The Dvtch vsurpation, or, A brief view of the behaviours of the States-General of the United Provinces, towards the kings of Great Britain with some of their cruelties and injustices exercised upon the subjects of the English nation; as also, a discovery of what arts they have used to arrive at their late grandeur, &c. / by William De Britaine.
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             depiction of delivery of petition
             
               Sec
               Thurloe
            
             
               Sr
               :
               Thes
               Gentlemen
               have
               a
               Petition
               for
               you
               to
               deliuer
               to
               the
               Council
               of
               State
            
             
               Hugh
               Peters
            
             
               Paulus
               Van
               der
               Parre
            
             
               The
               Humble
               Petition
               of
               the
               States
               Generall
               of
               the
               United
               Provinces
            
             
               Allard
               Peter
               Iongstall
               .
            
             
               William
               Nieuport
            
             
               Hieronymus
               van
               Beverningk
            
             
               A
            
             
               Sherwin
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             The
             DVTCH
             Vsurpation
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Brief
           Vievv
           of
           the
           Behaviour
           OF
           THE
           STATES-GENERAL
           Of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           Towards
           the
           Kings
           of
           Great
           Britain
           :
        
         
           With
           some
           of
           their
           CRUELTIES
           and
           INJUSTICES
           Exercised
           upon
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           .
        
         
           AS
           ALSO
           ,
           A
           Discovery
           of
           what
           Arts
           they
           have
           used
           to
           Arrive
           at
           their
           late
           Grandeur
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           de
           BRITAINE
           .
        
         
           
             Et
             genus
             humanum
             &
             Mortalia
             temnitis
             arma
             ,
          
           
             At
             sperate
             Deos.
             
          
           
             Virg.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Jonathan
             Edwin
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Three
           Roses
           in
           Ludgate-street
           .
           MDCLXXII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
           To
           His
           Royal
           Highness
           THE
           Duke
           of
           YORK
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           
             COuld
             I
             but
             use
             my
             Pen
             ,
             as
             You
             Your
             Sword
             ,
          
           
             I
             'd
             Write
             in
             Blood
             ,
             and
             kill
             at
             every
             Word
             :
          
           
             The
             Hogans
             then
             my
             Muse's
             Pow'r
             should
             feel
             ,
          
           
             And
             find
             my
             Verse
             as
             fatal
             as
             Your
             Steel
             .
          
           
             But
             sure
             ,
             
               Great
               Prince
            
             ,
             none
             can
             presume
             to
             Write
          
           
             With
             such
             Success
             as
             You
             know
             how
             to
             Fight
             :
          
           
           
             Who
             carry
             in
             Your
             Looks
             th'
             Events
             of
             War
             ,
          
           
             Design'd
             like
             Caesar
             for
             a
             Conquerour
             .
          
           
             The
             World
             of
             Your
             Atchievements
             is
             afraid
             ,
          
           
             While
             
             Neptune's
             Watry
             Kingdoms
             You
             Invade
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             much-courted
             Mistress
             th'
             
             Ocean
             's
             now
          
           
             Not
             by
             th'
             Venetian-Duke
             Espous'd
             ,
             but
             You.
             
          
        
         
           
             And
             now
             ,
             
               Great
               Prince
            
             ,
             may
             You
             Victorious
             be
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Fame
             and
             Arms
             o'er-spreading
             Land
             and
             Sea
             :
          
           
             May
             You
             our
             haughty
             Neighbours
             overcome
             ,
          
           
             And
             bring
             Rich
             Spoils
             ,
             and
             Peaceful
             Laurels
             Home
             ;
          
           
             Whilst
             They
             ,
             Their
             Ruine
             or
             Your
             Pardon
             meet
             ,
          
           
             Sink
             by
             Your
             Side
             ,
             or
             fall
             before
             Your
             Feet
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Dutch
           Usurpation
           .
        
         
           
           THe
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Belgick
           Provinces
           being
           devolv'd
           to
           Philip
           the
           second
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           who
           designing
           to
           Himself
           the
           Western
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           (
           the
           best
           medium
           to
           that
           end
           )
           was
           to
           reduce
           those
           Provinces
           to
           a
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           they
           being
           fortified
           with
           great
           priviledges
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           inconsistent
           with
           Monarchy
           ;
           't
           was
           adjudg'd
           by
           sober
           persons
           ,
           '
           twoud
           prove
           a
           work
           of
           great
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           that
           He
           would
           never
           effect
           that
           he
           aim'd
           at
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           then
           began
           to
           grow
           to
           some
           strength
           ,
           mov'd
           the
           King
           to
           reduce
           them
           back
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           the
           power
           and
           terrour
           of
           the
           Inquisition
           :
           Which
           when
           the
           people
           violently
           oppos'd
           ,
           the
           King
           then
           resolv'd
           to
           bring
           them
           by
           Spanish
           Rhetorick
           (
           that
           
           is
           by
           Sword
           and
           Cannon
           )
           to
           obedience
           .
           To
           that
           end
           
           King
           Philip
           sends
           the
           Duke
           of
           Alva
           ,
           (
           an
           old
           and
           expert
           Captain
           )
           with
           a
           puissant
           Army
           to
           be
           his
           Vice-Roy
           amongst
           them
           .
           No
           sooner
           was
           he
           settled
           in
           his
           new
           Government
           ,
           but
           he
           establish'd
           the
           Bloet-rod
           ,
           as
           they
           term
           it
           ,
           a
           Council
           of
           Bloud
           ,
           made
           up
           most
           of
           Spaniards
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1567.
           
           He
           took
           off
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Counts
           of
           
             Horn
             ,
             Egmont
          
           ,
           and
           of
           divers
           other
           persons
           of
           quality
           ,
           
           Citadels
           were
           erected
           ,
           and
           Taxes
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           people
           to
           support
           them
           .
           The
           Political
           Government
           of
           the
           Countrey
           in
           many
           things
           altered
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           spoyl'd
           not
           of
           their
           priviledges
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           liberties
           .
           Amongst
           the
           reform'd
           he
           brought
           in
           the
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           therein
           behav'd
           himself
           very
           tyrannically
           .
           This
           
           powred
           Oyl
           on
           the
           fire
           ,
           formerly
           kindled
           ,
           and
           put
           all
           into
           a
           combustion
           ;
           about
           five
           thousand
           Families
           quitted
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           some
           flying
           into
           Germany
           ,
           others
           into
           France
           ,
           and
           most
           into
           England
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           received
           with
           all
           kindness
           and
           civility
           ;
           Churches
           were
           appointed
           them
           ,
           (
           they
           being
           of
           the
           reform'd
           Religion
           )
           and
           many
           Noble
           and
           great
           priviledges
           were
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           During
           those
           Troubles
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           and
           Count
           Lodowick
           ,
           his
           Brother
           ,
           were
           very
           active
           ,
           and
           gave
           Duke
           Alva
           imployment
        
         
           
           All
           Holland
           (
           except
           Amsterdam
           )
           follow'd
           the
           Fortune
           and
           side
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           Towns
           of
           Zealand
           ,
           except
           Middle-burg
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1573.
           
           Duke
           Alva
           was
           recall'd
           ,
           afterwards
           
             Don
             Lewis
          
           of
           Requisens
           was
           appointed
           Governour
           .
           After
           him
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           Parma
           ,
           who
           brought
           the
           Hollander
           into
           worse
           case
           then
           ever
           .
        
         
           
           Yet
           Anno
           1581.
           they
           declare
           that
           Philip
           of
           Spain
           was
           fallen
           from
           His
           Government
           ,
           they
           renounce
           and
           abjure
           Him
           for
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           they
           break
           his
           Seals
           ,
           change
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           took
           a
           new
           Oath
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           never
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Spanish
           Obedience
           .
        
         
         
           This
           done
           ,
           the
           States
           (
           for
           so
           they
           call'd
           themselves
           ever
           after
           )
           chose
           Francis
           Duke
           of
           Anjou
           ,
           to
           be
           their
           Prince
           ;
           during
           whose
           unfortunate
           Government
           ,
           the
           Duke
           
           of
           Parma
           prevailed
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           especially
           after
           the
           death
           of
           William
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           who
           was
           traiterously
           slain
           Anno
           1584.
           
        
         
           Now
           were
           the
           Hollanders
           truely
           miserable
           ,
           desperate
           of
           pardon
           from
           their
           inraged
           Prince
           ,
           and
           having
           no
           person
           of
           courage
           to
           head
           them
           ,
           none
           of
           power
           to
           protect
           them
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           were
           likely
           to
           regard
           their
           own
           profit
           ,
           more
           than
           their
           Interest
           .
           England
           was
           the
           only
           Sanctuary
           they
           had
           now
           left
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           sue
           ,
           offering
           the
           Queen
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           their
           Provinces
           .
           But
           that
           Heroick
           Queen
           not
           intending
           to
           Her self
           any
           thing
           ,
           saving
           
           the
           honour
           of
           relieving
           Her
           distressed
           Neighbours
           ,
           Anno
           1585.
           took
           them
           into
           her
           protection
           ,
           and
           concluded
           (
           amongst
           others
           )
           of
           these
           Articles
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Queen
           should
           send
           them
           five
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           Horse
           into
           the
           Netherlands
           to
           fight
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           they
           should
           pay
           Her
           Ten
           Pounds
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           for
           all
           sums
           of
           money
           ,
           She
           should
           lend
           them
           ,
           or
           disburse
           for
           them
           .
           And
           Interest
           upon
           Interest
           .
        
         
           And
           likewise
           five
           pounds
           for
           every
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           or
           Officer
           ,
           which
           should
           dye
           in
           their
           service
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           sums
           of
           money
           were
           to
           be
           paid
           unto
           the
           Queen
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           War.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           for
           the
           reimbursing
           of
           the
           said
           monies
           ,
           the
           
             Briel
             ,
             Flushing
          
           ,
           and
           Castle
           of
           Ramekins
           were
           to
           be
           delivered
           unto
           the
           Queen
           ,
           as
           Caution
           and
           Pledges
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Queen
           ,
           in
           performance
           of
           Her
           Agreement
           ,
           sent
           them
           5000
           Foot
           ,
           1000
           Horse
           ,
           Money
           and
           a
           Governour
           ,
           (
           The
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           )
           and
           had
           the
           Cautionary
           Towns
           delivered
           unto
           Her.
           The
           renowned
           Sir
           
             Philip
             Sidney
          
           was
           the
           first
           Government
           of
           Flushing
           ,
           who
           died
           in
           their
           service
           .
        
         
           Casimir
           also
           ,
           the
           Elector
           Palatines
           Son
           ,
           drew
           down
           
           to
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           States
           an
           Army
           of
           fifteen
           thousand
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           ,
           at
           the
           instance
           ,
           and
           great
           charges
           of
           the
           Queen
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           came
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           Queen
           ,
           at
           his
           going
           over
           to
           be
           their
           Governour
           ;
           She
           strictly
           commanded
           the
           Earl
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           have
           a
           regard
           of
           the
           English
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           served
           God
           ,
           and
           demean
           d
           themselves
           religiously
           .
           Which
           they
           did
           with
           such
           exemplary
           zeal
           ,
           that
           a
           sober
           man
           might
           have
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           United
           Provinces
           then
           stood
           in
           Christendom
           .
           
           And
           that
           pious
           Queen
           did
           therein
           well
           ,
           for
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           was
           first
           planted
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
             Zealand
          
           ,
           and
           Friesland
           by
           Willibroad
           ,
           an
           English
           man
           ,
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           Vtretcht
           ;
           whence
           by
           degrees
           it
           gain'd
           on
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Countries
           .
           But
           since
           (
           by
           the
           ill
           practices
           of
           some
           amongst
           them
           )
           they
           are
           much
           fallen
           from
           the
           purity
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Queen
           now
           resolveth
           to
           set
           all
           the
           Royal
           Signatures
           of
           Her
           favour
           upon
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           the
           most
           eminent
           demonstrations
           of
           Her
           Bounty
           and
           Kindness
           .
           The
           Staple
           of
           English
           Cloth
           ,
           that
           
           was
           formerly
           at
           Antwerp
           ,
           She
           settl
           d
           at
           Delf
           ,
           in
           great
           quantities
           ;
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           concourse
           of
           people
           ,
           which
           that
           Trade
           brought
           with
           it
           ,
           the
           Town
           became
           rich
           ,
           well
           built
           ,
           and
           beautified
           with
           spatious
           Streets
           .
        
         
           Flushing
           ,
           before
           the
           English
           came
           thither
           ▪
           was
           a
           very
           poor
           Town
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Countenace
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           the
           English
           Garrison
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           Trade
           which
           the
           English
           brought
           thither
           ,
           it
           flourish'd
           in
           a
           high
           measure
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           means
           ,
           so
           did
           all
           their
           great
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           there
           .
        
