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             The politician discovered, or, Considerations of the late pretensions that France claims to England and Ireland, and her designs and plots in order thereunto in two serious discourses / by a true Protestant and well-wisher of his countrey.
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           THE
           POLITICIAN
           DISCOVERED
           ,
           OR
           CONSIDERATIONS
           Of
           the
           late
           Pretensions
           That
           FRANCE
           Claims
           to
           ENGLAND
           and
           IRELAND
           ;
           and
           her
           DESIGNS
           and
           PLOTS
           in
           Order
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           In
           Two
           Serious
           DISCOURSES
           ,
           
             By
             a
             True
             Protestant
             and
             Well-wisher
             of
             his
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Langley
             Curtis
          
           in
           Goat-Court
           on
           Ludgate-hill
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           French
           Politician
           Found
           Out
           .
        
         
           THE
           FIRST
           DISCOURSE
           .
        
         
           
             RIbier
             ,
             Du
             Chastelet
          
           ,
           The
           Author
           of
           the
           
             French
             Politician
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Libellers
           in
           France
           ,
           have
           had
           the
           Confidence
           of
           late
           to
           pour
           out
           such
           a
           torrent
           of
           Injuries
           ,
           shallow
           Pretensions
           ,
           and
           Titles
           to
           England
           ,
           that
           a
           Subject
           long
           acquainted
           with
           their
           Ways
           ,
           thought
           himself
           bound
           in
           Duty
           and
           Faithfulness
           to
           his
           King
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           humbly
           to
           lay
           some
           of
           his
           Observations
           before
           them
           ;
           whereby
           it
           may
           
           possibly
           appear
           ,
           that
           France
           is
           not
           so
           much
           our
           Friend
           as
           she
           of
           late
           pretended
           :
           That
           these
           Pretensions
           of
           hers
           are
           not
           the
           meer
           Academick
           Notions
           of
           some
           private
           Speculatist
           ,
           but
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           Rulers
           ;
           that
           they
           do
           but
           watch
           their
           Opportunity
           to
           put
           these
           and
           other
           Claims
           into
           Execution
           against
           us
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           this
           be
           in
           some
           manner
           made
           manifest
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           never
           have
           a
           fitter
           opportunity
           than
           now
           to
           be
           before-hand
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           entring
           into
           a
           Confederacy
           and
           Arms
           ,
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           with
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           against
           these
           Common
           Enemies
           ,
           least
           when
           they
           have
           too
           much
           weakened
           the
           rest
           ,
           they
           become
           too
           strong
           for
           us
           alone
           ,
           especially
           at
           Sea.
           
        
         
           Let
           's
           then
           observe
           ,
           That
           it
           hath
           been
           of
           late
           a
           Practice
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           such
           Title-Broachers
           ,
           as
           her
           Trumpets
           and
           Heraulds
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           she
           's
           resolved
           to
           invade
           any
           Countrey
           ,
           to
           publish
           some
           Right
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           to
           those
           Nations
           whom
           next
           she
           intends
           to
           set
           upon
           against
           Right
           and
           Reason
           ,
           thereby
           to
           raise
           the
           Valour
           of
           her
           own
           Men
           with
           the
           speciousness
           of
           Justice
           in
           their
           Vndertaking
           ;
           to
           divide
           the
           Minds
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           some
           on
           the
           future
           Enemies
           side
           :
           to
           suspend
           also
           the
           hands
           of
           her
           Neighbours
           ,
           from
           intermeddling
           in
           a
           Quarrel
           which
           seems
           so
           plausible
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           so
           doubtful
           ;
           and
           that
           surely
           France
           (
           think
           they
           )
           
           cannot
           be
           unjust
           or
           rash
           in
           Actions
           ,
           whereof
           she
           is
           ready
           to
           give
           such
           a
           fair
           Accompt
           to
           the
           World
           before-hand
           :
           And
           it
           is
           Prudence
           first
           to
           see
           what
           her
           Adversaries
           will
           answer
           her
           ;
           so
           say
           they
           .
           And
           thus
           France
           leaving
           the
           Matter
           dormant
           ,
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           thought
           no
           more
           of
           it
           ;
           before
           ,
           or
           as
           soon
           as
           her
           Adverse
           Party
           makes
           an
           Answer
           to
           her
           Manifesto
           ,
           she
           suddenly
           and
           unexpectedly
           comes
           and
           makes
           her
           Reply
           with
           her
           Sword
           ;
           there
           's
           that
           she
           would
           be
           at
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           beginning
           ;
           let
           your
           Defence
           to
           her
           claim
           be
           never
           so
           strong
           and
           just
           .
           Tush
           !
           that
           was
           but
           an
           Amusement
           ,
           and
           her
           
             Inter
             Arma
             silent
             Leges
          
           ,
           scorns
           to
           be
           bawked
           with
           such
           Ponctilio's
           .
        
         
           All
           observing
           Persons
           might
           be
           furnished
           with
           Proofs
           enough
           of
           this
           Maxime
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           Conduct
           of
           France
           toward
           her
           Neighbours
           ;
           but
           here
           are
           some
           whereof
           I
           had
           a
           nearer
           occasion
           than
           many
           to
           know
           the
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Cardinal
           Richelieu
           ,
           who
           as
           it
           is
           known
           first
           laid
           the
           Design
           of
           making
           his
           Master
           the
           Supream
           Monarch
           of
           all
           Christendom
           ,
           before
           he
           attackt
           Spain
           ,
           in
           order
           thereunto
           encourages
           Cassan
           to
           write
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           Pretensions
           of
           France
           ,
           upon
           all
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           Principalities
           of
           Europe
           ;
           which
           he
           goes
           about
           to
           prove
           of
           each
           one
           in
           particular
           ,
           either
           
           by
           former
           Conquest
           ,
           by
           Alliances
           and
           Successions
           ,
           by
           Clauses
           in
           Treaties
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           obsolete
           Titles
           .
           However
           this
           Pretension
           Writer
           so
           tickled
           the
           French
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           gave
           such
           seeming
           Colours
           to
           those
           Designs
           they
           would
           be
           upon
           otherwise
           ,
           had
           they
           no
           ground
           at
           all
           ;
           that
           the
           Cardinal
           ordered
           a
           present
           of
           Sixteen
           thousand
           Livers
           to
           be
           given
           to
           that
           Author
           ;
           and
           so
           sent
           his
           Generals
           to
           go
           and
           pursue
           with
           the
           Sword
           these
           goodly
           Claims
           and
           forgotten
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           .
        
         
           
             Arroy
             ,
             Du
             Puy
             ,
             D'
             Aubery
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           had
           no
           worse
           recompence
           ,
           and
           were
           set
           on
           before
           these
           late
           Wars
           against
           Germany
           and
           Flanders
           ;
           for
           to
           forge
           Titles
           to
           these
           Countries
           their
           Master
           had
           with
           himself
           determined
           to
           invade
           .
           They
           have
           done
           it
           however
           ,
           but
           were
           smartly
           answered
           by
           Lisola
           and
           Ramos
           ;
           and
           though
           Monsieur
           
             D'
             Ambrun
          
           bragg'd
           then
           at
           Madrid
           ,
           that
           Ramos
           was
           the
           only
           Man
           Spain
           had
           to
           maintain
           its
           Interest
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           the
           Devolution
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           could
           make
           out
           his
           Right
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           Sixty
           thousand
           Lawyers
           ▪
           yet
           his
           Master
           scorning
           to
           stand
           to
           make
           good
           this
           French
           Gasconade
           ,
           rather
           chose
           to
           speak
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           more
           than
           Sixty
           thousand
           Armed
           Men
           :
           While
           his
           Ambassadors
           were
           thus
           drolling
           and
           cajolling
           
           with
           their
           unwary
           Neighbours
           ;
           and
           Amusing
           them
           with
           fair
           Pretences
           and
           Promises
           of
           Proving
           their
           Right
           by
           Lawyers
           and
           Mediators
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           with
           France
           it
           is
           too
           scrupulous
           a
           Nicety
           ,
           so
           to
           depend
           on
           the
           Decisions
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           or
           on
           those
           at
           
             Munster
             ,
             Breda
          
           ,
           or
           Nimeguen
           either
           ;
           her
           King
           will
           plead
           his
           Rights
           but
           with
           the
           Mouths
           of
           his
           Cannons
           bravely
           ,
           Alexander
           like
           ;
           and
           he
           's
           told
           he
           hath
           more
           Right
           to
           all
           Europe
           than
           this
           Young
           Grecian
           had
           to
           Asia
           .
        
         
           For
           Patru
           in
           his
           New
           Law
           Book
           left
           this
           on
           Record
           as
           a
           perpetual
           Maxime
           to
           be
           followed
           by
           France
           ,
           which
           he
           oft
           before
           maintained
           in
           open
           Parliament
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Word
          
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             with
             them
             ,
             doth
             comprehend
             generally
             all
             the
             Lands
             ,
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             Dominions
             ,
             which
             Fortune
             ,
             Success
             and
             the
             Valour
             of
             the
             French
             Monarchs
             ,
             can
             add
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Subjection
             of
             the
          
           Flower
           de
           Luce.
           
             And
             as
          
           Rivers
           and
           Rivolets
           ,
           
             by
             entring
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             lose
             themselves
             presently
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             particular
             qualities
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             incorporated
             to
             the
             Noble
             Ocean
             ,
             so
             all
             conquered
             Provinces
             and
             Nations
             ,
             do
             lose
             their
             peculiar
             Names
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             Prerogatives
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             Members
             of
             the
             First
             Monarchy
             of
             the
             VVorld
             ,
             and
             of
             its
             Laws
             and
             Privileges
             .
          
        
         
           Pray
           tell
           me
           where
           this
           Maxime
           will
           not
           
           reach
           ,
           or
           be
           made
           to
           stretch
           rather
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Habit
           in
           any
           unjust
           Course
           will
           mortifie
           the
           remorse
           ,
           and
           check
           the
           Sense
           of
           all
           other
           Law
           ,
           that
           may
           dictate
           the
           contrary
           ;
           so
           France
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           practice
           of
           following
           these
           boundless
           Maximes
           ,
           is
           become
           as
           it
           were
           accustomed
           to
           think
           that
           her
           Conquests
           must
           be
           as
           large
           as
           her
           Ambition
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           Nations
           do
           really
           belong
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           and
           her
           Mercenary
           Pens
           had
           but
           a
           Fancy
           of
           Right
           unto
           in
           the
           beginning
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           you
           'll
           say
           ;
           these
           are
           but
           general
           Presumptions
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           when
           France
           puts
           in
           no
           Claim
           against
           England
           ;
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           any
           ,
           I
           can't
           fancy
           which
           way
           .
           Then
           hear
           further
           :
        
         
           The
           fore-mentioned
           Ribier
           (
           among
           the
           rest
           )
           sets
           out
           this
           Title
           of
           France
           to
           the
           English
           Crown
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           more
           fully
           see
           in
           his
           French
           Book
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ;
           And
           one
           is
           in
           right
           of
           the
           Dolphin
           Lewis
           ,
           Son
           to
           
             Philip
             Augustus
          
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Popes
           means
           ,
           and
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Rebelling
           Lords
           ,
           entred
           and
           was
           Crowned
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           ravaged
           here
           a
           good
           while
           ;
           designing
           by
           a
           general
           Massacre
           of
           all
           the
           English
           Princes
           and
           Peers
           to
           shorten
           his
           Conquest
           :
           till
           one
           of
           his
           French
           Cabinet
           Councellors
           could
           not
           die
           quietly
           till
           he
           revealed
           this
           horrible
           Project
           to
           some
           of
           the
           English
           Nobility
           .
           Such
           a
           Right
           
           as
           this
           ,
           with
           such
           other
           ,
           the
           French
           Kings
           are
           put
           in
           Remembrance
           of
           in
           their
           Coronation
           Oath
           .
        
         
           Such
           another
           Claim
           they
           lay
           to
           Scotland
           in
           Right
           of
           Francis
           the
           Second
           ,
           who
           married
           
             Mary
             Steward
          
           Queen
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           and
           though
           she
           had
           no
           issue
           by
           him
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           a
           Maxime
           with
           them
           ,
           That
           the
           Crown
           can
           lose
           none
           of
           the
           Rights
           it
           once
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           Alienation
           can
           be
           made
           from
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           still
           Reinters
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Sequel
           of
           the
           same
           Maxime
           ,
           they
           go
           on
           and
           say
           ,
           That
           
             Ecclesia
             est
             si●u●
             Minor.
          
