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             Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James
             Osborne, Francis, 1593-1659.
          
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             Printed by J. Grismond, and are to be sold by T. Robinson ...,
             London :
             1658.
          
           
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           Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, 1533-1603.
           James -- I, -- King of England, 1566-1625.
           Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
           Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625.
        
      
    
     
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               HISTORICAL
               MEMOIRES
               ON
               THE
               REIGNS
               OF
               QUEEN
               ELIZABETH
               ,
               AND
               KING
               IAMES
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               by
               
                 I.
                 Grismond
              
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               by
               
                 T.
                 Robinson
              
               Bookseller
               in
               Oxon.
               1658.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               EPISTLE
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   My
                   dear
                
                 Lucilius
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Do
               here
               leave
               to
               your
               better
               Education
               another
               Daughter
               of
               my
               Brain
               ,
               that
               may
               not
               unpossibly
               pass
               with
               the
               less
               Scandal
               ,
               because
               chaste
               from
               any
               desire
               after
               new
               and
               
                 forbidden
                 Discoveries
              
               ,
               or
               of
               disturbing
               that
               huge
               Trade
               Antiquity
               and
               Custom
               drive
               ;
               the
               first
               amongst
               Scholars
               ,
               who
               think
               it
               a
               sufficient
               excuse
               in
               the
               justification
               of
               a
               
                 stunted
                 Knowledge
              
               ,
               to
               maintain
               an
               impossibility
               of
               transcending
               the
               Abilities
               
               of
               
                 former
                 Ages
              
               ,
               yet
               cannot
               gainsay
               a
               visible
               improvement
               in
               their
               own
               ;
               which
               haply
               would
               be
               greater
               ,
               were
               Learning
               left
               free
               to
               every
               ones
               sense
               ,
               and
               not
               confin'd
               to
               Patterns
               and
               
                 old
                 Forms
              
               ,
               harder
               many
               times
               to
               be
               imitated
               or
               made
               use
               of
               ,
               than
               
                 new
                 ones
              
               found
               ,
               which
               being
               
                 our
                 own
              
               ,
               would
               appear
               more
               natural
               and
               adapted
               to
               the
               present
               understandings
               ,
               in
               many
               things
               strangers
               to
               the
               Usances
               of
               
                 the
                 Ancients
              
               :
               whereas
               the
               second
               serves
               as
               
                 an
                 universal
                 Chain
              
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               generality
               are
               led
               to
               approve
               or
               dislike
               the
               
                 Words
                 ,
                 Actions
              
               and
               Gessures
               of
               others
               .
               Whose
               judgements
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               long
               since
               not
               much
               valued
               ,
               so
               have
               I
               a
               little
               wondred
               at
               Age
               ,
               to
               finde
               it
               so
               tetchy
               ,
               when
               Younger
               in
               years
               lay
               any
               claim
               to
               Knowledge
               :
               Since
               the
               goodness
               of
               the
               Eye
               ,
               and
               advantage
               of
               Place
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               long
               poring
               ,
               discovers
               the
               Prospect
               ;
               
               more
               of
               London
               being
               surveyable
               in
               a
               minute
               from
               
                 Pauls
                 Steeple
              
               ,
               than
               can
               be
               seen
               in
               an
               age
               out
               of
               Cheapside
               :
               There
               remaining
               nothing
               in
               this
               world
               Prescription
               hath
               a
               weaker
               title
               to
               than
               
                 Wisdome
                 ,
                 the
                 legitimate
                 Daughter
                 Experience
                 brings
                 forth
                 to
                 an
                 able
                 and
                 active
                 Understanding
                 .
              
               For
               though
               all
               things
               are
               found
               to
               own
               ,
               in
               process
               of
               time
               ,
               a
               publick
               vicissitude
               ,
               yet
               for
               the
               most
               part
               it
               is
               
                 too
                 flow
              
               and
               
                 cunningly
                 carried
              
               ,
               to
               be
               discerned
               at
               any
               distance
               (
               especially
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               present
               )
               which
               way
               it
               turns
               .
               The
               ignorant
               Traveller
               may
               see
               by
               the
               Diall
               ,
               the
               Time
               is
               in
               a
               declension
               ;
               but
               ,
               without
               entring
               the
               Church
               or
               Court
               ,
               shall
               be
               never
               the
               wiser
               as
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               true
               and
               proper
               Causer
               of
               the
               Motion
               .
               For
               my self
               ,
               I
               confess
               I
               am
               more
               highly
               bound
               to
               Letters
               ,
               than
               any
               
                 acquired
                 advantage
              
               or
               
                 natural
                 
                 endowment
              
               self-partiality
               or
               others
               indulgence
               hath
               hitherto
               been
               able
               to
               estate
               me
               in
               .
               Now
               if
               some
               ,
               owners
               of
               such
               parts
               as
               I
               am
               conscious
               of
               the
               want
               of
               ,
               did
               prosecute
               the
               like
               study
               ,
               having
               a
               purse
               and
               will
               to
               purchase
               a
               sight
               of
               the
               
                 Intelligence
                 ,
                 Negotiations
                 ,
                 Conferences
              
               and
               Transactions
               of
               all
               those
               that
               have
               resided
               in
               Embassy
               with
               
                 our
                 Princes
              
               ,
               they
               might
               no
               question
               be
               able
               to
               compose
               a
               more
               exact
               Chronicle
               than
               
                 this
                 Nation
              
               ever
               saw
               of
               her
               own
               :
               and
               for
               Elegancy
               ,
               it
               would
               ,
               like
               honey
               ,
               drop
               out
               of
               the
               same
               leaves
               he
               gathered
               his
               Information
               from
               ;
               Epistles
               being
               the
               quintessence
               of
               the
               
                 Writers
                 judgment
              
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               undoubtedly
               the
               Elixir
               of
               his
               Rhetorick
               .
               And
               he
               that
               desires
               a
               more
               exemplary
               manifestation
               of
               this
               infallible
               (
               though
               for
               ought
               I
               ever
               observed
               ,
               seldome
               practised
               )
               Truth
               ,
               may
               finde
               it
               in
               
               that
               
                 learned
                 Italian's
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Trent
              
               ;
               a
               Piece
               that
               challenges
               all
               the
               veneration
               our
               partial
               
                 Modern
                 Readers
              
               do
               or
               can
               offer
               at
               the
               Shrines
               of
               Antiqity
               ;
               a
               folly
               sure
               not
               so
               conversant
               in
               the
               world
               before
               Printing
               ,
               otherwise
               the
               most
               part
               of
               
                 New
                 Books
              
               from
               time
               to
               time
               had
               still
               been
               buried
               in
               their
               Swadling-clouts
               for
               want
               of
               Transcription
               ,
               which
               few
               or
               none
               would
               now
               foul
               their
               fingers
               ends
               about
               ,
               as
               not
               esteeming
               it
               worth
               the
               labour
               ,
               out
               of
               floth
               or
               contempt
               :
               So
               far
               ,
               as
               the
               Stationers
               meer
               
                 zeal
                 to
                 Gain
              
               ,
               rather
               than
               any
               propensity
               to
               the
               
                 advancement
                 of
                 Learning
              
               ,
               did
               for
               a
               while
               keep
               
                 Bacon
                 ,
                 Rawleigh
              
               ,
               and
               divers
               incomparable
               Spirits
               more
               ,
               from
               perishing
               at
               the
               bottome
               of
               Oblivion
               ;
               Good
               Books
               (
               anciently
               written
               in
               the
               
                 Bark
                 of
                 Trees
              
               ,
               and
               now
               )
               running
               ,
               in
               their
               Progress
               ,
               so
               exactly
               the
               fate
               of
               
               Acorns
               that
               if
               their
               chance
               be
               to
               withstand
               the
               
                 Swinish
                 Contamination
              
               of
               their
               own
               Age
               ,
               and
               trampling
               into
               the
               
                 dirt
                 of
                 Contempt
              
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               seldome
               afterwards
               become
               the
               Gods
               of
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               have
               Temples
               dedicated
               to
               their
               Worship
               ;
               As
               their
               Authors
               in
               this
               participate
               with
               other
               
                 good
                 men
              
               ,
               who
               attain
               not
               to
               a
               state
               of
               Glory
               till
               
                 after
                 this
                 Life
              
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               TRADITIONAL
               MEMOIRES
               ON
               THE
               REIGN
               OF
               QUEEN
               ELIZABETH
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               for
               
                 T.
                 Robinson
              
               Bookseller
               in
               Oxon.
               1658.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               READER
               .
            
             
               THough
               the
               study
               of
               History
               be
               an
               ancient
               Prescript
               for
               the
               avoiding
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               and
               production
               of
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               to
               this
               day
               far
               more
               in
               use
               than
               any
               other
               
                 Politick
                 Aphorisms
              
               :
               Yet
               with
               reverence
               to
               this
               confessed
               excellent
               Dose
               of
               others
               approved
               Experiments
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               Princes
               and
               
                 men
                 in
                 Power
              
               might
               finde
               a
               readier
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               more
               infallible
               way
               to
               Prudence
               ,
               by
               being
               conversant
               in
               all
               sorts
               of
               Letters
               relating
               to
               Embassadors
               ,
               and
               such
               Spies
               and
               Ministers
               (
               of
               Common-wealths
               especially
               )
               as
               are
               employed
               abroad
               or
               at
               home
               in
               the
               Transactions
               of
               Treaties
               ,
               where
               all
               things
               appear
               bare-fac'd
               and
               
                 at
                 first
                 hand
              
               ,
               not
               smutted
               with
               Interest
               ,
               
               or
               adulterated
               by
               the
               red
               and
               white
               paint
               of
               ,
               
                 Envy
                 ,
                 Fear
              
               or
               Flattery
               .
               Nor
               is
               the
               frequent
               opportuntty
               of
               
                 discoursing
                 with
                 Contemporaries
              
               (
               who
               having
               enjoyed
               a
               
                 New
                 Light
              
               ,
               cannot
               but
               have
               seen
               more
               than
               those
               by
               Time
               and
               Birth
               placed
               at
               a
               remoter
               distance
               )
               any
               despicable
               Ingredient
               in
               the
               Composition
               of
               an
               exact
               Statesman
               ;
               of
               which
               I
               finde
               few
               that
               deserve
               (
               in
               my
               judgement
               )
               the
               title
               ,
               commonly
               forfeited
               to
               an
               over-remissness
               or
               excess
               in
               Sanctity
               or
               Profaneness
               ;
               or
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               ,
               to
               
                 Hypocrisie
                 or
                 Scandal
              
               ,
               which
               at
               long
               running
               will
               meet
               both
               with
               the
               same
               Inconveniences
               .
               To
               be
               sure
               .
               my self
               have
               as
               little
               propensity
               as
               sufficiency
               in
               
                 this
                 Art
              
               ;
               being
               no
               less
               obstructed
               through
               mulcts
               received
               from
               Fortune
               than
               Nature
               ;
               the
               later
               of
               which
               is
               as
               uncapable
               of
               Amendment
               ,
               as
               the
               first
               is
               unlikely
               to
               finde
               it
               :
               (
               For
               after
               the
               death
               of
               a
               
               
                 good
                 Father
              
               ,
               being
               driven
               into
               a
               corner
               of
               the
               world
               by
               Injuries
               received
               from
               
                 the
                 nearest
                 of
                 Kindred
                 and
                 remotest
                 of
                 Friends
                 ,
              
               I
               was
               not
               onely
               invited
               by
               Leisure
               ,
               but
               compell
               d
               through
               Necessity
               to
               feek
               these
               Diversions
               :
               In
               which
               if
               I
               be
               mistaken
               ,
               the
               Pardon
               cannot
               be
               long
               in
               suing
               out
               ,
               since
               I
               hope
               they
               shall
               not
               meet
               with
               a
               
                 severer
                 Iudge
              
               than
               my self
               ,
               for
               whose
               Recreation
               alone
               they
               were
               intended
               .
               )
               Though
               the
               small
               insight
               I
               have
               had
               into
               Affairs
               did
               not
               seldome
               gratifie
               my
               spleen
               with
               as
               much
               delight
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               have
               not
               unpossibly
               affected
               less
               sanguine
               Complexions
               with
               fury
               or
               disdain
               ,
               to
               see
               the
               Valet
               brought
               into
               play
               ,
               where
               discretion
               called
               for
               an
               higher
               and
               more
               
                 exact
                 Courtier
              
               :
               or
               to
               hear
               the
               People
               wrangle
               and
               cast
               about
               their
               mony
               ,
               through
               a
               phanatick
               desire
               to
               discard
               a
               present
               Government
               ,
               not
               foreseeing
               ,
               their
               hopes
               may
               possibly
               be
               deluded
               in
               the
               
               same
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               worse
               Stock
               than
               they
               
                 make
                 out
              
               and
               
                 lay
                 by
              
               ;
               often
               bartering
               
                 a
                 pack
                 of
                 Fools
              
               for
               a
               like
               quantity
               of
               Knaves
               and
               Mad-men
               :
               The
               giddy
               multitude
               being
               far
               likelier
               to
               be
               out
               in
               their
               account
               ,
               then
               this
               advised
               Adage
               ,
               
                 Seldome
                 comes
                 a
                 better
              
               ;
               especially
               if
               no
               wiser
               heads
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Election
               than
               their
               own
               .
            
