
             winnow'd
             in
             my
             intellectualls
             ,
             all
             those
             opinions
             that
             have
             been
             delivered
             in
             this
             high
             convention
             ,
             and
             I
             hold
             it
             appertaines
             
               de
               Iure
            
             to
             Germany
             to
             have
             the
             preheminence
             ,
             which
             I
             wold
             be
             ready
             to
             maintain
             with
             my
             Sword
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             with
             my
             saying
             ,
             if
             occasion
             did
             require
             it
             ;
             Nor
             doth
             this
             opinion
             proceed
             from
             any
             partiality
             or
             fondnes
             of
             affection
             because
             I
             am
             a
             German
             born
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             pure
             dictates
             of
             reason
             and
             Justice
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CLOSE
           OF
           THE
           ASSEMBLY
           ,
           By
           the
           most
           excellent
           ,
           FREDERIQUE
           Duke
           of
           VVITTEMBERG
           ,
           &
           C.
           
        
         
           
             Most
             Illustrious
             Prince
             ,
             ever
             endeared
             Cosens
             ,
             and
             much
             Honoured
             Barons
             .
             —
          
        
         
           THer
           have
           bin
           many
           famous
           Diets
           in
           Germany
           ,
           which
           have
           bin
           more
           populous
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           longer
           continuance
           then
           this
           ,
           but
           I
           beleeve
           ther
           was
           never
           any
           which
           transacted
           more
           busines
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           I
           dare
           say
           that
           Europe
           was
           never
           so
           exactly
           survayed
           ,
           &
           travelled
           over
           ,
           as
           she
           hath
           bin
           these
           few
           dayes
           by
           us
           ;
           And
           this
           we
           have
           don
           without
           incurring
           any
           inconveniences
           or
           hazards
           at
           all
           ;
           either
           of
           difficult
           wayes
           ,
           incursion
           of
           theeves
           ,
           stumbling
           of
           horses
           ,
           hard
           fare
           ,
           illfavour'd
           lodgings
           ,
           or
           crossing
           of
           Seas
           ,
           with
           those
           nomberles
           incommodities
           which
           we
           know
           are
           incident
           to
           perigrination
           ,
           and
           journeying
           in
           forrein
           Countries
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           me
           thinks
           ,
           you
           expect
           with
           earnestnes
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           impatience
           that
           I
           shold
           deliver
           my
           opinion
           touching
           the
           question
           which
           hath
           bin
           controverted
           so
           many
           dayes
           ,
           and
           canvas'd
           to
           an
           fro
           ,
           with
           such
           high
           straines
           of
           Rhetoric
           and
           Energie
           of
           wit
           in
           so
           many
           fluent
           Orations
           swelling
           with
           such
           high
           tides
           of
           Eloquence
           ,
           and
           learning
           ;
           But
           I
           humbly
           desire
           to
           be
           excus'd
           herein
           ,
           you
           know
           't
           is
           a
           rule
           of
           morallity
           all
           the
           world
           over
           ,
           
             that
             Comparisons
             are
             odious
          
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           under
           favour
           ,
           neither
           the
           place
           nor
           persons
           of
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           are
           fit
           to
           passe
           a
           definitive
           sentence
           hereof
           ;
           We
           are
           all
           Germans
           ,
           and
           do
           what
           we
           can
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           a
           little
           indulgent
           to
           our
           own
           Countrey
           by
           an
           irresistible
           instinct
           of
           Nature
           :
           All
           Regions
           have
           som
           advantage
           or
           other
           to
           make
           them
           lift
           up
           their
           crests
           .
           Let
           Germany
           glory
           that
           she
           hath
           the
           Prince
           Paramount
           of
           Christendom
           for
           her
           perpetuall
           guest
           ,
           that
           Caesar
           keeps
           his
           Court
           in
           her
           .
           Let
           Spain
           be
           the
           Queen
           of
           
             Mines
             ,
             France
          
           of
           Men
           ;
           let
           Great
           Britain
           be
           the
           Queen
           of
           
             Iles
             ,
             Italy
          
           the
           Queen
           of
           Policy
           ,
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Elegancies
           ;
           let
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           French
           and
           Pole
           are
           best
           a
           Horseback
           ,
           the
           Englishman
           and
           Hollander
           upon
           a
           deck
           ,
           the
           Spaniard
           at
           a
           siege
           ,
           the
           Italian
           in
           a
           Treaty
           ,
           the
           Hungarian
           upon
           a
           rampart
           ,
           &c.
           
           Every
           Nation
           hath
           a
           particular
           aptitude
           to
           somthing
           more
           then
           another
           ,
           and
           this
           by
           the
           common
           decree
           of
           Nature
           ,
           who
           useth
           to
           disperse
           her
           benefits
           ,
           and
           not
           powre
           them
           all
           together
           upon
           any
           one
           peeple
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           most
           splendid
           and
           magnificent
           Princes
           ,
           my
           most
           dear
           Cosens
           and
           Compatriots
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           pay
           that
           due
           tribut
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           which
           I
           confesse
           to
           have
           made
           my self
           liable
           unto
           ,
           for
           this
           noble
           and
           vertuous
           Congress
           ?
           truly
           ,
           no
           words
           are
           strong
           enough
           to
           expresse
           my self
           herin
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           were
           couch'd
           in
           such
           patheticall
           and
           gallant
           Orations
           which
           have
           bin
           formerly
           framd
           ;
           All
           that
           I
           can
           say
           and
           desire
           for
           the
           present
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           please
           to
           accept
           of
           a
           lipp-payment
           only
           ,
           (
           which
           yet
           is
           cordiall
           )
           untill
           som
           happy
           encounter
           may
           afford
           me
           an
           opportunity
           to
           return
           som
           reall
           acknowledgment
           :
           In
           the
           interim
           ,
           most
           noble
           and
           hopefull
           Princes
           ,
           well
           may
           your
           Soules
           fare
           ,
           may
           your
           Vertues
           encrease
           ,
           and
           your
           Fame
           flourish
           to
           all
           posterity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           particular
           of
           such
           matters
           as
           were
           debated
           in
           this
           German
           Diet.
           
        
         
           
             A
          
           
             A
             Buse
             of
             forren
             Travell
             3.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             sage
             advise
             to
             a
             Traveller
             4.
             
               fol.
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Abbot
             of
             Fuldo
             the
             greatest
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             he
             furnish'd
             the
             Emperour
             with
             60000
             fighting
             men
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             In
             that
             Abbacy
             600.
             
             Gentlemen
             were
             usd
             to
             be
             bred
             ,
             and
             30.
             
             Doctors
             to
             teach
             them
             10.
             
          
           
             Auspurg
             famous
             for
             Goldsmiths
             13.
             
          
           
             The
             admirable
             wooden
             Eagle
             made
             by
             Regiomontanus
             to
             the
             life
             14
          
           
             All
             the
             old
             famous
             Artists
             musterd
             up
             
               among
               the
               Greeks
               and
               Romans
            
             14
          
           
             A
             notable
             passage
             'twixt
             
               Albertus
               Magnus
            
             and
             
               Thomas
               Aquinas
            
             14
          
           
             All
             the
             famous
             Printers
             numbred
             15
          
           
             Antwerp
             characteriz'd
             16
          
           
             Acostas
             opinion
             of
             the
             Torrid
             Zone
             17
          
           
             One
             of
             Aristotles
             Errors
             17
          
           
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             and
             Tiberius
             drank
             most
             commonly
             German
             wines
             18
          
           
             Annwerp
             erected
             the
             first
             Burse
             20
          
           
             Of
             Ariovistus
             the
             valiant
             German
             ,
             his
             stout
             answer
             to
             Caesar
             22
          
           
             Above
             19
             millions
             of
             soules
             in
             Germany
             not
             counting
             Denmark
             and
             Bohemia
             ,
             as
             Boterus
             affirms
             25
          
           
             A
             notable
             passage
             of
             Babo
             Count
             of
             Aheneberg
             25
          
           
             Andaluzia
             from
             Vandales
             26
          
           
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             twise
             defeated
             by
             the
             Germans
             ,
             call'd
             Lolliana
             ,
             and
             
               Variana
               clades
            
             25
          
           
             A
             memorable
             passage
             in
             Constantinople
             touching
             one
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Ambassadors
             26
          
           
             The
             ancientest
             race
             of
             Noblemen
             is
             in
             Germany
             26
          
           
             of
             Artemisia
             and
             her
             wonderfull
             love
             to
             her
             husband
             2
          
           
             The
             answer
             of
             a
             Pole
             why
             he
             held
             the
             plough
             on
             Sunday
             7
          
           
             A
             notable
             example
             of
             poysning
             us'd
             in
             Poland
             ,
             and
             the
             fearfull
             judgment
             that
             ensued
             thereupon
             8
          
           
             Aurelianus
             the
             Emperour
             kill'd
             48.
             men
             in
             one
             day
             in
             the
             field
             12
          
