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Show 104 ObftrtVatio11J 'J$pon a Libcll, pub/ijl:;ec/, in Anna, s S y· ~ . ceffc, of particular Pleas, between p~ivate Men, al~ thingc:,ough t , to be ordered, by the Rul.es, ofCtV1!~Lawu: So, Ill !he Procee- · ding~, ofthe U"arrc, nothmg ought t? be done, ag~lfnft the Law . ofNatio-ns, ortbeLawofHonour; Whtdl Lawes, ~1aveever r.ro~ nounced, thofe two Serts, of JVJen; The one, Confpn:atmtrs, ~g:11n Ct f the rcrfOns of Princes; The other, L1bellers, agamil: then good !: Fa me Jto be fuch Enemies of common Society, as are not to bel cherifued, no not by Fne:rieL For, in the Exam~le~, ofTimcs, which were leffe corrupted, we find, that when, 1n the ~reate!t Heats and Extremities of Warrs,there have been made Offers ot lvfltrd;rouJ, and Traiterout, Attempts, againft the PP.rfon, of a r1·ince, t 0 the Enemy, they have been, not onel y Rcj eB ed, b_ut al[o R€vect- . led. And) in like manner,when Dij!Jinourdb!e .l'vtcntJOJt, hath been made, ot a frince, before an Enemy Prince~ by foma, tha~ have . thought, therein, to ple:1fe his {'I urn our,. he hath fhewed h1mfelf, contrarywife, utterly diftalted therewith, and been. ready, to conteft for the HonoHr, of an Enemy. Acc~rding to which Noble, and Magnanimon8, Kind of Proceeding, it will be f0und, that, in thew hole CoUt fe) o~ he.r l'vftt jeftieJ Proceeding, with the King of Spain; ftnce the Am tty mt e r ~ rupted; There. was never any proj.ett, by her Afajefly, or a_ny of her Miniftcrs, either mov:d, or afien~ed unto, for the Takmg a- l way, of the Life~ ~f ~he fa1d King: Neither, hath there been, a~y j Declaration, or Wrrtmg, of Eflate; No, nor Book._al!owed, where1? his Honour, hath been touched, or taxed, otherw1fe then for h1s Ambition; A point, which is, nece!farily, interlaced, with her Jl;fajefties own Jufhfication. So that no Man, needeth to doubt, but that ~hofe WarrJ, are grounded, upon her l'vlajefties part, up· on juft and Honourable Caufes, which h~ve fo J ufr l and Honcurable; a p:rofecution; ~onfideriog, it is a much ha.rder Mat. ter when a Prince is entred into 11--'arrJ, to hold refpect thw, and not to be tranfported with l'ajfion; than, to make Modcr.1tc, and Jltft Refolutions) in the Beginnings. But now, if a Man look, on the other part, it will appear, that rather, as it is to be thou~ht, by the Solicitation of Tre~itor01u Sltbje& J!)(which is the onely Poyfon,and Corruption,ofall Honour:l· ble JVarr, between Forrainers;) Or by the Prefumpt':on ~fhis I Agents, and »JinifterJ, then, by the proper Inchnatwn, of that King, there hath been, if not plotted, and practifed, ye't, at the leafr, comforted, Confpiracies;againfr her Maje.fties Sacred l'er{on ; which, nevertheleffe, God1 Goudnejfe, hath ufed, and turned, to iliew by fuch miraculous Difcoveries, into how near, and precious, Care, and Cufrody, it hath pleafed him:~ to receive her M'tjeflies Life, and Prefervation. But, in the other Point, it is {l:raoge,; what a number, of Libellous~ and Defatnator}', Book._es, 2nd Writings, and in what Variety, with what Art, and cunning, handled, have been allowed to pafs throughthe World, in all Languages, againfr her Majefly, and her Governmenl; Sometimes, pretending, the