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Show ------A-:-:C:·- o-;;ll~eeiMt~.Q~n, --:Jof th~ f el icitieJ ,.ofQ J!eelt ~Elizabeth. _ • g+ Difafl:er in any of her Dominiom' accoll\Panied, her in~eed ~~- . . but {[ill able, years: Nay further, for a~ u~ em~ c clmktng~ f h Fef .t fhe died not befote the Rebeluon m Jreland, To fen o ~r ly ~~j{ded and qu~ilied, by a Edttel there; Leaft was ortun.a e ' f: . h T 1l S mme o otherwife, it m~ght have d~falked, rom t e ota u ' hpr Glory. Now the conditiOn alfo, of the People, over .whom fh.: r;i ned I take to be a Matter, wunhy our O b(erva~l~n- fon~ he~ Lot' had fallen, amongfl: the defoLtte talmyr~nr, or ~n Ajirl, ~ . i f d effetninate Race of Men, a Woma1t-l:'rmce, mJght ha vc br~~:1 3 ~ffi:ient, for a vVomanifb reople 5 But for the Englifb, ~ Na- . i·~ .. "n"'l war-like to be ruled by the Check of a H'on~an, tton l u · .. '- J , • Th. d ' ' and 'to yield fo h ~m~ l e Obedience to her, ts a mg eiervmg the bighefl: AdmuatiOn. ( . fVI Neither w .L th1s D~fptijirion of. her People ' . Hungry o. ar' and unwillingly bowing to Peace,) any lmpedtment to her, ~u~ ~hat ilie eojoy.ed' and maintained' Pe~ce, all her Dayes. n . this Dr:ftre, in her, of Pedce, togeth r wtth her ~ortunare_accor;n-lifhment thereot, I rech.on to bt one,of her chtefefi Prai,fes. }!. or fhis was Happy for herTimes,Comely for her SeJC, and Com tor· table to her Confcience. Indeed, about t~e Tenth ybar of her 1 Raign, t here wa ~ an offer of a com~o ti~n , In the Nort e1·n Pa;;s; B · r ... 1,."td afleeo and exnngntfbed: Eut all herR ,g . Ul It was lOOu !i.• ..1 ) • f . ·t B I beGde~ was free from the J~aft.Breath, or Atr, o Cl'm roy e!· : Now 1 ·udge the J'eare, maJptatned by her, to ~e the more ean.- . nent fo~ two r.aufes; Which indeed make noth1ng for ~he .A1errt of t l~at Peace, but much for the Honofir- The one, that tt ~a.s f~t I cff. and made more confpicuous, by the Broyls, ~n~ Dt£Ienhon; of Neigbouring Nations; A~ it were~ by fo m:1ny Ltghu, 2nd To;ches: Th other, that amidfi the Benefits of Peace, ~e loH: 00 t . the Honour of Arms: Infomuch, that the Reputatwo,of the Engbfh .Arm.t, was no.t on.ely preferved, but alfo adv~nc.ed b her, upon many glorious OccaflonY. For the Succo~r~, fent 1nt~ the Netberltmds, France, tmd scotlan.d ; The Exped1/1(J11S by Sef into both the Indier, whereof fome ctrcled the whole Globe o the Earth; The Fleets ft nt in to Portu,gall_and to annoy the Coafis . of s ain; And lafily, the often Suppreffim s,anrl: Overthro~s,of the ~ebells in Ireland; ~id ~o~h. tbew the war.bke Prowefie of our Nation, to be no whtt dtmm1llied; And dtd much encreafe the Renown of .the f2_~cn: · · . There was an.other Thtng, that d1d ~reatly ~dvance ?er Glo- J : That both b.y her timely succo~erJ, her NBtg~bo1tr Kmgs were f~ttled in their Rigl.,tfu!l1 hrone~; a~d the supplrant People, ( w~ by the ill Advifedndle of thetr ~mg~,. were abandoned, an iven over to the Cruelry, oftheu Mtntfiers; And to the Fury, ~f the Mul~itude; and to all manner~ of Butchery, and J?efoJa ... tion· were relieved by Her; By reafon whereo~t~ey fubf1fi: urrto this Day. Neither was &he ;! Princejfe, leffe Benlgne, ;:md F~~~ tunate in the Ipftuence of per Gounfell.r,. then ot ht!r S~t.ccou A~ A Collection, of the FelieitieJ, of Q!een Elizabeth:-- As ~eing 0~~' that ~ad, oftenti~es, interceded to the King of sparn, to mitigate hts wrath, aga~nft. his Subjel1s, in the Nethcr/ and.r,?