           
             Attila
             characteriz'd
             18
          
           
             his
             death
             19
          
           
             A
             wise
             Answer
             of
             an
             Archbishop
             of
             Colen
             to
             the
             Abbot
             of
             Fuldo
             19
          
           
             S.
             Augustins
             wish
             28
          
           
             A
             Calabrian
             hath
             nothing
             but
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             man
             in
             him
             36
          
           
             A
             shrewd
             judgment
             of
             a
             learned
             Frenchman
             touching
             Italy
             42
          
           
             Aquitaine
             daintily
             describ'd
             by
             Salvianus
             ,
             and
             Province
             by
             Boterus
             38
          
           
             Aristotle
             fouly
             err'd
             when
             he
             writes
             that
             there
             are
             no
             Asses
             in
             France
             53
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Anjous
             miscarriage
             in
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             he
             was
             made
             Governor
             by
             Queen
             Eliz
             .
             letters
             59
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             disease
             59
          
           
             The
             French
             Nation
             censur'd
             ,
             They
             have
             whirlwinds
             in
             their
             brains
             ,
             quicksands
             in
             their
             breasts
             ,
             characters
             given
             of
             them
             by
             the
             Ancients
             59
          
           
             French
             Kings
             not
             liable
             to
             pay
             the
             debts
             of
             their
             predecessors
             ,
             examples
             produc'd
             59
          
           
             A
             nasty
             leprous
             French
             peeple
             call'd
             Capotts
             dwelling
             in
             Bearn
             59
          
           
             The
             Invincible
             Armada
             in
             the
             yeere
             88
             describ'd
             39
          
           
             Of
             Prince
             Arthur
             ,
             his
             character
             in
             verse
             41
          
           
             Mr.
             Arondel
             of
             Warder
             how
             he
             came
             to
             be
             Count
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             his
             patent
             42
          
           
             Ausonius
             his
             character
             of
             a
             salmon
             46
          
           
             His
             opinion
             of
             the
             Britains
             53
          
           
             Adrian
             the
             fourth
             an
             Englishman
             his
             haughtines
             55
          
           
             Anne
             of
             Bullen
             taunted
             in
             France
             56
          
           
             Of
             the
             Abuse
             of
             Tobacco
             56
          
           
             An
             Apologie
             for
             human
             infirmities
             45
          
           
             The
             advantages
             of
             divers
             Countreys
             51
          
           
             An
             Apologie
             for
             the
             Popes
             and
             the
             Cardinalls
             49
          
           
             Another
             for
             Italy
             50
          
           
             The
             Atheisticall
             life
             and
             saying
             of
             a
             German
             Prince
             36
          
           
             Of
             Amsterdam
             35
          
           
             Of
             the
             Austrian
             Family
             29
          
        
         
           
             B
          
           
             BOdins
             notable
             description
             of
             Germany
             10
          
           
             
               Berchtoldus
               Swartzius
            
             a
             Franciscan
             first
             Inventor
             of
             gunpowder
             14
          
           
             Bezas
             Epigram
             of
             
               Aldus
               Manutius
            
             the
             Printer
             15
          
           
             Boterus
             his
             opinion
             of
             the
             German
             Cities
             16
          
           
             Of
             Bachrag
             wines
             18
          
           
             The
             benefit
             Holland
             makes
             of
             her
             milk
             may
             compare
             with
             Bourdeaux
             wines
             ,
             or
             Lisbons
             spices
             19
          
           
             Biscopius
             a
             Welch
             Monk
             made
             five
             pilgrimages
             
             to
             Rome
             ,
             and
             us'd
             to
             bring
             with
             him
             some
             choice
             Artists
             23
          
           
             Bon●…inius
             preferrs
             Austria
             before
             Italy
             35
          
           
             The
             bad
             Popes
             censur'd
             37
          
           
             Bembo's
             prophanesse
             38
          
           
             Of
             a
             Bishop
             that
             died
             by
             keeping
             in
             his
             wind
             backward
             at
             a
             feast
             41
          
           
             Beatrix
             Emp
             :
             Barbarossa's
             wife
             barbarously
             usd
             in
             Milan
             ,
             the
             Emperor
             had
             his
             full
             re
             venge
             42
          
           
             The
             Britains
             of
             the
             Gallic
             ,
             or
             Wallic
             race
             42
          
           
             Bodin
             censur'd
             60
          
           
             Great
             Britain
             characteriz'd
             33
          
           
             Her
             advantag●…ous
             situation
             33
          
           
             Her
             seas
             as
             fruitfull
             as
             her
             shores
             33
          
           
             Her
             character
             in
             verse
             33
          
           
             Her
             character
             by
             Eumenius
             to
             Constantin
             the
             Great
             33
          
           
             The
             progresse
             that
             her
             Fish
             makes
             about
             her
             throughout
             the
             yeer
             ,
             with
             her
             severall
             seasons
             of
             fishing
             34
          
           
             Britain
             a
             microcosm
             of
             herself
             34
          
           
             Of
             the
             Inhab●…tants
             of
             Britain
             34
          
           
             Britain
             had
             the
             first
             Christian
             King
             and
             Emperour
             36
          
           
             Britain
             branded
             by
             Porphyry
             36
          
           
             The
             old
             Britons
             or
             Welsh
             the
             greatest
             planters
             of
             Christianity
             36
          
           
             Most
             of
             the
             famous
             men
             of
             Britain
             ancient
             and
             modern
             musterd
             up
             37
          
           
             Boniface
             his
             ill
             report
             of
             the
             English
             50
          
           
             Britain
             hath
             the
             best
             Cocks
             and
             Doggs
             51
          
           
             The
             Baths
             of
             Germany
             36
          
           
             Bartolus
             saying
             ,
             that
             tall
             men
             are
             seldo●…
             wise
             30
          
           
             S.
             Bernards
             description
             of
             Ireland
             6●…
          
           
             A
             bitter
             satyre
             against
             the
             Queen
             of
             
               Scot
               land
            
             64
          
           
             Buchanan
             and
             Knocks
             censur'd
             64
          
        
         
           
             C
          
           
             THey
             of
             China
             an
             Eagle-eyd
             p●…eple
             ,
             next
             neighbours
             to
             the
             Rising
             Sun.
             They
             disdain
             all
             other
             Nations
             .
             Their
             proverb
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             appellation
             of
             China
             ,
             8.
             times
             bigger
             then
             France
             .
             They
             are
             good
             Artists
             .
             They
             have
             generally
             flat
             noses
             .
             They
             restrain
             strangers
             to
             come
             into
             their
             Countrey
             .
             They
             inhibit
             the
             Natives
             to
             travell
             abroad
             ,
             &c.
             2
             
               in
               the
               proeme
            
             .
          
           
             The
             character
             of
             man
             2
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             The
             
               Chino
               is
            
             enemies
             to
             humanity
             ,
             to
             the
             law
             of
             Nature
             2
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Cybeles
             priests
             were
             Hermaphrodites
             4
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Charlemain
             vers'd
             in
             many
             languages
             ,
             a
             good
             Poet
             ,
             he
             caus'd
             the
             Grammar
             to
             be
             put
             in
             the
             vulgar
             toung
             ,
             and
             German
             names
             to
             be
             impos'd
             upon
             the
             months
             in
             the
             yeer
             ,
             he
             divided
             the
             winds
             into
             twelve
             ,
             he
             was
             us'd
             to
             be
             present
             in
             the
             schooles
             ,
             and
             threatned
             a
             degradation
             to
             all
             Nobles
             that
             were
             illiterat
             11
          
           
             Charls
             the
             V.
             had
             Thucydides
             alwaies
             with
             him
             in
             the
             field
             11
          
           
             A
             comparison
             touching
             Italy
             35
          
           
             Another
             comparison
             36
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             the
             French
             Wines
             39
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             the
             French
             Kings
             50
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             Monsieur
             
               de
               la
               Nove
            
             54
          
           
             Two
             comparisons
             wittily
             us'd
             7
          
           
             A
             fit
             comparison
             6
          
           
             A
             comparison
             'twixt
             the
             Germans
             and
             Italians
             8
          
           
             Caesar
             saluted
             onely
             the
             skirts
             of
             Germany
             8
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             Rivers
             9
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             Weeds
             9
          
           
             Cicero●…s
             complaint
             of
             false
             writing
             15
          
           
             A
             comparison
             of
             Tacitus
             17
          
           
             Caesars
             saying
             of
             the
             Swablanders
             23
          
           
             A
             comparison
             touching
             Kingdoms
             23
          
           
             Of
             the
             Cosacks
             23
          
           
             A
             high
             comparison
             about
             the
             praises
             of
             Italie
             21
          
           
             A
             comparison
             41
          
           
             The
             Italian
             Wheat
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             Boetian
             next
             ,
             the
             Sicilian
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             the
             African
             next
             that
             21
          
           
             Of
             
               Cosmo
               de
               Medici
            
             and
             his
             rare
             abilities
             ,
             his
             admirable
             pietie
             ,
             his
             golden
             speech
             ,
             his
             Epitaph
             27
          
        
         
           
             D.
             