           That
           no
           Alienation
           can
           be
           made
           from
           the
           Church
           no
           more
           than
           from
           Minors
           .
           But
           Ireland
           belong'd
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Natives
           gave
           themselves
           up
           long
           ago
           ;
           now
           the
           French
           King
           is
           Eldest
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           her
           Heir
           :
           Nay
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           that
           his
           good
           Old
           Mother
           either
           sold
           or
           gave
           him
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           when
           she
           could
           make
           nothing
           of
           it
           her self
           ;
           and
           may
           he
           not
           then
           claim
           it
           upon
           as
           good
           and
           better
           Grounds
           than
           Spain
           took
           and
           kept
           Navarr
           from
           its
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           being
           an
           Heretick
           ;
           of
           which
           that
           Wise
           Granam
           deprived
           him
           by
           no
           other
           Right
           then
           by
           that
           by
           which
           she
           pretends
           to
           disposess
           Heretick
           Kings
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           by
           that
           Right
           she
           sent
           her
           Nuncio
           to
           display
           the
           Banner
           of
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           in
           41
           ,
           and
           another
           Nuncio
           in
           or
           about
           78
           ,
           to
           raise
           the
           same
           Tragedy
           .
           Was
           it
           not
           by
           this
           Transport
           
           or
           making
           over
           of
           Ireland
           to
           her
           most
           Christian
           Son
           ,
           that
           the
           Titular
           Bishop
           Talbot
           ,
           undertook
           with
           others
           in
           Seventy
           three
           to
           prepare
           a
           Sea-Port
           Town
           in
           Ireland
           by
           Bribe
           or
           Stratagem
           to
           Receive
           a
           French
           Army
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           Irish
           enough
           secretly
           enlisted
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           meet
           them
           ;
           when
           they
           Attempted
           first
           to
           Kill
           the
           English
           Agent
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           disclose
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           with
           Secretary
           Perridge
           and
           others
           to
           Post
           after
           him
           ;
           
             Swearing
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             met
          
           Everard
           ,
           
             he
             would
             never
             come
             to
          
           England
           
             to
             tell
             Tales
          
           ;
           as
           even
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Hungerford
             ,
             who
             chanc'd
             to
             meet
             them
             remembers
             .
          
           When
           upon
           another
           sham
           Accusation
           they
           thought
           they
           had
           procured
           his
           Mouth
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           stopt
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           then
           I
           say
           they
           went
           on
           still
           with
           their
           Design
           in
           Favour
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           unknown
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           who
           since
           deserted
           their
           Camps
           ,
           disclosed
           that
           the
           said
           Talbot
           and
           others
           ,
           were
           in
           78
           ,
           carrying
           on
           the
           same
           Treachery
           as
           securely
           as
           before
           :
           And
           some
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           very
           Month
           ,
           came
           from
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           Accused
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           those
           very
           Persons
           ,
           with
           other
           Titular
           French
           Agents
           ,
           as
           
             Plunkett
             ,
             Molony
          
           ,
           &c.
           of
           which
           some
           were
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           known
           ,
           in
           great
           Favour
           and
           Correspondency
           with
           the
           French
           Court.
           
        
         
           But
           supposed
           the
           French
           ,
           had
           with
           the
           Papists
           conceived
           such
           a
           Design
           on
           England
           or
           Ireland
           ,
           
           yet
           you
           say
           the
           Possibility
           of
           putting
           it
           into
           Execution
           ,
           will
           still
           hinder
           it
           and
           make
           it
           Abortive
           .
           That
           the
           Landing
           of
           any
           Forreigner
           would
           be
           the
           Uniting
           of
           all
           our
           Divided
           Parties
           together
           against
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           would
           be
           met
           with
           as
           Vnaminous
           a
           Resolution
           as
           when
           they
           were
           thought
           to
           have
           Landed
           at
           
             Purbeck
             Island
          
           last
           Year
           .
           And
           besides
           that
           ,
           we
           would
           Clap
           up
           all
           Papists
           in
           such
           a
           Juncture
           that
           they
           are
           disarmed
           :
           And
           even
           the
           French
           themselves
           are
           sensible
           of
           this
           ▪
           ;
           therefore
           their
           Fleet
           and
           Back
           is
           Turned
           from
           us
           toward
           
             Italy
             and
             Germany
          
           .
        
         
           Though
           it
           is
           not
           my
           Design
           to
           dispute
           much
           about
           the
           possibility
           of
           an
           Attempt
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           might
           be
           for
           ever
           impossible
           ;
           yet
           for
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           and
           to
           remove
           our
           Countreymens
           too
           much
           security
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           neither
           you
           ,
           nor
           any
           man
           ,
           can
           know
           all
           the
           Papists
           ,
           French
           ,
           and
           other
           disaffected
           ,
           prae-ingaged
           ,
           Innovators
           ,
           and
           Pensioners
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           Protheus
           like
           ,
           can
           shape
           themselves
           to
           all
           Figures
           :
           therefore
           how
           can
           you
           secure
           them
           all
           ;
           how
           can
           you
           disarm
           them
           totally
           :
           And
           can
           you
           Answer
           for
           the
           Sentiments
           and
           Interest
           of
           all
           the
           different
           Parties
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           specially
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           side
           they
           would
           incline
           ?
           In
           Ireland
           ,
           where
           to
           one
           Protestant
           there
           are
           three
           Papists
           ,
           can
           you
           vouch
           they
           'll
           sooner
           joyn
           with
           an
           English
           Heretick
           than
           
           with
           a
           French
           Catholick
           ?
           So
           many
           Ignorant
           Blind
           Zealots
           ,
           so
           many
           Priest-ridden
           Furies
           ,
           so
           many
           outed
           of
           their
           Estates
           on
           former
           Delinquencies
           ,
           so
           many
           Thousands
           of
           Frenchified
           Officers
           and
           Cashiered
           Soldiers
           and
           Tories
           straggling
           there
           ,
           shall
           they
           ,
           think
           you
           ,
           sooner
           joyn
           with
           English
           ,
           against
           whom
           they
           have
           a
           blind
           Antipathy
           ,
           than
           with
           those
           whom
           they
           look
           upon
           as
           damned
           Miscreants
           ,
           Tyrants
           ,
           Vsurpers
           of
           their
           Countrey
           and
           Religion
           ,
           than
           with
           the
           
             French
             Romanists
          
           ,
           whom
           they
           would
           welcome
           as
           Saviours
           and
           Restorers
           of
           their
           All
           :
           Nay
           as
           they
           think
           they
           lost
           all
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           they
           'd
           venture
           all
           they
           have
           ,
           viz.
           their
           Lives
           ,
           for
           the
           French
           or
           other
           Foreigner
           .
           Neither
           can
           we
           be
           aware
           of
           all
           the
           Arms
           they
           may
           have
           hid
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           Conveyed
           to
           them
           secretly
           ;
           of
           all
           the
           Arms
           their
           fury
           could
           make
           use
           of
           in
           an
           uproar
           ?
           What
           Store
           of
           Arms
           needed
           they
           for
           the
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Danes
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           ?
           And
           can't
           their
           Holy
           Father
           enjoyn
           again
           ,
           on
           such
           an
           Occasion
           ,
           a
           
             Third
             Massacre
          
           to
           be
           prepetrated
           
             to
             the
             full
             Honour
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             in
             Three
             Persons
          
           ?
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           what
           need
           we
           so
           much
           Dispute
           Touching
           the
           Impossibility
           of
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           to
           render
           our selves
           more
           secure
           ,
           when
           our
           own
           Histories
           do
           convince
           us
           how
           often
           ,
           to
           our
           Cost
           ,
           
           such
           a
           thing
           hath
           been
           done
           ,
           which
           we
           could
           not
           prevent
           ,
           when
           for
           our
           sins
           God
           would
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           by
           some
           Art
           we
           could
           not
           foresee
           till
           done
           .
           And
           not
           to
           mention
           our
           General
           Conquests
           ,
           can
           we
           forget
           that
           same
           in
           King
           
           Iohn's
           Time
           ,
           those
           other
           Landings
           of
           Spaniards
           and
           Italians
           in
           Ireland
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeth's
           Time
           ,
           at
           the
           Invitation
           of
           the
           Pope
           and
           Papists
           ?
           But
           you
           'll
           say
           we
           were
           then
           less
           Powerful
           ,
           we
           were
           then
           more
           divided
           ,
           we
           have
           stopped
           those
           Gapps
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           too
           they
           have
           refined
           their
           Pollicies
           and
           Ways
           of
           Attacking
           to
           the
           height
           of
           your
           Preparedness
           :
           and
           what
           ever
           our
           Power
           is
           now
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           French
           were
           never
           more
           formidable
           and
           more
           fit
           to
           struggle
           with
           us
           .
           And
           our
           secret
           Divisions
           are
           near
           as
           great
           as
           our
           open
           ones
           were
           then
           ;
           a
           little
           Spark
           from
           abroad
           ,
           would
           perhaps
           ,
           make
           it
           break
           out
           into
           a
           Flame
           ;
           and
           our
           secret
           Enemies
           are
           no
           less
           dangerous
           than
           open
           ones
           :
           These
           can
           be
           known
           and
           met
           withal
           ,
           but
           those
           cannot
           ;
           and
           would
           be
           ready
           at
           a
           Watch-word
           to
           follow
           on
           the
           back
           of
           us
           ;
           arising
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           Ambuscado
           .
        
         
           Yet
           all
           this
           ,
           dear
           Countreymen
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           caution
           and
           not
           to
           dishearten
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           Unite
           and
           prepare
           us
           ;
           as
           Fencers
           do
           shew
           the
           several
           Passes
           that
           can
           be
           made
           upon
           us
           ,
           for
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           parry
           'em
           ,
           if
           need
           require
           .
        
         
         
           My
           Design
           is
           not
           to
           dishearten
           ,
           but
           to
           awaken
           and
           unite
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Greatest
           Plot
           of
           all
           ,
           viz.
           to
           work
           our
           Disunion
           ,
           which
           makes
           all
           others
           successful
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           do
           not
           presume
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           French
           are
           just
           now
           ready
           for
           us
           ,
           or
           preparing
           against
           us
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           French
           do
           presume
           to
           set
           up
           Claims
           to
           our
           Countrey
           is
           apparent
           to
           the
           World
           in
           their
           Books
           and
           late
           Manifesto's
           ;
           and
           give
           out
           mean
           ,
           contemptible
           Characters
           of
           us
           ,
           to
           seek
           to
           raise
           the
           Spirits
           of
           their
           Natives
           to
           triumph
           over
           us
           ;
           that
           whether
           such
           things
           be
           done
           in
           Joke
           or
           Earnest
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           such
           Artifices
           they
           began
           the
           Conquest
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ;
           its
           plain
           that
           they
           never
           let
           any
           of
           their
           Pretensions
           die
           ,
           but
           watch
           fit
           opportunities
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           them
           ;
           that
           the
           extraordinary
           number
           of
           their
           present
           Ships
           ,
           is
           not
           answerable
           to
           any
           Design
           they
           might
           have
           on
           any
           Inland
           Towns
           or
           Places
           in
           Italy
           or
           Germany
           .
           What
           use
           is
           there
           of
           Ships
           to
           sail
           on
           the
           Land
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           were
           no
           other
           Attempt
           against
           us
           ,
           their
           Fleet
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           breed
           Jealousie
           and
           Fears
           of
           Encroachments
           upon
           the
           Right
           of
           our
           Soveraignty
           on
           these
           Seas
           ,
           on
           our
           Plantations
           ,
           Sea-port
           Towns
           ,
           and
           our
           Inward
           and
           Outward
           Trade
           and
           Comerce
           ;
           on
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           for
           these
           many
           Ages
           stood
           as
           our
           Bulwarks
           and
           Banks
           against
           the
           swellings
           of
           this
           ambitious
           
           and
           active
           Nation
           ,
           never
           so
           powerful
           as
           now
           .
           That
           his
           strengthening
           and
           manning
           his
           Sea-port-Towns
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           his
           turning
           out
           of
           all
           Protestant
           Officers
           from
           off
           his
           Ships
           .
           The
           Sums
           of
           Money
           he
           returns
           to
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Prayers
           they
           make
           for
           his
           Designs
           there
           ,
           the
           unconcernedness
           that
           Rome
           and
           other
           Popish
           Neighbours
           are
           in
           touching
           his
           vast
           Preparations
           .
           The
           strong
           Leagues
           he
           makes
           with
           Swedeland
           and
           Denmark
           ,
           and
           with
           other
           Princes
           ;
           wherein
           he
           strives
           to
           prevent
           us
           .
           All
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           should
           make
           us
           quickly
           to
           Re-unite
           among
           our selves
           ,
           Prince
           and
           People
           ,
           Dissenters
           and
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           if
           a
           War
           were
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           with
           France
           ,
           in
           Vnion
           with
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           no
           better
           means
           to
           Re-unite
           us
           all
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           the
           grand
           Plot
           of
           all
           other
           Plots
           ;
           to
           keep
           us
           still
           disunited
           ,
           to
           open
           a
           gap
           and
           inlet
           in
           our
           Body
           for
           a
           Foreigner
           .
        