~d to reduce them to his .Obedience, upon fome tolerable ConditiOns; And further,as betng one, that did perpetually,and ~pon all oc.cafions, re_prefent to the Fren:ch Kings, the Obferva, twn of thet! own Edz{]s,fo often declanng, ~nd promifing,pt ace to thetr Sub; ells. I cannot deny, but that the~e good Counfell.r of her~, wanted the EffeCt .: In the forme~, I venly believe, for the , U~tverfall good of Eu~ope; Leafi ha pptly,the Ambition of spain, be~ng unloo(ed from h_ts Fetters, iliould have poured it fclf, (as thtngs then frood,) upon the other Kingdoms, and States of c bri-flendom: And for the latter, the Blood of fo many Innocents with their Wives, and Children 1 Slain, within their own Harbours and Nefis, by the Scumme of the People, (who like fo many Mafiifes, were let Ioofe, and ht ar.tened,~nd e~en fet upon them., by the Stat~;) would not fuffer tt; wbtch dtd continually cry unto God for Vengeance, that fo Blood-fucking a Kingdom might ?ave her fil~ t_hereof,in the intefiine,Slaughters, and Con: fumptlon, of a Czvzlllf"ar. Howfoever fhe perfifred to perform the p:ut~lf a wife, and loving, Confederate. ' !here 1~ another Gau{ealfo, for which we may jufiJy admire thts Peac~, fo co~fra!ltly purfued,and maintained, by the ff<!!een~ And that IS, that It dtd not proceed, from any Bent, or Inclination> of .thofe Times; But fr~m the Prudency, of her Govern11Jmt, and d1fcreet Carriage of Thtngs. For whereas, fhe her felf was not without manife~ ~anger, from an ill affected l'arty at home, fo~ the Caufe of Relrg10n; Anrl that the Strength and Forces of th~s Kingdom, were in the Place of a Bulwark, to all Europe, a~ g:nnfr tht then dreadfulJ, and overflowing,Ambition,and Power., of the King of spain; She might have apprehended juft Caufe of a W11r: .~ut, as {h~ was ftill ready, with her Councell, fo fhe was not~behtnd hand, wtth her Forces. And this we are taught by an Event, the moll: Memorable,of any in our time if we I ook u f?On the Felicity thereof. For ~hen ~s the spanifh Nav;,(fet forth wtth fuch wonderfull PreparatiOns, In all kinds; the Terrour and Amaz~ment of all Europe; Carried on with almofl: Alfu~ ranee of vtltory ; ) came braving upon our seas; It took not f~ mu:b, as one poor Cock-boat of ours, nor fired any one VIllage, nor landed ore Man upon Englifh Ground; But w~sutterly def~ated~ and after a ihamefull Flight, and many ili1pwracks, qutt~ dtfperfed; .so as th~ Peace, of this Kingdome, ~as nev:r tnore Fum, and Soltd. Nett her was her Felicity leffe tn Efcaptng Treacherous Attempts at home, then in fubduing and D~feattng, .fo~rain Invajion.r. For not a fe.w Treafons, plott~d aga~ nfi her Ltfe, were, mofr fortunately, d1fcovered and difappomred. And this was no caufe, to make her lead ~more fearfull, or diffident, life, then before. No new Encre4e~fher G11.trd · No ImmuriNg her felf within her own Walls, or Forbearing to b; B b feen •8 |
