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Show ' 1 ~6 O~{ertVationJ ttpon a Libell, publijhed, 1n Anno 1 S 9~ from the other Sort. For BHrchew, it is certain he was Mad; As. appearerh, not only by his- Mad Miftaking=> but by the violenc~:> that he cffted after~ to his 1( eeper; And mofr ev1dently=> by Ius Behaviour at his Execution: But of Cath(}lick.f, ( I mean, the Traiter111 jo~t, of them, a Man may fay, as Cato, faid, fometimes, ot C£jar; EtJm ad e1,crtendam Re'!lp.fobrium a~ceJfdfe: They camefober, and well advifed, to their -rreafon! ~tnd ClmjpJracJei; And commonly they look not fo low, as the Counfeller!, but have bent, their m~rderour Attempts, imtnediatly, againft her Majeflies facred Perfo1t; (Which God have in his precious Cuftod y ;) As may appear, by the conjpiracy, ofSommer'lJile,:ar~y,Sdvadge~ the Six, a~d others; Nay, they have defended tt, tn Thej, to be a LawjulJ AfJ. Pag. 4~· he faith; That his Lord.(hip, whom he calieth t~~e Arch-Politick._ hath fra\\ldulently provtded,that when any Priejt,1s aruigned, th~ Indi&ment,is enforced, with many odious Matte r:~ : Wherein he {heweth great Ignorance, ifit be not Mallice: For the Law, permitteth not, the Ancient Formes ofindi&ntentsr> to be altered; Like as in an Atlton of Trejpafs, although a MJn, take a· war anothers Goods, in the peaceableft manner, in the Werld, yet the ~·Vrit hath; ff<!!:zre vi, & Armk; And if a Man enter~ upon ~mothers Ground,and do no more,the rlantife mentioneth; f!<!!.od Fierbam foam ibidem crefcentem, cum Equis, Eobm, fOr cis, e!J- Bulentibrn, depa.ft111 (it, conculcavit, eJ.: conjumpjit. Neither is this any Abftirdity; For, in the Prachfe, of all LarYJ, the Formularies, have been Few, and Certain; And not -varied, according to every Particular Cafe. And in Jndi{]meuts, al(o, of Treafon, it is not fo far fetched, as in that ofTre(pa{s? For the Law, ever prefumeth in Treafon, an Intention, ofjiebverting the State, an~ Impeaching, the Majefty R.oyaU. . Pag. 45· and. in. oth<!! pla,ces,., (peaking of the perfecuting, of Ctttbolickf, he fhll meJIUone~h, Bowellings, and Conjuming Mens Entrailes, by Fire; As if thts, were a Torture, newly de·vifed; Wherein he doth C4u~eloufly, and Malicioujly, fupprdie, that the Law, and C;tftom, of thts La?Jd, from all Antiquity, hath ordained that Punifbment, in cafe of Treafon, and permitteth no other. AndaPunifhment, furely, itisl tboughofgreatTerrour, yer by reafon, of the quick Difpatthing, of Idle~ Torment far, then either the IYbcele, or FDrcipation, yea, then Simple Burnin(J. Pag. 48. he faith; England, is confederate, with the Gre~t Tur~ ~herein, .if he mean it? becaufe the MerchantJ, have an Age11t, tn Conftantz'!op!e; f:Jow Wll~ he anfwer_for all the Kings, of France, fince Francu the Fufr, whtch were good Catbolick!? For the Emperour ? for the King of spain, H imfelf? fot-the s en11te of Venice, and other State!, that have had, long time, Embajfadours Liedgers lin that ~ourt? lf}:lemean it, becaufe the Turf{, hath done, fom(~ fpeciall HoRo~u, to our Jimba.!fadour, (if h~ be fo to be termed,) we are beholdmg, to the King of spain for tbat; For th;tt, the Honour, we have won upon Him, by Oppofitiou, hath given us, · Re- ObfervatiOJtJ upon a Libell, publifhecl; ln Anno , ~ 9 , . R.eputation, through the World: If he mean it becaufe the ·rurlt, feemerh to affeCt u~, for the Aboliibing uf Im;geJ ; Let him ~onfider then, what a ~candall, the Matter of Imager, hath been, tn theCh1trch: As havmg been, one of the ptincipall Branches whereby Mahunteti(me entred. ' Page 65. he fai rh; Cardinali AUen, was of late very near to have ~e~lecred Pope. Whereby_, h~ w~uld put: rhe Cathoiick.f here, tn fome hope, that once, wu:hm Five or Six yea r~, (For a Pope, c~mmonly, fitteth n? ~ong~r,) he may obtain that, which hetnt,ffed narrowly~ Thts ts a d1refr AbUfe; For it is certain in all the Con.cltwes, fi~~e Sixfll.f ff2.!!int111', who gave him his Hat, 'he w~s ~ever tn poffibthty: Nay, the King of spain) that h'ath patromzed, _the Church of R.ome, fo long, ~she is become a right Patron of It; In that, he fee!reth to prefent to that see whom he _Iik:eth; yet never durft, fir~in, his ~redi't, to fo defperate a Pomt> as once, to make a Canvafs, for htm: No he never nomi. nated him, in his Inclujve Narration. And th;fe that know any T~ing, of the Refpel1s, of Conclaves, know, that he is not Papable; Ftrft,becaufe he ts, an Vltramontane of whtch fort there hath been none, thefe Fifty years: Next, b'ecaufe he is a Cr1rdinall ~f Almc1, ofspain,and wholly, at the Devotion of that King: Thi;dly, becaufe he is like to employ, the Trea[it~e and F avourr of the Popedom, upon the E.nterprtpJ of E'!gland; And the Reli;J; and Advancement, of Englifb Fugztr.ver, hts NeceJ.fitom Country-men; So as, _he p re_fumed much, upon the Simplicity, of the Reader, in thi · pomt, as tn many more. P age 15· a~d again Page 70. he faith;. His Lordfhip, (Meaning the Lord Burlezgh,) Intendeth to match, hts Grandchild Mr. William C~cill, with the Lady Arhella. Which be~ng a mee; imagination, Without any Circumflance at all, to enduce it; More then that they are bot~ unmarricd;Ar;td that their years,agree wel!;Needed~ no Anjwer.lt ~s true, that ht~ Lordfoip, being no stoical!, Vnnatltra/1 Man?~~t lovmg towards hts C!Jildren; F'~>r CharittH R eip.incipit a F amzlza;) Hath been glad,to match them,tnto Honourable and Good Bloud;And yet not fo,but,that,a private Gentleman of No~thantpton jhire,that lived altogether,in t he Country, was abie to befiow his Daughters, ~igher, then hi~ Lord. hath done. But yet, it is not feen by any ~htng pan, th~t hts Lordjhip, ever thought, or affected, to ma~ch hts Chrldren, In the Bloud R.oyaU: His Lordjhips Wijedom, ~htch hach been fo long of Gathering, teacheth him, to leaffito hts Pofterity, rather Surety, then Danger.And, I marvaile wher be the Combinations, which have been. with Great Men; And he Popular, and PJauGble, CoHrfe!, which ever accompany fuch e~ gnes,. as the Libeller fpeaketh of: And therefore, this Mat ) IS but hke unto that, which the fame., ellotrJ, concluded,between the fame Lady Arbella, and the Earl of Leice.fterJ Son, when he was, but a Twelve.Moneth old. Pag. 70, he faith; He lab~ur.eth, ince!fantly, with the ~ee11, II 2 to '47 |