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Show I I J ~ 0 / Obfertt~ati01JJ upon ~t Libell,publfjhed!_In_Anno ·1 ~ 9l~- l~- - t ·u- nly provoked the Hutred, nr Fnmity, of any o. ther 1a ve no , J u ' h. · 1 . {j howfoever that be I know not, at t Js ume, t 1e fne· . tateth' tohath the rower to offend us, though he had the H t!J. IIIJ, a ' . . ft C r f 6>u . II 0 . And whether, we have gtven, J~ aute o ~~rre ~ 1 offence, it {hall be afterward~ touched,In the fwrt~ Artzcle; .1 ·1#c: hing the trite ca1ifes, of the viftnrbance of the ff2!!zct, ~~ Chrifloz. domt!; As far,as it is fit, to jufbfie the.Achon.s, ot fo Htgh a Prmce, upon the Occaflon, of fuch a Libell, .as thts. But now, c~ncerning the Power, and Forces, of any E~my, I do find, that I~ "~1Sland hath fomet1mes apprehended wtth Jealoufie, the Confeder~ tion, between France and scotland: !he one, b~ing upon the fame continertt t{lat we are, al).d breedmg, a soHidzu~, of Puijf: wce and courage, 'not much differing from the Englijh; T~e othe/; a Kingdom very Opulent, and thereby. able, to fufl:~m Wars, though at very great Charge; And havmg.a brav: Nob~flty:, And being a Ne.(r Neighbour. And yet, of thts Conpm[fton, there never came, any offence, of Moment. But Sco~land, was ever rather ufed by France, as a Diverfion, of an Englifb lflVtifion, up~n France, then as a Comm(}dity, of a French Inv,rjion,. upon England. I confeffe alfo, that fince the Vnionr, of the Kmgdo:11 of spain: and during the time; the Kingdom of _France, wa~ m his Entire; A conjm1Ciiun, of thofe two potent Kt~tgdom-;,::~_gam~ us, might have been, of fome Terrour to us. But now .n ts ~vident that the State of France is fach, as both thofe f:01lJUnf1;ons, are become ImpofJib!e: ltrefietb,that either Spain, with Scotland, fhould offend us or spain alone; For Scotland, (thanks be to God,) the Ami~, and Inteltigenee, is fo found, and fecret? b~tween the the two Crowns; Being firengthened, by C~nje11t ID Religion, Ne;zrneffe of Blood, an_d Con_tinuall g?od ?Jfices'j rectproc.alIy on either fide· as the spanrard htmfelf, tn his own Plot, thtn k;th it eaGer to' alter and overthrow, the prefent State ofScot ldnd then t~ remove' and divide it, from the Amity of Englcznd. So 'as it mufr be, spai~ alone, that we fhould fear: which fhould fe:m, by reafon, of his Spacious Dominioni, to be, a g~eat Overmatch. The Conceit whereof, maketh tne call to mtn~, the Refemblance, of an Ancient writer) in Pbyjick._; wh? labounng,to perf wade, that a Phyjician, ~auld not doubt,fometii?es, to J.:U fgt his Patient, though he fee ~tm very we~k._; Entreth tnto ~ J?~ihncl: ion, of Weak._nt}I, and fatth; there IS a IVeak._nifs of Sptrt!, and a Hea/znejs of BodJ : The latter whereof, he compareth, unto a man that were otherwife very fl:rong, but had a great pac~ on his Neck: So great,~s ma~e ~im double ~gain_; ~?as one, mtg~t thrufi: him down, wtth hts Fmger: Whtch Smuhtude, and Dtfiintl: ion, both, may be fitly applyed, to matter of State : ,For fome StateJ, are Weak,through wa?-t of Means; and fame Yt·e.t.k; through Excejfe of Burt hen: In wh1ch r~k, I ~o place, t.he State of spain, which ha~ing,outc01npaffed tt .felf tn embra_ciO~ too much· And being 1t fel£but a barren Seed-plot of souklteri, And ' ' ' much __!