             
               Nature
               hath
               employed
               
                 three
                 Senses
              
               chiefly
               to
               wait
               on
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               but
               two
               on
               the
               Minde
               ;
               yet
               under
               this
               advantage
               ,
               that
               these
               last
               are
               distinctly
               double
               :
               For
               which
               of
               them
               we
               stand
               most
               obliged
               to
               Nature
               ,
               is
               not
               yet
               Pass'd
               decision
               ;
               since
               ,
               though
               in
               regard
               of
               
                 Pleasure
                 ,
                 Sight
              
               may
               have
               the
               Royalty
               ,
               yet
               in
               respect
               of
               Wisdome
               ,
               the
               Prerogative
               must
               not
               be
               denied
               to
               Hearing
               :
               It
               being
               
                 the
                 far
                 greater
                 Wonder
                 to
                 finde
                 a
                 prudent
                 man
                 Deaf
                 ,
                 than
                 Blinde
              
               ;
               so
               as
               some
               are
               recorded
               to
               have
               
                 put
                 out
                 their
                 Eyes
              
               ,
               as
               enemies
               to
               Contemplation
               .
               It
               is
               
               ordinarily
               affirmed
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 ,
              
               when
               the
               most
               of
               it
               hath
               arrived
               at
               us
               from
               Report
               .
               And
               in
               this
               sense
               I
               may
               be
               said
               to
               have
               seen
               these
               ,
               and
               a
               number
               more
               ,
               which
               out
               of
               respect
               to
               
                 others
                 Fame
              
               ,
               or
               
                 mine
                 own
                 Safety
              
               ,
               I
               wilfully
               omit
               .
               But
               lest
               this
               Confession
               might
               seem
               to
               cast
               a
               vail
               of
               prejudice
               over
               the
               face
               of
               that
               Truth
               I
               here
               expose
               to
               the
               curious
               eyes
               of
               
                 this
                 Age
              
               ,
               as
               nakedly
               as
               Modesty
               will
               give
               a
               toleration
               for
               ,
               I
               shall
               say
               in
               behalf
               of
               Tradition
               ,
               That
               all
               Books
               are
               
                 her
                 Tenements
              
               ,
               and
               contain
               little
               of
               History
               ,
               whatever
               they
               may
               do
               of
               Invention
               ,
               but
               what
               they
               hold
               from
               Manner
               of
               some
               Report
               or
               other
               .
               Nor
               hath
               the
               beginning
               ,
               to
               be
               sure
               ,
               if
               possibly
               the
               
                 end
                 and
                 period
              
               of
               any
               Nation
               God
               in
               his
               love
               did
               establish
               ,
               or
               fury
               destroy
               ,
               a
               more
               faithful
               Register
               than
               
                 Traditional
                 Reports
              
               ;
               not
               commonly
               loading
               its
               memory
               with
               the
               
                 exact
                 calculation
                 of
                 Time
              
               ,
               which
               rightly
               
               weighed
               ,
               is
               but
               the
               
                 pedantick
                 part
                 of
                 History
              
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               unlikely
               the
               cause
               we
               finde
               such
               differences
               arising
               amongst
               our
               Chronologers
               ;
               the
               main
               fons
               or
               bottome
               of
               her
               account
               being
               no
               farther
               corresponsible
               ,
               than
               for
               a
               just
               and
               even
               balancing
               her
               layings
               out
               with
               what
               she
               hath
               received
               .
               To
               conclude
               with
               an
               Answer
               to
               those
               that
               may
               require
               some
               
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 present
                 Undertaking
              
               ;
               I
               think
               it
               far
               on
               this
               side
               such
               impudence
               as
               ignorance
               is
               found
               to
               plaister
               her
               Libels
               with
               against
               incomparable
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               to
               own
               a
               strength
               able
               ,
               by
               
                 rubbing
                 off
                 such
                 dirt
              
               (
               especially
               where
               Defert
               lies
               so
               thick
               upon
               her
               Tomb
               )
               
                 to
                 gild
                 her
                 Name
              
               ,
               though
               the
               
                 manner
                 of
                 doing
                 it
              
               may
               stain
               mine
               own
               ;
               since
               the
               
                 few
                 spots
              
               discernable
               in
               
                 her
                 Government
              
               are
               hidden
               ,
               like
               those
               this
               Ages
               curio
               sity
               hath
               detected
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               from
               any
               farther
               notice
               ,
               by
               the
               splendor
               of
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               Principal
               HEADS
               Of
               the
               following
               MEMOIRES
               On
               the
               Reign
               of
               QUEEN
               ELIZABETH
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               her
               
                 moderate
                 carriage
              
               at
               first
               ,
               till
               exasperated
               by
               the
               
                 Popes
                 rashness
              
               :
               Why
               the
               Infancy
               of
               her
               Reign
               continued
               quiet
               ,
               notwithstanding
               so
               great
               a
               shake
               and
               turn
               in
               Religion
               —
            
             
             
               2.
               —
               To
               which
               she
               was
               in
               a
               manner
               necessitated
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               How
               the
               Parliament
               confirmed
               It
               and
               Her.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               She
               breaks
               with
               Spain
               ,
               assists
               the
               Dutch
               ,
               makes
               Leagues
               abroad
               ,
               suppresses
               
                 Consp
                 .
                 racies
              
               at
               home
               :
               Papists
               prosecuted
               ;
               The
               Pope's
               too
               late
               Concession
               —
               being
               refused
               —
               is
               seconded
               with
               an
               Interdict
               ,
               —
               which
               proves
               fatal
               to
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               —
               
                 Queen
                 of
                 Scots
              
               ,
               —
               Her
               death
               and
               the
               D.
               of
               Norfolk's
               ,
               &c.
               —
               Censured
               .
            
             
               5.
               
                 Q.
                 Eliz.
              
               galls
               the
               
                 Spaniard
                 :
                 Cales
                 voyage
              
               under
               Essex
               —
               gets
               him
               Love
               and
               Envy
               .
            
             
               (
               6.
               
               The
               Queen
               foments
               Factions
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               what
               use
               she
               makes
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               of
               —
               
                 her
                 ownInconstanty
              
               .
               The
               
                 Spanish
                 Armado
              
               in
               88.
               )
            
             
               7.
               
               The
               
                 Queens
                 favour
                 to
                 Essex
              
               ,
               —
               how
               often
               by
               him
               hazarded
               :
               His
               quarrel
               with
               Blune
               —
               designed
               for
               his
               Rival
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               His
               Enemies
               restless
               endevours
               to
               ruine
               him
               —
               by
               setting
               him
               on
               high
               ;
               his
               ample
               
                 Irish
                 commission
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Character
               of
               the
               
                 Q.
                 Court
                 ,
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 Thrist
                 :
                 Provisions
              
               rated
               ,
               Exactions
               of
               Purvoyers
               punished
               .
               —
            
             
               9.
               —
               A
               witty
               Example
               thereof
               in
               Kent
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Her
               Houshold-Servants
               the
               goodliest
               of
               Person
               ,
               &c.
               that
               could
               be
               got
               :
               —
               as
            
             
               11.
               —
               Her
               Councel
               the
               choicest
               for
               Prudence
               :
               —
               apparent
               in
               her
               Marriage-Treaties
               with
               Spain
               and
               France
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Her
               
                 Councels
                 Integrity
                 .
                 Offices
              
               the
               reward
               
               of
               Merit
               .
               Her
               exact
               Intelligence
               .
               B.
               Bancroft's
               Art
               in
               dividing
               the
               Iesuites
               and
               Regulars
               —
               afforded
               him
               
                 Popish
                 Intelligence
              
               :
               His
               Character
               :
               His
               endevours
               for
               
                 Uniformity
                 of
                 Worship
              
               —
               hindred
               by
               the
               influence
               of
               the
               two
               clashing
               
                 Factions
                 at
                 Court
              
               upon
               the
               other
               Bishops
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 Letters
                 of
                 State
              
               writ
               in
               a
               
                 plain
                 Style
              
               ,
               —
               involving
               sometimes
               an
               
                 obscure
                 sense
              
               ,
               as
               those
               about
               her
               Marriages
               with
               France
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Court-Hospitality
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Her
               prudence
               in
               receiving
               Treats
               from
               her
               more
               
                 ambitious
                 Subjects
              
               ;
               how
               she
               diverted
               their
               humour
               of
               Popularity
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               She
               opposes
               the
               Declaration
               of
               a
               Successor
               ,
               and
               why
               :
               Denies
               the
               Parliaments
               Petition
               for
               her
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               Contrary
               Reports
               about
               her
               Concupiscence
               .
               Her
               Art
               of
               Government
               and
               choice
               of
               Ministers
               :
               Why
               some
               of
               
                 less
                 Abilities
              
               were
               taken
               in
               afterwards
               :
               ●
               .
               of
               
                 Notingham
                 Admiral
              
               ;
               his
               Character
               .
               The
               Queen
               sparing
               in
               giving
               Honours
               ,
               or
               suffering
               her
               Subjects
               to
               accept
               them
               from
               
                 Forreign
                 Princes
              
               ;
               Examples
               thereof
               in
               Sir
               
                 F.
                 Vere
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 W.
                 Rawley
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Mat.
                 Arundel
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 P.
                 Sidney
              
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               Her
               modesty
               in
               point
               of
               
                 Augmentation
                 of
                 Empire
              
               ;
               refusing
               the
               Dutch
               as
               Subjects
               ,
               though
               she
               took
               their
               
                 Cautionary
                 Towns
              
               ;
               and
               
                 Havre
                 de
                 Grace
              
               —
               to
               regain
               Calis
               .
               The
               Spaniard
               by
               cutting
               off
               the
               Heads
               of
               the
               
                 Dutch
                 Nobility
              
               ,
               makes
               way
               for
               the
               springing
               up
               of
               their
               Hydra
               of
               
                 Popular
                 Government
              
               .
            
             
             
               19.
               
               Leicesters
               hopes
               of
               marrying
               the
               Queen
               ;
               his
               freedom
               of
               discourse
               with
               her
               about
               It
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               .
               His
               Character
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               In
               
                 Forreign
                 Injuries
              
               she
               never
               precipitated
               Revenge
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               
                 Parliaments
                 frequent
              
               ,
               and
               consequently
               moderate
               :
               She
               restrains
               their
               Debates
               about
               Succession
               and
               Religion
               :
               Keeps
               the
               church
               humble
               ,
               and
               carries
               fair
               with
               her
               Parliament
               .
               The
               Schismaticks
               leave
               England
               ;
               how
               it
               might
               have
               been
               (
               safely
               )
               prevented
               ;
               what
               hindred
               it
               ;
               the
               fatall
               inconveniences
               of
               those
               proceedings
               .
            
             
               22.
               
               Ireland
               neglected
               ,
               and
               why
               :
               The
               Lord
               Mountjoy
               ends
               the
               War
               :
               The
               baseness
               of
               the
               Natives
               ,
               —
               how
               much
               Priest-ridden
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               Essex
               unfortunate
               Expedition
               thither
               ;
               —
               Cecils
               artifice
               to
               fetch
               him
               back
               ,
               to
               —
               his
               Death
               ;
               —
               From
               which
               ,
               neither
               the
               Love
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               nor
               of
               the
               Q.
               his
               Mistris
               ,
               could
               bail
               him
               ,
               and
               —
               After
               which
               she
               never
               joyed
               ;
               —
               The
               occasion
               of
               
                 her
                 Death
              
               —
               reported
               to
               proceed
               from
               the
               
                 Countess
                 of
                 Notinghams
              
               not
               delivering
               the
               Q.
               a
               King
               ,
               sent
               her
               by
               Essex
               ,
               (
               to
               whom
               she
               had
               formerly
               given
               it
               as
               a
               Pledge
               of
               
                 her
                 Affection
              
               and
               
                 his
                 Safety
              
               )
               which
               the
               Countess
               on
               her
               Death-bed
               discovering
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               was
               by
               her
               sent
               with
               curses
               in
               stead
               of
               forgiveness
               ,
               into
               another
               world
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               After
               Essex
               death
               ,
               Cecil
               being
               left
               without
               controll
               ,
               not
               onely
               urges
               the
               Q.
               to
               declare
               Iames
               her
               Successor
               ,
               but
               uses
               other
               endevour
               to
               effect
               the
               same
               .
            
             
             
               25.
               
               The
               
                 happy
                 condition
              
               Q.
               Eliz.
               left
               England
               in
               .
               No
               considerable
               Enemy
               .
               How
               we
               stood
               related
               to
               
                 other
                 Nation
                 —
                 Spain
                 ,
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 France
                 ,
                 Netherlands
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               26.
               