          
           
             THe
             duty
             of
             a
             Traveller
             3.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             Orator
             for
             Germany
             5
          
           
             His
             curious
             Proeme
             .
             5
          
           
             Disswasions
             from
             forren
             Travell
             7
          
           
             
               Danzick
               ,
               Delph
            
             ,
             in
             
               Low
               Germany
            
             ,
             and
             
               Rostock
               ,
               Paderborn
               ,
               Brunswick
            
             ,
             and
             Breslaw
             in
             
               High
               Germany
            
             the
             most
             famous
             for
             Beer
             18
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Holyiein
             had
             at
             one
             time
             1000.
             
             Ma●…es
             ,
             and
             160
             Stallions
             19
          
           
             Of
             the
             Danube
             that
             watereth
             a
             hundred
             people
             19
          
           
             The
             Dutch
             were
             Grandfathers
             ,
             if
             not
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Britains
             ,
             as
             Caesar
             writes
             .
             23
          
           
             Of
             divers
             that
             writ
             upon
             bald
             petty
             subjects
             ,
             as
             Archippus●…ell
             ●…ell
             upon
             the
             praise
             of
             an
             Asse
             ,
             Passeratius
             upon
             his
             shadow
             ,
             Lucian
             of
             a
             fly
             ,
             Erasmus
             of
             folly
             ,
             &c.
             6
          
           
             The
             defects
             of
             Italy
             in
             not
             having
             Navigable
             Rivers
             with
             others
             35
          
           
             Divers
             places
             in
             Italy
             subject
             to
             ill
             aires
             35
          
           
             Of
             Duke
             Godf●…ey
             of
             Bullen
             43
          
           
             A
             Discou●…se
             against
             Elective
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             what
             confusions
             come
             by
             Interregnums
             47
          
           
             Dirt
             of
             Paris
             indelible
             63
          
           
             Montague
             his
             saying
             of
             his
             Countrymen
             64
          
           
             A
             Discourse
             of
             Forren
             Travell
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             5
          
           
             Of
             Duels
             so
             much
             us'd
             by
             the
             French
             64
          
           
             The
             dangerous
             opinions
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             the
             various
             wayes
             they
             have
             to
             oblige
             the
             Gentry
             17
          
           
             Of
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Drake
            
             and
             his
             exploits
             42
          
        
         
           
           
             E.
             
          
           
             The
             English
             taunted
             wittily
             fol.
             6
          
           
             Eudoxus
             his
             Extravagant
             wish
             to
             go
             near
             the
             Sun
             6
          
           
             English
             sweat
             6
          
           
             Eckius
             first
             found
             found
             the
             way
             of
             mingling
             Oyl
             with
             Colours
             14
          
           
             An
             Encomium
             of
             Printing
             16
          
           
             The
             Excellencies
             of
             the
             German
             Cities
             17
          
           
             England
             call'd
             
               Transmarina
               Saxonia
            
             24
          
           
             Entringh
             Castle
             ,
             a
             memorable
             passage
             that
             happen'd
             in
             it
             24
          
           
             The
             Encouragement
             the
             Pope
             gives
             Merchants
             to
             buy
             his
             Allum
             22
          
           
             
               Aeneas
               Sylvius
            
             his
             witty
             Distic
             to
             the
             Poets
             37
          
           
             Extravagant
             wishes
             of
             two
             Brothers
             in
             Padoa
             ,
             whereby
             they
             both
             perished
             42
          
           
             The
             Excesse
             of
             speech
             that
             Maximilian
             us'd
             touching
             France
             37
          
           
             A
             notable
             example
             of
             a
             drunken
             woman
             in
             France
             62
          
           
             Of
             the
             English
             Kings
             39
          
           
             The
             English
             made
             Trade
             to
             flourish
             first
             in
             Flanders
             40
          
           
             Of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             40
          
           
             The
             English
             great
             Reverencers
             of
             their
             Kings
             40
          
           
             The
             Earth
             is
             the
             Native
             Country
             of
             all
             men
             ;
             she
             is
             but
             one
             Mansion
             3.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             The
             marvellous
             Eccho
             of
             Charenton
             bridge
             in
             France
             ,
             that
             reverberates
             13
             times
             4.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Escurial
             in
             Spain
             the
             eighth
             wonder
             of
             the
             world
             3
          
           
             Notable
             Examples
             of
             the
             Spanish
             constancy
             6
          
           
             Edgar
             row'd
             by
             four
             Kings
             38
          
           
             The
             Exploits
             of
             the
             English
             in
             France
             38
          
           
             The
             English
             formidable
             in
             France
             as
             by
             example
             38
          
           
             The
             English
             King
             pray'd
             for
             more
             often
             than
             any
             other
             41
          
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             caused
             the
             Great
             Turk
             to
             expell
             the
             Jesuits
             out
             of
             Pera
             19
          
           
             The
             English
             censur'd
             67
          
           
             Englands
             Inconveniencies
             61
          
           
             The
             English
             and
             Dutch
             compar'd
             in
             point
             of
             drinking
             37
          
           
             Examples
             of
             Drunkards
             37
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             A
             Fantastick
             Traveller
             3.
             
               fol.
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Set
             forth
             by
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               More
            
             in
             the
             person
             of
             Lalus
             ,
             a
             meer
             Ape
             or
             Mimick
             ,
             &c.
             
             3.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             He
             turns
             a
             Sprat
             to
             a
             Whale
             4.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             France
             taunted
             6
          
           
             Forren
             Travel
             the
             best
             Academy
             7
          
           
             The
             famous
             Divines
             of
             Germany
             muster'd
             up
             ,
             the
             famous
             Politicians
             ,
             the
             famous
             Physitians
             and
             Philosophers
             12
          
           
             Germany
             the
             first
             Correctresse
             of
             the
             Kalender
             12
          
           
             The
             Fantastick
             humour
             of
             
               Petrus
               Bembus
            
             touching
             the
             Latin
             tongue
             13
          
           
             France
             the
             center
             of
             Europe
             ,
             she
             enjoyes
             a
             delicate
             temper
             ,
             able
             to
             unite
             or
             hinder
             the
             conjunction
             of
             the
             forces
             of
             Europe
             ,
             her
             comodious
             situation
             38
          
           
             The
             four
             Loadstones
             of
             France
             according
             to
             Boterus
             38
          
           
             Without
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
            
             might
             starve
             for
             Bread
             39
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Wines
             39
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Hemp
             39
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Salt
             compar'd
             with
             that
             of
             other
             Countries
             39
          
           
             Of
             divers
             other
             French
             comodities
             wherewith
             the
             Country
             abounds
             39
          
           
             The
             bad
             fruits
             of
             forren
             Travell
             6
          
           
             Friburg
             famous
             for
             Crystal
             work
             13
          
           
             Florence
             a
             City
             to
             be
             seen
             on
             Holydaies
             ,
             as
             Charls
             the
             Emperour
             sayd
             16
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Mines
             40
          
           
             A
             Fish
             in
             France
             that
             changes
             with
             the
             Moon
             4
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             how
             commodiously
             they
             lie
             for
             Navigation
             ,
             40
          
           
             France
             the
             eye
             and
             pearl
             of
             the
             world
             41
          
           
             France
             hath
             102
             Episcopal
             Cities
             ,
             whereof
             four
             are
             Metropolitan
             ,
             she
             hath
             30000.
             
             Parishes
             41
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Towne
             ,
             and
             of
             Paris
             in
             particular
             42
          
           
             France
             the
             freest
             Country
             upon
             earth
             ,
             and
             the
             reasons
             42
          
           
             The
             Freedome
             of
             France
             exemplified
             by
             two
             notable
             instances
             42
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Martial
             Kings
             43
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             vast
             Revenue
             thereof
             43
          
           
             A
             Frenchman
             the
             first
             Latin
             Lecturer
             in
             Rome
             when
             Cicero
             was
             a
             boy
             43
          
           
             Of
             the
             great
             Learned
             men
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Sorbon
             44
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Academies
             44
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             of
             
               Ioseph
               Scaliger
            
             ,
             the
             Dictator
             of
             Literature
             46
          
           
             The
             best
             French
             spoken
             upon
             the
             banks
             of
             Loire
             46
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Kings
             ,
             and
             their
             excellencies
             46
          
           
             The
             French
             Crown
             not
             tied
             to
             a
             Distaffe
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             alledged
             46
          
           
             French
             Kings
             never
             die
             ,
             example
             thereof
             47
          
           
             France
             prohibits
             the
             Imperial
             Law
             ,
             48
          
           
             French
             Kings
             beginne
             to
             raign
             inchoativ●…
             at
             14
             48
          
           
             Their
             high
             Prerogatives
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Paris
             49
          
