Obseruations concerning the present affaires of Holland and the Vnited Prouinces, made by an English gentleman there lately resident, & since written by himselfe from Paris, to his friend in England
         Spiegel der Nederlandsche elenden. English
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             Obseruations concerning the present affaires of Holland and the Vnited Prouinces, made by an English gentleman there lately resident, & since written by himselfe from Paris, to his friend in England
             Spiegel der Nederlandsche elenden. English
             Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550-1640.
          
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           OBSERVATIO●●
           CONCERNING
           THE
           PRESENT
           AFFAIRES
           .
        
         
           OF
           HOLLAND
           AND
           THE
           VNITED
           PROVINCES
           ,
           Made
           by
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           there
           lately
           resident
           ,
           &
           since
           written
           by
           himselfe
           from
           Paris
           ,
           to
           his
           friend
           in
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Printed
           Anno
           M.DC.
           ●●●
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           AVTHORS
           EPISTLE
           TO
           HIS
           FRIEND
           .
        
         
           WORTHY
           ,
           &
           welbeloued
           Friend
           ,
           you
           shal
           please
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           at
           my
           late
           being
           at
           the
           Hage
           in
           Holland
           ,
           I
           receaued
           your
           leter
           ,
           wherin
           you
           desire
           me
           
           to
           describe
           vnto
           you
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           &
           condition
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           know
           my
           opinion
           of
           their
           cause
           and
           quarrell
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           about
           which
           they
           haue
           so
           long
           troubled
           the
           world
           :
           Moreouer
           how
           I
           find
           thē
           in
           their
           thankefulnes
           vnto
           our
           State
           ,
           for
           so
           longe
           sticking
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           ayding
           them
           :
           And
           what
           those
           differences
           are
           which
           are
           lately
           risen
           vp
           among
           them
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           This
           letter
           of
           yours
           I
           had
           no
           tyme
           to
           answere
           frō
           thence
           ,
           neither
           would
           the
           answering
           it
           there
           haue
           beene
           conuenient
           ;
           I
           therefore
           deserred
           the
           answere
           ,
           vntill
           my
           comming
           into
           France
           ,
           
           to
           which
           iourney
           I
           was
           resolued
           before
           the
           receit
           of
           your
           letter
           ;
           because
           (
           to
           deale
           truely
           with
           you
           )
           I
           could
           not
           any
           longer
           endure
           to
           heare
           the
           lauish
           and
           vile
           speaches
           ,
           which
           a
           sort
           of
           base
           vnbridled
           people
           dayly
           disgorged
           against
           the
           Maiesty
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           whereof
           in
           the
           ensuing
           discourse
           somwhat
           more
           shal
           be
           spoken
           .
           And
           indeed
           this
           intollerable
           demeanour
           of
           theirs
           toward
           the
           Maiesty
           of
           so
           great
           and
           so
           bountifull
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           to
           whome
           they
           are
           so
           much
           beholding
           ,
           hath
           giuen
           me
           good
           cause
           aswell
           to
           looke
           into
           the
           iustnesse
           of
           their
           wars
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spaine
           ,
           as
           into
           their
           
           in
           gratitude
           vnto
           the
           King
           and
           State
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           therby
           to
           become
           the
           more
           able
           to
           giue
           you
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           demands
           in
           your
           letter
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           notwithstāding
           confesse
           ,
           that
           since
           my
           aryuall
           heer
           in
           Paris
           ,
           I
           haue
           for
           some
           whyle
           deferred
           it
           :
           for
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           I
           had
           a
           great
           desyre
           thereunto
           ,
           so
           on
           the
           other
           syde
           ,
           I
           found
           in
           my selfe
           a
           kind
           of
           vnwillingnes
           to
           begin
           it
           ;
           which
           vnwillingnes
           I
           protest
           vnto
           you
           ,
           proceeded
           of
           a
           conceaued
           feare
           to
           offend
           you
           ,
           when
           in
           deliuering
           you
           the
           very
           true
           and
           playne
           truthe
           of
           thinges
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           you
           might
           fynd
           me
           altered
           in
           mynd
           and
           
           iudgment
           from
           what
           I
           was
           when
           I
           was
           cōuersant
           with
           you
           in
           England
           .
           But
           considering
           that
           the
           true
           duety
           of
           a
           friend
           is
           ,
           with
           his
           friend
           to
           deale
           vnfaignedly
           ,
           I
           haue
           now
           at
           last
           vndertaken
           the
           taske
           so
           to
           do
           .
           And
           in
           such
           regard
           must
           intreate
           you
           ,
           to
           excuse
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           let
           my
           ignorance
           of
           the
           time
           when
           I
           cōuersed
           with
           you
           be
           put
           in
           opposition
           against
           the
           better
           knowledge
           which
           experience
           of
           ryper
           years
           hath
           yielded
           me
           ;
           for
           you
           must
           think
           that
           by
           trauailing
           abroad
           in
           other
           Countryes
           ,
           &
           conuersing
           with
           men
           of
           vnderstanding
           of
           diuers
           nations
           ,
           who
           in
           these
           parts
           are
           accustomed
           to
           frenesse
           
           of
           speach
           ;
           by
           reading
           the
           iudicious
           writings
           of
           such
           credible
           Authors
           ,
           as
           haue
           noted
           downe
           the
           actions
           of
           State
           of
           this
           time
           ;
           as
           also
           by
           the
           obseruatiōs
           which
           myselfe
           haue
           made
           ,
           I
           haue
           seen
           as
           it
           were
           a
           mist
           wip●d
           away
           frō
           before
           myne
           eyes
           ,
           and
           thereby
           am
           come
           to
           discerne
           that
           ,
           which
           truth
           &
           reason
           hath
           made
           manifest
           vnto
           me
           ,
           as
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           you
           also
           will
           become
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           with
           vnpartial
           patiēce
           you
           will
           haue
           pleased
           to
           read
           ,
           what
           heere
           for
           your
           satisfaction
           I
           haue
           written
           ;
           that
           thereby
           we
           may
           agre
           aswel
           in
           mind
           &
           iudgment
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           in
           ancient
           amity
           .
           And
           thus
           leauing
           you
           to
           
           God
           ,
           in
           all
           kind
           affection
           I
           take
           of
           you
           my
           leaue
           .
        
         
           
             You
             know
             the
             hand
             .
          
           
             From
             Paris
             
               the
               20.
               of
               March
               ,
               after
               this
               stile
               &
               computation
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           THE
           CHAPTERS
           .
        
         
           A
           Briefe
           description
           o●
           the
           Country
           ,
           &
           People
           of
           Holland
           ;
           with
           a
           true
           relation
           of
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           rebellion
           against
           their
           ●lawfu●l
           Soueraigne
           Lord
           ,
           King
           
             Philip
             the
             second
             of
             Spayne
             .
             Chap.
             I.
             
          
        
         
           How
           dishonora●le
           it
           was
           ,
           for
           Queene
           
             Elizabeth
             of
             England
          
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           Hollanders
           parts
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayn
           :
           how
           she
           oppressed
           and
           impouerished
           her
           subiects
           for
           th●ir
           sakes
           ,
           and
           endangered
           her
           owne
           Crowne
           and
           Kingdome
           .
           
             Chap.
             II.
          
           
        
         
         
           Whether
           England
           hath
           receaued
           any
           benefite
           by
           defending
           the
           quarrell
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ;
           or
           whether
           the
           Hollanders
           haue
           endeauoured
           to
           deserue
           the
           friendship
           they
           haue
           receaued
           from
           thence
           ,
           or
           haue
           any
           way
           shewed
           themselues
           gratefull
           for
           it
           .
           
             Chap.
             III.
          
           
        
         
           Whether
           England
           can
           expect
           any
           benefite
           by
           continuing
           to
           take
           the
           Hollanders
           parts
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           Hollanders
           do
           deserue
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           wishing
           ,
           or
           desiring
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           State
           and
           Gouernement
           of
           England
           as
           now
           it
           standeth
           .
           
             Cha.
             IIII.
          
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ;
           &
           of
           the
           diuision
           among
           them
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           :
           and
           whether
           respect
           of
           Religion
           may
           vrge
           England
           still
           to
           assist
           them
           .
           
             Chap.
             V.
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
             A
             briefe
             description
             of
             the
             Countrey
             and
             People
             of
          
           Holland
           ;
           
             with
             a
             t●u●
             Relation
             of
             the
             beginning
             of
             their
             rebellion
             ,
             against
             their
             lawfull
             Soueraigne
             Lord
             ,
             King
          
           Philip
           
             the
             second
             of
          
           Spayne
           .
        
         
           HOLLAND
           at
           the
           creation
           of
           the
           world
           was
           no
           Land
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           at
           the
           first
           intended
           by
           God
           or
           nature
           for
           a
           dwelling
           place
           of
           men
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           then
           &
           long
           after
           a
           sea
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           habitation
           of
           fishes
           .
           Had
           it
           been
           meant
           for
           a
           habitatiō
           of
           men
           ,
           it
           had
           not
           only
           been
           such
           high
           
           ground
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           not
           haue
           beene
           continually
           subiect
           to
           the
           inundation
           of
           the
           ●ea
           ,
           but
           also
           haue
           beene
           able
           to
           haue
           yeelded
           the
           inhabitants
           bread
           to
           eate
           ,
           &
           wood
           ,
           or
           stone
           to
           build
           witha●l
           ;
           and
           the
           foure
           elements
           would
           not
           haue
           conspired
           together
           to
           be
           there
           all
           naught
           ,
           &
           by
           being
           naught
           vnto
           men
           ,
           to
           shew
           their
           disl●ke
           of
           vsu●pers
           that
           depriue
           fishes
           of
           ●heir
           due
           dwelling
           places
           .
        
         
           Being
           then
           at
           the
           first
           wholy
           sea
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           fla●s
           &
           shallows
           thereof
           ,
           ●t
           was
           partly
           by
           ban●kes
           raised
           of
           〈◊〉
           and
           earth
           ,
           through
           the
           labour
           of
           m●n
           ,
           and
           partely
           by
           sandy
           down●s
           o●
           〈◊〉
           driuen
           together
           by
           the
           r●ge
           of
           the
           waues
           ,
           encroached
           vpon
           &
           gotten
           from
           the
           sea
           ,
           by
           the
           old
           Ancest●urs
           of
           the
           now
           Inhabitantes
           .
           The
           Co●n●rey
           then
           except
           these
           ban●kes
           and
           do●●nes
           ,
           lyeth
           all
           as
           low
           and
           leuel
           as
           water
           hath
           made
           it
           .
           In
           it
           are
           neither
           mountaynes
           nor
           fountaynes
           ,
           nor
           hath
           nature
           affoarded
           them
           within
           the
           earth
           
           the
           meanest
           of
           the
           seauen
           mettalles
           ,
           or
           any
           mineral
           matter
           at
           al.
           But
           what
           shal
           I
           speak
           of
           their
           want
           of
           mynes
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           want
           of
           earth
           it self
           ;
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           their
           want
           therof
           ,
           are
           faigne
           to
           make
           vse
           of
           that
           litle
           they
           haue
           for
           their
           fuell
           ,
           and
           so
           begin
           to
           burne
           vp
           their
           Countrey
           before
           the
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           .
        
         
           Grasse
           they
           haue
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           all
           the
           greatest
           good
           that
           their
           ground
           can
           affoard
           them
           ,
           and
           heerof
           butter
           and
           cheese
           are
           the
           wittnesses
           :
           but
           for
           this
           one
           benefit
           ,
           they
           want
           many
           which
           other
           Countries
           haue
           that
           haue
           this
           as
           wel
           as
           they
           .
           To
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           any
           benefits
           peculiar
           to
           themselues
           whereof
           they
           may
           boast
           ,
           except
           only
           two
           :
           the
           one
           is
           their
           hauing
           of
           a
           Country
           which
           is
           the
           fittest
           for
           rebelliō
           in
           all
           Christendome
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           is
           ,
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           lownesse
           of
           their
           dwelling
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           neerest
           neighbours
           to
           the
           Diuel
           ,
           of
           any
           nation
           
           liuing
           vpon
           earth
           .
        
         
           For
           other
           singularities
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           I
           haue
           noted
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           generally
           so
           bred
           vp
           to
           the
           Bible
           ,
           that
           almost
           euery
           Cob●er
           is
           a
           Dut●h
           Doctor
           of
           diuinity
           ,
           and
           by
           inward
           illumination
           of
           spirit
           vnderstadeth
           the
           Scripture
           as
           wel
           as
           they
           that
           wrote
           it
           .
           Yet
           fal
           those
           inward
           illumination●
           so
           different
           ,
           that
           so
           mety
           mes
           seauen
           religions
           are
           found
           together
           in
           one
           family
           ;
           the
           man
           of
           the
           house
           being
           of
           one
           religion
           ,
           the
           wyfe
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           children
           and
           seruants
           of
           others
           :
           but
           many
           more
           may
           there
           be
           in
           one
           house
           if
           the
           family
           be
           greater
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           store
           of
           religions
           that
           are
           there
           dayly
           increasing
           &
           currant
           ;
           for
           there
           were
           not
           more
           differēt
           languages
           at
           the
           tower
           of
           Bah●l
           ,
           then
           ther
           are
           differēt
           beliefs
           in
           Holland
           ;
           vpon
           which
           plurality
           of
           Sects
           a
           friend
           of
           myne
           made
           this
           Epigramme
           :
           
             
               The
               first
               confusion
               that
               the
               VVorld
               besell
               ,
            
             
               VVas
               in
               the
               many
               speaches
               variation
               ,
            
             
             
               VVhen
               men
               had
               sought
               ,
               ●igh
               vnto
               Heauen
               to
               dwel
               ,
            
             
               By
               making
               on
               a
               Towre
               their
               habitation
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               the
               VVorlds
               astonishment
               and
               griese
               ,
            
             
               A
               new
               confusion
               now
               is
               falne
               agayne
               ,
            
             
               Consisting
               not
               in
               language
               ,
               but
               beliefe
               ,
            
             
               And
               far
               exceeding
               seauenty
               sorts
               and
               twayne
               :
            
             
               VVhich
               make
               their
               choice
               in
               this
               low
               Land
               to
               dwel
               ,
            
             
               VVhere
               they
               are
               neerest
               neighbours
               vnto
               hell
               .
            
          
           Those
           of
           Holland
           &
           the
           ad●acent
           partes
           rerme
           thēselues
           of
           the
           Vnited
           Prouinces
           ;
           but
           neuer
           people
           in
           this
           world
           liued
           in
           a
           more
           disunited
           vnity
           ;
           so
           great
           a
           confusion
           hath
           this
           freedome
           brought
           amongst
           them
           of
           euery
           Idiots
           babling
           out
           of
           the
           Bible
           .
        
         
           Hell
           is
           nothing
           so
           odious
           vnto
           this
           people
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Spanish
           Inquisitiō
           ,
           albeit
           they
           liue
           in
           more
           danger
           of
           hell
           then
           of
           it
           .
           The
           reason
           why
           they
           so
           much
           hate
           it
           ,
           is
           because
           it
           hateth
           the
           Babel
           of
           their
           belief
           But
           notwithstāding
           their
           professed
           freedom
           of
           al
           Religions
           ,
           they
           can
           finde
           meanes
           without
           vsing
           the
           name
           of
           ●n
           Inquisition
           ,
           to
           depresse
           two
           Religions
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Oldest
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Newest
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Catholike
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Arminian
           Religion
           :
           these
           they
           let
           not
           to
           puni●h
           in
           body
           and
           in
           goodes
           ,
           with
           imprisonment
           also
           ,
           and
           banishment
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           rather
           heare
           blasphemy
           vttered
           against
           God
           ,
           then
           any
           word
           of
           the
           abridging
           of
           any
           their
           priuiledges
           ,
           which
           they
           conserue
           so
           inuiolably
           ,
           that
           they
           haue
           quite
           broken
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           abused
           all
           the
           others
           :
           so
           as
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           stand
           so
           much
           vpon
           them
           ,
           appeareth
           to
           be
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           haue
           no
           body
           to
           be
           the
           breakers
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           
             The
             high
             powersull
             Lords
             the
             States
          
           themselues
           .
        
         
           The
           words
           of
           Soueraigne
           authority
           
             Sic
             volo
             ,
             sic
             iubeo
          
           ,
           are
           in
           tollerable
           in
           their
           eares
           ,
           for
           their
           taking
           place
           before
           right
           and
           reason
           ,
           as
           Langenes
           telleth
           vs
           ,
           in
           his
           booke
           of
           Mappes
           printed
           at
           Amsterdam
           1599.
           
        
         
           It
           seemeth
           they
           much
           affect
           the
           Storke
           ,
           because
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           she
           seeketh
           
           not
           to
           liue
           in
           any
           Countrey
           that
           is
           gouerned
           by
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           she
           coms
           into
           Europe
           ,
           she
           holds
           her
           residence
           most
           in
           Switzerland
           ,
           and
           Holland
           .
        
         
           The
           regiment
           of
           a
           Beast
           with
           seauen
           heades
           pleaseth
           them
           best
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           monster
           that
           ryseth
           out
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           and
           because
           possibility
           giueth
           hope
           that
           any
           Beer-brewer
           ,
           or
           Basket-maker
           by
           vulgar
           cōmendation
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           may
           at
           one
           tyme
           or
           other
           be
           raised
           to
           the
           dignity
           of
           one
           of
           
             The
             powerfull
             Lords
             the
             States
          
           .
        
         
           One
           great
           prerogatiue
           I
           must
           confesse
           this
           people
           to
           haue
           ,
           which
           they
           do
           not
           bragge
           of
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           the
           wicked
           shall
           say
           vnto
           the
           Mountaines
           fall
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           &
           vnto
           the
           hills
           couer
           vs
           ;
           those
           that
           be
           wicked
           in
           Holland
           because
           they
           haue
           no
           hills
           ,
           shall
           but
           need
           to
           cut
           their
           bankes
           through
           ,
           &
           the
           sea
           of
           it self
           wil
           straight
           wayes
           ouer
           whelme
           them
           .
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           people
           had
           been
           
           the
           rebels
           of
           any
           other
           King
           or
           Prince
           in
           the
           world
           then
           of
           th●
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           he
           would
           as
           well
           haue
           made
           the
           sea
           to
           haue
           holpen
           him
           to
           reuenge
           his
           quarell
           vpon
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           made
           it
           to
           assist
           them
           in
           their
           rebellion
           against
           him
           :
           and
           that
           this
           by
           the
           sea
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           passe
           is
           apparent
           inough
           ,
           and
           the
           sea
           it selfe
           gaue
           proofe
           therof
           ,
           when
           not
           forty
           yeares
           before
           this
           their
           great
           rebellion
           ,
           it
           drowned
           foure
           hundred
           &
           foure
           of
           their
           villages
           .
           Nor
           would
           themselues
           omit
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           therby
           haue
           the
           like
           aduantage
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           :
           for
           in
           sundry
           places
           both
           of
           Flanders
           and
           Brabant
           ,
           they
           haue
           long
           since
           begon
           some
           practise
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           disaduantage
           of
           the
           sayd
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           detriment
           of
           such
           of
           his
           subiects
           as
           liued
           vnder
           him
           in
           their
           due
           obedience
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           be
           no
           longer
           tedious
           vnto
           you
           in
           this
           Countrey
           and
           peoples
           description
           ,
           I
           wil
           come
           vnto
           the
           beginning
           and
           originall
           cause
           of
           their
           rebellion
           .
           
           Yo●
           shall
           therefore
           vnderstand
           ,
           that
           King
           Philippe
           the
           second
           before-named
           ,
           departed
           out
           of
           these
           Netherlands
           towards
           Spayne
           in
           the
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           1559.
           then
           being
           in
           full
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           seauenteene
           Prouinces
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           of
           the
           seauen
           now
           vnited
           in
           rebelon
           ,
           whereof
           Holl●nd
           is
           the
           chiefe
           ,
           and
           the
           ten
           others
           .
           The
           Soueraignty
           of
           all
           which
           Prouinces
           ,
           he
           receaued
           as
           true
           and
           sole
           heyre
           successiuely
           from
           his
           Father
           the
           Emperor
           
             ●harle
             the
             fifth
          
           ,
           who
           in
           like
           manner
           had
           them
           successiuely
           frō
           his
           Father
           ,
           to
           whome
           they
           likewise
           were
           descended
           from
           his
           Ancestours
           .
        
         
           At
           his
           departure
           ,
           he
           left
           all
           these
           Countryes
           in
           peace
           &
           plenty
           ,
           hauing
           no
           ciuill
           broyles
           amongst
           themselues
           ,
           nor
           warres
           with
           other
           Nations
           .
           Their
           religion
           was
           the
           same
           wherunto
           aboue
           eight
           hundred
           yeares
           before
           they
           were
           brought
           ,
           when
           first
           they
           were
           conuerted
           from
           Paganisme
           to
           Christianity
           :
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           which
           Religion
           ,
           
           as
           also
           of
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           state
           in
           all
           her
           rig●ts
           and
           priuiledges
           ,
           the
           sayd
           King
           was
           sworne
           ,
           as
           to
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           of
           all
           other
           priuiledges
           .
        
         
           He
           left
           for
           supreme
           Gouernesse
           vnder
           him
           in
           these
           Prouinces
           the
           Lady
           Margaret
           Duchesse
           of
           Parma
           his
           natural
           sister
           by
           the
           Fathers
           side
           :
           but
           neither
           left
           he
           any
           Spanish
           Lifetenant
           Gouernour
           of
           any
           of
           these
           Prouinces
           vnder
           her
           ,
           nor
           had
           he
           any
           army
           or
           troopes
           of
           Spanish
           souldiers
           in
           al
           the
           Country
           ,
           but
           left
           ech
           particuler
           gouernement
           to
           the
           Nobility
           of
           the
           Country
           it selfe
           ,
           with
           other
           benefits
           bestowed
           vpon
           euery
           of
           them
           .
           And
           besides
           the
           sundry
           benefits
           both
           in
           titles
           of
           honour
           ,
           and
           in
           riches
           which
           the
           aforesayd
           Emperour
           Charles
           had
           bestowed
           vpon
           
             William
             of
             Nassaw
          
           ,
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           this
           King
           Philip
           his
           sonne
           ,
           not
           diminishing
           but
           much
           augmenting
           them
           ,
           left
           him
           also
           Lifetenant
           Gouernour
           of
           some
           of
           these
           Prouinces
           .
        
