A Copy of the resolution of the states provincial of Freezland relating to the levyes under debate in the States General, Fryday the 15/25 Feb., 1684. Friesland (Netherlands). Provinciale Staten. 1684 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A34519 Wing C6229 ESTC R39393 18394254 ocm 18394254 107470 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng United Provinces of the Netherlands. -- Staten Generaal. Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714. 2006-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-12 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-01 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-01 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A COPY OF THE RESOLUTOIN OF THE States Provincial OF FREEZLAND , Relating to the LEVYES under Debate in the States General , Fryday the 15. / 25. Feb. 1684. THE States of Freezeland having seen and examined two Messages from H. H. M. dated February 1684. tending to the end that H. E. M. with the first , would bring in their Consent for Levying 16000 Men , upon which , this Government , upon a serious Consideration , and full Agreement of all parties , concluded to bring in their Advice , That H. E. M. cannot understand of what Necessity or Advantage it will be to agree to the said Leveys ; but that it ought to be rather apprehended and lookt upon , as that which will tend to a ruining destructive War : To carry on which , this Province do look upon themselves unable to bear their part , by reason of their being so much in Arrear already ; As also by reason of the Low Prices of their Corn , Fat Cattle , and their Estates ; as also other Inconveniences that attend them ; but especially , considering that the States are destitute of all Alleys , from whence they may certainly expect any assistance ; and therefore it must be lookt upon as a Matter of so much the more Danger ; for that in the former War they received several assistances from others , and yet obtained no Remarkable advantages against France : Besides which , it ought to be considered , That the Forces which are to be raised , will not be so easie to be attained , but if raised not of sufficient strength , to obtain a better Peace from the K. of France , then he himself hath offered . As also it is considered and apprehended , and not without great reason , the unexpressable Disasters which may befall this Province in particular , from the French Confederates , as being deprived of all the Forces of this City for their defence , which will be little enough to oppose the French Force in the Netherlands , where the Spaniards shew so little Zeal in their Conduct , and do hardly put any Order in execution with earnestness , except such as may serve to ingage this State in a War , and have hardly one share of those Troops ready which they ought to have , before this State was obliged to send them any assistance ; much less to think of a Rupture for their sakes , it being Notorious , That none of those Alternatives are so considerable as to equalize the greatness of the Danger to which this State must not only expose themselves , but all the Spanish Netherlands , by a War ; and not only England but the Emperour , have already declared their ●i●●atisfaction , as also very unacceptable to this State , That His Catholick Majesty should publish a Declaration of War , without accquainting His Alleys therewith . The King of England hath also already declared , That it were better to accept of those Alternatives , as so suddenly to engage in so destructive a VVar ▪ Adding withal , That he is not obliged in such Case to assist either Us or Spain . For all which reasons , VVe think it best to desist from those Leveys , and to let the Spaniards see by that , that this State cannot think it good , That for preservation of a little , for which they take so little care of the whole , to expose themselves to such eminent Dangers ; and therefore they do give their Advice , That they be earnestly pressed to accept of one of the Alternatives , and that such Methods be used with all speed ; with Conferences and Treatys , as may tend to the securing of this State in a desired Peace , and that the Barreir may remain without danger . The States of this Province do apprehend , That if a Peace cannot be obtained , that then a Truce for 20 years is more to be desired , then a VVar in the Spanish Netherlands ; especially considering , that in process of time , the Emperour may be freed from his Turkish VVar , and the K. of England from his National Troubles , and so in a better Capacity to secure the Peace . Thus concluded in our Stadt-House . FINIS . Printed at Rotterdam , Feb. 19. 1684. New Stile , by Peter Martin , and Reprinted in London for Walter Davis , in Amen-Corner .