           
             French
             King
             more
             glorious
             than
             the
             Emperor
             in
             gards
             ,
             &c.
             50
          
           
             The
             French
             King
             cures
             the
             Struma
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             50
          
           
             Of
             the
             late
             French
             Kings
             ,
             and
             their
             characters
             ,
             specially
             of
             Henry
             the
             great
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             the
             late
             Lewis
             the
             13.
             51
          
           
             France
             and
             her
             King
             worthy
             to
             have
             the
             Principality
             ,
             and
             the
             reasons
             52
          
           
             Francis
             the
             first
             brought
             in
             the
             Turk
             against
             
             Spain
             ,
             &
             the
             act
             authoriz'd
             by
             examples
             55
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Ligue
             ,
             and
             the
             monstrousness
             of
             it
             55
          
           
             French
             Kings
             censur'd
             55
          
           
             Of
             Henry
             the
             3.
             his
             vision
             ,
             his
             death
             ,
             his
             Epitaph
             56
          
           
             France
             possessed
             with
             3
             Furies
             56
          
           
             Sale
             of
             Offices
             in
             France
             a
             high
             Injustice
             57
          
           
             French
             Gentlemen
             all
             Surgeons
             61
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             language
             61
          
           
             France
             full
             of
             wanton
             Books
             62
          
           
             Of
             the
             French
             Rablais
             62
          
           
             The
             French
             often
             eaters
             63
          
           
             The
             French
             most
             changeable
             63
          
           
             When
             the
             Frenchman
             sleeps
             the
             Devil
             rocks
             the
             cradle
             ,
             a
             Proverb
             of
             the
             Flemin
             63
          
           
             The
             foolishness
             of
             the
             Londoners
             in
             point
             of
             building
             61
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Gratianus
             his
             famous
             Decree
             2.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Germany
             much
             better'd
             by
             forren
             travel
             3.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             The
             German
             Gentlemen
             tax'd
             for
             abusing
             forren
             Travel
             6
          
           
             The
             Germans
             very
             thick
             abroad
             in
             other
             Countryes
             6
          
           
             Germany
             the
             Princesse
             of
             Europe
             7
          
           
             Gaunt
             in
             Flanders
             the
             greatest
             City
             in
             Europe
             7
          
           
             Germany
             suddenly
             turn'd
             Christian
             ,
             her
             marvailous
             piety
             9
          
           
             Germany
             describ'd
             by
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
            
             10
          
           
             She
             hath
             mightily
             flourished
             since
             the
             Councell
             of
             Constance
             in
             Universities
             and
             Knowledge
             10
          
           
             The
             German
             Princes
             very
             covetous
             of
             degrees
             in
             Learning
             11
          
           
             Of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Gelders
             11
          
           
             All
             the
             German
             great
             Townes
             excell
             in
             some
             particular
             thing
             13
          
           
             A
             German
             Fryer
             Inventor
             of
             Guns
             ,
             and
          
           
             A
             German
             Swordman
             Inventor
             of
             Printing
             ,
             
               vice
               versa
            
             14
          
           
             The
             German
             Cities
             characteriz'd
             16
          
           
             The
             German
             Territories
             characteriz'd
             17
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             Wines
             18
          
           
             Germany
             compar'd
             to
             Italy
             18
          
           
             The
             German
             commodities
             set
             forth
             18
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             Horses
             19
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             Rivers
             19
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             Fish
             19
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             Mines
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ,
             with
             other
             Mettals
             19
          
           
             The
             German
             most
             Hospitable
             20
          
           
             German
             Gentlemen
             restrained
             from
             Trade
             20
          
           
             The
             Germans
             never
             beat
             their
             servants
             ,
             nor
             imprison
             their
             Tenants
             21
          
           
             Germany
             an
             ill
             Country
             for
             Bastards
             21
          
           
             The
             German
             rare
             for
             chastity
             and
             conjugall
             love
             22
          
           
             Of
             the
             German
             valour
             22
          
           
             Germany
             called
             by
             the
             
               Belgians
               ,
               Magna
               patria
            
             23
          
           
             Germany
             the
             strongest
             body
             of
             Europe
             if
             united
             26
          
           
             The
             Genoways
             only
             worse
             than
             Englishmen
             36
          
           
             The
             Germans
             tartly
             censur'd
             34
          
           
             The
             German
             way
             to
             try
             whether
             a
             child
             be
             a
             Bastard
             73
          
        
         
           
             H.
             
          
           
             AN
             Honest
             man
             must
             be
             a
             mixt
             man
             ,
             the
             reason
             why
             3.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Hyperboles
             of
             divers
             sorts
             4.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Hollanders
             best
             makers
             of
             Linnen
             cloth
             ,
             their
             Looms
             are
             as
             fine
             as
             Arachnes
             Webb
             13
          
           
             Holst
             &
             Oudenard
             excel
             in
             woven
             Pictures
             13
          
           
             Holland
             hath
             thirty
             three
             Cities
             ,
             whereof
             from
             Gorcham
             Tower
             one
             may
             see
             22
             16
          
           
             Hercynian
             Forrest
             once
             nine
             dayes
             journey
             broad
             17
          
           
             Holland
             characteriz'd
             by
             Scaliger
             17
          
           
             Holland
             Cowes
             give
             twelve
             quarts
             a
             day
             19
          
           
             Herodes
             King
             of
             Iudaea
             had
             a
             Guard
             of
             Germans
             21
          
           
             How
             the
             Germans
             took
             footing
             in
             France
             23
          
           
             Horslers
             and
             Tapste●…s
             in
             Poland
             understand
             Latin
             in
             many
             places
             3
          
           
             How
             Rome
             hath
             been
             ingrateful
             to
             those
             who
             deserved
             best
             of
             her
             10
          
           
             Hungary
             hath
             strong
             Wines
             10
          
           
             Hungary
             hath
             a
             River
             call'd
             Tibisco
             ,
             whereof
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             she
             hath
             two
             parts
             water
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             fish
             11
          
           
             Saint
             Hierom
             an
             Hungarian
             11
          
           
             Hungary
             hath
             had
             famous
             men
             ,
             their
             names
             11
          
           
             Hungary
             affoorded
             eight
             Roman
             Emperours
             ,
             their
             names
             12
          
           
             Other
             brave
             Kings
             of
             Hungary
             mentioned
             13
          
           
             The
             brave
             answer
             of
             an
             Hungarian
             Gentlewoman
             14
          
           
             Hungary
             the
             Antimurale
             and
             chiefest
             Rampart
             of
             Europe
             15
          
           
             Hungary
             glorieth
             of
             
               Stephen
               Bartorius
            
             ,
             and
             deservedly
             ,
             his
             character
             .
             15
          
           
             Of
             the
             Hungarian
             languor
             ,
             or
             fai●…iness
             17
          
           
             Some
             Hungarian
             Wells
             that
             will
             singe
             Hoggs
             ,
             yet
             they
             breed
             fish
             17
          
           
             The
             Hungarians
             described
             by
             Bishop
             Otto
             of
             Frisenghen
             18
          
           
             The
             Huns
             said
             to
             have
             their
             original
             from
             som
             Demons
             18
          
           
             Henry
             the
             4
             of
             France
             censur'd
             many
             ways
             65
          
           
             In
             Henry
             the
             seconds
             time
             but
             two
             Coaches
             in
             all
             Paris
             63
          
           
             The
             Hollander
             lives
             partly
             upon
             the
             idleness
             of
             the
             English
             49
          
           
             A
             horrid
             Murrher
             of
             a
             German
             Butcher
             49
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             THe
             Italian
             taunted
             6
          
           
             The
             Italian
             sends
             yeerly
             to
             Germany
             for
             Artists
             as
             Statuaries
             ,
             Architects
             ,
             Limmers
             ,
             Surveyours
             ,
             Aqueductors
             ,
             &c.
             12
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Guttemberg
            
             of
             Mentz
             ,
             first
             Inventor
             of
             Printing
             14
          
           
             How
             Irenaeus
             adjur'd
             the
             writer
             of
             his
             works
             tobe
             true
             15
          
           
             Of
             the
             Italian
             Mountibanks
             6
          
           
             Of
             Idlenes
             and
             sloth
             11
          
           
             Italy
             to
             other
             Kingdoms
             as
             a
             diamond
             to
             Bristol
             stones
             20
          
           
             Italy
             characteriz'd
             by
             Pliny
             20
          
           
             The
             high
             Elogy
             that
             an
             Emperour
             gives
             of
             Italy
             21
          
           
             Some
             Italian
             soyles
             affoord
             4
             ●…attermaths
             21
          
           
             
               Italy
               ,
               Bacchus
            
             his
             Inner
             Celler
             21
          
           
             
             Of
             the
             Italian
             wines
             21
          
           
             The
             wines
             of
             Papia
             cur'd
             Boetius
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             he
             fell
             to
             write
             his
             book
             
               de
               Consolatione
            
             21
          
           
             The
             various
             comodities
             of
             Italy
             22
          
           
             Italy
             describ'd
             curiously
             by
             Florus
             22
          
           
             The
             Italian
             Cities
             with
             their
             Epithetts
             22
          
           
             A
             Napolitan
             found
             out
             the
             Mariners
             Compas
             ,
             a
             Venetian
             found
             out
             the
             making
             of
             glasse
             23
          
           
             Of
             the
             brave
             Artists
             of
             Italy
             ,
             of
             the
             Poets
             and
          
           
             Orators
             with
             Philosophers
             23
          
           
             Italy
             the
             great
             source
             and
             Cestern
             whence
             all
             civility
             flow●…s
             24
          
           
             Italy
             hath
             17.
             