         
           
           She
           incouraged
           them
           in
           their
           Trades
           ,
           protected
           them
           in
           their
           Navigation
           ,
           gave
           them
           Licences
           to
           fish
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           (
           which
           before
           was
           not
           permitted
           unto
           them
           )
           and
           the
           English
           did
           couragiously
           fight
           for
           them
           (
           to
           vindicate
           their
           rights
           )
           whilst
           they
           were
           imploy'd
           in
           Fishing
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Manufactures
           ,
           by
           which
           
           they
           increased
           in
           Wealth
           .
           But
           one
           infelicity
           happen'd
           
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           ,
           having
           taken
           some
           displeasure
           against
           them
           ,
           laid
           an
           Imbargo
           upon
           seven
           hundred
           of
           their
           Ships
           ,
           which
           were
           passing
           backward
           and
           forward
           upon
           the
           Sound
           for
           Corn
           ,
           by
           reason
           whereof
           the
           people
           there
           ,
           were
           now
           more
           distressed
           with
           fear
           of
           a
           Famine
           ,
           than
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           enemy
           .
           But
           the
           potent
           Queen
           presently
           gave
           them
           relief
           .
           For
           She
           supplied
           them
           with
           great
           quantities
           of
           Corn.
           And
           by
           Her
           Interest
           (
           with
           the
           disbursment
           of
           some
           monies
           )
           the
           Ships
           were
           discharg'd
           ,
           and
           came
           home
           to
           their
           several
           Ports
           ,
           in
           the
           United
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           was
           the
           Queen
           look'd
           upon
           as
           their
           only
           Patroness
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           ,
           the
           best
           sinews
           of
           their
           Wars
           ,
           and
           the
           Atchievers
           of
           the
           greatest
           Exploits
           amongst
           them
           :
           Near
           Newport
           was
           fought
           that
           memorable
           Battel
           'twixt
           the
           Arch-Duke
           Albert
           ,
           and
           the
           State.
           The
           Victory
           next
           under
           God
           ,
           was
           gain'd
           for
           the
           States
           ,
           by
           the
           valour
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           the
           excellent
           conduct
           of
           those
           Noble
           and
           Gallant
           persons
           Sir
           Francis
           and
           Sir
           
             Horatio
             Vere
          
           .
        
         
           
           Ostend
           not
           wall'd
           till
           the
           Low
           Countrey
           Wars
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           a
           Mud-wall
           only
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           finish'd
           till
           the
           Arch-Duke
           set
           down
           before
           it
           .
           In
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Arch-Dutchess
           Isabella
           is
           said
           to
           have
           sworn
           ,
           That
           She
           should
           not
           shift
           her
           Smock
           till
           the
           Town
           was
           taken
           ,
           Who
           ,
           had
           She
           kept
           her
           rash
           Oath
           ,
           had
           been
           very
           —
           For
           the
           Town
           being
           Garrison'd
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           under
           Sir
           
             Horatio
             Vere
          
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           Governour
           thereof
           )
           held
           out
           against
           the
           Arch-Duke
           a
           Siege
           of
           3
           years
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           
           months
           .
           The
           Spaniard
           at
           this
           Siege
           lost
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           .
        
         
           Breda
           ,
           a
           Town
           well
           fortified
           ,
           and
           the
           Barony
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           from
           whom
           being
           taken
           by
           the
           Spaniards
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Wars
           ,
           't
           was
           again
           recover'd
           
           by
           seventy
           valorous
           English
           Soldiers
           ;
           who
           ,
           hiding
           themselves
           in
           a
           Boat
           cover'd
           with
           Turf
           ,
           were
           convey'd
           into
           
           the
           Castle
           ,
           which
           they
           easily
           master'd
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Prince
           Lord
           again
           of
           all
           his
           Dominions
           and
           Territories
           there
           .
           The
           speech
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           there
           ,
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           deserves
           never
           to
           be
           forgotton
           ;
           who
           fearing
           lest
           by
           his
           violent
           noise
           in
           coughing
           (
           though
           he
           did
           repress
           it
           )
           he
           should
           ,
           together
           with
           himself
           ,
           betray
           his
           Companions
           :
           Kill
           me
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           fellow-souldiers
           ,
           lest
           we
           be
           kill'd
           .
        
         
           The
           particular
           Actions
           ,
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           noble
           Attempts
           of
           the
           English
           here
           ,
           would
           deserve
           a
           just
           volume
           of
           themselves
           .
           By
           their
           valour
           and
           courage
           most
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Souldiers
           were
           so
           wasted
           and
           consumed
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           was
           enforc'd
           (
           to
           give
           a
           stop
           to
           their
           Conquests
           )
           
           to
           send
           fifty
           thousand
           veteran
           Souldiers
           out
           of
           Spain
           and
           Italy
           into
           Flanders
           .
           And
           the
           Queen
           did
           supply
           the
           States
           with
           answerable
           numbers
           of
           men
           and
           money
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           She
           maintain'd
           for
           them
           forty
           thousand
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           in
           their
           service
           .
        
         
           She
           made
           many
           Naval
           expeditions
           into
           America
           ,
           and
           
           there
           did
           much
           infest
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           sinking
           his
           Ships
           ,
           burning
           his
           Towns
           ,
           battering
           down
           his
           Forts
           and
           Castles
           ,
           interrupting
           all
           his
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           there
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           to
           bring
           that
           King
           to
           Reason
           and
           Justice
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           United
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           of
           Spain
           hereat
           exceedingly
           incens'd
           ,
           Anno
           1588.
           sends
           his
           Invincible
           Armado
           against
           England
           ,
           raised
           a
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           against
           the
           Queen
           ,
           sent
           many
           Spanish
           Souldiers
           to
           Kingsale
           to
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Rebels
           there
           ,
           committed
           many
           depredations
           in
           Cornwall
           here
           ;
           many
           sanguinary
           and
           desperate
           persons
           were
           incourag'd
           to
           poison
           ,
           murder
           and
           destroy
           Her
           ,
           who
           made
           many
           attempts
           upon
           Her
           Royal
           person
           .
           So
           this
           excellent
           Queen
           being
           incircl'd
           with
           so
           many
           infelicities
           and
           troubles
           ,
           and
           beset
           with
           so
           many
           calamities
           ,
           and
           being
           wearied
           with
           the
           Wars
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           (
           because
           they
           did
           so
           exhaust
           Her
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           destroy
           Her
           brave
           people
           )
           and
           finding
           the
           States
           to
           grow
           insolent
           ,
           and
           to
           perform
           
           no
           Agreements
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           observing
           their
           Subjects
           to
           grow
           rich
           by
           the
           War
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           they
           made
           a
           Trade
           and
           Merchandise
           )
           and
           Her
           Kingdoms
           to
           be
           thereby
           impoverish'd
           ;
           She
           resolved
           to
           make
           peace
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           (
           being
           assured
           the
           Belgick
           War
           was
           never
           to
           be
           ended
           by
           conquest
           )
           and
           to
           that
           purpose
           She
           signified
           Her
           Royal
           pleasure
           unto
           the
           States
           ;
           But
           finding
           her
           Majesty
           to
           be
           in
           earnest
           ,
           (
           as
           She
           had
           great
           reason
           for
           't
           )
           they
           were
           much
           perplex'd
           .
           For
           if
           She
           had
           deserted
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           lost
           their
           chief
           and
           only
           support
           ;
           they
           sent
           over
           their
           
           Ambassadors
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           humble
           manner
           that
           could
           be
           ,
           petitioned
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           She
           would
           not
           cast
           off
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           and
           leave
           sixty
           Towns
           ,
           with
           a
           poor
           distressed
           people
           ,
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           malice
           and
           avarice
           of
           the
           barbarous
           Spaniard
           .
           But
           She
           earnestly
           press'd
           them
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           Her
           money
           ,
           adding
           withall
           threats
           ,
           That
           ,
           if
           She
           was
           not
           obey'd
           therein
           ,
           She
           would
           take
           such
           courses
           ,
           as
           Her
           lenity
           was
           not
           us'd
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           :
           and
           so
           dismissed
           them
           .
        
         
           Hereat
           the
           States
           were
           much
           disturbed
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           ,
           Anno
           1598.
           the
           distressed
           States
           sent
           the
           Lord
           Warmond
           ,
           
           and
           others
           their
           humble
           suppliants
           unto
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           lowest
           posture
           of
           humility
           ,
           did
           acknowledg
           themselves
           oblig'd
           unto
           Her
           for
           infinite
           benefits
           .
        
         
           But
           herein
           Her
           Majesty
           excelled
           the
           glory
           of
           Her
           Ancestors
           ,
           that
           by
           how
           much
           She
           exceeded
           others
           in
           power
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           Her
           Majesty
           excelled
           them
           in
           acts
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Piety
           ,
           by
           whose
           means
           and
           aid
           ,
           the
           French
           have
           gain'd
           many
           Victories
           ,
           and
           they
           more
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Money
           which
           the
           States
           owed
           Her
           ,
           they
           beseeched
           Her
           Majesty
           to
           consider
           the
           dangers
           dayly
           growing
           upon
           them
           ,
           their
           poverty
           and
           disability
           to
           pay
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           original
           Agreement
           with
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           no
           monies
           were
           to
           be
           paid
           ,
           till
           the
           Wars
           were
           ended
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Queen
           understanding
           their
           unjust
           practices
           and
           ill
           dealings
           with
           Her
           ,
           told
           them
           that
           She
           had
           been
           often
           deluded
           by
           their
           deceitful
           supplications
           ,
           ungrateful
           actions
           ,
           
           unhandsom
           cavillings
           ,
           and
           pretences
           of
           poverty
           (
           when
           their
           rich
           Cities
           confuted
           them
           )
           and
           She
           hoped
           God
           would
           not
           suffer
           Her
           to
           be
           a
           pattern
           to
           other
           Princes
           ,
           to
           help
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           who
           bear
           no
           reverence
           to
           Superiours
           ,
           nor
           take
           care
           for
           the
           advantage
           ,
           reputation
           ,
           or
           safety
           of
           any
           but
           themselves
           .
           And
           required
           them
           to
           pay
           Her
           the
           money
           they
           owed
           Her.
           And
           advised
           them
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           seek
           a
           remedy
           against
           growing
           danger
           ,
           from
           old
           acounts
           by
           compulsion
           ,
           but
           rather
           merit
           new
           favours
           by
           their
           gratitude
           and
           thanks
           for
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           At
           these
           expressions
           of
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           poor
           distressed
           
           States
           thought
           themselves
           confounded
           ,
           both
           for
           their
           former
           and
           future
           charges
           :
           Yet
           considering
           the
           name
           of
           Alliance
           with
           England
           ,
           was
           of
           exceeding
           advantage
           unto
           them
           ,
           they
           resolv'd
           to
           submit
           (
           as
           they
           could
           not
           avoid
           it
           )
           to
           such
           Conditions
           as
           Her
           Majesty
           should
           lay
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Queen
           again
           press'd
           them
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           Her
           
           Mony
           ,
           and
           for
           Peace
           ;
           but
           She
           could
           not
           incline
           them
           to
           peace
           (
           being
           never
           disposed
           to
           pay
           Her
           Money
           which
           must
           be
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           War.
           )
           Yet
           in
           complyance
           with
           Her
           Majesty
           the
           Account
           was
           stated
           .
           And
           the
           principal
           Debt
           (
           besides
           Interest
           upon
           Interest
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           Her
           Subjects
           
           in
           their
           Wars
           )
           did
           amount
           unto
           8000000
           Crowns
           :
           and
           they
           did
           agree
           to
           pay
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           during
           the
           War
           ,
           100000
           Pounds
           yearly
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           when
           peace
           was
           concluded
           and
           the
           Cautionary
           Towns
           surrendred
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           1500
           English
           Souldiers
           should
           remain
           in
           the
           Garrisons
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           States
           should
           pay
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Queen
           having
           Her
           Debts
           stated
           ,
           began
           to
           be
           more
           friendly
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           wished
           them
           to
           follow
           their
           Trade
           of
           fishing
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           ;
           (
           which
           She
           gave
           them
           leave
           to
           do
           )
           that
           they
           might
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           pay
           Her
           ,
           and
           support
           the
           charges
           of
           their
           War
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           effectually
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           could
           never
           find
           that
           they
           ever
           paid
           unto
           Her
           Majesty
           any
           of
           the
           money
           they
           owed
           Her.
           For
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           
           to
           be
           conceived
           ,
           that
           those
           persons
           whom
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           could
           not
           bring
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           would
           ,
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           pay
           Her
           any
           thing
           .
        
         
           But
           Her
           Majesty
           being
           grown
           into
           years
           ,
           and
           those
           vigorous
           and
           great
           parts
           She
           formerly
           had
           somewhat
           declining
           ;
           they
           (
           that
           the
           Queen
           might
           not
           exact
           of
           them
           the
           payment
           of
           Her
           money
           ,
           according
           to
           Agreement
           with
           Her
           )
           continually
           by
           Emissaries
           (
           which
           they
           had
           about
           Her
           Majesty
           and
           their
           Pensioners
           )
           did
           infuse
           Jealousies
           into
           Her
           Head
           ,
           and
           what
           Plots
           ,
           and
           secret
           designs
           the
           Cing
           of
           Spain
           had
           against
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Her
           Dominions
           ,
           which
           did
           so
           amuse
           Her
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           observe
           Her
           Majesty
           ever
           pressed
           them
           after
           ,
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           any
           money
           .
           But
           from
           time
           to
           time
           She
           supplied
           them
           with
           men
           as
           they
           desired
           ;
           and
           ever
           made
           good
           to
           them
           her
           own
           Motto
           ,
           
             Semper
             eadem
          
           .
        
         
           
           And
           as
           Her
           assistance
           to
           them
           was
           the
           first
           ,
           so
           it
           continued
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           until
           April
           3.
           1603.
           at
           which
           time
           She
           died
           ,
           having
           lost
           not
           fewer
           than
           100000
           of
           Her
           Subjects
           in
           that
           War
           :
           And
           having
           spent
           in
           Naval
           expeditions
           ,
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           in
           America
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           above
           a
           Million
           of
           money
           ,
           besides
           the
           Debt
           which
           the
           States
           owed
           Her.
           
        
         
           
           King
           James
           being
           proclaimed
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           undoubted
           Heir
           and
           Successor
           to
           the
           Queen
           .
           The
           States
           sent
           their
           Ambassadors
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           Complements
           to
           Him
           ,
           they
           signifie
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           lost
           Her
           ,
           whose
           Goodness
           and
           Benefits
           to
           them
           were
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           in
           words
           .
           But
           they
           had
           found
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           the
           Heir
           of
           Her
           Kingdom
           ,
           so
           the
           Imitator
           of
           Her
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           persuaded
           Him
           to
           a
           War
           with
           Spain
           ,
           and
           begged
           supplies
           of
           Him.
           
