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Show \ 3~ · A Report, i11 the Ho1ife ofC()1jJmo;zs,ofthe Earl ofSalisburics, /tderchantJ received ; And attributed fo much,to th<:ir Proftffion~ and El1ate; As from fuch a mouth in fuch a Pre fenc e, they ought roreceiv~, foragreatdeal, ofHonour, andComfcrt;_(whtch Kind ofDemonfrrati6n> he did enterlace, throughout his whvle Speech, as proceeding, Ex Ab11ndantia Corcli-r,) yet, n~verthelefs, he did retnember four Excufations, or rather Extenuat;onJ,of thofe wrongs. • . The firft was, that the Inj11jih:es, complamed of, · were not In the Higheft Degree; Becaufe, they were Dtlay~s, and ha1d pr~· ceedings, and not Inique Sen~cnces, or definitive Con~e'mnatl. ons. Wherein I called to mmd, what I heard a great Bijhop,fay; That courts ofJ~.ftice)though they di~ n_ot tun~ Juflice into Wo~m . wood, by Corruption; yet, th~y turned 1~,1n~o Vmeg.ar, by Del~t es. . which fowred it. Such a Dtfference dtd his Lordfbtp make=> wh1ch, no quefi:ion :>is a Difference,femndum Magi!,& Jl,ftmti. Second I y his Lordfhip afcribed thefe De! ayes, nor fo much to · Mallice or Alienation ofMind, towards us; As to the ~lature, of the Pedple, and Nation; which is Proud, and therefore pil:nory :For all proud Men are _full of De.faycs, .and rn_ufi be wa~ted on; And fpecially, to the Multitudes, and Dtverilues, ofTnbunals, and places of Jufiice? And the Nutnber of th~ Kings Counftl s, full ofReferrhtgs, whtch eve! prove, ofnec~fh~y, to be De~er rings 3 BeGdes, the great Dilrance of Tern tones. All whtch, have made, the Delayes, of Spain, to come into a Byword, through the World. Whertin, I think, his Lordfhip ffiightallude~ to the Proverb of Ita!J; Ale Jleng~ Ia Mm·te di Spagna. Let my De alb come from spa_in: For the~, it is fure, to be lo!lg a comming. Thirdly, hts Lordfhip dtd ufe, an Extenuatt®n ofthefe wrong~" drawn from the Nature of Man; (Nemf}fobit'ofingitur:) For that, we mull: make an accoun~; That, thougH the Fire of Enmity, bt out, between spain,andus;yet it vapoureth: The utter Extincting whereat~ mH.fi be the worlcof Time. But lafily, his Lordjhip didfa11, updn hat Extenuation, which of all the refr) was mufi: for'tible ; which was; That many of thefe wrong1, were not fuftaine<l, without fome Afperfion, of the , 111errhants own Fault, in minifiring the OccaGon ~ which grew . 1 C'hidly in this manner. · I There is contained, an A1·ticlt:, in the Treaty, between spain, 1 and 1u; That, we f11all not traofport, any Native Commodities, l of the Low-Ccuntrey.r-y into spain: Nay more, that we fhall not tranfport, any Opificia; MaMifalJurer, of the fame C01tnfreys. So that, if an Englifh Cloath, take but a Dye, in the Low C01mtryes, 1 it m .1 y not be tran f ported by. the Englij!J: And the Reafon is, bel cau fe even thofe llJanufaltures,although the Materiall come from 1 other Place~, do yield unto them) a Profit and Sufientation, in regard their People are feton work by them: They have a gain, likewife, in the Price; And they have, a Cuftome:~ in the Tr~nfportiog. All which, the Pollicy of spain, is, to debar them of; Be- And the Earieof NortiJamptonJ Speechej. ·--- -- Being no lefs defirous,to Suffocate the Trade of the Lorv-Cdlt.ntrieJ, then to reduce their obedience. This Article, the Englifb hlerchant, either doth not, or will not, underfiand:But beicg drawn, with his threefold Cord,ofLove,Hate, and Gain; Thty do ad. venture, to tranfport, the Low-countrcy Commodities, ofthefe .natures; And fo, draw upon themfel ves, thefe Arre!h, and Troubles. . For the Trade, to the Iudies; His Lord !hip did difcover unto us, the frate of it, to be thus • . The Pollicy ~f Spt1in:> doth keep that Treafury of theirs, under fuch ·Lock, and Key, a~ both Confederates, yea, and Subj~crs, are excJuded, ofTrade, into thofe Countries. : Infomrich as the French King, who hath reafon to fhmd, upon equall termes, with ..s:pai?t, yet neverthelef..,, is, by exprdfe Capitulation,debarred. The SttLje[/s of rortts,~tdl') whom the State of spain, hath fiudied,by all means, to content_, are likewife debarred; Such a vigil.rnt Drtzgon is there~ that .keeptth this Golden Fleece: yet nevertheleffe, fuch was his Majeflics Magnanimity, in the Debate, and Conclufion, of the lafi Treaty; As he would never condifcend, to any Article, importing the Exclufion, of his subjet1s, from that Trade~· As a Prince, that would not acknowledge, that any fuchRight, could grow, to the Crown of Spain, by the Donative, of the Pope; whofe Authori,ty he Difclaimeth: Or by the Title, of a difperfed, and puncruaii Occupati. on, of certain Territories, in the name uf the refi:: But frood firm, to referve that point, in full Qy.eitioo, to further Times, and occafions. So as it is left, by the Treaty, in Sufpence, neither debarred, nor permitted. The Tendernefs::~ and Point of Honour whereof, was fuch,as they, that went thither, mufi run their own PeriJ I. Nay further, his L(')rdjbip affirmed; That if yetJ at this time, his MajeH:y would defcend, to a Courfe of Entreaty, for the releafe, of the .Arre:fts, in thofe parts, And fo confefs an Exclufion; And quit the point ofHonour:, his JUajefly, mought have them, forthwith releafed : And yet his Lordfbip added; That the Olfences, and Scandalls, of fome, had made this point worfe then it was; In regardJ that this very lafi Voyage to Virginia; intended for Trade and Plantation; Where theSpaniard,hath no People, nor Polfdfion, is already become inflamed for Pyracy. Witnefs Bingley, who firfr, infinuating his purpofe, to be an A· fiour, in that worthy Action, ofEnJargio~ Trade, and Plantatio1J, is become a Pyrate; And hath been fo purfued, as his Ship3 is taken in Ireland, though his Perfon, is not yet in hold. For the Trade; to the Levant; His Lordfoipopened unto us, that the Gomplaint confifred, in effeCt, but of two Particulars: The one, touching the Arreft of a ship, called the Trial!, in Sic ely' The other, of a Ship, called the Vineyard, in Sardi1!ia. The Firfr, of which Arrefts, was, upon preten'ce, ofPyracy: The Second, upon prete~ce:> of carrJ:ing ordnance, and Powder, to the Turk.,_. T~at Procejje, concerntng the TriaU, hath been, at the Merchants In- F franc..-, |