         
           Yet
           after
           all
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           main
           difficulty
           will
           still
           lie
           herein
           ,
           to
           perswade
           us
           that
           the
           French
           are
           not
           so
           much
           our
           Friends
           as
           we
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           ;
           and
           fearing
           we
           should
           be
           thought
           to
           wrong
           that
           Nation
           rashly
           or
           groundless
           ,
           I
           will
           more
           particularly
           quote
           some
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           French
           Politick's
           Policies
           ,
           which
           he
           proposes
           to
           his
           King
           ,
           and
           will
           confirm
           by
           many
           Secret
           and
           Publick
           Transactions
           and
           Matters
           Fact
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           continual
           Practice
           they
           do
           follow
           
           these
           Maximes
           I
           will
           not
           insist
           on
           the
           means
           he
           offers
           of
           enslaving
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           let
           them
           look
           to
           that
           ,
           of
           raising
           more
           the
           Nobilities
           power
           over
           the
           People
           ;
           of
           devesting
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           Prerogatives
           to
           invest
           the
           King
           therewith
           ;
           of
           bringing
           down
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           he
           make
           the
           Leeches
           of
           the
           Publick
           Revenue
           disgorge
           :
           Let
           him
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           suggest
           means
           of
           Arming
           at
           Sea
           ,
           without
           charge
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           of
           improving
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           Colonies
           and
           filling
           of
           the
           Kings
           Coffers
           :
           But
           what
           hath
           he
           to
           do
           to
           be
           a
           Pedagogue
           to
           his
           Ambitious
           Prince
           ,
           for
           to
           inslave
           other
           free
           Nations
           that
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           Politician
           then
           tells
           his
           King
           ,
           That
           Spain
           is
           slow
           and
           stupid
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           sensible
           of
           any
           smooth
           trick
           he
           may
           put
           upon
           'em
           ,
           but
           only
           of
           Affronts
           upon
           the
           Punctilio
           of
           Honour
           ,
           yield
           'em
           in
           that
           a
           little
           .
           He
           incites
           his
           Master
           to
           fill
           Portugal
           with
           Soldiers
           ,
           to
           act
           in
           due
           time
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           French
           Queen
           her self
           ought
           to
           second
           this
           by
           her
           Friends
           in
           Spain
           .
           He
           advises
           him
           to
           sow
           Divisions
           'twixt
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           and
           the
           Hollanders
           and
           the
           English
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           .
           To
           bridle
           Spain
           ,
           and
           set
           these
           Nations
           to
           weaken
           and
           undermine
           each
           other
           .
           Let
           the
           King
           endeavour
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           to
           break
           their
           Leagues
           and
           Allies
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           feeding
           them
           with
           promises
           of
           imaginary
           
           supplies
           on
           that
           condition
           ,
           and
           of
           joyning
           the
           French
           Fleet
           to
           theirs
           ;
           but
           they
           must
           have
           Orders
           to
           Act
           but
           for
           a
           shew
           and
           not
           in
           earnest
           .
        
         
           Now
           he
           comes
           to
           propose
           the
           ways
           of
           undermining
           England
           .
           And
           first
           he
           calls
           her
           Perfidious
           ,
           and
           without
           Faith
           or
           Trust.
           That
           France
           ought
           to
           make
           no
           Treaty
           or
           Peace
           with
           her
           ,
           but
           on
           advantagious
           and
           ambiguous
           terms
           ;
           yet
           he
           wishes
           his
           Master
           to
           dissemble
           with
           England
           for
           to
           devour
           her
           the
           last
           .
           He
           then
           begins
           to
           declare
           by
           what
           Artificers
           this
           King
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           conceive
           Jealousies
           of
           his
           English
           Subjects
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           likewise
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           to
           bring
           about
           that
           they
           may
           not
           abide
           the
           one
           the
           other
           ,
           nor
           close
           one
           with
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           In
           keeping
           the
           English
           thus
           in
           Feudes
           among
           themselves
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           the
           French
           will
           have
           time
           to
           push
           the
           Wheel
           of
           their
           Interest
           forward
           ,
           and
           promote
           their
           own
           Designs
           abroad
           and
           against
           us
           without
           controul
           or
           suspicion
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           be
           easie
           enough
           to
           find
           a
           pretence
           to
           break
           openly
           with
           us
           ,
           either
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Title
           of
           France
           we
           take
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           King
           of
           England
           must
           be
           put
           to
           it
           to
           renounce
           the
           same
           ;
           as
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           forced
           Francis
           the
           Second
           of
           France
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           of
           Scotland
           
           to
           quit
           the
           Title
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           put
           in
           the
           Stile
           ,
           &c.
           or
           else
           to
           pick
           a
           Quarrel
           on
           the
           Point
           of
           the
           Precedency
           of
           our
           Ambassadors
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           comes
           to
           shew
           after
           what
           manner
           France
           must
           seize
           on
           Scotland
           ,
           seeing
           that
           thence
           first
           sprung
           the
           Fire
           (
           as
           he
           says
           )
           that
           set
           England
           on
           a
           Flame
           .
           Then
           he
           doubts
           not
           but
           that
           Ireland
           will
           carry
           things
           very
           far
           of
           it self
           .
           Afterwards
           that
           Sects
           must
           be
           set
           at
           variance
           ,
           one
           English
           with
           another
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           Seventeen
           Provinces
           were
           put
           to
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           King
           of
           England
           must
           be
           made
           a
           Favourer
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           Letters
           to
           be
           framed
           which
           must
           be
           interpreted
           for
           the
           proving
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           that
           the
           Hollander
           must
           be
           flattered
           that
           the
           French
           will
           make
           the
           Trade
           fall
           from
           England
           into
           their
           hands
           .
           That
           
             Belle
             Isle
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Island
           of
           Rhe
           may
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Knights
           of
           Maltha
           ,
           who
           must
           demand
           of
           England
           to
           restore
           the
           Commanderies
           and
           Benefices
           they
           formerly
           had
           here
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           Author
           finding
           that
           his
           Master
           would
           be
           too
           much
           fettered
           ,
           by
           seeking
           out
           Pretences
           of
           Right
           to
           Countreys
           ,
           tells
           him
           plainly
           that
           he
           needs
           such
           and
           such
           places
           more
           ;
           and
           that
           's
           reason
           enough
           (
           for
           their
           Conscience
           .
           )
           He
           
           needs
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           to
           get
           Strasburg
           ,
           the
           French
           Comty
           ,
           the
           State
           of
           Milan
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Gene
             ,
             Portolongone
          
           and
           Piombin
           ;
           for
           to
           reduce
           
             Suisserland
             ,
             Savoy
             ,
             Tuscany
             ,
             Madera
             ,
             Parma
          
           and
           Rome
           it self
           ;
           that
           
             Sardinia
             ,
             Naples
          
           ,
           and
           Sicily
           would
           follow
           of
           themselves
           .
           But
           that
           in
           fine
           ,
           
             Fontaraby
             ,
             Navarr
             ,
             Majorca
          
           ,
           and
           Minorca
           ,
           would
           fit
           him
           mighty
           well
           toward
           his
           Universal
           Monarchy
           Undertaking
           ;
           but
           he
           's
           a
           Fool
           ,
           could
           not
           he
           have
           put
           him
           on
           the
           Conquering
           of
           Spain
           at
           his
           first
           step
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           these
           same
           subordinate
           States
           would
           fall
           to
           him
           by
           course
           .
        
         
           Being
           then
           in
           Employ
           at
           the
           French
           Court
           ,
           we
           were
           told
           that
           his
           Majesty
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           read
           these
           pernicious
           Maximes
           ,
           lookt
           upon
           one
           of
           the
           Colberts
           ,
           then
           here
           Ambassador
           ,
           angrily
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             well
             perceived
             that
          
           France
           
             did
             not
             coaks
             him
             but
             to
             destroy
             him
             .
          
           But
           that
           they
           bragg'd
           that
           Colbert
           put
           it
           handsomely
           off
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Book
             was
             composed
             by
          
           Lisola
           the
           German
           ,
           
             and
             to
             defame
          
           France
           ;
           which
           incited
           the
           Curious
           to
           Examine
           whether
           that
           were
           true
           or
           not
           ,
           but
           they
           found
           that
           the
           stile
           and
           manner
           was
           quite
           different
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           Maximes
           were
           but
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           France
           alone
           .
        
         
           This
           Manuscript
           of
           the
           
             French
             Politician
          
           ,
           
           had
           lain
           long
           in
           the
           French
           Kings
           Cabinet
           ,
           whence
           an
           Officer
           was
           found
           to
           have
           stollen
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           ;
           then
           it
           was
           printed
           clandestinely
           ,
           and
           care
           was
           taken
           for
           the
           suppressing
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           evince
           it
           more
           closely
           and
           undeniably
           ,
           that
           that
           Book
           ,
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           I
           quoted
           above
           ,
           came
           out
           of
           the
           French
           Mint
           ,
           that
           's
           out
           of
           their
           Cabinets
           ;
           I
           'll
           manifest
           it
           by
           their
           late
           Practice
           in
           every
           one
           of
           those
           Maximes
           ,
           that
           are
           set
           down
           in
           the
           
             French
             Politician
          
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           that
           Mareschal
           Villeroy
           ,
           a
           great
           Statesman
           ,
           was
           wont
           to
           reduce
           the
           main
           Stratagems
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           wheadled
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           these
           two
           ,
           
             Par
             Finance
             &
             Finesse
          
           ,
           that
           is
           by
           Money
           and
           Cunning
           and
           Conney
           too
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           of
           their
           chief
           Nets
           to
           catch
           their
           Neighbours
           in
           .
           But
           to
           come
           to
           particulars
           ,
           Their
           chief
           Artifices
           for
           dividing
           and
           undermining
           their
           Friends
           ,
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           these
           following
           :
           1.
           
           By
           Sinons
           or
           pretended
           Fugitives
           .
           2.
           
           By
           Pentioners
           in
           our
           Councils
           .
           3.
           
           By
           Alliances
           and
           French
           Ladies
           .
           4.
           
           By
           breaking
           open
           and
           diciphering
           our
           Secretess
           Letters
           .
           5.
           
           By
           sending
           Auxiliaries
           that
           favour
           our
           Enemies
           .
           6.
           
           By
           Ambiguous
           Treaties
           ,
           to
           gain
           time
           and
           advantage
           of
           breaking
           them
           .
           7.
           
           By
           spreading
           Slaunders
           and
           fomenting
           Jealousies
           betwixt
           the
           Kings
           and
           their
           People
           .
           8.
           
           By
           entertaining
           a
           secret
           League
           with
           the
           Turk
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           to
           begin
           with
           those
           more
           general
           and
           remote
           means
           ,
           which
           France
           takes
           to
           divide
           her
           Neighbours
           in
           their
           Leagues
           and
           Amity
           .
           She
           usually
           calls
           in
           the
           Turk
           upon
           the
           back
           of
           'em
           ;
           and
           this
           
             most
             Christian
          
           King
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           enter
           into
           secret
           Covenants
           with
           that
           Antichristian
           Tyrant
           against
           the
           rest
           of
           Christendom
           .
           I
           need
           not
           mount
           up
           so
           high
           as
           Francis
           the
           I.
           Henry
           the
           II.
           and
           other
           their
           Successors
           ,
           who
           openly
           brought
           in
           the
           Turk
           against
           Charles
           the
           V.
           and
           other
           Emperors
           ;
           publick
           Histories
           can
           bear
           me
           Witness
           in
           it
           .
           Rincon
           and
           Fregose
           were
           taken
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           seized
           with
           Instructions
           from
           Francis
           the
           I
           to
           Soliman
           ,
           to
           excite
           this
           Infidel
           to
           War
           against
           the
           Christian
           Princes
           ;
           and
           when
           any
           of
           Francis
           his
           Neighbours
           would
           upbraid
           him
           with
           such
           Antichristian
           Treacheries
           ,
           he
           could
           put
           it
           off
           but
           with
           a
           Drollery
           :
           What
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             May
             not
             I
             ,
             when
             beset
             with
             Wolves
             ,
             call
             in
             for
             Dogs
             to
             help
             me
             .
          
           But
           to
           come
           to
           our
           times
           ,
           What
           made
           the
           French
           to
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           Candia
           ,
           and
           to
           yield
           the
           advantage
           at
           Gigerys
           and
           Hongary
           ;
           but
           for
           to
           manage
           the
           Turkish
           Amity
           to
           oppose
           him
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           if
           he
           proffers
           to
           stir
           or
           to
           enter
           into
           Tripple
           League
           .
           They
           sent
           some
           Supplies
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           to
           dazzle
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           when
           
             La
             Feuillade
          
           (
           who
           knew
           not
           the
           Secret
           )
           brought
           his
           .
           Men
           to
           an
           Engagement
           ,
           he
           was
           opposed
           by
           
           Coligny
           ;
           who
           had
           Orders
           to
           do
           things
           but
           for
           a
           shew
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           King
           sent
           Counter
           Orders
           with
           some
           of
           the
           major
           Officers
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           to
           read
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           came
           to
           Candia
           ;
           Monsieur
           
             De
             Louvas
          
           hindred
           many
           of
           the
           most
           valiant
           and
           considerable
           Officers
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Soldiers
           ,
           to
           go
           thither
           ,
           even
           as
           Voluntiers
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           The
           Divisions
           ,
           Counter-seasons
           ,
           and
           wilful
           Misunderstandings
           of
           the
           French
           with
           their
           Allies
           ,
           in
           that
           occasion
           ,
           did
           more
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           than
           the
           Batteries
           of
           the
           Turks
           ,
           who
           had
           spent
           some
           score
           years
           in
           vain
           toward
           the
           Conquest
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           but
           could
           never
           get
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Venetians
           single
           hands
           ,
           till
           these
           double-dealing
           French
           Friends
           came
           into
           help
           more
           toward
           the
           losing
           of
           it
           than
           the
           maintaining
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Venetians
           might
           have
           had
           more
           reason
           to
           send
           back
           these
           French
           Supplies
           than
           they
           had
           in
           returning
           home
           Prince
           Almerick
           of
           Modena's
           Succours
           upon
           some
           such
           suspicion
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Turkish
           Embassador
           (
           a
           thing
           very
           unusual
           to
           be
           sent
           from
           the
           Ottoman
           Grandeur
           )
           who
           afterwards
           was
           dispatch'd
           to
           the
           French
           Court
           ,
           unriddles
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           King
           made
           the
           difficile
           and
           scornful
           with
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           sent
           Orders
           to
           caress
           him
           and
           make
           much
           of
           him
           in
           secret
           ;
           as
           looking
           upon
           the
           Mahumetans
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Supporters
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           State.
           