             Academies
             24
          
           
             The
             Italian
             cautious
             in
             exposing
             himself
             to
             danger
             24
          
           
             The
             brave
             resolution
             of
             an
             Italian
             when
             Charles
             the
             eight
             entred
             Italy
             25
          
           
             Italy
             bred
             great
             Captains
             25
          
           
             Of
             
               Christophero
               Colomba
            
             a
             greater
             Heroe
             then
             Hercules
             ,
             the
             reasons
             induc'd
             him
             to
             that
             design
             ,
             his
             proceedings
             in
             short
             ,
             how
             he
             jeerd
             the
             ranting
             Spaniards
             ,
             how
             he
             was
             slighted
             ,
             &
             at
             last
             listned
             unto
             by
             Isabella
             25
          
           
             The
             Italians
             are
             true
             friends
             ,
             exemplified
             by
             Signior
             Priuli
             a
             Venetian
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             Cardinall
             Pole
             26
          
           
             Italy
             a
             seeker
             after
             ,
             and
             rewarder
             of
             vertu
             ,
             Rome
             the
             common
             Countrey
             of
             all
             Nations
             where
             any
             is
             capable
             of
             dignity
             26
          
           
             Of
             the
             stupendous
             wealth
             and
             strength
             of
             Venice
             ,
             stil
             a
             virgin
             ,
             the
             greatest
             mistresse
             of
             Sea
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             her
             exploits
             and
             policy
             28
          
           
             Divers
             Characters
             of
             Rome
             ,
             one
             by
             Livy
             ,
             her
             admired
             populousnes
             and
             riches
             in
             times
             pass'd
             ,
             of
             her
             Bishop
             ,
             alwayes
             a
             Reverencer
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             of
             old
             and
             new
             Rome
             ,
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             many
             examples
             produc'd
             ,
             what
             adorations
             have
             been
             done
             him
             by
             Emperors
             and
             Kings
             ,
             the
             notable
             letter
             of
             Adrian
             the
             fourth
             to
             the
             Electors
             of
             Germany
             ,
             the
             names
             of
             those
             Kingdoms
             that
             are
             feudetary
             to
             Rome
             ,
             how
             divers
             Emperours
             ,
             &
             Kings
             have
             been
             excōmunicated
             by
             him
             31
          
           
             Touching
             Generall
             Councels
             ,
             a
             proverb
             of
             the
             Pope
             in
             Italy
             ,
             &c.
             33
          
           
             Italy
             by
             many
             characters
             of
             merit
             deserves
             to
             have
             the
             precedence
             of
             all
             Countreys
             in
             Europe
             33
          
           
             Of
             famous
             
               Iohn
               Hawkwood
            
             45
          
           
             Ireland
             famous
             of
             old
             for
             learned
             men
             49
          
           
             The
             Irish
             have
             a
             holy
             proverb
             of
             S.
             Patrick
             49
          
           
             Ireland
             and
             Scotland
             censurd
             .
             66
          
        
         
           
             K
          
           
             KIngdoms
             no
             other
             then
             
               Magna
               Latrocinia
               fol.
            
             41
          
           
             Kingston
             upon
             Hull
             like
             a
             Low-Countrey
             town
             47
          
           
             Of
             Keneth
             the
             Pict
             ,
             who
             brought
             the
             coronation
             stone
             from
             Ireland
             to
             Scotland
             48
          
        
         
           
             L
          
           
             THe
             Lord
             Presidents
             complement
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Princes
             1.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Lycurgus
             against
             forren
             Travell
             2.
             
               in
               the
               proeme
            
          
           
             The
             Law
             of
             God
             that
             strangers
             should
             be
             as
             well
             us'd
             of
             Natives
             2.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Of
             Luther
             his
             quil
             compar'd
             to
             Hercules
             club
             9
          
           
             Lotharius
             the
             Emperour
             the
             first
             restaurator
             of
             learning
             in
             Germany
             10
          
           
             Leunclavius
             compild
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Mahumetans
             while
             he
             was
             Ambassador
             for
             Rodolphus
             in
             Constantinople
             11
          
           
             Lovain
             had
             4000.
             
             Weavers
             loomes
             in
             the
             yeer
             1330
             13
          
           
             The
             English
             first
             taught
             to
             make
             cloth
             by
             the
             Lovantans
             13
          
           
             Lubecks
             beer
             medicinall
             18
          
           
             Of
             
               Lorenzo
               de
               Medicis
            
             a
             memorable
             passage
             22
          
           
             Leo
             the
             tenth
             born
             for
             the
             restauration
             of
             letters
             24
          
           
             London
             and
             Genoa
             compar'd
             in
             Ingratitude
             and
             why
             26
          
           
             Latin
             toung
             two
             thirds
             Greek
             38
          
           
             Languages
             descanted
             upon
             61
          
           
             Laval
             in
             the
             raign
             of
             Francis
             the
             first
             ,
             a
             corpulent
             gentleman
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             Inventor
             of
             Coches
             63
          
           
             Lipsius
             his
             opinion
             of
             Oxford
             44
          
           
             Of
             
               London
               ,
               Englands
            
             Imperiall
             chamber
             44
          
           
             A
             Libell
             in
             Spain
             against
             the
             Jesuitts
             ,
             and
             another
             in
             France
             18
          
           
             Of
             love
             to
             ones
             Countrey
             31
          
        
         
           
             M
          
           
             MAn
             not
             tied
             to
             one
             place
             no
             more
             then
             a
             bird
             or
             fish
             3.
             
               in
               the
               proeme
            
          
           
             Man
             Lord
             of
             all
             elementary
             creatures
             by
             divine
             charter
             3.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Machiavill
             rebukes
             his
             Countrey
             men
             because
             they
             us'd
             German
             Mathematicians
             10
          
           
             Magdeburg
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             Germany
             16
          
           
             Many
             errors
             of
             the
             Ancients
             musterd
             up
             17
          
           
             The
             monstrous
             trade
             of
             Antwerp
             in
             times
             pass'd
             20
          
           
             The
             marvailous
             riches
             of
             Antwerp
             ,
             when
             she
             was
             plundred
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             20
          
           
             The
             memorable
             History
             of
             a
             Duchesse
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             of
             conjugall
             love
             to
             Guelpho
             her
             husband
             22
          
           
             The
             miraculous
             story
             of
             a
             Countesse
             in
             Holland
             who
             brought
             forth
             so
             many
             children
             as
             dayes
             in
             the
             yeer
             24
          
           
             Lituania
             in
             some
             parts
             doth
             offer
             sacrifices
             to
             the
             Devil
             ;
             the
             maner
             of
             their
             worship
             7
          
           
             
               M.
               T.
               Cicero
            
             the
             great
             standard
             bearer
             of
             Orators
             23
          
           
             A
             maxime
             of
             Ilanders
             35
          
           
             A
             modest
             saying
             of
             Iulius
             the
             third
             ,
             though
             an
             odd
             one
             37
          
           
             A
             mighty
             clash
             'twixt
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             King
             of
             France
             39
          
           
             Moses
             Gods
             Chancelor
             2.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Mets
             put
             bounds
             to
             the
             conquests
             of
             Charles
             the
             fift
             43
          
           
             Of
             the
             great
             Massacre
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             horrid
             comet
             that
             follow'd
             a
             little
             after
             ,
             the
             eminent
             men
             that
             were
             slain
             54
          
           
             Medalls
             with
             the
             inscriptions
             after
             S.
             Bartholome
             massacre
             55
          
           
             Of
             Marseilles
             in
             France
             a
             Greek
             proverb
             61
          
           
             The
             Marquis
             of
             Ancre
             most
             barbarously
             murtherd
             63
          
           
             Of
             Maurice
             Prince
             of
             Orenge
             ,
             his
             speech
             upon
             his
             death
             bed
             37
          
        
         
           
             N
          
           
             NAtures
             Great
             Ordinance
             2.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             Nilus
             hath
             a
             strange
             property
             7
          
           
             Norimberg
             one
             of
             the
             most
             ingenious
             
             towns
             in
             Europe
             13
          
           
             A
             notable
             saying
             of
             Valentinian
             touching
             the
             French
             24
          
           
             The
             Normans
             a
             valiant
             peeple
             issued
             from
             Germany
             25
          