        
         
           
           But
           King
           James
           being
           a
           wise
           Prince
           ,
           (
           and
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           with
           their
           arts
           and
           cunning
           )
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           He
           had
           no
           difference
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           also
           ,
           that
           King
           Philip
           had
           voluntarily
           offer'd
           Him
           His
           assistance
           ,
           if
           any
           dispute
           should
           have
           arisen
           concerning
           His
           Kingdoms
           .
           And
           for
           
           the
           Arch-Duke
           ,
           he
           made
           War
           with
           the
           Queen
           ,
           not
           with
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           
           This
           highly
           discompos'd
           the
           States
           ,
           But
           King
           James
           treated
           withe
           Spaniards
           ,
           and
           concluded
           a
           League
           with
           them
           .
           And
           the
           States
           ,
           such
           kindness
           had
           His
           Majesty
           for
           them
           ,
           were
           offered
           by
           King
           James
           to
           be
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           but
           they
           refus'd
           ;
           yet
           ,
           by
           the
           mediation
           of
           King
           James
           a
           Peace
           was
           propounded
           to
           the
           States
           from
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
           But
           they
           signified
           unto
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           
           that
           they
           would
           not
           treat
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           declared
           by
           him
           Free
           States
           ,
           abstracted
           from
           all
           right
           and
           title
           unto
           any
           of
           the
           Provinces
           or
           Places
           by
           them
           possessed
           ,
           which
           He
           might
           pretend
           unto
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           endeavours
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           were
           granted
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
           And
           so
           Anno
           1609.
           a
           Peace
           was
           concluded
           between
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           and
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Provinces
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           were
           
             Holland
             ,
             Zealand
             ,
             West-Friesland
             ,
             Overyssell
             ,
             Groningland
             ,
             Vtrecht
             ,
             Zutphen
             ,
          
           three
           parts
           of
           Gelderland
           ,
           and
           so
           some
           frontier
           Towns
           and
           Place
           ,
           of
           contribution
           in
           Brabant
           and
           Flanders
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           Provinces
           ,
           with
           their
           frontier
           Towns
           in
           Brabant
           and
           Flanders
           are
           not
           so
           big
           as
           York-shire
           ,
           one
           of
           our
           Counties
           in
           England
           .
           And
           there
           may
           be
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           stout
           and
           gallant
           men
           for
           War
           raised
           out
           of
           that
           one
           County
           ,
           than
           they
           can
           raise
           out
           of
           all
           their
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           Being
           now
           declared
           Free
           States
           ,
           and
           Peace
           concluded
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ;
           yet
           for
           their
           own
           security
           ,
           they
           were
           enforced
           to
           maintain
           an
           Army
           in
           their
           Country
           .
           The
           
           charge
           whereof
           could
           not
           amount
           to
           less
           than
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           Pounds
           yearly
           ,
           besides
           other
           vast
           expences
           ,
           as
           the
           preservation
           of
           their
           Dikes
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           All
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           thereof
           ,
           they
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           Fishing
           of
           the
           British
           Sear
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           people
           by
           Excise
           ,
           and
           taxes
           upon
           every
           Acre
           of
           Ground
           .
           Which
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Country
           returns
           into
           their
           hands
           every
           third
           year
           ,
           and
           by
           other
           Impositions
           ,
           so
           insupportable
           in
           themselves
           
           (
           and
           amongst
           men
           which
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           live
           in
           a
           Free
           State
           )
           that
           should
           any
           Prince
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           lay
           but
           half
           so
           much
           upon
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           it
           would
           occasion
           a
           Revolt
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           whereas
           one
           of
           the
           first
           causes
           of
           their
           falling
           off
           from
           their
           Prince
           ,
           was
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           Taxes
           and
           Impositions
           ,
           illegally
           (
           as
           they
           ●aid
           )
           enforced
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           drawn
           upon
           themselves
           more
           arbitrary
           ,
           and
           illegal
           Payments
           ,
           than
           any
           Nation
           in
           the
           world
           .
           So
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           Rebellion
           once
           suppressed
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           more
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Subjects
           more
           subject
           .
           But
           if
           it
           thrives
           and
           happen
           to
           be
           
             prosperum
             seelus
          
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           it self
           to
           a
           Free
           State
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           Tyranny
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           are
           the
           two
           Pillars
           which
           must
           support
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           States
           being
           now
           absolute
           ,
           and
           having
           obtain'd
           a
           Sovereign
           Dommion
           ,
           only
           the
           Cautionary
           Towns
           stook
           in
           their
           Stomachs
           ,
           and
           might
           prove
           a
           curb
           to
           them
           :
           But
           being
           unwilling
           to
           move
           the
           King
           concerning
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           sums
           of
           money
           they
           then
           owed
           Him
           (
           and
           being
           
           not
           well
           able
           to
           pay
           Him
           )
           they
           would
           ,
           by
           some
           projection
           or
           other
           endeavour
           to
           gain
           them
           ;
           Thereupon
           they
           resolv'd
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           expedient
           ,
           not
           to
           pay
           the
           English
           Soldiers
           in
           the
           Cautionary
           Towns
           ,
           who
           being
           thereby
           put
           to
           distress
           and
           want
           ,
           would
           be
           enforced
           to
           borrow
           some
           monies
           (
           for
           their
           present
           support
           )
           of
           the
           States
           of
           Zealand
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           ;
           who
           therewith
           advised
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           they
           consulting
           with
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Winwood
          
           ,
           Embassador
           for
           His
           Majesty
           there
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           a
           favourable
           Instrument
           to
           them
           in
           this
           Business
           )
           sent
           Instructions
           to
           the
           Lord
           Caroon
           ,
           then
           their
           Ambassador
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           herewith
           .
           And
           in
           case
           of
           no
           satisfaction
           from
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           Adresses
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           .
           His
           Majesty
           being
           much
           incensed
           ,
           that
           His
           Subjects
           and
           Souldiers
           should
           starve
           for
           want
           of
           their
           Pay
           in
           foreign
           parts
           ,
           sent
           for
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           who
           drawing
           His
           Majesty
           aside
           ,
           and
           telling
           Him
           how
           empty
           His
           Exchequer
           was
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           told
           their
           
           Ambassador
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           his
           Masters
           would
           pay
           Him
           His
           Money
           they
           owed
           Him
           ,
           He
           would
           deliver
           up
           those
           Towns.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           their
           Ambassadour
           waiting
           upon
           the
           King
           :
           to
           know
           whether
           His
           Majesty
           persisted
           in
           the
           same
           Resolution
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           answered
           ,
           That
           He
           knew
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           to
           be
           His
           good
           Friends
           and
           Confederates
           ,
           bot
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           and
           Policy
           ;
           therefore
           He
           apprehended
           not
           the
           least
           fear
           of
           any
           difference
           that
           should
           fall
           out
           between
           them
           .
           In
           contemplation
           whereof
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           have
           their
           Towns
           again
           ,
           He
           would
           willingy
           surrender
           them
           .
        
         
           
           The
           States
           hereupon
           made
           up
           the
           money
           presently
           ,
           and
           sent
           it
           to
           the
           King.
           And
           so
           Anno
           1616.
           the
           cautionary
           Towns
           were
           delivered
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           such
           was
           his
           Royal
           Bounty
           unto
           them
           )
           remitted
           the
           Interest
           ,
           and
           five
           pounds
           for
           every
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           Officer
           ,
           which
           died
           in
           their
           service
           .
        
         
           
           Which
           Sum
           certainly
           would
           have
           amounted
           unto
           treble
           the
           Principal
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Spain
           having
           spent
           in
           those
           Wars
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           millions
           of
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           wasted
           600000
           men
           ;
           and
           was
           plung'd
           so
           deeply
           in
           debt
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           Mines
           of
           Mexico
           and
           Peru
           that
           having
           taken
           up
           money
           in
           all
           the
           chief
           Banks
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           He
           was
           forced
           to
           publish
           a
           Diploma
           ,
           wherein
           he
           dispenc'd
           with
           himself
           (
           as
           the
           Holland
           Stories
           report
           )
           from
           payment
           ,
           alledging
           that
           he
           had
           imployed
           these
           monies
           for
           the
           publick
           Peace
           of
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           What
           Sum
           the
           King
           received
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           comporting
           with
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Subject
           to
           question
           ,
           or
           dispute
           ;
           Yet
           we
           may
           observe
           the
           treacherous
           and
           unhandsom
           practice
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           to
           suggest
           such
           notoriour
           untruths
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           when
           they
           themselves
           ,
           by
           Agrement
           with
           the
           Queen
           ,
           were
           to
           pay
           the
           Souldiers
           in
           those
           Towns
           ;
           however
           they
           had
           been
           ungrateful
           ,
           to
           suffer
           such
           persons
           who
           had
           so
           highly
           merited
           of
           them
           )
           to
           want
           ;
           when
           the
           States
           were
           built
           by
           the
           English
           valour
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           bloud
           united
           and
           cemented
           .
        
         
         
           But
           having
           gotten
           the
           possession
           of
           their
           Towns
           ,
           (
           which
           were
           the
           Lock
           and
           Key
           of
           their
           Provinces
           )
           and
           having
           compounded
           for
           those
           exceeding
           great
           sums
           of
           money
           which
           they
           owed
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           (
           which
           sober
           men
           did
           think
           they
           never
           had
           been
           able
           to
           pay
           if
           rightly
           stated
           )
           they
           presently
           from
           
             Poor
             distressed
             People
          
           ,
           are
           swell'd
           up
           to
           those
           
           spreading
           and
           magnificent
           Titles
           of
           
             High
             and
             Mighty
             States
          
           .
           Insolent
           Boggs
           !
           They
           might
           rather
           have
           said
           unto
           Sedition
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             my
             Father
          
           ;
           and
           unto
           Rebellion
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             my
             Mother
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           they
           make
           their
           Naval
           Expeditions
           into
           America
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           :
           And
           by
           the
           leave
           and
           licence
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           paying
           some
           small
           Tribute
           ,
           they
           
           fall
           to
           their
           Fishing
           Trade
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           .
           Wherein
           they
           did
           so
           exceedingly
           thrive
           ,
           that
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           King
           James
           His
           Reign
           ,
           they
           imployed
           yearly
           eight
           thousand
           four
           hundred
           Vessels
           of
           all
           sorts
           for
           their
           Trade
           
           of
           Fishing
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           (
           which
           number
           since
           is
           vastly
           increased
           )
           whereby
           they
           have
           a
           Seminary
           of
           Mariners
           ready
           for
           publick
           Service
           or
           Navigation
           .
           And
           upon
           Computation
           it
           appeared
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           in
           one
           year
           of
           the
           Herrings
           o●ly
           ,
           caught
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           the
           sum
           of
           five
           millions
           of
           our
           pounds
           ;
           (
           the
           Custom
           and
           Tenth
           
           of
           Fish
           advancing
           to
           the
           Publick
           Treasury
           no
           less
           than
           eight
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           )
           besides
           the
           Cod
           ,
           Ling
           ,
           Hakes
           ,
           Pilehard
           ,
           and
           other
           Fish
           ,
           compated
           to
           amount
           unto
           near
           three
           millions
           more
           .
        
         
           By
           reason
           of
           those
           maltitude
           of
           Ships
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           they
           have
           extended
           their
           Trade
           to
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           exporting
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           Voyages
           ,
           our
           Herrings
           and
           Fish
           :
           in
           exchange
           whereof
           ,
           they
           return
           the
           several
           Commodities
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           and
           sell
           the
           same
           at
           their
           own
           prices
           .
           Great
           part
           of
           their
           Fish
           they
           sell
           for
           ready
           money
           ,
           which
           commonly
           they
           export
           of
           the
           finest
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ;
           and
           coming
           home
           ,
           Re-coin
           it
           of
           a
           baser
           Alloy
           ,
           under
           their
           own
           stamp
           ;
           which
           advance
           a
           great
           profit
           to
           them
           .
           The
           returns
           which
           they
           make
           for
           their
           
           Fish
           in
           other
           Commodities
           ,
           amounts
           to
           a
           vast
           sum
           :
           And
           all
           this
           Wealth
           ,
           Riches
           and
           Grandeur
           ,
           is
           derived
           unto
           them
           from
           the
           Indulgency
           and
           Bounty
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Hollanders
           now
           beginning
           to
           be
           considerable
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           many
           Royal
           Favours
           wherewith
           they
           are
           inriched
           by
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           :
           The
           English
           and
           they
           having
           several
           Factories
           and
           Places
           in
           the
           Isles
           of
           
             Molluccaes
             ,
             Banda
             ,
             Amboyna
          
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           ,
           (
           the
           English
           being
           some
           years
           there
           setled
           before
           the
           Hollanders
           had
           made
           any
           discovery
           of
           
           those
           Islands
           )
           Anno
           1619.
           there
           was
           a
           Solemn
           League
           and
           Agreement
           by
           King
           James
           and
           the
           States
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           in
           a
           strict
           Alliance
           ,
           and
           social
           Confederacy
           of
           the
           English
           East-India
           Company
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           advancing
           and
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           in
           those
           Islands
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           .
        
         
           Here
           are
           so
           many
           marks
           of
           Kindness
           ,
           such
           ample
           Demonstrations
           of
           Favour
           ,
           as
           no
           People
           could
           have
           greater
           Obligations
           (
           if
           any
           Principles
           of
           Honour
           or
           Justice
           could
           oblige
           them
           )
           to
           make
           returns
           of
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           greatest
           instances
           of
           their
           Sincerity
           and
           Faithfulness
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Nation
           .
           But
           with
           them
           ,
           
             Favours
             past
             are
             not
             accounted
             ;
             they
             love
             no
             Bounty
             but
             what
             is
             meerly
             future
             .
          