        
         
         
           And
           as
           the
           French
           will
           be
           Friends
           with
           the
           Turks
           to
           use
           'em
           against
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           so
           with
           those
           they
           pretend
           openly
           to
           help
           ,
           as
           their
           Friends
           ,
           they
           deal
           as
           with
           Turks
           in
           effect
           ,
           by
           underhand
           Conspiracies
           ;
           I
           mean
           in
           their
           Auxiliary
           Supplies
           to
           their
           Allies
           :
           Their
           Succours
           tend
           but
           to
           leave
           'em
           in
           the
           lurch
           ,
           to
           be
           desroyed
           by
           their
           Concurrents
           ;
           that
           when
           he
           hath
           ingaged
           the
           Frog
           and
           silly
           Mouse
           to
           a
           Fight
           ,
           to
           weaken
           the
           one
           the
           other
           ,
           he
           ,
           the
           French
           Kite
           ,
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           snatch
           'em
           both
           away
           in
           his
           greedy
           Talons
           .
           Besides
           what
           we
           alledged
           above
           of
           his
           treacherous
           Auxiliaries
           to
           Hongary
           and
           Candia
           ,
           we
           may
           intimate
           those
           he
           sent
           some
           years
           ago
           to
           help
           Holland
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Munster
           ;
           and
           a
           little
           afterwards
           on
           the
           same
           Claims
           sets
           Munster
           again
           Holland
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           came
           to
           the
           push
           ,
           leaves
           him
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Hollander
           ,
           all
           he
           sought
           for
           ,
           being
           but
           to
           seek
           to
           destroy
           these
           two
           (
           Supporters
           of
           Flanders
           )
           the
           one
           by
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           other
           .
           His
           Design
           was
           the
           same
           touching
           England
           ,
           when
           of
           late
           he
           sent
           his
           Fleet
           to
           assist
           us
           against
           Holland
           ,
           with
           secret
           Orders
           to
           d'Estree
           ▪
           to
           leave
           the
           English
           and
           Hollander
           to
           destroy
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           While
           France
           ,
           both
           at
           the
           Treaty
           of
           the
           Pirenees
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           had
           sworn
           a
           firm
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           League
           with
           Spain
           ;
           they
           underhand
           sought
           to
           weaken
           their
           Allies
           ,
           by
           sending
           men
           and
           money
           with
           
             Colbert
             ,
             Schomberg
          
           ,
           and
           
           under
           
           Turenne's
           Name
           ,
           as
           Voluntiers
           to
           the
           Portuguezes
           ,
           till
           a
           Ship
           that
           was
           taken
           by
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           happily
           discovered
           that
           the
           Portuguezes
           were
           stirred
           up
           and
           incouraged
           by
           the
           French
           in
           their
           Attempts
           against
           the
           Catholick
           King.
           France
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           French
           Princess
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           Friend
           in
           the
           World
           to
           Poland
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           what
           Friendship
           that
           was
           ,
           they
           manage
           with
           Swedeland
           that
           Treaty
           of
           Stumdorff
           seemingly
           in
           favour
           to
           the
           Polanders
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           very
           prejudicial
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           
             Avagour
             ,
             Lombres
          
           ,
           and
           Bezieres
           ,
           are
           imployed
           to
           set
           these
           Crowns
           together
           by
           the
           Ears
           ,
           and
           to
           perswade
           King
           Cazimer
           of
           Poland
           to
           lay
           down
           his
           Crown
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           
             Conde
             ,
             Newburg
          
           ,
           or
           for
           some
           other
           Votary
           of
           France
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           while
           this
           coaksing
           Nation
           did
           hugg
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           he
           finds
           such
           Papers
           in
           the
           taking
           of
           Muran
           ,
           a
           Fortress
           in
           the
           
             Vpper
             Hungaria
          
           ,
           which
           manifestly
           shewed
           that
           the
           French
           had
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           incouraged
           the
           Hungarians
           in
           this
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Another
           Artifice
           of
           theirs
           is
           to
           send
           out
           Sinons
           ,
           or
           pretended
           Fugitives
           ,
           which
           are
           forsooth
           banished
           from
           their
           Court
           ,
           yet
           these
           are
           in
           a
           secret
           Intelligence
           with
           them
           to
           send
           to
           'em
           all
           Foreign
           Intelligences
           ,
           by
           seeming
           to
           betray
           France
           to
           that
           Nation
           whereunto
           they
           fly
           .
           Thus
           have
           we
           known
           and
           seen
           Monsieur
           Gourville
           to
           be
           banisht
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Foucquet
           to
           
           
             Brussells
             ,
             Madrid
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Hague
           .
           There
           to
           screw
           himself
           into
           favour
           ,
           he
           communicated
           to
           'em
           some
           empty
           Secrets
           ,
           to
           hide
           from
           them
           the
           true
           State
           of
           Affairs
           of
           France
           .
           His
           Couriers
           did
           seemingly
           go
           from
           Paris
           to
           Flanders
           and
           Holland
           ,
           and
           backward
           again
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           Hurry
           ,
           Course
           and
           Intercourse
           ,
           he
           fed
           the
           Spaniards
           but
           with
           Chymera's
           ,
           and
           sent
           an
           Accompt
           of
           their
           real
           Designs
           into
           France
           :
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           when
           this
           Impostor
           was
           found
           out
           by
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           he
           was
           as
           heartily
           wellcommed
           at
           Paris
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           grudge
           had
           ever
           been
           ;
           and
           from
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Conde's
           ,
           he
           was
           received
           into
           an
           inner
           favour
           .
           I
           could
           mention
           the
           Guizes
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           who
           were
           banisht
           ,
           to
           gull
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           late
           sent
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           the
           Earl
           of
           S.
           (
           who
           in
           their
           Language
           makes
           sixteen
           )
           is
           this
           last
           month
           fled
           hither
           into
           England
           ,
           upon
           no
           other
           occasion
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           What
           should
           I
           run
           over
           the
           particulars
           I
           above
           promised
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           when
           all
           observing
           persons
           may
           prove
           them
           to
           themselves
           .
           When
           his
           late
           breaches
           of
           the
           Treaties
           of
           the
           Pyrenees
           ,
           of
           Breda
           ,
           of
           Westphalia
           ,
           and
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           do
           shew
           that
           France
           values
           no
           otherwise
           such
           Ties
           ,
           than
           Lisander
           did
           the
           solemnest
           Oaths
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           deceive
           men
           thereby
           ,
           and
           to
           get
           a
           fit
           opportunity
           of
           breaking
           them
           to
           his
           advantage
           .
           But
           we
           intend
           to
           set
           forth
           shortly
           an
           Abstract
           of
           the
           Treaties
           of
           France
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           in
           this
           last
           Century
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           of
           the
           Alternative
           Growth
           and
           Decline
           of
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           therein
           it
           will
           from
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Treaties
           and
           Impartial
           Historians
           appear
           ,
           how
           far
           the
           
           French
           are
           to
           be
           trusted
           to
           in
           this
           point
           of
           Transactions
           and
           Covenants
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           use
           they
           may
           make
           of
           Emissaries
           and
           Pensioners
           abroad
           ,
           to
           make
           Factions
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Courts
           ;
           the
           clear-sighted
           know
           that
           Monsieur
           Vaubrun
           was
           sent
           into
           Germany
           but
           for
           to
           stir
           Serin
           and
           Ragotzi
           ,
           against
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           .
           Each
           one
           may
           perceive
           that
           the
           Prince
           Furstemburg
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           Bavaria
           ,
           does
           act
           in
           consort
           with
           the
           other
           Furstemberg
           ,
           that
           resides
           in
           France
           :
           And
           that
           Monsieur
           Gremonville
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           Revolt
           in
           Hungary
           ;
           for
           which
           and
           several
           other
           Divisions
           he
           wrought
           in
           Vienna
           ,
           he
           was
           expell'd
           more
           civilly
           than
           he
           deserved
           .
        
         
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           Gnesne
           and
           the
           Mareschal
           Sobieski
           ,
           were
           the
           Pensioners
           that
           France
           bragg'd
           of
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Poland
           ;
           and
           of
           some
           also
           in
           ours
           ,
           which
           could
           be
           named
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           respectful
           tenderness
           for
           my
           Countrymen
           makes
           me
           more
           reserved
           ,
           and
           shall
           shut
           them
           up
           in
           my
           own
           Breast
           ,
           hoping
           they
           have
           since
           repented
           of
           such
           base
           and
           unnatural
           Treacheries
           ,
           toward
           their
           generous
           and
           gracious
           King
           ,
           and
           dear
           Countrey
           ;
           especially
           knowing
           some
           of
           'em
           to
           be
           dead
           ,
           and
           others
           almost
           dying
           :
           which
           were
           mentioned
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Now
           touching
           French
           Princesses
           they
           match
           out
           ,
           to
           have
           occasion
           thereby
           to
           divide
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           God
           forbid
           that
           I
           should
           think
           that
           all
           the
           Ladies
           of
           that
           Rank
           were
           
             Fredegonde
             ,
             Brunehaut
          
           ,
           or
           Helena
           like
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           this
           later
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           subtle
           Grecians
           getting
           foot
           into
           the
           Trojan
           Territories
           ,
           and
           
           of
           imbroyling
           and
           ravaging
           it
           by
           long
           Wars
           ;
           so
           I
           observed
           that
           most
           commonly
           those
           French
           Princesses
           are
           Engines
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           carry
           along
           with
           'em
           abroad
           Corresponding
           Colonies
           of
           that
           restless
           ,
           ambitious
           ,
           and
           intriguing
           Nation
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           interest
           of
           that
           Court
           where
           they
           go
           to
           bend
           to
           that
           of
           their
           Native
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           they
           ever
           love
           best
           .
           I
           'll
           but
           glance
           at
           Examples
           .
           The
           very
           memory
           of
           Mary
           of
           Nevers
           is
           odious
           in
           Poland
           ,
           by
           whose
           occasion
           that
           Country
           was
           brought
           into
           such
           inward
           Disturbances
           and
           Factions
           ,
           that
           not
           long
           ago
           King
           Cazimir
           himself
           at
           last
           was
           fain
           to
           quit
           the
           Crown
           for
           a
           quiet
           Coole
           in
           the
           Abbey
           of
           St.
           Germain
           at
           Paris
           But
           the
           observant
           in
           Publick
           Affairs
           may
           find
           fresh
           Presidents
           hereof
           in
           
             Tuscany
             ,
             Portugal
          
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           England
           not
           long
           since
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           affraid
           that
           Lady
           they
           of
           late
           sent
           to
           Spain
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           pretence
           in
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           of
           making
           more
           Demands
           than
           that
           of
           Mastrick
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           now
           go
           about
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Hitherto
           we
           have
           toucht
           of
           the
           Causes
           or
           Instruments
           the
           French
           do
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           now
           of
           the
           Effect
           ,
           which
           is
           Divisions
           in
           Foreign
           Courts
           ,
           either
           to
           cut
           out
           work
           for
           such
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           no
           Obstacle
           to
           the
           Carier
           of
           the
           French
           Conquests
           ;
           or
           to
           make
           a
           Breach
           among
           us
           ,
           at
           which
           they
           may
           creep
           in
           more
           easily
           .
           For
           the
           proof
           hereof
           ,
           for
           brevities
           sake
           I
           'll
           refer
           you
           to
           what
           I
           hinted
           above
           ,
           touching
           the
           Divisions
           
           the
           French
           Emissaries
           wrought
           in
           Poland
           in
           and
           before
           the
           year
           71
           ,
           and
           likewise
           about
           and
           before
           that
           time
           in
           Germany
           ,
           when
           their
           Agents
           swarmed
           there
           to
           sow
           those
           Seeds
           of
           War
           which
           we
           have
           since
           seen
           sprung
           up
           to
           such
           a
           height
           as
           cannot
           be
           yet
           cut
           down
           nor
           extirpated
           possibly
           by
           all
           the
           hands
           in
           
             Europe
             .
             Colbert
          
           the
           Junior
           (
           as
           I
           mention'd
           before
           )
           not
           long
           since
           carried
           away
           Corn
           and
           Coin
           ,
           viz.
           Thirty
           thousand
           Crowns
           into
           Portugal
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Loan
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           to
           raise
           the
           Countrey
           against
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           a
           Diversion
           from
           Flanders
           .
           But
           the
           Instructions
           and
           Covenants
           whereby
           the
           French
           required
           some
           Sea-port
           Towns
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           Spain
           to
           be
           given
           to
           themselves
           (
           as
           I
           warrant
           you
           they
           'll
           serve
           no
           Friend
           for
           nothing
           )
           these
           I
           say
           were
           seized
           in
           another
           Ship
           that
           straggled
           into
           the
           Spaniards
           Nett
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           Mine
           was
           discovered
           .
           Such
           was
           the
           Disturbances
           they
           wrought
           in
           Lorrain
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Duke
           (
           somewhat
           guilty
           thereof
           himself
           )
           dolefully
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Neighbourhood
             of
          
           France
           
             was
             a
             smoke
             that
             would
             drive
             him
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Countrey
             and
             Estate
             .
          