         
           Thus
           departed
           the
           sayd
           king
           Philip
           
           into
           Spayne
           ,
           without
           giuing
           the
           least
           cause
           of
           discontentment
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Nobility
           or
           people
           of
           these
           Countries
           ,
           leauing
           them
           all
           in
           obligation
           of
           loue
           &
           loyalty
           ,
           &
           in
           more
           florishing
           estate
           thē
           euer
           they
           were
           before
           .
           But
           as
           prodigall
           seruants
           are
           wont
           to
           beare
           themselues
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           their
           maisters
           ,
           so
           some
           of
           this
           forsayd
           Nobility
           bearing
           themselues
           far
           aboue
           the
           limits
           of
           their
           meanes
           ,
           became
           greatly
           behind
           hand
           ,
           and
           indebted
           ,
           &
           thereupon
           attendant
           for
           some
           one
           or
           other
           remedy
           (
           now
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           their
           Soueraigne
           Lord
           )
           which
           might
           keep
           their
           estates
           from
           declyning
           wholy
           to
           ruine
           .
           And
           amongst
           these
           ,
           there
           lurcked
           in
           the
           hart
           of
           the
           aforsaid
           
             William
             of
             Nassaw
          
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           as
           well
           a
           desyre
           of
           reuenge
           ,
           as
           of
           remedy
           for
           the
           vnderpropping
           of
           his
           decayed
           estate
           .
           This
           desire
           of
           reuenge
           was
           not
           for
           any
           wronges
           or
           iniuries
           donne
           or
           suffred
           to
           be
           donne
           vnto
           him
           by
           the
           king
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           but
           a
           reuenge
           forsooth
           ,
           
           because
           the
           greedy
           appetit
           of
           his
           insatiable
           ambition
           was
           not
           fully
           satisfyed
           .
           For
           knowing
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           after
           he
           had
           receaued
           possessiō
           of
           these
           Netherland
           Prouinces
           ,
           must
           needs
           returne
           agayne
           into
           Spayne
           ,
           and
           leaue
           some
           generall
           Gouernour
           thereof
           behind
           him
           ,
           he
           laboured
           by
           what
           meanes
           he
           might
           both
           by
           himselfe
           and
           such
           of
           the
           Nobility
           as
           were
           of
           his
           faction
           ,
           that
           this
           authority
           might
           be
           giuen
           vnto
           the
           Lady
           Christierna
           Duchesse
           of
           Lorayne
           ,
           &
           daughter
           vnto
           the
           sister
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             Charles
             the
             fifth
          
           ,
           who
           was
           maryed
           vnto
           Chri●●iernus
           the
           third
           ,
           King
           of
           Denmarcke
           ;
           and
           this
           Duchesse
           had
           a
           daughter
           called
           the
           Lady
           Dorothy
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           Lady
           the
           aforesayd
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           meant
           to
           haue
           maryed
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           meanes
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Duchesse
           Christierna
           he
           might
           haue
           come
           to
           haue
           beene
           Supreme
           gouernour
           of
           the
           whole
           low
           Countries
           .
           But
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Duchesse
           of
           Parma
           her
           being
           
           preferred
           vnto
           this
           dignity
           ,
           &
           his
           designment
           broken
           ,
           he
           out
           of
           cōceaued
           reuenge
           went
           and
           maryed
           with
           a
           daughter
           of
           Mauritius
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           being
           in
           religion
           a
           Lutheran
           ;
           and
           with
           her
           returned
           agayne
           into
           the
           Netherlandes
           ,
           retayning
           still
           in
           his
           hart
           the
           mali●e
           which
           he
           had
           cōceaued
           ,
           &
           the
           expectation
           of
           some
           occasiō
           of
           further
           reueng
           ,
           with
           reparation
           of
           his
           decayed
           estate
           .
        
         
           Now
           is
           it
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           albeit
           
             Martin
             Luther
          
           the
           New-Religiō-maker
           of
           Germany
           ,
           dyed
           not
           past
           three
           years
           before
           king
           Philip
           departed
           out
           of
           these
           Netherlandes
           ,
           yet
           were
           there
           already
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           him
           and
           his
           disciples
           six
           seueral
           religions
           risen
           vp
           in
           these
           Coūtries
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           The
           religion
           which
           Luther
           himselfe
           had
           first
           begune
           ,
           The
           religion
           of
           the
           Anabapstists
           ,
           The
           religiō
           of
           the
           Caluinists
           ,
           The
           religion
           of
           the
           Loyistes
           ,
           The
           religion
           of
           the
           family
           of
           loue
           ,
           and
           the
           religion
           of
           the
           Georgists
           :
           of
           which
           six
           ,
           for
           your
           more
           satisfactiō
           
           I
           will
           heere
           giue
           you
           (
           though
           briefly
           )
           some
           particuler
           relation
           .
        
         
           
             Martin
             Luther
          
           when
           he
           had
           made
           his
           reuolt
           from
           the
           Catholike
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           fynding
           that
           there
           were
           some
           thinges
           taught
           ,
           and
           obserued
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           that
           were
           thereto
           descended
           by
           ancient
           tradition
           ,
           and
           also
           deduced
           from
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           though
           not
           expressly
           therein
           mentioned
           ,
           thought
           with
           himself
           that
           the
           only
           way
           for
           him
           to
           draw
           many
           disciples
           after
           him
           ,
           was
           ,
           to
           proclayme
           in
           all
           his
           sermons
           and
           writings
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           belieue
           or
           do
           nay
           thing
           concerning
           faith
           &
           religion
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           was
           expressly
           comaunded
           and
           set
           downe
           in
           the
           written
           Word
           of
           God.
           By
           this
           deuyce
           in
           the
           beginning
           he
           found
           great
           applause
           ,
           especially
           among
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           ,
           into
           whose
           handes
           he
           had
           thrust
           Bibles
           and
           Testaments
           translated
           by
           himself
           into
           Dutche
           ,
           to
           the
           best
           aduantage
           of
           his
           doctrine
           .
           But
           it
           was
           not
           long
           after
           that
           
           some
           of
           these
           his
           disciples
           grew
           so
           subtile
           ,
           as
           to
           examine
           his
           doctrine
           by
           his
           owne
           rule
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           if
           all
           that
           he
           had
           taught
           them
           were
           expressly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           written
           Word
           of
           God.
           In
           which
           examination
           ,
           they
           found
           that
           the
           Christening
           of
           yonge
           children
           was
           not
           there
           to
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           esteeming
           the
           baptisme
           of
           children
           to
           be
           of
           no
           force
           ,
           they
           reuolted
           from
           him
           and
           rebaptized
           themselues
           ,
           and
           so
           began
           the
           sect
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           .
        
         
           After
           these
           ,
           
             Andrew
             Carolostadius
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           first
           and
           greatest
           disciples
           of
           Luther
           ,
           who
           with
           him
           allowed
           the
           baptisme
           of
           children
           ,
           although
           not
           expressed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           began
           to
           dissent
           frō
           〈◊〉
           in
           opiniō
           of
           the
           real
           presence
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           albeit
           expressed
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           which
           opinion
           being
           imbraced
           by
           Zuinglius
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           afterward
           p●●lished
           by
           
             Iohn
             Caluin
          
           ,
           left
           vnto
           his
           followers
           the
           name
           of
           Caluinists
           .
        
         
           The
           Loyists
           tooke
           their
           name
           of
           
           one
           Lo●
           ,
           by
           occupation
           a
           Slater
           ,
           and
           a
           townseman
           of
           Antwerp
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           confident
           in
           his
           right
           vnderstanding
           of
           Scripture
           by
           inward
           illumination
           from
           heauen
           ,
           that
           being
           furnished
           of
           money
           by
           certayne
           rich
           Merchantes
           of
           that
           citty
           whom
           he
           had
           brought
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Sect
           ,
           trauailed
           to
           Wittemberge
           to
           dispute
           with
           Luther
           ,
           and
           to
           conuert
           him
           to
           his
           religion
           :
           but
           Luther
           finding
           him
           so
           to
           interpret
           the
           Scripture
           as
           to
           deny
           the
           resurrection
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           to
           hold
           that
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           good
           are
           immortal
           and
           do
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           soules
           of
           the
           euill
           do
           consume
           away
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           there
           is
           neither
           Diuel
           ,
           nor
           Hell
           ,
           except
           the
           hell
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           Men-diuels
           in
           it
           ;
           Luther
           offered
           rather
           to
           dispute
           with
           him
           with
           fistes
           ,
           then
           with
           Scripture
           :
           wherupon
           Loy
           finding
           such
           harsh
           entertaynment
           returned
           to
           Antwerp
           again
           ,
           &
           left
           Luther
           vnconuerted
           .
           But
           hauing
           in
           Antwerp
           seduced
           and
           brought
           many
           to
           
           be
           of
           his
           opinion
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           recanted
           his
           doctrine
           and
           fallen
           to
           it
           againe
           ,
           he
           was
           finally
           burnt
           .
        
         
           The
           family
           of
           Loue
           began
           by
           one
           
             Henry
             Nicholas
          
           a
           Mercer
           ,
           or
           Seller
           of
           Silks
           ,
           also
           of
           Antwerp
           ,
           who
           held
           among
           other
           thinges
           ,
           that
           man
           ought
           to
           be
           Deifyed
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           ho●●●fyed
           in
           man
           ;
           and
           that
           men
           may
           haue
           their
           heauen
           first
           heer
           in
           this
           world
           by
           liuing
           in
           that
           deifyed
           loue
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           heereafter
           in
           Heauen
           also
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           of
           these
           six
           was
           the
           sect
           of
           
             Dauid
             George
          
           a
           Glasse
           painter
           of
           Delft
           in
           Holland
           .
           This
           monster
           secretly
           taught
           his
           disciples
           ,
           that
           in
           himselfe
           was
           infused
           the
           soule
           of
           the
           true
           Messias
           and
           Sauiour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           more
           then
           Elias
           ,
           more
           then
           S.
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           ,
           yea
           more
           then
           Christ
           .
        
         
           These
           six
           sects
           beginning
           now
           to
           grow
           and
           spread
           themselues
           in
           sundry
           parts
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           though
           some
           increased
           more
           then
           some
           ,
           the
           Georgistes
           
           keeping
           themselues
           more
           secret
           then
           any
           of
           the
           others
           ;
           there
           was
           now
           no
           remedy
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           the
           subiects
           from
           so
           great
           confusion
           in
           religion
           ,
           as
           also
           from
           the
           dayly
           increase
           of
           more
           Sects
           ,
           &
           the
           great
           inconueniences
           iustly
           feared
           thereby
           to
           arise
           ,
           then
           by
           putting
           in
           practise
           the
           Placarts
           or
           Ordinances
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           being
           no
           other
           then
           consonant
           vnto
           the
           ancient
           lawes
           of
           all
           other
           Countryes
           in
           Christendome
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           the
           Oath
           which
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           had
           take
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           for
           maintenance
           of
           the
           ancient
           established
           Religion
           and
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           These
           lawes
           then
           being
           now
           begun
           to
           be
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           and
           diuers
           of
           those
           that
           were
           of
           these
           Sects
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           but
           of
           none
           more
           then
           of
           that
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ;
           certain
           of
           the
           decayed
           Nobility
           aforesayd
           ,
           of
           which
           faction
           
             William
             of
             Nassaw
          
           was
           the
           chiefe
           ,
           seeing
           that
           all
           this
           made
           for
           them
           ,
           &
           that
           somthing
           
           must
           needes
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           whereby
           they
           might
           fall
           to
           fishing
           in
           a
           troubled
           water
           ,
           sought
           by
           all
           meanes
           to
           get
           themselues
           beloued
           of
           all
           these
           Sectes
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           end
           they
           might
           benefite
           themselues
           by
           that
           which
           most
           preuailed
           .
           Wherupon
           in
           the
           Moneth
           of
           April
           in
           the
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           1566.
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Bruxells
           they
           exhibited
           vnto
           the
           L●
           .
           Margaret
           aforsaid
           a
           supplication
           ,
           wherin
           they
           requyred
           a
           repeale
           or
           moderation
           of
           all
           rigorous
           Placartes
           ,
           or
           Lawes
           made
           concerning
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Let
           now
           any
           man
           of
           reason
           or
           iudgment
           consider
           of
           the
           lawfullnes
           of
           this
           demaund
           ,
           and
           whether
           themselues
           that
           demaunded
           it
           ,
           could
           with
           good
           conscience
           moue
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           very
           mouing
           of
           the
           demaund
           it selfe
           plainely
           arguing
           little
           respect
           or
           conscience
           in
           the
           demaunders
           ,
           &
           declaring
           plainely
           ,
           that
           the
           thing
           they
           sought
           was
           for
           their
           owne
           endes
           ;
           and
           that
           taking
           part
           at
           the
           last
           with
           that
           Sect
           which
           came
           
           to
           domimere
           aboue
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           end
           one
           must
           needes
           doe
           ,
           they
           might
           sticke
           thereunto
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           flatte
           and
           open
           rebellion
           make
           vp
           their
           mouthes
           by
           the
           ouerthrowe
           of
           the
           ancient
           Clergy
           that
           was
           in
           possession
           of
           good
           〈◊〉
           and
           huinges
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           these
           new
           Sects
           did
           beare
           equal
           hatred
           ,
           albeit
           ech
           or
           them
           did
           neuerthelesse
           hate
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           This
           request
           being
           as
           is
           aforesayd
           presented
           vnto
           the
           Lady
           Margaret
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           April
           ,
           she
           promised
           them
           to
           send
           it
           into
           Spaine
           ,
           and
           to
           require
           from
           thence
           ,
           resolution
           and
           answere
           t●ereof
           .
           The
           request
           she
           sent
           ,
           but
           the
           answere
           they
           attended
           not
           ,
           but
           gaue
           f●●thwith
           such
           hart
           and
           encouragment
           vnto
           the
           Sectaryes
           ,
           that
           within
           few
           weeks
           after
           the
           request
           was
           sent
           away
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           preach
           publikely
           in
           sundry
           Townes
           and
           Cittyes
           ,
           vpon
           a
           selfe
           assumed
           authority
           ,
           euen
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           Lawes
           and
           Magistrates
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           
           fell
           to
           robbing
           and
           spoyling
           of
           Churches
           throughout
           al
           the
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           this
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           as
           a
           Prince
           most
           carefull
           of
           his
           Oath
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           good
           of
           his
           subiects
           ,
           was
           enforced
           to
           send
           into
           these
           Netherlands
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           ,
           to
           take
           vpon
           him
           the
           generall
           gouernment
           ,
           which
           in
           so
           troublesome
           a
           world
           was
           too
           great
           a
           charge
           to
           be
           menaged
           by
           a
           woman
           .
        
         
           This
           Duke
           ariuing
           in
           these
           partes
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           August
           ,
           in
           the
           yeare
           1●67
           .
           which
           was
           the
           yeare
           following
           ;
           the
           Lady
           Margaret
           resigned
           vnto
           him
           the
           gouernement
           ,
           and
           departed
           out
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
           The
           Duke
           now
           being
           placed
           in
           the
           gouernement
           ,
           began
           to
           learne
           out
           ,
           and
           informe
           himselfe
           what
           persons
           they
           were
           that
           had
           conspired
           togeather
           in
           this
           busines
           ,
           and
           had
           giuen
           the
           onset
           and
           countenance
           vnto
           these
           rebellious
           Sectaryes
           ,
           and
           Sacrilegious
           Church-robbers
           ;
           &
           finding
           the
           Earles
           of
           Egmont
           and
           Horne
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           
           Gentlemen
           to
           be
           culpable
           of
           this
           crime
           ,
           they
           were
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           beheaded
           in
           Bruxels
           But
           VVilliam
           of
           Nassaw
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           the
           chiefest
           Ring
           leader
           of
           this
           sedition
           ,
           so
           soone
           as
           he
           heard
           of
           the
           ariuall
           of
           the
           Duke
           ,
           got
           him
           away
           into
           Germany
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           flight
           declared
           himselfe
           to
           be
           guilty
           ,
           as
           by
           experience
           afterward
           it
           proued
           .
        
         
           Heere
           now
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           in
           the
           sight
           and
           iudgement
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Spaine
           had
           not
           all
           right
           and
           reason
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           to
           vse
           such
           meanes
           as
           he
           did
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           such
           capitall
           offenders
           ,
           and
           to
           imploy
           the
           subiects
           of
           one
           Countrey
           ,
           for
           the
           chastisement
           of
           the
           Rebells
           of
           another
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           no
           other
           remedy
           .
           And
           whether
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           liuing
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           could
           in
           honour
           ,
           or
           iustice
           winke
           at
           ,
           &
           put
           vp
           such
           great
           and
           capital
           crymes
           and
           insolencyes
           committed
           by
           his
           subiects
           ,
           as
           is
           a
           generall
           and
           publique
           sacrilegious
           
           Church-robbery
           ,
           and
           the
           spoyling
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           for
           the
           preseruation
           of
           whose
           priuiledges
           he
           had
           so
           solemnely
           taken
           his
           oath
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           the
           dooers
           quietly
           to
           passe
           vnpunished
           ,
           &
           to
           let
           euery
           man
           openly
           professe
           &
           follow
           such
           new
           and
           neuer
           heard
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           as
           his
           owne
           fancy
           should
           inuent
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           owne
           choice
           he
           should
           best
           like
           ;
           which
           euen
           those
           themselues
           that
           are
           at
           this
           day
           the
           successours
           of
           these
           first
           rebells
           in
           some
           of
           these
           Netherlands
           ,
           doe
           find
           so
           inconuenient
           ,
           for
           gouernement
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           their
           first
           profession
           ,
           that
           euery
           man
           ought
           to
           haue
           his
           free
           exercise
           or
           Religion
           according
           to
           his
           owne
           conscience
           ,
           they
           do
           prohibite
           to
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           like
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           hauing
           caused
           iustice
           to
           be
           executed
           ,
           first
           vpon
           some
           of
           the
           principall
           conspiratours
           ,
           and
           after
           vpon
           other
           inferiour
           offenders
           ,
           did
           at
           last
           in
           the
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           1570.
           by
           order
           from
           the
           King
           of
           Spaine
           ,
           cause
           a
           
           general
           pardon
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           ,
           wherof
           if
           
             VVilliam
             of
             Nassaw
          
           Prince
           of
           O●ange
           and
           his
           adherents
           had
           taken
           the
           offered
           benefite
           ,
           all
           further
           troubles
           had
           ceased
           :
           but
           to
           the
           contrary
           they
           laboured
           ,
           both
           by
           secret
           seditious
           preachers
           ,
           as
           by
           other
           such
           like
           agents
           to
           spread
           abroad
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           had
           broken
           the
           Countrey
           priuiledges
           ;
           as
           thogh
           the
           Countrey
           had
           had
           priuiledges
           that
           churches
           might
           forsooth
           be
           robbed
           ,
           &
           no
           man
           called
           in
           question
           for
           it
           ,
           &
           that
           euery
           man
           might
           professe
           what
           religion
           he
           listed
           ,
           were
           it
           neuer
           so
           naught
           ,
           or
           new
           ,
           the
           prohibiting
           whereof
           and
           the
           conseruation
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           priuiledges
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           King
           was
           sworne
           ,
           being
           the
           only
           cause
           ,
           as
           to
           all
           the
           world
           was
           apparent
           ,
           why
           the
           sayd
           King
           was
           constrayned
           to
           send
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           ,
           and
           Spaniardes
           into
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           els
           had
           neuer
           beene
           thought
           of
           .
           So
           as
           the
           true
           blame
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           hath
           deserued
           ,
           is
           not
           for
           breach
           
           of
           priuileges
           ,
           but
           for
           seeking
           to
           restore
           priuiledges
           which
           his
           disobedient
           subiects
           had
           broken
           ;
           the
           which
           if
           he
           had
           not
           done
           ,
           then
           might
           he
           haue
           beene
           thought
           negligent
           and
           carelesse
           of
           his
           Oath
           :
           but
           this
           ,
           the
           equity
           of
           his
           conscience
           would
           neuer
           permit
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           that
           some
           fooles
           haue
           made
           other
           fooles
           belieue
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           at
           his
           departure
           out
           of
           these
           Netherlands
           ,
           did
           promise
           euery
           seauen
           yeare
           to
           returne
           thither
           againe
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           breach
           of
           his
           promise
           gaue
           cause
           sufficient
           for
           these
           his
           subiects
           to
           rebell
           .
           This
           foolish
           allegation
           deserneth
           no
           answere
           .
           Yet
           least
           some
           wiser
           people
           might
           be
           abused
           by
           fooles
           ,
           I
           ●ill
           leaue
           them
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           why
           his
           Maiesty
           should
           bind
           himselfe
           to
           any
           such
           condition
           ,
           his
           predecessors
           before
           him
           hauing
           beene
           free
           ,
           and
           the
           Countrey
           comming
           vnto
           him
           by
           right
           of
           succession
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           to
           them
           :
           Experience
           hauing
           also
           shewed
           the
           inclination
           
           of
           the
           people
           to
           rebellion
           ,
           being
           grown
           proud
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           new-fangled
           also
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           choyce
           of
           Religions
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           saw
           it
           necessary
           to
           mayntayne
           certayne
           garisons
           of
           soldiers
           in
           castles
           &
           conuenient
           fortifyed
           frontier
           places
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           which
           he
           made
           known
           vnto
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           &
           sent
           vnto
           him
           for
           prouision
           of
           money
           ,
           because
           he
           found
           the
           sayd
           King
           vnwilling
           to
           haue
           his
           subiects
           of
           this
           Countrey
           burdened
           with
           any
           more
           taxations
           thereabout
           .
           But
           what
           successe
           heereof
           ensued
           ,
           shall
           appeare
           in
           the
           next
           Chapter
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
             How
             dishonourable
             it
             was
             ,
             for
             Queene
          
           Elizabeth
           of
           England
           ,
           
             to
             take
             the
          
           Hollāders
           
             parts
             ,
             against
             the
             King
             of
          
           Spayn
           :
           
             How
             she
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             impouerished
             her
             subiects
             for
             their
             sakes
             ;
             and
             endangered
             her
             owne
             Crowne
             and
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           BEFORE
           I
           begin
           to
           speake
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           England
           her
           assisting
           the
           rebelled
           subiects
           of
           Holland
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           impertinent
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           to
           call
           to
           mind
           whether
           there
           were
           any
           cause
           of
           emnity
           giuen
           vnto
           her
           by
           meanes
           of
           any
           wronges
           or
           iniuryes
           offred
           her
           by
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           in
           former
           tyme
           ,
           in
           regard
           wherof
           she
           might
           now
           take
           the
           oportunity
           of
           reuenge
           .
        