               How
               
                 at
                 home
              
               ,
               as
               to
               
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 Credit
                 ,
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 Debts
                 ,
                 Iustice
                 ,
              
               The
               Church
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               The
               Conclusion
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               Some
               
                 Traditionall
                 Memorialls
              
               on
               the
               Reigne
               of
               
                 Queene
                 Elizabeth
              
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               AFter
               the
               death
               of
               Mary
               ,
               eldest
               daughter
               of
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 eighth
              
               ,
               had
               delivered
               this
               Nation
               (
               for
               that
               time
               )
               from
               an
               imminent
               danger
               of
               becoming
               Tributary
               to
               the
               
                 spanish
                 King
              
               (
               who
               ownes
               none
               for
               a
               naturall
               Subject
               ,
               indued
               with
               lesse
               Pride
               and
               Austerity
               then
               may
               serve
               
               to
               face
               a
               Tyranny
               equall
               to
               the
               
                 Grand
                 Signior's
                 )
              
               .
               And
               left
               the
               Crowne
               to
               her
               Sister
               Elizabeth
               ,
               not
               only
               swept
               and
               washed
               from
               all
               Competition
               or
               Claimes
               by
               the
               bloud
               of
               
                 Queene
                 Ieane
              
               ,
               but
               garnished
               with
               the
               applause
               and
               consent
               of
               the
               people
               ;
               no
               less
               amazed
               at
               the
               huge
               fires
               she
               had
               daily
               kindled
               to
               devoure
               the
               enimies
               of
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
               ,
               then
               jealous
               of
               the
               partiality
               shewne
               to
               the
               Priests
               ,
               whose
               exactions
               were
               become
               no
               lesse
               odious
               in
               things
               temporail
               ,
               then
               their
               latine
               Mumsimus
               had
               made
               them
               appeare
               in
               what
               related
               to
               the
               worship
               of
               God
               ;
               
                 Edward
                 the
                 sixt's
              
               reigne
               being
               too
               short
               to
               give
               them
               a
               satiety
               ,
               or
               make
               all
               the
               inconveniences
               appeare
               ,
               likely
               to
               follow
               so
               totall
               a
               defection
               from
               a
               Church
               reverenced
               by
               all
               Christian
               Princes
               besides
               .
               It
               might
               be
               no
               weak
               motive
               to
               the
               new
               Queene
               ,
               so
               fairely
               to
               demeane
               her selfe
               at
               first
               ,
               
               that
               though
               she
               entertained
               the
               Protestants
               in
               hope
               ,
               no
               perswasions
               could
               tempt
               her
               to
               cast
               the
               Papists
               into
               dispaire
               ,
               till
               the
               Pope
               (
               better
               seen
               in
               the
               Dignity
               belonging
               to
               his
               greatnesse
               ,
               then
               the
               Arts
               his
               Predecessors
               had
               used
               in
               their
               conduct
               to
               it
               )
               did
               ,
               by
               denying
               her
               Embassadors
               a
               favorable
               Reception
               ,
               reduce
               her
               to
               a
               present
               necessity
               ,
               of
               renouncing
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Miter
              
               ,
               or
               her
               pretence
               to
               that
               Crowne
               she
               had
               without
               any
               considerable
               opposition
               so
               happily
               possest
               :
               There
               being
               no
               way
               so
               probable
               to
               continue
               her
               in
               power
               ,
               after
               the
               Popes
               so
               publike
               manifestation
               of
               a
               blemish
               in
               her
               Birth
               ,
               as
               by
               adhering
               to
               a
               Party
               which
               during
               the
               Reigne
               of
               her
               Sister
               ,
               did
               justify
               in
               the
               flames
               of
               a
               hot
               persecution
               ,
               That
               the
               Authority
               of
               his
               Holinesse
               was
               spurious
               it selfe
               ,
               and
               the
               owners
               of
               it
               no
               better
               then
               Anti-Christs
               ,
               which
               attempt
               
               of
               hers
               might
               possibly
               have
               worse
               succeeded
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               protection
               
                 Philip
                 the
                 second
              
               afforded
               during
               the
               infancy
               of
               her
               power
               ,
               flattered
               to
               it
               in
               hope
               of
               Marriage
               ,
               no
               lesse
               then
               compelled
               out
               of
               a
               feare
               to
               see
               England
               possessed
               by
               the
               Scots
               ,
               a
               people
               ever
               in
               conjunction
               with
               France
               ,
               and
               therefore
               likely
               to
               prove
               malignant
               to
               his
               affaires
               .
               And
               as
               these
               considerations
               had
               made
               him
               solicitous
               of
               her
               safety
               during
               his
               Match
               with
               her
               Sister
               ,
               they
               continued
               still
               so
               prevalent
               as
               he
               did
               not
               only
               forbeare
               him selfe
               ,
               but
               restrayned
               others
               from
               making
               use
               of
               that
               advantage
               ,
               so
               totall
               a
               defection
               could
               not
               but
               afford
               .
               Nor
               was
               the
               aspect
               of
               a
               Councill
               then
               sitting
               in
               Trent
               ,
               (
               to
               which
               she
               omitted
               not
               to
               send
               her
               Ministers
               )
               of
               small
               consequence
               to
               her
               designe
               ;
               Because
               not
               only
               this
               nation
               ,
               but
               all
               Europe
               were
               in
               the
               strongest
               of
               their
               labour
               to
               produce
               
               a
               Reformation
               ;
               Though
               farre
               short
               of
               the
               pretences
               of
               Luther
               ,
               to
               whose
               memory
               the
               Queene
               had
               an
               unappeasable
               feud
               ,
               ever
               since
               he
               upbrayded
               her
               Father
               with
               the
               Repudiation
               of
               Charles
               the
               fifts
               Sister
               :
               whose
               birth
               by
               this
               became
               so
               unhappy
               as
               to
               be
               not
               only
               disapproved
               by
               the
               Catholickes
               ,
               but
               the
               Founder
               of
               that
               profession
               she
               meant
               to
               establish
               .
               Nor
               were
               the
               
                 Religious
                 bouses
              
               and
               lands
               ,
               possessed
               promiscuously
               by
               those
               of
               both
               tenents
               ,
               a
               weak
               shelter
               to
               this
               new
               Princesse
               ,
               looked
               upon
               by
               all
               as
               the
               likeliest
               and
               most
               obliged
               person
               to
               keepe
               them
               from
               reverting
               to
               their
               antient
               use
               ;
               And
               therefore
               in
               hope
               to
               be
               vigorously
               asserted
               by
               the
               Protestants
               ,
               and
               at
               worst
               but
               weakly
               opposed
               by
               such
               as
               had
               not
               yet
               quite
               relinquished
               the
               Roman
               yoake
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               And
               that
               the
               penners
               of
               this
               Story
               may
               be
               as
               free
               from
               the
               imputation
               
               of
               malice
               as
               Ignorance
               ,
               though
               they
               acknowledge
               her
               rather
               thrown
               ,
               then
               of
               her selfe
               fallen
               from
               the
               obedience
               of
               Rome
               ,
               is
               deducible
               from
               the
               Ceremonies
               used
               at
               her
               Inauguration
               ,
               all
               purely
               Catholike
               ,
               and
               the
               retention
               of
               the
               
                 Ring
                 ,
                 Crosse
              
               and
               Surplice
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               grayne
               of
               her
               strongest
               assertors
               :
               From
               whence
               her
               ayme
               may
               be
               ghest
               as
               not
               poynting
               at
               a
               greater
               dissent
               from
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Rome
               then
               her
               Fathers
               proceedings
               had
               chalked
               her
               out
               ;
               Commanding
               the
               
                 Common
                 prayer
                 book
              
               (
               which
               containes
               most
               of
               the
               Masse
               in
               english
               )
               to
               be
               publikely
               read
               ,
               And
               its
               opposers
               the
               
                 Brownists
                 ,
                 Anabaptists
                 ,
                 Family
              
               of
               Love
               with
               a
               number
               of
               other
               crawling
               errors
               ,
               the
               unnaturall
               heate
               of
               Luthers
               difputes
               had
               produced
               like
               Insects
               over
               all
               Germany
               ,
               to
               be
               restrained
               under
               no
               slighter
               penalty
               then
               Death
               or
               Imprisonment
               .
               
               Nor
               was
               she
               tempted
               to
               this
               out
               of
               a
               vainer
               hope
               then
               to
               draw
               her
               neighbour
               Princes
               to
               the
               same
               resolut
               on
               ,
               already
               in
               dispaire
               of
               procuring
               good
               from
               any
               milder
               indevours
               then
               those
               of
               power
               (
               The
               
                 Roman
                 Courtiers
              
               participating
               so
               much
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Mules
               they
               ride
               on
               ,
               as
               they
               will
               rather
               indure
               through
               a
               sullen
               obstinacy
               ,
               the
               last
               extremity
               ,
               then
               remoove
               never
               so
               little
               out
               of
               their
               track
               of
               honour
               and
               profit
               ;
               no
               lesse
               manifest
               through
               all
               Ages
               ,
               then
               in
               their
               carriage
               towards
               this
               Princesse
               and
               their
               later
               proceedings
               with
               the
               Republique
               of
               Venice
               )
               From
               whence
               more
               connivance
               then
               love
               ,
               fell
               to
               the
               share
               of
               the
               Puritans
               ,
               that
               abhor'd
               the
               lenity
               of
               the
               Queene
               ,
               in
               not
               countenancing
               such
               as
               bent
               their
               force
               against
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               (
               betwixt
               which
               and
               the
               Court
               there
               may
               be
               a
               wider
               difference
               then
               our
               grosser
               disputes
               
               will
               suffer
               us
               to
               discerne
               )
               from
               whose
               practice
               ,
               though
               some
               desired
               a
               Reformation
               ,
               a
               farre
               greater
               part
               thought
               it
               damnable
               to
               reject
               it
               quite
               :
               few
               yet
               acknowledging
               any
               Descent
               or
               Ordination
               but
               what
               was
               derived
               from
               the
               
                 Catholike
                 Church
              
               ,
               a
               terme
               of
               too
               great
               a
               Latitude
               to
               be
               concealed
               for
               a
               day
               ,
               much
               lesse
               for
               whole
               ages
               as
               many
               indeavour
               to
               prove
               .
               But
               leaving
               these
               disputes
               to
               Dr
               Iuell
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               her
               Divines
               (
               at
               that
               time
               better
               able
               to
               play
               the
               Scholars
               prize
               ,
               then
               any
               amongst
               the
               Fryers
               ,
               were
               found
               in
               their
               Answers
               )
               Her
               Iuncto
               ,
               in
               which
               she
               had
               a
               choyce
               number
               consisting
               of
               both
               Factions
               ,
               did
               think
               it
               prudence
               not
               to
               stray
               farther
               then
               the
               inexorable
               necessity
               of
               the
               time
               compeld
               ,
               from
               that
               union
               of
               Doctrine
               which
               had
               a
               Councill
               to
               vouch
               ,
               That
               
                 no
                 faith
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 with
                 any
                 but
                 themselves
              
               ;
               which
               must
               have
               
               rendered
               all
               her
               Leagues
               voyd
               or
               uselesse
               to
               the
               very
               Oaths
               she
               took
               of
               her
               Subjects
               :
               yet
               notwithstanding
               these
               Shackles
               she
               spunne
               out
               a
               long
               and
               as
               happy
               a
               Raigne
               as
               ever
               this
               Nation
               did
               injoy
               .
            
             
               3
               The
               precedent
               Reasons
               joyning
               forces
               with
               the
               deplorable
               condition
               she
               lived
               in
               during
               the
               Government
               of
               her
               Sister
               ,
               and
               meeting
               with
               so
               Fortunate
               a
               Catastrophe
               ,
               caused
               a
               no
               lesse
               consternation
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               Papists
               (
               already
               much
               broken
               and
               unsetled
               in
               their
               passage
               through
               so
               many
               suddaine
               and
               unexpected
               changes
               )
               then
               it
               produced
               joy
               in
               those
               of
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               who
               apprehending
               her
               successe
               as
               issuing
               out
               of
               the
               immediate
               care
               God
               had
               of
               their
               affaires
               ,
               became
               so
               farre
               incouragad
               and
               sedulous
               ,
               that
               whilest
               the
               other
               party
               stood
               amazed
               in
               an
               expectation
               which
               way
               this
               new
               Princesse
               would
               incline
               ,
               
               the
               ensuing
               Parliament
               was
               wholy
               made
               up
               of
               such
               persons
               ,
               as
               had
               already
               voted
               in
               their
               words
               and
               actions
               every
               thing
               the
               Queene
               could
               desire
               to
               have
               confirmed
               in
               the
               House
               :
               so
               as
               no
               side
               but
               were
               mistaken
               in
               their
               account
               ,
               the
               Protestants
               gaining
               more
               ,
               and
               the
               Catholicks
               lesse
               then
               could
               be
               expected
               ,
               to
               the
               taking
               the
               title
               of
               
                 head
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               ,
               and
               conferring
               it
               on
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               which
               was
               thought
               unsutable
               to
               her
               Father
               and
               Brother
               ,
               and
               therefore
               farre
               more
               unbecoming
               the
               person
               of
               a
               Woman
               ;
               the
               cause
               a
               Declaration
               was
               not
               long
               after
               issued
               out
               ,
               to
               shew
               in
               what
               senses
               it
               was
               to
               be
               understood
               .
               And
               to
               prove
               they
               more
               intended
               the
               limitation
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 power
              
               :
               then
               to
               secure
               themselves
               from
               Tyranny
               at
               home
               ,
               an
               Act
               was
               passed
               inabling
               the
               
                 Queene
                 and
                 Commissioners
              
               for
               the
               time
               being
               ,
               to
               alter
               or
               bring
               what
               
               Ceremontes
               or
               Worship
               they
               thought
               decent
               into
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               without
               excepting
               that
               formerly
               exploded
               :
               whereby
               a
               returne
               ,
               (
               likelyest
               to
               be
               made
               use
               of
               )
               or
               a
               farther
               remoove
               was
               left
               arbitrary
               at
               the
               will
               of
               the
               Queene
               :
               whose
               successors
               not
               being
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Act
               ,
               left
               roome
               to
               question
               ,
               It
               ought
               to
               be
               no
               longer
               in
               force
               then
               her
               life
               .
               For
               whose
               gratification
               alone
               her
               Privy
               Counsell
               (
               that
               did
               then
               and
               indeed
               almost
               all
               her
               time
               governe
               Parliaments
               )
               had
               intended
               it
               .
               But
               King
               Iames
               and
               the
               Bishops
               finding
               the
               Advantage
               it
               brought
               the
               Crowne
               no
               lesse
               then
               the
               Church
               ,
               did
               not
               only
               owne
               it
               amongst
               the
               Statutes
               unrepealled
               and
               in
               force
               ,
               but
               did
               print
               it
               with
               a
               Proclamation
               to
               strengthen
               it
               ,
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               book
               of
               
                 Common
                 Prayer
              
               .
               Neither
               had
               the
               high
               Commission
               any
               better
               vizard
               to
               face
               the
               