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           mention
           the
           Jealousies
           ,
           Dissentions
           and
           Divisions
           ,
           which
           we
           with
           tears
           behold
           here
           to
           be
           wrought
           by
           them
           in
           our
           England
           and
           its
           Dependants
           ,
           when
           any
           unbyass'd
           considering
           person
           may
           perceive
           that
           they
           strive
           to
           repeat
           the
           Scenes
           of
           the
           late
           Intestine
           Tragedy
           ,
           
           wherein
           that
           Wicked
           French
           Embassadour
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Thou
          
           ,
           by
           his
           Agents
           confessed
           and
           repented
           too
           late
           ,
           to
           have
           acted
           here
           the
           Prologue
           ,
           by
           traducing
           ,
           blasting
           ,
           and
           heightning
           in
           that
           moderate
           Royal
           Martyr
           a
           propensity
           to
           Popery
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           by
           mis-representing
           the
           King
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           People
           and
           Parliament
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           unsuspected
           Instruments
           ;
           by
           contriving
           means
           to
           divide
           the
           unwary
           Protestants
           about
           Formalities
           and
           petit
           Differences
           ,
           about
           Indifferent
           Things
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           unite
           'em
           in
           ,
           no
           otherwise
           than
           by
           Charity
           ,
           Meekness
           ,
           and
           Patience
           ;
           for
           Persecution
           is
           observed
           to
           increase
           Proselites
           ,
           and
           make
           'em
           more
           zealous
           and
           vertuous
           ;
           which
           otherwise
           without
           opposition
           would
           languish
           and
           decay
           :
           but
           if
           the
           work
           be
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           Gamaliel
           said
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           destroyed
           by
           Men
           by
           all
           art
           or
           power
           .
           When
           by
           such
           Artifices
           the
           French
           and
           Jesuit
           had
           blinded
           some
           Dissenting
           Zealots
           with
           specious
           Pretences
           of
           removing
           evil
           Councellors
           and
           of
           some
           Incroachments
           ,
           then
           things
           being
           ripe
           ,
           the
           greedy
           Lawless
           Souldier
           is
           brought
           on
           the
           Stage
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           King
           and
           People
           bleed
           together
           ,
           without
           seeing
           the
           Hook
           ,
           but
           too
           late
           ;
           when
           at
           first
           moderate
           and
           impartial
           Counsels
           might
           have
           healed
           things
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           be
           suffered
           to
           come
           to
           an
           understanding
           ;
           and
           to
           touch
           the
           Root
           of
           the
           Disease
           ;
           
             Sed
             quid
             haec
             ingrata
             revolvo
          
           .
        
         
         
           But
           remember
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           That
           whether
           Times
           tend
           to
           a
           further
           Dis-union
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           or
           to
           a
           thorow
           Union
           ,
           yet
           in
           either
           Juncture
           the
           Judgment
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           will
           soon
           find
           out
           those
           base
           Sinons
           ,
           those
           Incendiaries
           ,
           those
           French
           Pensioners
           and
           Lawless
           Statesmen
           ,
           that
           seek
           to
           divide
           the
           good
           Father
           and
           his
           poor
           Children
           ,
           and
           to
           rent
           miserably
           their
           own
           Mothers
           Bowels
           for
           private
           ends
           by
           unworthy
           Policies
           .
           And
           those
           Persons
           or
           Party
           (
           whatever
           it
           be
           )
           which
           recede
           most
           from
           French
           Devices
           and
           Popish
           Forms
           ,
           and
           shall
           in
           their
           plain
           meaning
           and
           counsels
           ,
           tend
           but
           to
           close
           to
           the
           honest
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           their
           Countrey
           and
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           after
           a
           simple
           ,
           loyal
           ,
           and
           charitable
           Interpretation
           ;
           they
           and
           only
           they
           shall
           prevail
           and
           be
           in
           request
           with
           their
           King
           and
           Countrey
           at
           the
           long
           Run
           ,
           for
           that
           God
           will
           be
           above
           Man.
           In
           fine
           ,
           I
           refer
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           judge
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Superiors
           to
           determine
           ,
           Whether
           the
           mean
           proposed
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           (
           which
           lay
           by
           me
           )
           be
           so
           seasonable
           or
           practicable
           ,
           which
           however
           I
           meant
           to
           be
           of
           this
           use
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Diversion
           of
           all
           Englishmens
           inward
           bitterness
           and
           choller
           ,
           against
           a
           more
           fit
           Object
           and
           Enemy
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           cease
           to
           look
           upon
           one
           another
           with
           a
           sharp
           Eye
           ,
           but
           look
           off
           rather
           towards
           abroad
           ,
           whence
           the
           Spring
           of
           our
           Divisions
           come
           ;
           viz.
           from
           France
           and
           Rome
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           French
           Politician
           FOUND
           OUT
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           greatest
           dangers
           of
           Spain
           were
           from
           England
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           power
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           could
           block
           up
           the
           Spanish
           Ports
           at
           pleasure
           ;
           this
           
             our
             Monsieur
          
           believed
           as
           firmly
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           an
           Article
           of
           his
           Creed
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Plot
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           laid
           it
           ,
           in
           its
           success
           was
           Infallible
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           a
           Truth
           .
           But
           if
           it
           were
           some
           years
           ago
           the
           Interest
           of
           this
           Crown
           to
           accord
           to
           that
           Maxim
           ;
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           weaknesses
           of
           
             Spain
             (
             sinking
             
             under
             its
             own
             burdens
          
           )
           have
           turn'd
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           impracticable
           .
           The
           Face
           and
           State
           of
           Affairs
           are
           now
           very
           much
           changed
           .
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           was
           too
           nearly
           allied
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Burgundy
           ,
           and
           Ferdinand
           the
           Catholic
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           oppos'd
           the
           Cabals
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           formed
           against
           Mary
           ,
           to
           bereave
           her
           of
           the
           Low-Countries
           .
           His
           Son
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           followed
           the
           same
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           any
           times
           Charles
           the
           Fifth
           was
           travers'd
           by
           him
           ,
           it
           arose
           from
           that
           just
           Apprehension
           he
           had
           of
           his
           growing
           Grandeurs
           ;
           Fortune
           being
           more
           favourable
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           to
           Francis
           the
           First
           ,
           whose
           loss
           had
           been
           a
           fair
           Step
           unto
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           harboured
           the
           same
           Jealousies
           ;
           for
           Spain
           ,
           puffed
           up
           with
           a
           long
           continued
           course
           of
           prosperous
           successes
           ,
           was
           not
           arriv'd
           to
           that
           pitch
           of
           Declension
           we
           see
           it
           now
           adays
           .
           And
           if
           Charles
           the
           First
           beheld
           with
           an
           Eye
           of
           Envy
           the
           progress
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Charles
          
           the
           Second
           might
           do
           it
           also
           ,
           his
           Fear
           being
           much
           more
           warrantable
           ,
           because
           that
           Kingdom
           is
           grown
           more
           powerful
           ,
           more
           formidable
           than
           when
           his
           Father
           reigned
           .
           And
           there
           be
           Arguments
           of
           Glory
           ,
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           Interest
           for
           my
           Assertion
           ,
           all
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           judgment
           ,
           are
           strictly
           interwoven
           one
           within
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Glory
           demands
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           (
           triple
           )
           League
           ;
           because
           this
           had
           twice
           bridled
           a
           Prince
           who
           had
           slip'd
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           without
           this
           
           Restraint
           ,
           would
           have
           over-run
           all
           bounds
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           unmeasurable
           Ambition
           ,
           the
           sole
           and
           unvariable
           Rule
           of
           all
           his
           Undertakings
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           no
           dishonour
           unto
           England
           to
           be
           reproach'd
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           heretofore
           ,
           of
           slackness
           in
           assisting
           her
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           loved
           to
           prolong
           and
           foment
           her
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           make
           them
           perpetual
           .
        
         
           Revenge
           is
           yet
           another
           and
           stronger
           Motive
           to
           invigorate
           us
           in
           our
           conduct
           ,
           whether
           you
           reflect
           upon
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           or
           on
           things
           present
           .
           For
           the
           present
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           known
           that
           the
           French
           promises
           are
           only
           tendred
           us
           for
           the
           better
           inabling
           them
           to
           play
           their
           own
           Game
           ;
           and
           the
           mischiefs
           they
           are
           now
           a
           brewing
           ,
           should
           now
           inspire
           us
           with
           a
           greater
           abhorrency
           of
           their
           greater
           masqued
           Villanies
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           those
           brave
           Methods
           propounded
           by
           our
           
             French
             Politician
          
           for
           the
           subversion
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           whose
           Glory
           Eclipseth
           theirs
           ,
           are
           no
           longer
           with
           any
           patience
           to
           be
           endured
           .
        
         
           Add
           farther
           that
           injurious
           manner
           wherewith
           they
           treat
           England
           ,
           because
           it
           carries
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           supports
           the
           Oppressed
           against
           their
           Violence
           and
           Tyranny
           .
        
         
           And
           could
           we
           not
           remember
           those
           Invectives
           wherewith
           they
           have
           wounded
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           this
           should
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           spared
           the
           Sacred
           persons
           of
           our
           Princes
           .
        
         
         
           Ribier
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           strew
           these
           sweet
           Flowers
           upon
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             he
             was
             the
             most
             Infidel
             and
             unconstant
             Prince
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             full
             of
             Tentation
             and
             Double
             dealing
             ,
             whose
             Soul
             Symboliz'd
             with
             the
             Seas
             environing
             his
             Island
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Author
           of
           the
           
             French
             Politicks
          
           adviseth
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           now
           reigning
           should
           be
           voic'd
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholic
          
           ,
           thereby
           to
           procure
           him
           his
           Subjects
           hatred
           ,
           and
           to
           Augment
           it
           be
           feigned
           Letters
           written
           to
           some
           of
           the
           leading
           
             Protestant
             Lords
          
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           suspected
           ,
           and
           procure
           their
           Ruin
           by
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           which
           with
           extream
           imprudence
           they
           themselves
           have
           divulged
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           These
           Counsels
           and
           Invectives
           were
           all
           forged
           by
           them
           ,
           because
           Henry
           would
           not
           turn
           the
           Scales
           wholly
           of
           their
           side
           to
           destroy
           Spain
           and
           England
           in
           consequence
           thereof
           ,
           which
           without
           this
           invincible
           Obstruction
           ,
           must
           have
           been
           together
           by
           the
           same
           Torrent
           overwhelmed
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           what
           concerns
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           that
           general
           interest
           ,
           in
           which
           insensibly
           he
           is
           engaged
           ,
           affords
           Alliment
           to
           a
           damn'd
           Plot
           ,
           which
           is
           by
           them
           secretly
           carried
           on
           against
           him
           .
           But
           I
           pass
           this
           by
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           the
           Question
           under
           debate
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           this
           :
           That
           the
           Consideratian
           of
           what
           is
           past
           should
           so
           far
           influence
           a
           potent
           Prince
           ,
           who
           hath
           his
           Sword
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           to
           carve
           out
           his
           own
           satisfactions
           from
           them
           ,
           whose
           insensibleness
           of
           doing
           wrongs
           raiseth
           them
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           Insolence
           ,
           as
           to
           deride
           us
           .
        
         
         
           
             Aquitain
             ,
             Normandy
          
           ,
           and
           their
           dependant
           Provinces
           ,
           together
           with
           
             Guysnes
             ,
             Ardres
             ,
             Bouloign
          
           ,
           and
           Calais
           ,
           ancient
           Demeans
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           are
           such
           important
           pieces
           ,
           and
           their
           Conquest
           so
           easie
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           surrender
           themselves
           as
           soon
           as
           England
           shall
           seriously
           invade
           them
           ;
           provided
           ,
           that
           the
           Obligation
           of
           the
           League
           and
           Powers
           composing
           it
           ,
           remain
           firm
           and
           inviolable
           ;
           and
           that
           from
           a
           meer
           defensive
           War
           we
           become
           Aggressors
           ,
           and
           despoil
           him
           of
           those
           Trophies
           ,
           who
           ,
           after
           the
           glorious
           Example
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           hath
           enlarg'd
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           own
           Dominions
           on
           the
           wrack
           and
           losses
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           But
           and
           if
           this
           Design
           be
           delay'd
           ,
           and
           leasure
           given
           France
           to
           debase
           Spain
           ,
           then
           all
           must
           yield
           to
           the
           rapid
           course
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           making
           Chains
           for
           us
           ,
           nay
           ,
           carrieth
           them
           with
           her
           ,
           to
           bind
           and
           enslave
           such
           who
           shall
           first
           make
           head
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           at
           long
           run
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           who
           either
           secretly
           or
           openly
           maintained
           or
           abetted
           this
           horrible
           Design
           against
           the
           common
           and
           public
           safety
           .
           And
           let
           her
           Neighbours
           be
           once
           brought
           down
           ,
           England
           devested
           of
           her
           Friends
           will
           be
           little
           more
           than
           the
           work
           of
           one
           day
           ,
           and
           must
           fall
           in
           that
           very
           moment
           she
           is
           Assaulted
           .
           The
           pretext
           is
           ready
           ,
           either
           England
           shall
           lose
           the
           Title
           of
           France
           ,
           or
           France
           will
           usurp
           that
           of
           England
           .
           I
           'le
           explain
           my self
           somewhat
           more
           largely
           .
        
