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Show ,· ObforvationJ upon aLi 11, pubfijJjed, In Anho, 1 59 2. and the Manner, of the Projecuting, of the Al1ion; And ~ 6; the Confejfion> of fome of th~ Chicfeft, o~ thofe, that were taken Prifoner·s at the Fort: Whtch All, bemg an A&, of Appa rent Hoflility, added,u~to all the ~njuries, aforefaid; And accom-panied with a conunuall R.ecett Comfort, and Counten.mce, by A.u diettc' es, Pcnftons, and Employmen' ts, wht.c h hc gave to TraytourJ, and Ftlgiti7Jes, both Englifh, andirifh; As Wejl~erl:md, _Paget, ~n· glefteld, Baltingla!fe, and Numbe!s of others; Dtd, ~ufficten.tly, J';lfHfie and warrant that purfutt ofRevenge, whtch, (either tn the lpoyl of Carthagena., and San Domingo, _in the Indies, by l'vlr Dra/z.e; Or, in the undertaking, the protcchon, of the Low-countteyJ whc:n the Earl of Leicefler was feat over;) afrerwards foL low~d. For before that time, her A1ajefly, though fhefrood ~lp· on her Guard, in ref peer, of the jufi Caufe of Jealoufie, w~tch, the Sundry Injuries of~hat K_ing, gave her, yet had entred, Into no ojfenjive AU ion, agatofr H1m. ¥or ~oth, the Vol11ntary Force.r, which Don Antonio, had collected, tn thts Realm, were, by ex_pre~s commandement, refrraine~; And Offer was made, of Re!htutton to the Spttnifh Emba!fadour, of fuch T:_eafure, as had been brdught into this Rettlm; upon Proof, that It had been taken by wrong;' And the DH/z.e of Anjou, was, f as much as couldftand, with the near Treaty, of a Marriage, 'Yhtch then, _was very forward~ between her Majcfty-, and the fatd Du/ze;) Diverted, from• the E nterprife, ofF landers. Bat to conclude this Point; when that, fome yea res after; the Invajon, and Conquefl, of this Land 5 Intended long befoi·e, but through many C~offes, and Impediments_, which the King oj spain, found In hts Plots, deferred? Was, 10 the year 15 88 ~attempted; Her Majefty, not forgettmg her own N~ture, was '70D· tent at the fame Infiant,_to Treat of a Peace; Not tgoorantly, as a PriN~t, that knew not, iB what forwardnefs, his preparations were; (For file had difcovered them long before;) No.r fearfully, as may appear, by the Articles, whereupon her Majifiy, in that. Treaty, ftood; which were not, the Demands, of a Prince afraid; But onel y, to f pare the fhecldin.g, of Chriflian Blnted; And to iliew, her confrant Defire, to make her Raign Renowned, rather by Peace. then vilJories: whichPe11te, was, on her part, _treated fincerely; But, on his part, (as it fhould feem,) was but an Abttfe; Thinking thereby, to have taken us more unprovided: So that the D,t/ze ot Parma not liking" to be ufedas an Inftrumef!t, in fuch a Cafe, in . regard of his particular Honour, would, fometime!', ia Treating, interlace; ~hat the Kin!,, his Mafter ~ ment to ma/ze his Pettee, Witb hit sword in his Hand; Let it then be tried, upon ~n indifferent view,oftheproceedingJ, ofEngland, andspain; Whoitis, that Fi{heth, in TroHhled Waters; And hath difrurbe d, the Peace, of chriflendume; And hath written, and defcribed, all his riots, in . Bloud. . There follow tht Articlu, of an VmverfalJ Peace, which the L i, bcller, ObftrvationJ 1~pona Libeli,publifoed, In- Ann_;~;'59l• be/fer, as a Co?Juniffioner, for the Ejlate of England, hath propoun ~ ded, and ~ne thefe : . Firfr, that the King of Spain; fi1ould recall fuch Force.c:, as of great compafiion, to the Natural I People of France he hath fent thither, to defend t.hem, againfr a Relapfed Huy1011ott. Secondly, that ~e fuffer, hts Rebell.r, of Holland and leland, quieti y, to pofiefte the places) they ho-ld ; And to take unto them, all the Refi, of the Lew·COimtrie.r alfo; Condirionally that the EnglijJJ, tnay frill keep, the poffeffion, offuch Port~ Towns, as they have, and have fome half a dozen more, annexed unto them. Third!y, that the Englijh Rover.r, u:o11ght,. peaceably, go, to his Ind1e.r; And there0take away hts Treajttre,and his Ind;es alfo. And thefe A_rticle.r, .being accorded, (he faith,) inight follow that Pear.e, whtch pajfeth all 1tnderjla1uling; As he calleth it in a fcurrile, and prophane Mockery, oft he Peace, which chr;}tiuns enjoy.with God, by the Atton~_ment, which is made, by the Bloud ofchri.ft; whereof the Apoflle fauh; That it paj{eth all underflanding: But theie his Articles, are, fur~, millaken; And indeed corrected, are briefly thefe: 1 . 1. That the King ofFrq,nce, be n0t impeached, in Red~tci11g his Rebels':J to obedience. ..~ • ' 2. That the Netherlands, be fu1.fe'i'ed, to enjoy their Ancient Liberties; and Priviledges·; 'And fO'Forcu of strangers to be with-drawn, both Engl!fh, and Spemi.fh. ' 3· That all Nationr, may trad~, into the Er~ft, and PVeft, Indies ; yea difcover, and occupy, fuch parts, as the spaniard, doth not atl:ual~Y· {'Off~e; An,d ~e not, under Civill Government, notwlthfiandm·g any Dofution, of the Pop~:. ~ ) ; ·. Of the Cunning, ofthe Li~~Jl,~r, in Palliation, ofhil 111alicious Invectives, a&~ti'!foher Majefiy, and the State, with pret~e, oj'T;a~ihg, onely the ACiion.J t>fthe Lord Bnrghl~y . . . · . . ' I Cannot, rig'ht1y, call thi$ P~int., .C-~tnni?tg, in the.L-ibeller· but rather ,good will-tebeCunniBg., with<nut ~kill!l indeeda. o:Judge· m_ent: For fin din& that.ith~d been, the Ufu.all, and Ready, prachfe, of Seditious Sllbjelfs, t,G plant, and qend their Invectives,and Clamours; Ndt againll: t'h~ !f/J!VP.rdign:s -them fel ves , but againfr fome fuch, as bad Grace Wftb. thhn, £!Dd .Authorities under them; He pu~, inure, his Learning, in a wr~ng, aad u. . Qproper, Cafe. Fol' th:s .hath fome A f R€e, to oov~f unduttfpl~ InvelJives, ~hen lt ts ufed, againfr Fa'll{J1trites, or New V.pflartl ~ ~nd fuddainnfen Counfellou.'rs: :BtU; wlren.it lliallbt; practiCed, ,againfl: One, ·· that1 |