        
         
           At
           Amboyna
           ,
           (
           one
           of
           the
           Scyndae
           or
           Setibe
           Islands
           ,
           lying
           near
           Seran
           ,
           and
           hath
           many
           lesser
           Islands
           depending
           upon
           it
           ,
           it
           's
           of
           the
           Circuit
           of
           60
           Leagues
           )
           an
           Island
           which
           bears
           Cloves
           plentifully
           ,
           for
           gathering
           and
           buying
           whereof
           the
           English
           Company
           had
           placed
           five
           several
           Factories
           :
           The
           head
           of
           all
           at
           the
           Town
           of
           Amboyna
           ,
           (
           so
           called
           from
           the
           Island
           the
           chief
           Town
           in
           it
           )
           two
           at
           Hitto
           ,
           and
           Larico
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Island
           ;
           and
           two
           others
           at
           Latro
           ,
           and
           Cambello
           ,
           in
           the
           Island
           of
           Seran
           .
           But
           the
           Hollanders
           observing
           the
           English
           to
           be
           better
           beloved
           by
           the
           Natives
           than
           themselves
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           began
           highly
           to
           improve
           and
           
           gain
           by
           their
           Trade
           and
           Traffick
           ,
           hating
           that
           any
           should
           thrive
           but
           themselves
           ,
           Anno
           1622.
           upon
           pretence
           of
           a
           Plot
           between
           the
           English
           and
           the
           Japonesses
           to
           betray
           their
           Fortress
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Amboyna
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           built
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           )
           the
           Hollanders
           having
           about
           two
           hundred
           Souldiers
           there
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           ingross
           the
           whole
           Trade
           and
           Traffick
           of
           the
           said
           Islands
           to
           themselves
           )
           most
           treacherously
           murthered
           ,
           and
           with
           Fire
           and
           
           Water
           tortured
           the
           English
           there
           ,
           (
           far
           exceeding
           the
           Barbarity
           of
           all
           Nations
           )
           seized
           upon
           their
           Factories
           and
           Goods
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           four
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           :
           All
           the
           English
           and
           Japonesses
           which
           they
           could
           meet
           with
           ,
           they
           sent
           into
           their
           own
           Islands
           to
           be
           their
           Slaves
           .
        
         
           An
           Act
           so
           horrid
           !
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           are
           infamous
           to
           this
           very
           day
           among
           the
           rude
           and
           savage
           Indians
           ,
           for
           their
           barbarous
           Inhumanity
           executed
           upon
           the
           English
           ,
           (
           the
           greatest
           Patrons
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           they
           ever
           had
           in
           the
           World.
           )
           King
           James
           being
           made
           acquainted
           with
           this
           barbarous
           fact
           ,
           told
           the
           States
           Ambassadour
           that
           He
           never
           read
           or
           heard
           of
           a
           more
           cruel
           and
           impious
           Act.
           
             But
             I
             do
             forgive
             them
          
           ,
           (
           said
           the
           King
           )
           
             and
             I
             hope
             God
             will
             :
             But
             my
             Sons
          
           
           
             Son
             will
             revenge
             this
             Bloud
             ,
             and
             punish
             this
             horrid
             Massacre
             .
          
           The
           King
           was
           a
           wise
           Prince
           ;
           and
           believe
           it
           ,
           Wisdom
           is
           next
           door
           to
           Prophesie
           .
        
         
           
           Having
           thus
           murthered
           the
           English
           ,
           (
           their
           insolency
           and
           ingratitude
           did
           not
           end
           there
           ,
           but
           )
           they
           forcibly
           seized
           upon
           the
           Islands
           of
           
             Seran
             ,
             Nero
             ,
             Waire
             ,
             Rosingon
             ,
             Latyo
             ,
             Cambello
             ,
             Nitto
             ,
             Larica
             ,
             Lantare
             ,
          
           the
           Islands
           of
           Poloroone
           ,
           near
           Neighbouring
           to
           the
           
             Molluccaes
             ,
             Polaway
          
           ,
           and
           Machasser
           Islands
           of
           Banda
           ;
           all
           which
           Islands
           were
           formerly
           surrendred
           by
           the
           general
           consent
           and
           act
           of
           the
           Natives
           ,
           unto
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           They
           seize
           upon
           their
           Factories
           and
           Goods
           there
           ,
           possess
           themselves
           of
           one
           thousand
           
           eight
           hundred
           English
           ,
           which
           they
           disposed
           of
           into
           their
           own
           Islands
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           artifice
           they
           gained
           to
           themselves
           
             Amhoyna
             ,
             Banda
          
           ,
           the
           Molluoca
           Islands
           ,
           
             Ternate
             ,
             Tidor
             ,
             Maner
             ,
             Rochian
             ,
             Machiam
             ,
          
           and
           Botono
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           :
           In
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           English
           had
           their
           Factories
           and
           some
           Castles
           ,
           Islands
           productive
           of
           Cloves
           ,
           Nutmegs
           ,
           Mace
           ,
           Cinamon
           ,
           and
           other
           rich
           Commodities
           ;
           from
           whence
           the
           
             Persians
             ,
             Turks
             ,
             Chinois
          
           ,
           and
           Africans
           fetch'd
           them
           .
           But
           by
           reason
           the
           Hollanders
           were
           superiour
           to
           them
           in
           strength
           ,
           and
           that
           horrid
           act
           of
           Amboyna
           had
           made
           a
           sad
           impression
           upon
           their
           spirits
           ,
           (
           expecting
           the
           same
           measure
           of
           cruelty
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           of
           Amboyna
           )
           were
           enforced
           to
           quit
           the
           said
           Island
           and
           Foctories
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           these
           insolent
           and
           ingrateful
           persons
           have
           gained
           to
           themselves
           solely
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           for
           Spices
           .
        
         
           
           By
           the
           loss
           of
           which
           Islands
           ,
           there
           's
           dreined
           yearly
           by
           them
           out
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Englands
           Dominions
           for
           Spices
           ,
           four
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           besides
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Trade
           in
           those
           Islands
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           have
           much
           improved
           and
           inlarged
           it self
           into
           other
           places
           )
           cannot
           amount
           unto
           less
           than
           four
           millions
           of
           pounds
           sterling
           yearly
           ,
           though
           formerly
           some
           inconsiderable
           quantities
           of
           them
           did
           grow
           in
           
             Cupe
             ,
             Duco
             ,
             Montio
          
           ,
           and
           Mara
           ,
           but
           of
           
           late
           not
           any
           .
           The
           advantage
           hereof
           cannot
           amount
           unto
           the
           Hollander
           less
           than
           seven
           millions
           of
           pounds
           sterling
           yearly
           :
           they
           setting
           what
           Rates
           and
           Prices
           they
           please
           upon
           these
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           most
           unjust
           practices
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           English
           Company
           ,
           which
           did
           amount
           unto
           about
           sixteen
           hundred
           thousand
           Pounds
           was
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           it
           lost
           .
        
         
           
           Poloroone
           ,
           by
           the
           general
           and
           voluntary
           act
           of
           the
           chief
           men
           of
           the
           Country
           was
           surrendred
           into
           the
           power
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           the
           possession
           thereof
           was
           given
           to
           His
           Majesties
           use
           to
           Captain
           
             Courtrop
             Decemb.
          
           23.
           
           Anno
           1616.
           
           
           No
           other
           Nation
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           having
           any
           Interest
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           pretension
           to
           it
           ,
           being
           a
           very
           rich
           and
           plentiful
           Island
           :
           from
           whence
           the
           English
           might
           have
           expected
           great
           Treasure
           and
           advantages
           .
           The
           Hollanders
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           League
           and
           Treaty
           with
           King
           
             James
             ,
             Anno
          
           1619.
           the
           English
           being
           then
           in
           possession
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           great
           force
           entred
           the
           said
           Island
           ,
           demolished
           all
           their
           Buildings
           ,
           pull'd
           up
           all
           their
           Nutmeg-trees
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           into
           their
           own
           
           Islands
           to
           be
           planted
           ,
           destroy'd
           all
           their
           Factories
           there
           ,
           and
           seised
           upon
           all
           their
           Goods
           ,
           and
           forced
           all
           the
           English
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           to
           dispeople
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           of
           no
           use
           to
           the
           English
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           under
           colour
           of
           a
           Plot
           that
           the
           Oran-keys
           and
           Nobles
           of
           Poloroone
           had
           conspired
           with
           the
           people
           of
           Seran
           to
           massacre
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           as
           well
           at
           Poloroone
           as
           Poloway
           :
           The
           Dutch
           Governour
           at
           Poloway
           sent
           command
           to
           the
           Oran-keys
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           come
           over
           to
           him
           ,
           a
           Priest
           and
           seventy
           
             Oran
             keys
          
           immediately
           took
           a
           Prow
           ,
           or
           small
           vessel
           ,
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           and
           embarked
           themselves
           for
           Poloway
           .
           So
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           arrived
           ,
           they
           were
           carried
           Prisoners
           to
           the
           Castle
           .
           Then
           the
           Governour
           with
           200
           Souldiers
           went
           to
           Poloroone
           ,
           whence
           he
           fetch'd
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Oran-keys
           ,
           and
           committed
           them
           Prisoners
           to
           
           the
           same
           Castle
           :
           And
           presently
           were
           brought
           to
           the
           Torture
           with
           fire
           and
           water
           ,
           as
           they
           serv'd
           the
           English
           at
           Amboyna
           .
           Two
           of
           them
           died
           in
           their
           tortures
           ,
           the
           rest
           ,
           being
           162
           were
           all
           upon
           their
           forced
           Confessions
           condemned
           and
           executed
           .
           The
           Priest
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Excention
           ,
           spake
           these
           words
           ,
           in
           the
           Mallatian
           Tongue
           ;
           All
           ye
           ,
           great
           and
           small
           ,
           rich
           and
           poor
           ,
           black
           and
           white
           ,
           look
           to
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           committed
           no
           fault
           :
           And
           when
           he
           would
           have
           spoken
           more
           ,
           he
           was
           taken
           by
           the
           head
           and
           feet
           ,
           layd
           along
           ,
           and
           cut
           in
           two
           by
           the
           middle
           .
           Their
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           Slaves
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           Goods
           ,
           were
           seised
           by
           the
           Hollanders
           and
           sent
           into
           their
           other
           Islands
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           the
           Hollanders
           did
           ,
           because
           the
           
             Oran
             keys
          
           had
           a
           great
           love
           for
           the
           English
           .
        
         
           Barbarous
           Miscreants
           !
           was
           it
           not
           enough
           to
           exercise
           their
           
           Tyranny
           upon
           the
           English
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           must
           destroy
           the
           poor
           Natives
           for
           their
           sakes
           ?
        
         
           
           So
           that
           we
           may
           perceive
           the
           sole
           design
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           is
           ,
           to
           get
           the
           Riches
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Dominion
           of
           the
           whole
           Indies
           into
           their
           own
           power
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           think
           any
           medium
           just
           ,
           subservient
           to
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           The
           Hollanders
           having
           forcibly
           taken
           the
           Town
           and
           Castle
           of
           Mallaca
           from
           the
           Portugeez
           ,
           suffer
           no
           Ships
           of
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           to
           pass
           the
           Streights
           of
           Mallaca
           ,
           into
           the
           South
           Seas
           to
           China
           ,
           &c.
           upon
           pain
           of
           seisure
           or
           confiscation
           of
           Men
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           and
           Goods
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           they
           grant
           their
           Commissions
           to
           the
           Captains
           of
           their
           Ships
           ,
           to
           bring
           all
           Ships
           that
           pass
           the
           
           Streights
           of
           Mallaca
           ,
           (
           which
           Streights
           were
           free
           for
           all
           Ships
           to
           pass
           ,
           till
           the
           restraint
           and
           Usurpation
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           )
           into
           Mallaca
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           sink
           ,
           or
           burn
           by
           their
           sides
           .
        
         
           This
           restraint
           is
           loss
           to
           the
           English
           three
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           yearly
           ,
           and
           advantage
           to
           the
           Hollanders
           five
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           yearly
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1620.
           
           
             Cabode
             bon
             Esperanza
          
           was
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           taken
           for
           the
           use
           of
           King
           James
           .
           But
           since
           the
           English
           have
           been
           forc'd
           out
           by
           the
           Hollander
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           a
           flourishing
           Plantation
           .
        
         
           
           Thereupon
           anno
           1620.
           they
           seised
           upon
           two
           English
           Ships
           ,
           the
           Bear
           ,
           and
           the
           Star
           ,
           in
           the
           Streights
           of
           Mallaca
           ,
           going
           to
           China
           ,
           and
           confiscated
           Ships
           and
           Goods
           valued
           at
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           .
        
         
           The
           Ship
           
             Bona
             Esperanza
          
           ,
           an
           English
           Vessel
           ,
           anno
           1635.
           going
           into
           China
           by
           the
           Streights
           of
           Mallaca
           ,
           was
           violently
           assaulted
           by
           three
           Dutch
           Men
           of
           War
           :
           the
           Master
           and
           many
           of
           his
           men
           killed
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           Mallaca
           :
           and
           there
           the
           Ship
           and
           Goods
           were
           confiscated
           ,
           valued
           at
           one
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           .
        
         
           The
           Dragon
           and
           Katherine
           ,
           two
           English
           Ships
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Cur●een
          
           ,
           valued
           at
           three
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           besides
           their
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           had
           very
           great
           
           Estates
           therein
           ,
           anno
           1636.
           were
           set
           upon
           by
           seven
           Dutch
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           they
           past
           the
           Streights
           of
           Mallaca
           from
           China
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           taken
           .
           The
           men
           tyed
           back
           to
           back
           ,
           and
           slung
           over
           bord
           ;
           the
           Goods
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           said
           Ships
           ,
           were
           seised
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           States
           there
           ;
           and
           the
           Ships
           sunk
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           known
           who
           committed
           that
           cruel
           fact
           .
        
