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Show 'lo8 . Obfor7Jat·onJ1epo~ttLibell, puhlifo'ed, Jn ,Anno;•592-:- · Eng!;fh, upon Price, of Deceiving, of Spain, and Italy: For it m'!fi: ~e underftood, that it hath been, the generaH Pra{tife, of th!s kmd of Men, m~ny years, of the one fide, to ~bufe, the for· ratne E~ates, by ~akmg them believe, tbat all is out of Joynt, . and Rum~:ms, he~·e 1n England. And that, thete is a great part ready, to 1oyn wnh the Invader: And, on the other fide to make the ~vill St~bjef1s,. of E!'~~land, belie.ve, of great Prepi;rati;ni abroad: and m great readmefie; to be put In Afr; And [o to deceive on ?~th fides: And this, I t?ke tol ?e:>his Principall Drift. So again=> It ts an extravagant, an~ lncreatble, Con.cett) to Imagine, that all the Concliftons, and A{)zoni, of Fftatc, whtch have palled during her Maje{iies Raign, iliould be afcribed, to one Cmmfelle~ alone; An_d to fllchan one,as was never noted, for :~n bnperi01u, or overrtt~ mg, Man: And to fay, that though, He carried them, not by Vtolence, yet he compa£fed, them by Devife; There is no Man of Judgement, that looketh into the Nature of thefe Times but will eafily defcry ,that the Wits,of thefe Da)·es,are too muc'h refined, for any Man, to walk lnvifible: Or to make all the World, his In~ruments; And therefore, no not in this point,af. furedly) the Ltbc~ler fpake, a_s he thought; But~his he f<Jrefaw; That the 1mp11t.1tron) ofCunmng doth breed Sujpicion · And the lmputatio,~, of Great~ejfe) and sw~y, doth breed En1;y: And there. fore, fi nd1?g, where. he was mofi wrunr, and by w hofe poll icy. and Expenence, thetr plots were mofi croffed, the mark he fbot at, was ~o lee_, wheth_er he could heave, at his Lordfoips Authority~ , by m.1kmg h1m fu_fpefred, to the ffl!!een; or generapy odious) to the Realm: Knowmg well enough,tor the one ooint that there are ·~~t only ]ealoHjies,~ut certain Rc-volutions,in rrincu Minds:So rhat, tt IS a rare. Vern~e, 1n the Rareft Princes, to continue confiant to the End, tn t.heu Fa.vours,and Employments. Andknowing,for the o~her pomt,that Envy, ever ac~ompanieth Greatnefl, though neve I fo well deferved: Aod that his Lordfbip, hath al waies marche~, a Round) and a R.eall Courfe, in fervice: And as, he hath n.ot m.oved.Envy, by Pomp, and o.ftentation; fo, hath he never ~xtmgm~ ed It, by any Popul~r, or Injinu.ztive, Carriage of Himfdf., And t.h~s, n~ doubt, was ~ts second Dr~(t, . A Tht~·d J?rift, w~s, ro afia y, if he could fupplant, and weaken, (?Y thJs v10le!1t kmd of Libelling, and turning the whole ImputatlOJt, upon hJs Lordfbip,). his Refolu~ion, and Courage; And to make him pr.oceed more. caut~lou~y, and not fo through1y, and fl:rongly,agatnfr them; Knowing hts Lordfhip,to be a Politic/zMan and one, that hath, a greatStak_e to~ leefe. 1 l.afily, leafr ~hile ~ difcovcr Cunning, and Art, of this Fellow, I fhould make htm WI~er t_hen he was, l, think, a great part of this Eoo4, was P .dfi?n; D~fjiczle eft t.u:ere, cum dulea:r. The Hul?tours 1 of thefe Men bemg, . ot themfelves, eager, and Fierce, have, b; the .6-bort, and Blafttng, ofthtir Hopes; been blinded and enraged. And furely, thisEouk_, is, of all that Sort, that have been written ObforrvationJ upon· a Libell,publifoed, In Anno.; 1 ;92 .. written, of the meanefi work-~an-~ip; Being fraughted, with. fund~y bafe Scojf,and cold Amplifictt.ttons, and other charatler.r, of Defpue; But vOid, of all judgement, or Ornament~ ~. Of the pre}ent Efiate, of tbiJ Realm, of England ; whether it n1ay be, truly, avo1eched) to be profperous, or Affiicted. T He Benefits, of Almigbiy God~ upon this Land, fince the time that in his fin~ular providence, he led, as it were, by th~ ~and, and placed, In the Kingdome, his Servant, our !f2.!!:.een Elizabeth,_ are f~ch, as .not io Boafiing, or in Confidence of our felve s, but m pr~1fe ot h1s Holy NamP., are worthy, to be, both confidered a~d confe~ed; yea:> and regiftred, in perpetu~ll Memory: Not: Withftandmg, I mean not, after the manner of a Panegyrique to ExtoO the prejimt Time. It iliall fuffice onely, that thofe Men, ~hat through the Gall, and Bitternefs, of their own Heart, have 1ofr lheir Taft? and )1tdge'!1ent; ~nd would, deprive God, of his Glory, and us, ot ourjcncCJ, 1n affirmmg our Condition,to be Mi{erable,and tull of Tokens, , of the Wrath, and Indignation of God, be reproved. ff rben:s it be true, 1 hat, Nemo eft Mifer, aut Felix, niji comparatm; Whether we {ball, ( ke.eping our felves) within the Compaffe, of our own .lfland,) look~ toto the MemorieJ, of Times paft; Or, at this pref~nt time, take a vtew, of or her States, abroad, tn Europe; We £hall find, that we n~ed not give place, to the Happinejfe, either of Anr:eflours,or Neighbours-For, if a Man weign well, all the Parti, of State, and Religion:> Lawes, Adminiflration of Juftice; PoUity of Governmcttf? MannerJ, Civilitj, Learning_ and L iberall Sciences, IndHflry and .llJanuall Arff, Armes and Provijions of Wari; fcrr Sea, and Land, Treaj11re, 'lrajJiq;~e,'i lmprovementoftheSdyle, Populatio11, Honuur and Reputation: It wilt appear, that takin~, one part, with Another, the State, of this Nr~tion, was never more flourifh.; ing. · . It is e;Jfie, to call to Rr;ttienJbrance, out ofHjlories, the King.r,of · England, . which have, in more ancient times, en joyed greatefr Hat'PineJle'J . I3efides her !Vfajejiies Father, and Grandfather, that raigncd in rare f elicity, as is frefh in Memory. They have been, K. Henry 1 .K f1e1J 2. K. Hen. 3· King EdrtJ. the I. K. Edw. the 3· K. Henry the). All which, have been Prince;, of Royall Vertue, Gre:uFelicit·y, aodFa!.ll(JUS Memory. Hutitmay betrulyaffirmed, without ~erogation, to any of thefe worthy Princu; that whatfoever we find in Libels, there is not to be found, in the 109 ,. - |