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Show ',' A true 1\eport of Dr. Lopez l;iJ 1rcafou. gem, w h.~ h 1' ar r.u/ ! a mofr Cunning, and Arti fic iall '1 ray tom·, had provided for H tmfelf. f Neverthdefle:lthis Matter, by the grea t Goodn !fe o. d)(1 J •l- 1.t ngt·n togood Hands) o.f thofe Honoura. ble, and fdu fficte. nl r., pcr r - fons which dealt therem; Was, by thet~ great,an WOl_t_ lY ~ n-d u1u1t.'. y, 1r 0 11 an dl e d , and follo. wed; As thls Prot e1· u ohf. a d1lgULJ "CJc -cl, an d T ran s1r o rmed , 'l rea~fo, n :~ drd at laft, appeadr M, I n 11!. Sown h1 ce- J rr: d Colou1·s · which were as Foul,an . onurous,as ave neue an ' f 1 ·.,a · ll b een, k nown, 1· n the world · For fom. e o 1er M<l)C;· ze.s.. ·c ou. nce ,f }on .Gnce, entred into conGderat1on; That the. R .. t tn t w _o K · g Antonio (I mean fome of them,)were not unl1~e, to.hatch=-t~: le kinds ~fTrcafons; In regard, they were Needy Stra ngrrs, I entred into defpair of their Maflcr.r Fortune:> and l tke cnc;mgh, to a f p·u e, t o ma ke th...,. ·lr Peace at home' by fome fuch wtdd tcd . Se rv·t ces as, th etrt.e . And t 1n ereforcgrew' to have, an e.x r.t raor pm ..t· r vi ila'nt E e upon them. Which Pruden~, and D11cr_eet) r,e- : fyu rn pg 1· 00 , oyr ConJ· ,'-\n.,tu re '· Joyned with fome AdWve rttfehm enfi t.sn,. 0 f Efp t· a 11 s a b roa d , and fome other Indufiryd; 1a. s• , ht e· l l lhl C au1r.e , ( nex t un der the oQ 'reat Benediction ·o f G1o , wc ntc r g11tv et unto rrz·n ces~ zea lous Cou11'._d, lours '· And gtvet 1 to · ounte d oDu ·r 1s, Policy, and Difcerning Thoughti;) of the Rev~ahng>. an 1 - . covert. ng, of ther11e r~r'; rea.J. f O• ns , which were .contnved) In Order~ and Form, as hereafter is fet down. . , This Lopez,~ of Nation, a Portugeze, and fufpcCte?,to be m feet, fecretly, a ~f.ew; (Though here he conf~nned Htmfelf,. to the R.itcs of c hriflian Religion;) For a long r:me, J?rofdfed phyfick in this Land; By occafion whereof, (betng WithaH a Man very Obfervant, and Officious, and of a pleafing, and a p plyabl~~be haviour ;. In that regard) rather then for any great learntng, in his Faculty· )He grew known, & favou11ed In Court; And wa s, fome years fin~e'l fworn Phyfician, of her Maj_efliei H?1if1Jold;~nd by her Maj1iie.r Bounty>of whom he had received, dtvers G~{~I, I of good commodity, was gr?wn, to good ~lbteof\~'.eJlt.h. \ This Man, had infinuated htmfdf, greatly, (m regard l,c was of the fame Nation,) with the ICing Anton~o; Wh~fe Caufes, he~ pretended tofollicitatthe Cottrt; Efpectally whtle he fup po- f fed, there'was any Appearance, of his Fortt~ne: ~fwhom a} fo,, he had obtained, (as one that referved all.lus ~omgs to Gam,) an Affignation of soooo Crowns, to be lev1ed, In PortNgall. Bur being a P erfon, ,wholly, of a Corrupt,and Mercenary,. ~ature; And finding his Hopes cold, from that part; He caft hts Eyes, upon a more able P aymafier; And fecretly ~ made ~ffer:> long fince, of his fervice, to t t e King of Spain: And accordtn.gly_, gave fu~dry I. telligences, of that whtch paff:d here, and tmport~d mofi, for the King DfSpain to know; Havmg no fmall Means, m rrgard of his continunll Attendance at Co1Jrt, N~arndfe, a_nd Ace fie to learn, many particulars, of great wetght. Wh1c~ InteUige;ces he maintained with .Bernardine Mendoz.