         
           This
           King
           Philip
           the
           second
           of
           Spayne
           hauing
           beene
           maryed
           in
           England
           to
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           was
           neuer
           known
           to
           
           haue
           beene
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Lady
           Elizabeth
           ,
           for
           so
           was
           she
           then
           called
           ;
           but
           cōtrary
           wise
           did
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           freind
           ●he
           had
           in
           the
           world
           :
           which
           hee●e
           in
           briefe
           to
           declare
           ,
           you
           must
           nore
           ,
           that
           this
           Lady
           E●izabeth
           ,
           being
           then
           a
           subiect
           vnto
           her
           sayd
           sister
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           chaunced
           to
           fall
           into
           sundry
           troubles
           ,
           for
           which
           she
           was
           imprisoned
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           ●on●on
           ,
           and
           retayned
           in
           durance
           at
           
             Woodsto●k
             ▪
          
           and
           other
           places
           .
           
             M.
             Fox
          
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           English
           Protestant
           Martyrologe
           ,
           wryting
           of
           this
           Ladies
           inprisonment
           ,
           declareth
           not
           any
           cause
           why
           ;
           but
           because
           he
           putteth
           her
           in
           his
           history
           of
           others
           that
           suffred
           for
           protestant
           religiō
           he
           intendeth
           to
           haue
           his
           reader
           imagine
           her
           to
           haue
           suffred
           some
           persecutiō
           also
           for
           the
           same
           cause
           ,
           whereby
           he
           thinketh
           not
           a
           little
           to
           honour
           her
           .
           But
           had
           her
           troubles
           beene
           for
           Religion
           indeed
           ,
           Fox
           would
           then
           neuer
           haue
           omitted
           to
           set
           down
           her
           examinations
           about
           the
           
           same
           ,
           and
           her
           answeres
           thereunto
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           some
           such
           poin●s
           as
           are
           in
           controuersy
           betwen
           Catholiks
           &
           Protestan●s
           ;
           as
           about
           the
           real
           presence
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           or
           about
           prayer
           to
           Saints
           ,
           or
           prayer
           for
           the
           Dead
           ,
           or
           some
           one
           or
           other
           point
           ,
           as
           wel
           as
           he
           hath
           set
           down
           ,
           the
           examinations
           and
           answeres
           of
           so
           many
           others
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           glory
           ,
           as
           he
           takes
           it
           :
           but
           heer
           is
           nothing
           found
           ,
           Fox
           in
           this
           in
           silent
           ,
           and
           leaues
           his
           reader
           to
           imagine
           of
           himself
           that
           it
           was
           for
           religiō
           .
           For
           something
           it
           was
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           for
           religiō
           be
           could
           not
           make
           manifest
           ,
           for
           that
           this
           Lady
           in
           al
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           raigne
           or
           her
           sister
           ,
           dayly
           did
           heare
           Masse
           ,
           went
           vsually
           to
           Confession
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           points
           shewed
           her selfe
           a
           Catholike
           ;
           yea
           three
           weekes
           after
           she
           was
           proclaymed
           Queene
           she
           had
           Masse
           in
           her
           own
           Chappell
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           permitted
           it
           to
           be
           sayd
           in
           all
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           whole
           realme
           for
           the
           space
           of
           seauen
           monethes
           after
           ,
           
           which
           is
           no
           signe
           of
           being
           so
           resolue
           da
           Protestant
           as
           that
           she
           would
           suffer
           imprisonment
           for
           that
           religion
           .
           Her
           troubles
           ,
           in
           very
           deed
           ,
           were
           for
           sundry
           offences
           against
           Queene
           Mary
           her
           sister
           ;
           which
           being
           found
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           as
           might
           perhaps
           haue
           cost
           her
           her
           life
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           come
           vnto
           publique
           triall
           of
           Iustice
           ;
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           was
           so
           greatly
           her
           freind
           that
           he
           stayed
           the
           proceeding
           thereof
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           only
           saued
           her
           life
           ,
           but
           quit
           her
           also
           from
           the
           publike
           blot
           and
           stayne
           of
           treason
           :
           and
           heerin
           he
           was
           so
           earnest
           ,
           that
           on
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           she
           was
           to
           haue
           come
           to
           her
           answere
           ,
           he
           did
           so
           importune
           Queene
           Mary
           his
           wyfe
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           matter
           passe
           in
           sylence
           ,
           that
           she
           sayd
           vnto
           him
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             You
             speake
             very
             earnestly
             now
             for
             her
             ,
             but
             I
             pray
             God
             she
             do
             not
             one
             day
             make
             you
             repent
             it
             .
          
           A
           certaine
           Spainsh
           Author
           wryteth
           that
           the
           King
           was
           therevnto
           also
           moued
           vpon
           some
           consideration
           of
           state
           :
           for
           Queen
           Mary
           of
           Scotland
           
           being
           then
           maryed
           vnto
           the
           french
           king
           Francis
           the
           second
           if
           the
           Lady
           Elizabeth
           had
           dyed
           ,
           there
           had
           in
           apparence
           byn
           great
           possibility
           that
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ir●land
           might
           come
           to
           haue
           beene
           annexed
           vnto
           France
           ,
           the
           sayd
           Queene
           of
           Scotland
           being
           the
           next
           heyre
           in
           bloud
           vnto
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Queene
           Mary
           of
           England
           at
           last
           hapning
           to
           dy
           ,
           King
           Philip
           her
           husband
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           caueat
           giuen
           him
           by
           his
           late
           deceased
           Queen
           ,
           did
           so
           cōtinue
           his
           good
           affection
           vnto
           the
           now
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           ,
           that
           being
           then
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           he
           sent
           ouer
           vnto
           her
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Assonuile
          
           ,
           to
           congratulate
           her
           aduancement
           ,
           and
           to
           signify
           his
           gift
           vnto
           her
           of
           all
           Queen
           Maries
           Iewells
           ,
           which
           being
           his
           owne
           ,
           he
           might
           iustly
           haue
           detayned
           vnto
           himselfe
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           .
           These
           Iewells
           she
           seemed
           very
           thankfully
           to
           receaue
           ,
           and
           sayd
           vnto
           this
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Assonuile
          
           ,
           that
           she
           
           thought
           her
           brother
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           might
           thinke
           much
           in
           her
           for
           change
           of
           religion
           ;
           but
           ,
           quoth
           she
           ,
           there
           is
           but
           little
           difference
           betweene
           his
           religion
           and
           ours
           ,
           almost
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           in
           Latin
           we
           haue
           in
           English
           :
           and
           we
           do
           not
           as
           others
           do
           ,
           for
           we
           mayntayne
           a
           clergy
           of
           Bishops
           and
           other
           Prelates
           ,
           so
           vs
           we
           are
           in
           effect
           ,
           as
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           there
           was
           held
           a
           treaty
           of
           peace
           between
           the
           Spanish
           &
           French
           Kings
           vpon
           the
           taking
           of
           S.
           Quintins
           ,
           the
           king
           of
           Spayn
           would
           yield
           vnto
           no
           agreement
           with
           the
           French
           ,
           vnlesse
           it
           were
           also
           conditioned
           that
           Callis
           should
           be
           restored
           backe
           vnto
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           
             England
             ▪
          
           and
           heerin
           were
           his
           commissioners
           that
           treate●
           with
           the
           French
           so
           earnest
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           end
           the
           french
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           their
           importunity
           were
           faygne
           to
           confesse
           vnto
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           knew
           that
           they
           tooke
           more
           paynes
           then
           they
           were
           desyred
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           English
           had
           playnly
           
           told
           them
           that
           they
           had
           not
           set
           them
           on
           work
           in
           any
           such
           busynes
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           signe
           that
           they
           desired
           not
           to
           be
           beholding
           vnto
           the
           king
           their
           maister
           .
           Of
           which
           whē
           the
           king
           had
           knowledg
           ,
           he
           stood
           no
           more
           vpon
           the
           rendring
           of
           Callis
           ,
           but
           concluded
           his
           peace
           with
           the
           french
           without
           it
           ,
           which
           as
           thinges
           did
           afterward
           fall
           out
           ,
           proued
           a
           happy
           turne
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           These
           proofes
           of
           this
           Kings
           good
           will
           vnto
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           being
           thus
           made
           manifest
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           would
           haue
           thought
           that
           she
           would
           not
           only
           haue
           omitted
           all
           signes
           of
           gratitude
           ,
           but
           within
           a
           litle
           after
           ,
           become
           an
           enemy
           to
           such
           a
           friend
           ,
           yea
           and
           so
           great
           and
           capitall
           a
           one
           ,
           as
           seldome
           any
           History
           can
           giue
           witnes
           of
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Seeing
           then
           that
           no
           acts
           of
           gratitude
           are
           to
           be
           sought
           after
           ;
           let
           vs
           then
           see
           what
           effectes
           of
           emnity
           ensued
           insteed
           thereof
           .
           First
           then
           to
           begin
           withall
           
           (
           omitting
           her
           refusall
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spaynes
           kind
           endeauours
           for
           getting
           the
           French
           to
           restore
           vnto
           her
           the
           Towne
           of
           Callis
           )
           we
           will
           returne
           vnto
           the
           duke
           of
           Alua
           &
           his
           expected
           prouisiō
           of
           money
           from
           Spayne
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           former
           Chapter
           .
           This
           prouision
           be●ng
           the
           summe
           of
           six
           hundred
           tho●sand
           Ducates
           ,
           comming
           out
           of
           Spayne
           〈◊〉
           the
           Netherlands
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           D●cember
           in
           the
           yeare
           15●1
           .
           was
           on
           the
           West
           coast
           of
           ●ngland
           seized
           vpon
           ,
           and
           a●rested
           by
           the
           English
           .
           By
           meanes
           of
           which
           wrongfully
           detayning
           this
           money
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spaynes
           ,
           the
           D●ke
           of
           Alua
           was
           forced
           to
           demaund
           the
           tenth
           pennv
           of
           euery
           mans
           goods
           ,
           that
           was
           of
           ability
           for
           his
           supply
           ;
           ●ut
           this
           demand
           of
           his
           (
           caused
           chiefly
           thorough
           the
           said
           English
           arrest
           )
           was
           cause
           of
           a
           far
           greater
           detriment
           vnto
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           then
           that
           wrongfully
           deta●ned
           money
           came
           vnto
           :
           so
           as
           the
           one
           great
           wrong
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           another
           
           far
           greater
           .
           For
           heereupon
           all
           the
           Netherland
           people
           began
           to
           mutter
           ,
           to
           shew
           a
           generall
           vnwillingnes
           vnto
           the
           so
           wide
           stretching
           of
           their
           purses
           ;
           the
           sediously
           affected
           took
           Occasion
           by
           her
           Forelockes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           feare
           of
           this
           taxe
           added
           the
           faygned
           feare
           of
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           a
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           .
        
         
           One
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Lymmay
          
           ,
           vnderstanding
           by
           detayning
           of
           the
           K.
           of
           Spaynes
           money
           in
           England
           ,
           what
           hatred
           that
           Queen
           began
           to
           beare
           him
           ,
           posteth
           out
           of
           France
           into
           ●ngland
           ,
           where
           shewing
           his
           readynes
           to
           any
           rebellious
           attempt
           ,
           receaued
           such
           encouragement
           by
           promise
           of
           ayde
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           such
           fit
           instructions
           ,
           that
           he
           came
           ouer
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           there
           on
           the
           first
           day
           of
           April
           in
           the
           yeare
           1572.
           he
           surprised
           the
           towne
           of
           Briel
           ,
           the
           first
           in
           all
           the
           Low
           Countryes
           ,
           that
           set
           it selfe
           in
           open
           rebellion
           ;
           after
           whose
           example
           ,
           
             Flushing
             ,
             Enchusen
          
           ,
           and
           others
           followed
           .
           Heereupon
           was
           made
           ouer
           out
           by
           England
           
           vnto
           these
           rebells
           by
           meanes
           of
           Syr
           
             Thomas
             Gressam
          
           threescore
           thousand
           pounds
           sterling
           to
           begin
           withall
           ;
           and
           presently
           after
           followed
           ouer
           with
           troopes
           of
           English
           forces
           ,
           
             Morgan
             ,
             Gilbert
          
           ,
           and
           Che●●er
           ;
           and
           after
           these
           againe
           
             North
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Ca●aish
          
           ,
           and
           Norris
           ,
           all
           made
           Coronels
           ;
           and
           comming
           thither
           with
           whole
           regiments
           ,
           receaued
           from
           tyme
           to
           tyme
           great
           supplyes
           of
           money
           and
           forces
           from
           England
           ,
           which
           grew
           afterward
           so
           heauy
           that
           for
           some
           ease
           in
           the
           sustayning
           of
           the
           whole
           ●urthen
           ,
           it
           was
           deuised
           to
           draw
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alancon
           Brother
           vnto
           the
           French
           King
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           into
           E●gland
           ,
           vnder
           colour
           of
           treaty
           of
           a
           match
           betweene
           him
           and
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           :
           but
           in
           the
           end
           it
           proued
           an
           infortuna●e
           match
           betweene
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Lady
           
             Belgica
             ▪
          
           for
           he
           was
           sent
           ouer
           into
           the
           N●therlands
           ,
           &
           there
           made
           Anti
           ▪
           Duke
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           where
           his
           successe
           was
           such
           ,
           as
           ret●ring
           from
           thence
           into
           France
           with
           dishonour
           ,
           he
           
           there
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           dyed
           of
           griefe
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           designement
           ,
           the
           English
           saw
           their
           expectation
           greatly
           deceaued
           .
           For
           albeit
           K.
           Henry
           the
           third
           of
           France
           had
           refused
           to
           take
           the
           Hollanders
           parts
           ,
           hating
           them
           for
           that
           cause
           which
           no
           Kinges
           can
           loue
           such
           people
           ;
           yet
           they
           thought
           by
           getting
           his
           owne
           brother
           aforesayd
           inuested
           in
           the
           Duchy
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           he
           must
           then
           of
           necessity
           take
           his
           part
           .
           But
           the
           matter
           now
           falling
           out
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           burden
           returned
           and
           remayned
           heauyer
           vpon
           the
           Queene
           and
           Realme
           of
           England
           then
           before
           .
           And
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           soon
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alan●on
           being
           slayne
           ,
           the
           Hollāders
           remayned
           as
           a
           body
           without
           a
           head
           ,
           vntill
           the
           Queen
           of
           England
           sent
           ouer
           vnto
           them
           the
           Earle
           of
           Leycester
           ,
           with
           great
           prouision
           both
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           money
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           diuers
           Noblemen
           and
           Gentlemen
           of
           good
           accompt
           .
           And
           albeit
           this
           Earle
           afterward
           returned
           into
           England
           againe
           ,
           yet
           continued
           
           she
           her
           ayding
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           both
           with
           men
           and
           money
           vnto
           her
           dying
           day
           .
           And
           it
           is
           thought
           by
           such
           as
           haue
           made
           calculation
           of
           this
           great
           and
           long
           continued
           charge
           ,
           that
           she
           so
           oppressed
           and
           burthened
           her
           subiects
           for
           the
           Hollanders
           wars
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           more
           money
           from
           them
           by
           Graunts
           &
           Subsides
           ,
           &
           such
           other
           meanes
           ,
           then
           had
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           from
           the
           tyme
           of
           the
           Conquest
           vnto
           her
           dayes
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           greatest
           warres
           with
           France
           .
           And
           I
           haue
           heard
           some
           Lawyers
           affirme
           ,
           that
           she
           did
           extremly
           wrong
           her
           poore
           Subiects
           ,
           by
           sometymes
           pressing
           them
           ,
           and
           sending
           them
           perforce
           to
           her
           seruice
           out
           of
           the
           Realme
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           no
           Prince
           by
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Realme
           can
           compell
           any
           of
           his
           subiectes
           to
           serue
           in
           warre
           ,
           vnles
           it
           be
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Realme
           at
           home
           ▪
           or
           for
           the
           recouery
           of
           some
           lost
           Patrimony
           of
           the
           Crowne
           abroad
           ;
           &
           seeing
           now
           that
           Holland
           was
           neuer
           knowne
           to
           haue
           beene
           any
           part
           
           of
           the
           patrimony
           of
           the
           Crowne
           of
           England
           ,
           nor
           any
           pretence
           of
           iust
           war
           could
           be
           made
           by
           England
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           greater
           wrong
           and
           iniustice
           .
        
         
           And
           heere
           by
           the
           way
           I
           must
           also
           note
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           for
           a
           long
           time
           of
           her
           ayding
           the
           Holland●rs
           ,
           though
           she
           did
           disguisedly
           make
           shew
           of
           friendship
           &
           amity
           with
           Spayn
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           only
           her
           Embassadour
           in
           Spayne
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           had
           his
           also
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           her
           publike
           Proclamations
           ,
           wherein
           any
           mention
           happened
           to
           be
           made
           of
           Holland
           and
           the
           adiacent
           partes
           ,
           she
           did
           alwayes
           call
           them
           ,
           
             The
             Low
             Countreyes
             of
             her
             louing
             Brother
             the
             King
             of
             Spayne
             ,
          
           &
           therby
           acknowledged
           that
           which
           she
           could
           not
           deny
           :
           yet
           euen
           at
           this
           very
           time
           she
           imployed
           
             Syr
             Francis
             Drake
          
           to
           robbe
           him
           of
           his
           treasure
           in
           the
           West
           Indyes
           ,
           
             Don
             Bernardino
             de
             Mendoca
          
           remayning
           Ambassadour
           Ledger
           for
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           in
           England
           ,
           both
           then
           and
           long
           
           after
           ,
           yea
           euen
           at
           the
           very
           tyme
           when
           Drak
           was
           arriued
           home
           with
           his
           booty
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           in
           Nouember
           in
           the
           yeare
           1580.
           )
           and
           being
           all
           this
           while
           an
           eye
           witnesse
           not
           only
           of
           the
           sayd
           Queenes
           oppressing
           and
           impouerishing
           her
           own
           subiects
           at
           home
           ,
           for
           the
           ayding
           of
           the
           foresayd
           Hollanders
           abroad
           ,
           &
           rebellious
           subiectes
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Maister
           ;
           but
           of
           her
           sending
           forth
           also
           to
           robbe
           him
           ,
           in
           his
           owne
           dominions
           ,
           therby
           to
           ayde
           them
           vnlawfully
           with
           their
           Lords
           own
           treasure
           .
        