               Tyranny
               daily
               practised
               by
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               authority
               this
               Act
               did
               afford
               ;
               which
               may
               one
               day
               tempt
               the
               people
               to
               a
               new
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               more
               dismall
               Reformation
               ,
               after
               experience
               hath
               taught
               them
               how
               pernitious
               it
               is
               to
               intrust
               either
               Prince
               or
               Priest
               with
               any
               power
               capable
               of
               abuse
               :
               yet
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               this
               Princesse
               it
               may
               justly
               be
               said
               ,
               that
               she
               never
               made
               use
               of
               her
               owne
               liberty
               to
               inslave
               the
               nation
               ,
               but
               repaid
               or
               rather
               exceeded
               in
               thanks
               and
               acknowledgments
               all
               power
               they
               gave
               her
               ;
               an
               Art
               lost
               in
               these
               latter
               times
               or
               thought
               unkingly
               .
               But
               I
               leave
               this
               her
               wisdome
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               the
               happy
               successe
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               After
               the
               Queen
               had
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               cleansed
               her
               birth
               from
               all
               the
               spots
               the
               poyson
               of
               tongues
               had
               aspersed
               her
               with
               ,
               and
               received
               for
               the
               future
               from
               the
               Houses
               in
               the
               
               name
               of
               the
               
                 three
                 Estates
              
               a
               promise
               of
               Assistance
               ,
               together
               with
               an
               Oath
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               by
               which
               she
               might
               rest
               secure
               from
               within
               ;
               her
               next
               indeavour
               was
               to
               line
               and
               fortify
               her
               out-workes
               :
               In
               the
               prosecution
               of
               which
               she
               was
               forced
               through
               Reason
               of
               State
               upon
               a
               deeper
               ingratitude
               then
               I
               believe
               any
               thing
               but
               an
               impulsive
               necessity
               could
               have
               cast
               her
               into
               :
               For
               after
               a
               firme
               settlement
               she
               became
               the
               severest
               Scourge
               to
               Spaine
               ,
               that
               it
               ever
               had
               ,
               since
               emancipated
               from
               the
               Moors
               .
               The
               occasion
               of
               which
               some
               lay
               at
               the
               haughty
               and
               proud
               Gate
               of
               the
               Spaniard
               ,
               who
               grew
               implacable
               after
               he
               found
               he
               was
               deluded
               of
               his
               hope
               to
               marry
               her
               ;
               others
               to
               a
               nature
               residing
               in
               all
               Princes
               ,
               not
               to
               acknowledge
               any
               friends
               or
               kindred
               but
               what
               are
               allied
               to
               a
               capacity
               of
               doing
               them
               some
               future
               good
               ,
               which
               
                 Philip
                 the
                 second
              
               was
               not
               likely
               to
               
               do
               upon
               any
               remoter
               occasion
               then
               the
               possession
               of
               her
               person
               ,
               his
               ends
               being
               intent
               upon
               an
               absolute
               Monarchy
               :
               which
               obliged
               not
               only
               England
               but
               all
               the
               Princes
               in
               Europe
               to
               oppose
               him
               .
               Nor
               could
               any
               favour
               received
               in
               the
               relation
               of
               a
               private
               person
               bind
               her
               more
               to
               requitall
               ,
               then
               greater
               injuries
               did
               to
               revenge
               .
               Therefore
               since
               she
               forgave
               the
               latter
               ,
               when
               she
               had
               power
               to
               have
               taken
               it
               without
               danger
               ,
               she
               seemes
               more
               excusable
               in
               omitting
               the
               first
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               have
               beene
               done
               without
               losse
               ,
               and
               exposing
               her
               subjects
               to
               a
               visible
               inconvenience
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               totall
               rume
               .
            
             
               Yet
               this
               is
               manifest
               in
               the
               histories
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               that
               the
               Queene
               did
               by
               way
               of
               mediation
               ,
               long
               indeavour
               for
               a
               milder
               Governing
               of
               his
               Dutch
               Subjects
               (
               of
               whose
               oppression
               both
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ape
               witnesses
               )
               before
               a
               Sword
               was
               
               drawne
               in
               their
               defence
               .
               And
               for
               the
               
                 Treasure
                 taken
                 at
                 Sea
              
               ,
               and
               at
               first
               owned
               but
               as
               borrowed
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               more
               then
               the
               Faith
               of
               England
               might
               have
               been
               a
               sufficient
               security
               for
               ,
               without
               being
               made
               the
               subject
               of
               a
               warie
               .
               Nor
               did
               the
               
                 Catholike
                 King
              
               remaine
               long
               in
               a
               condition
               able
               to
               distresse
               the
               affayres
               of
               England
               ,
               his
               power
               being
               diverted
               through
               a
               malecontented
               party
               that
               stood
               up
               for
               Religion
               in
               the
               Netherlands
               ,
               at
               first
               fomented
               by
               France
               ,
               and
               after
               more
               cordially
               assisted
               by
               our
               Queene
               ;
               who
               delighted
               more
               from
               her
               first
               assumption
               to
               power
               in
               raising
               broyles
               ,
               and
               making
               her selfe
               an
               arbitrator
               of
               others
               differences
               ,
               then
               in
               any
               quarrell
               contracted
               of
               her
               owne
               :
               by
               which
               she
               did
               not
               only
               keep
               her selfe
               in
               plight
               at
               home
               ,
               by
               sparing
               mony
               (
               harder
               parted
               with
               by
               the
               English
               then
               bloud
               )
               but
               
               gained
               so
               much
               reputation
               abroad
               ,
               as
               no
               publique
               or
               private
               indeavours
               of
               
                 his
                 holinesse
              
               could
               stop
               other
               nations
               (
               already
               scandalized
               at
               his
               base
               and
               unworthy
               Iugling
               in
               the
               Council
               )
               from
               confirming
               or
               making
               new
               or
               straighter
               Leagues
               with
               England
               then
               formerly
               they
               had
               done
               :
               looking
               upon
               her
               Defection
               as
               a
               president
               they
               might
               one
               day
               be
               forced
               to
               follow
               ,
               in
               case
               the
               
                 Court
                 of
                 Rome
              
               continued
               still
               her
               Contumacy
               towards
               Princes
               :
               And
               therefore
               likelier
               to
               meet
               her
               with
               comfort
               and
               assistance
               ,
               then
               any
               force
               to
               oppose
               her
               .
               From
               whence
               
                 his
                 Holinesse
              
               was
               necessitated
               ,
               in
               vindication
               of
               his
               honour
               ,
               to
               imploy
               the
               Iesuits
               ,
               his
               owne
               emissaries
               ,
               by
               Artifice
               ,
               Poyson
               or
               the
               Knife
               to
               bring
               about
               that
               his
               sword
               was
               not
               able
               to
               execute
               ;
               so
               as
               the
               peace
               of
               her
               Kingdome
               was
               at
               first
               more
               interrupted
               through
               
                 privy
                 Conspiracies
              
               
               then
               open
               force
               :
               which
               according
               to
               the
               guise
               of
               all
               unsuccessefull
               Treasons
               ,
               turned
               to
               the
               disadvantage
               of
               themselves
               and
               their
               party
               ,
               the
               poore
               Catholickes
               ;
               against
               whom
               nothing
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               generality
               remaines
               upon
               due
               proofe
               sufficient
               to
               justify
               the
               severity
               of
               the
               Lawes
               daily
               enacted
               and
               put
               in
               execution
               against
               them
               ;
               wherewith
               they
               were
               ground
               in
               pieces
               between
               the
               Popes
               Obstinacy
               ,
               and
               a
               Ielousy
               these
               practises
               bred
               in
               there
               naturall
               Prince
               ;
               by
               whom
               they
               were
               without
               question
               prosecuted
               rather
               out
               of
               feare
               then
               malice
               :
               which
               
                 his
                 Holinesse
              
               at
               length
               perceiving
               did
               offer
               what
               he
               denied
               ;
               which
               was
               to
               
                 confirme
                 her
                 Title
                 ,
                 and
                 ratify
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 the
                 Common-Prayer
                 ,
              
               with
               the
               most
               of
               what
               the
               Parliament
               had
               confirmed
               upon
               her
               ;
               provided
               she
               would
               receive
               them
               as
               favours
               from
               the
               
                 Apostolicall
                 
                 Sea.
              
               But
               after
               this
               his
               too
               late
               compliance
               had
               cast
               him
               into
               their
               condition
               that
               have
               unadvisedly
               out
               stood
               the
               Market
               ,
               he
               in
               no
               shallower
               Malice
               then
               dispaire
               ,
               cast
               not
               only
               the
               person
               of
               the
               Queene
               but
               the
               whole
               Nation
               under
               a
               bottomlesse
               Interdict
               ;
               which
               was
               thundered
               out
               at
               Rome
               ,
               and
               hung
               like
               :
               squib
               by
               one
               Felton
               upon
               the
               
                 Bishop
                 of
                 London's
                 Gate
              
               ,
               where
               after
               the
               execution
               of
               the
               party
               that
               did
               it
               ,
               all
               other
               malignancy
               ceased
               but
               what
               fell
               upon
               his
               owne
               creatures
               ,
               who
               till
               then
               were
               not
               forbidden
               to
               communicate
               (
               in
               publique
               service
               )
               with
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               and
               so
               harder
               to
               be
               discovered
               ,
               then
               since
               this
               open
               rupture
               .
               Nor
               was
               the
               
                 Queene
                 of
                 Scots
              
               (
               whose
               Tragicall
               History
               is
               to
               be
               found
               every
               where
               written
               at
               large
               )
               more
               obliged
               to
               her
               Catholick
               Father
               ,
               through
               whose
               inoouragement
               she
               was
               tempted
               
               to
               assume
               the
               
                 Title
                 and
                 Armes
                 of
                 England
              
               very
               unseasonably
               during
               her
               husbands
               sicknesse
               ,
               and
               before
               her
               owne
               Kingdome
               was
               setled
               ,
               or
               any
               considerable
               force
               manifested
               ,
               in
               her
               favour
               :
               It
               not
               pleasing
               France
               it selfe
               (
               of
               whose
               King
               she
               was
               after
               the
               Relict
               )
               to
               see
               all
               Britanny
               united
               under
               one
               Crowne
               :
               and
               from
               whence
               dropped
               so
               much
               of
               the
               venome
               of
               Iealousy
               into
               the
               hearts
               of
               Elizabeth
               and
               her
               Counsell
               ,
               as
               no
               meanes
               was
               left
               unsought
               likely
               to
               distresse
               her
               ,
               especially
               by
               the
               
                 Puritan
                 party
              
               ,
               whose
               safety
               lay
               in
               her
               destruction
               ,
               and
               who
               shunned
               no
               undecency
               carrying
               any
               probability
               of
               being
               instrumentall
               in
               her
               remove
               ;
               forgetting
               that
               the
               persons
               of
               Princes
               have
               been
               thought
               by
               all
               wise
               men
               too
               sacred
               to
               have
               any
               hand
               or
               Iustice
               appeare
               in
               their
               death
               but
               Gods.
               Now
               as
               these
               studied
               all
               
               waies
               to
               destroy
               her
               ,
               so
               there
               was
               as
               considerable
               a
               Faction
               in
               the
               
                 English
                 Court
              
               that
               desired
               her
               preservation
               ,
               the
               cause
               not
               only
               that
               held
               her
               long
               captive
               (
               many
               wishing
               her
               restraint
               that
               abhorred
               her
               execution
               )
               but
               deterred
               all
               who
               had
               either
               estate
               or
               honour
               to
               loose
               ,
               from
               attempting
               in
               their
               owne
               person
               ,
               or
               conniving
               at
               any
               other
               likely
               to
               be
               so
               wicked
               as
               to
               make
               her
               away
               :
               though
               our
               Queene
               may
               be
               found
               in
               many
               of
               her
               Letters
               intimating
               so
               much
               to
               such
               as
               kept
               her
               ,
               who
               were
               so
               wise
               as
               not
               to
               understand
               what
               was
               meant
               ,
               else
               they
               might
               have
               fallen
               into
               the
               fortune
               of
               Davison
               ,
               who
               unadvisedly
               ventering
               between
               the
               honour
               and
               safety
               of
               his
               Prince
               ,
               was
               ground
               to
               nothing
               betwixt
               the
               fury
               of
               one
               party
               and
               shame
               of
               the
               other
               :
               Thus
               because
               no
               body
               either
               would
               or
               durst
               do
               it
               alone
               ,
               the
               reproach
               
               was
               intayled
               upon
               the
               whole
               Nation
               ,
               by
               the
               apparition
               of
               a
               minicall
               and
               counter
               feit
               Iustice
               :
               Reason
               of
               State
               in
               such
               nice
               points
               as
               these
               ,
               being
               so
               contrary
               to
               that
               in
               the
               Schooles
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               most
               safe
               and
               honourable
               when
               it
               hath
               the
               least
               Authority
               to
               vouch
               it
               .
               And
               if
               the
               Actors
               of
               this
               Tragedy
               had
               not
               found
               more
               security
               from
               the
               long
               reigne
               of
               Elizabeth
               ,
               then
               the
               applause
               they
               had
               from
               Scotland
               was
               able
               to
               have
               afforded
               them
               upon
               the
               next
               change
               ,
               I
               believe
               so
               many
               of
               their
               race
               had
               not
               sate
               in
               the
               house
               of
               Lords
               .
               Nor
               was
               the
               amorous
               rather
               then
               traiterous
               blood
               of
               the
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Norfolke
              