~, .Anl'onro Vega~ Roderi'J !.O Marquez, an' d d..t vers oth ers. In __ A true R,apor! of DoC/or Lo·pez -bitT rea Jon. . ln the Conveyanc~, of ~hich his InteUigelfceJ, and in the makmg known ofhjs D1fpofitwn, to do the King of s pain fervice t1e had, (among/1 othe~s,) one lllanHelAndrada, a PortHgeze re~ v?lted fi-om Don .Antomo,. to the King of Sptlin: One, that ~as d1fcovered, to have pra~hfed the Death, of the faid DonAntunio, and ~o lla':e betrayed htm, to Bernat-dine Mendoza. This Man commg _h :ther, was, for the farne his pratrife, appearing by Letters, tn~erc~pted, apprehended, and committed to Prifon~ Before w htch tnne alfo, there had been, by good diligence interc~ pted, other Letters; whereby, the !aid Andrada adverv~ rtt.fed ~endoza, that. he had won, Dr. Lopez, to the Ki11g.r fervice. But Lopez, havmg underftanding thereof· And finding me~ns,. to have fecret conference, with Andrada, before his ex .. amtnati<?n; Perf~aded with him,totake the Matter upon him· felf, as 1f he had Invented, that Advertifement touching r o .. pez, on~Iy to p~ocure himfelf credit, with Me~doza; And to mak~ h~m conceive wel11 of his lndufrry, and Service. And to move ~1m hereunto, lopez fet before Andrada, th;It ifhe did ex~ ufe hi.m,.he thould ~ave credit, to work his Deliverie; Whercrjis; tf h: d1d tmp~ach ~Im,he was not like, to find, any other Mean s:~ off avour. !3y whtch fabtil perfwafion, Andrada, when he came to be ~xam~ne~, anfwered, according to the Direction, and Le~onmg? Which L~pez ha~ .given him. And having thus ac J.~ Itted ~lmfet(ofthiS fufp1c1on, became Sui tour, for .llndra-as Del.tvery, craftily f~-ggefiing, th~t h~ was todo,fome nota. bl~ Service, to Don .Anto»tN:ln whtch hts fmt, he accordingly prevailed · W sen Lopez had thus got 1ndrada, out of prifon, he was futfere?, to_go out of the ~calm) Into spain: Jn pretence, (as was _fatd,) tro,do fo~e ~ervzce to Don AntoNio; But, in truth, to con.unue L~pez Negottatton, and Inte!Jigenccs, with the King of Spatn: whtch he handled fo well, as at his Return hither for the comforting of the faid L(}pe·z, he brought to him fro~ the King, beiides thanks, and words of encow agement ~nd an Ahrazo, (~hichist~e Complement of Favour,) a ver~goodJewell, garnlfhed, wuh fundry fiones,of good value. This Jewell ~hen Lopez had a~cepted, he cunningly cafi with himfelf; Tha; tf he lliol!ld offer tt,to her Mttj1fy~firfr,He was aifured, £he would ,not take tt; Next, t~at the~by, he ihould lay her afleep, and ma~e her Secure.of hu~, for g_reater Matters; According to the fav~ng; Fraur jibr fidem'': parv?s pr~flrHit, 1tt in magni.r opprimat; whtch accordmgly he dtd, With Protefiation~ of his Fidelity: And h~r fWajejly, as a Princejje of Ma~nanimity not apt to fear or fufpicton, returned it to him, with Graciou's words. ' After Lope~, ~ad thus abufed her Maje.fty, and had thefe Trialls of th~ Ftdehty of Andrada; they feU in conference, (the matte~ bemg fir~ moved by Andrada, as he that came frefhly out of Spa?n,) tou~hmg the empoyfoning of the ~een. Which Lopez; (who fa w that Matter of Intelligence, withou.t fome fuch par. X 2 ticu1ar |