         
           If
           now
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           the
           deportement
           of
           the
           Queene
           of
           England
           towards
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           in
           the
           long
           continuance
           of
           so
           many
           great
           wronges
           and
           iniuryes
           ,
           be
           but
           indifferently
           considered
           ;
           what
           man
           ,
           though
           but
           of
           meane
           capacity
           can
           iudge
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           he
           must
           needes
           be
           prouoked
           to
           do
           something
           against
           her
           ,
           were
           it
           but
           in
           regard
           of
           Honour
           ,
           he
           being
           a
           King
           so
           great
           and
           potent
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           
           was
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           after
           so
           many
           former
           yeares
           patience
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           the
           end
           (
           and
           that
           also
           with
           an
           addition
           of
           eight
           yeares
           forbearance
           )
           after
           the
           taking
           of
           his
           aforsayd
           treasure
           (
           in
           which
           tyme
           al
           detriments
           that
           could
           be
           done
           him
           ,
           both
           by
           Sea
           &
           Land
           ,
           besides
           the
           ayding
           also
           of
           
             Don
             Antonio
          
           (
           the
           pretended
           King
           of
           Portugall
           )
           being
           put
           in
           practise
           )
           forced
           to
           prepare
           that
           great
           Armada
           against
           Englād
           by
           sea
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           the
           yeare
           1588.
           though
           with
           no
           successe
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           heard
           Strangers
           that
           are
           indifferent
           to
           both
           Nations
           ,
           wonder
           very
           much
           ,
           why
           there
           should
           be
           more
           hatred
           discouered
           now
           in
           a
           tyme
           of
           peace
           and
           amity
           ,
           betweene
           England
           and
           Spayne
           ,
           in
           the
           English
           Natiō
           to
           the
           Spanish
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           Spanish
           to
           the
           English
           (
           the
           English
           hauing
           giuen
           more
           cause
           a
           great
           deale
           for
           Spaniardes
           to
           hate
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           Spainards
           haue
           giuen
           to
           Englishmen
           :
           )
           So
           haue
           they
           likewise
           noted
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           
           the
           misusage
           in
           England
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Ambassadour
           himselfe
           in
           his
           own
           person
           ;
           yet
           the
           Spanish
           in
           Spayne
           doe
           not
           for
           all
           this
           misuse
           the
           Ambassadour
           of
           England
           ;
           the
           cause
           whereof
           is
           the
           discreet
           consideration
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Nation
           ,
           who
           can
           discerne
           this
           misusage
           to
           proceed
           from
           such
           pure-strayned
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           are
           possessed
           with
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           common
           debaushed
           people
           ,
           that
           doe
           not
           consider
           ,
           or
           haue
           not
           so
           much
           wit
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           when
           they
           see
           a
           Spanish
           Ambassadour
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           his
           Maiesty
           likewise
           hath
           an
           English
           Ambassadour
           in
           Spayne
           :
           Nor
           yet
           to
           set
           before
           their
           eyes
           the
           example
           of
           the
           carriage
           of
           the
           chiefe
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           better
           and
           wiser
           sort
           towardes
           the
           sayd
           Ambassadour
           and
           Nation
           ;
           nor
           chiefly
           and
           aboue
           all
           his
           Maiestyes
           amity
           &
           friendship
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           and
           the
           feare
           of
           his
           indignation
           and
           punishment
           due
           vnto
           such
           barbarous
           insolencyes
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           Whether
           England
           
             hath
             receaued
             any
             benefite
             by
             defending
             the
             quarrell
             of
             the
          
           Hollanders
           ;
           
             or
             whether
             the
          
           Hollanders
           
             haue
             endeauoured
             to
             deserue
             the
             friendship
             they
             haue
             receaued
             frō
             thence
             ,
             or
             haue
             any
             way
             shewed
             themselues
             gratefull
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           TO
           examine
           and
           search
           out
           the
           benefits
           which
           England
           may
           haue
           receaued
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           whereor
           which
           way
           to
           begin
           .
           The
           Hollanders
           ,
           or
           their
           friends
           may
           perhaps
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           benefit
           great
           inough
           for
           the
           English
           to
           assist
           them
           ,
           in
           reason
           of
           state
           ,
           because
           thereby
           they
           kept
           out
           warre
           from
           their
           own
           Country
           .
           But
           what
           an
           excuse
           this
           is
           ?
           when
           as
           the
           English
           neuer
           needed
           to
           haue
           feared
           warre
           in
           their
           own
           country
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           cause
           ,
           and
           for
           taking
           
           their
           partes
           :
           for
           it
           was
           for
           their
           cause
           that
           the
           English
           seized
           vpon
           the
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           ducates
           which
           were
           sent
           out
           of
           Spayne
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           capital
           cause
           of
           enmity
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           only
           cause
           that
           enforced
           the
           sayd
           Duke
           to
           demand
           the
           tenth
           penny
           of
           the
           peoples
           goods
           ,
           whereby
           the
           whole
           common
           multitude
           became
           disposed
           the
           sooner
           to
           rebellion
           .
           For
           the
           king
           of
           Spaynes
           money
           ,
           was
           not
           detayned
           by
           the
           English
           vpon
           any
           couetous
           desire
           to
           haue
           it
           for
           themselues
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           Duke
           Alua
           should
           not
           haue
           it
           to
           employ
           against
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           be
           transported
           from
           England
           vnto
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           &
           so
           come
           to
           be
           vsed
           by
           them
           against
           the
           sayd
           Duke
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           sent
           to
           haue
           byn
           imployed
           against
           them
           for
           their
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           further
           alleaged
           in
           
           excuse
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           so
           gratefull
           ,
           as
           they
           offred
           vnto
           the
           Queen
           of
           England
           the
           Soueraignty
           of
           the
           Netherlandes
           ,
           which
           benefit
           she
           would
           not
           accept
           of
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           not
           their
           fault
           that
           if
           she
           obtayned
           it
           not
           .
           To
           this
           may
           be
           sayd
           ,
           that
           the
           Diuel
           offred
           to
           haue
           giuen
           Christ
           all
           the
           kingdoms
           of
           the
           world
           if
           he
           would
           haue
           worshipped
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           more
           liberall
           of
           giuing
           that
           which
           was
           none
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           then
           were
           the
           Hollanders
           .
           But
           the
           Queen
           well
           knowing
           that
           by
           accepting
           this
           guift
           whereunto
           they
           had
           no
           right
           ,
           she
           should
           haue
           been
           sure
           to
           haue
           drawn
           a
           perpetual
           warre
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           charge
           thereof
           vpon
           her
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           therefore
           refused
           this
           their
           liberality
           ;
           yet
           was
           she
           willing
           notwithstanding
           to
           ayde
           them
           ,
           without
           this
           obligation
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           was
           ;
           because
           she
           still
           retayned
           a
           hop
           to
           be
           wholy
           disburdned
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           much
           holpen
           in
           the
           bearing
           this
           charge
           
           by
           France
           ,
           or
           Germany
           ,
           or
           by
           bringing
           the
           Hollanders
           to
           the
           full
           possession
           of
           the
           whole
           seuenteen
           Prouinces
           ,
           wherby
           they
           might
           depend
           vpon
           themselues
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           also
           be
           alleaged
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           the
           Cautionary
           Townes
           of
           
             Briel
             ,
             Flushing
          
           &
           the
           other
           places
           ,
           deliuered
           into
           her
           handes
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           she
           had
           so
           ,
           and
           thereby
           enioyed
           the
           benefit
           of
           being
           at
           more
           expence
           both
           of
           men
           and
           money
           .
           Other
           benefits
           can
           I
           remember
           none
           ;
           nor
           can
           there
           be
           any
           found
           ,
           &
           so
           will
           spare
           the
           labor
           to
           look
           any
           further
           after
           them
           :
           yet
           because
           ill
           turnes
           ,
           and
           domages
           may
           more
           readily
           be
           discouered
           to
           haue
           heereby
           happened
           to
           the
           Queene
           and
           state
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           shall
           set
           downe
           what
           in
           this
           kind
           I
           haue
           obserued
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           afore
           mentioned
           Cautionary
           Townes
           ,
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           that
           because
           the
           Hollanders
           would
           so
           soone
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           be
           the
           
           freer
           to
           set
           the
           English
           at
           naught
           ,
           hauing
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           Truce
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           and
           the
           Archduke
           Albert
           ,
           gotten
           togeather
           some
           spared
           money
           ;
           they
           so
           laboured
           with
           their
           feed
           freind
           Sir
           
             Raph
             Winwood
          
           (
           a
           better
           Hollander
           then
           an
           Englishman
           )
           that
           for
           paltry
           payment
           they
           got
           their
           brydle
           out
           of
           the
           English
           handes
           ,
           and
           thereupō
           began
           straightwayes
           to
           shew
           their
           gratitude
           in
           forbidding
           the
           bringing
           of
           English
           dyed
           ,
           and
           dressed
           clothes
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           their
           adioyned
           Prouinces
           ,
           without
           euer
           making
           the
           king
           or
           his
           Ambassador
           Ledger
           at
           the
           Hage
           priuy
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           ,
           to
           make
           amendes
           for
           this
           their
           saucy
           and
           vnmannerly
           carriage
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           offer
           the
           Kings
           Maiesty
           himself
           a
           more
           insolent
           affront
           .
           For
           whereas
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lennox
           ,
           as
           Admirall
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           by
           order
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           had
           sent
           one
           
             M.
             Brown
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           1616.
           to
           demaund
           of
           the
           said
           
           Hollanders
           ,
           then
           fishing
           vpon
           the
           coast
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           a
           certayne
           ancient
           duty
           ,
           called
           
             Size
             herring
          
           ;
           with
           much
           a
           do
           they
           payd
           it
           ,
           as
           in
           former
           tymes
           it
           was
           accustomed
           ;
           but
           yet
           withsome
           speaches
           that
           it
           was
           the
           last
           tyme
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           payed
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           
             M.
             Browne
          
           cōming
           the
           yeare
           following
           with
           the
           same
           authority
           and
           commaundement
           ,
           with
           one
           ship
           of
           the
           Kinges
           only
           to
           demaund
           the
           duty
           afo●esayd
           ,
           and
           with
           order
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           denyed
           ,
           he
           should
           take
           witnes
           of
           the
           refusal
           in
           writing
           ,
           and
           so
           peaceably
           depart
           ;
           being
           come
           aboard
           one
           of
           their
           ships
           ,
           and
           demanding
           the
           aforesayd
           duty
           ,
           he
           was
           by
           the
           Maister
           therof
           denyed
           it
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           playnly
           that
           he
           was
           commaunded
           by
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           not
           to
           pay
           it
           vnto
           the
           King
           any
           more
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           tooke
           witnes
           according
           to
           his
           order
           from
           his
           Maiesty
           .
        
         
           Whyles
           this
           was
           a
           doing
           ,
           there
           
           comes
           aboard
           that
           ship
           ,
           the
           Maister
           of
           of
           another
           ship
           of
           Holland
           ,
           &
           demaunding
           of
           
             M.
             Brown
          
           his
           name
           ,
           he
           replyed
           that
           his
           name
           was
           Browne
           :
           Why
           then
           (
           quoth
           he
           )
           if
           you
           be
           the
           man
           ,
           I
           haue
           order
           to
           arrest
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           you
           into
           Holland
           :
           whereof
           
             M.
             Brown
          
           gaue
           notice
           to
           the
           Maister
           of
           the
           Kings
           ship
           ,
           requyring
           him
           to
           aduertise
           his
           Maiesty
           of
           this
           insolency
           ,
           and
           so
           
             M.
             Brown
          
           was
           arested
           and
           carryed
           away
           prisoner
           into
           Holland
           .
        
         
           About
           this
           tyme
           ,
           as
           I
           also
           haue
           heard
           it
           credibly
           reported
           ,
           one
           M.
           
             Archibald
             Rantkin
          
           a
           Scottish
           gentleman
           residing
           at
           Stockholme
           in
           Sweden
           ,
           &
           there
           soliciting
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           certayne
           money
           due
           vnto
           some
           Londō
           Merchāts
           ;
           one
           
             Van
             ▪
             dyke
          
           lying
           there
           also
           as
           Agent
           for
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           sayd
           vnto
           some
           principal
           persons
           of
           the
           Swedians
           ,
           that
           they
           needed
           not
           be
           to
           hasty
           in
           paying
           the
           king
           of
           Englands
           subiects
           any
           money
           ,
           or
           to
           giue
           them
           any
           respect
           ,
           for
           that
           
           the
           sayd
           Kinges
           promises
           ,
           were
           not
           to
           be
           belieued
           ,
           nor
           his
           threates
           to
           be
           feared
           .
           For
           which
           villanous
           and
           insolent
           speaches
           ,
           being
           afterward
           challenged
           by
           Rantkin
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           better
           excuse
           then
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           drunke
           when
           he
           spake
           them
           (
           for
           deny
           them
           he
           could
           not
           )
           and
           so
           his
           excuse
           of
           playing
           the
           beast
           ,
           excused
           him
           for
           playing
           the
           man.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           from
           these
           insolent
           affronts
           and
           speaches
           ,
           let
           vs
           come
           to
           deeds
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           they
           haue
           vsed
           our
           English
           Nation
           in
           the
           North
           seas
           ,
           on
           the
           coast
           of
           Groonland
           &
           those
           partes
           ,
           about
           the
           trayn-oyle
           fishing
           ,
           where
           they
           haue
           offred
           them
           sundry
           abuses
           by
           giuing
           them
           blowes
           ,
           chasing
           them
           away
           ,
           and
           doing
           vnto
           them
           diuers
           oth●●
           detriments
           ;
           not
           admitting
           to
           vnderstand
           that
           the
           sea
           fishing
           is
           free
           for
           euery
           man
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           vpon
           the
           coast
           of
           any
           Countrey
           ,
           vnto
           which
           the
           benefit
           belongeth
           by
           ancient
           prerogatiue
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           is
           all
           this
           but
           little
           in
           regard
           
           of
           their
           vsage
           of
           our
           Nation
           in
           the
           East
           Indyes
           ,
           wher
           they
           haue
           as
           fiercely
           set
           vpon
           them
           with
           open
           hostility
           ,
           as
           if
           before
           their
           meeting
           there
           ,
           they
           had
           of
           long
           continuance
           beene
           mortall
           enemyes
           ,
           hauing
           slaine
           many
           of
           our
           men
           ,
           and
           sunke
           sundry
           of
           our
           shipps
           .
           And
           when
           moreouer
           they
           haue
           taken
           some
           of
           our
           men
           prisoners
           ,
           they
           haue
           vsed
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Indians
           ,
           in
           such
           contemptible
           and
           disdainefull
           manner
           ,
           as
           if
           at
           home
           in
           their
           owne
           Countryes
           ,
           the
           English
           in
           respect
           of
           them
           were
           but
           an
           abiect
           and
           a
           slauish
           Nation
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           were
           either
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           &
           might
           vse
           them
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           the
           English
           so
           base
           and
           vnpowerfull
           ,
           as
           they
           durst
           not
           be
           reuenged
           ,
           but
           quietly
           put
           vp
           any
           iniury
           at
           their
           handes
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           Indians
           might
           in
           reason
           coniecture
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           would
           neuer
           haue
           dared
           so
           to
           domineer
           ouer
           the
           English
           abroad
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           
           had
           the
           maistery
           of
           them
           at
           home
           ;
           after
           which
           accounpt
           &
           reckoning
           such
           actions
           abroad
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           looked
           into
           .
           What
           thinke
           you
           now
           of
           our
           English
           Prouerbe
           ?
           
             Haue
             we
             not
             brauely
             set
             beggers
             on
             horsbacke
             ?
          
           Nay
           haue
           not
           Englishmen
           (
           the
           premises
           considered
           )
           great
           reason
           to
           loue
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           Spaniards
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           Spaniards
           only
           for
           the
           loue
           of
           such
           courteous
           &
           gratefull
           Hollanders
           ?
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           commodious
           trade
           which
           the
           English
           haue
           had
           in
           Muscouy
           for
           more
           then
           threescore
           and
           ten
           years
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Hollanders
           haue
           now
           quite
           gotten
           from
           the●●
           ,
           and
           spoyled
           ,
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           Seeing
           they
           are
           about
           to
           make
           recompence
           for
           the
           same
           by
           doing
           the
           like
           with
           our
           English
           Merchants
           in
           Turky
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           so
           naturall
           &
           notorious
           for
           them
           to
           spoile
           the
           trade
           of
           other
           Nations
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           cannot
           find
           occasion
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           sticke
           to
           spoile
           one
           another
           ,
           so
           
           great
           is
           their
           auaricious
           and
           insatiable
           desire
           of
           gayne
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           this
           proceedeth
           but
           out
           of
           a
           certain
           couetous
           wretchednes
           ;
           for
           ,
           let
           any
           of
           them
           arriue
           to
           what
           riches
           he
           will
           ,
           he
           knoweth
           not
           how
           to
           be
           Noble
           or
           Generous
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IIII.
           Whether
           England
           
             can
             expect
             any
             benefite
             by
             continuing
             to
             take
             the
          
           Hollanders
           
             parts
             ;
             and
             whether
             the
          
           Hollanders
           
             doe
             deserue
             the
             same
             ,
             by
             wishing
             ,
             or
             desiring
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             State
             and
             Gouernement
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             now
             it
             standeth
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           end
           and
           scope
           whereunto
           the
           rebellious
           wars
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           haue
           tended
           ,
           hath
           beene
           to
           bring
           themselues
           into
           as
           free
           and
           qu●et
           a
           State
           as
           is
           the
           Republique
           of
           the
           Switzers
           ,
           which
           they
           might
           haue
           easily
           done
           by
           the
           help
           they
           haue
           had
           from
           England
           &
           France
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           had
           wanted
           
           the
           meanes
           or
           the
           will
           to
           haue
           continued
           warre
           against
           them
           .
           But
           admit
           they
           had
           arriued
           vnto
           this
           their
           designe
           and
           had
           freely
           and
           quietly
           gotten
           the
           full
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           seauenteene
           Netherland
           Prouinces
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           like
           that
           they
           would
           then
           haue
           gotten
           into
           their
           clawes
           the
           Duchyes
           of
           Cleue
           ,
           &
           Iuliers
           ,
           with
           the
           other
           parts
           theron
           dependant
           ,
           seeing
           they
           haue
           already
           gotten
           fotting
           therin
           ?
           And
           hauing
           once
           incorporated
           these
           ,
           is
           it
           like
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           haue
           suffered
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Liege
           to
           haue
           remained
           in
           quiet
           ,
           vnder
           the
           Rule
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ?
           When
           as
           the
           colour
           of
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           had
           also
           beene
           sufficient
           for
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           the
           Countrey
           from
           the
           true
           owner
           ?
           Or
           may
           a
           man
           thinke
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           stand
           vpon
           titles
           of
           right
           ,
           who
           hold
           not
           the
           least
           place
           they
           possesse
           by
           any
           right
           at
           all
           ?
           Or
           that
           they
           would
           make
           a
           conscience
           to
           detayne
           from
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           when
           they
           make
           none
           to
           detayne
           from
           
           their
           true
           Lord
           ,
           and
           Maister
           ?
           Surely
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           other
           wayes
           :
           and
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           should
           ,
           let
           him
           but
           looke
           into
           their
           attempt
           vpon
           Huys
           ,
           &
           also
           vpon
           Liege
           the
           principall
           Citty
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           put
           in
           practise
           .
        
         
           Put
           the
           case
           then
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           arriued
           vnto
           their
           desired
           greatnes
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           haue
           gotten
           the
           whole
           seauenteene
           Netherland
           Prouinces
           with
           the
           Duchyes
           of
           Cleue
           and
           Iuliers
           ,
           &
           the
           rest
           thereunto
           dependant
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Liege
           ;
           how
           would
           they
           thē
           haue
           borne
           themselues
           towards
           England
           and
           France
           ?
           How
           had
           they
           then
           beene
           able
           to
           haue
           giuen
           law
           to
           both
           these
           kingdomes
           ;
           to
           the
           one
           by
           land
           ,
           from
           the
           Countrey
           of
           Liege
           cōfining
           vpon
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           other
           by
           sea
           ,
           by
           being
           able
           to
           ouertop
           it
           in
           shipping
           ?
           what
           doubt
           may
           be
           made
           heereof
           ,
           considering
           what
           a
           correspondent
           party
           they
           would
           haue
           found
           in
           France
           by
           their
           most
           confident
           
           friends
           the
           Huguenots
           ,
           and
           in
           England
           by
           no
           lesse
           friendes
           the
           Puritans
           ?
           Who
           cannot
           now
           discerne
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           by
           continuance
           of
           war
           against
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           hath
           highly
           benefited
           both
           England
           and
           France
           ;
           and
           that
           England
           and
           France
           by
           assisting
           the
           Hollanders
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           haue
           laboured
           to
           their
           owne
           cost
           .
        
         
           What
           policy
           might
           it
           then
           haue
           proued
           for
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           if
           the
           Hollanders
           had
           by
           their
           help
           preuayled
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           therby
           haue
           prepared
           an
           irremediable
           scourge
           for
           themselues
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           then
           be
           truely
           considered
           ,
           whether
           it
           had
           not
           been
           greater
           policy
           ,
           more
           honorable
           ,
           &
           more
           profitable
           ,
           for
           both
           those
           Nations
           ,
           and
           more
           for
           the
           tranquility
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           suffred
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           to
           haue
           brought
           these
           his
           rebellious
           subiects
           to
           obedience
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           haue
           gouerned
           them
           in
           peace
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           haue
           
           imployed
           so
           many
           millions
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           beene
           forced
           to
           spend
           in
           the
           Netherlād
           warres
           ,
           against
           the
           Turke
           .
           And
           that
           so
           he
           would
           haue
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           might
           heere
           haue
           inioyed
           rest
           and
           quiet
           ,
           who
           can
           doubt
           ?
           Seeing
           notwithstanding
           these
           his
           long
           wars
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           wars
           therby
           occasioned
           ,
           both
           by
           sea
           and
           land
           ,
           he
           hath
           ,
           to
           his
           euerlasting
           prayse
           and
           honour
           ,
           neuer
           made
           either
           peace
           or
           Truce
           with
           that
           capitall
           enemy
           of
           Christendome
           .
           And
           if
           those
           forsayd
           many
           millions
           might
           haue
           bin
           implo●ed
           against
           this
           common
           enemy
           ,
           who
           can
           make
           doubt
           ,
           but
           he
           might
           thereby
           not
           only
           haue
           beene
           driuen
           out
           of
           Europe
           ,
           but
           that
           Hierusalem
           ,
           and
           all
           Palestine
           might
           haue
           beene
           recouered
           ?
        
         
           England
           ,
           as
           hath
           beene
           sayd
           in
           the
           precedent
           Chapter
           ,
           hath
           already
           receaued
           proofe
           of
           the
           ingratitude
           of
           her
           costly
           Holland
           friends
           ;
           and
           France
           no
           lesse
           ,
           by
           hauing
           not
           long
           since
           discouered
           them
           to
           be
           more
           ready
           to
           take
           their
           
           partes
           that
           were
           in
           armes
           against
           the
           now
           regnant
           King
           ,
           then
           the
           Kinges
           part
           against
           them
           .
           And
           if
           they
           had
           been
           so
           wary
           as
           to
           haue
           dissembled
           som
           what
           longer
           their
           ingratitude
           &
           insolencyes
           towards
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           yet
           their
           audacious
           brauing
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           (
           notwithstanding
           they
           must
           passe
           with
           all
           their
           corne
           from
           Danske
           throgh
           his
           Sownd
           )
           were
           inough
           to
           haue
           discouered
           their
           proud
           contempt
           of
           the
           maiesty
           of
           Kinges
           ;
           and
           what
           Neighbours
           they
           would
           haue
           proued
           to
           England
           &
           France
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           haue
           arriued
           to
           their
           expected
           freedome
           of
           an
           absolute
           Republike
           .
           Let
           it
           then
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           England
           or
           France
           ,
           could
           euer
           feare
           to
           be
           so
           much
           endomaged
           by
           Spayne
           ,
           as
           by
           them
           ;
           or
           that
           Spayne
           could
           haue
           so
           ready
           meanes
           to
           endomage
           thē
           ,
           as
           the
           Hollanders
           ;
           or
           could
           haue
           correspondence
           in
           either
           Countrey
           with
           two
           such
           turbulent
           factions
           .
        
         
           Thus
           may
           England
           as
           well
           by
           example
           
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ingratitude
           to
           France
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           deere
           purchased
           experience
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           cleerely
           behould
           what
           apparence
           there
           may
           be
           of
           expectation
           of
           any
           least
           benefite
           by
           their
           meanes
           ;
           since
           none
           can
           be
           found
           ,
           none
           be
           looked
           for
           ,
           albeit
           they
           were
           sought
           after
           with
           the
           lanterne
           of
           Diogenes
           .
        
