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Show Obfertz~ationJ upon a Lilcll,Jublijl cd, in .Arno, 159 ~. the 1ttr~· Revolving his Fat herr dejig11,1n afpiring to a Monar~hyo Europe; ~afiing.his Eye, principally, upon th~ two Pote.nt Kmgdomcs of France, and England ; And remembnng, how hts Father, bad o~ce promifed unto himfelf, the Conqueft of th~ one; And how bimfelf, by Marriage,had,l~tely, had _f~me Pofieffion o~the ,other; And {eeing~that DiverjtiJ, ofReltgton:~ was e.n~ered, mto both thefe Realmes;And thatFrance, was fallen unto Prmces weak, and in Afinority;And England~ unto the Government of a Lady, .In whom)he did notexpecr~that Pollicy, of Government,Mt~gnammrtJ_, & Felicity, which fince he hath proved; Conclude~, (as th.e Spttmards are great Waiters npon Time, & ground th~u Plots deep;) upon two Points: The one,to profef~ an extraordinary Patronage~ &. Defence,of the Roman Religion;makmg accou~t th~reby ,to h~ve Fa&}ons,in both Kingdoms; (In Eng/an~, a Fallwn,dt!ectly a~am fi the State ; In France, a F a&ion, that dtd confent, Indeed tn Religion, with the King,and therefore,_at firfi frtew, iliould feem unproper, to make a Party for a Ferremer. But heforefaw well enough, that the King ofFran~e, fhould ~e forced, _(to the end, to retJin Peace, and obedience,) to yeeld, tn fo~e thmgs, t~ thofe of the Relioion · which would undoubtedly,ahenate,the Ftery, and 0 more violen' t,fort of Papifls' .- Which Prq~arati•on_,• In t heP e ~p l e, 3dded, to the Ambition,oftheft~mily, ofGuifes (which he not~nlhed for an Infirument,) would, in the end,make a Party for h1m a· g·a1nft, the State, as fince, it proved, and mought well have done, long before: A.~ m~y well appear, by the M_ention, of Le~gue, and Aj]ociations, whtch IS above 2 5· years old In France. . The other Point, he concluded upon, was; That. -h.Is Lo~CoHntrier, was the aptefi place, both f~r Ports and Shtppmg; tn ref pect of England; And for Scituation , In ref peel: o! Fr a'!ce; ha. ving goodly Ft'ontier Towner, upon that Re~lm ;_And JOynmg,alfo, upon Germany, whereby they might recetve. m, at ~eafure, any Forces, of Almaines; To annoy, and offend, either ~tngdom: !he Imped;me~tt was, the Inclination of the People; whtch receivm~, a won derfull Commodity, of Trades, ~ut o~ both Realmes, ef peelally of Engltmd; And having been, In ancient League,and Confederacy, with our Nation; And havi~g be~n, alfo, Hom.agers unto France· He knew, would be in no wife" difpofed, to euher War. W her:u pon, -he refolved, :o reduce them, t.o a M_artia.ll Government · Like unto that which he had eftabhtbed In Naplu, and Millain; upon which 3 fuppreffion of their Liberties'· enfued the Defef1ion, of thofe Pro'vinces. A_nd about the fame_ume, theReformed Religion foundentrance Inthefame Countr~es; Soasthe King, en flamed, with the Reft.ft~rtee, he found, i~ the firfr ~art, <;>f his Plots; And alfo, becaufe, he mought not difpenfe, with hts other Principle, in yielding, to any Toleration, of Religion; And with all expecting, a lliorter work ofit, then he found; Became, paiion~tly bent,. to Reconquer thofe countries; Wher.ei~, he hath, confumed, infinite Treafure, and Ferce1. And this IS the true \.' caufe, ---- . ------------ --------·------- ObfervationJ upon a Libell, publifoed, ln Anno J 59 =r. "Cauje, if a Ma? will look into it, that hath made the King of Spain fo good a Netg,bbour; Namely, that he was fo entangled, with the Wars, of the Low-Countries, as he could not intend, any other En. terprife. Befides, in Enterprizing upon Italy, he doubted firfr theDifpleafure, oftheSeeofRome; withwhom~ hemea~t t~ run, a Courfe, ofll:rait Conjunction: Alfo, he do~bted it might invite, the _Turf{, to return. And for Germany, he had a frcfh Ex-ample, ofhts Father; who, when he had annexed, unto the Domi-nions, which he now pofielfeth, the Empire of A/maig1t neverthe- Jeffe, funck in that Enterprize: whereby, he percei v~d that the Nation, was, of too firong a Compofition, for him, to d~al with . all: Though, not longfince, by praCtife, he conld have been contented,to fnatch up,10 the Eafl,theCountreyofEmden.For ror-tugrd, firft, the Kings thereof, were good SonJ, to the See of Rome; Next_, he had no Colour,of ~arret, or pretence; Thirdly they were .Offictous unto him: yet, ir you will believe, the Gen~efe (who otherwife, writeth, much to the Honour and Ad van~age of t~e Kin,~/ of sp_ain;) It feemeth, -he_ had a good mind, to m~ke }umfelf a way, mto ~hat K!ng~om;feein~ that,for thatpurpofe,(as ~e reporteth,) he dtd, arttfictally,noun!h, the yongKing s ebaflian In the 'Foyage of Ajfrick._, expecting that overthrow wch followed: As for hi~ Intention, to warr upon the Infidels, and Turk.f, it maIteth me thmk, what Francis Guicciardiue) a wife writer ofHijiory f~eaketh, of hi~ great Grand-Father; M:aking, a Judgement of h~m, asH_iflorio$raphersu[e: That he did::alwayes,masl{.,and vail, his Appetztes, WI th a Demonflratiou of a Devout and Hol11 Intention h d 'J"' ' , /' ' tot e A vancement, of the church, and the Publiclz Good. His Father, alfo, when he received Advertifement, of the taking of the French King, prohibited, all R ingings, and Bonfires, and other Tokens of Joy,and faid; Thofe were to be referved,for ViCiories, upon Infidels; On w~om, he meant, never,. to warre. Many a Cruz~da, hath the Bijhop of Rome, granted to htm and his Prederef fo.ur.r, upon that Colour; Which all, have been'fpent upon the Effufion, of ~hriflian Bloud: And now, this year, the Levies of Germt~ns, whtch lhould have been made, undet hand for France were c?Ioured~ with the pretence, of Warr,upon the r,:rk; Which the Pr1nces of Germany, difcrying, notone:Iy brake the Levier but thre~tned the Commijfioner.r, to hang the next, that fbould ~tfet the ltke Abufe: So that this Form~of Di!Temblin(! is Famili.ar and' as I. t were, Here dz"t ary, toth e King ,o fs pa')i}n' . 6 ~ " ' And as for his Succours, given to the French K ing 1 againft the Proteflants, .he c~uld not chufe, but accompany the Pernicious Co~nfel.t, whtch fi_Ill_he gave to the French Kings, ·qfbreaking their ~ddJs,_ and admtttmg of ~oPacification, but pl}rfuiog their sub. ;dis ~Ith Mort all Warre, With fome Offer of AiJes; which having prom1fed, he could not, but in (orne fmall D~gree rerform · whereby alfo, the subjeU of France, (namely, the vioicnt Papiji,) was c~ured, to depend upon spain. And fo muchJ for the King ofspames, proceeding I, towards other Stater. Now 1 33 |
