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Show 1~4 \ rhe Eatl ifEffex, Let~~r to the ~ounci~, &c. ----·for her Maiefties Service, nor no lefs. In wluch fha1t _way, though it be hard for [o weak a Man as 1ny Self, to walk upnght_; _yet the Example, otour raw Souldicrs, may co1~1fon, an_uniuffic1ent General. For cbey, till.they grow pcrted,_m all the1r O~ders, and Motions are fo afra~d to be out, and w1th [uch a connnual heedfulnefs, ~bferve, both thcmfelves, and thofe that are near them, that they doe keep, almoft, as goo~.l order, at the firft,as ever after. I am [ure~ I am as <;lifituftfull of my Self, as they. !\nd becaufe I have more Senfe of Duty, I iball be more Indufinous. For .Se~ service the Judgement of my Honourable Companion., fuall be my Comp'afs. And for ·~and, his Aifent, and the AdviCe of tho[e her MAirfty hath named, as CounfeUors at Warr, {hall be my Warranties. It will be Honour to her Maiefty , ~n~ a great Aff~rance to her State, if we either bring home wealth, o~ g1ve the,Ktn~ of spain, a blow by Sea. But to have 1na_de ~ c<;mt1~1ual D1ver ton, and to have left, as it were,a T!10rn, fttckmg UI h1s Foot,~ad been a Work worthy, offuch a ~ren, and offuch a P!eparatiOJ?· For then, her Majesty, iliould hav~ he~d no more,oflus Ir~tenuon~ for Ireland and Attempts upon the Coaft of Franu; Or h1s draw.mg, of Ship;, or Ga0efs, inro t?efc Narrow S~M; . But iliould at on~e, have delivered all Cbriflendom, frotn h1s fearfull u[urpattoa. Wherein, as She had been great in F~me, for fuch a general pre .. fervation· So {he had been as great m Power, l!J mak111g, all the Enemies ~fSpai~, in Chri~mdom, to. depend upon Her. S 1e iliou be Head of the Party; She onel y m1ght be fa1d, to make the Warrs with spaiN, becaufe ilie made them to purpofe; And they all, but as her Affiftants, and Dependants. And lafi:ly, as the End of the warrs is Peace; So {he might have had Peace; ~hen ilie would, and with what Conditions f.he would, and have mclud~d, or left O?t, wl 0111 fhe would. For f.he only, by this courfe, fhould force hun, to wj.fh for Peace, and (he ad the means in her hands, to _make the Condition . At1d as eafie it had been, to h_ave done_thts , as . to have pertormed ldfer Services. The ObjeCtiOns ~gamft th~s, will b<i, Haz4rd, and charge. I-I azard, to hold any Thln_g ofh1s, that is foMigbry a ICing: And Charge, to fend fuch S_upphes, from tirne to time, as will be needfull. For Hazard, It IS not the Hazard of the State, or the whole, as are the Hazards, of a Defenfive Wdrr: whenfoever we are enforced tO fight: But it i onely, aHazard of fo1ne few, and fuch Commanders, as fhall be fet our, £ r {uc a Service. And thofe alfo, that !ball be fo ha~arded , fhall be in ldfc danger , t 1an if t11ey were put , l~to a11y Fronure Places, of Fraunce, or of d e ~ow- Coun~rtes. "For they ould not be left, in any part o~ t 1e M_am, or Contment of Spain, or Portugalt, where the Enemy m1gl:t bnng an Army~ to attempt them ; ( Though I doubt not, but after he h_ad ~mce tned, what 1t were, ro bd iege two or~ three thou[and Englifh, 1n a place, wdl fortified, an,d where they had a Port open, he would grow · qu1ckly Tbe Earl ofE£fex:, Letter ~ouncil, &c, \ 1 0~ quickly weary, of thofc Attempts;) But they fhould be [o lod _ --ed, as the Seat, and Strength, of t~e place, ihould warrant theTr Safety; So that, to pull her Majeftus Men, out of it, fhould be a harder Tas~, than to conquer any Coumrey, that frands on firm 1 land, by _lu~ : }\nd to let Englifh quieti y poifeffe it, fhould fo much preJUdice him, as he were not able to endure it And for · Charge, there neednot-fo much be_ expended, but that it. might eafily be born. And the Place, being well chofer1 1 and the w;, well concluded.) in a ibort time, there would not onely ari[ea;~ nough, to pay the Charge; But great Profit to her Majf(ty, and wealth to ourcountrey, W<_mld grow, from the p.lace, thadhould be held. F?r tn a ilion ume, a great parr, of the Golden I fJdian Stream, m1ght_be turned, from Spain, co England; And her Majefty be made, t? g1ve Law, to all the world by Sea, without her charge. Befides, thts fearfull Enemy, which is now a Terrour, to all cbrijttndome, fhould be fo weakened, in Strength, Reputation and 1 Pur~e, as her Majefty ihould, for ever after, have an eafie E~titny } of hun. It may be your Lordfhips will deftre to know the Place, ~hat fhould be at_tempted; The Mtanes, firft to take it, then to hold It;. The Commodzty~ or .Advantagt1 that might grow, to this Eftate by tt. Bu~ that? ~uh your Lord.fhips le~ve, iliall be referved till my Next. Th1s 1s oncl y to befeech. you, for our dear So1;ereigns fake, ~or th~ Glory, an? Welifare, of Her, and her Efiate, that l~u will t~tnk upon this general! Propofition. And if your LordJbtps fi~d 1t reafonable, that you will move it to the ~een : By ·whom 1f ! be commanded., to fet down, the Hypothejis, or to defcend ~nto pa_ruculats, ~will offer my Projetl:>rwi.th this Condition, that tfl a~v1fe any Th~ng, that th~ {'ounfeU of warr, ihal~ think dangerous, u_may be ~eJe_Cl:~d: Or 1.f I?Y felfbe Aetour many Thing, belong1~g to th1s ProJeCt, wherem her Maje~y receives diilionour that I may anfwer ir '·with mr Life. And yet your Lordfhrp; know, I am matched With thofe,m whom I have no particular Intereft: But I mufi: attribute, their Affenting_ to me, to my good happ, to take the better part. In my Lord, Wlth whom I am joyne~, I _find fo ~uch ~onour, and Service, as I doubt not, but our llnuy m AffeetiOn, w1Il m~ke an Unity in Counfell, AB:ion, and Govermne!lt· I have troubled your Lord(hips, with ~tedious Letter, begun 111 a Day of Leafure; and finifheCi in the m·idft, of our ~r~ublefome BU.fineffe. I pray your Lordfhips, pardon the Errours m 1t; And keep fo honourable an Opinion of me, as I be not condemne~ by you, upon any Complaints, Advenifements, ur Re- .. ports, ~Ill I h_avegiven anfwer to them. For as the Nature of my Place, IS fubJeCl: to Envy, and DetraCtion; So a little Body, full of iharp H·mnours, is hardliefi kep·t in Temper. And all the difcontcnted _Humours, of an Army, do Inake theit greatefi Quarrell , to htm tha.t commands the .Army; Not fo much for his 1 Faults, as for becaufe he bridles theirs. And fo com- 1 mend- |