         
           If
           therefore
           no
           benefits
           can
           appeare
           ,
           either
           past
           or
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           let
           vs
           then
           see
           what
           good
           fortune
           hath
           otherwise
           betyded
           such
           as
           haue
           beene
           the
           gretest
           actors
           in
           this
           rebellious
           busines
           ,
           whereby
           it
           may
           appeare
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           how
           their
           endeauours
           haue
           beene
           pleasing
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           first
           man
           that
           began
           the
           surprize
           and
           open
           rebellion
           of
           Townes
           in
           Holland
           ,
           was
           the
           aforenamed
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Lymmay
          
           .
           This
           man
           amongst
           other
           presents
           which
           were
           giuen
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           England
           ,
           one
           was
           a
           very
           faire
           great
           mastiffe
           Dog
           ,
           which
           he
           much
           esteemed
           ;
           and
           on
           a
           tyme
           playing
           with
           
           him
           ,
           he
           bitte
           him
           so
           soare
           in
           the
           arme
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           by
           no
           meanes
           be
           cured
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           end
           dyed
           thereof
           ,
           starcke
           mad
           ,
           and
           raging
           ,
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Liege
           .
           And
           thus
           came
           he
           to
           his
           death
           by
           being
           bitten
           of
           a
           Dog
           ,
           that
           had
           beene
           a
           wolfe
           vnto
           many
           Ecclesiasticall
           persons
           ,
           whose
           bloud
           without
           all
           forme
           of
           lustice
           ,
           or
           any
           offence
           by
           them
           committed
           ,
           he
           had
           caused
           to
           be
           shed
           ,
           aswell
           in
           the
           Towne
           of
           Briel
           which
           he
           surpryzed
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           places
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           great
           Actor
           in
           this
           ill
           busynes
           was
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alancon
           also
           before
           mentioned
           .
           This
           Duke
           after
           he
           had
           in
           the
           Citty
           of
           Antwerp
           beene
           inuested
           in
           the
           Duchy
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           as
           absolute
           Soueraigne
           ;
           fynding
           not
           withstanding
           that
           he
           was
           to
           be
           limitted
           &
           gouerned
           by
           such
           as
           he
           accompted
           his
           subiects
           ;
           &
           seeking
           thereupon
           to
           make
           his
           authority
           more
           absolute
           ,
           drew
           certayne
           troopes
           of
           his
           souldiers
           into
           the
           Town
           to
           haue
           surpryzed
           it
           ,
           himself
           being
           
           with
           his
           whole
           army
           hard
           without
           ,
           who
           ,
           through
           the
           resistance
           of
           the
           Townesmen
           ,
           were
           all
           put
           to
           the
           sword
           .
           Whereupon
           he
           with
           his
           whole
           army
           (
           the
           Artillery
           from
           the
           walles
           of
           the
           Towne
           playing
           vpon
           him
           )
           was
           forced
           to
           retyre
           thence
           in
           extreme
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           melancholy
           ,
           as
           a
           defeated
           enemy
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           end
           to
           returne
           into
           France
           ,
           where
           considering
           the
           tricks
           that
           had
           by
           n
           put
           vpon
           him
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           what
           disgrace
           he
           had
           therby
           receaued
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           on
           the
           10.
           day
           of
           Iune
           in
           the
           yeare
           1584.
           he
           dyed
           of
           conceaued
           griefe
           ,
           in
           the
           town
           of
           
             Chastea●
             Theiry
          
           ,
           and
           so
           lost
           his
           faire
           possibility
           of
           wearing
           the
           crown
           of
           France
           ,
           vnto
           which
           he
           was
           the
           apparent
           Heyre
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           and
           chiefest
           styrrer
           in
           this
           busynes
           ,
           was
           
             William
             of
             Nassaw
          
           ,
           Prince
           of
           Orāge
           ,
           who
           because
           he
           was
           the
           Arch-rebell
           ,
           or
           principall
           Actor
           in
           this
           great
           rebellion
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           not
           vnfit
           ,
           before
           I
           come
           to
           speak
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           
           briefly
           to
           run
           ouer
           the
           thinges
           of
           most
           note
           in
           his
           life
           .
        
         
           This
           Prince
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           hath
           byn
           sayd
           ,
           retyred
           himself
           into
           Germany
           so
           soone
           as
           he
           heard
           of
           the
           Duk●
           of
           Alua
           his
           aryuall
           in
           the
           Netherlandes
           ;
           and
           albeit
           he
           came
           afterwards
           backe
           agayne
           to
           push
           forward
           his
           begun
           rebellion
           ;
           yet
           was
           he
           fayne
           to
           fly
           the
           second
           tyme
           into
           Germany
           ,
           from
           whence
           when
           he
           heard
           that
           the
           Town
           of
           Briel
           ,
           and
           one
           or
           two
           more
           were
           openly
           rebelled
           ,
           he
           came
           secretly
           backe
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           very
           poore
           and
           bare
           estate
           ,
           he
           took
           vp
           his
           lodging
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Tergow
           ,
           in
           the
           howse
           of
           one
           Kegeling
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           keeping
           himselfe
           very
           secret
           ,
           because
           this
           town
           as
           yet
           held
           for
           the
           king
           of
           Spayn
           ,
           as
           also
           did
           all
           the
           other
           Townes
           of
           the
           Country
           except
           two
           or
           three
           .
           But
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           his
           demaunding
           the
           tenth
           penny
           aforesayd
           ,
           hauing
           bred
           a
           generall
           disgust
           and
           auersion
           in
           the
           myndes
           of
           
           the
           people
           ;
           certayne
           scouts
           of
           rebellion
           were
           secretly
           imployed
           abroad
           in
           the
           Country
           to
           sound
           the
           people
           about
           their
           forwardnes
           to
           reuolt
           .
           Which
           being
           done
           ,
           answere
           was
           returned
           that
           they
           were
           found
           to
           be
           the●unto
           ready
           inough
           ,
           so
           they
           might
           haue
           a
           head
           ,
           but
           who
           this
           head
           should
           be
           ,
           that
           knew
           they
           not
           .
           The
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           heerupō
           ,
           in
           whose
           behalfe
           these
           scouts
           had
           beene
           imployed
           ,
           called
           a
           consultation
           of
           some
           fyue
           or
           six
           irreligicus
           Politikes
           (
           for
           such
           best
           fitted
           to
           be
           his
           counsellours
           )
           to
           consider
           what
           religion
           he
           were
           best
           to
           be
           of
           ,
           for
           of
           all
           the
           religions
           now
           currant
           he
           could
           not
           be
           ;
           and
           not
           declaring
           himself
           to
           be
           of
           one
           ,
           all
           might
           hold
           him
           to
           be
           of
           none
           .
           For
           he
           had
           so
           caryed
           himself
           vntil
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           the
           Catholikes
           held
           him
           affected
           to
           them
           ;
           The
           Lutherans
           to
           them
           ;
           The
           Anabaptists
           to
           them
           ;
           And
           the
           Caluinists
           also
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Catholikes
           tooke
           him
           for
           
           their
           freind
           ,
           because
           they
           thought
           him
           not
           to
           hate
           their
           religion
           ,
           but
           indifferently
           well
           to
           affect
           it
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           he
           had
           beene
           brought
           vp
           in
           it
           ,
           long
           professed
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           as
           yet
           no
           open
           opposition
           or
           profession
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           he
           protested
           to
           vndergo
           this
           busynes
           for
           the
           mayntayning
           of
           their
           rightes
           and
           priuiledges
           ,
           and
           to
           free
           the
           Countrey
           from
           that
           terrible
           exaction
           of
           the
           tenth
           penny
           aforesayd
           .
        
         
           The
           Lutherans
           tooke
           him
           for
           their
           frend
           ,
           because
           they
           held
           him
           in
           hart
           to
           be
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           since
           he
           had
           maryed
           the
           daughter
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           who
           was
           now
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           in
           publique
           profession
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           must
           in
           reason
           keep
           good
           correspondence
           with
           the
           Lutherans
           of
           Germany
           ,
           in
           hope
           of
           hauing
           ayde
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Anabaptists
           tooke
           him
           as
           greatly
           to
           fauor
           their
           religion
           ,
           because
           his
           Chamberlayne
           being
           the
           chiefest
           man
           about
           him
           ,
           was
           an
           Anabaptist
           ,
           
           (
           called
           of
           his
           fellow
           Anabaptists
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Mardochaeus
           )
           by
           whose
           meanes
           this
           Prince
           became
           greatly
           beholding
           vnto
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           loane
           of
           sundry
           good
           summes
           of
           money
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           receaued
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Caluinists
           thought
           him
           assuredly
           their
           friend
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           an
           enemy
           vnto
           Spayne
           &
           Spaniards
           ,
           and
           because
           he
           could
           not
           but
           see
           them
           more
           forward
           in
           action
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           the
           others
           ;
           seeing
           Briel
           and
           other
           Townes
           were
           already
           surpryzed
           by
           those
           of
           their
           Nation
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           The
           aforesayd
           Counselours
           considering
           that
           this
           indifferent
           carriage
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           could
           but
           argue
           a
           dispersed
           affection
           ,
           &
           might
           breed
           many
           iealousies
           and
           factions
           ,
           and
           wherby
           he
           could
           not
           procure
           to
           himselfe
           the
           assured
           affection
           of
           any
           one
           syde
           to
           sticke
           fast
           vnto
           him
           ;
           their
           resolution
           must
           now
           be
           taken
           without
           longer
           delay
           ,
           of
           which
           of
           these
           he
           would
           declare
           himself
           absotely
           
           to
           be
           ,
           albeit
           he
           might
           promise
           fauour
           and
           protection
           to
           the
           rest
           .
           There
           was
           no
           great
           need
           of
           learned
           Deuins
           to
           dispute
           the
           matter
           ,
           Scriptures
           and
           ancient
           Fathers
           were
           not
           important
           to
           be
           looked
           after
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Conscience
           had
           heerin
           no
           clayme
           ,
           and
           Reason
           of
           State
           did
           put
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           silence
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           therfore
           first
           debated
           whether
           it
           were
           best
           &
           most
           for
           this
           Prince
           his
           aduantage
           to
           declare
           himselfe
           a
           Catholike
           ,
           because
           the
           face
           of
           the
           State
           was
           yet
           Catholike
           .
           To
           this
           was
           alleaged
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           should
           so
           do
           by
           fauouring
           all
           opposite
           to
           the
           Catholikes
           ,
           the
           Catholikes
           would
           therfore
           disfauour
           him
           ,
           seeing
           the
           other
           through
           his
           fauour
           would
           insult
           vpon
           them
           :
           and
           so
           might
           there
           be
           danger
           of
           their
           returning
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           whom
           thev
           were
           sure
           was
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           and
           would
           mayntayne
           them
           in
           it
           .
           All
           which
           considered
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           thought
           fitting
           for
           him
           to
           declare
           
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Catholike
        
         
           To
           declare
           himself
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           was
           also
           thought
           vnsit
           ,
           because
           the
           Duke
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           albeit
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           was
           yet
           a
           freind
           vnto
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           the
           howse
           of
           Austria
           ;
           and
           besides
           the
           Lutherans
           were
           but
           flegmatike
           &
           cold
           fellowes
           ,
           and
           too
           farre
           offto
           giue
           him
           assistance
           ,
           if
           need
           should
           require
           .
        
         
           To
           declare
           himselfe
           an
           Anabaptist
           ,
           was
           held
           lesse
           fitting
           ,
           for
           albeit
           they
           had
           shewed
           more
           heat
           of
           zeale
           ,
           in
           their
           greater
           number
           that
           had
           suffred
           for
           their
           religion
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           the
           others
           ;
           yet
           were
           they
           but
           of
           the
           meaner
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           not
           hauing
           any
           potent
           persons
           among
           them
           ,
           nor
           any
           forrayne
           Prince
           or
           State
           to
           take
           their
           partes
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           it
           was
           resolued
           that
           it
           was
           most
           conuenient
           for
           him
           to
           declare
           himself
           a
           Caluinist
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           stirring
           spirits
           ,
           whereof
           they
           had
           giuen
           greater
           proof
           then
           any
           of
           the
           others
           ,
           &
           that
           there
           was
           apparence
           of
           assistance
           
           from
           England
           ,
           and
           of
           good
           correspondence
           with
           the
           Huguenots
           of
           France
           .
           Vpon
           this
           resolution
           ,
           followed
           straight-wayes
           the
           conuersion
           of
           this
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           vnto
           Caluinian-Protestant
           religion
           ;
           and
           his
           new
           gayned
           greatest
           friendes
           so
           bestirred
           themselues
           ,
           that
           Town
           vpon
           Town
           rebelled
           especially
           after
           he
           had
           by
           solemne
           Oath
           sworne
           to
           mayntayne
           the
           Catholike
           Clergy
           in
           all
           their
           rights
           and
           priuiledges
           ,
           and
           in
           publike
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ▪
           about
           which
           point
           yet
           the
           town
           of
           Amsterdam
           amongst
           others
           ,
           very
           precysely
           capitulated
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           very
           seriously
           also
           protested
           and
           swore
           performance
           of
           the
           conditions
           :
           which
           Oath
           notwithstanding
           he
           made
           no
           more
           conscience
           soone
           after
           to
           breake
           ,
           then
           he
           had
           done
           sundry
           oathes
           before
           ;
           as
           the
           great
           and
           solemne
           Oath
           which
           he
           tooke
           of
           Fidelity
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           when
           he
           receaued
           the
           Order
           of
           Knight-hood
           of
           the
           golden
           Fleece
           ;
           the
           Oath
           of
           fidelity
           ,
           
           which
           he
           also
           tooke
           at
           the
           sayd
           Kings
           making
           him
           Lieftenant
           Gouernour
           of
           Holland
           &c.
           besydes
           his
           sundry
           other
           perfidious
           breaches
           both
           of
           oaths
           and
           promises
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           there
           is
           not
           any
           fidelity
           or
           honest
           dealing
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           layd
           no
           ground
           of
           Religion
           and
           vertue
           it
           is
           the
           lesse
           wonder
           that
           this
           irreligious
           Noble
           Man
           so
           caryed
           himself
           in
           choyce
           of
           religion
           .
           Certayne
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           at
           the
           first
           a
           Catholike
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           that
           his
           malice
           had
           transported
           him
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           to
           protect
           and
           shelter
           some
           most
           sacrylegious
           Church-robbers
           ;
           yet
           vpon
           the
           aryuall
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alua
           ,
           and
           before
           his
           flight
           into
           Germany
           ,
           he
           sent
           for
           his
           eldest
           some
           Philip
           (
           who
           was
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           next
           after
           him
           )
           at
           that
           tyme
           a
           student
           in
           the
           Vniuersity
           of
           Louayne
           ,
           and
           most
           straightly
           charged
           him
           ,
           to
           liue
           and
           dye
           in
           the
           Catholike
           Roman
           Religion
           ,
           as
           the
           sayd
           Prince
           hath
           at
           sundry
           
           tymes
           to
           diuers
           persons
           yet
           lyuing
           protested
           ;
           wherby
           it
           may
           seem
           ,
           that
           at
           that
           tyme
           he
           had
           yet
           retayned
           some
           regard
           of
           religion
           ;
           and
           holding
           that
           for
           the
           best
           ,
           commaunded
           his
           sonne
           to
           remayne
           still
           therin
           .
        
         
           Foure
           wyues
           he
           had
           ,
           the
           first
           was
           a
           Catholyke
           ,
           the
           second
           was
           a
           Lutheran
           ,
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           were
           Caluinists
           ;
           which
           perchance
           was
           because
           he
           found
           no
           noble
           woman
           fit
           for
           him
           to
           match
           withall
           that
           was
           an
           Anabaptist
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           haue
           had
           foure
           wyues
           of
           foure
           seuerall
           Religions
           ;
           yet
           to
           shew
           his
           great
           good
           wil
           vnto
           the
           Anabaptists
           (
           albeit
           he
           could
           not
           match
           amongst
           them
           )
           he
           gaue
           them
           vnder
           his
           hand
           wryting
           the
           priuiledge
           &
           freedome
           for
           exercise
           of
           their
           religion
           in
           their
           own
           howses
           ,
           which
           they
           yet
           in
           Holland
           enioy
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           consider
           the
           life
           and
           actiōs
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           I
           wonder
           in
           my self
           ,
           that
           the
           blyndnes
           of
           the
           popular
           multitude
           ,
           
           could
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           to
           honor
           and
           extol
           him
           so
           highly
           ,
           and
           to
           accompt
           him
           the
           great
           Patron
           and
           Protectour
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           greatest
           enemy
           therof
           that
           euer
           it
           had
           ;
           and
           who
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           spilling
           so
           much
           bloud
           ,
           aswell
           of
           the
           people
           of
           his
           owne
           Country
           ,
           as
           of
           other
           Nations
           ;
           and
           such
           an
           one
           as
           was
           the
           betrayer
           ,
           &
           transporter
           also
           thereof
           ,
           vnto
           another
           Nation
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           right
           or
           clay
           me
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           To
           come
           now
           to
           touch
           the
           end
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           when
           I
           cōsider
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           there
           commeth
           to
           my
           remembrance
           this
           saying
           of
           a
           Pagan
           Poet
           :
           
             
               Tyraennous
               Lords
               ,
               that
               cause
               Landes
               to
               rebell
               ,
            
             
               VVithout
               some
               blow
               ,
               can
               hardly
               come
               to
               Hell.
               
            
          
        
         
           About
           some
           foure
           yeares
           before
           the
           death
           of
           this
           Prince
           ,
           he
           was
           for
           his
           offences
           depriued
           by
           the
           sayd
           King
           of
           Spayne
           his
           soueraigne
           Lord
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           authority
           and
           power
           which
           in
           former
           tymes
           the
           sayd
           King
           had
           giuen
           him
           ,
           &
           
           proclaymed
           for
           a
           publike
           enemy
           vnto
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           Weal-publike
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           his
           goods
           &
           person
           exposed
           to
           open
           violence
           by
           publique
           sentence
           .
           In
           the
           end
           after
           some
           attempts
           to
           that
           effect
           ,
           the
           Prince
           perceauing
           ,
           what
           victorious
           successe
           the
           Duke
           of
           Parma
           (
           that
           then
           vnder
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           commanded
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           )
           now
           began
           to
           haue
           in
           Flaunders
           ,
           and
           Brabant
           ,
           he
           fled
           secretly
           ,
           from
           Antwerp
           (
           where
           he
           had
           layne
           lurcking
           for
           a
           time
           )
           vnto
           Delft
           in
           Holland
           ,
           in
           his
           Armour
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           the
           greatest
           prayse
           (
           forsooth
           )
           that
           this
           valiant
           Captayne
           atchieued
           in
           these
           warres
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           commonly
           put
           on
           his
           Armour
           when
           he
           was
           eight
           or
           ten
           leagues
           from
           any
           place
           of
           danger
           .
        
         
           Being
           arriued
           at
           Delft
           ,
           where
           he
           thought
           himselfe
           in
           greatest
           safety
           ,
           he
           was
           vpon
           the
           tenth
           day
           of
           Iuly
           in
           the
           same
           yeare
           1584.
           slayne
           with
           the
           shot
           of
           a
           Pistoll
           ,
           by
           one
           
             Ealtazar
             Gerard
          
           (
           aliâs
           
           Serach
           )
           a
           Burgundian
           ,
           of
           the
           age
           of
           fiue
           and
           twenty
           yeares
           ,
           a
           moneth
           after
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alancon
           dyed
           at
           Chasteau-Theiry
           ;
           for
           the
           Duke
           dyed
           on
           the
           tenth
           of
           Iune
           ,
           &
           this
           Prince
           was
           slayne
           on
           the
           tenth
           of
           Iuly
           next
           following
           ,
           as
           though
           his
           life
           had
           beene
           limitted
           by
           lease
           ,
           to
           last
           but
           iust
           one
           moneth
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           of
           the
           greatest
           Actors
           in
           this
           rebellious
           Tragedy
           ,
           was
           
             Robert
             Dudley
          
           Earle
           of
           ●eycester
           ,
           who
           after
           he
           had
           beene
           the
           chiefe
           Commaunder
           of
           Holland
           ,
           in
           these
           broyles
           (
           in
           which
           wa●
           slaine
           his
           sisters
           Sonne
           
             Syr
             Philip
             Sidney
          
           ,
           a
           Knight
           worthy
           to
           haue
           deserued
           more
           Honour
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           serued
           in
           an
           honourable
           cause
           )
           he
           grew
           weary
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           and
           they
           of
           him
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           by
           a
           iustification
           of
           his
           worthlesse
           actions
           published
           in
           Print
           ,
           he
           was
           driuen
           to
           accuse
           &
           blame
           them
           of
           breach
           of
           promise
           and
           performance
           of
           couenants
           made
           vnto
           him
           ,
           that
           so
           
           by
           laying
           the
           fault
           vpon
           thē
           ,
           he
           might
           repaire
           his
           owne
           reputation
           ,
           and
           excuse
           of
           gayning
           so
           little
           honour
           among
           them
           as
           he
           had
           .
           Returning
           therefore
           with
           great
           discontentment
           into
           England
           ,
           he
           soone
           after
           sickned
           and
           dyed
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           reported
           was
           poysoned
           ,
           and
           preuented
           by
           one
           whome
           himselfe
           had
           thought
           by
           such
           a
           meanes
           to
           haue
           made
           away
           .
        