         
         
           Faance
           being
           now
           rid
           ,
           and
           standing
           in
           no
           longer
           fear
           of
           her
           Competitors
           ,
           will
           infallibly
           break
           with
           England
           ,
           imitating
           herein
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           who
           quarrell'd
           with
           Francis
           the
           Second
           ,
           for
           Entituling
           himself
           Heir
           of
           that
           Crown
           she
           possessed
           ,
           and
           whereof
           she
           was
           exceeding
           jealous
           ,
           Mary
           of
           Scotland
           having
           furnished
           her
           Husband
           with
           a
           Title
           .
           But
           suppose
           this
           colourable
           pretence
           be
           neglected
           ,
           yet
           will
           he
           serve
           himself
           of
           one
           more
           remote
           ;
           for
           who
           so
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           pick
           quarrels
           ,
           and
           wage
           War
           ,
           will
           never
           talk
           so
           big
           and
           loud
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           World
           may
           hear
           him
           .
           I
           'le
           not
           lead
           you
           far
           to
           fetch
           an
           Instance
           .
        
         
           Lewis
           ,
           Son
           of
           
             Philip
             Augustus
          
           ,
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           reigned
           in
           England
           ,
           maugre
           all
           the
           oppositions
           of
           King
           Iohn
           ,
           who
           was
           deposed
           for
           his
           Tyrannies
           .
           At
           length
           Iohn
           having
           recollected
           his
           miscarriages
           ,
           reconciled
           himself
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           becomes
           his
           Tributary
           ,
           demulceth
           his
           Holiness
           with
           his
           golden
           Promises
           ,
           and
           profound
           Submissions
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           unfortunately
           loseth
           his
           newly
           acquir'd
           Crown
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           bequeathed
           the
           Right
           thereof
           (
           such
           an
           one
           as
           it
           is
           )
           unto
           his
           Successors
           ;
           who
           preserve
           it
           carefully
           ,
           and
           assert
           it
           publicly
           ,
           in
           a
           formal
           Prayer
           sung
           in
           these
           express
           words
           at
           their
           Coronation
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             he
             will
             never
             relinquish
             the
             Scepter
             of
             the
             ancient
          
           Saxons
           ,
           Mercians
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             who
             have
             reign'd
             in
          
           England
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           ,
           since
           Lewis
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           may
           with
           more
           justice
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           assume
           the
           Title
           of
           Kings
           of
           England
           than
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           style
           themselves
           Kings
           of
           France
           .
        
         
         
           It
           was
           Ribbir
           that
           set
           up
           this
           imaginary
           Title
           ,
           and
           suggested
           unto
           France
           a
           pretext
           and
           ground
           for
           falling
           out
           with
           England
           upon
           the
           first
           and
           next
           favourable
           opportunity
           .
           I
           have
           given
           her
           the
           first
           Intelligence
           of
           the
           Thunderbolt
           :
           England
           may
           yet
           in
           time
           avoid
           it
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           to
           be
           imagin'd
           that
           Lov●is
           ,
           and
           many
           great
           ones
           ,
           whose
           Fortune
           and
           that
           of
           their
           Friends
           depends
           upon
           Warlike
           Employments
           ,
           will
           not
           now
           stir
           their
           King
           to
           those
           new
           attempts
           against
           England
           ,
           (
           in
           case
           they
           want
           other
           Employment
           )
           shewing
           unto
           him
           the
           easiness
           of
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Divisions
           ,
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           Unprovidedness
           that
           England
           is
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           secret
           Friends
           they
           have
           here
           .
           But
           in
           case
           they
           did
           alter
           these
           Measures
           ,
           or
           not
           now
           execute
           them
           ,
           yet
           seeing
           our
           forwardness
           ,
           and
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           Arms
           ,
           to
           be
           up
           and
           ready
           for
           them
           ;
           that
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           will
           make
           still
           our
           conditions
           better
           with
           them
           ,
           whether
           we
           stand
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           or
           Neuters
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           will
           be
           more
           apt
           to
           slight
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           lastly
           ,
           let
           's
           give
           Interest
           leave
           to
           follow
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           shew
           what
           Measures
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           this
           cogent
           Topic.
           I
           confess
           the
           Motive
           is
           interwoven
           with
           that
           of
           Glory
           ;
           but
           yet
           more
           firmly
           ,
           because
           it
           runs
           on
           two
           Principles
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           vast
           weight
           and
           consequence
           ;
           the
           one
           is
           particular
           and
           private
           Interest
           ,
           the
           other
           is
           more
           general
           and
           public
           .
           This
           last
           aims
           at
           the
           common
           Repose
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           its
           care
           and
           perpetual
           
           endeavour
           must
           be
           to
           restrain
           the
           Ambition
           of
           those
           two
           great
           Potentates
           ,
           who
           court
           the
           Empire
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           effected
           without
           conserving
           
           England's
           Peace
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           confining
           those
           two
           inraged
           Neighbours
           to
           their
           just
           and
           respective
           Bounds
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           of
           them
           should
           win
           any
           thing
           from
           his
           Rival
           ,
           he
           may
           not
           presently
           invade
           England
           ,
           who
           became
           an
           idle
           Spectator
           of
           their
           Actions
           ,
           without
           cherishing
           their
           mutual
           Enmities
           ,
           and
           giving
           a
           Curb
           to
           their
           several
           Enterprizes
           .
           If
           Reason
           of
           State
           speaks
           loudly
           in
           deaf
           Ears
           ,
           Glory
           doth
           it
           in
           shriller
           and
           clearer
           Terms
           .
        
         
           But
           over
           and
           above
           this
           general
           Peace
           of
           Europe
           ,
           wherein
           I
           could
           wish
           England
           were
           occupied
           ,
           there
           is
           somewhat
           in
           special
           that
           should
           rouse
           her
           up
           from
           her
           present
           Lethargic
           drowsiness
           ,
           viz.
           That
           France
           brags
           how
           facil
           it
           is
           to
           blind
           her
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           cause
           her
           to
           take
           what
           new
           Measures
           she
           pleaseth
           .
        
         
           You
           will
           say
           these
           are
           points
           of
           grand
           Importance
           .
           Convince
           England
           of
           them
           .
           Well!
           I
           shall
           debate
           of
           both
           immediately
           .
        
         
           Let
           's
           first
           touch
           at
           this
           of
           the
           common
           Safety
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           in
           the
           next
           place
           consider
           of
           the
           proper
           means
           to
           bound
           France
           ,
           that
           she
           may
           not
           abuse
           their
           Credulity
           ,
           who
           can
           certainly
           and
           absolutely
           mortifie
           her
           .
        
         
           Marillac
           ,
           Ambassadour
           for
           Francis
           the
           First
           ,
           thus
           writes
           to
           his
           Master
           from
           London
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           were
           displeased
           they
           had
           suffered
           the
           French
           to
           fortifie
           
           Ardres
           ,
           and
           that
           before
           it
           was
           too
           late
           ,
           they
           would
           hinder
           the
           finishing
           those
           Fortifications
           :
           Adding
           ,
           
             
               That
               they
               were
               vext
               to
               the
               Heart
               that
               the
               King
               had
               fortified
            
             Ardres
             ,
             
               and
               that
               they
               repented
               very
               much
               to
               have
               permitted
               our
               men
               proceed
               so
               far
               ,
               that
               yet
               notwithstanding
               they
               had
               time
               enough
               to
               reduce
               matters
               to
               their
               former
               state
               ,
               because
               they
               had
               been
               informed
               that
            
             Ardres
             
               could
               not
               yet
               in
               one
               whole
               year
               be
               so
               repaired
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               might
               be
               as
               easily
               forc'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           if
           Ardres
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           more
           than
           a
           shadow
           of
           what
           France
           possesseth
           in
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ,
           did
           heretofore
           strike
           a
           Jealousie
           into
           England
           ,
           should
           not
           that
           gross
           multitude
           of
           important
           Towns
           ,
           and
           the
           Thirds
           of
           a
           large
           and
           vast
           Estate
           ,
           render
           her
           now
           by
           far
           much
           more
           jealous
           ?
           especially
           since
           it
           hath
           given
           such
           fearful
           and
           violent
           shocks
           unto
           the
           whole
           Land
           ,
           made
           another
           Neighbour
           Republick
           tremble
           ,
           yea
           and
           it
           trembles
           to
           this
           very
           day
           at
           their
           near
           Approaches
           ;
           the
           French
           Armies
           being
           led
           on
           by
           a
           mighty
           Captain
           trained
           up
           in
           the
           School
           of
           business
           ,
           enur'd
           to
           Hardships
           and
           fortunate
           Successes
           in
           all
           his
           Conduct
           and
           Administrations
           .
           And
           Ardres
           (
           to
           lay
           nothing
           of
           Calais
           and
           Graveling
           )
           is
           something
           less
           than
           Dunkirk
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Estimate
           that
           France
           doth
           set
           upon
           it
           .
           These
           two
           places
           are
           the
           two
           Ports
           ,
           from
           whence
           one
           day
           the
           Storm
           shall
           be
           wasted
           over
           into
           England
           ,
           if
           England
           suffer
           France
           to
           incorporate
           the
           Naval
           Forces
           of
           Holland
           with
           her
           
           own
           ,
           and
           to
           inoculate
           that
           fair
           Bud
           into
           her
           Imperial
           Crown
           .
           Persons
           of
           the
           weakest
           Understanding
           may
           without
           difficulty
           penetrate
           into
           the
           Issues
           and
           Successes
           of
           such
           an
           Union
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           it
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           France
           was
           formerly
           invenem'd
           against
           England
           for
           redemanding
           Calais
           ,
           and
           having
           once
           got
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           hands
           ,
           she
           wanted
           neither
           Armies
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           considerable
           means
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           sure
           and
           speedy
           Conquest
           of
           other
           places
           .
        
         
           If
           Fear
           then
           bounded
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           so
           easie
           a
           matter
           to
           dispossess
           the
           English
           ,
           where
           once
           they
           had
           got
           footing
           ;
           yet
           was
           it
           easie
           enough
           to
           disseise
           and
           unroost
           others
           ,
           either
           by
           Force
           or
           Treaty
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           justly
           enough
           by
           that
           of
           Vervins
           ;
           yet
           now
           the
           Tables
           are
           turn'd
           ,
           for
           they
           once
           understanding
           that
           Spain
           is
           brought
           upon
           her
           knees
           ,
           the
           Conquest
           of
           that
           and
           England
           will
           not
           cost
           much
           time
           nor
           pains
           .
           The
           Balance
           being
           now
           removed
           ,
           their
           Forces
           augment
           daily
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           violent
           Inundation
           carry
           all
           before
           them
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           this
           is
           yet
           impossible
           if
           England
           do
           not
           stand
           neuter
           ,
           while
           other
           Nations
           are
           entering
           into
           more
           than
           a
           Triple
           League
           ;
           which
           to
           effect
           the
           one
           and
           hinder
           the
           other
           ,
           they
           turn
           every
           stone
           ,
           they
           embarrass
           all
           Affairs
           ,
           they
           support
           the
           Intrigue
           with
           a
           thousand
           hopes
           ,
           and
           those
           hopes
           with
           a
           profuse
           expence
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           which
           forceth
           a
           passage
           through
           those
           fordid
           Souls
           ,
           whose
           sole
           Interest
           is
           their
           private
           Gain
           and
           Advantage
           .
           And
           that
           
           which
           is
           most
           surprizing
           is
           this
           ,
           they
           engage
           the
           Favourites
           ,
           who
           are
           Lords
           of
           th'
           Ascendant
           at
           Court
           or
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           at
           this
           rate
           believe
           themselves
           potent
           enough
           to
           give
           what
           Laws
           they
           please
           to
           all
           politick
           Transactions
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           the
           true
           Interest
           give
           ground
           unto
           the
           false
           ,
           which
           is
           cheating
           ,
           changeable
           ,
           and
           infallibly
           destructive
           to
           them
           that
           do
           embrace
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           these
           means
           they
           of
           late
           cut
           the
           Gordian
           Knot
           of
           that
           Triple
           League
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           cock-sure
           beforehand
           of
           their
           designs
           ,
           and
           their
           business
           were
           already
           done
           unto
           their
           hands
           ;
           Pomponne
           was
           dispatch'd
           into
           Swedeland
           ,
           to
           disengage
           that
           Crown
           from
           the
           League
           by
           the
           golden
           promises
           of
           Conquests
           ,
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           Presents
           ,
           which
           will
           go
           very
           far
           in
           a
           poor
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           remove
           whatever
           Obstacle
           stands
           in
           his
           way
           to
           the
           Empire
           of
           all
           Europe
           .
        
         
           The
           worst
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           France
           at
           those
           times
           they
           did
           publish
           this
           Negotiation
           ,
           branding
           England
           with
           the
           goodly
           Names
           of
           
             Unconstant
             and
             Perfidious
          
           .
           Which
           brings
           to
           my
           mind
           a
           story
           of
           the
           
             Viscount
             of
             Narbonne
          
           ,
           who
           told
           an
           Englishman
           ,
           
             That
             six
             hundred
             Tun
             of
             Wine
             and
             a
             Pension
             had
             quickly
             sent
             them
             back
             again
             to
             England
             .
          
           The
           other
           answering
           ,
           
             It
             was
             a
             Tribute
             and
             no
             Pension
             .
          
