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Show 1-_1_.,_±__ ObforvationJ upon a Libell, ptiblifoed, In Anno, t 59 2. 1 • f;dge, alliJVorjhip of God, three Point.r, of great Confeq.,tem:c, unto The fr eci:tll the CiviU E flat e. • . . · Renefirs elta· 0 the fiay of a mighty Treafore, Wlthm the Reabn, whtch) In . ~!i~~ert~ml'o:g foreri~~es, wa~ drawn forth, to Rome. Anot~er, the EiJferjing, . riry of f,digi- and Dijirdmtion, of thofe RevenHe.r; (A moun tmg, ~o. a Thzrd part, on. 2 of rhe Land, oft he Rea!IJI;) And that, ofthegooaltefr,_ and the . richefl: fort, which·heretofore, was unprofitably fpent~ In Molla· jle,·ics; Into fuch Hands, as by whom, the Realm) rcce1vethJ at this day, service, and Strength; And ~any GreatHoufe_s 5 have been fet up, and augmented. The Thtrd, the .11-J~n_nagmg., and E11fr ,mchijing, oft he Jr..egaU Dignity, from the Kecogmtz011,. of a Forraisn superior: All which Points, though begun by her Father?and . tinued by her Erotbcr were yet nevertheleffe,after an Echpfe, . ~~7ntermiffion, Refror:d, and Reefrablifhed, by her Majefties Self. h p . f Finendfe of Secondly,theFinentfsofMonry: For _ast e urgmgaway, o , Money. the Drojje of Religion, the Heavenly Treajure, -was com~ on to_ her Maje.fty, with her Father:_ an~ her Brother: So the Purgmg, ofth~ Bale JJ,Joney'J the Eart~ly Treajure, hath been, altogether,_ proper, t(J , her Mtljejl:ies own Tunes; Whereby our Moneys, bearmg the Na wrall Ejtimation, of th~Stamp, or Mark, both every Man reft~th afiiued ofhis own vallew, and free from th.e lolfes, and ~ec~tts !' which fall out in other places, upoa the R1fing, and Fallmg, of Mfineyr. . . . Thirdly the Might oftfue Navy, and AugmentatJenJ of the shzp. f ThlteNMtght p1·n(T ofth; RealnJ: which by politique Conf+itHtion.r, for Mainte-o t .e avy. u'J ' 'Jd" rfT:f+ · 11ance offij.,ing; And the Encouragement,_ an AJJ.l_j.-anc~, gtven, to the undertak_er.r of New Difcoveries, and Trades by Sea, IS fo advanced, as this Ijla~d is become, (as the Naturall Scitc thereof defer· veth) the Ladyofthesea. . N~w to pafie, from the Co111pari[on, of Time, to the Co~parifon,, of place; We may find, in the States abroa?; ~aufe ofJ'rtty, and cempAjfion in fome; But of Envy, or Emulat10n, In none; Ou_r Con· ·clition being, by the good Favour of God, not InferroHr to any. comparifon TheKingdemeof Franu, which, byrea(on, ofthc:Seatofthe of the fiare. of1 Empire of the Weft, was wont, to have the precedence, of the Engftland wtth 1 K.;nudo'mer ofEurone, is now fallen, into thofe Calamities, that as the at¢S a· I ~ o r h h 1 f. broad. theProphetfaith; F'romtheCro~~ft eHead, tot eSoa ~ft;~Foo!, Afflicted in there is no whole place. The Dzvijion.r, are fo many, and fa mtn- France. cate, of Protefi.JntJ', and C atholic/tJ; RoY_alijh, ~nd L eaguer:r; B11rbo- 11ifls, and Lorainifl.r; Patri~t.r,and Spanifh; As It feem~th,God hath fame great Work, to brtng to paffe, upon that Natzon: yea, the Nobility divided, from the Third Eftate) And the Towns, from the Field: All which Miferies, truly to fpeak, have been wrought by Spain, and the Spanifh FalJio_n. • • tow-Comr The LtJW-C01t».triu, whtch wer~, Wtthtn the Age of a young tr(es. Man, the R.ichelt, the belt Peopled, and the belt Built, Plots of Europe'-~· ObfervationJ upon 11Libe1l, publifoed, ln Anno • ~-9 2 . Europe are in fuch Efiate, as a Countrf) is like to be in, that bath been ~he Seat, of thirty years War; And although, the Sett-Pro. vincer be rather encreafed, in Wealth, and Shipping, then otherwife;' yet, they cannot but mourn, for their JJiflratJion, from the reft of their Body. . The KingdomeofPortugaU, which, oflate tim.es, through their Merchandizing, and places in the Eaj~Indies, was grown, to be an Opulent Kingdome, is~> now at the lafr, after the unfortunate journey of A./frick_, in that State, as a Countrry is like to be, that is reduced, under a Forreiner, by Gonquefl; And fuch a Forreiner, as hath his. Competitour in Title, being a Natura/1 Portugal/, and no stranger; And having been once in po!feffion, yet in Life : w herby his Jealotifie, mufr neceffarily be encreafed, and through --~is Jealoutie, their Oppreffion: which is apparent, by the Carrying, of many Noble Familie.r, out of their N.:tturall Countrie.r, to live in Exile: And by putting to Death, a great Number of NobleMen, naturally born, to have been principall Governer.r, of their Cfmntrie.r. Thefe are three AffiiCied, partj of Chrijiendomc; The R.elt of the States, en joy, either Profperity, or tolerable Condition. The Kingdome of scotland, though at this prefent, by the good Regiment,and wife proceeding,ofthe King,theyenjoy good quiet; yet, fince our Peace, it ·hath paffed,through no fmall Troubles; And rernaineth, full of Boy ling, and S"¥JeUing, Humours; But like, by the Maturity,of the faid King, every day encreafing, to be repreffed. The K ingdome of Poland, is newly recovered, out of great War.r, about an AmbigHour FJ.Iellion. And befides, is a State, of that Compofition, that their King being Elellive:~they do,commonly,chufe, rather a Str.t~nger • then one of their own Countrey. A great Ex, ception, to the Flouriiliing Efrate, of any Kingdome. The King dome ofSwedelaqd:>befides their Forrain W~rn,upon their coujns, the Mufco'iJiteJ', and the Danu ;Hath been, alfo,fubject, to divers Intefrine Tumults, and Mutations, as their Storie~ do record. The Kingdome of Denmark.., hath had good Times, fpecia·lly,by the gcod Governm,ent, of the late King, who maintained, the profeffion, of the GofpeU;_, But yet,greatly,giveth place, to the Kingdome of England, in climate, Wealth, F'ertility, and many other Points, both of Honour, and Strength. . TheEfiates of Italy, which are not, under the Dominion of spain, have had peace, equall in continuance with ours; Except,in regard of that, which hath palfed between them, and the Turk_; Which hath forteq, to their Honour, and Commendation :But yet, they are fo brideled,and over·awed, by the Spaniard, , that poffeifeth the two p.rincipall Members thereof; A~d that, in the two extream parts, as they be like ~illet.r of Freehold, being intermixed, im themiBft,of a_great Honour or Lordfhip. So as their ~iet, is ·intermingled, not with Jealo11jie alone, but with Re- 'traint. · Q 2 The ''5 Pon ug.a!l. Profpero11s as Scotland. Poland. Sweden. Denmark. Iraly. |