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Show Obfer<ZIIttionnpon a Libell, pub/ifl,ed, in Atmo~ IS 9'_: · Male- contents, within the Realm ; Imagining a.lfo,t~at~lt wa_s h kd the iliould be more fcattered h'ere, and fr~elter dtfp.~rfed ') .An alrJn1ould be kffc odious , to thofe Forr..trners, whtch wfre ~~t mcerel artiall, and paffionate; who have.' for t~e m~ . . ~~I t, iA deteh; tion, the T,-ai terous Libellingr, of S'ltb]e& s ~ direfrly ag.n.afr their Natura/J Prince. bi'il d h' Amon fi: the Refr in this kind, there h1th been pu l _ Je ~ t ts prefent y~ar·of1592'~, Libel,that giveth place,to nofe of the Ref!-, in Malice,a~d untruths; Though i~fer_ior, to mofi: o. thet~, tn pe~ning and Stile; The Al~thour,havmg chofen,thev~tne ? 1 f ~ L l~~';i nift. 'And et, being a Counterfei t, even in that ktnd.1 llS L t e ' is i~tituleX; A Declaration, of the trueCaufes, of t/Je great Troubl~s, prej11ppofed to be intended, againft the R_ealm of En~la~d. And ~a. h a Semblance as if it were bent, agamfr tb e Dow~s , of her Jl fa)efli es Ancien't and lVorthy Counfellor' the Lord Bm:gbley ; ~.~·~[e Car~fulnefs, ;nd Paines, her MajeflJ, hath ufed, 1~ her CounJ c s, and Atfions of this R.ealm-:. for thefe 34· years fpac~, In a~ ddn g~rh ous Times~ And amidfi: m~ny,and mtg~ty, prach.{es·; . n Wlt fuch fucceffe, as our Eotmtes~ are put lhl1, to theu Pap.er-ft:ot,., <?f fuch Libeh as thefe: The mem.ory, of ~horn, wtll remam, tn tms L6tnd, wh~n all thefe Libels, {hall be ext_tnfr, an~ f"Orgott_en ;. According to the scripture; Memoria Juflz. ~11111 ~andtbus,. at Imp10r1mt Nomen putrefcet. But it is more then ev1den t , by the .£:arts of t h" fame Boo/z, that the Author.r Malice, was. to ~er 111a;efly, and her Government; As may efpecially ~ppe~ r, 1~ thts, T~a.t h.e ch~rged not, his Lordfbip, with any particular AClzPw,_ .. of hts pnv~ te Life· (Such power had Truth;) whc;reas, the L~bels, made ?.gainfr other Co1htfellors,have,principaUy,infifred upon that par_r: But hath only, wrefied, an~ detorted, fuch A{]ioHs of Sat e, a~ m Times of·his Service have been Mannaged; And deprav1ng them bath afcribed add imputed to him, the Effects, t~at have follo~ed; Indeed, 'to the G~od of the Realm, a.~d the FJommr. of her MtJ.jefty; Though, fomeumes, to the Provok.I'!_g_ of the JUaltce, but Abridging of the Power,andMeanes, ofDefperateo.~n_d Incor .. rigible, SHbjetlr. . All whica slanders, as his Lordfhip, might j ufHy defptfe; ~o~h, for their Manifefi:Vntr~ths, and for the Bafenejfe, and Objcu':''J, of the Aut hour; So nevertheleffe, according to t h~ 1\foderauo~l ~ which his Lordfoip ufeth, in all Things; Never clatmt~g t.he Pn viledge of his Authority, when it is Q!tefiion, of fa ttsfy tog the World· 'He hath been content, that they be not paffed over, altO(! ed~er, in Silence: Whereupon, I have,' in particular Outr~ . to his Lordjhip!, amongftothers, that do Honou.r, an~ Love., h1s Lordfoip; And that have,diligently, obferved hts ActiQ~S ; ~nd in Zeal of Trnth collected, upon the Reading, of thefatd Lt~ell, certain obfervaliom; Not in Form, of a jufr ~P.~Wer, lefr , I . iliouldfall into the Error, whereofsalomon, fpeaketh thus; An. wer not 4 Foote~ in his own f{tnd~ leaft tho" alfo be li/ze him ; But onlY, to O_!fervationJ upon~ LibeU , publijbed, ln A o, 15 9 2 . to difcover the Malic-e, & to reprove,and convict the Untruths, thereof. · . The Points, that I have obferved, upon the ReadiNg of this Libel!, are thefe following. ' I. Of the Scope, or Drift, of the Libeller. :2. Of the prefent Eftate, of this Realm, of E~tgland; whether it may be, truly avoached, to be Profperom~ or Afftilled. 3. Of the Proceedings,againfi the pretended Catholiques whether the:r hav~ b~en 1:Jio!ent; or Moderate, and neceifary. ' 4· 0~ the Di.flurbance, ~fthe ff2!!iet~of chriflendom; And to what Caufes, Jt may be,jufi1y, Imputed. 5· Of the Cunning, of the Libeller, in Palliation, of his Malicious !nve[/ive, againft h~r M ajefty; and the StAte, with pretence, of taxmg onely, .the Achons, of the Lord Burleigh. 6 . Certain true Generall Notes, upon the Allions of the Lord BttrleiRh. · · ' 7. Of diverfe p,articular.Vntntlu, a~d· Abufer, difperfed through the Libel!. · . 8. O_f t?e Height, of Impudency, that_ thef~ Men, a~e.g~own unto, m Pub!ifhrng, and Avouchrng, Vntruths; wnh particular Recital/ of fome of them, for ari :A.JlizJ. ~ 1. 0 f the scope, or Drift ~f the L ibeUer'.- It is good Advice, in d~aling, with Cautelous, and Malicious, per.km_s; ~h~fe S~:eec~,ts ev:r at ~ifrance. with their Meanings ; Non qurd drxcrrnt, jed qHo JpelJarint~ videndum: . A Man, is not to r~gard, what they affirm, or what they hold; But, what they wouldconvey,_under their pretended Difcovery,and what turn they would ferve.I.t fo~ndeth frrang.el y, in the Eares,of an Englifb Man; That the ~Ifenes, of the prefent State, of England, exceed th~m, o~f~r~er ttmes., whatfoever. One would , firait-way, thmk wtth htmfelf; Doth this Man beleeve what he faith? Or not beleeving it, doth he think it poffible,to make us beleeve it? Surely, in my conceit, neither of both; But his End, no doubt, was, to round the Pope, and the King of Sp11in in the Eare by feeming, t~ tell a Tale, to the People of England. For fuch Bo~kes, ·are ever wont, to be tranflated, int<l diverfe Languages: And,no doubt, the ManJ was not fo fimple,as to think~ he could perf wade, the People of England,- the Contrary, of what they taft, and feel e. B~t he th~ught, he might better abufe, the States, abroad, if he d~rected ht: Sp~ech to· them, who could befr convict him, and dtfprove hun, tfhe faid untrue: So that, as Livy faithJin· the like cafe; A?tolos,m..tgi1, cora_m quibus verbafacerent, quam · ad quor,penJ habere: Tha·t the A~tolrans in theit Tale did more rejpell tbofe which ~i~ o~er- hear them_,. then thoj~, to. whom they direfJed their s peech :. So, tn "h1s matter, thxs. Fellow cared not to be counted a, Lier by all ' ' !) P 2 IIuglifh _•o_7_/ |
