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Show ObferttJationJ·upon ~ Libell,publifhed,In Anno 15 9 ~. of Peace was made; But broke off, upon the Article, ot the Rcftit11tion, o~ C allice. ~ fter ffl!!:een MarieJ I?ea th, the King of .spain, thinking htmfelf, d1fcbarged, of that Dtfficulty, (though m hcnour he was no .Ieffe bound to it, then before,) renewed the hke Treaty, whe,ein her Maje.fty concurred: fo as the Commijjioners, for the faid Princes, met at chafteau Cambraiffi, near cam-: bray. In the pro~eedings,of which Treaty, it is ~rue, that at t~e firft, the ComntijjlonerJ, of Spain, for form, and In Demonfiratlon onel y, pretended to ftand firm, upon the Demand of C allice; but it was difcerned, indeed, that the Kings Meaning was,.after fome Ceremonies, and perfunctory Infifl:ing thereupon~ to grow, apart, to a Pe.1ce,-with the French, excluding her JUajefly; And fo to leave her, to make her own Peace ':('r.tfter her Pcoplf!, Had made his Wari. Which Covert Dealing;r being politickly looked into, her Majefty had reaf(m, being newly invefied in her Kingdom; And, of her own Inclination, being affected to Peace; To conclude the fame, with fuch Conditions as fhe mought : And yet, the King of spain, in his Diffimulation, had fo much Ad vantage, as ihe was fain, to do it, in a Treaty, a part, with · the French; whereby to one, that is not informed, of the Coun~ els, and Treaties of State, as they paffed, it lhould feem to be, a voluntary .Agreement, of her Majejly;, whereto the King of spai11, would not be party, whereas, indeed, he left her no other choice. And this was the firft AJ/ay, or Earnefl penny) of that · Kings, good affection, to her l'vfaje.fty. About the fame time) when the King was follidted, to renew, fuch Treaties, and Leagues,as had paffed, between the two Crowm, of spain, and England; by the Lord cobham, fent unto him, to acquaint him, with the Death of ff2!!een Mary; And afterwards, by Sir 1homas Challenor, and Sir Tho11tas Chamberlain, fuccetfively, Embajfodo1Jrs, Rejident in his Low Countries; ·Who had order; diven times, during their Charge, to mlke Overtures . thereof, both unto the King, and certain principall perfons abou~ him, And laftly, thofe former Motions, taking no effe&; By Vifcount Montacute, and Sir Thomas Chamberlain> fent unto spain, in the year 1560; np other Anfwer, could be had, or obtained, Qf the King, but that, the.TreatieJ did ffand, in as good Force, to all Intents, as new Rdiftcation, could make them. An Anfwer firange at that time, but very conformable, to his·ProceedingJ . fince; which belike, even then, were clofety fmothered, in his ' own ~reaCt. For had be not, at that time, fome hidden Aliena- · tion~ ?f Mind, and Defign, of an Enemy, towards her. Maje.fty; . So wtfe a King, could not be ignorant; That the Renewin& and· Ratifying, of Treaties, between Prinoes, and state~, do adde great Life,•and Force, both of .Ajforance, to the partie~ themfelves;and CDN1il111ance, and Reputation to :the Wurfd befides; And have, for . th31t aufe, been commonly ,_and hecdfarily, ufed, and pra-tlafed. · · · . . . . In ObfervationJ upon a Libell publijhed