         
           
           In
           Aru
           ,
           and
           Manueado
           in
           Sumatia
           ,
           an
           Oriental
           Island
           ,
           the
           English
           had
           several
           Factories
           there
           ,
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Natives
           :
           but
           by
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           
             Hollanders
             anno
          
           1625.
           they
           were
           all
           enforced
           to
           leave
           their
           Factories
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           .
        
         
           In
           Pachane
           ,
           the
           chief
           City
           of
           Pachane
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           Siain
           in
           India
           ,
           the
           English
           had
           several
           Factories
           there
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           unjust
           practices
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           they
           were
           compelled
           to
           quit
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           their
           Factories
           ,
           to
           an
           unexpressable
           loss
           to
           the
           
             English
             .
             Pachane
          
           being
           a
           great
           Country
           for
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Pearls
           ,
           Precious
           Stones
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           rich
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           
           The
           
             Hollanders
             anno
          
           1636.
           made
           War
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Bantam
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Java
             major
          
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           had
           a
           great
           kindness
           for
           the
           English
           .
           And
           for
           that
           he
           permitted
           them
           to
           have
           several
           Factories
           in
           Sunda
           ,
           and
           Jambe
           for
           Pepper
           ;
           And
           by
           this
           art
           would
           have
           driven
           the
           English
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           their
           chief
           Pepper
           Trade
           .
           And
           so
           would
           have
           shut
           them
           out
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Streights
           of
           Sunda
           and
           Mallaca
           .
        
         
           Which
           ,
           from
           these
           men
           we
           may
           learn
           ,
           That
           those
           which
           study
           to
           be
           great
           by
           any
           means
           ,
           must
           by
           all
           means
           forget
           to
           be
           good
           :
           they
           must
           dismiss
           that
           puny
           thing
           Conscience
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Remora
           to
           Grandeur
           ,
           as
           a
           coy
           and
           squemish
           Conscience
           :
           And
           it's
           observ
           d
           by
           a
           learned
           Gentleman
           ,
           had
           Alexander
           boggled
           at
           invading
           other
           mens
           Kingdoms
           ,
           he
           had
           never
           wept
           for
           the
           scarcity
           of
           Worlds
           .
        
         
           The
           oppressions
           and
           injuries
           of
           these
           men
           in
           India
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Subjects
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           express
           d
           (
           and
           
           indeed
           they
           are
           fitter
           for
           our
           wouder
           than
           our
           words
           .
           )
           It
           were
           to
           be
           desired
           that
           they
           would
           set
           forth
           a
           Manifesto
           to
           the
           world
           of
           the
           particular
           losses
           they
           and
           their
           Subjects
           have
           sustained
           by
           the
           Insolencies
           and
           Usurpations
           of
           these
           men
           .
           And
           then
           they
           would
           be
           as
           much
           scorned
           ,
           by
           every
           good
           man
           in
           Europe
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           hated
           by
           the
           Indians
           in
           America
           :
           For
           the
           Indians
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           no
           kindness
           for
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           yet
           they
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           but
           the
           Hollanders
           they
           abhor
           ,
           for
           their
           sordid
           acts
           ,
           and
           unjust
           practises
           .
        
         
           As
           they
           have
           made
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           the
           South
           Seas
           ,
           so
           having
           Anno
           1662.
           taken
           Cochen
           from
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           and
           other
           Ports
           upon
           the
           coast
           of
           Mallabar
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           sole
           command
           upon
           the
           North
           Seas
           from
           Mallabar
           
           to
           
             India
             ,
             Persia
             ,
             Arabia
             ,
             Red
             Sea
             ,
             Mosambique
             ,
          
           all
           along
           to
           
             Cabo
             de
             Bon
             Esperanza
          
           ,
           so
           they
           will
           in
           a
           short
           time
           restrain
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           their
           Subjects
           to
           have
           a
           Trade
           or
           Commerce
           in
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           And
           whether
           it
           may
           not
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           little
           Logick
           be
           concluded
           out
           of
           their
           stile
           ;
           consider
           ,
           The
           States
           General
           
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           of
           
             Battavia
             ,
             Amboyna
             ,
             Tewan
          
           ,
           &c
           ▪
           Commanders
           of
           all
           the
           Seas
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           Protectors
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ;
           and
           Supreme
           Moderators
           of
           all
           the
           affairs
           of
           Christendom
           :
           For
           so
           they
           stile
           and
           write
           themselves
           in
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           they
           are
           High
           and
           Mighty
           States
           indeed
           :
           Ambition
           is
           never
           so
           high
           ,
           but
           she
           thinks
           still
           to
           mount
           ;
           that
           station
           which
           lately
           seem'd
           the
           top
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           step
           to
           her
           now
           ;
           and
           what
           before
           was
           great
           in
           desiring
           ,
           seem
           little
           ,
           being
           once
           in
           power
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Method
           and
           Arts
           which
           the
           States
           have
           used
           in
           India
           to
           Inlarge
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           to
           exclude
           others
           from
           Trade
           or
           Commerce
           there
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           THey
           are
           in
           a
           perpetual
           state
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           ever
           Warring
           upon
           some
           Prince
           or
           other
           ;
           and
           thereby
           gain
           either
           Tribute
           or
           Dominion
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           they
           have
           to
           do
           with
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           ,
           they
           order
           their
           Affairs
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           perform
           first
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           they
           are
           States
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           free
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           They
           encourage
           the
           Natives
           upon
           every
           small
           occasion
           of
           discontent
           ,
           to
           Arm
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           premising
           them
           their
           assistance
           ,
           which
           they
           exactly
           perform
           .
           When
           they
           have
           Conquered
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           taken
           his
           Castles
           and
           Ports
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           first
           secure
           ,
           making
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           the
           Seas
           and
           great
           Rivers
           )
           then
           they
           subdue
           the
           Natives
           :
           and
           so
           Vest
           in
           themselves
           Sovereign
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           make
           both
           King
           and
           Natives
           their
           Vassals
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           the
           Natives
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           times
           they
           do
           )
           then
           they
           encourage
           him
           against
           his
           Rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           their
           assistance
           :
           When
           the
           Natives
           are
           subdued
           ,
           then
           they
           conquer
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           or
           else
           demand
           so
           much
           for
           their
           assistance
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           able
           to
           pay
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           must
           submit
           himself
           and
           his
           Dominions
           to
           their
           boundless
           ambition
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           If
           there
           be
           any
           Wars
           between
           Prince
           and
           Prince
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           fall
           in
           with
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           their
           Aid
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           War
           in
           the
           other
           Princes
           Dominion
           .
           When
           that
           Prince
           is
           subdued
           ,
           and
           themselves
           setled
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           then
           they
           reduce
           the
           other
           Prince
           to
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           having
           some
           Castles
           or
           Ports
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           which
           do
           command
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           they
           have
           any
           places
           of
           concern
           ,
           and
           the
           Subjects
           of
           any
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           have
           any
           Factories
           there
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           cannot
           fairly
           dismiss
           )
           then
           they
           lay
           such
           great
           Taxes
           and
           Impositions
           upon
           the
           Natives
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           enforced
           to
           Arms.
           When
           they
           are
           subdued
           ,
           then
           they
           charge
           the
           Subjects
           of
           that
           Prince
           as
           Conspirators
           and
           Abetters
           of
           the
           Natives
           ;
           and
           so
           seize
           upon
           all
           their
           Goods
           ,
           Factories
           ,
           and
           enforce
           them
           to
           quit
           the
           Country
           ,
           or
           else
           send
           them
           into
           some
           of
           their
           Islands
           to
           be
           Slaves
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           If
           any
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           make
           any
           Treaty
           or
           League
           with
           the
           States
           ,
           concerning
           any
           Affairs
           in
           India
           ,
           they
           send
           to
           the
           States
           of
           Battavia
           private
           Instructions
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           publick
           Agreement
           :
           So
           that
           all
           Treaties
           and
           Leagues
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Affairs
           of
           India
           ,
           are
           ineffectual
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Where
           they
           have
           footing
           in
           any
           Island
           or
           Dominion
           ,
           they
           claim
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           and
           so
           lay
           what
           Taxes
           they
           please
           upon
           the
           Natives
           .
           And
           being
           in
           by
           Conquest
           ,
           they
           are
           Proprietaries
           ;
           and
           so
           exclude
           the
           Subjects
           of
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           from
           Trade
           there
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           If
           the
           Subjects
           of
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           in
           Europe
           have
           Factories
           in
           the
           Dominions
           of
           any
           Prince
           there
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           considerable
           )
           they
           take
           some
           occasion
           to
           War
           against
           that
           Prince
           ;
           and
           upon
           Treaty
           ,
           charge
           those
           Subjects
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           War
           :
           so
           if
           the
           Prince
           will
           have
           Peace
           ,
           he
           must
           seize
           their
           Factories
           and
           Goods
           ,
           and
           banish
           them
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           They
           pretend
           great
           kindness
           to
           their
           Neighbour
           Princes
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           a
           League
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           with
           them
           :
           And
           by
           that
           means
           get
           the
           favour
           of
           those
           Princes
           to
           have
           some
           Ports
           ,
           or
           strong
           Castles
           for
           Defence
           
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           as
           they
           pretend
           in
           their
           Territories
           .
           When
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           they
           either
           make
           Wars
           themselves
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           those
           Princes
           must
           aid
           them
           )
           or
           else
           perswade
           the
           Princes
           his
           Allies
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           another
           Prince
           ;
           which
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           so
           fight
           one
           Prince
           against
           another
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           sufficiently
           enweakned
           ,
           they
           Conquer
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           If
           they
           have
           any
           difference
           with
           any
           potent
           King
           or
           Prince
           ,
           they
           get
           time
           :
           if
           it
           be
           for
           their
           advantage
           ,
           they
           give
           good
           words
           ,
           but
           part
           with
           no
           money
           .
           That
           done
           ,
           they
           make
           their
           Addresses
           to
           some
           Favorite
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           (
           which
           do
           all
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Indian
           Kings
           ,
           )
           and
           so
           with
           small
           charges
           they
           effect
           great
           matters
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           steps
           they
           have
           clim'd
           up
           to
           those
           immense
           Pyramids
           of
           Dominion
           and
           Power
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           become
           formidable
           to
           the
           greatest
           Emperours
           and
           Princes
           there
           :
           ever
           making
           good
           in
           their
           practice
           that
           Lemma
           of
           Loyola
           ,
           (
           the
           Apostle
           of
           their
           State
           )
           
             Cavete
             vobis
          
           
           Principes
           .
           They
           have
           excluded
           the
           Subjects
           of
           all
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           from
           Traffick
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           any
           Territories
           or
           Power
           .
           And
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Dominion
           they
           have
           in
           the
           South
           Seas
           ,
           and
           the
           Conquests
           and
           Fortifications
           they
           make
           upon
           the
           North
           Seas
           ,
           all
           their
           Subjects
           will
           finally
           be
           debarred
           from
           any
           Traffick
           or
           Trade
           there
           .
        
         
           Of
           what
           dangerous
           consequence
           this
           will
           prove
           ,
           it
           's
           very
           well
           beseeming
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           greatest
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           to
           consider
           .
           For
           there
           are
           a
           Generation
           which
           are
           born
           to
           be
           the
           Plague
           ,
           Disquiet
           ,
           and
           Scourge
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           they
           gladly
           sacrifice
           the
           Publick
           Peace
           of
           Christendom
           to
           their
           own
           private
           Interest
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           consider
           how
           many
           brave
           and
           large
           Dominions
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           were
           under
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           what
           flourishing
           Factories
           their
           Subjects
           had
           there
           ,
           how
           great
           Kings
           they
           might
           have
           been
           in
           Treasure
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           how
           rich
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           it
           cannot
           
           
           but
           discompose
           an
           English
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           his
           King
           should
           be
           ousted
           of
           all
           those
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           his
           Subjects
           devested
           of
           their
           Riches
           and
           Hopes
           ,
           by
           a
           People
           who
           had
           nothing
           but
           the
           Favour
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           to
           support
           them
           ,
           nor
           no
           Fortress
           to
           defend
           them
           but
           that
           of
           Amb●yna
           ,
           and
           that
           built
           by
           the
           Monies
           of
           the
           English
           Company
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           what
           Treachery
           and
           Perfidiousness
           can
           do
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           with
           Ambition
           and
           Industry
           :
           But
           they
           will
           ere
           long
           find
           ,
           that
           slippery
           are
           those
           Foundations
           of
           Might
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           laid
           upon
           the
           Principles
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           regulated
           by
           the
           Maxims
           of
           Christian
           Piety
           .
        
         
           
           And
           as
           America
           was
           the
           Theatre
           where
           they
           Acted
           these
           Tragedies
           ,
           and
           unparallel'd
           Insolencies
           :
           so
           they
           have
           not
           spared
           to
           manifest
           their
           Ingratitude
           ,
           Affronts
           ,
           and
           highest
           Injuries
           against
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Nation
           here
           in
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Anno
           1639.
           when
           his
           Catholick
           Majesty
           sent
           his
           Armado
           with
           some
           Souldiers
           into
           Flanders
           ,
           to
           strengthen
           his
           Garisons
           there
           ,
           but
           by
           cross
           Winds
           were
           driven
           upon
           the
           English
           Coasts
           ;
           the
           States
           Equipped
           out
           a
           great
           Fleet
           of
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           charged
           the
           
             Spanish
             Armado
          
           ,
           ravished
           his
           
           Ships
           out
           of
           the
           Harbours
           of
           his
           late
           Majesty
           at
           Dover
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           most
           of
           that
           Fleet
           ,
           though
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Protection
           and
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           against
           his
           Majestles
           express
           Command
           :
           thereby
           Usurping
           Sovereignty
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           giving
           Laws
           to
           his
           Majesty
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           .
           A
           bold
           Affront
           !
        