           This
           was
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Lewis
           XI
           .
           who
           disengaged
           England
           from
           succouring
           the
           Dukes
           of
           
             Burgundy
             and
             Bretaigne
          
           .
           The
           Jest
           was
           biting
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           the
           usual
           Coyn
           wherewith
           France
           pays
           such
           whom
           it
           openly
           flatters
           ,
           that
           
           so
           she
           may
           if
           possible
           ruin
           and
           strangle
           them
           the
           more
           cunningly
           .
        
         
           A
           League
           with
           England
           blocks
           up
           the
           Spanish
           Havens
           ,
           so
           faith
           
             du
             Plessis
          
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           are
           hot
           and
           intent
           upon
           it
           .
           Truth
           is
           ,
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Time
           and
           Time
           must
           discover
           the
           events
           of
           this
           Maxim.
           Onely
           let
           me
           add
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           if
           France
           cannot
           prevail
           with
           England
           to
           do
           this
           Jobb
           for
           her
           ,
           she
           will
           tack
           about
           and
           treat
           with
           Spain
           upon
           other
           terms
           ,
           that
           relinquishing
           the
           Spanish
           Netherlands
           she
           shall
           be
           recompenced
           more
           abundantly
           with
           the
           :
           Spoils
           of
           some
           other
           parts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           which
           France
           will
           conquer
           for
           her
           .
           We
           will
           unriddle
           this
           Mystery
           ,
           and
           let
           England
           seribusly
           consider
           .
        
         
           Castillon
           in
           his
           Embassie
           for
           Francis
           I.
           writing
           from
           London
           adviseth
           his
           Master
           to
           a
           League
           with
           Spain
           against
           England
           ;
           
             For
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             I
             would
             ever
             counsel
             your
             Majesty
             to
             quit
             other
             designs
             ,
             and
             accord
             with
             Spain
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             this
             Kingdom
             in
             preys
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             with
             more
             facility
             and
             less
             expence
             effected
             ,
             than
             to
             take
             Calais
             ;
             for
             the
             expence
             cannot
             last
             above
             one
             moneth
             or
             six
             weeks
             at
             the
             most
             .
             Divide
             England
             between
             you
             ,
             and
             let
             each
             take
             those
             parts
             of
             it
             which
             lie
             most
             commodious
             and
             convenient
             for
             him
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           close
           he
           subjoyns
           ,
           
             Your
             Majesty
             may
             keep
             Wales
             ,
             and
             Cornwall
             ,
             and
             Scotland
             for
             yourself
             ,
             and
             leave
             be
             sorry
             remainders
             unto
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
        
         
           There
           be
           three
           things
           worthy
           our
           observation
           from
           this
           Embassador●s
           advice
           .
           The
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           
           France
           believed
           she
           might
           cheat
           Spain
           into
           this
           treacherous
           Conquest
           ,
           provided
           Spain
           would
           but
           sacrifice
           to
           her
           Covetousness
           and
           Ambition
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           .
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           that
           Spain
           keeps
           fast
           and
           faithful
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           prefers
           it
           before
           her
           own
           private
           Interest
           .
           And
           then
           lastly
           ,
           because
           of
           this
           Phantastick
           League
           England
           must
           immediately
           and
           infallibly
           be
           conquer'd
           as
           soon
           as
           invaded
           ,
           especially
           let
           her
           be
           once
           abandon'd
           of
           her
           Allies
           ,
           and
           that
           France
           have
           brought
           Spain
           and
           Holland
           upon
           their
           knees
           ,
           and
           hath
           united
           their
           scattered
           disjoynted
           Naval
           Forces
           with
           her
           own
           .
           I
           trust
           my
           Sentiments
           are
           plain
           ,
           so
           plain
           that
           the
           meanest
           Capacity
           can
           comprehend
           me
           .
        
         
           Alliances
           betwixt
           Crowns
           bring
           little
           profit
           to
           the
           People
           .
           This
           is
           visible
           in
           the
           Matches
           between
           the
           two
           Royal
           Houses
           of
           Prance
           and
           England
           ;
           for
           no
           sooner
           was
           
             Henrietta
             Maria
          
           wedded
           unto
           King
           Charles
           but
           State
           Interest
           and
           the
           Capricious
           Humours
           of
           the
           Favourites
           interrupted
           that
           Peace
           ,
           which
           a
           long
           time
           before
           had
           continued
           between
           both
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Marriage
           was
           sworn
           to
           be
           perpetuated
           .
           Experience
           also
           of
           what
           had
           past
           might
           have
           render'd
           Spain
           more
           advised
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           avoided
           that
           snare
           ,
           into
           which
           she
           ran
           through
           false
           Maxims
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Joy.
           
        
         
           The
           onely
           quote
           one
           passage
           out
           of
           the
           Memoirs
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Sully
           ,
           he
           then
           writing
           to
           Henry
           IV.
           about
           his
           Intrigues
           with
           spain
           tells
           him
           ;
           
             That
             the
             growth
             of
             one
             Prince
             is
             the
             diminution
             of
             another
             ;
             
             that
             no
             Parentage
             ,
             Affinities
             ,
             Leagues
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Treaties
             ,
             Agreements
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
             or
             reciprocal
             Promises
             ,
             could
             ever
             yield
             sufficient
             Precautions
             for
             time
             to
             come
             against
             Interest
             of
             State.
             
          
        
         
           I
           could
           wish
           this
           Memoir
           affixed
           on
           the
           Cabinet
           of
           Madrid
           for
           their
           future
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           time
           to
           come
           they
           would
           take
           other
           Measures
           ;
           sith
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           adheres
           most
           pertinaciously
           to
           the
           Maxims
           of
           Sully
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           a
           Treaty
           sworn
           with
           the
           greatest
           seriousness
           and
           solemnity
           ,
           and
           a
           Cession
           of
           all
           Rights
           made
           and
           verified
           in
           due
           form
           of
           Law.
           For
           instead
           of
           observing
           it
           they
           are
           now
           debating
           other
           Rights
           ,
           and
           demand
           an
           hundred
           things
           ,
           which
           being
           refused
           ,
           they
           take
           up
           Arms
           ,
           and
           proceed
           to
           the
           worst
           Acts
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           leaving
           us
           without
           hopes
           of
           any
           Calm
           to
           follow
           upon
           this
           Storm
           ,
           which
           menaceth
           with
           an
           universal
           Deluge
           all
           the
           Netherlands
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           subjoyn
           one
           important
           Advice
           unto
           England
           :
           
             The
             Right
             of
             
               Edward
               III.
               (
               saith
            
             Laboureur
             )
             is
             not
             worth
             the
             mentioning
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             to
             tell
             the
             world
             how
             unrighteous
             the
             English
             are
             in
             their
             pretentions
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             manifest
             what
             necessity
             lieth
             on
             us
             to
             keep
             that
             Nation
             at
             a
             bay
             ,
             at
             a
             distance
             from
             us
             ,
             which
             is
             naturally
             quarrelsom
             ,
             born
             our
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             borrow
             Assistance
             whereever
             she
             can
             get
             it
             ,
             and
             take
             up
             any
             the
             least
             pretext
             in
             the
             world
             to
             subdue
             and
             ruine
             us
             .
             Robert
             Abbot
             of
             La
             Celle
             reproach'd
             an
             English
             Prelate
             with
             this
             ,
             that
             his
             Countrymen
             in
             their
             Inclinations
             resembled
             that
             Element
             
             which
             did
             encompass
             them
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             were
             cruel
             ,
             proud
             ,
             unconstant
             ,
             and
             seditious
             .
          
           These
           are
           noble
           Elogies
           indeed
           conferr'd
           upon
           your
           Friends
           ,
           Monsieur
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           perfect
           peace
           ,
           nay
           upon
           your
           best
           and
           most
           potent
           Friends
           ,
           to
           whom
           you
           have
           in
           this
           present
           Juncture
           of
           Affairs
           your
           Recourse
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           this
           very
           great
           Oversight
           ,
           to
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           charmed
           by
           your
           Flatteries
           and
           Cozenages
           .
        
         
           When
           as
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           redemanded
           Calais
           for
           just
           Reasons
           she
           then
           alleged
           ,
           the
           French
           resolved
           rather
           to
           endure
           a
           War
           ,
           wherewith
           she
           menac'd
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           surrender
           it
           :
           
             Because
             (
             
               saith
               the
            
             same
             Laboureur
             )
             there
             was
             a
             double
             danger
             ,
             one
             to
             suffer
             our
             ancient
             Enemies
             to
             get
             footing
             in
             the
             Continent
             of
             France
             ;
             and
             then
             too
             because
             they
             are
             Hereticks
             ,
             who
             would
             always
             have
             a
             Faction
             in
             the
             State
             to
             revive
             their
             old
             Quarrels
             at
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             more
             concern'd
             us
             now
             than
             heretofore
             ,
             to
             shut
             them
             up
             with
             their
             new
             Religion
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Sea.
             
          
        
         
           This
           was
           done
           in
           the
           Sale
           of
           Dunkirk
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           other
           place
           offer
           it self
           to
           purchase
           ,
           France
           will
           be
           no
           Higler
           ,
           but
           purchase
           it
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           supposing
           she
           be
           discharged
           of
           her
           Wars
           with
           Spain
           .
           Again
           ,
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           insisting
           still
           upon
           the
           Restitution
           of
           Calais
           ,
           and
           speaking
           of
           it
           unto
           Sancy
           ,
           he
           after
           several
           shifts
           and
           excuses
           ,
           
             By
             God
             ,
             Madam
             ,
             (
             
               quoth
               he
            
             )
             can
             Tour
             Majesty
             be
             so
             simple
             as
             to
             imagine
             the
             King
             my
             Master
             would
             give
             you
             Calais
             again
             ?
          
           Which
           
           Answer
           touching
           her
           to
           the
           quick
           ,
           she
           demands
           Bouloigne
           in
           lieu
           of
           it
           .
           The
           King
           ,
           who
           foresaw
           the
           Consequence
           of
           the
           English
           setting
           footing
           once
           more
           on
           French
           Ground
           ,
           commanded
           her
           to
           be
           told
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             rather
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             should
             give
             him
             a
             Box
             on
             the
             ear
             ,
             than
             the
             Queen
             of
             England
             should
             give
             him
             a
             Filip
             .
          
           And
           in
           troth
           she
           had
           not
           Calais
           when
           the
           term
           of
           Eight
           Years
           was
           expired
           ,
           although
           according
           to
           Treaty
           it
           was
           then
           to
           have
           been
           surrendred
           ,
           or
           Hostages
           and
           sufficient
           Security
           for
           payment
           of
           Five
           hundred
           thousand
           Crowns
           promised
           her
           in
           case
           of
           Non-performance
           .
           But
           as
           usual
           they
           fail
           of
           their
           Words
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Queen
           onely
           recovered
           Six
           score
           thousand
           Crowns
           at
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Troys
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Calais
           is
           once
           again
           become
           
             French.
             France
          
           loves
           her
           own
           Repose
           and
           Glory
           too
           much
           ever
           to
           part
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Subjects
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Prince
           are
           too
           much
           in
           love
           with
           it
           ,
           to
           suffer
           it
           slip
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           .
           I
           speak
           but
           the
           very
           words
           of
           the
           Cardinal
           of
           Lorrain
           ;
           
             There
             is
             no
             Frenchman
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             but
             would
             rather
             hazard
             his
             Life
             ,
             than
             advise
             the
             King
             to
             surrender
             Calais
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             more
             willingly
             sacrifice
             his
             whole
             Estate
             ,
             than
             once
             give
             his
             consent
             thereunto
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           spoken
           like
           a
           true
           Frenchman
           ,
           and
           their
           Neighbours
           should
           resent
           such
           daring
           Expressions
           as
           tenderly
           as
           they
           themselves
           do
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           of
           credit
           in
           what
           S'aavedre
           reports
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Prince's
             Acquists
             enhaunce
             his
             Dread
             and
             Reverence
             ,
             
             but
             what
             he
             forgoes
             redounds
             to
             his
             contempt
             and
             scorn
             .
          
        
         
           Francis
           I.
           would
           never
           engage
           himself
           with
           Charles
           V.
           against
           England
           ,
           fearing
           left
           in
           the
           Conquest
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           it
           should
           happen
           to
           him
           as
           it
           did
           in
           the
           Conquest
           of
           Naples
           ,
           between
           Ferdinand
           of
           Arragon
           and
           Lewis
           XII
           .
           The
           Emperour
           being
           unable
           to
           brook
           an
           Equal
           ,
           and
           himself
           a
           Superiour
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Francis
           should
           have
           drawn
           upon
           himself
           a
           more
           potent
           Enemy
           ,
           than
           him
           of
           whom
           he
           was
           rid
           :
           the
           Leopards
           of
           England
           being
           no
           less
           terrible
           than
           the
           Eagles
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           or
           the
           Lions
           of
           Castile
           .
           Yea
           the
           Spaniards
           stifly
           seconded
           the
           English
           in
           their
           demands
           of
           Calais
           ,
           confessing
           ,
           
             That
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             abandon
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             they
             were
             not
             protected
             ,
             they
             very
             well
             knew
             Spain
             would
             be
             next
             ruin'd
             ;
             so
             that
             their
             own
             Losses
             would
             be
             greatest
             .
          
           This
           is
           written
           by
           the
           Cardinal
           of
           Lorrain
           .
        