               ,
               spilt
               on
               the
               scaffold
               for
               her
               sake
               ,
               more
               consonant
               to
               Iustice
               or
               the
               affections
               of
               her
               Subjects
               ,
               though
               quietly
               indured
               ,
               as
               a
               number
               of
               other
               particulars
               which
               happened
               in
               her
               time
               ,
               that
               were
               not
               able
               to
               make
               answer
               
               or
               give
               a
               perfect
               account
               ,
               some
               to
               Iustice
               ,
               others
               to
               Discretion
               .
               This
               proves
               :
               that
               the
               common
               people
               are
               like
               rivers
               which
               do
               seldome
               grow
               so
               impetuous
               as
               to
               transcend
               the
               banks
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               but
               upon
               the
               overflowing
               of
               an
               epidemicall
               and
               illegall
               Oppression
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Not
               to
               wade
               any
               farther
               in
               this
               ,
               the
               greatest
               blur
               I
               find
               objected
               to
               her
               honour
               ,
               or
               prudence
               of
               those
               assisted
               at
               the
               helme
               ,
               whose
               miscarriage
               lay
               more
               in
               the
               Ceremony
               then
               substance
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               no
               lesse
               gratefull
               to
               the
               present
               affayres
               of
               the
               Protestants
               in
               Scotland
               then
               England
               :
               it
               being
               the
               policy
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               as
               I
               believe
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               of
               these
               ,
               to
               rend●●
               Alliance
               no
               lesse
               acceptable
               to
               friends
               ,
               then
               terrible
               to
               enimies
               ,
               through
               a
               seasonable
               supply
               of
               men
               and
               mony
               before
               delay
               (
               the
               betrayer
               of
               all
               confederations
               )
               hath
               
               rendered
               affayres
               desperate
               :
               not
               o●itted
               by
               her
               ,
               who
               by
               sea
               and
               land
               ●ade
               it
               her
               constant
               practice
               to
               an●oy
               the
               Spaniard
               through
               the
               con●uct
               of
               those
               Sonnes
               of
               Neptune
               ,
               
                 Drake
                 ,
                 Furbusher
                 ,
                 Cavendish
              
               ,
               S
               r
               
                 VValter
                 Rawly
                 &c.
              
               and
               in
               that
               suc●essefull
               first
               expedition
               to
               
               Cales
               ●nder
               the
               Command
               of
               Essex
               (
               a
               ●an
               of
               a
               contexture
               not
               only
               suta●le
               to
               a
               Camp
               but
               gratefull
               to
               La●ies
               )
               by
               which
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 King
              
               ,
               was
               so
               unexpectedly
               alarum'd
               ,
               as
               
                 Cardinall
                 D'Ossat
              
               ownes
               it
               for
               the
               most
               universall
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Nation
               or
               a
               great
               part
               of
               it
               might
               have
               been
               gained
               ,
               had
               he
               prosecuted
               his
               immediate
               fortune
               to
               the
               extent
               of
               their
               feares
               ;
               a
               number
               of
               the
               
                 Morisco
                 race
              
               desiring
               in
               that
               Iuncture
               to
               change
               their
               master
               ,
               for
               one
               more
               Christian
               ,
               though
               lesse
               Catholick
               ,
               and
               under
               whom
               no
               Inquisition
               was
               exercised
               .
               
               This
               made
               his
               coming
               back
               so
               soone
               thought
               as
               miraculous
               as
               his
               successe
               by
               those
               that
               were
               strangers
               to
               his
               Commission
               ,
               which
               he
               exceeded
               upon
               the
               temptation
               of
               a
               present
               terrour
               his
               landing
               caused
               in
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               confidence
               of
               their
               Castles
               had
               removed
               none
               of
               their
               goods
               ,
               which
               rendered
               the
               booty
               so
               farre
               considerable
               as
               few
               returned
               empty
               handed
               ,
               and
               many
               by
               there
               future
               living
               made
               demonstration
               of
               so
               great
               an
               abundance
               ,
               that
               he
               gained
               so
               much
               love
               on
               all
               sides
               as
               his
               enimies
               durst
               not
               impute
               to
               him
               for
               a
               fault
               ,
               any
               direction
               he
               had
               transgressed
               ,
               in
               being
               too
               prodigall
               in
               exposing
               himselfe
               and
               the
               Army
               to
               danger
               ;
               though
               his
               abusing
               that
               Article
               of
               
                 making
                 knights
              
               so
               apparently
               ,
               had
               produced
               this
               Libell
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 A
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
              
               
                 VVith
                 a
                 Knight
                 at
                 Cales
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 a
                 Lord
                 of
                 the
                 North
                 country
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 yeoman
                 of
                 Kent
              
               
                 Upon
                 a
                 rack't
                 Rent
              
               
                 VVill
                 buy
                 them
                 out
                 all
                 three
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               happy
               successe
               did
               not
               only
               estate
               him
               in
               the
               affections
               of
               the
               Militia
               and
               those
               addicted
               to
               the
               service
               of
               Mars
               ,
               but
               put
               a
               no
               lesse
               high
               esteeme
               on
               his
               counsells
               and
               indeavours
               ,
               then
               it
               abated
               the
               price
               of
               his
               opposers
               ,
               the
               most
               of
               whom
               belonged
               to
               the
               side-robe
               (
               not
               seldome
               at
               odds
               in
               warre
               ,
               but
               ever
               at
               enmity
               with
               souldiers
               during
               peace
               )
               who
               grew
               jealous
               that
               this
               sparke
               ,
               worne
               already
               in
               the
               same
               place
               of
               the
               Queenes
               affection
               ,
               from
               whence
               Lecester
               that
               terrestriall
               Lucifer
               was
               cast
               ,
               for
               abusing
               his
               Soveraignes
               favour
               to
               pride
               and
               Murther
               ,
               
               might
               through
               the
               Queenes
               mediation
               or
               his
               owne
               arts
               one
               day
               gaine
               the
               Crowne
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               their
               interest
               ,
               who
               had
               already
               vowed
               the
               uttermost
               of
               their
               indeavours
               to
               the
               
                 Scotish
                 Title
              
               ;
               of
               whom
               he
               had
               this
               advantage
               ,
               that
               whereas
               Lecester
               was
               hated
               by
               the
               people
               for
               the
               death
               of
               many
               ,
               and
               amongst
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Earle
               of
               Essex
               his
               Father
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               this
               abounded
               in
               their
               Love
               ,
               no
               lesse
               then
               in
               the
               favour
               of
               his
               Prince
               ,
               in
               whose
               heart
               his
               person
               had
               made
               as
               deep
               an
               impression
               ,
               as
               his
               valour
               and
               affable
               nature
               had
               wonne
               upon
               her
               Subjects
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               she
               fomented
               Divisions
               abroad
               I
               hinted
               before
               ,
               And
               now
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               she
               was
               not
               wanting
               in
               her
               indeavours
               to
               maintaine
               
                 Factions
                 at
                 home
              
               ,
               by
               which
               she
               attained
               to
               the
               knowledge
               of
               all
               things
               that
               happened
               :
               so
               as
               no
               suite
               
               or
               designe
               passed
               the
               royall
               assent
               ,
               before
               she
               understood
               as
               much
               of
               reason
               as
               enemies
               or
               friends
               could
               bring
               for
               and
               against
               it
               ;
               hearing
               the
               judgments
               of
               all
               ,
               to
               her
               very
               Ladies
               and
               ordinary
               Servants
               :
               nor
               did
               this
               freedome
               of
               communication
               betray
               her
               future
               resolutions
               to
               discovery
               ;
               for
               through
               a
               seeming
               unconstancy
               ,
               or
               ,
               as
               others
               will
               have
               it
               ,
               one
               more
               naturall
               ,
               she
               did
               so
               often
               vary
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               not
               easy
               to
               discover
               where
               or
               when
               she
               would
               conclude
               her
               buzzing
               ,
               and
               give
               the
               blow
               :
               by
               which
               unsteady
               carriage
               she
               so
               befooled
               the
               Spyes
               and
               Pensioners
               of
               forraine
               Princes
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               at
               a
               losse
               what
               to
               informe
               their
               Patrons
               of
               ,
               or
               themselves
               how
               to
               resolve
               :
               The
               cause
               of
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 Armado
              
               in
               Eighty
               eight
               ,
               an
               attempt
               held
               ridiculous
               by
               the
               Flemings
               and
               all
               acquamted
               with
               our
               seas
               ,
               and
               only
               brought
               about
               through
               the
               over-confidence
               
               his
               Holinesse
               had
               in
               a
               Catholick
               party
               ,
               which
               he
               assured
               himselfe
               would
               appeare
               upon
               the
               approach
               of
               a
               Navy
               stiled
               by
               him
               invincible
               .
               Here
               may
               be
               noted
               that
               counsels
               grounded
               upon
               forraine
               advice
               or
               any
               thing
               but
               a
               visible
               experience
               ,
               do
               rarely
               succeed
               ;
               for
               Interest
               in
               such
               as
               desire
               a
               change
               doth
               not
               seldome
               make
               them
               apprehend
               more
               advantages
               then
               really
               there
               are
               ,
               and
               cover
               doubts
               and
               dangers
               they
               are
               privy
               to
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               feare
               to
               dishearten
               the
               Prince
               they
               indeavour
               to
               imbark
               in
               their
               defence
               ;
               as
               it
               fell
               out
               here
               ,
               where
               not
               one
               man
               appeared
               in
               favour
               of
               the
               Spaniard
               :
               the
               very
               Papist's
               themselves
               being
               no
               lesse
               unwilling
               then
               the
               rest
               to
               see
               their
               native
               country
               in
               subjection
               to
               the
               ordinary
               cruelty
               found
               in
               Strangers
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               But
               to
               be
               sure
               the
               former
               mentioned
               art
               of
               
                 dissemb'ing
                 with
                 others
              
               
               had
               stamped
               such
               a
               deepe
               impression
               upon
               the
               Queenes
               owne
               Nature
               and
               passions
               ,
               as
               she
               fixed
               upon
               nothing
               with
               precipitation
               .
               The
               distrust
               she
               had
               of
               all
               sides
               obliging
               her
               to
               the
               Iustice
               of
               equall
               hearings
               ,
               which
               few
               in
               Soveraignty
               will
               be
               at
               the
               trouble
               to
               afford
               :
               And
               from
               hence
               grew
               the
               infinite
               indulgence
               that
               appeared
               so
               long
               in
               favour
               of
               Essex
               ;
               who
               becoming
               wanton
               from
               his
               late
               Successe
               ,
               though
               after
               moderated
               by
               some
               lesse
               happy
               ,
               he
               grew
               into
               such
               heats
               and
               insolences
               towards
               any
               his
               Iealousy
               had
               marked
               for
               enemies
               ,
               that
               the
               Queene
               ,
               to
               keep
               even
               the
               scales
               betweene
               him
               and
               those
               of
               the
               
                 Cecilian
                 party
              
               ,
               not
               only
               forbore
               to
               pamper
               him
               with
               new
               favours
               ,
               but
               did
               not
               seldome
               frowne
               upon
               him
               ;
               though
               he
               had
               yet
               so
               true
               a
               friend
               of
               her
               affection
               ,
               that
               upon
               the
               least
               semblance
               of
               
               submission
               and
               promise
               of
               returne
               to
               a
               better
               temper
               ,
               it
               did
               mediate
               for
               him
               :
               
                 Lave
                 ,
                 like
                 a
                 bone
                 ,
                 becoming
                 more
                 strong
                 by
                 breaches
              
               ;
               he
               being
               certaine
               upon
               every
               reconciliation
               to
               receive
               from
               her
               double
               the
               value
               of
               that
               her
               anger
               had
               cost
               him
               ;
               Till
               these
               frequent
               repetitions
               of
               his
               faults
               and
               her
               forgivenesse
               had
               swelled
               him
               into
               such
               a
               Confidence
               of
               his
               owne
               mediation
               that
               he
               looked
               upon
               all
               as
               enemies
               ,
               that
               in
               their
               words
               or
               actions
               acknowlegded
               not
               his
               friendship
               ,
               or
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               ordinary
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               profuse
               Liberality
               ,
               did
               not
               weare
               some
               badge
               of
               his
               favour
               .
               And
               amongst
               a
               number
               of
               these
               S
               r
               
                 Francis
                 Bacon
              
               was
               one
               ,
               who
               in
               an
               Apology
               he
               printed
               to
               vindicate
               his
               fame
               from
               the
               imputation
               of
               ingratitude
               to
               Essex
               ,
               confesseth
               him
               
                 farre
                 richer
                 in
                 obligations
                 then
                 payments
              
               ;
               the
               fate
               of
               all
               that
               set
               too
               high
               a
               value
               
               upon
               friends
               purchased
               by
               any
               other
               coyne
               ,
               then
               what
               beares
               the
               impresse
               of
               an
               Interest
               depending
               upon
               a
               future
               hope
               ;
               
                 It
                 being
                 the
                 policy
                 of
                 Courtiers
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 Love
                 ,
                 to
                 conclude
                 where
                 it
                 begins
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 in
                 Expectation
                 .
              