         
           And
           certainly
           they
           could
           not
           think
           but
           his
           Majesty
           did
           highly
           resent
           it
           .
           But
           to
           keep
           him
           busied
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Majesty
           might
           have
           no
           opportunity
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Justice
           for
           their
           Insolency
           :
           there
           being
           
             (
             Anno
          
           1639.
           )
           some
           Distempers
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           they
           did
           greatly
           promote
           them
           ,
           and
           contributed
           their
           assistance
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Military
           Provisions
           .
        
         
         
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           was
           now
           departed
           ;
           the
           People
           model
           themselves
           into
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           they
           take
           a
           full
           prospect
           of
           the
           Usurpations
           ,
           Injuries
           ,
           and
           Oppressions
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           which
           had
           such
           a
           horrid
           complexion
           of
           Injustice
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           new
           Commonwealth
           denounce
           War
           against
           the
           old
           States
           ,
           they
           obtain
           many
           signal
           Victories
           ,
           and
           had
           much
           disabled
           their
           Naval
           Forces
           .
           Now
           the
           States
           being
           not
           well
           able
           to
           contest
           with
           the
           English
           Valour
           ,
           they
           project
           how
           they
           might
           deliver
           themselves
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           these
           men
           :
           At
           last
           ,
           they
           having
           by
           their
           Emissaries
           first
           disseminated
           Sedition
           amongst
           the
           People
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Commonwealth
           became
           a
           burthen
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           wise
           men
           began
           to
           be
           troubled
           at
           the
           ill
           face
           of
           affairs
           ,
           they
           adjudged
           the
           best
           expedient
           was
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           a
           single
           Person
           ,
           (
           the
           States
           being
           now
           sensible
           of
           their
           former
           errour
           ,
           in
           not
           supporting
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           ,
           as
           their
           best
           safety
           ,
           and
           greatest
           Protection
           )
           O.
           as
           the
           fittest
           person
           for
           such
           a
           Bold-fac'd
           Treason
           ,
           (
           by
           their
           underhand
           practise
           ,
           and
           paying
           to
           him
           some
           hundred
           thousand
           of
           pounds
           )
           is
           prevailed
           with
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           The
           War
           is
           continued
           against
           them
           with
           great
           success
           :
           yet
           by
           their
           Interest
           they
           obtain
           a
           Treaty
           .
           And
           thereupon
           paying
           a
           Million
           of
           Pounds
           to
           O.
           a
           Peace
           is
           concluded
           ;
           but
           the
           most
           dishonourable
           and
           unjust
           that
           ever
           was
           to
           this
           Nation
           .
           But
           such
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           it
           continued
           till
           his
           Majesties
           blessed
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           
           Anno
           1641.
           there
           happening
           some
           difference
           betwixt
           his
           late
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           sent
           over
           their
           Rabbies
           of
           Sedition
           here
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           infus'd
           their
           Antimonarchical
           Principles
           and
           dangerous
           Doctrines
           into
           some
           giddy
           heads
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           who
           thereby
           became
           so
           intoxicated
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           never
           at
           rest
           till
           (
           like
           men
           infected
           with
           the
           Plague
           )
           they
           infected
           others
           ;
           and
           thereby
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           people
           became
           disobservant
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Rebels
           to
           their
           King.
           An
           Army
           of
           these
           men
           were
           raised
           ,
           they
           having
           their
           
           chief
           Officers
           and
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           all
           Warlike
           Provisions
           out
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           to
           bring
           Destruction
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Desolation
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Thereby
           that
           Great
           King
           being
           reduced
           to
           streights
           ,
           (
           notwithwithstanding
           the
           many
           Obligations
           of
           the
           States
           to
           his
           Majesty
           )
           they
           could
           never
           be
           induced
           to
           contribute
           any
           Aid
           or
           Assistance
           to
           redeem
           that
           Excellent
           Prince
           from
           so
           great
           Abyss
           of
           Misery
           ,
           or
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           Ruine
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           (
           which
           with
           their
           Assistance
           might
           have
           been
           easily
           prevented
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           the
           States
           were
           so
           far
           from
           any
           Act
           of
           Charity
           or
           Piety
           ,
           that
           Amsterdam
           was
           made
           the
           great
           Emporium
           or
           Market
           for
           the
           Rebels
           to
           sell
           those
           rich
           and
           costly
           Goods
           which
           they
           had
           plundered
           from
           his
           Majesties
           best
           Subjects
           in
           England
           ,
           (
           whereas
           no
           King
           or
           Prince
           in
           Christendom
           would
           suffer
           them
           to
           make
           use
           of
           any
           of
           their
           Ports
           to
           that
           purpose
           )
           and
           the
           best
           Furniture
           that
           some
           of
           the
           States
           have
           in
           their
           Houses
           at
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           are
           many
           of
           those
           stollen
           Goods
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           this
           means
           they
           brought
           Poverty
           and
           Misery
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           Riches
           and
           Plenty
           to
           themselves
           .
        
         
           This
           unfortunate
           Nation
           being
           thus
           in
           Combustion
           ,
           and
           all
           befry'd
           ,
           the
           
             Hogan
             Mogans
          
           with
           joy
           ,
           as
           an
           ingenious
           man
           observed
           ,
           did
           warm
           their
           hands
           at
           those
           unhappy
           flames
           ,
           which
           they
           themselves
           had
           kindled
           ,
           tuning
           their
           merry
           Harps
           ,
           when
           others
           were
           weeping
           over
           a
           Kingdoms
           Funeral
           .
           In
           England
           there
           being
           nothing
           but
           Confusion
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           nothing
           to
           be
           seen
           but
           the
           Convulsions
           of
           a
           dying
           State.
           His
           now
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           safety
           and
           security
           ,
           withdrew
           Himself
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           live
           for
           some
           time
           (
           in
           his
           Solitudes
           )
           in
           the
           Belgick
           
           Provinces
           :
           But
           the
           States
           were
           so
           far
           from
           affording
           Him
           any
           comfort
           ,
           as
           a
           distressed
           Prince
           ,
           or
           yielding
           Him
           any
           kindness
           ,
           as
           their
           best
           Friend
           ,
           and
           greatest
           Patron
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           not
           had
           timely
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           credibly
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           been
           delivered
           up
           (
           in
           their
           Territories
           )
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           his
           cruellest
           Enemy
           .
        
         
         
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           Anno
           1660.
           being
           restored
           to
           his
           Kingdoms
           ,
           (
           forgetting
           all
           their
           former
           Unkindnesses
           and
           Ingratitudes
           )
           his
           care
           was
           to
           conclude
           a
           strict
           League
           with
           the
           said
           States
           .
           But
           no
           sooner
           was
           it
           concluded
           ,
           but
           they
           return
           to
           their
           usual
           practise
           of
           breaking
           of
           Articles
           ,
           (
           who
           expect
           an
           exact
           observance
           of
           them
           from
           others
           ,
           but
           perform
           none
           themselves
           .
           )
           Thereupon
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           1664.
           was
           stirred
           up
           by
           the
           Complaints
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           Unanimous
           Votes
           of
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           defend
           the
           Rights
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           Liberties
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           which
           the
           States
           had
           most
           notoriously
           invaded
           :
           yet
           his
           Majesty
           to
           prevent
           the
           effusion
           of
           bloud
           ,
           
             (
             as
             Tyrants
             shed
             bloud
             for
             pleasure
             ,
             Kings
             for
             necessity
             )
          
           spent
           the
           whole
           Summer
           in
           Negotiations
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           reason
           ,
           but
           all
           his
           endeavours
           proved
           ineffectual
           .
        
         
           
           Thereupon
           ,
           Anno
           1665
           ensued
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           continued
           to
           the
           year
           1667.
           
           Wherein
           his
           Majesty
           obtained
           so
           many
           signal
           Victories
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           humble
           Supplications
           and
           Addresses
           to
           his
           Majesty
           for
           Peace
           ,
           he
           was
           induced
           to
           a
           Treaty
           .
           And
           his
           Majesty
           having
           the
           Garranty
           of
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           said
           States
           ,
           that
           no
           Act
           of
           Hostility
           during
           the
           said
           Treaty
           should
           be
           attempted
           by
           them
           against
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ;
           thereupon
           his
           Majesty
           did
           forbear
           to
           Equip
           his
           Fleet.
           Yet
           the
           said
           States
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Faith
           ,
           during
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ,
           (
           with
           their
           Fleet
           though
           not
           half
           mann'd
           or
           Victuall'd
           
           for
           any
           time
           )
           most
           treacherously
           invaded
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           burnt
           and
           committed
           Destruction
           upon
           several
           Ships
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Navy
           Royal
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Ports
           and
           Harbour
           .
           Whereas
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           set
           forth
           his
           Fleet
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           have
           put
           to
           Sea
           that
           year
           for
           want
           of
           Mariners
           ,
           and
           other
           discouragements
           upon
           them
           ,
           having
           received
           so
           many
           memorable
           defeats
           by
           the
           Valour
           and
           Courage
           of
           his
           subjects
           .
        
         
           No
           sooner
           was
           there
           a
           Peace
           concluded
           ,
           but
           every
           Article
           was
           broken
           by
           them
           .
           And
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           it
           's
           a
           Maxime
           of
           their
           State
           ,
           That
           
             all
             Alliance
             as
             to
             them
             is
             inconsiderable
             :
          
           
           
             the
             foundation
             of
             their
             Greatness
             and
             Safety
             ,
             consists
             in
             their
             own
             Power
             and
             Strength
             .
          
           Therefore
           to
           keep
           any
           Article
           is
           of
           no
           consideration
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           they
           invade
           his
           Majesties
           Fishing
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           without
           his
           Royal
           License
           ,
           they
           refuse
           to
           strike
           Sail
           ,
           and
           dispute
           his
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           British
           Seas
           .
           Affronts
           so
           high
           ,
           and
           Indignities
           so
           transcendent
           ,
           that
           no
           King
           or
           Potentate
           (
           except
           these
           men
           )
           did
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           question
           any
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           doth
           appear
           by
           the
           Records
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           the
           Municipal
           Laws
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           have
           had
           ever
           from
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Romans
           an
           absolute
           
           and
           uninterrupted
           Right
           ,
           and
           exclusive
           Property
           in
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           in
           the
           Passages
           and
           Fishing
           thereof
           ;
           and
           hath
           power
           to
           make
           Laws
           ,
           and
           exercise
           Supreme
           Jurisdiction
           over
           all
           Persons
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           cases
           within
           or
           upon
           the
           said
           Seas
           ,
           as
           't
           was
           agreed
           26
           E.
           1.
           by
           the
           Agents
           and
           Embassadors
           of
           
             Genoa
             ,
             Catoloigna
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Almaine
             ,
             Zealand
             ,
             Holland
             ,
             Friesland
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             Norway
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           places
           in
           the
           Empire
           .
           And
           by
           all
           the
           States
           and
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           in
           a
           case
           then
           in
           question
           between
           the
           King
           of
           England
           and
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           ;
           concerning
           
             Rayner
             Grimbold
          
           his
           Admiral
           exercising
           some
           Jurisdiction
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           .
           See
           the
           Records
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           26
           E.
           1.
           
             de
             Superioritate
             Maris
             Anglici
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Laws
           of
           Olleron
           which
           (
           after
           the
           Rhodian
           Laws
           were
           antiquated
           )
           have
           now
           near
           five
           hundred
           years
           been
           received
           by
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           for
           regulating
           Sea-Affairs
           ,
           and
           deciding
           of
           Maritine
           Controversies
           ,
           were
           first
           declared
           by
           King
           R.
           1.
           at
           his
           return
           from
           the
           Holy
           Land
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           caused
           to
           be
           published
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Olleron
           ,
           as
           belonging
           to
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Aquitane
           .
        
         
           
           If
           the
           Subjects
           of
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           Fish
           in
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           I
           do
           ,
           desire
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           What
           should
           be
           the
           reason
           that
           all
           Neighbour
           Princes
           have
           by
           Treaty
           obtained
           license
           from
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           their
           Subjects
           to
           Fish
           in
           those
           Seas
           ,
           and
           have
           paid
           Tribute
           ,
           
           as
           it
           doth
           appear
           by
           the
           Licences
           granted
           by
           H.
           4.
           unto
           the
           French.
           By
           H.
           6.
           unto
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Burgundy
           .
           To
           those
           of
           Brabant
           and
           Flanders
           by
           E.
           4.
           
           To
           Francis
           Duke
           of
           Britain
           for
           his
           Subjects
           .
           Philip
           II.
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           year
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           obtained
           a
           Licence
           for
           his
           Subjects
           to
           fish
           upon
           the
           North
           Coasts
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           for
           the
           term
           of
           one
           and
           twenty
           years
           ,
           paying
           yearly
           for
           the
           same
           1000
           l.
           which
           was
           accordingly
           paid
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           of
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Presidents
           in
           R.
           1.
           
           King
           
             John
             ,
             E.
          
           3.
           and
           other
           Kings
           ,
           are
           almost
           infinite
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           King
           or
           Prince
           could
           pretend
           to
           any
           right
           ,
           certainly
           His
           Most
           Christian
           Majestic
           hath
           as
           good
           a
           pretence
           as
           any
           .
           But
           that
           King
           by
           the
           special
           Licence
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           ,
           hath
           fish'd
           upon
           the
           British
           Coasts
           ,
           with
           a
           set
           and
           limited
           number
           of
           Boats.
           And
           that
           for
           his
           own
           Family
           ,
           and
           being
           likewise
           to
           observe
           the
           Laws
           and
           Orders
           of
           his
           own
           Fishermen
           :
           For
           breach
           whereof
           ,
           divers
           of
           his
           Subjects
           have
           been
           taken
           and
           imprisoned
           in
           Dover
           Castle
           and
           elswhere
           ;
           as
           doth
           appear
           by
           many
           presidents
           in
           time
           of
           E.
           3.
           