         
           Spain
           then
           reason'd
           solidly
           and
           judiciously
           .
           In
           prospect
           of
           this
           ,
           Henry
           VIII
           .
           coined
           Medals
           of
           Gold
           ,
           on
           whose
           Reverse
           a
           Hand
           appeared
           out
           of
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           holding
           a
           Pair
           of
           Balances
           
             in
             equilibrio
          
           ;
           the
           two
           Scales
           whereof
           signified
           France
           and
           Spain
           ,
           with
           this
           Motto
           ,
           
             He
             wins
             on
             whose
             side
             I
             turn
             .
          
        
         
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           governed
           her self
           by
           the
           same
           Maxim
           ,
           and
           assisted
           Henry
           IV.
           so
           long
           as
           he
           was
           weakest
           ,
           but
           seasonably
           forbore
           when
           once
           she
           saw
           him
           start
           up
           beyond
           his
           just
           and
           proper
           bounds
           ;
           and
           at
           that
           time
           told
           Sully
           ,
           
             That
             neither
             France
             nor
             England
             ,
             nor
             any
             others
             ,
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             the
             
             Low
             Countries
             ;
             and
             that
             she
             would
             never
             endure
             the
             French
             King
             should
             gain
             so
             much
             as
             one
             inch
             of
             ground
             there
             .
          
        
         
           And
           when
           as
           Pope
           Clement
           VIII
           .
           told
           Cardinal
           Ossat
           ,
           that
           England
           hated
           France
           implacably
           ;
           he
           replied
           ,
           
             At
             this
             time
             England
             hates
             Spain
             more
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             ought
             now
             to
             regard
             the
             present
             state
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             which
             had
             united
             both
             French
             and
             English
             against
             a
             common
             Enemy
             by
             one
             common
             Interest
             ,
             which
             was
             evermore
             the
             strongest
             and
             securest
             band
             among
             all
             States
             and
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Reason
           which
           once
           serv'd
           the
           turn
           of
           France
           ,
           shall
           at
           another
           opportunity
           do
           Spain
           a
           kindness
           ;
           
             Because
             Kingdoms
             are
             not
             to
             be
             reputed
             strong
             or
             weak
             as
             they
             be
             in
             themselves
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             hold
             comparison
             with
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             from
             proportion
             wherewith
             they
             are
             adjusted
             one
             unto
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             Du
             Plessis
          
           sent
           this
           Message
           to
           Walsingham
           in
           England
           ,
           not
           to
           abandon
           Henry
           IV.
           nor
           the
           German
           Protestants
           .
           Let
           's
           see
           whether
           we
           may
           not
           use
           those
           self-same
           words
           to
           evince
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           
             England
             .
             Charles
          
           I.
           was
           convinc'd
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Charles
           II.
           hath
           been
           also
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           possibly
           yet
           more
           ,
           when
           like
           a
           great
           and
           deep
           Statesman
           he
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           penetrate
           into
           the
           future
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           he
           begins
           to
           take
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           he
           had
           done
           formerly
           in
           Person
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           suffer
           himself
           to
           be
           over-reach'd
           by
           false
           Reasonings
           ,
           nor
           give
           his
           Slanderers
           occasion
           to
           say
           of
           him
           as
           of
           his
           Grandfather
           King
           
           Iames
           ,
           
             That
             he
             knew
             not
             how
             ,
             nor
             ever
             cared
             to
             manage
             businesses
             ,
             nor
             would
             once
             put
             his
             hands
             to
             dispatch
             them
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             both
             means
             and
             opportunities
             had
             quite
             forsook
             him
             .
          
        
         
           I
           don't
           doubt
           but
           that
           Charles
           ,
           our
           gracious
           King
           who
           now
           reigneth
           ,
           will
           recollect
           what
           happen'd
           ,
           how
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           ,
           unto
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           what
           manner
           of
           Treatment
           he
           met
           withall
           in
           France
           ,
           even
           with
           no
           less
           than
           Banishment
           .
           And
           for
           all
           possible
           Allurements
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           fully
           confident
           of
           receiving
           the
           same
           measure
           from
           them
           again
           ,
           if
           the
           same
           occasion
           were
           ,
           which
           God
           forbid
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           quit
           Spain
           with
           his
           own
           true
           Interest
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           subsists
           by
           Commerce
           ,
           to
           imbrace
           the
           Humours
           and
           Private
           Interest
           of
           half-sighted
           and
           corrupt
           Ministers
           .
           France
           debitting
           none
           other
           Commodities
           than
           her
           Brandies
           and
           Apish
           Gewgaws
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           those
           substantial
           Merchandizes
           England
           hath
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           and
           importeth
           for
           all
           Quarters
           of
           the
           habitable
           World.
           And
           when
           Realities
           are
           forsaken
           ,
           and
           Deceits
           and
           Cheats
           taken
           ,
           immoderate
           and
           restless
           Spirits
           do
           ordinarily
           take
           hold
           of
           such
           sensible
           Arguments
           ,
           to
           alienate
           and
           imbitter
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           which
           though
           frequently
           too
           too
           querimonious
           ,
           yet
           gracious
           Princes
           without
           humouring
           them
           in
           all
           their
           childish
           Cravings
           ,
           will
           nevertheless
           comply
           with
           all
           that
           shall
           be
           manifestly
           for
           their
           solid
           Good.
           
        
         
           It
           were
           a
           pleasant
           story
           to
           relate
           the
           Civilities
           of
           
           France
           to
           Edward
           IV.
           who
           being
           at
           a
           pinch
           ,
           and
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           a
           Competitor
           ,
           and
           applying
           himself
           to
           one
           of
           their
           Kings
           for
           Assistance
           ,
           could
           get
           none
           other
           Answer
           than
           this
           ;
           
             
               That
               the
               League
               was
               made
               with
               the
               King
               of
               England
               and
               his
               State
               ;
               but
               he
               being
               no
               longer
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               France
               could
               not
               without
               violating
               the
               Articles
               of
               that
               League
               imploy
               their
               Arms
               against
               him
               ,
               who
               was
               then
               actually
               possessed
               of
               the
               Crown
               .
            
          
        
         
           They
           discharged
           themselves
           of
           him
           very
           handsomly
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           a
           fine
           piece
           of
           Raillery
           .
           God
           forbid
           we
           should
           be
           misinterpreted
           to
           give
           these
           as
           sawcy
           Omens
           ,
           that
           which
           we
           give
           as
           plain
           and
           sincere
           Items
           ,
           not
           to
           rely
           upon
           the
           French
           Amity
           ,
           which
           will
           prove
           a
           broken
           reed
           in
           case
           of
           need
           ,
           as
           former
           and
           later
           Examples
           convince
           us
           .
           Yet
           this
           Fear
           is
           groundless
           in
           our
           days
           (
           
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
          
           )
           for
           Charles
           is
           a
           Prince
           so
           August
           ,
           of
           so
           much
           Justice
           ,
           and
           withall
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           World
           as
           to
           that
           point
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           neglect
           the
           Glory
           redounding
           to
           him
           from
           those
           Victories
           he
           may
           atchieve
           with
           a
           wet
           Finger
           ,
           by
           treading
           in
           the
           Footsteps
           of
           his
           renowned
           Ancestours
           .
           
             
               Above
               all
               it
               's
               then
               most
               needful
               to
               use
               such
               means
               ,
               when
               as
               a
               Sovereign
               Prince
               is
               grown
               so
               puissant
               by
               his
               Arms
               ,
               that
               the
               progress
               of
               his
               Victories
               do
               make
               him
               terrible
               to
               his
               Neighbours
               .
            
          
           The
           Duke
           of
           Roan
           gives
           the
           same
           Advice
           in
           his
           
             Interest
             of
             Princes
          
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           lay
           open
           Monsiuer
           and
           his
           Policies
           ,
           if
           our
           Eyes
           will
           be
           but
           open
           to
           see
           '
           em
           .
           And
           though
           we
           have
           proposed
           such
           ways
           and
           measures
           of
           attacquing
           the
           French
           in
           part
           of
           their
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           be
           deemed
           to
           be
           at
           this
           Juncture
           so
           practicable
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           should
           rather
           go
           about
           to
           weaken
           'em
           by
           helping
           their
           Enemies
           and
           our
           Allies
           ;
           yet
           that
           is
           an
           Executive
           part
           ,
           and
           fitter
           for
           other
           persons
           to
           direct
           and
           prescribe
           .
           Our
           Design
           here
           being
           onely
           to
           make
           such
           an
           Answer
           as
           we
           thought
           the
           fittest
           to
           brow-beat
           that
           domineering
           Nation
           ;
           we
           judged
           that
           the
           aptest
           and
           shortest
           way
           to
           refute
           their
           Contumelies
           and
           shallow
           Pretensions
           on
           England
           ,
           was
           plainly
           to
           raise
           a
           Counter-battery
           of
           other
           Pretensions
           on
           France
           ,
           which
           are
           more
           grounded
           ;
           to
           speak
           to
           them
           like
           Britains
           ,
           or
           old
           Englishmen
           ,
           to
           borrow
           some
           strong
           Arguments
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           from
           both
           the
           Edwards
           Quiver
           ,
           to
           manifest
           that
           we
           are
           not
           so
           weak
           as
           to
           stand
           a
           scanning
           it
           with
           'em
           Scholar-like
           with
           a
           weak
           Pen
           ;
           but
           rather
           Man-like
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           more
           ready
           to
           make
           an
           Answer
           with
           our
           Swords
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           point
           of
           it
           to
           prick
           this
           Bladder
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           which
           so
           vainly
           puffs
           'em
           up
           in
           conceit
           above
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           whom
           they
           so
           presumptuously
           despise
           ,
           slander
           ,
           and
           would
           trample
           under
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           forgot
           that
           the
           English
           are
           the
           same
           when
           e're
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           felt
           'em
           to
           be
           at
           Poictiers
           ,
           at
           Guyenne
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           places
           in
           France
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           old
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           they
           or
           any
           of
           them
           in
           England
           will
           take
           offence
           at
           any
           thing
           that
           's
           said
           here
           ,
           we
           say
           't
           is
           but
           a
           Retaliation
           to
           their
           Writers
           .
           If
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           their
           Writers
           spoke
           but
           their
           private
           sense
           ,
           then
           let
           this
           pass
           for
           such
           another
           piece
           .
           For
           I
           protest
           no
           publick
           or
           private
           person
           ever
           moved
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           meer
           disinterested
           Affection
           I
           bear
           to
           my
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           having
           any
           particular
           grudge
           against
           the
           French
           on
           any
           account
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           the
           Common
           People
           usually
           have
           they
           know
           not
           why
           )
           that
           I
           declare
           they
           have
           been
           far
           more
           just
           and
           grateful
           to
           me
           than
           England
           it self
           .
           But
           let
           that
           pass
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           French
           will
           or
           must
           own
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           Politician
           ,
           and
           these
           other
           Defamatory
           Memoirs
           ,
           came
           from
           the
           Closet
           of
           publick
           persons
           ,
           and
           were
           spirited
           and
           are
           followed
           by
           such
           in
           their
           present
           courses
           ;
           we
           Englishmen
           do
           likewise
           for
           our
           parts
           (
           whatever
           has
           been
           here
           said
           by
           way
           of
           Argument
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           Frenchmen
           that
           we
           want
           neither
           Eyes
           ,
           Feeling
           ,
           nor
           Courage
           )
           submissively
           and
           wholly
           leave
           it
           to
           our
           Sovereign
           and
           his
           Counsellors
           ,
           to
           return
           a
           more
           fit
           and
           publick
           Answer
           to
           France
           in
           this
           point
           in
           their
           own
           due
           time
           .
        
         
           For
           we
           are
           not
           unsensible
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           sit
           in
           eminent
           places
           have
           a
           larger
           and
           clearer
           prospect
           of
           things
           than
           others
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           word
           of
           Command
           and
           Motion
           is
           to
           be
           always
           expected
           from
           them
           as
           from
           the
           head
           :
           but
           sometimes
           persons
           that
           stand
           on
           a
           far
           lower
           ground
           may
           have
           a
           more
           particular
           knowledge
           of
           some
           Gaps
           and
           Precipices
           which
           are
           
           just
           within
           their
           own
           reach
           and
           precinct
           .
           And
           even
           a
           Courrier
           or
           Scout
           may
           without
           reflexion
           to
           his
           Generals
           ,
           make
           a
           report
           touching
           the
           matters
           of
           fact
           he
           has
           observed
           in
           his
           course
           on
           the
           borders
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           also
           what
           he
           thinks
           of
           their
           next
           Motions
           ,
           by
           what
           he
           hath
           heard
           or
           seen
           among
           themselves
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ☞
           The
           Jesuit's
           
             Catechism
             ,
             according
             to
             St.
          
           Ignatius
           Loyola
           ,
           
             for
             the
             instructing
             and
             strengthening
             of
             all
             those
             which
             are
             weak
             in
             that
             Faith
             ;
             wherein
             the
             impiety
             of
             their
             Principles
             ,
             perniciousness
             of
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             iniquity
             of
             their
             Practices
             are
             declared
             .
             Printed
             for
          
           Robert
           Harford
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Angel
           in
           Cornhill
           
             near
             the
          
           Royal
           Exchange
           ,
           
             in
             Quarto
             .
             Price
          
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           ☞
           
             Humane
             Prudence
             ,
             Or
             the
             Art
             by
             which
             a
             Man
             may
             raise
             Himself
             and
             Fortune
             to
             Grandeur
             .
             By
          
           A.
           B.
           
             sold
             by
          
           Robert
           Harford
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Angel
           in
           Cornhil
           .
           price
           1
           s.