         
           He
           dyed
           without
           any
           signe
           of
           a
           Christian
           ;
           and
           being
           dead
           seemed
           so
           vgly
           a
           corse
           ,
           as
           euen
           amazed
           the
           beholders
           .
           His
           body
           was
           opened
           and
           in
           his
           stomake
           were
           great
           holes
           eaten
           through
           with
           the
           poyson
           .
           His
           Landes
           were
           all
           presently
           seized
           on
           for
           his
           debts
           to
           the
           Queene
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           now
           ,
           as
           much
           disgraced
           being
           dead
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           perhaps
           haue
           beene
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           liued
           but
           a
           little
           longer
           ;
           and
           as
           his
           life
           was
           not
           much
           laudable
           ,
           so
           was
           his
           death
           not
           greatly
           lamented
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           in
           this
           ●anke
           must
           be
           
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           her selfe
           ,
           by
           whose
           meanes
           ,
           as
           this
           rebellion
           at
           the
           first
           began
           ,
           so
           was
           it
           by
           her
           ayd
           (
           euen
           to
           her
           last
           end
           )
           continued
           .
           And
           if
           a
           happy
           death
           be
           the
           true
           happynes
           of
           the
           precedent
           life
           ,
           she
           cannot
           be
           sayd
           to
           haue
           had
           it
           ,
           neither
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           good
           of
           her selfe
           ,
           nor
           yet
           of
           her
           subiects
           ;
           for
           she
           sought
           not
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           she
           had
           not
           the
           other
           .
           She
           sought
           not
           the
           good
           of
           her
           subiects
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           reason
           and
           right
           she
           was
           bound
           to
           do
           ,
           both
           before
           God
           mā
           ,
           because
           she
           prohibited
           both
           speach
           ,
           and
           euen
           the
           knowledge
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           of
           any
           successor
           to
           her
           Crowne
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           world
           well
           knoweth
           .
           In
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           if
           some
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           presently
           vpon
           her
           death
           ,
           had
           not
           resolued
           to
           receaue
           vnto
           her
           Crowne
           &
           dignity
           the
           true
           &
           lawfull
           Heyre
           that
           now
           raigneth
           ,
           the
           bloud
           of
           many
           thousandes
           of
           her
           subiects
           might
           haue
           beene
           spilt
           ,
           for
           ought
           she
           did
           to
           preuent
           it
           .
           Some
           do
           report
           her
           to
           haue
           sayd
           ,
           that
           whyles
           she
           liued
           no
           
           Heyre
           apparent
           should
           be
           de●lared
           ;
           and
           after
           her
           death
           ,
           she
           wished
           that
           she
           might
           for
           a
           while
           remayne
           betweene
           heauen
           &
           earth
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           they
           would
           tugge
           for
           the
           Crown
           .
           Surely
           the
           desire
           of
           seeing
           such
           a
           sport
           could
           litle
           deserue
           the
           loue
           that
           her
           subiects
           bo●e
           vnto
           her
           ;
           and
           heerby
           may
           we
           see
           ,
           vpon
           how
           little
           cause
           and
           reason
           ,
           vulgar
           affection
           is
           oftentymes
           grounded
           .
        
         
           That
           her
           death
           was
           not
           happy
           ,
           appeareth
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           is
           no
           happynes
           to
           dye
           distracted
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           haue
           had
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           of
           her
           sicknes
           ,
           the
           perfect
           vse
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           consequently
           not
           to
           haue
           beene
           able
           most
           earnestly
           to
           call
           vpon
           God
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           is
           most
           fit
           that
           at
           their
           end
           ,
           a●l
           men
           should
           doe
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           most
           requisite
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           end
           of
           a
           life
           which
           hath
           been
           entertayned
           with
           all
           the
           pleasures
           that
           the
           World
           could
           affoard
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           done
           with
           the
           greatest
           compunction
           &
           contrition
           of
           hart
           that
           may
           be
           ▪
           And
           I
           haue
           
           heard
           it
           confidently
           reported
           ,
           that
           
             Syr
             Thomas
             Gressam
          
           ,
           more
           then
           thirty
           yeares
           before
           Queene
           Eliza●eths
           death
           ,
           did
           in
           priuate
           discourse
           ,
           tell
           vnto
           some
           friends
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           namely
           vnto
           
             Syr
             Philip
             Scidamore
          
           (
           then
           not
           Knight
           )
           that
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Queene
           Mary
           ,
           he
           then
           being
           in
           the
           Citty
           of
           Antwerp
           ,
           a
           woman
           comming
           into
           a
           house
           where
           he
           was
           ,
           sayd
           vnto
           him
           :
           
             Your
             Queene
             Mary
             is
             now
             dead
             and
             Queene
             ●lizabeth
             that
             succeedeth
             her
             ,
             shall
             in
             the
             end
             come
             to
             dye
             mad
             .
          
           Whether
           this
           woman
           had
           the
           spirit
           of
           prophesy
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           cannot
           say
           ;
           but
           certaine
           it
           is
           that
           she
           seemed
           not
           in
           her
           sicknes
           ,
           nor
           at
           her
           death
           to
           be
           in
           her
           perfect
           senses
           ,
           whe●eby
           she
           could
           neither
           be
           carefull
           for
           the
           future
           good
           of
           her
           subiects
           ,
           by
           not
           then
           declaring
           that
           which
           she
           needed
           not
           any
           longer
           to
           haue
           concealed
           ;
           nor
           in
           calling
           vpon
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           for
           mercy
           ,
           for
           a
           soule
           that
           so
           greatly
           had
           need
           thereof
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           now
           lastly
           come
           vnto
           the
           
           great
           Statesman
           ,
           and
           Menager
           of
           this
           State
           composed
           of
           States
           ,
           the
           
           Holland-aduocate
           Berneuelt
           .
           This
           man
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           O●ange
           aforesayd
           ,
           when
           his
           sonne
           Count
           Mauri●e
           ,
           and
           his
           other
           children
           were
           but
           young
           ,
           and
           the
           State
           and
           gouernment
           wholy
           raw
           and
           out
           of
           order
           ,
           deuised
           and
           set
           down
           the
           plot
           and
           meanes
           for
           the
           mayntayning
           of
           it
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Republike
           :
           he
           made
           the
           alliances
           between
           it
           ,
           and
           other
           Princes
           and
           States
           abroad
           ,
           and
           became
           a
           most
           careful
           Tut
           or
           for
           the
           bringing
           vp
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           his
           children
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           end
           about
           realousies
           and
           wranglings
           grown
           vp
           among
           themselues
           ,
           this
           great
           Aduocate
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           Sterne-holder
           of
           that
           whole
           State
           ,
           hauing
           deserued
           so
           well
           thereof
           as
           any
           man
           could
           ,
           came
           to
           dye
           on
           a
           scaffold
           ,
           as
           a
           criminall
           malefactor
           ,
           by
           the
           handes
           of
           the
           hangman
           ;
           whereby
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           and
           their
           Highnesses
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           
           whome
           he
           had
           most
           offended
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           meanes
           to
           punish
           him
           ,
           did
           see
           him
           punished
           by
           those
           whome
           himself
           had
           most
           serued
           in
           offending
           them
           .
        
         
           Some
           may
           heer
           a●leage
           that
           the
           Archduke
           Matthias
           ,
           who
           afterward
           came
           to
           be
           Emperor
           ,
           had
           beene
           a
           chief
           Commaunder
           and
           gouernour
           also
           ouer
           this
           rebellious
           faction
           ,
           and
           yet
           came
           not
           to
           any
           vnfortunate
           end
           .
           To
           this
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           this
           Prince
           had
           such
           a
           charge
           layed
           vpon
           him
           ,
           when
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           youth
           he
           wanted
           iudgment
           perfectl●
           to
           descern
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           
             William
             of
             Nassaw
          
           the
           vnhappy
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           being
           his
           chief
           Lieftenant
           vnder
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           man
           that
           disposed
           of
           al.
           And
           yet
           escaped
           this
           yong
           Archduk
           not
           without
           disgrace
           among
           thē
           ,
           when
           they
           neither
           cared
           for
           him
           ,
           nor
           much
           respected
           him
           ;
           &
           in
           their
           ordinary
           speaches
           gaue
           him
           the
           name
           of
           their
           
             Foster
             chyld
          
           ,
           esteeming
           him
           but
           as
           a
           chyld
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           cipher
           that
           only
           serued
           
           to
           supply
           a
           place
           .
           But
           in
           the
           end
           this
           noble
           Prince
           discouering
           their
           vniust
           courses
           &
           his
           own
           errour
           ,
           left
           thē
           ,
           and
           gaue
           ouer
           that
           mistaken
           gouernment
           ,
           and
           retyring
           himselfe
           into
           Germany
           ,
           sought
           ,
           and
           found
           meanes
           to
           reconcile
           himself
           vnto
           his
           Cousin
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           whose
           grace
           and
           fauour
           he
           obtayned
           ,
           which
           none
           of
           the
           former
           that
           came
           to
           vnfortunate
           endes
           ,
           euer
           sought
           for
           .
           And
           by
           this
           meanes
           all
           former
           soars
           were
           salued
           ,
           &
           this
           Prince
           by
           leauing
           to
           follow
           this
           wrong
           course
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           freed
           from
           comming
           to
           an
           vnfortunate
           or
           disgracefull
           end
           ,
           but
           came
           to
           dy
           as
           a
           good
           Christian
           Prince
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           high
           estate
           of
           an
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           Thus
           haue
           I
           heere
           briefly
           related
           vnto
           you
           ,
           how
           ill
           they
           haue
           sped
           ,
           who
           haue
           beene
           the
           chiefest
           Actors
           in
           so
           ill
           a
           busines
           as
           is
           rebellion
           ,
           &
           the
           assisting
           of
           rebels
           against
           their
           most
           iust
           and
           lawfull
           Soueraigne
           ;
           what
           may
           succeed
           
           to
           others
           ,
           that
           do
           ,
           or
           intend
           to
           continue
           the
           same
           vniust
           course
           ,
           must
           be
           reserued
           to
           the
           manifestation
           of
           tyme
           ;
           but
           apparent
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           that
           which
           heere
           hath
           been
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           high
           and
           supreme
           Ruler
           of
           all
           ,
           hath
           ,
           by
           permitting
           these
           their
           disgracefull
           endes
           ,
           shewed
           his
           dislike
           of
           their
           actions
           ;
           &
           contrarywise
           to
           such
           as
           haue
           beene
           obedient
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           his
           benediction
           hath
           been
           manifest
           in
           a
           copious
           manner
           .
        
         
           The
           benefits
           then
           which
           England
           might
           expect
           by
           continuing
           to
           take
           the
           Hollanders
           partes
           ,
           must
           be
           vnderstood
           to
           be
           ,
           endles
           Charges
           ,
           great
           Dishonour
           ,
           and
           the
           high
           Displeasure
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           togeather
           with
           the
           Hollanders
           recompensing
           the
           same
           with
           contemptuous
           ingratitude
           ;
           which
           are
           motiues
           to
           mooue
           mad
           men
           to
           be
           their
           friendes
           .
        
         
           Some
           may
           perhaps
           suppose
           the
           Hollanders
           to
           deserue
           the
           same
           in
           regard
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           loue
           and
           affection
           which
           they
           beare
           vnto
           that
           State
           ,
           albeit
           no
           effect
           
           or
           shew
           of
           good
           deeds
           to
           proue
           it
           ,
           doth
           anv
           way
           breake
           out
           .
           This
           inuisible
           affection
           ,
           must
           then
           be
           imagined
           to
           consist
           in
           a
           true
           desire
           they
           haue
           to
           the
           countiuuance
           of
           the
           present
           State
           &
           Gouernement
           as
           now
           it
           standeth
           .
           Les
           vs
           then
           see
           how
           likely
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           first
           of
           al
           calling
           into
           consideration
           the
           affection
           they
           manifest
           themselues
           to
           beare
           vnto
           our
           Kings
           Maiesty
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           this
           ought
           to
           giue
           the
           first
           and
           best
           light
           vnto
           this
           great
           obscurity
           .
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           relate
           vnto
           you
           what
           myne
           owne
           eares
           haue
           heard
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           you
           would
           stand
           amazed
           .
           Respect
           of
           conscience
           and
           duty
           ,
           doth
           not
           permit
           me
           to
           repeate
           those
           most
           odious
           Epithets
           which
           without
           any
           r●spect
           of
           Maiesty
           ,
           are
           euery
           where
           common
           in
           these
           rebellious
           Hollanders
           mouthes
           And
           I
           protest
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           verily
           thinke
           ,
           they
           did
           neuer
           more
           spytefully
           raile
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spayne
           ,
           whome
           they
           hold
           for
           their
           greatest
           
           enemy
           .
           Their
           wordes
           ,
           as
           I
           sayd
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           repeate
           ,
           for
           feare
           least
           an
           alleadger
           of
           the
           calumnyes
           of
           others
           ,
           might
           be
           taken
           for
           a
           subtil
           calumniator
           himselfe
           :
           but
           if
           you
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           heerof
           ,
           make
           further
           enquiry
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           since
           the
           late
           famous
           battaile
           fought
           in
           Bohemia
           ,
           haue
           come
           out
           of
           Holland
           into
           England
           ;
           for
           there
           want
           no
           witnesses
           to
           affirme
           this
           to
           be
           true
           .
           And
           if
           you
           shall
           chance
           to
           meet
           with
           One
           who
           for
           affection
           to
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           will
           rather
           dissemble
           then
           confesse
           the
           truth
           ,
           especially
           being
           demaunded
           therof
           in
           Englād
           ;
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           wil
           meet
           with
           Two
           ,
           who
           will
           affirme
           it
           ,
           and
           withall
           confesse
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           remedy
           to
           ●h●rme
           their
           durty
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           much
           lesse
           to
           any
           purpose
           for
           an
           Englishman
           to
           oppose
           himselfe
           against
           the
           lauish
           tongues
           of
           such
           an
           vnbridled
           multitude
           of
           cocks
           crowing
           vpon
           their
           own
           dunghil
           .
           And
           who
           can
           otherwise
           imagine
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           who
           are
           in
           authority
           amongst
           
           them
           ,
           be
           content
           that
           the
           common
           sort
           doe
           speake
           that
           which
           themselues
           also
           thinke
           ,
           and
           in
           priuate
           speake
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           seeing
           in
           publike
           they
           shew
           no
           dislike
           therof
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Hollanders
           do
           desire
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           present
           State
           ,
           and
           Gouernement
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           as
           now
           it
           standeth
           ,
           by
           wishing
           the
           long
           raigne
           of
           his
           Maiesty
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Prince
           his
           Highnes
           after
           him
           ,
           who
           can
           imagine
           ;
           since
           all
           their
           dri●ts
           do
           wholy
           tend
           to
           their
           owne
           ends
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Count
             Pa●atine
          
           ,
           by
           his
           Mothers
           side
           is
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Nassaw
           ,
           to
           which
           house
           of
           all
           othe●
           vpon
           earth
           they
           are
           most
           deuoted
           :
           and
           that
           by
           the
           sayd
           
             Count
             Palatine
          
           his
           attayning
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Englād
           ,
           diuers
           of
           the
           same
           house
           that
           want
           liuings
           as
           wel
           in
           Holland
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Duchy
           of
           Bullion
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           might
           come
           to
           be
           aduāced
           in
           England
           .
           And
           no
           doubt
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Count
             Palatine
          
           hath
           already
           had
           the
           tast
           of
           one
           Crowne
           ,
           they
           
           will
           the
           more
           desire
           the
           pleasing
           of
           hi●
           appetite
           with
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           religion
           of
           England
           they
           also
           like
           not
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           regard
           of
           a
           more
           pure
           and
           perfect
           Reformation
           ,
           they
           do
           out
           of
           zeale
           and
           conscience
           the
           lesse
           desyre
           the
           continuāce
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           .
           Their
           freindes
           the
           Puritanes
           ,
           haue
           long
           since
           giuen
           them
           to
           vnderstand
           how
           ilfauour●dly
           the
           Religion
           of
           England
           is
           now
           reformed
           ;
           and
           what
           great
           want
           they
           haue
           of
           a
           
           Holland-discipline
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           worshipfall
           Consistory
           of
           Church-counsellours
           as
           they
           h●ue
           there
           in
           euery
           of
           their
           Townes
           .
           They
           haue
           also
           enformed
           them
           of
           the
           great
           lyuings
           that
           certayne
           men
           in
           England
           do
           possesse
           ,
           who
           beare
           the
           name
           of
           Bishopes
           ,
           and
           whose
           large
           reuenewes
           would
           fall
           out
           very
           fit
           for
           sundry
           poore
           Countes
           of
           the
           aforesayd
           howse
           of
           Nassaw
           ,
           to
           begin
           withall
           ,
           til
           confiscation
           of
           English
           Noblemens
           lyuinges
           might
           be
           able
           to
           make
           them
           
           the
           more
           capable
           of
           the
           titles
           of
           Dukes
           and
           Princes
           .
           And
           this
           being
           matter
           to
           reflect
           vpon
           ,
           I
           will
           so
           leaue
           it
           vnto
           your
           further
           ponderation
           ,
           and
           proceed
           to
           giue
           you
           satisfaction
           according
           to
           your
           demaund
           in
           the
           rest
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
             Of
             the
             present
             state
             of
             the
          
           Hollanders
           ;
           
             and
             of
             the
             diuision
             among
             them
             about
             matters
             of
             Religion
             :
             and
             whether
             respect
             of
             Religion
             may
             vrge
          
           England
           
             still
             to
             assist
             them
          
           .
        
         
           THAT
           the
           Hollanders
           haue
           a
           will
           to
           continue
           their
           warres
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           at
           last
           they
           might
           in
           quiet
           possession
           attayne
           to
           their
           wished
           great
           Republike
           ,
           of
           the
           whole
           seauenteene
           Netherland
           Prouinces
           ,
           with
           such
           adiacent
           and
           Anseaitcke
           places
           as
           they
           could
           come
           to
           incorporate
           and
           annexe
           vnto
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           :
           but
           their
           want
           of
           meanes
           to
           vndergoe
           this
           charge
           ,
           
           wherof
           no
           end
           can
           be
           determined
           ,
           is
           also
           out
           of
           doubt
           .
           It
           is
           now
           about
           some
           two
           yeares
           ago
           that
           I
           saw
           a
           note
           of
           calculation
           made
           of
           their
           debts
           ,
           which
           then
           appeared
           to
           be
           about
           six
           millions
           of
           florins
           ,
           for
           the
           which
           they
           payed
           ,
           &
           do
           yet
           yearly
           pay
           interest
           .
           It
           is
           not
           lyke
           that
           this
           debt
           is
           diminished
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           rather
           ,
           since
           that
           tyme
           ,
           much
           augmented
           ;
           besydes
           theyr
           yearely
           ch●rge
           of
           mayntayning
           their
           presidies
           ,
           and
           fortifications
           ,
           they
           haue
           beene
           at
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           lost
           cost
           in
           their
           monethly
           great
           summes
           of
           money
           disbursed
           for
           the
           ayding
           of
           the
           Count
           ▪
           Palatine
           .
        
         
           Their
           meanes
           and
           trafficke
           of
           marchandize
           is
           well
           known
           to
           be
           nothing
           so
           good
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           ,
           and
           dayly
           to
           declyne
           to
           worse
           and
           worse
           ;
           for
           they
           haue
           not
           only
           had
           ex●reme
           losses
           by
           pirates
           ,
           but
           haue
           shewed
           themselues
           so
           vnpartiall
           ,
           that
           because
           the
           English
           Merchants
           should
           not
           thinke
           them
           only
           bent
           to
           spoyle
           their
           trade
           ▪
           
           they
           spoyle
           their
           trading
           amongst
           them selues
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           that
           Holland
           doth
           not
           only
           spoile
           the
           trading
           of
           Zeland
           ,
           but
           euen
           in
           Holland
           they
           dayly
           study
           to
           spoile
           the
           trade
           one
           of
           another
           :
           so
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           noted
           ,
           that
           when
           in
           Amsterdam
           it selfe
           ,
           some
           Merchant
           hauing
           gotten
           priuate
           aduice
           from
           his
           correspondent
           els
           where
           ,
           that
           in
           such
           or
           such
           a
           place
           ,
           such
           and
           such
           a
           commodity
           will
           be
           well
           vented
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           Merchant
           thereupon
           fraighteth
           a
           ship
           with
           wares
           accordingly
           ;
           another
           that
           perceaueth
           him
           to
           be
           fraighting
           ,
           though
           not
           knowing
           whither
           his
           voyage
           is
           intended
           ,
           will
           straight
           wayes
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           diligence
           fraight
           a
           ship
           also
           with
           the
           self
           same
           wares
           ,
           and
           follow
           and
           dogge
           him
           by
           sea
           ,
           till
           he
           arriue
           to
           the
           same
           Hauen
           vnto
           which
           the
           other
           is
           bound
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           hindering
           of
           his
           gaine
           catch
           away
           the
           bread
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           .
           And
           as
           by
           this
           ,
           so
           by
           all
           other
           wayes
           and
           meanes
           ,
           ●ch
           one
           seeks
           to
           spoyke
           and
           hinder
           another
           ;
           
           for
           all
           will
           be
           Merchants
           ,
           aswell
           the
           Boores
           in
           the
           Villages
           ,
           as
           the
           Burgers
           in
           the
           Towne
           .
        
         
           This
           then
           trading
           then
           thus
           hindred
           what
           by
           Pyrats
           ,
           what
           by
           the
           multitude
           of
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           other
           wayes
           spoyled
           ,
           they
           cannot
           draw
           sufficient
           meanes
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           warre
           only
           out
           of
           toles
           and
           customes
           ;
           neither
           can
           it
           be
           raysed
           by
           taxes
           and
           impositions
           layd
           vpon
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           being
           already
           more
           heauily
           burdened
           that
           way
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           able
           to
           beare
           ;
           and
           farre
           beyond
           the
           tenth
           penny
           which
           the
           Dulde
           of
           〈◊〉
           demaunded
           .
           What
           remedy
           then
           ?
           〈◊〉
           loanes
           and
           borrowings
           be
           requyred
           of
           the
           best
           monyed
           Merchants
           ▪
           〈◊〉
           .
           The
           Catholikes
           ,
           the
           Arminians
           ,
           &
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           which
           haue
           the
           best
           purses
           ,
           haue
           little
           reason
           for
           it
           .
           The
           Catholikes
           and
           the
           Arminians
           are
           forbidden
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           rather
           goe
           and
           reside
           out
           of
           the
           Countrey
           .
           The
           Anabaptists
           that
           haue
           
           exercise
           in
           their
           houses
           cannot
           beare
           the
           burden
           alone
           ;
           and
           if
           all
           these
           th●ee
           would
           be
           willing
           to
           lend
           ,
           how
           could
           ●bis
           lending
           continue
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           see
           their
           money
           still
           cast
           into
           a
           bottomles
           pit
           of
           expences
           ,
           where
           there
           can
           be
           no
           hope
           of
           getting
           it
           out
           againe
           ;
           and
           so
           shall
           they
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           ,
           who
           doe
           assist
           thē
           ,
           if
           after
           the
           now
           approaching
           expiration
           of
           the
           Truce
           ,
           warres
           do
           begin
           againe
           .
        