}_!!fervationJ upo1t a Libell, publifoed,ln Anno~ 15 9, ~ muc.h Decayed, ' and Exhaufled, of Men, by the lndiei, and by contumall wars: and, as to the State of their Tre,fure being en.def, ted,_ and engaged, before fuch times-> ai they waged, fo great Fodef m Frtmce; (And therefore much more fioce ·) Is not in brief, an Ene1Jiy to be feared, by; Nation Seated Man~ed Furnijh-ea1, an d Po l'I') Ced, as t.s Eng la nd. ) ' ' Neit~er, is this fpoken by guefie; For the Experiel!ce • was S1tl:f!an_tudl enough, and of Frefh 1\;temory, in the late Enterprife of ~patn,_ upon Engla11d: What Ttme,. all that Good!J Shipping, w~tch; ~n that Yo!age, was con fumed, was Compleat; what Ttme, h1s Forces, In the LowCountrio was alfo fulJ and Entire h. h ft ') , ) w IC now, are wa ed, to a fourth part: What timealfo he ~as not ent.anglcd; with the Matteri of Franfe; But was, ra~her 1tke to receive AJ!ijfance; then Impediment,Jrom his Friendi there· Tn re_fpecr, of the gre~t Vigo~r; where~n the Le.zgue, then was: (while the Duke ofG1tije then hvcd: anq yet, nevertheleife this I gr:at preparation, pailed away like. a Dream. The Invin'cible Navy, nttther took, any one B1rque of ours; Neither yet, once offered, to land; But after, they had been well Beaten and Chnftd made a re:amb1tlation, about the ~lortbern Sea1; Enn~bling, many C~fl jir, With Vf/ra~I{J, of Migbty jhipi ; and fo, returned home, With greater Der~Jion, then they fet for.th, with Expellation. So as, we fhall not need, much Confederacies and Succours· (~hich, he faith, we want, for the breaking, of :he Spanifh Inva: fion ;) No, though the spaniard, fhould nefrle in Brittain,and (upplant the French,and get fome Port-Tow?Ju into their hands there (which is yet far off;) yet, fhall he, never, be, fo commodioufly feated, to annoy ~s). as tfhe had kept, the Low·Countrier; And we fhall rather fear Htm, as a wrangling Neighbo~tr, that may Trefpaf\ now and then, upon fome Str. /lglingjhips of ours, then as an Invad~ r. And as for our Confede~acies, God hath given us bo.th Mc.wes, and Miudi, to tender,and relieve, the States, of ~thers. And therefvrc, our Confederacies:> are rather of Honour, then fuch aswedepcnd upon. And yet, neverthelefs, theApoflata,s, and f~u81~o~tet.~,'Jf France, on the one part; (For fohe termeth,the whole 1 ~ob,ftt!, In a manner, of Frauce; Among the which a great part 1s oflus own Religion; which maintain the clear 'and unblem~ ifned Title, of their Lawful!, and Naturall King, ag;infi the feditious popular;) And the Eeere- Erewers,and Bark..._et-Mak._eri, of Holland, and Zealand, (As he alfo termes them) on the other have almoft, banded away, between them, all the Dn~~of ParnlA·s For~ cef: And, I fuppoft>, t.h~ very Mines, of the Indiu, will go low, or e:..ver rhe one be Rmned, or the other recovered. Neither, p~:;lln, dcfire 'Ye:- better Confeder4ciu, and Leaguu) then Spain it .~If, hath pro~1ded for us: Non enimverbn fttdera con.ftrmantur,fed Jifd~m .vtdr:atrb~n: We know, to bow many Statu, the King of Spam, IS od10us, and fufpefred; And for our felves, wehaveincenfed none, by our Injuri~s; Nor made, any Jealous, of our R .A.mbiti- 1~1 |