               Now
               because
               the
               generality
               of
               such
               as
               desired
               his
               ruine
               might
               think
               that
               the
               favour
               his
               Mistris
               shewed
               him
               proceeded
               from
               a
               nearer
               familiarity
               then
               I
               have
               been
               informed
               it
               did
               ,
               by
               such
               as
               reported
               her
               apter
               both
               in
               her selfe
               and
               others
               to
               kindle
               the
               flames
               of
               Love
               ,
               then
               quench
               them
               ,
               They
               placed
               Blunt
               ,
               a
               gallant
               Gentleman
               ,
               and
               of
               an
               honourable
               extraction
               ,
               in
               the
               ball
               of
               her
               eye
               ,
               hoping
               by
               his
               application
               to
               draw
               from
               her
               heart
               the
               affection
               they
               thought
               mortall
               to
               them
               and
               their
               designes
               :
               but
               the
               whole
               result
               concluding
               in
               a
               Duell
               ,
               did
               rather
               inflame
               then
               abate
               the
               
               former
               account
               she
               made
               of
               him
               ;
               The
               opinion
               of
               a
               Champion
               being
               more
               splendid
               (
               in
               the
               weak
               and
               Romantick
               sense
               of
               women
               ,
               that
               admit
               of
               nothing
               fit
               to
               be
               made
               the
               object
               of
               a
               quarrell
               but
               themselves
               )
               and
               farre
               above
               that
               of
               a
               Captaine
               or
               Generall
               :
               So
               as
               S
               r
               
                 Edmund
                 Cary
              
               ,
               brother
               to
               the
               Lord
               Hunsden
               ,
               then
               Chamberlaine
               and
               neer
               Kinsman
               to
               the
               Queene
               (
               from
               whose
               mouth
               I
               have
               most
               of
               this
               )
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               though
               she
               chid
               them
               both
               ,
               nothing
               pleased
               her
               better
               then
               a
               conceit
               she
               had
               ,
               that
               her
               beauty
               (
               of
               which
               her
               flatterers
               had
               bred
               in
               her
               a
               higher
               esteeme
               then
               an
               impartiall
               eare
               or
               eye
               can
               think
               due
               from
               others
               report
               or
               her
               owne
               pictures
               )
               was
               the
               subject
               of
               this
               quarrell
               ;
               when
               God
               knowes
               it
               grew
               from
               the
               stock
               of
               honour
               of
               which
               then
               they
               were
               very
               tender
               ,
               and
               some
               meane
               expressions
               
               Essex
               used
               of
               Blunt
               ,
               about
               his
               being
               imployed
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               not
               her
               amorous
               caresses
               ,
               which
               age
               and
               in
               a
               manner
               an
               universall
               distribution
               of
               them
               had
               by
               this
               time
               rendered
               tedious
               if
               not
               loathsome
               ;
               intimated
               in
               a
               modest
               expression
               uttered
               in
               my
               hearing
               by
               S
               r
               
                 VValter
                 Rawley
              
               ,
               none
               of
               her
               least
               respected
               Servants
               ,
               who
               upon
               some
               discourse
               of
               the
               
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckingham
              
               ,
               said
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               
                 That
                 Minions
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 happy
                 as
                 vulgar
                 judgments
                 thought
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 frequently
                 commanded
                 to
                 uncomely
                 and
                 sometimes
                 unnaturall
                 imployments
                 .
              
            
             
               8.
               
               But
               his
               enemies
               finding
               all
               complaints
               made
               to
               his
               disadvantage
               ,
               though
               true
               ,
               neglected
               ,
               or
               hung
               upon
               the
               file
               amongst
               such
               as
               she
               resolved
               at
               her
               better
               leasure
               to
               inquire
               into
               the
               proofes
               of
               ,
               And
               remaining
               as
               obstinate
               in
               a
               resolution
               to
               destroy
               him
               as
               she
               did
               yet
               appeare
               
               in
               his
               preservation
               ;
               did
               indeavour
               ,
               as
               a
               last
               refuge
               ,
               to
               actuate
               his
               distruction
               by
               accumulating
               upon
               him
               such
               high
               favours
               and
               honours
               as
               they
               observed
               most
               sutable
               to
               his
               humour
               ,
               and
               fortunes
               of
               the
               Sword-men
               through
               whose
               consells
               they
               found
               him
               the
               most
               easy
               to
               be
               led
               ,
               and
               amongst
               whom
               many
               were
               placed
               neere
               his
               person
               by
               themselves
               ,
               And
               from
               these
               they
               received
               upon
               all
               emergencies
               advice
               of
               his
               carriage
               :
               It
               faring
               with
               him
               as
               it
               doth
               ordinarily
               betide
               honest
               and
               generous
               Natures
               ,
               that
               perish
               oftener
               through
               confidence
               ,
               then
               distrust
               .
               Nor
               could
               any
               other
               meanes
               have
               removed
               this
               !
               
                 Court
                 Leviathan
              
               (
               too
               deeply
               strook
               with
               the
               harping-irons
               of
               malice
               )
               ,
               from
               the
               ocean
               of
               favour
               he
               lay
               :
               in
               but
               so
               
                 ample
                 A
                 Commission
              
               as
               might
               givo
               his
               Ambition
               full
               power
               and
               room
               to
               expatiate
               in
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               was
               
               most
               likely
               to
               be
               tug'd
               a
               ground
               ;
               Not
               wise
               enough
               to
               apprehend
               Many
               things
               he
               found
               inserted
               in
               his
               Patent
               ,
               as
               
                 liberty
                 to
                 Pardon
                 or
                 punish
                 the
                 Irish
                 Rebells
                 sutable
                 to
                 his
                 owne
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 power
                 to
                 reward
                 with
                 lands
                 or
                 honours
                 all
                 he
                 esteemed
                 worthy
                 ,
              
               were
               such
               flowers
               of
               the
               Crown
               as
               his
               enemies
               (
               to
               the
               disadvantage
               of
               whose
               friends
               he
               might
               imploy
               them
               )
               could
               not
               in
               reason
               but
               have
               found
               cause
               to
               oppose
               ,
               had
               they
               been
               pick'd
               out
               for
               any
               milder
               designe
               ,
               then
               to
               deck
               a
               Garland
               for
               that
               head
               they
               meant
               to
               sacrifice
               to
               their
               malice
               and
               revenge
               .
               But
               this
               being
               acted
               (
               though
               long
               before
               studied
               )
               amongst
               the
               last
               Scenes
               of
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               I
               shall
               deferre
               the
               conclusion
               till
               some
               other
               time
               ,
               Indeavouring
               here
               (
               according
               to
               my
               weak
               fancy
               ;
               prompted
               only
               by
               Report
               )
               to
               draw
               a
               
                 prospect
                 of
                 her
                 Court
              
               :
               where
               ,
               all
               her
               raigne
               ,
               Majesty
               
               and
               Thrift
               did
               strive
               for
               preeminence
               without
               incroaching
               upon
               any
               confine
               either
               of
               Basenesse
               or
               Prodigality
               .
               Nor
               can
               this
               be
               wondered
               at
               by
               such
               as
               know
               the
               power
               she
               derived
               from
               Law
               or
               custome
               to
               be
               furnished
               with
               all
               Provisions
               at
               a
               
                 set
                 price
              
               ,
               By
               which
               a
               heavy
               Imposition
               was
               cut
               off
               ,
               found
               by
               experience
               to
               load
               
                 Greatnesse
                 ,
                 seldome
                 admitted
                 to
                 a
                 cheap
                 Market
                 :
              
               Sellers
               recompensing
               their
               want
               of
               honour
               ,
               by
               the
               Excise
               they
               put
               on
               such
               as
               owne
               it
               .
               And
               because
               this
               was
               Arbitrary
               at
               the
               will
               of
               the
               
                 Greene
                 cloth
              
               (
               a
               Court
               only
               intending
               Provision
               and
               Carriages
               )
               The
               Purveyors
               ,
               upon
               whom
               lay
               the
               execution
               ,
               And
               so
               by
               consequence
               the
               envy
               ,
               were
               ,
               if
               guilty
               ,
               at
               the
               mercy
               of
               every
               accuser
               ,
               being
               not
               seldome
               hang'd
               or
               put
               in
               the
               Pillory
               upon
               the
               discovery
               sometimes
               of
               small
               abuses
               :
               Her
               Government
               appearing
               so
               full
               of
               policy
               ,
               as
               
               she
               was
               rarely
               found
               to
               interpose
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Crowne
               in
               her
               owne
               cause
               :
               Who
               by
               turning
               her
               face
               towards
               the
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               countenancing
               the
               punishment
               of
               such
               Harpies
               ,
               did
               besides
               stop
               the
               future
               current
               of
               their
               Corruption
               ;
               Through
               which
               she
               became
               not
               only
               better
               serv'd
               ,
               but
               gained
               an
               opinion
               of
               Iustice
               ,
               and
               Mercy
               towards
               her
               people
               :
               it
               being
               the
               male-administration
               ,
               more
               then
               badnesse
               of
               any
               Office
               ,
               I
               ever
               knew
               during
               her
               raigne
               or
               her
               Successours
               ,
               legally
               erected
               ,
               that
               raised
               murmuring
               in
               the
               people
               ,
               the
               il-boding
               voice
               of
               Sedition
               ;
               which
               if
               heard
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               neglected
               ,
               but
               like
               the
               Sea
               stopped
               by
               the
               bankes
               of
               Iustice
               ;
               for
               if
               once
               it
               growes
               epidemicall
               ,
               all
               indeavours
               do
               rather
               inflame
               then
               moderate
               it
               ,
               as
               thought
               to
               proceed
               more
               from
               necessity
               then
               love
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               And
               here
               I
               think
               it
               not
               impertinent
               to
               insert
               a
               Story
               as
               it
               was
               
               related
               by
               an
               eye
               witnesse
               .
               A
               A
               Purveyor
               having
               abused
               the
               
                 County
                 of
                 Kent
              
               ,
               upon
               her
               remove
               to
               Green-wich
               (
               whether
               she
               often
               resorted
               ,
               being
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               the
               first
               ayre
               she
               breathed
               ,
               and
               therefore
               most
               likely
               to
               agree
               with
               her
               )
               a
               Country
               man
               watching
               the
               time
               she
               went
               to
               walk
               ,
               which
               was
               commonly
               early
               ,
               and
               being
               wise
               enough
               to
               take
               his
               time
               when
               she
               stood
               unbent
               and
               quiet
               from
               the
               ordinary
               occasions
               she
               was
               taken
               up
               with
               ,
               placing
               himselfe
               within
               the
               reach
               of
               her
               eare
               ,
               did
               after
               the
               fashion
               of
               his
               coat
               ,
               cry
               aloud
               
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Queen
              
               ?
               whereupon
               ,
               as
               her
               manner
               was
               ,
               she
               turned
               about
               towards
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               continuing
               still
               his
               question
               ,
               she
               her selfe
               answered
               
                 I
                 am
                 your
                 Queene
                 ,
                 what
                 would'st
                 thou
                 have
                 with
                 me
                 ?
                 you
                 ,
              
               replied
               the
               Fellow
               ,
               
                 are
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 rarest
                 Women
                 I
                 ever
                 saw
                 ,
                 and
                 can
                 eate
                 no
                 more
                 then
                 my
                 daughter
              
               Madge
               ,
               
               
                 who
                 is
                 thought
                 the
                 properest
                 Lasse
                 in
                 our
                 Parish
                 ,
                 though
                 short
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 that
              
               Queene
               Elizabeth
               
                 I
                 looke
                 for
                 ,
                 devoures
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 my
              
               Hennes
               ,
               Ducks
               ,
               and
               Capons
               ,
               
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 live
                 .
              
               The
               Queene
               ,
               no
               lesse
               auspicious
               to
               all
               sutes
               made
               through
               the
               mediation
               of
               her
               comly
               shape
               ,
               of
               which
               she
               held
               a
               high
               esteeme
               after
               her
               Looking
               Glasses
               (
               long
               laid
               by
               before
               her
               death
               )
               might
               have
               confuted
               her
               in
               any
               good
               opinion
               of
               her
               Face
               ,
               then
               malignant
               to
               all
               Oppression
               above
               her
               owne
               ,
               inquired
               who
               was
               Purveyer
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               story
               went
               suffered
               him
               to
               be
               hang'd
               ,
               after
               a
               speciall
               order
               for
               his
               triall
               ,
               according
               to
               a
               Statute
               formerly
               made
               to
               prevent
               abuses
               in
               this
               kind
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               This
               Princesse
               ,
               in
               imitation
               of
               her
               Father
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 eighth
              
               did
               admit
               none
               about
               her
               for
               
                 Pensioners
                 ,
                 Privy-Chamber-then
                 ,
                 Squiers
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 Carvers
                 ,
                 Cup-bearers
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Sewers
                 &c.
              
               (
               that
               were
               not
               a
               few
               in
               number
               )
               but
               
                 persons
                 of
                 stature
                 ,
                 strength
                 and
                 birth
                 ,
              
               refusing
               to
               one
               her
               consent
               (
               demanded
               before
               any
               could
               be
               admitted
               to
               the
               meanest
               place
               in
               her
               house
               ,
               )
               because
               he
               wanted
               a
               tooth
               ,
               yet
               was
               never
               knowne
               to
               desert
               any
               for
               age
               or
               other
               infirmity
               after
               once
               inrolled
               ,
               but
               either
               continued
               them
               ,
               or
               ,
               upon
               their
               discharge
               ,
               gave
               them
               considerable
               and
               well
               paid
               pensions
               .
               As
               for
               her
               
                 Guard
                 ,
                 Ushers
                 ,
                 Porters
              
               ,
               and
               all
               attending
               
                 below
                 Stayers
              
               ,
               they
               were
               of
               a
               no
               lesse
               extraordinary
               size
               ,
               then
               activity
               for
               Shooting
               ,
               throwing
               the
               Barre
               ,
               Weight
               ,
               Wrastling
               &c.
               