           
             How
             they
             came
             to
             be
             call'd
             Bygods
             25
          
           
             The
             Normans
             elegantly
             characteriz'd
             by
             
               Roger
               Hoveden
            
             25
          
           
             Notable
             exploits
             of
             the
             Germans
             against
             the
             Romans
             25
          
           
             The
             Normans
             chas'd
             first
             the
             Saracens
             out
             of
             Sicily
             25
          
           
             A
             notable
             resolution
             of
             the
             Gosack
             5
          
           
             No
             learning
             at
             all
             left
             in
             Greece
             at
             this
             time
             37
          
           
             A
             notable
             saying
             of
             Borgia
             Pope
             Alexanders
             son
             when
             he
             had
             lost
             100000.
             crowns
             at
             dice
             37
          
           
             The
             notable
             cunning
             of
             
               Aeneas
               Sylvius
            
             touching
             Rome
             39
          
           
             Nogaret
             the
             French
             Ambassador
             takes
             the
             Pope
             a
             cuff
             under
             the
             eare
             39
          
           
             A
             notable
             letter
             the
             Greek
             Churches
             writ
             to
             Iohn
             the
             third
             39
          
           
             The
             notable
             speech
             of
             Charles
             the
             fift
             to
             Seldi●…s
             at
             Flushing
             11
          
           
             No
             River
             so
             full
             of
             Meanders
             as
             the
             Sein
             in
             France
             14
          
           
             Narbon
             curiously
             characteriz'd
             in
             Latin
             verse
             41
          
           
             A
             notable
             example
             of
             sacrilege
             49
          
           
             Of
             Nations
             in
             general
             ,
             &
             their
             dexterity
             51
          
           
             Three
             notable
             stories
             in
             Germany
             34
          
        
         
           
             O
          
           
             THe
             occasion
             of
             this
             meeting
             1.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
               Otho
            
             the
             Emperour
             scap'd
             imprisonment
             in
             Greece
             ,
             because
             he
             spoak
             the
             language
             so
             well
             11
          
           
             Of
             Mary
             Q.
             of
             Hungary
             a
             remarkable
             passage
             21
          
           
             Of
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Emperor
             &
             the
             Electors
             26
          
           
             Of
             Charlemain
             the
             first
             founder
             of
             the
             German
             Empire
             26
          
           
             Of
             the
             famous
             men
             in
             Poland
             3
          
           
             Of
             ploughs
             and
             culters
             of
             wood
             to
             which
             the
             pole
             doth
             attribut
             a
             kind
             of
             Divinity
             7
          
           
             Of
             some
             positions
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             38
          
           
             Of
             the
             Canonists
             who
             are
             great
             champions
             for
             the
             Pope
             38
          
           
             Of
             divers
             Emperours
             who
             summond
             Generall
             Councells
             41
          
           
             Of
             divers
             Popes
             who
             were
             elected
             ,
             and
             chastiz'd
             by
             Emperors
             41
          
           
             Of
             
               Italy
               ,
               France
            
             and
             England
             a
             proverb
             57
          
           
             Of
             the
             Jesuits
             their
             rise
             ,
             their
             progresse
             and
             policy
             ,
             all
             factors
             for
             Spain
             ,
             their
             strange
             tenets
             ,
             how
             they
             tugg'd
             to
             get
             into
             Paris
             ,
             how
             they
             were
             banish'd
             Venice
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Indispositions
             of
             the
             Spanish
             monarchy
             26
          
           
             Of
             the
             gastly
             death
             of
             Philip
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             many
             circumstances
             belonging
             to
             it
             ,
             his
             Epitaph
             .
          
           
             Of
             Portugall
             and
             her
             pittifull
             sterility
          
           
             Of
             the
             strongest
             Forts
             upon
             earth
             34
          
           
             The
             Opinion
             of
             an
             Italian
             touching
             the
             strength
             of
             England
             38
          
           
             The
             Order
             of
             the
             golden
             Fleece
             more
             proper
             to
             England
             then
             to
             any
             Countrey
             els
             40
          
           
             Of
             York
             the
             Seat
             of
             Emperours
             47
          
           
             Of
             Scotland
             48
          
           
             Of
             Ireland
             49
          
           
             Of
             the
             lightnes
             of
             the
             Britains
             53
          
           
             Of
             the
             prerogatives
             of
             the
             Emperour
             48
          
           
             Of
             curing
             the
             Kings
             evill
             by
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             the
             opinion
             of
             Crescentius
             68
          
           
             Of
             the
             base
             Ingratitude
             of
             the
             Scotts
             65
          
        
         
           
             P
          
           
             IN
             praise
             of
             Peregrination
             3.
             
               in
               the
               pro
               ▪
            
             Poyson
             cur'd
             in
             a
             strange
             way
             6
          
           
             A
             proverb
             the
             Italians
             have
             of
             the
             Germans
             12
          
           
             In
             the
             praise
             of
             Poland
             1
          
           
             Of
             the
             Perusian
             Ambassadors
             employed
             to
             the
             Pope
             a
             facetious
             passage
             1.
             
               in
               Pol.
            
             
          
           
             Poland
             hath
             salt
             pitts
             under
             ground
             like
             palaces
             1
          
           
             Poland
             a
             very
             plentifull
             Countrey
             2
          
           
             A
             Polonian
             marchant
             nam'd
             Vernicius
             being
             Consull
             of
             Cracovia
             was
             rich
             to
             admiration
             ,
             famous
             entertainment
             he
             gave
             to
             3
             Kings
             2
          
           
             The
             Pole
             delights
             not
             much
             in
             sumptuous
             buildings
             2
          
           
             There
             were
             nine
             score
             talents
             erogated
             out
             of
             Garlik
             ,
             Onions
             and
             Leeks
             ,
             towards
             the
             building
             the
             pyramids
             o●…
             Egypt
             2
          
           
             The
             Pole
             measures
             his
             house
             by
             his
             own
             body
             2
          
           
             The
             Pole
             goes
             beyond
             all
             for
             manly
             attire
             2
          
           
             The
             Pole
             confines
             upon
             two
             potent
             neighbours
             ,
             the
             Turke
             and
             the
             Russe
             4
          
           
             The
             brave
             answer
             that
             Stephen
             King
             of
             Poland
             gave
             the
             Turk
             4
          
           
             Potts
             found
             naturally
             shapen
             in
             the
             earth
             neere
             Streme
             4
          
           
             Poland
             hath
             had
             very
             victorious
             Kings
             ,
             they
             are
             reckon'd
             up
             4
          
           
             King
             of
             Poland
             created
             a
             perpetuall
             friend
             to
             the
             Empire
             5
          
           
             Philip
             the
             second
             would
             not
             refer
             to
             the
             Pope
             the
             right
             to
             Portugall
             39
          
           
             The
             prerogative
             of
             the
             
               German
               Diet
            
             1.
             
               in
               the
               proeme
            
             .
          
           
             Plato
             against
             forren
             travell
             1.
             
               in
               the
               pro.
            
             
          
           
             The
             famous
             pilgrimage
             of
             Otto
             the
             third
             to
             a
             saint
             in
             Poland
             ,
             &
             the
             story
             belonging
             to
             it
             4
          
           
             The
             Pole
             can
             bring
             into
             the
             field
             150.
             thousand
             fighting
             men
             5
          
           
             Of
             the
             Polish
             Nobility
             5
          
           
             The
             Poles
             three
             parts
             of
             foure
             are
             Arrians
             8
          
           
             In
             some
             Polish
             words
             there
             are
             10.
             consonants
             to
             one
             vowell
             9
          
           
             The
             Polish
             words
             as
             so
             many
             stones
             thrown
             at
             a
             mans
             brain
          
           
             A
             proverb
             of
             Hungary
             19
          
           
             The
             power
             of
             Pisa
             in
             times
             pass'd
             ,
             when
             she
             had
             100
             gentlemen
             that
             could
             put
             every
             one
             a
             gally
             to
             sea
             upon
             his
             own
             charge
             27
          
           
             The
             power
             of
             Genoa
             in
             times
             pass'd
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Of
             Philip
             the
             second
             ,
             his
             consciousnes
             before
             he
             invested
             Portugall
             ,
             his
             sage
             cariage
             about
             his
             son
             before
             he
             died
             12
          
           
             Of
             the
             perfidiousnes
             of
             the
             English
             against
             the
             old
             Britains
             34
          
           
             Of
             Printing
             and
             Gunns
             39
          
        
         
           
             R.
             
          
           
             ROme
             recovered
             Learning
             by
             Urban
             the
             4.
             