           H.
           4.
           
           H.
           7.
           &c.
           in
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           
           Neither
           is
           this
           singular
           in
           the
           King
           of
           England
           only
           ,
           for
           in
           Russia
           ,
           many
           Leagues
           from
           the
           Main
           ,
           Fishermen
           do
           pay
           for
           their
           fishing
           great
           Taxes
           to
           the
           Emperor
           of
           Russia
           And
           in
           most
           places
           ,
           other
           Nations
           are
           prohibited
           to
           fish
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           of
           Denmark
           doth
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           taketh
           great
           Tribute
           both
           at
           Wardhouse
           and
           the
           Sound
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           like
           he
           doth
           now
           for
           Norway
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           bordering
           Princes
           of
           Italy
           do
           the
           like
           within
           the
           Mediterranean
           Seas
           .
        
         
           The
           States
           do
           take
           an
           Imposition
           upon
           fish
           ,
           which
           is
           taken
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           and
           within
           the
           Streams
           and
           Dominions
           of
           other
           Princes
           .
        
         
           The
           Hollanders
           do
           allow
           the
           tenth
           Fish
           ,
           both
           in
           
             Russia
             ,
             Lappia
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           or
           pay
           a
           Composition
           for
           the
           same
           :
           And
           do
           also
           pay
           a
           Tribute
           in
           the
           Sound
           ,
           for
           passage
           to
           fetch
           the
           said
           Fish
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           give
           my self
           any
           trouble
           in
           a
           point
           so
           clear
           .
           I
           would
           desire
           to
           know
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           by
           what
           right
           or
           title
           they
           fish
           upon
           the
           British
           Seas
           .
           If
           they
           have
           a
           right
           ,
           Why
           did
           the
           Earls
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           themselves
           after
           the
           said
           Earls
           take
           Licences
           from
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           their
           Subjects
           to
           fish
           and
           pay
           tribute
           ?
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           as
           it
           appeareth
           by
           many
           ancient
           Presidents
           in
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           
             But
             now
             I
             remember
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             Principle
             of
             their
             State
             ,
          
           That
           if
           they
           get
           the
           possession
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           never
           to
           dispute
           the
           right
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           of
           conveniency
           or
           profit
           to
           them
           to
           keep
           it
           .
        
         
           
           The
           next
           is
           the
           striking
           of
           the
           Sail
           ,
           which
           is
           nothing
           but
           an
           humble
           acknowledgement
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Soveraignty
           of
           the
           British
           Seas
           ,
           and
           a
           grateful
           submission
           for
           their
           liberty
           to
           pass
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           strangers
           (
           by
           the
           Law
           and
           Custom
           of
           the
           British
           Seas
           )
           being
           to
           pass
           those
           Seas
           ,
           either
           in
           coming
           to
           England
           ,
           or
           going
           to
           any
           other
           place
           (
           without
           so
           much
           as
           touching
           upon
           any
           of
           His
           Majesties
           
           Dominions
           )
           have
           us'd
           to
           take
           safe
           Conducts
           and
           Licences
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           secure
           and
           protect
           them
           in
           their
           passage
           .
           
             Vide
             Rot.
             Franciae
          
           ,
           11.
           
           H.
           4
           
             de
             Salvo
             conductu
          
           .
           The
           Presidents
           are
           exceeding
           many
           amongst
           the
           Records
           in
           the
           Tower.
           The
           striking
           of
           the
           Sail
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           ancientest
           Prerogatives
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           For
           ,
           I
           observe
           in
           the
           second
           year
           of
           King
           John
           ,
           it
           was
           declared
           at
           Hastings
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           the
           advice
           of
           His
           Lords
           Temporal
           ,
           for
           a
           Law
           and
           Custom
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           Lieutenant
           in
           any
           voyage
           ,
           being
           ordained
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           doth
           encounter
           upon
           the
           Sea
           ,
           any
           ship
           or
           Vessel
           laden
           or
           unladen
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           strike
           or
           vail
           their
           Bonnets
           at
           the
           Commandment
           of
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Admiral
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Lieutenant
           ,
           but
           will
           fight
           against
           them
           of
           the
           Fleet
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           can
           be
           taken
           ,
           they
           be
           reputed
           as
           Enemies
           ,
           their
           Ships
           ,
           Vessels
           and
           Goods
           taken
           and
           forfeited
           ,
           as
           the
           Goods
           of
           Enemies
           .
           And
           that
           the
           common
           people
           being
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           be
           chastised
           by
           Imprisonment
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           for
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           
             Inter
             Leges
          
           
           
             Marinas
             ,
             Anno
          
           2
           
             Johannis
             Regis
          
           ,
           amongst
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           The
           Hollanders
           therefore
           refusing
           to
           strike
           sail
           ,
           do
           deny
           His
           Majesties
           Soveraignty
           in
           the
           Seas
           (
           one
           of
           the
           most
           precious
           Jewels
           of
           the
           Crown
           )
           and
           the
           principal
           means
           of
           the
           Trade
           ,
           Wealth
           and
           Safety
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           
           which
           all
           true
           English
           men
           ,
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           preserve
           and
           maintain
           ,
           for
           
             Imperator
             Maris
             ,
             est
             Dominus
             Terrae
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           they
           have
           deny'd
           His
           Majesties
           Soveraignty
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           by
           their
           Artifice
           supplanted
           the
           Trade
           and
           Traffick
           of
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           only
           Pillars
           of
           Riches
           and
           Safety
           to
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Consult
           the
           
             Muscovia
             ,
             Turkey
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Companies
           ,
           enquire
           at
           the
           Exchange
           ,
           they
           will
           all
           tell
           you
           ,
           It
           's
           gone
           ,
           whither
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           but
           into
           Amsterdam
           ,
           and
           the
           United
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           The
           English
           are
           as
           active
           and
           industrious
           a
           people
           as
           any
           ,
           but
           (
           of
           a
           more
           generous
           and
           noble
           Allay
           )
           they
           abhor
           to
           have
           Trade
           ,
           by
           those
           base
           practises
           ,
           or
           to
           gain
           it
           ,
           by
           those
           sordid
           means
           as
           the
           Hollanders
           do
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           English
           Nation
           being
           sensible
           of
           the
           Injuries
           and
           Oppressions
           done
           them
           by
           these
           men
           ,
           will
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           by
           their
           Sword
           and
           Valour
           reduce
           them
           to
           reason
           .
        
         
           
           And
           as
           they
           have
           supplanted
           the
           Trade
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ;
           so
           they
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           a
           diminution
           of
           His
           own
           Glory
           ,
           by
           abusive
           Pictures
           and
           false
           Libels
           ;
           not
           only
           in
           their
           own
           Territories
           ,
           but
           in
           most
           of
           the
           Dominions
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           of
           Europe
           ,
           where
           the
           name
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           is
           renown'd
           .
           
             Reputation
             abroad
             ,
             and
             Reverence
             at
             home
             ,
             are
             the
             Pillars
             of
             Safety
             and
             Soveraignty
             .
          
        
         
           By
           these
           Arts
           they
           have
           endeavoured
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           lessen
           His
           Majestie
           ,
           Reputation
           abroad
           ,
           but
           to
           bring
           contempt
           upon
           Him
           ,
           even
           amongst
           His
           own
           Subjects
           at
           home
           .
           Without
           doubt
           His
           Majesties
           good
           Subjects
           have
           a
           great
           Sentiment
           of
           these
           Indignities
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           only
           carry
           an
           Antidote
           
           in
           their
           ears
           ,
           against
           the
           poyson
           of
           these
           Libels
           ,
           but
           with
           their
           Swords
           ,
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           will
           vindicate
           His
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           bring
           these
           Ungrateful
           Miscreants
           to
           Justice
           .
        
         
           The
           States
           having
           put
           so
           many
           scorns
           and
           indignities
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           abuses
           upon
           His
           Subjects
           in
           their
           Trade
           (
           for
           which
           His
           Majestie
           was
           more
           troubled
           than
           for
           the
           Indignities
           done
           to
           Himself
           )
           He
           was
           resolved
           to
           have
           satisfaction
           of
           them
           .
           But
           they
           to
           give
           His
           Majesty
           disquiet
           in
           His
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           diversion
           to
           Him
           ,
           made
           their
           Addresses
           to
           some
           persons
           of
           the
           Scotish
           Nation
           
           (
           with
           them
           )
           for
           their
           Brotherly
           assistance
           ,
           promising
           them
           they
           should
           be
           furnished
           with
           Men
           ,
           Arms
           and
           Money
           what
           they
           pleased
           .
           But
           the
           Scots
           (
           too
           well
           remembring
           their
           late
           sufferings
           and
           calamities
           ,
           and
           )
           having
           as
           great
           a
           sense
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Duty
           for
           their
           King
           as
           any
           people
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           scorn
           and
           abhorrency
           rejected
           their
           most
           impious
           and
           rebellious
           motion
           .
        
         
           Not
           prevailing
           there
           ,
           they
           set
           upon
           some
           Factories
           of
           Sedition
           in
           England
           :
           and
           by
           their
           Emissaries
           here
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           work
           upon
           an
           honest
           party
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           though
           differing
           in
           some
           minute
           Ceremonies
           from
           the
           Church
           )
           but
           they
           looked
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           Injury
           and
           Indignity
           could
           be
           done
           them
           ,
           to
           tempt
           them
           from
           the
           Loyalty
           to
           so
           good
           and
           gracious
           a
           King.
           
        
         
           And
           certainly
           His
           Majesty
           had
           a
           very
           good
           esteem
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           He
           would
           never
           have
           granted
           them
           that
           Act
           of
           Indulgence
           :
           An
           Act
           so
           transcendent
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           the
           bounty
           and
           grace
           of
           all
           former
           Kings
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           be
           obtain'd
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           there
           had
           been
           many
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           offered
           for
           the
           purchase
           of
           it
           .
           But
           as
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           granted
           them
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           so
           (
           there
           's
           no
           doubt
           )
           they
           will
           make
           conscience
           of
           their
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           of
           all
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           have
           most
           studied
           and
           endeavoured
           (
           for
           the
           good
           of
           their
           Subjects
           )
           to
           advance
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ;
           yet
           their
           Subjects
           cry
           out
           they
           
           have
           no
           Trade
           ,
           and
           well
           they
           may
           ,
           when
           the
           Hollanders
           are
           the
           great
           Supplanters
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           obstructers
           of
           Commerce
           (
           to
           all
           others
           but
           themselves
           )
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           it
           's
           a
           prime
           principle
           of
           their
           State
           ,
           
             That
             they
             must
             not
             be
             like
             the
             Joc-caul
             ,
             which
             provide
             food
             for
             the
             Lyon
             ;
             but
             they
             must
             imitate
             the
             prudent
             Cat
             ,
             who
             mouses
             only
             for
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           Nothing
           can
           be
           more
           becoming
           the
           Majesty
           of
           two
           such
           Potent
           Kings
           ,
           not
           only
           out
           of
           charity
           to
           deliver
           the
           distressed
           Dutch
           (
           an
           industrous
           and
           well
           meaning
           people
           of
           themselves
           )
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Oppression
           of
           those
           insolent
           States
           ;
           but
           out
           of
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           to
           settle
           peace
           in
           Christendom
           (
           which
           is
           only
           by
           the
           power
           of
           these
           two
           Great
           Kings
           to
           be
           effected
           )
           ;
           and
           to
           which
           all
           
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           contribute
           their
           assistance
           .
        
         
           For
           let
           it
           be
           soberly
           considered
           ,
           if
           these
           men
           (
           if
           we
           may
           so
           call
           them
           )
           since
           the
           Revolt
           from
           their
           Prince
           ,
           have
           not
           made
           greater
           distempers
           and
           confusions
           ,
           and
           caused
           more
           effusion
           of
           blood
           ,
           aud
           expence
           of
           Treasure
           in
           Europe
           ,
           than
           the
           Great
           Turk
           hath
           done
           for
           these
           500
           years
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           they
           are
           more
           powerful
           by
           Sea
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           much
           more
           dangerous
           in
           their
           practise
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           Turk
           is
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           with
           all
           Potentates
           doth
           exactly
           observe
           his
           Leagues
           ,
           and
           keeps
           his
           Faith
           :
           But
           it
           's
           an
           Apophthegm
           in
           their
           State
           ,
           that
           
             its
             for
             Kings
             and
             Merchants
             to
             keep
             their
             word
             and
             Faith
             :
             But
             for
             States
             ,
             no
             longer
             then
             it's
             subservient
             to
             their
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           And
           how
           exactly
           they
           make
           this
           good
           in
           their
           actions
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           kept
           one
           Article
           ,
           or
           their
           Faith
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           where
           
           it
           was
           their
           interest
           to
           break
           it
           .
           Certainly
           these
           men
           live
           ,
           as
           if
           great
           Sins
           would
           merit
           Heaven
           by
           an
           Antiperistasis
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           s
           very
           well
           becoming
           the
           gravest
           Judgements
           to
           consider
           ,
           if
           these
           men
           may
           not
           prove
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           a
           greater
           Terror
           and
           Plague
           to
           Christendom
           ,
           than
           the
           Turk
           Himself
           .
           Insomuch
           as
           his
           Arms
           are
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           ,
           and
           only
           Land-forces
           ,
           but
           these
           men
           are
           seated
           in
           
           the
           Centre
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           Potent
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           rich
           in
           Treasure
           ,
           may
           cast
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           ,
           blood
           and
           confusion
           into
           any
           Princes
           Dominion
           ,
           whom
           they
           please
           to
           disquiet
           (
           especially
           being
           first
           reduced
           to
           poverty
           ,
           which
           they
           labour
           to
           effect
           in
           all
           their
           Territories
           by
           obstructing
           of
           Trade
           )
           And
           they
           can
           more
           speedily
           and
           powerfully
           offend
           any
           Kingdom
           by
           Sea
           in
           one
           month
           ,
           than
           the
           most
           puissant
           Army
           is
           able
           to
           to
           march
           through
           in
           a
           year
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           It
           's
           time
           to
           reduce
           these
           men
           to
           Justice
           and
           Reason
           ;
           
             Prudence
             teacheth
             us
             to
             set
             limits
             to
             that
             Power
             ,
             which
             deservedly
             may
             be
             suspected
             .
          