I A . , . ----.. -__...; - . ' ' n nno, , 59 .,~ ~ - •, 7 In the Mefiage of Jl;r; . - ' that he fhould era' h t;co~nt Montatute, H was alfo contained, ---:--- ding to Amity anvde, t edJ(7nglZs.Counfel1, and Affiftance, accor~ . I . ' goo InJe 1 encc u · tam perniciom riots of the Hour; gfO ~r. pon a DJfcovery, of cer-the way of Scotland. ':Je o U!Je? to ann?y this Bealm' by and fo cold, as Nothi::~~:~~t~ the ~Cmg;. Anfw:-r, was fo Dark, an Expo!ition of it himfelf b e mac.e? Jt; Ttll he. hJd m~de, uf i!1unitton, to be ~arried 'uf cfehtls, In the expr~fie Reflraint, Sieoeof Le;th. B fc 'o .o l e Low-Conntncs' unto the ~ · ' ecau e our Natron t h r. fn1m rhence. So a~ in all th , ' . w_as 0 ave mpply, thereof, Kin& CrilJ,her MaJJiy received ~~g~t~~~~';{? th~t pafied, with that] fufpi ri ous and Bad To'"' f ~Jtlls.: 1?n, ut m01e and morel S ~:.' I).t ns, o ev1 aJ.tf'ctiOn oon a1ter whe h . - . • fore the Kin 'ha n upon I at.Pro_;ea, whtch was: difclofed, be-ges., unto hisg Sltt~g;ol ;~d~~tt~n~lll the. Liberties, and Privdedto dlablilh amongtr' he e er an r, anciently belonging; And fe()pli, being ver 1Fe!tt%m.' ~ M~rfoall.G_overnment; which the and Defenjib!e by ry' ~nd mhabttmg TolvneJ, very flrong could not endut~ r~~~{;a;~~7~' b~thh of Nat~tr~, and the Hand: thofe Countries In h . h . we .t e Defe[fton, and revolt, of which have ~;ffed ~ :c Atlum~ bemg the greattft, of all thofe of her Majefly, ba;h be:ef~ JEan' a~d E'!gland, th~ rroceeding: Honoutab!e Regards as Nothi 'dan h ~mgled ' with fo many quite her Ma .eft. ' ng, ot. o much dear, and ac-honou: able roll~;? 'F~~~ogly frob ~affz.on). bnt alfo, from all Dif~ did impart' unto Him r f~i~~;u~ egJ~~tng of the Tr~ubles, fhe Courfe, that was to be ;ake fc _,han I~ce~e, Adv1fe, of the them ; And c:xpreily c n, or td.e bqmetttng, and appeafing were_, . . ' , IOie\varne oth h · i If d fi h Jn pnncipall Charge . th fi' . Im e ~ an uc as of rbe danger like to e f ' I~ f o e Counlrles, durmg the War I, that People; left, they fil~u~1~ ~a1ft ~e:}~!' fo h_eavy a Hand, over a Strct1tf!.er But find 1n th K. . ves, tnto the Antu, of j (.cted; ll Coun.feJJ, tha~'tenede~:g:o~l~ ~~ndx~lcer~te:J as here· d mg' her ~faJeflJ nevertheleHe , racwus, proceeRcjolution; (w-hich was 'tft't . ' gila ybe 1 not over her Honourable '1 ' were po I e to red d 'CI e' thofe CoHntries unto th b d. ' uce~an recon- ) raig "' the King of /pain: A nedo if t~ence, of their N.ttura/1 Sove· prcfet ve them' from alienating the at lm~ught not be_, yet to As namely' unto the French w· h ~he ve., to a Ecrram Lord; Anq amongft whom the Ent~rp:.~ f F~m Jhey much treated; pounded as a Mene to . ue ? an ers' was ev.er proBnt, pati~ntly tem . _unae, thetr own Civill Diffen.Gons ;) Time mou ht'b dp?nzmg' expected the good effeCt' which tremitie·· ~f D ~ee. . A~d w henfoever,tbe States grew into Exof any F~rrai1te; _patr, an thereby ready, to embrace the Offer Relirf of Aloney ~r Then. would her Maje.fty, yield them, fom~ torhem: Tothe permt_t, fomesupplyofFercer, togooverunfiill con~inued tend, td_tnterrupt, fuch violent Refolutio7z =lAnd 'o me late, unto theKing,fomeJufr,andHo . T nourable |