          
           
             who
             sent
             for
             
               Thomas
               Aquinas
            
             23
          
           
             As
             also
             afterwards
             by
             Cosmo
             and
             
               Lorenzo
               de
               Medici
            
             23
          
           
             Reasons
             that
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             may
             stand
             in
             competition
             
             for
             the
             primacy
             of
             Europe
             50
          
           
             
               Raphael
               Urbin
            
             design'd
             by
             Leo
             the
             tenth
             to
             be
             a
             Cardinal
             37
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             cannot
             deserve
             the
             preheminence
             of
             other
             Countries
             67
          
           
             The
             Russe
             seldom
             travels
             abroad
             2.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Rodolphus
             the
             Emperours
             wise
             speech
             to
             a
             Traveller
             6
          
           
             The
             Rule
             of
             Providence
             not
             to
             powre
             down
             all
             blessings
             at
             once
             8
          
           
             Of
             Regiomontanus
             10
          
           
             A
             Remarkable
             passage
             of
             
               Everard
               Barbatus
               Duke
            
             of
             Wirtemberg
             21
          
           
             The
             Roman
             Emperours
             had
             a
             guard
             of
             Germans
             for
             their
             fidelity
          
           
             Of
             the
             Renowned
             Families
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             their
             antiquity
             and
             extent
             through
             all
             Europe
             26
          
           
             Rhodope
             a
             rich
             Courtisan
             built
             one
             of
             the
             Pyramids
             of
             Egypt
             2
          
           
             Rome
             in
             one
             Cense
             that
             was
             made
             had
             in
             her
             two
             millions
             and
             a
             half
             of
             soules
             2
          
           
             Rome
             when
             Pagan
             had
             above
             400
             Temples
             ,
             now
             Christian
             she
             hath
             scarce
             the
             4th
             part
             2
          
           
             The
             sorry
             report
             the
             French
             gave
             of
             Poland
             at
             their
             return
             with
             Hen.
             3
             6
          
           
             Rome
             often
             ravished
             28
          
           
             Rome
             shrunk
             into
             a
             Pigmey's
             skin
             from
             that
             Gigantick
             shape
             she
             was
             34
          
           
             The
             hugenesse
             of
             Rome
             conjectur'd
             by
             many
             arguments
             34
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             SCotsmen
             Men-eaters
             63
          
           
             Spain
             first
             attempted
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             subdued
             by
             the
             Romans
             2
          
           
             Spain
             preferr'd
             before
             all
             countries
             by
             Charles
             the
             5
             1
          
           
             Spain
             with
             her
             commodities
             laid
             op●…
             2
          
           
             Spain
             the
             fragrantst
             Country
             2
          
           
             In
             Spain
             Milk
             cannot
             turn
             to
             Whey
             in
             some
             places
             2
          
           
             Spain
             the
             Queen
             of
             horses
             2
          
           
             Of
             the
             chief
             Cities
             of
             Spain
             3
          
           
             Of
             the
             Mines
             of
             Spain
             4
          
           
             The
             site
             and
             form
             of
             Spain
             4
          
           
             Of
             the
             150
             Rivers
             that
             water
             Spain
             4
          
           
             Spain
             hath
             a
             bridge
             twenty
             miles
             long
             ,
             whereon
             cattle
             feed
             4
          
           
             Spanish
             Crown
             made
             of
             her
             own
             gold
             4
          
           
             Spain
             describ'd
             by
             Claudian
             5
          
           
             A
             Spanish
             Guard
             about
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
               ,
               Augustus
            
             had
             a
             Band
             of
             Biscainers
             6
          
           
             A
             notable
             example
             of
             the
             Spanish
             valour
             6
          
           
             The
             Spaniards
             right
             justified
             to
             the
             
               West
               Indies
            
             7
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Discoverers
             of
             the
             
               West
               Indies
            
             ,
             the
             Discoverers
             of
             the
             East
             7
          
           
             Spaniards
             the
             sole
             Grandees
             of
             this
             Age
             8
          
           
             Spain
             hath
             bred
             notable
             Spirits
             8
          
           
             Of
             the
             Jesuits
             founded
             by
             a
             Spaniard
             9
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             the
             vastest
             since
             the
             Creation
             10
          
           
             The
             Sun
             alwaies
             shines
             upon
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Philippian
             Monarchy
             10
          
           
             Sacriledge
             to
             dispute
             of
             the
             Emperours
             power
             2.
             
               in
               the
               Pro.
            
             
          
           
             Spain
             taunted
             6
          
           
             Seneca's
             notable
             Speech
             against
             Forren
             Travell
             6
          
           
             Satan
             doth
             commonly
             set
             up
             his
             Chappel
             near
             Gods
             House
             9
          
           
             Scaligers
             witty
             saying
             of
             ●…lavius
             12
          
           
             Scaligers
             cōparison
             'twixt
             thunder
             &
             canon
             14
          
           
             Scaligers
             witty
             saying
             of
             Printing
             ▪
             of
             Canon
             ,
             Wheele-clocks
             16
          
           
             Scaligers
             Elogium
             of
             Antwerp
             16
          
           
             The
             Swisse
             scarce
             knew
             the
             use
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             til
             the
             overthrow
             they
             gave
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             near
             Granson
             19
          
           
             Spanish
             Souldiers
             made
             hilts
             of
             swords
             of
             massie
             Gold
             at
             the
             plundring
             of
             Antwerp
             20
          
           
             A
             notable
             speech
             of
             Philip
             the
             second
             when
             his
             Father
             resign'd
             him
             his
             dominions
             22
          
           
             The
             wondrous
             strength
             of
             Sigismund
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             who
             could
             crack
             a
             horshooe
             8
          
           
             Slavonique
             the
             most
             spacious
             Tongue
             8
          
           
             Strange
             examples
             of
             some
             learned
             men
             that
             lost
             their
             memory
             as
             not
             to
             remember
             their
             own
             names
             34
          
           
             Scaligers
             tart
             opinion
             of
             Rome
             35
          
           
             Sicily
             call'd
             by
             
               G●…cero
               ,
               Romes
            
             Nurse
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             Pantry
             35
          
           
             Sannazarius
             writ
             three
             books
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             yet
             never
             names
             him
             38
          
           
             Spain
             hath
             afforded
             many
             brave
             Emperors
             11
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Grandezas
             expressed
             ,
             and
             reasons
             alledged
             that
             the
             Spanish
             King
             is
             to
             be
             preferrred
             before
             all
             other
             Potentates
             11
          
           
             In
             Spain
             the
             Mule
             fares
             sometimes
             better
             than
             the
             Master
             1●…
          
           
             The
             sterillity
             of
             Spain
             discovered
             by
             a
             pleasant
             tale
             of
             the
             Count
             Palatin
             of
             the
             Rhine
             15
          
           
             Of
             the
             Spanish
             pride
             some
             examples
             21
          
           
             How
             Spain
             came
             to
             this
             greatness
             22
          
           
             A
             question
             whether
             the
             Spaniards
             were
             first
             discoverers
             of
             the
             East
             and
             
               West
               Indies
            
             22
          
           
             Of
             the
             Spanish
             cruelty
             in
             the
             Indies
             23
          
           
             Spanish
             King
             not
             so
             potent
             as
             we
             take
             him
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             the
             reasons
             24
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             valour
             question'd
             26
          
           
             Divers
             Spanish
             Rodomantadoes
             26
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Fleet
             the
             highest
             Grandeza
             that
             ever
             was
             27
          
           
             The
             sharp
             sight
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             27
          
           
             A
             memorable
             story
             of
             a
             Spanish
             Captain
             in
             Flander●…
             27
          
           
             Though
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             be
             in
             perpetuall
             war
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             indebted
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             appearance
             at
             all
             in
             his
             Court
             27
          
        
         
           
             T
             ▪
          
           
             A
             Traveller
             compar'd
             to
             a
             Horsleech
             ,
             and
             Paris
             of
             Troy
             6
          
           
             Tacitus
             his
             notable
             speech
             against
             Germany
             7
          
           
             Thuanus
             saith
             that
             Cambray
             makes
             30000
             linnen
             cloths
             yearly
             13
          
           
             Tacitus
             like
             to
             have
             been
             lost
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             been
             received
             in
             a
             monastery
             of
             Westphalia
             15
          
           
             Typography
             casts
             a
             bridle
             into
             times
             mouth
             15
          
           
             Typography
             
               Ars
               memoriae
               ,
               &
               Mors
               oblivionis
            
             15
          
           
             Tacitus
             his
             opinion
             of
             Germany
             rectified
             17
          
           
             The
             Tower
             of
             Strasburg
             574
             foot
             high
             17
          
           
             Tacitus
             call'd
             by
             Budaeus
             ,
             the
             wickedest
             of
             all
             writers
             ,
             by
             Tertullian
             ,
             the
             lyingst
             ,
             by
             Orosius
             ,
             the
             flattringst
             17
          
           
             Tyrol
             abounds
             most
             with
             Mettals
             of
             any
             Country
             17
          
           
             The
             Turks
             call
             all
             Christians
             Freinks
             ,
             and
             the
             Abyssins
             call
             them
             Alfrangues
             24
          
           
             The
             Great
             Turk
             prefers
             the
             Christian
             Emperours
             Ambassador
             before
             all
             others
             26
          