           For
           as
           they
           grow
           in
           Puissance
           and
           strength
           ,
           so
           the
           more
           formidable
           they
           will
           render
           
           themselves
           to
           all
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           .
           From
           one
           great
           King
           they
           have
           taken
           so
           much
           blood
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           fallen
           into
           a
           deep
           Consumption
           :
           And
           it
           's
           adjudged
           by
           some
           wise
           Physicians
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           hardly
           recover
           .
        
         
           
           Did
           they
           not
           lately
           break
           the
           heart
           of
           one
           Potent
           King
           ,
           and
           almost
           the
           back
           of
           another
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           privately
           engage
           Prince
           against
           Prince
           ?
           and
           by
           that
           means
           bring
           misery
           and
           calamity
           to
           them
           both
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           their
           ruine
           create
           riches
           and
           plenty
           themselves
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           undermine
           the
           Trade
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           and
           send
           nothing
           but
           poverty
           ,
           misery
           and
           complaints
           into
           all
           Princes
           Dominions
           ?
        
         
           How
           dangerous
           and
           fatal
           their
           Greatness
           will
           in
           few
           years
           prove
           to
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           Subjects
           (
           if
           not
           timely
           prevented
           )
           a
           weak
           Statist
           〈…〉
           without
           the
           help
           of
           Galileo
           s
           Prospective-glass
           )
           may
           easily
           see
           .
           Yet
           there
           are
           a
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           contribute
           their
           assistance
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           let
           them
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           States
           by
           their
           Arts
           shall
           extricate
           themselves
           from
           the
           destruction
           and
           calamity
           which
           now
           threaten
           them
           ,
           they
           must
           for
           all
           their
           friendly
           assistance
           ,
           expect
           nothing
           but
           Polyphemus
           courtesie
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           last
           that
           shall
           be
           swallowed
           up
           .
           This
           is
           too
           evident
           by
           their
           Ingratitude
           and
           Insolencies
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           Nothing
           can
           give
           a
           check
           to
           their
           growing
           Power
           ,
           but
           the
           Naval
           Forces
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           whose
           Situation
           ,
           Ports
           ,
           Strength
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           Courage
           of
           People
           ,
           and
           Experince
           in
           Sea-Fights
           ,
           have
           always
           made
           him
           very
           formidable
           .
           And
           that
           Henry
           the
           eighth
           understood
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           assumed
           to
           himself
           that
           Motto
           ,
           
             Cui
             adhaereo
             ,
             Praeest
          
           .
        
         
           This
           Naval
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
           security
           and
           safety
           of
           Europe
           :
           For
           if
           that
           were
           broken
           ,
           they
           would
           look
           upon
           all
           the
           other
           as
           inconsiderable
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           so
           far
           separate
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           destroyed
           before
           they
           could
           unite
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           they
           did
           ,
           the
           issue
           would
           be
           very
           doubtful
           .
        
         
           Then
           they
           would
           sacrifice
           one
           Prince
           after
           another
           ,
           and
           bring
           nothing
           but
           confusion
           ,
           poverty
           ,
           and
           misery
           to
           Prince
           and
           People
           .
           And
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           more
           than
           conjectural
           ,
           look
           into
           their
           practices
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           :
           Observe
           their
           Arts
           and
           Methods
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           have
           reduced
           so
           many
           great
           Kings
           ,
           with
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           Vassals
           and
           Slaves
           ,
           to
           their
           vast
           Ambition
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           :
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           drop
           a
           few
           Tears
           for
           some
           honest
           People
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           must
           be
           inwrapt
           in
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           though
           innocent
           as
           to
           the
           Guilt
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           most
           formidable
           and
           Potent
           Kings
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           are
           drawing
           their
           Forces
           against
           them
           ,
           All
           their
           Trade
           is
           gone
           by
           Sea
           ,
           nothing
           but
           horror
           and
           confusion
           in
           their
           Land
           ;
           none
           of
           their
           Allyes
           durst
           appear
           for
           them
           .
           A
           mournful
           Tragedy
           .
           Methinks
           like
           wise
           Patriots
           ,
           they
           should
           seise
           upon
           their
           States
           (
           whom
           they
           may
           thank
           for
           all
           their
           calamities
           and
           miseries
           )
           and
           yield
           them
           up
           to
           Justice
           ;
           set
           up
           their
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           Ancestors
           have
           spent
           so
           much
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           to
           Vindicate
           their
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           serve
           their
           ends
           of
           him
           (
           as
           all
           wise
           men
           think
           the
           States
           do
           at
           this
           juncture
           of
           affairs
           )
           for
           its
           an
           Adage
           amongst
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Leo
             vinciri
             liber
             pernegat
          
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           States
           do
           as
           certainly
           hate
           a
           Prince
           ,
           as
           a
           Prince
           doth
           a
           Free-State
           .
           
             Discite
             Justitium
             moniti
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A29589-e630
           
             The
             Belgick
             Provinces
             .
          
           
             
               Duke
               Alva
               is
               sent
               into
               the
               Belgick
               Provinces
               .
            
             
               The
               Bloet-rod
               setled
               in
               the
               Provinces
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Government
             of
             the
             Provinces
             alter'd
             .
          
           
             Five
             thousand
             Families
             leave
             the
             Provinces
             .
          
           
             Holland
             and
             Zeland
             for
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             .
          
           
             They
             declare
             Philip
             of
             Spain
             to
             be
             fallen
             from
             his
             Government
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Parma
             provails
             much
             .
          
           
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               takes
               the
               Hollanders
               into
               her
               protection
               .
            
             
               Articles
               concluded
               between
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               and
               the
               States
               .
            
          
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             sendsover
             to
             the
             States
             5000
             Foot
             and
             1000
             Horse
             .
          
           
             The
             Christian
             Religion
             was
             first
             planted
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
               Zealand
            
             and
             Friesland
             by
             an
             Englishman
             .
          
           
             The
             Staple
             of
             English
             Cloth
             removed
             to
             Delf
             .
          
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             gives
             leave
             to
             the
             Hollanders
             to
             fish
             in
             our
             British
             Seas
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             Denmark
             seizes
             
               7
               0
            
             Ships
             of
             the
             Hollanders
             .
          
           
             Now
             they
             triumph
             ,
             giving
             out
             their
             Meddals
             with
             this
             inscription
             ,
             What
             we
             are
             ,
             we
             are
             by
             Gods
             Grace
             and
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             Ostend
             defended
             by
             the
             English
             3
             years
             ,
             3
             months
             .
          
           
             The
             Spaniards
             lost
             100000
             men
             before
             Ostend
             .
          
           
             Breda
             recovered
             by
             the
             English
             .
          
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             maintained
             40000
             horse
             and
             foot
             for
             the
             Hollanders
             .
          
           
             Q
             ▪
             Eliz.
             infests
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             in
             America
             .
          
           
             The
             distressed
             States
             petition
             the
             Queen
             not
             to
             desert
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             send
             Ambassadors
             to
             Q
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             The
             Queen
             di
             pleas'd
             with
             the
             S
             ates
             .
          
           
             Alliance
             with
             Q
             ▪
             Elizabeth
             was
             of
             great
             advantage
             to
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             councelled
             ,
             and
             inclined
             the
             States
             to
             peace
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             owed
             Q.
             
               Elizab
               ▪
            
             two
             millions
             of
             pounds
             .
          
           
             Q
             Eliz.
             died
             
               April
               .
               3.
               1603.
            
             
             She
             lost
             100000
             men
             in
             the
             States
             service
             .
          
           
             King
             James
             proclaimed
             King.
             
          
           
             King
             James
             refuses
             to
             assist
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             A
             League
             concluded
             between
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             the
             Spaniard
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             refuse
             to
             treat
             with
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             declared
             by
             him
             Free-States
             .
             Peace
             concluded
             between
             the
             Spaniard
             and
             the
             States
             .
             The
             Provinces
             of
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             The
             Charges
             the
             States
             are
             at
             to
             maintain
             their
             Co●tries
             .
          
           
             The
             projection
             of
             the
             States
             to
             get
             the
             Cautionary
             Towns
             from
             King
             James
             .
          
           
             Cautionary
             Towns
             delivered
             to
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             The
             Treasure
             and
             men
             which
             the
             Spaniard
             spent
             in
             the
             Wars
             ,
          
           
             The
             States
             declare
             themselves
             High
             &
             Mighty
             States
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             paying
             a
             Tribute
             ,
             Fish
             in
             the
             British
             Sas.
             
          
           
             The
             number
             of
             ships
             the
             States
             imploy
             in
             the
             Fishing
             Trade
             .
          
           
             The
             riches
             the
             States
             gain
             by
             their
             fishing
             upon
             the
             British
             Seas
             .
          
           
             A
             League
             between
             King
             James
             and
             the
             States
             for
             advance
             of
             Trade
             in
             America
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Massacre
               of
               the
               English
               at
               Amboyna
               .
            
             
               The
               States
               seise
               the
               Factories
               of
               the
               English
               at
               Amboyna
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Prophesie
             of
             King
             James
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             seise
             upon
             all
             the
             Islands
             and
             Plantations
             of
             the
             English
             in
             America
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             drain
             
             400000l.
             yearly
             for
             Spices
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Kings
             Dominion
             .
          
           
             
               The
               riches
               the
               States
               gain'd
               by
               seising
               of
               the
               English
               Factories
               .
            
             
               The
               stock
               of
               the
               East
               India
               Company
               of
               England
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             Poloroon
             delivered
             by
             the
             Natives
             to
             King
             James
             .
          
           
             Poloroon
             seised
             by
             the
             States
             from
             the
             English
             .
          
           
             The
             cruelty
             of
             States
             against
             the
             Natives
             in
             Polloroon
             .
          
           
             
               The
               States
               〈…〉
               themselves
               ,
               the
               sale
               Trade
               and
               Dominion
               of
               the
               
                 East
                 Indies
              
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               speak
               freely
               ,
               prosperous
               villanies
               ,
               are
               Cardinal
               Virtues
               in
               the
               States
               Ethicks
               .
            
          
           
             The
             States
             suffer
             no
             ships
             to
             pass
             the
             Streights
             of
             Mallaca
             .
          
           
             
               Two
               ships
               of
               the
               English
               seised
               and
               confiscated
               by
               the
               States
               .
            
             
               
                 Bon
                 Esperanza
              
               ,
               a
               s
               ip
               of
               the
               English
               seised
               by
               the
               States
               .
            
             
               The
               Dragon
               and
               Katherine
               two
               English
               ships
               seised
               by
               the
               States
               ,
               and
               confiscated
               .
            
          
           
             
               Anno
               162●
               .
               The
               Factories
               of
               the
               English
               in
               Sumatia
               seised
               by
               the
               States
               .
            
             
               The
               Factories
               of
               the
               English
               in
               Siain
               seised
               by
               the
               States
               .
            
          
           
             The
             States
             make
             War
             against
             the
             King
             of
             Bantam
             ,
             for
             his
             love
             to
             the
             English
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             have
             the
             sole
             command
             of
             the
             North
             Seas
             .
          
           
             The
             stile
             of
             the
             States
             in
             the
             Indies
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A29589-e6100
           
             The
             States
             exclude
             the
             Subjects
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             Europe
             to
             Trade
             in
             the
             East-Indies
             .
          
           
             The
             great
             los●es
             which
             the
             King
             of
             England
             and
             his
             Subjects
             have
             sustained
             in
             India
             by
             the
             Vsu●pation
             of
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             The
             In●●lencies
             of
             the
             States
             to
             the
             King
             of
             England
             in
             Europe
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             fight
             the
             
               Spanish
               Armado
            
             upon
             the
             British
             Seas
             ,
             against
             the
             King
             of
             Englands
             Command
             .
          
           
             Difference
             betwixt
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             how
             advanced
             by
             the
             States
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             afford
             no
             kindness
             to
             his
             now
             Majest
             〈…〉
             being
             in
             their
             Provinces
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             make
             Addresses
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             for
             Peace
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             burn
             his
             Majesties
             Ships
             .
          
           
             The
             Sovereignty
             of
             the
             British
             Seas
             ,
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Fishing
             .
          
           
             Licenses
             granted
             to
             Neighbour
             Princes
             for
             their
             Subjects
             to
             fish
             ,
             paying
             tribute
             .
          
           
             The
             Subjects
             of
             other
             Princes
             pay
             for
             their
             liberty
             of
             fishing
             .
          
           
             All
             passing
             upon
             the
             ●ritish
             Seas
             ought
             to
             strike
             sail
             .
          
           
             Licences
             of
             safe
             Conduct
             granted
             by
             the
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Soveraignty
               of
               the
               Sea
               ought
               to
               be
               preserved
               .
            
             
               The
               Hollanders
               supplant
               Trade
               .
            
          
           
             The
             States
             have
             scandalized
             His
             Majesty
             by
             Libels
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             make
             addresses
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Scotish
             Nation
             to
             rebel
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             have
             made
             more
             disturbance
             in
             Europe
             ,
             than
             the
             Turk
             these
             50●
             years
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             will
             prove
             a
             greater
             plague
             to
             Christendom
             than
             the
             Turk
             .
          
           
             King
             of
             Spain
          
           
             King
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             King
             of
             Denmark
             .
          
           
             The
             Naval
             power
             of
             England
             ,
             is
             the
             security
             of
             Europe
             .