         
           Thus
           hauing
           briefly
           deliuered
           vnto
           you
           my
           conceyt
           of
           their
           present
           meanes
           ;
           I
           will
           now
           also
           endeauour
           to
           giue
           you
           satisfaction
           to
           your
           demaund
           about
           their
           so
           great
           difference
           in
           Religion
           .
           I
           do
           not
           meane
           the
           great
           difference
           that
           is
           between
           Sect
           and
           Sect
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           beyould
           all
           calculation
           ;
           but
           the
           late
           great
           difference
           risen
           vp
           among
           the
           
           Holland-Protestants
           themselues
           .
        
         
           You
           shall
           then
           vnderstand
           that
           about
           the
           yeare
           1607.
           one
           
             Iacobus
             Arminius
          
           a
           Doctor
           and
           professor
           of
           Protestant
           
           Religion
           at
           Leyden
           (
           according
           as
           it
           is
           there
           professed
           )
           did
           ,
           after
           that
           he
           had
           ,
           diuers
           yeares
           belieued
           and
           taught
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           begin
           to
           fall
           into
           further
           consideration
           then
           before
           he
           had
           done
           of
           certayne
           points
           of
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           especially
           their
           doctrine
           of
           Predestination
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             That
             God
             hath
             absolutely
             and
             precysely
             chosen
             and
             ordayned
             some
             people
             to
             saluation
             ,
             and
             some
             to
             damnation
             ,
             before
             themselues
             haue
             either
             done
             good
             or
             euill
             :
             And
             that
             to
             those
             whome
             God
             ,
             of
             an
             absolute
             will
             ,
             hath
             ordayned
             to
             pe●dition
             ,
             he
             hath
             determyned
             to
             deny
             ,
             and
             actually
             doth
             deny
             ,
             the
             grace
             which
             is
             needfull
             and
             sufficient
             for
             Saluation
             ,
             so
             as
             they
             neither
             can
             ,
             nor
             may
             belieue
             or
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           Against
           this
           doctrine
           Arminius
           opposed
           himself
           ,
           affirming
           the
           same
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           God
           ,
           
             as
             repugnant
             to
             his
             Wisdome
             ,
             to
             his
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Goodnes
             .
          
           That
           it
           also
           is
           against
           the
           Ghospel
           ,
           which
           commaundeth
           conuersion
           
           and
           beliefe
           ,
           and
           promiseth
           the
           grace
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           Remission
           of
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           euerlasting
           Lyfe
           .
           And
           that
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           it
           impugneth
           
             Free
             will
          
           ,
           with
           which
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           which
           ,
           man
           was
           by
           God
           created
           .
           Moreouer
           it
           hindreth
           the
           diligence
           vnto
           the
           doing
           of
           good
           workes
           ;
           for
           (
           sayth
           he
           )
           man
           being
           driuen
           (
           as
           these
           mayntayners
           of
           this
           Predestination
           affirme
           )
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           safe-making
           grace
           ,
           then
           must
           he
           worke
           ,
           and
           cannot
           leaue
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           not
           being
           driuen
           by
           the
           same
           grace
           ,
           he
           cannot
           so
           do
           ,
           but
           must
           leaue
           it
           vndon
           .
        
         
           Thus
           doth
           Arminius
           refute
           the
           commō
           Caluinian
           opinion
           in
           the
           doctrin
           of
           Predestination
           ,
           and
           teacheth
           playnly
           ,
           that
           man
           hath
           Free-wil
           ,
           and
           sheweth
           that
           good
           works
           are
           needfull
           to
           Saluation
           ;
           affirming
           also
           that
           the
           contrary
           doctrine
           to
           these
           points
           ,
           doth
           ouerthrow
           and
           quyte
           destroy
           the
           foundatiō
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           further
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           his
           declaration
           printed
           at
           Leyden
           in
           the
           yeare
           1610.
           
        
         
         
           Arminius
           himselfe
           dyed
           ,
           before
           this
           his
           declaration
           came
           forth
           in
           print
           ;
           but
           certayne
           Ministers
           that
           imbraced
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           did
           after
           his
           decease
           cause
           it
           to
           be
           printed
           ;
           and
           these
           men
           proceeding
           forward
           in
           the
           same
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           fynding
           many
           of
           the
           most
           learned
           ministers
           to
           imbrace
           it
           ,
           and
           many
           thousandes
           of
           people
           ,
           which
           dayly
           more
           and
           more
           increase
           ,
           ready
           to
           receaue
           it
           ;
           they
           wrote
           sundry
           Books
           in
           defence
           thereof
           ,
           wherin
           they
           gaue
           themselues
           the
           name
           of
           Remonstrantes
           .
        
         
           Heerupon
           some
           of
           the
           Ministers
           that
           remayned
           in
           the
           former
           and
           direct
           Caluinian
           opinion
           ,
           writing
           against
           them
           ,
           called
           themselues
           the
           Contra-Remonstrants
           :
           but
           because
           the
           common
           people
           called
           those
           that
           followed
           the
           opinion
           of
           Arminius
           aforesayd
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Arminians
           ,
           the
           otherside
           gaue
           vnto
           the
           Contra-Remonstr●nts
           ,
           the
           name
           of
           Gomarists
           ;
           because
           of
           all
           other
           who
           opposed
           themselues
           against
           the
           opinion
           of
           
           Arminius
           ,
           one
           
             Franciscus
             Gomarus
          
           was
           the
           first
           and
           chiefest
           .
           And
           albeit
           the
           sayd
           Gomarus
           taught
           not
           otherwise
           then
           did
           Caluin
           ,
           or
           do
           other
           Caluinists
           ;
           yet
           are
           those
           of
           his
           side
           called
           by
           many
           in
           Holand
           ,
           and
           generally
           in
           all
           the
           Netherlands
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Gomarists
           ,
           except
           by
           themselues
           ;
           for
           they
           call
           not
           themselues
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           
             The
             Reformed
          
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           before
           this
           discord
           fell
           out
           .
        
         
           About
           this
           difference
           in
           Religiō
           there
           hath
           beene
           between
           them
           very
           many
           bickeringes
           ,
           and
           virulent
           bookes
           and
           pamphlets
           haue
           beene
           written
           on
           both
           sydes
           ,
           the
           one
           against
           the
           other
           .
           But
           because
           it
           would
           perhaps
           be
           too
           tedious
           to
           make
           but
           recitall
           of
           their
           titles
           in
           ●his
           place
           ,
           I
           wil
           therfore
           heere
           only
           set
           down
           vn
           to
           you
           ,
           what
           I
           haue
           translated
           out
           of
           a
           certayne
           printed
           table
           ,
           concerning
           three
           of
           the
           pointes
           of
           Religion
           which
           are
           in
           controuersy
           between
           them
           ,
           wherby
           you
           may
           see
           what
           places
           of
           Scripture
           are
           alleaged
           abou●
           
           these
           pointes
           by
           the
           Armintans
           ;
           and
           what
           Caluin
           and
           the
           
             Gomarian
             Caluinists
          
           alleage
           to
           the
           contryry
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             point
             is
             ,
          
           
             Whether
             God
             hath
             created
             any
             people
             vnto
             damnation
             .
          
           
             Places
             of
             Scripture
             alleaged
             by
             the
             Arminians
             to
             proue
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             .
          
           
             Genes
             .
             1.
             vers
             .
             27.
             
             And
             God
             created
             man
             to
             his
             owne
             Image
             ;
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             he
             created
             him
             .
          
           
             And
             vers
             .
             31.
             
             And
             God
             saw
             al
             things
             that
             he
             had
             made
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             all
             very
             good
             ▪
          
           
             Psal
             .
             145
             vers
             .
             9.
             
             The
             Lord
             is
             louing
             vnto
             euery
             man
             ,
             and
             his
             mercy
             is
             aboue
             all
             his
             workes
             .
          
           
             Isay
             45.
             vers
             .
             22.
             
             Turne
             you
             vnto
             me
             ,
             so
             shall
             you
             be
             saued
             ,
             all
             yee
             ends
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             Ezech.
             33.
             vers
             .
             11.
             
             As
             true
             as
             I
             liue
             ,
             sayth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             haue
             no
             pleasure
             in
             the
             death
             of
             the
             vngodly
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             
             vngodly
             do
             turn
             from
             his
             wickednes
             &
             liue
             .
             Turne
             you
             therefore
             now
             from
             your
             wickednes
             ;
             why
             will
             you
             then
             dye
             ,
             you
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             ?
          
           
             Ioan.
             4.
             vers
             .
             10.
             11.
             
             You
             pitty
             the
             stalke
             of
             the
             wild
             grape
             ,
             whereon
             you
             haue
             not
             laboured
             ,
             nor
             haue
             nourished
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             growne
             vp
             in
             one
             night
             ,
             &
             is
             againe
             withered
             :
             And
             should
             not
             I
             then
             take
             pitty
             on
             the
             great
             Citty
             of
             Niniue
             ,
             in
             which
             are
             more
             then
             one
             hūdred
             and
             twenty
             thousand
             soules
             ,
             who
             know
             no
             difference
             betweene
             the
             right
             hand
             and
             the
             left
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             11.
             vers
             28.
             
             Come
             yee
             to
             me
             all
             that
             labour
             ,
             and
             are
             burdened
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             refresh
             you
             .
          
           
             Marc.
             16.
             vers
             .
             15.
             16
             
             Going
             into
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             preach
             the
             Ghospell
             to
             al
             creatures
             ;
             he
             that
             belieueth
             ,
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             be
             saued
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             belieueth
             not
             ,
             shal
             be
             condemned
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             2.
             vers
             30.
             31.
             
             Myne
             eyes
             (
             sayth
             Simeon
             )
             haue
             seen
             thy
             saluation
             :
             which
             
             thou
             hast
             prepared
             before
             the
             face
             of
             all
             people
             .
          
           
             
               Ibid
               cap.
            
             9.
             vers
             .
             56.
             
             The
             sonne
             of
             man
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             soules
             ,
             but
             to
             saue
             them
             .
          
           
             Ioan.
             3.
             vers
             .
             16.
             
             For
             God
             so
             loued
             the
             world
             that
             he
             gaue
             his
             only
             begotten
             sonne
             ,
             that
             euery
             one
             who
             belieueth
             in
             him
             perish
             not
             .
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               cap.
            
             12.
             vers
             .
             47.
             
             I
             am
             not
             come
             (
             sayth
             Christ
             )
             to
             condemne
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             to
             saue
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Act
             17.
             vers
             30.
             
             God
             denounceth
             vnto
             men
             ,
             that
             al
             ,
             euery
             where
             do
             pennance
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             vers
             .
             32.
             
             For
             God
             hath
             concluded
             all
             into
             incredulity
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             haue
             mercy
             vpon
             all
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             vers
             .
             4.
             
             God
             will
             that
             all
             men
             be
             saued
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             vers
             .
             12.
             
             For
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             our
             Sauiour
             hath
             appeared
             vnto
             al
             men
             .
          
           
             ●
             .
             Pet.
             3.
             vers
             .
             9.
             
             God
             is
             not
             willing
             
             that
             any
             perish
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             returne
             to
             pennance
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioan.
             2.
             vers
             .
             2.
             
             He
             (
             to
             wit
             Christ
             )
             is
             the
             propitiation
             for
             our
             sinnes
             ,
             &
             not
             for
             ours
             alone
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             the
             whole
             worlds
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             places
             of
             Scripture
             alleadged
             by
             the
             Arminians
             for
             their
             opinion
             in
             this
             point
             .
             Now
             followeth
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Gomarian-Caluinists
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               That
               God
               hath
               created
               some
               to
               damnation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Caluin
               Instit
               l.
            
             3.
             cap.
             23.
             b.
             Seeing
             the
             disposition
             of
             all
             things
             is
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             seeing
             he
             hath
             the
             power
             of
             death
             &
             of
             saluatiō
             ,
             he
             ordayneth
             then
             with
             his
             counsell
             and
             will
             ,
             that
             some
             are
             borne
             ,
             who
             from
             thei●
             Mothers
             wombe
             are
             certainly
             deliuered
             ouer
             vnto
             death
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             by
             their
             destruction
             the
             name
             of
             God
             should
             be
             praysed
             .
          
           
             
               The
               same
               Caluin
               vpon
               the
            
             18.
             
               vers
               .
               of
               the
            
             9.
             
               cap.
               to
               the
               Romans
            
             .
             The
             destructiō
             
             of
             the
             vngodly
             is
             not
             only
             foreknown
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             also
             purposely
             created
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             should
             come
             to
             destruction
             or
             perdition
             .
          
           
             
               Idem
               in
               his
               booke
               ad
               ●alumn
               .
               Nebulon.
               pag.
            
             867.
             
             Say
             you
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             permitted
             vnto
             God
             to
             damne
             any
             body
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             haue
             done
             euill
             ?
             There
             are
             taken
             away
             out
             of
             this
             life
             an
             infinite
             nūber
             of
             yong
             children
             .
             Cast
             now
             out
             your
             poyson
             against
             God
             ,
             who
             taketh
             away
             innocent
             childrē
             from
             the
             brestes
             of
             their
             Mothers
             ,
             and
             casteth
             them
             into
             the
             depth
             of
             hell
             ,
             in
             eternall
             death
             and
             damnation
             .
          
           
             
               The●
               .
               Beza
               in
               his
               little
               Annot
               vpon
               the
               Romans
            
             9.
             vers
             .
             22.
             
             Let
             vs
             then
             againe
             be
             licensed
             to
             say
             with
             Paul
             ,
             that
             some
             men
             are
             of
             God
             the
             workmaister
             ,
             created
             vnto
             destruction
             .
          
           
             
               Amandus
               Polanus
               on
               the
            
             9
             
               vers
               of
               the
            
             13.
             
               of
               Osee
            
             .
             Those
             whom
             God
             hath
             predestinated
             to
             eternall
             perdition
             ,
             he
             hath
             also
             created
             vnto
             eternal
             perdition
             ;
             &
             al
             
             those
             thinges
             strengthen
             them
             to
             ●●●●nall
             perdition
             ,
             that
             strengthen
             the
             elect
             vnto
             saluation
             .
          
           
             
               The
               same
               Polanus
               in
               his
               doctrine
               of
               the
               t●uth
               of
               Predestination
               ,
               pag.
            
             139.
             sayth
             :
             Abiection
             is
             an
             inward
             ,
             and
             eternall
             worke
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             in
             truth
             differeth
             not
             from
             the
             essence
             of
             God
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             
               Fr
               Gomarus
               in
               his
               translated
               dispute
               of
               Predestination
               Thes
               .
            
             23.
             sayth
             :
             Abiection
             is
             Gods
             predestination
             ,
             through
             which
             out
             of
             reasonable
             creations
             ,
             he
             hath
             in
             grosse
             ,
             and
             without
             fore-knowne
             limits
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             priuiledge
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             from
             eternity
             ,
             reiected
             some
             f●om
             eternall
             life
             ,
             an●
             hath
             also
             before
             hand
             orda●ned
             them
             to
             eternall
             death
             ,
             and
             con●empt
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Contra-Remonstrants
               in
               the
               conference
               at
               the
               Hage
               ,
               pag.
            
             53.
             ●he
             cause
             why
             God
             hath
             determined
             to
             elect
             some
             and
             not
             others
             ,
             is
             only
             his
             pleasure
             &
             grace
             ;
             and
             not
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             forseene
             that
             one
             should
             belieue
             in
             Christ
             ,
             &
             not
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             point
             .
          
           
             Whether
             God
             necessarily
             causeth
             man
             to
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Places
             of
             Scripture
             alleadged
             by
             the
             Arminians
             for
             the
             negatiue
             .
          
           
             
               Genes
               .
               caD.
            
             4.
             vers
             .
             6.
             
             The
             Lord
             sayd
             to
             Cayn
             ,
             why
             art
             thou
             angry
             ,
             and
             why
             is
             thy
             countenance
             fallen
             ?
             If
             thou
             do
             well
             ,
             shalt
             thou
             not
             receaue
             agayne
             ?
             but
             if
             thou
             doest
             ill
             ,
             shall
             not
             thy
             sin
             be
             present
             at
             the
             dore
             ?
             but
             ,
             the
             lust
             thereof
             shal
             be
             vnder
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             haue
             dominion
             ouer
             it
             .
          
           
             Psal
             5.
             vers
             .
             5.
             6.
             7.
             
             Thou
             art
             no
             God
             that
             hath
             pleasure
             in
             wickednes
             :
             the
             euill
             shall
             not
             conuerse
             with
             thee
             .
             The
             foolish
             shal
             not
             stand
             in
             thy
             sight
             :
             thou
             hatest
             all
             those
             that
             worke
             iniquity
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             destroy
             them
             that
             speake
             lyes
             :
             the
             lord
             abhorreth
             both
             the
             bloud-thirsty
             and
             the
             deceytfull
             man.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             45.
             vers
             .
             8.
             
             Thou
             hast
             loued
             righteousnes
             ,
             and
             hated
             iniquity
             :
             Therfore
             hath
             God
             ,
             thy
             God
             ,
             annoynted
             
             the
             with
             the
             oyle
             of
             gladnes
             ,
             aboue
             thy
             fellowes
             .
          
           
             Isa
             .
             59.
             vers
             .
             2.
             
             Thy
             iniquities
             do
             separate
             thee
             &
             thy
             God
             ,
             one
             from
             another
             ;
             and
             thy
             sinnes
             do
             hyde
             his
             face
             from
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             be
             heard
             .
          
           
             Ose
             .
             13
             vers
             .
             9.
             
             Israel
             ,
             thou
             bringest
             thy selfe
             into
             vnhappynes
             ,
             for
             thy
             saluation
             standeth
             only
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             1
             v●rs
             21.
             
             Thou
             shalt
             
               (
               sayth
               the
               Angel
               to
               Ioseph
               )
            
             call
             his
             name
             Iesus
             ,
             for
             he
             shall
             saue
             his
             people
             from
             their
             sins
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             1.
             vers
             .
             74.
             75.
             
             That
             without
             feare
             being
             deliuered
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             our
             enemyes
             ,
             wee
             may
             serue
             him
             ,
             in
             holynes
             and
             iustice
             before
             him
             ,
             all
             our
             dayes
             .
          
           
             Ioan
             8.
             vers
             .
             44.
             
             The
             diuell
             when
             he
             speaketh
             a
             lye
             ,
             he
             speaketh
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             a
             lyer
             ,
             &
             the
             father
             therof
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             vers
             .
             18.
             
             The
             wrath
             of
             God
             from
             heauen
             is
             reuealed
             vpon
             all
             impiety
             ,
             and
             iniustice
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
           
             Galat.
             5.
             vers
             .
             16
             Walke
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             workes
             of
             the
             flesh
             you
             shal
             not
             accomplish
             .
          
           
             Iac.
             1
             vers
             .
             13.
             14.
             15.
             
             Let
             no
             man
             when
             he
             is
             tempted
             ,
             say
             that
             he
             is
             tempted
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             God
             is
             not
             a
             tempter
             of
             euill
             ;
             and
             he
             tempteth
             no
             man.
             But
             euery
             one
             is
             tempted
             of
             his
             own
             concupiscence
             ,
             abstracted
             and
             allured
             .
             Afterward
             concupiscence
             when
             it
             hath
             conceaued
             ,
             bringeth
             forth
             sin
             ,
             but
             sin
             when
             it
             is
             consummate
             engendreth
             death
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             vers
             .
             12.
             13.
             
             The
             face
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             vpon
             them
             that
             do
             euill
             things
             ;
             but
             who
             is
             he
             that
             can
             hurt
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             emulators
             of
             good
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioan
             2.
             vers
             .
             16.
             
             All
             that
             is
             in
             the
             world
             is
             the
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             eyes
             ,
             and
             the
             pryde
             of
             lyfe
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             but
             is
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               cap.
            
             3.
             vers
             .
             8.
             
             He
             that
             comitteth
             sin
             is
             of
             the
             diuell
             ,
             because
             the
             diuell
             
             sinneth
             from
             the
             beginning
             ;
             for
             this
             appeareth
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             di●●olue
             the
             works
             of
             the
             diuell
             .
          
           
             
               The
               affirmatiue
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Gomarian-Caluinists
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 that
                 God
                 doth
                 necessarily
                 cause
                 man
                 to
                 sinne
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Caluin
                 Instit.
                 lib.
              
               1.
               cap
               18.
               2.
               
               I
               do
               confesse
               ,
               that
               God
               in
               the
               abiect
               doth
               worke
               through
               the
               seruice
               of
               the
               diuel
               ;
               but
               so
               ,
               as
               Sathan
               through
               Gods
               prouocation
               doth
               his
               worke
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 lib.
              
               3
               cap.
               23.
               9.
               
               The
               abiect
               sinning
               will
               be
               excused
               ,
               because
               they
               cannot
               auoyd
               the
               necessity
               of
               sinning
               ,
               seeing
               through
               the
               ordinance
               of
               God
               such
               necessity
               is
               layd
               vpon
               them
               ;
               But
               we
               feare
               that
               they
               are
               not
               therby
               rightly
               excused
               ,
               for
               the
               ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               complaine
               to
               be
               ordayned
               to
               perdition
               ,
               hath
               her
               iustice
               ,
               which
               albeit
               vnknowne
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               very
               certaine
               .
            
             
               
                 Theod.
                 Beza
                 against
                 Castalio
              
               .
               We
               confesse
               
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               predestinated
               all
               such
               as
               he
               listeth
               ,
               not
               only
               vnto
               damnation
               ,
               but
               also
               vnto
               the
               causes
               of
               damnation
               .
            
             
               
                 Zuinglius
                 de
                 prouid
                 .
                 tom
              
               .
               1.
               cap
               6.
               pag.
               366.
               
               No
               man
               can
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               murtherer
               is
               excused
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               killed
               through
               Gods
               prouocation
               ,
               for
               he
               hath
               sinned
               against
               the
               lawes
               .
               But
               you
               will
               ,
               say
               ;
               he
               was
               prouoked
               to
               sinne
               :
               I
               agree
               heereunto
               that
               he
               was
               prouoked
               to
               sin
               ,
               howbeit
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               one
               should
               be
               saued
               ,
               and
               another
               hanged
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 pag.
              
               365.
               
               One
               &
               the
               selfe
               same
               wickednes
               ,
               as
               for
               example
               either
               Adultery
               ,
               or
               Murther
               ,
               if
               the
               same
               come
               from
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               ,
               moouer
               ,
               and
               prouoker
               ,
               is
               a
               worke
               ,
               but
               no
               misdeed
               ;
               but
               if
               so
               be
               it
               proceed
               from
               man
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               sinne
               .
            