               So
               that
               such
               as
               came
               hither
               from
               beyond
               the
               seas
               upon
               Embasy
               or
               curiosity
               (
               who
               calculate
               the
               strength
               ,
               wisdome
               and
               honour
               of
               a
               Nation
               by
               
               the
               apparitions
               they
               behold
               at
               Court
               )
               had
               no
               other
               cause
               but
               to
               report
               at
               their
               returne
               ,
               That
               though
               a
               Feminine
               Constellation
               governed
               the
               Fate
               of
               England
               ,
               yet
               there
               rèmained
               little
               hope
               to
               any
               forraigne
               Malignity
               of
               operating
               with
               successe
               ;
               because
               her
               designes
               were
               begotten
               under
               Mercury
               ,
               and
               brought
               forth
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               Mars
               in
               case
               of
               opposition
               :
               She
               owning
               Souldiers
               no
               lesse
               able
               to
               act
               ,
               then
               Counsellours
               to
               advise
               ;
               In
               whose
               choyce
               (
               for
               the
               most
               part
               )
               wisdome
               was
               solely
               looked
               upon
               ,
               not
               putting
               by
               Sufficiency
               though
               accompanied
               with
               a
               
                 meane
                 Birth
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Crooked
                 person
              
               ,
               as
               it
               chanced
               in
               a
               Father
               and
               Sonne
               of
               the
               Cecills
               ,
               both
               incomparable
               for
               Prudence
               .
               It
               being
               sometimes
               necessary
               to
               make
               wise
               men
               Noble
               ,
               
               where
               Noblemen
               are
               too
               lazy
               and
               addicted
               to
               pleasure
               to
               indeavour
               to
               be
               wise
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               It
               is
               the
               highest
               step
               of
               advantage
               a
               Prince
               can
               meet
               with
               ,
               To
               have
               for
               Counsell
               about
               him
               ,
               persons
               whose
               fortunes
               are
               of
               the
               same
               peice
               with
               his
               owne
               :
               The
               consideration
               of
               which
               may
               abate
               the
               wonder
               :
               
                 Queene
                 Elizabeth
              
               prospered
               so
               well
               at
               the
               beginning
               ,
               when
               incumbered
               both
               within
               and
               without
               by
               such
               difficulties
               ,
               or
               how
               she
               came
               to
               out-reach
               (
               before
               scarce
               able
               to
               stand
               upon
               her
               owne
               leggs
               )
               so
               exact
               a
               Master
               in
               King-craft
               ,
               as
               the
               Spaniard
               .
               I
               confesse
               her
               being
               a
               woman
               did
               render
               the
               delay
               of
               Marriage
               more
               sutable
               to
               his
               patience
               and
               her
               honour
               ,
               then
               otherwise
               it
               could
               have
               been
               ;
               But
               the
               dexterons
               management
               of
               this
               advantage
               must
               be
               attributed
               to
               the
               great
               wit
               of
               her
               Inncto
               ,
               amongst
               whom
               her
               greatest
               
               Confidents
               were
               of
               the
               
                 Augustan
                 Confession
              
               and
               therefore
               unlikely
               to
               continue
               in
               favour
               ,
               if
               in
               being
               ,
               after
               such
               a
               Conjunction
               as
               
                 Philhip
                 the
                 second
              
               desired
               .
               Nor
               could
               distance
               of
               place
               ,
               the
               deluder
               of
               eyes
               ,
               hinder
               the
               inspection
               of
               that
               Prince
               ,
               who
               having
               commanded
               in
               England
               some
               yeares
               under
               the
               right
               of
               Mary
               ,
               could
               not
               but
               in
               probability
               heare
               all
               that
               was
               to
               be
               knowne
               .
               And
               if
               we
               may
               guesse
               at
               the
               Queenes
               carriage
               in
               this
               ,
               by
               her
               proceedings
               in
               the
               two
               
                 Treaties
                 of
                 Marriage
              
               after
               with
               France
               ,
               we
               may
               presume
               she
               did
               purchase
               this
               delay
               ,
               (
               if
               not
               buy
               off
               the
               discovery
               of
               some
               Infirmity
               )
               with
               the
               Articles
               of
               her
               Opinion
               contrary
               to
               those
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               ,
               as
               appeares
               by
               an
               old
               letter
               ,
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 King
              
               was
               not
               at
               that
               time
               averse
               .
               Though
               upon
               her
               deluding
               him
               ,
               to
               avoid
               such
               a
               Schisme
               in
               the
               lower
               Germany
               as
               had
               happened
               
               in
               the
               upper
               ,
               he
               did
               indeavour
               to
               introduce
               the
               Inquisition
               :
               Fortune
               having
               rendered
               him
               so
               indulgent
               from
               the
               beginning
               to
               the
               Queenes
               preservation
               ,
               that
               he
               sold
               the
               Low-Countryes
               ,
               the
               only
               place
               able
               to
               purchace
               her
               peace
               ,
               a
               bargaine
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               from
               the
               
                 Earle
                 of
                 Lecester
              
               the
               last
               English
               man
               Governour
               of
               Flushing
               )
               fomented
               by
               those
               that
               treated
               this
               Match
               for
               her
               Majesty
               :
               which
               found
               ,
               
                 Pope
                 Pius
              
               darted
               out
               the
               former
               mentioned
               Excommunication
               ,
               till
               then
               restrained
               through
               the
               mediation
               of
               Philhip
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               determine
               whether
               it
               was
               Godly
               zeale
               or
               worldly
               interest
               that
               prompted
               their
               judgments
               to
               these
               accurate
               counsells
               ,
               since
               I
               finde
               both
               in
               some
               part
               gratified
               by
               future
               successe
               :
               Though
               I
               see
               cause
               enough
               in
               the
               latter
               to
               imploy
               all
               the
               braines
               ,
               
               both
               of
               the
               Protestants
               and
               Papists
               in
               power
               about
               her
               ;
               the
               one
               owning
               their
               lives
               to
               her
               well
               being
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               
                 Abby
                 -
                 Lands
              
               to
               the
               continuance
               of
               it
               :
               for
               though
               S
               r
               
                 Iohn
                 Parsons
              
               told
               me
               he
               had
               seene
               a
               Bull
               amongst
               M
               r
               Seldens
               Antiquities
               ,
               by
               which
               
                 the
                 Pope
                 confirmed
                 the
                 lands
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 their
                 present
                 possessours
                 ,
                 provided
                 they
                 in
                 other
                 respects
                 continued
                 under
                 his
                 Obedience
                 ,
              
               yet
               whether
               this
               might
               be
               safely
               trusted
               to
               ,
               I
               leave
               in
               suspence
               ,
               and
               to
               their
               consideration
               that
               may
               remember
               they
               were
               fifty
               yeares
               ago
               valued
               much
               below
               other
               Titles
               and
               Demeanes
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               The
               cause
               ,
               It
               may
               be
               thought
               Intererest
               as
               much
               as
               Love
               in
               her
               
                 Privy
                 Counsell
              
               that
               till
               Lecesters
               daies
               ,
               none
               are
               found
               to
               have
               received
               Pensions
               from
               forraine
               
               Princes
               or
               to
               play
               booty
               or
               deale
               treacherously
               in
               his
               Imployments
               either
               at
               home
               or
               abroad
               :
               nor
               were
               honourable
               and
               
                 gainfull
                 offices
              
               during
               her
               abode
               at
               the
               helme
               given
               to
               men
               of
               no
               larger
               capacities
               then
               were
               meerly
               requisite
               to
               the
               execution
               of
               the
               place
               ;
               But
               bestowed
               upon
               such
               publique
               Spirits
               as
               were
               able
               to
               advise
               in
               the
               most
               crabbed
               affaires
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               charge
               of
               their
               support
               was
               borne
               and
               the
               Common-weale
               served
               with
               men
               under
               a
               double
               Capacity
               .
               Now
               though
               we
               must
               yeild
               to
               Solomon
               ,
               that
               
                 safety
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 Counsellors
                 ,
              
               Yet
               Secrecy
               is
               commonly
               absent
               in
               all
               Assemblies
               but
               where
               a
               few
               resolve
               :
               for
               which
               and
               perfect
               Intelligence
               from
               abroad
               (
               the
               light
               and
               director
               of
               the
               bark
               of
               Prudence
               )
               if
               any
               age
               before
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               none
               since
               can
               be
               compared
               with
               the
               daies
               of
               Burgly
               and
               Walsingham
               in
               
               this
               particular
               ;
               whose
               steps
               Arch-Bishop
               Bancroft
               followed
               so
               close
               ,
               as
               by
               somenting
               a
               difference
               between
               the
               Iesuites
               and
               Regulars
               ,
               he
               made
               a
               breach
               in
               their
               Unity
               ,
               the
               strongest
               argument
               they
               have
               to
               support
               the
               Papacy
               ;
               And
               ,
               illuminated
               by
               so
               cleare
               a
               judgment
               ,
               did
               through
               their
               clashing
               make
               so
               perfect
               an
               inspection
               into
               the
               secular
               practices
               of
               the
               
                 Consistory
                 in
                 Rome
              
               ,
               as
               he
               prevented
               many
               dangers
               might
               have
               other
               waies
               fallen
               upon
               the
               Nation
               :
               for
               which
               Blackwell
               ,
               the
               then
               Popish
               Metropolitan
               ,
               lay
               under
               some
               suspicion
               from
               the
               contrary
               Faction
               ,
               how
               justly
               I
               know
               not
               .
               Yet
               have
               heard
               ,
               that
               No
               Priest
               was
               landed
               any
               time
               in
               England
               ,
               but
               the
               Bishop
               had
               a
               perfect
               Character
               of
               his
               temper
               and
               relations
               ;
               The
               easier
               brought
               about
               by
               him
               that
               (
               in
               the
               estimation
               of
               the
               Puritans
               )
               owned
               most
               of
               their
               Tenents
               ,
               being
               beside
               
               no
               rigid
               persecuter
               of
               any
               who
               had
               not
               in
               his
               composition
               the
               gall
               of
               Treason
               mixed
               with
               Religion
               :
               the
               Regulars
               being
               then
               in
               a
               high
               esteeme
               ,
               because
               their
               opposers
               the
               Iesuits
               were
               about
               that
               time
               banished
               France
               ,
               and
               their
               Cells
               demolished
               ,
               with
               a
               Pyramid
               erected
               to
               their
               infamy
               ,
               for
               an
               indeavour
               to
               Assassinate
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 fourth
              
               .
               And
               from
               this
               Indulgence
               of
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               grew
               more
               security
               then
               danger
               ,
               because
               such
               Priests
               as
               were
               connived
               at
               (
               the
               most
               of
               other
               Orders
               )
               looked
               upon
               the
               Iesuits
               as
               enemies
               ,
               and
               all
               new
               -
               comers
               of
               their
               owne
               under
               a
               no
               milder
               aspect
               then
               intruders
               on
               their
               profit
               ,
               And
               therefore
               the
               more
               inquisitive
               after
               their
               conditions
               ,
               and
               if
               found
               pragmaticall
               ,
               it
               was
               no
               hard
               matter
               to
               purchase
               their
               remove
               by
               the
               mediation
               of
               one
               so
               neere
               the
               helme
               as
               the
               Bishop
               was
               ,
               who
               besides
               the
               
               quality
               of
               Secrecy
               remaining
               so
               constant
               to
               his
               promise
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               more
               safety
               then
               danger
               for
               them
               to
               rely
               upon
               his
               word
               .
               And
               that
               some
               cunning
               Seminaries
               did
               indeavour
               the
               monopolizing
               amongst
               themselves
               all
               the
               profit
               to
               be
               made
               by
               the
               
                 English
                 Catholickes
              
               ,
               I
               have
               a
               presumption
               of
               mine
               owne
               from
               a
               Priest
               I
               ●et
               with
               on
               the
               other
               side
               the
               water
               ,
               who
               told
               me
               he
               lived
               farre
               better
               during
               the
               Tyranny
               (
               as
               he
               was
               pleased
               to
               call
               it
               )
               of
               
                 Queene
                 Elizabeth
              
               ,
               then
               since
               the
               licence
               afforded
               under
               
                 King
                 Iames
              
               ,
               by
               which
               divers
               young
               Schollars
               of
               both
               the
               Universities
               were
               daily
               tempted
               into
               Orders
               ,
               and
               many
               (
               restrained
               before
               out
               of
               love
               to
               their
               safety
               )
               did
               now
               goe
               over
               in
               shoales
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               detriment
               of
               the
               old
               standers
               .
               Yet
               not
               withstanding
               the
               incomparable
               diligence
               of
               this
               Prelat
               ,
               under
               two
               Princes
               ,
               for
               the
               preservation
               
               of
               peace
               and
               unity
               ,
               He
               was
               abominated
               by
               the
               preciser
               sort
               ,
               the
               heat
               of
               whose
               zeale
               appeares
               the
               more
               unnaturall
               ,
               because
               their
               mouths
               were
               furred
               with
               bitter
               and
               unsavory
               Invectives
               ,
               which
               followed
               him
               after
               the
               hand
               of
               Death
               had
               laid
               him
               out
               of
               the
               reach
               of
               all
               other
               favour
               but
               what
               is
               due
               to
               his
               desert
               from
               Charity
               and
               Gratitude
               ,
               Therefore
               to
               be
               strongly
               presumed
               the
               worst
               malice
               could
               invent
               ,
               And
               inserred
               by
               me
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Mode
               of
               an
               Historian
               ,
               whose
               plow
               (
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               posterity
               )
               I
               wish
               I
               were
               able
               to
               drive
               ;
               However
               I
               am
               no
               waies
               correspondent
               for
               the
               praise
               or
               blame
               due
               to
               any
               verses
               found
               here
               ,
               such
               as
               these
               ,
            
             
               
                 Here
                 lyes
                 
                   my
                   Lords
                   Grace
                
                 at
                 six
                 and
                 at
                 seaven
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 lie
                 ,
                 His
                 soule
                 is
                 in
                 Heaven
                 :
              
               
               
                 I
                 wish
                 with
                 my
                 heart
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 to
                 his
                 leeking
                 ,
              
               
                 Since
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 knowes
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 his
                 Seeking
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Another
                 ,
              
               
                 Bancrost
                 
                   was
                   for
                
                 Plaies
                 ,
              
               
                 Leane
                 Lent
                 ,
                 and
                 Holy-daies
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 now
                 under
                 goes
                 their
                 Doome
                 :
              
               
                 Had
                 English
                 Ladies
                 store
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 kept
                 open
                 a
                 
                   Back
                   dore
                
              
               
                 To
                 lot
                 in
                 the
                 Strampet
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               confesse
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               Charactered
               for
               a
               