Gravi ty1 ~--------------------------------------------~----- ObfervationJ 11po1t a Libell, publifoed, lit Anno, IS 9 ~" j 69. G_ravitys and A~thority, of ChHrch Storie~, to move Belief; fome~ ttmes, farmed Into R~monjlran€er, and Advertifements_ofEftate to move Regard; Sometimes, prefented as it were in Traged1es >of !he rerfec~t.ti01JJ o~ c_atholick.f,to move Pitty; Some~imes~contri~ed, mto pleafant Pajqutls and Satyres, to move fport: So as, there is no ilia pe, whereinto~thefe Fellowes,bave not transformed themfel~ es ; Nor no Humor, nor ·affection,- in the mind of Man, to \V h~ch they have not applyed themfelves; Thereby,to inlinuate, thetr Un t~uths, and abufes, to the J>Vorld. And, indeed, le't a ~..tn look mto them, :and he (hall find them, the only Tri11mphant Ltesu that ever were confuted,)by Cirmmflances of Time and Place· Co~fut~d bY: Centrariety, in the~felves; Confuted, b'y the Wit~ ne£!, of tnfintte Perfons, that hve yet, and have had, particu1ar Kno~ledge,.~ft~eMatters: Butyetavouched, with Cuch Affe. verauon~ as tf, ett.her they were fallen, into that firange Difeafe o~the Mmd, which a Wtfe Wr!t~r, defcribeth, in thefe words; Ftng1mt jmul r:reduntqtJe; Or as It, .they had received it,as apr incipalll'reccpt, and Ordrnance, of therr Scmhzaries · A1tdaCier calumniare, fe.mper aliq,1~id hteret; Or as if, they were of ;he Race, which in old time, were wont, to help themfelves with Miraculous Lies· But, when the C.ltufe o~ this, is entred in'co; Namely, that ther~ paffeth over, out ofthts Realm, a mamberof Eager and Unquiet schollers, whom, their own Turbul,ent, and Hm~ourous , Na.~ ture,preff~th out, to feek their Adventures abroad; And that.o.n the other ~de, they are ?ouri~ed~ ~ather in Lifiening after Ne~s, and lntell_Igences, and 1n W~tfpenngs, then in any Commenda .. ble Learnmg; And after a time , when either their Neceffitous Efiate_, ?r their Ambitious Appetites, im portuttc them, they fall on ?evJii~g, _how to do, fome acceptable fervice, to that fide~ wh1ch t?atntaln~th them; So as ever, when their Credit, waxeth Cold) With Forratn rri1z_ce~; Or that thei~ Penfions, are ill pay'd; ~ O,r fome Preferment, ts_m fight, at ~h1ch they levell; Straitwayes, out co~ met~ a f:tbe/1, preteodmg thereby, to keep in 1ife the rarry, whtch wHhtn. the Realm; is ccntrary to· the State: (Wheretn, they are as wtfe, as he, that thinketh to kindle a fire, by blowing the dead Allies;) When, I fay, ~man looketh m~o the Caufe, and G~mmd, of thi_s plentifull yield of Libel/J, he Will ceare, to marvatle, confidenng the Concurrence, which is, as we)l, tn the Nat~ue of th.e feed, as in the travell ofTilling,and dreffiog; yea,and In the Fttndfe, oftheSeafon for the Bringing up ofthofe infectious weeds. ' But, t_o verefie, the Saying,of our Savi01tr, Non eft nifc;pn/uJ fo- " per .l'v1dgiflr~m; As they have fought to deprave, her Jviajeflies Go~ ernment? 1~ her felf;So,have they not forgotten, to do the fame, .to her pnnctp~ll Servants, and Counfellers; Thinking belike, tliat as the I'!'medrate Inveflives :~ againfr her Majefty, do befi fatisfie, the Mabee, of the Forreincr · So the flander and Calumniation of her principall Counfellours~ ag~eed befr, with ;he Humours, offo~e P Male- |