             
               
                 Zanchius
                 de
                 Natura
                 Dei
                 lib.
              
               5.
               pag.
               172.
               
               We
               acknowledge
               that
               the
               abiect
               (
               with
               a
               necessity
               to
               sinne
               ,
               and
               consequently
               to
               perish
               )
               do
               through
               the
               disposition
               of
               
               God
               lye
               constrayned
               and
               bound
               ,
               yea
               do
               so
               ly
               constrayned
               and
               bound
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               leaue
               to
               sinne
               ,
               and
               to
               perish
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 Thes
              
               .
               4.
               
                 de
                 reprobat
              
               .
               The
               elect
               as
               well
               as
               the
               reprobate
               ,
               are
               vnto
               sinne
               (
               as
               being
               sinne
               ,
               in
               as
               much
               as
               the
               honour
               of
               God
               thereby
               is
               aduanced
               )
               before
               ordayned
               .
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Piscator
                 praefat
                 .
                 disput
                 contra
                 .
                 Schafman
                 .
                 pag.
              
               7.
               
               The
               fifth
               principall
               point
               that
               we
               are
               charged
               withal
               ,
               is
               that
               God
               doth
               secretly
               inforce
               a
               man
               to
               doe
               the
               sinne
               that
               he
               forbiddeth
               ;
               but
               the
               same
               ,
               being
               well
               vnderstood
               ,
               the
               Scripture
               teacheth
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Predestination
                 published
                 by
                 D.
                 Pezelius
                 ,
                 Lichae
                 ,
                 Anno
              
               1604.
               
               If
               for
               an
               Author
               you
               vnderstand
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               as
               giueth
               counsell
               ,
               vrgeth
               forward
               or
               inforceth
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               sort
               giueth
               cause
               to
               doe
               ought
               ,
               then
               may
               you
               assuredly
               name
               God
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               sinne
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicasius
                 Vander-scheuren
                 in
                 his
                 briefe
                 Institution
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               15.
               sayth
               :
               God
               ruleth
               
               not
               only
               the
               body
               ▪
               but
               also
               the
               hart
               and
               mind
               of
               his
               creatures
               ,
               as
               wel
               vnto
               good
               as
               vnto
               euill
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid
                 pag.
              
               16.
               
               If
               so
               be
               God
               hath
               power
               to
               ordayne
               man
               to
               damnation
               before
               he
               be
               borne
               ,
               &
               being
               borne
               then
               presently
               ,
               before
               he
               haue
               committed
               any
               euill
               ,
               to
               cast
               him
               into
               the
               bottomlesse
               pit
               of
               hell
               ;
               wherfore
               should
               he
               not
               then
               haue
               much
               more
               power
               to
               moue
               the
               hart
               of
               man
               to
               sinne
               ,
               and
               to
               direct
               it
               ?
               For
               whether
               is
               more
               ,
               to
               damne
               him
               that
               hath
               done
               no
               euill
               ,
               or
               to
               moue
               &
               direct
               him
               to
               sinne
               ?
               And
               seeing
               God
               will
               damne
               the
               abiect
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               all
               one
               how
               he
               damneth
               him
               ,
               whether
               after
               that
               he
               hath
               moued
               &
               directed
               him
               to
               sin
               ,
               or
               before
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             third
             point
             .
          
           
             Whether
             God
             do
             inuite
             any
             man
             to
             saluation
             whome
             he
             hath
             resolued
             in
             any
             case
             not
             to
             saue
             .
          
           
             Places
             of
             Scripture
             alleadged
             by
             the
             Arminians
             to
             proue
             ,
             
               That
               God
               inuiteth
            
             
             
               all
               men
               to
               saluation
            
             .
          
           
             
               Deuter.
               cap.
            
             30
             vers
             .
             19.
             
             I
             call
             for
             witnesse
             this
             day
             Heauen
             and
             Earth
             ,
             that
             I
             haue
             proposed
             to
             you
             life
             and
             death
             ,
             blessing
             and
             cursing
             :
             chuse
             therefore
             life
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayst
             liue
             ,
             and
             thy
             seed
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             95
             vers
             .
             8.
             
             This
             day
             if
             you
             heare
             my
             voyce
             ,
             harden
             not
             your
             harts
             .
          
           
             Prouerb
             .
             1.
             vers
             .
             24.
             25.
             26.
             
             Seeing
             I
             call
             and
             you
             refuse
             ,
             I
             stretch
             forth
             my
             hand
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             regards
             it
             ,
             &
             you
             let
             passe
             all
             my
             counsels
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             accept
             of
             my
             correction
             :
             So
             will
             I
             also
             laugh
             in
             your
             mish●p
             ,
             and
             deryde
             you
             ,
             when
             that
             hapneth
             vnto
             you
             that
             you
             feare
             .
          
           
             Isay
             5.
             vers
             .
             4.
             
             What
             might
             more
             be
             done
             vnto
             my
             vineyard
             ,
             that
             I
             haue
             not
             done
             vnto
             it
             ?
             Wherefore
             hath
             it
             then
             brought
             forth
             wyld
             grapes
             ,
             when
             I
             expected
             it
             should
             haue
             broght
             wyne-grapes
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             23.
             vers
             .
             37.
             
             Hierusalem
             ,
             Hierusalem
             which
             killest
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             
             stonest
             them
             that
             were
             sent
             vnto
             thee
             .
             How
             often
             would
             I
             gather
             thy
             children
             as
             the
             Henne
             doth
             gather
             togeathe●
             h●r
             chickins
             ,
             vnder
             her
             winges
             ,
             and
             thou
             wouldest
             not
             .
          
           
             Marc.
             1.
             vers
             .
             15.
             
             The
             tyme
             is
             fullfilled
             ,
             and
             the
             kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             be
             penitent
             ,
             and
             belieue
             the
             Ghospell
             .
          
           
             Luc.
             7.
             vers
             .
             29
             30.
             
             And
             al
             the
             people
             hearing
             ,
             and
             the
             Publicans
             iustifyed
             God
             ,
             being
             baptized
             with
             Iohns
             Baptisme
             :
             but
             the
             Pharisees
             and
             the
             Scribes
             despysed
             the
             counsell
             of
             God
             against
             themselues
             ,
             being
             not
             baptized
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             Ioan.
             5
             vers
             40.
             
             You
             will
             not
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             haue
             life
             .
          
           
             Act.
             7.
             vers
             .
             5.
             
             You
             stif-necked
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             vncircumcised
             harts
             and
             eares
             ,
             you
             alwayes
             resist
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10
             vers
             .
             21.
             
               out
               of
               Isay
            
             65
             vers
             .
             2.
             
             Al
             the
             day
             haue
             I
             held
             out
             my
             hands
             ,
             to
             a
             people
             that
             belieueth
             not
             ,
             and
             contradicteth
             me
             .
          
           
             Apec
             .
             3.
             vers
             .
             20.
             
             Behold
             I
             stand
             at
             the
             
             doore
             and
             knocke
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             shal
             heare
             my
             voyce
             ,
             and
             open
             the
             gate
             ,
             I
             will
             enter
             in
             vnto
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             sup
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               cap.
            
             22.
             vers
             .
             17.
             
             He
             that
             thirsteth
             ,
             let
             him
             come
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             will
             ,
             let
             him
             take
             the
             water
             of
             life
             gratis
             .
          
           
             
               The
               doctrine
               of
               the
               
                 Gomarian
                 Cal●inists
              
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 inuiteth
                 not
                 all
                 men
                 to
                 saluation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Caluin
                 .
                 In●tit
                 .
                 lib.
              
               3.
               cap.
               24.
               vers
               .
               12.
               
               Those
               whome
               God
               hath
               created
               vnto
               eternall
               death
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               be
               instruments
               of
               his
               anger
               ,
               &
               become
               examples
               of
               his
               seuerity
               ;
               those
               bereaueth
               he
               sometims
               of
               the
               power
               to
               heare
               his
               word
               ;
               sometyms
               he
               doth
               blind
               them
               ,
               &
               maketh
               them
               more
               ignorant
               through
               the
               manifestation
               of
               his
               word
               ,
               because
               they
               should
               come
               vnto
               their
               end
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 cap.
              
               13.
               
               Behould
               he
               speaketh
               vnto
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               become
               more
               deafe
               ;
               he
               kindleth
               his
               light
               ,
               
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               be
               the
               blinder
               ;
               he
               declareth
               his
               doctrine
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               thereby
               become
               vnintelligible
               ;
               he
               vseth
               meanes
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               not
               be
               saued
               .
            
             
               
                 Caluin
                 .
                 lib.
                 ad
                 calum
                 .
                 Nebulon.
                 pag.
              
               858.
               
               Why
               doth
               God
               willingly
               let
               erre
               ,
               (
               yea
               through
               a
               secret
               resolution
               hath
               ordayned
               to
               erre
               )
               such
               as
               himselfe
               commaundeth
               to
               go
               the
               right
               way
               .
               Not
               to
               know
               this
               becommeth
               measured
               modesty
               ,
               but
               saucely
               to
               be
               prying
               into
               it
               (
               as
               you
               do
               )
               is
               a
               foolish
               boldnes
               .
            
             
               
                 Theo.
                 Beza
                 against
                 Castalio
                 pag.
              
               398.
               
               God
               sendeth
               forth
               his
               seruants
               ,
               because
               they
               should
               declare
               the
               Ghospell
               of
               saluation
               to
               all
               people
               ,
               yet
               keepeth
               he
               secret
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               in
               whome
               he
               will
               that
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               Ghospell
               shal
               be
               of
               force
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               moment
               ;
               and
               also
               ,
               who
               he
               hath
               resolued
               by
               the
               same
               preaching
               to
               blind
               ,
               and
               to
               obdurate
               .
            
             
               
                 10.
                 
                 Piscator
                 in
                 disput
                 .
                 aduersus
                 Schafman
                 .
                 Pag.
                 7.
                 
              
               It
               is
               manifest
               out
               of
               Gods
               
               word
               that
               God
               doth
               also
               call
               some
               out-casts
               vnto
               saluation
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               notwithstanding
               will
               not
               that
               any
               of
               those
               outcasts
               be
               saued
               ,
               as
               being
               such
               as
               he
               with
               an
               vnchangeable
               resolution
               ,
               hath
               ordavned
               altogeather
               to
               perdition
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibid
                 Pag
              
               143.
               
               God
               acknowlegeth
               ,
               or
               witnesseth
               with
               tongue
               by
               the
               ministers
               of
               the
               Ghospel
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               that
               the
               outcasts
               which
               he
               speaketh
               vnto
               in
               the
               number
               of
               the
               elect
               ,
               shall
               belieue
               the
               Ghospell
               ,
               in
               asmuch
               as
               he
               commaundeth
               it
               ;
               and
               yet
               wil
               he
               not
               that
               they
               belieue
               ;
               for
               were
               it
               that
               he
               so
               would
               ,
               then
               should
               he
               affoard
               them
               the
               grace
               to
               belieue
               ,
               without
               the
               which
               no
               man
               can
               belieue
               .
            
             
               
                 Aug.
                 Marloratus
                 in
                 his
                 Annot.
                 Ioan.
              
               15.
               
               So
               standeth
               then
               this
               sentēce
               firme
               ,
               that
               he
               whome
               God
               hath
               elected
               before
               the
               creation
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               cannot
               perish
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               whome
               he
               hath
               reiected
               can
               not
               be
               saued
               ,
               although
               he
               do
               all
               the
               workes
               of
               the
               Saintes
               ;
               So
               irreuocable
               
               is
               the
               sentence
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               And
               now
               hauing
               truely
               translated
               and
               layd
               downe
               the
               different
               opinions
               vpon
               these
               points
               ,
               I
               will
               leaue
               you
               to
               iudge
               of
               them
               according
               as
               piety
               and
               reason
               shall
               direct
               you
               .
               There
               was
               a
               Synode
               held
               ,
               about
               the
               controuersies
               betweene
               these
               two
               sydes
               ,
               at
               Dort
               in
               Holland
               ,
               in
               the
               yeare
               1619.
               gathered
               togeather
               from
               sundry
               forreyne
               partes
               ,
               aswel
               as
               out
               of
               Holland
               it self
               ,
               as
               other
               Prouinces
               ;
               but
               the
               Synod
               refusing
               to
               heare
               the
               Arminians
               ,
               as
               dilinquentes
               condēned
               them
               &
               their
               doctrine
               ,
               being
               reduced
               into
               fyue
               capitall
               articles
               ;
               and
               heerupon
               ,
               by
               a
               seuere
               Proclamation
               were
               the
               Arminiās
               forbidden
               to
               preach
               ,
               or
               hold
               assemblies
               for
               the
               exercise
               of
               their
               religion
               ;
               some
               hauing
               been
               killed
               for
               attempting
               the
               contrary
               ,
               some
               banished
               ,
               some
               sustayned
               confiscation
               of
               their
               goodes
               ,
               and
               some
               imprysonment
               ,
               where
               they
               yet
               remayne
               ;
               though
               in
               the
               meane
               tyme
               their
               number
               doth
               not
               diminish
               ,
               
               but
               dayly
               more
               and
               more
               increase
               throughout
               all
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               aswel
               in
               villages
               ,
               as
               in
               citties
               .
            
             
               Thus
               haue
               you
               the
               beginning
               and
               ground
               of
               this
               great
               controuersy
               wherof
               no
               end
               can
               be
               determined
               .
               It
               resteth
               now
               for
               Con●lusion
               of
               my
               intended
               discourse
               ,
               that
               heere
               I
               set
               downe
               ,
               whether
               in
               respect
               of
               Religion
               ,
               the
               State
               of
               England
               may
               be
               moued
               to
               continue
               their
               help
               and
               assistance
               to
               the
               Hollanders
               .
            
             
               The
               religion
               therfore
               of
               Holland
               is
               first
               to
               be
               rightly
               known
               and
               conceaued
               ,
               and
               then
               wel
               to
               be
               considered
               :
               I
               meane
               that
               which
               hath
               beene
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               principally
               mantayned
               by
               the
               States
               therof
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               opposit
               ▪
               vnto
               the
               Arminians
               ,
               and
               doth
               now
               vulgarly
               beare
               the
               name
               of
               Caluinian
               or
               Gomarian
               doctrine
               ,
               as
               hath
               beene
               sa●d
               .
               The
               Arminians
               against
               whome
               they
               of
               this
               religion
               do
               contend
               ,
               did
               in
               the
               tyme
               of
               their
               formamed
               Aduocate
               
               Berneue't
               ,
               sollicite
               and
               ●abour
               ,
               that
               the
               States
               might
               haue
               the
               authority
               giuen
               them
               of
               Supreme
               Headship
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               and
               some
               affirme
               that
               they
               also
               sought
               to
               haue
               Bishops
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               England
               ;
               but
               herunto
               the
               
                 Caluinian
                 Gomarists
              
               ,
               in
               all
               earnestnes
               ,
               opposed
               themselues
               ,
               and
               especially
               against
               the
               hauing
               of
               supremacy
               or
               superinten●ēcy
               in
               their
               Churches
               ;
               wherein
               they
               went
               so
               farre
               ,
               that
               they
               published
               openly
               in
               their
               printed
               bookes
               ,
               that
               whatsoeuer
               they
               were
               that
               went
               about
               to
               make
               men
               the
               heades
               of
               Churches
               ,
               would
               make
               of
               men
               Idolls
               ,
               and
               of
               themselues
               by
               so
               doing
               ,
               Idolaters
               .
            
             
               What
               think
               you
               now
               of
               the
               conformity
               of
               this
               religion
               ,
               to
               that
               of
               England
               ,
               where
               by
               established
               Actes
               of
               Parlament
               it
               is
               death
               to
               deny
               the
               Temporall
               Prince
               to
               be
               supreme
               Head
               of
               th●
               Church
               ?
               He
               that
               denyeth
               this
               in
               England
               is
               by
               the
               law
               to
               〈◊〉
               as
               a
               traytour
               :
               he
               that
               affirmeth
               it
               in
               Holland
               is
               by
               their
               
               doctrine
               to
               be
               held
               for
               an
               Idolater
               .
               Our
               Bishops
               in
               England
               were
               wont
               to
               persecu●e
               Puritanes
               for
               denying
               their
               authority
               ;
               what
               would
               they
               say
               to
               these
               professors
               of
               Reformation
               that
               make
               them
               Idolaters
               ?
               These
               be
               purer
               then
               Puritanes
               ,
               being
               distilled
               into
               a
               farre
               purer
               strayne
               or
               quin●
               essence
               Is
               not
               this
               a
               religion
               ,
               trow
               you
               ,
               that
               deserueth
               by
               English
               Protestants
               to
               be
               foug●ten
               for
               ,
               &
               to
               haue
               the
               wealth
               of
               England
               cōsumed
               for
               vpholding
               the
               cause
               and
               quarrel
               thereof
               ?
               What
               may
               we
               think
               of
               our
               most
               Royall
               Kinges
               expresse
               Commaundement
               to
               haue
               the
               Communion
               receaued
               kneeling
               ?
               They
               would
               shew
               themselues
               to
               haue
               leggs
               as
               st●●fe
               as
               the
               legges
               of
               Elephants
               ,
               rather
               then
               they
               would
               fynd
               an●
               knees
               to
               bow
               thereunto
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               commaunded
               by
               what
               authority
               it
               would
               .
               And
               I
               do
               verily
               belieue
               ,
               they
               would
               be
               without
               communion
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               their
               life
               ,
               rather
               then
               to
               receaue
               it
               with
               so
               much
               vnease
               ,
               
               as
               of
               not
               sitting
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               which
               his
               Maiesty
               hath
               likewise
               commaunded
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               Baptism●
               ;
               how
               is
               it
               possible
               they
               would
               endure
               it
               ,
               seing
               they
               sticke
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 marke
                 of
                 t●e
                 〈◊〉
                 ?
              
               By
               which
               saying
               the
               world
               may
               ma●ke
               that
               themselues
               are
               beasts
               indeed
               .
               And
               England
               may
               thinke
               it self
               very
               ill
               aduised
               ,
               and
               very
               vnhappy
               ,
               to
               a
               first
               the
               quarrel
               of
               a
               people
               in
               regard
               of
               religiō
               ,
               whose
               Religion
               is
               so
               opposite
               to
               theirs
               as
               this
               is
               ;
               and
               the
               professour●
               wherof
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               subiects
               of
               England
               and
               there
               resident
               ,
               would
               by
               the
               lawes
               of
               the
               Realme
               be
               seuerely
               punished
               .
            
             
               But
               much
               more
               vnhappy
               should
               England
               be
               ,
               if
               heerafter
               by
               the
               fayling
               of
               his
               Maiesty
               ,
               &
               the
               Prince
               his
               Highnesse
               (
               both
               whome
               God
               long
               preserue
               )
               such
               a
               Sect
               should
               come
               to
               be
               set
               vp
               and
               aduanced
               there
               .
               Doubtlesse
               most
               wellcome
               to
               their
               Puritan
               Brethren
               ,
               who
               then
               would
               triumph
               and
               ium●e
               
               with
               them
               to
               the
               full
               ,
               and
               with
               them
               beare
               the
               only
               sw●y
               in
               persecuting
               the
               P●ot●stants
               in
               England
               ,
               as
               the
               others
               now
               do
               the
               Armintans
               in
               Holland
               .
            
             
               One
               conceyte
               more
               commeth
               to
               my
               mynd
               ,
               to
               note
               vnto
               you
               ,
               before
               I
               take
               my
               leaue
               ;
               and
               this
               〈◊〉
               that
               wheras
               in
               the
               late
               Synode
               of
               Dort
               ,
               some
               of
               our
               English
               and
               Scot●ish
               d●uines
               ,
               being
               sent
               thither
               to
               assist
               the
               Ca●uinian-Comarists
               ,
               about
               the
               condemnation
               of
               the
               opinion
               of
               the
               Arm●nta●s
               ,
               they
               could
               so
               notwithstanding
               piettily
               put
               to
               sylence
               the
               ●omarists
               ,
               for
               making
               of
               them
               Idolaters
               ,
               as
               though
               there
               had
               beene
               no
               such
               matter
               euer
               by
               them
               thought
               vpon
               ;
               and
               that
               on
               other
               syde
               the
               Gomarists
               could
               be
               so
               kynd
               ,
               as
               to
               sit
               in
               the
               company
               of
               English
               Idolaters
               ,
               and
               quietly
               hold
               their
               peace
               from
               challenging
               them
               to
               be
               such
               :
               yea
               and
               without
               all
               scruple
               of
               conscience
               ,
               to
               eate
               and
               drinke
               with
               them
               ;
               and
               to
               parte
               very
               good
               friends
               .
               Surely
               heere
               is
               in
               this
               
               case
               a
               great
               moderation
               and
               suspension
               of
               spi●it
               to
               be
               noted
               in
               both
               ,
               seeing
               the
               one
               knowing
               what
               the
               other
               kept
               in
               his
               bosome
               ,
               no
               reproach
               of
               being
               traytours
               or
               Idolaters
               did
               burst
               forth
               between
               them
               .
            
             
               Thus
               hauing
               giuen
               you
               a
               briefe
               ,
               and
               true
               Relation
               ,
               according
               vnto
               your
               demannd
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               be
               further
               tedious
               vnto
               you
               ,
               but
               with
               respectfull
               remembrance
               ,
               and
               of
               as
               great
               desyre
               of
               your
               good
               ,
               as
               of
               my
               own
               ,
               recommend
               you
               vnto
               him
               ,
               from
               whome
               only
               all
               good
               proceedeth
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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           escaped
           in
           the
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           .
        
         
           
             
               
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                 17.
                 
              
               
                 from
                 all
              
               
                 from
                 him
              
            
             
               
                 Ibid.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 published
              
               
                 polished
              
            
             
               
                 29.
                 
              
               
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 honorified
              
               
                 homofied
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           IFany
           other
           faults
           haue
           escaped
           ,
           it
           is
           desired
           of
           the
           Gentle
           Reader
           ,
           to
           correct
           them
           of
           his
           courtesy
           ,
           the
           Author
           being
           farre
           absent
           from
           the
           Print
           .