           
             The
             temple
             of
             Ephesus
             22
             years
             a
             building
             2
          
           
             The
             Pope
             a
             great
             temporal
             Prince
             &
             proud
             33
          
           
             
             A
             tart
             censure
             of
             the
             Italian
             36
          
           
             A
             tart
             saying
             touching
             Saints
             37
          
        
         
           
             V
          
           
             ULms
             excells
             in
             Drapery
             of
             all
             sorts
             13
             Utrecht
             stands
             betwixt
             50
             Cities
             ,
             whereof
             the
             remotest
             but
             a
             dayes
             journey
             16
          
           
             Vienna
             describ'd
             by
             
               Aeneas
               Sylvius
            
             18
          
           
             Vladislaus
             the
             perjur'd
             K.
             of
             Poland
             &
             the
             horrid
             judgment
             that
             fell
             upon
             prince
             &
             peeple
             8
          
           
             The
             Yew
             poysonous
             to
             those
             that
             sleep
             under
             it
             ,
             a
             brasse
             nayl
             beaten
             in
             takes
             away
             the
             poyson
             40
          
           
             The
             vertu
             of
             Iron
             40
          
           
             A
             strange
             vision
             Henry
             the
             3
             of
             France
             had
             before
             his
             death
             56
          
           
             How
             he
             was
             murther'd
             ,
             with
             his
             Epitaph
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Vulcan
             hath
             his
             chief
             forge
             ,
             and
             Mars
             his
             Armory
             in
             Bilbo
             4
          
           
             Of
             Viriatus
             the
             valiant
             Portuguez
             6
          
           
             A
             question
             discuss'd
             ,
             whither
             the
             old
             world
             got
             more
             by
             the
             new
             ,
             or
             the
             new
             by
             the
             old
             8
          
           
             The
             vanity
             of
             the
             Portuguais
             20
          
           
             Of
             the
             Spanish
             Inquisition
             20
          
           
             The
             three
             vowes
             of
             Solyman
             29
          
        
         
           
             W
          
           
             BOdin
             wittily
             taunted
             53
          
           
             A
             witty
             Epigram
             on
             
               Katherin
               de
               Medicis
            
             Q
             of
             France
             54
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             Henry
             the
             4.
             of
             France
             57
          
           
             A
             witty
             comparison
             touching
             Bodin
             60
          
           
             A
             witty
             character
             of
             the
             French
             by
             Pontumarinus
             60
          
           
             A
             witty
             Chronogram
             12
          
           
             Witty
             reparties
             'twixt
             a
             German
             and
             a
             Dutchman
             touching
             their
             languages
             61
          
           
             A
             witty
             Epigram
             for
             drinking
             38
          
           
             A
             wise
             law
             of
             the
             Lacedemonians
             touching
             lascivious
             books
             62
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             touching
             the
             order
             of
             Knighthood
             in
             France
             63
          
           
             Two
             witty
             comparisons
             64
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             an
             English
             Captain
             57
          
           
             A
             witty
             letter
             of
             C●…ligni
             to
             the
             French
             King
             64
          
           
             A
             witty
             Epigram
             upon
             Spain
             24
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             how
             Philip
             got
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Portuga●…l
             6
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             Philip
             the
             second
             11
          
           
             His
             wise
             speech
             at
             his
             death
             11
          
           
             A
             witty
             simile
             touching
             Spain
             14
          
           
             A
             witty
             speech
             of
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             touching
             Spain
             14
          
           
             The
             witty
             speech
             of
             King
             Iames
             touching
             the
             Spaniard
             24
          
           
             Whither
             the
             Indian
             gold
             hath
             done
             more
             hurt
             or
             good
             to
             Europe
             24
          
           
             Some
             witty
             sayings
             of
             the
             wild
             Indians
             reflecting
             upon
             the
             Spaniards
             23
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             Robert
             Duke
             of
             Normandy
             10
          
           
             A
             witty
             speech
             of
             K.
             Iames
             touching
             Tobacco
             5
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             
               Cosmo
               de
               Medici
            
             27
          
           
             Walloons
             that
             fled
             from
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             in
             Flanders
             taught
             the
             English
             to
             make
             Bays
             and
             Serges
             13
          
           
             A
             witty
             character
             of
             a
             King
             15
          
           
             The
             Wines
             of
             Germany
             18
          
           
             Wine
             fo
             plentifull
             in
             Germany
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             places
             they
             macerat
             their
             lime
             and
             mingle
             their
             morter
             ,
             with
             it
             18
          
           
             The
             Walls
             of
             Babylon
             200
             foot
             high
             ,
             and
             60
             miles
             in
             compas
             2
          
           
             Of
             the
             seven
             wonders
             2
          
           
             Where
             the
             Turks
             horse
             sets
             his
             foot
             the
             grass
             never
             grows
             4
          
           
             A
             witty
             answer
             of
             Charles
             the
             sift
             21
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             Scaurus
             33
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             Sigismund
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             of
             A●…phonso
             of
             Aragon
             touching
             Learning
             37
          
           
             A
             witty
             Epigram
             upon
             Henry
             the
             4
             19
          
           
             A
             wise
             speech
             of
             the
             Pontano
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             to
             the
             Popes
             Ambassadors
             39
          
           
             A
             wise
             sanction
             made
             at
             a
             Diet
             against
             the
             Popes
             power
             in
             the
             election
             of
             the
             Emp.
             39
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             .
             24
          
           
             Witty
             answers
             of
             som
             Emperors
             to
             the
             Pope
             41
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             an
             Ambassadour
             1
          
           
             The
             witty
             answer
             of
             Hen.
             4.
             to
             the
             Parisians
             42
          
           
             Of
             brave
             women
             47
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             Hen.
             the
             2.
             
             King
             of
             France
             49
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             Lewis
             the
             12
             50
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             a
             Spanish
             Ambassadour
             50
          
           
             A
             witty
             Epigram
             upon
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Drake
            
             42
          
           
             Ward
             the
             English
             Pirat
             did
             a
             world
             of
             mischief
             to
             Christendom
             36
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             a
             Spanish
             client
             to
             K.
             Phil.
             26
          
           
             A
             witty
             Pasquil
             against
             Spain
             when
             the
             Goletta
             was
             lost
             26
          
           
             A
             witty
             comparison
             of
             Europe
             29
          
           
             A
             witty
             Spanish
             Proverb
             29
          
           
             A
             Welch
             Prince
             freed
             England
             of
             Wolves
             40
          
           
             Why
             Woolsacks
             are
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             40
          
           
             The
             wise
             speech
             of
             King
             Canutus
             43
          
           
             A
             wise
             speech
             of
             Charles
             the
             5
             1
          
           
             Of
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             Wales
             46
          
           
             Women
             did
             ride
             astride
             til
             Queen
             Anne
             ,
             wife
             to
             Richard
             the
             second
             54
          
           
             Of
             C●…rdinal
             Wolsey
             55
          
           
             The
             weakness
             of
             the
             Empire
             32
          
           
             A
             witty
             Anagram
             56
          
           
             A
             witty
             comparison
             made
             to
             the
             French
             by
             Florus
             66
          
           
             A
             wise
             saying
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Frederique
             46
          
           
             Of
             the
             Warrs
             of
             the
             Low-Countries
             and
             the
             grounds
             of
             them
             46
          
           
             A
             wise
             answer
             of
             Tiberius
             47
          
           
             A
             wise
             answer
             of
             Q.
             Eliz.
             to
             the
             Hollanders
             48
          
           
             A
             witty
             comparison
             that
             Florus
             makes
             of
             the
             French
             valour
             66
          
           
             The
             witty
             saying
             of
             an
             Aethiop
             67
          
           
             Water
             in
             Moravia
             of
             great
             vertue
             68
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             19
          
           
             The
             wise
             speech
             of
             Paschasius
             against
             the
             Jesuits
             19
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             touching
             the
             Philosophers
             stone
             20
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             touching
             Portugall
             20
          
           
             A
             witty
             revenge
             of
             a
             Secretary
             49
          
           
             The
             witty
             answer
             of
             an
             Empress
             36
          
           
             A
             witty
             saying
             of
             
               Katharine
               de
               Medici
            
             35
          
           
             The
             woful
             catastrophe
             and
             last
             words
             of
             Henry
             the
             8
             58
          
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           The
           plen●…y
           of
           matter
           wherewith
           this
           book
           doth
           swel
           ,
           might
           have
           made
           a
           larger
           Index
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Authour
           had
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           Rule
           of
           Proportion
           ,
           viz.
           that
           the
           poster●…-gate
           should
           not
           prove
           too
           big
           for
           the
           Fabrique
           .
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           Edw.
           the
           6.
           for
           Hen.
           6.
           pag.
           38.
           best
           for
           left
           .
           p.
           31.
           
           
             Charls
             the
             first
          
           for
           fift
           .
           p.
           11.