                 Ioviall
                 Doctor
              
               ,
               but
               very
               Iealous
               of
               the
               Clergies
               revenue
               ,
               no
               lesse
               then
               his
               countries
               safety
               ,
               which
               he
               indeavoured
               to
               bring
               about
               through
               a
               reduction
               of
               Britanny
               into
               one
               forme
               of
               worship
               ,
               by
               the
               traine
               of
               Calvine
               most
               rigidly
               opposed
               :
               But
               the
               
                 two
                 contrary
                 Factions
                 
                 at
                 Court
              
               (
               one
               of
               them
               thinking
               all
               things
               fit
               to
               be
               destroyed
               the
               other
               laboured
               to
               preserve
               )
               did
               ,
               upon
               the
               vacancy
               of
               every
               Bishopprick
               ,
               put
               one
               in
               sutable
               to
               their
               humours
               that
               had
               the
               luck
               to
               prevaile
               :
               The
               cause
               the
               present
               Incumbent
               did
               ,
               like
               the
               web
               of
               Penelope
               ,
               unravell
               what
               his
               Predecessour
               had
               with
               more
               policy
               and
               charity
               twisted
               :
               By
               which
               meanes
               the
               Diocesses
               of
               Canterbury
               and
               Yorke
               were
               at
               one
               and
               the
               same
               time
               of
               contrary
               Iudgments
               ,
               And
               the
               best
               of
               Clergy
               men
               (
               driven
               into
               a
               medium
               by
               the
               scorching
               hence
               of
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               and
               chill
               indifferency
               of
               the
               other
               )
               lost
               their
               labour
               and
               all
               hope
               of
               preferment
               in
               a
               vaine
               indeavour
               for
               a
               reconciliation
               ,
               impossible
               to
               be
               brought
               about
               ,
               the
               one
               party
               being
               fomēted
               by
               hypocrisy
               to
               bear
               out
               their
               Ignorance
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               from
               power
               and
               a
               feare
               of
               reverting
               
               into
               the
               primitive
               Austerity
               :
               which
               held
               so
               long
               in
               this
               unconstant
               vicissitude
               ,
               till
               what
               was
               continued
               meerly
               out
               of
               policy
               at
               Court
               ,
               did
               in
               a
               short
               time
               branch
               forth
               in
               City
               and
               Country
               into
               divers
               popular
               differences
               ,
               sutable
               to
               the
               mold
               of
               every
               head
               and
               the
               interest
               of
               such
               persons
               as
               had
               the
               subtilty
               to
               fit
               them
               to
               their
               occasions
               :
               
                 Zele
                 ,
                 like
                 Lead
                 ,
                 being
                 as
                 ready
                 to
                 drop
                 into
                 bulletts
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 mingle
                 with
                 a
                 Composition
                 fit
                 for
                 medicine
                 .
              
               So
               as
               in
               those
               daies
               it
               was
               unpossible
               for
               men
               in
               Power
               but
               to
               be
               scandalous
               to
               one
               side
               or
               other
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Dispatches
               from
               the
               
                 Counsell
                 table
              
               (
               of
               which
               I
               have
               seene
               Volumes
               )
               began
               and
               held
               on
               throughout
               in
               a
               plaine
               and
               the
               same
               Stile
               ,
               not
               seldome
               admitting
               of
               severall
               constructions
               ,
               if
               of
               any
               interpretation
               at
               all
               where
               the
               businesse
               related
               to
               a
               thing
               whose
               consequence
               
               could
               not
               easily
               been
               seen
               into
               :
               As
               appeares
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               all
               Treaties
               ,
               And
               especially
               in
               the
               
                 two
                 offers
                 of
                 Marriage
              
               with
               France
               ,
               which
               the
               Queen
               managed
               with
               such
               dexterity
               and
               secrecy
               ,
               That
               wise
               Walsingham
               (
               as
               appeares
               by
               his
               Letters
               )
               through
               whose
               hands
               the
               whole
               businesse
               passed
               ,
               did
               not
               know
               certainly
               whether
               she
               was
               reall
               or
               no
               :
               But
               in
               what
               was
               thought
               proper
               for
               Transaction
               ,
               all
               things
               were
               plaine
               drawne
               in
               Latine
               :
               This
               put
               together
               did
               much
               facilitate
               the
               Office
               of
               her
               Secretaries
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Now
               as
               wisdome
               and
               Secrecy
               appeared
               in
               her
               Counsell
               Chamber
               ,
               So
               
                 Hospitality
                 ,
                 Charity
              
               and
               Splendor
               were
               dilated
               over
               the
               whole
               Court
               ;
               where
               ,
               upon
               the
               least
               acquaintance
               ,
               all
               strangers
               from
               the
               Noble
               man
               to
               the
               Pesant
               ,
               were
               invited
               to
               one
               Table
               or
               other
               (
               of
               which
               she
               kept
               abundance
               ,
               where
               
               ever
               she
               removed
               from
               one
               standing
               house
               to
               another
               ,
               unlesse
               she
               returned
               to
               
                 White
                 Hall
              
               at
               night
               )
               the
               least
               considerable
               suting
               with
               three
               ,
               foure
               ,
               or
               five
               hundred
               pounds
               
                 per
                 Annum
              
               expence
               ;
               And
               for
               bread
               ,
               beere
               and
               wine
               (
               commonly
               called
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Budge
               )
               though
               the
               Purveyors
               that
               brought
               it
               in
               ,
               were
               called
               to
               strict
               accounts
               ,
               such
               as
               issued
               them
               out
               were
               rarely
               questioned
               ,
               but
               in
               case
               they
               sold
               it
               :
               And
               by
               this
               Generosity
               the
               ordinary
               sort
               of
               people
               were
               so
               indeared
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               knowne
               some
               brag
               of
               their
               entertainment
               at
               Court
               twenty
               yeares
               after
               ;
               such
               ,
               like
               dogges
               seldome
               biting
               those
               have
               once
               fed
               them
               ,
               Though
               with
               the
               same
               meate
               they
               have
               been
               at
               the
               paines
               to
               catch
               themselves
               ;
               It
               coming
               all
               out
               of
               the
               Country
               mans
               Barnes
               or
               yards
               ,
               The
               wine
               being
               little
               when
               Custome
               was
               abated
               .
            
             
             
               15.
               
               Yet
               though
               she
               was
               thus
               plentifully
               provided
               of
               all
               things
               at
               home
               ,
               She
               did
               not
               seldome
               fetch
               an
               Entertainment
               at
               such
               Grandces
               houses
               as
               were
               understood
               to
               be
               most
               popular
               :
               By
               which
               she
               removed
               her
               Subjects
               eyes
               from
               intending
               wholy
               the
               influence
               of
               these
               inferiour
               Starres
               ,
               and
               fixed
               them
               upon
               a
               greater
               splendor
               of
               her
               owne
               :
               besides
               her
               out-doing
               them
               in
               the
               art
               of
               Popularity
               ,
               acting
               to
               the
               life
               the
               Pageant
               of
               the
               people
               (
               which
               all
               Princes
               really
               are
               ,
               and
               the
               wisest
               the
               most
               Gaudy
               )
               from
               whence
               it
               is
               farre
               more
               indeering
               to
               throw
               flowers
               then
               wild-fire
               :
               And
               if
               this
               her
               affability
               did
               not
               work
               upon
               the
               will
               ,
               The
               greatnesse
               of
               their
               Expence
               did
               not
               faile
               to
               render
               them
               lesse
               able
               to
               hurt
               :
               And
               in
               case
               this
               was
               not
               sussicient
               to
               moderate
               their
               ambitious
               thirst
               after
               popularity
               ,
               she
               found
               them
               diversions
               in
               forraigne
               
               Imployments
               ,
               whither
               they
               were
               sent
               Embassadours
               or
               Agents
               ,
               by
               which
               their
               estates
               were
               gelt
               ,
               and
               the
               owners
               rendered
               the
               lesserampant
               and
               unable
               to
               maintaine
               their
               former
               bewitching
               humour
               of
               Hospitality
               ;
               so
               as
               in
               Parliaments
               they
               became
               assertors
               of
               the
               profit
               of
               the
               Crowne
               ,
               in
               hope
               to
               have
               such
               debts
               refunded
               as
               had
               beene
               contracted
               by
               themselves
               in
               the
               service
               of
               the
               State
               ;
               whose
               honour
               she
               preserved
               at
               the
               lowest
               expence
               that
               ever
               Prince
               did
               ,
               and
               not
               seldome
               at
               their
               charge
               who
               might
               other
               wise
               have
               imployed
               their
               revenues
               in
               fomenting
               Sedition
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               The
               Parliament
               ,
               knowing
               not
               where
               to
               fix
               upon
               a
               Successour
               to
               the
               Crowne
               without
               the
               hazard
               of
               Religion
               ,
               or
               danger
               of
               a
               Civill
               warre
               ;
               the
               Regent
               of
               Scotland
               having
               yet
               no
               Child
               ,
               and
               being
               too
               strongly
               supported
               from
               France
               to
               
               miscarry
               under
               a
               title
               so
               firmely
               built
               as
               the
               Catholicks
               maintained
               hers
               was
               to
               this
               Nation
               (
               if
               not
               in
               present
               )
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Queene
               ;
               did
               in
               the
               first
               Petition
               they
               made
               invite
               her
               Majesty
               to
               take
               a
               Husband
               :
               In
               which
               they
               minded
               more
               their
               future
               ,
               then
               present
               felicity
               ,
               not
               so
               likely
               to
               result
               from
               a
               Married
               as
               a
               Single
               Prince
               ,
               whose
               expense
               cannot
               choose
               but
               swell
               proportionable
               to
               the
               offpring
               produced
               :
               And
               in
               this
               they
               were
               so
               moderate
               as
               to
               passe
               by
               all
               mention
               of
               a
               Successour
               ,
               ever
               ungratefull
               to
               her
               eares
               during
               the
               whole
               Series
               of
               her
               raigne
               ,
               and
               not
               seldome
               fatall
               to
               such
               as
               were
               so
               hardy
               as
               to
               move
               it
               :
               So
               as
               it
               cost
               some
               dearer
               ,
               and
               Pigot
               and
               VVentworth
               their
               Liberty
               ,
               though
               they
               proposed
               it
               in
               Parliament
               ;
               The
               safety
               she
               her selfe
               found
               in
               the
               concealing
               her
               intent
               ,
               out-voting
               ,
               the
               danger
               of
               a
               Civill
               warre
               ,
               
               which
               in
               all
               humane
               reason
               could
               not
               but
               impend
               the
               nation
               ,
               in
               case
               of
               her
               death
               :
               For
               whilest
               she
               observed
               this
               impartiall
               neutrality
               ,
               none
               could
               pretend
               cause
               of
               complaint
               .
               And
               in
               case
               any
               one
               had
               made
               ostentation
               of
               a
               Title
               before
               the
               people
               ,
               she
               had
               the
               rest
               ready
               to
               asperse
               it
               ;
               there
               remaining
               none
               free
               from
               Objections
               ,
               the
               most
               legitimate
               in
               appearance
               passing
               for
               an
               Alien
               and
               so
               uncapable
               ,
               or
               an
               Enemy
               and
               so
               incompetent
               to
               governe
               :
               It
               being
               as
               impossible
               to
               please
               ,
               as
               dangerous
               to
               oppose
               the
               weakest
               interest
               of
               the
               
                 Papist
                 ,
                 Puritan
              
               or
               Protestant
               .
               But
               to
               this
               request
               of
               her
               
                 great
                 Counsell
              
               (
               which
               she
               could
               not
               hinder
               ,
               being
               the
               desire
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Sense
               of
               the
               Parliament
               )
               she
               returned
               a
               stout
               ,
               though
               but
               an
               uncertaine
               Answer
               ,
               as
               is
               legible
               in
               the
               common
               Chronicles
               ,
               whose
               recitalls
               I
               professe
               wilfully
               to
               
               shunne
               ,
               feeding
               my
               pen
               rather
               with
               such
               scraps
               as
               I
               have
               picked
               out
               of
               Letters
               and
               Discourse
               ,
               the
               store
               house
               of
               Tradition
               .
               Not
               so
               likely
               to
               flatter
               ,
               if
               to
               lye
               ,
               as
               the
               writings
               of
               those
               meane
               Contemporaries
               that
               for
               the
               most
               part
               have
               imbarked
               their
               pens
               in
               our
               English
               affaires
               ;
               who
               had
               still
               some
               feare
               or
               hope
               at
               their
               elbowes
               ready
               to
               jog
               them
               towards
               the
               interest
               of
               the
               present
               or
               future
               Governours
               :
               Confessed
               by
               learned
               Cambden
               himselfe
               ,
               whose
               lines
               were
               directed
               by
               
                 King
                 Iames
              
               ,
               and
               he
               lead
               rather
               to
               vindicate
               the
               honour
               and
               integrity
               of
               his
               Mother
               ,
               then
               to
               do
               right
               for
               a
               Mistris
               ,
               that
               had
               from
               a
               School-master
               raised
               him
               to
               a
               capacity
               of
               being
               the
               
                 first
                 King
                 at
                 Armes
              
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               Her
               Sex
               did
               beare
               out
               many
               impertinences
               in
               her
               words
               and
               actions
               ,
               as
               
                 her
                 making
                 Latine
                 speeches
                 in
                 the
                 Universities
                 ,
              
               and
               professing
               
               her selfe
               in
               publique
               
                 a
                 Muse
              
               ,
               then
               thought
               something
               too
               Theatricall
               for
               a
               virgine
               Prince
               ,
               but
               especially
               in
               her
               Treaties
               relating
               to
               Marriage
               .
               Towards
               which
               some
               thought
               her
               uncapable
               by
               nature
               ,
               others
               too
               propense
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               found
               in
               the
               black
               relations
               of
               the
               Iesuits
               ,
               and
               some
               French
               and
               
                 Spanish
                 Pasquilers
              
               That
               pretend
               to
               be
               more
               learned
               in
               the
               Art
               of
               Inspection
               ,
               then
               wise
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 fourth
              
               their
               King
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               joviall
               humour
               told
               a
               Scotish
               Marques
               ,
               
                 There
                 were
                 three
                 things
                 inscrutable
                 to
                 intelligence
                 :
                 1.
                 
                 Whether
              
               Maurice
               
                 then
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Orange
               (
               who
               never
               fought
               battaile
               ,
               as
               he
               said
               )
               
                 was
                 valiant
                 in
                 his
                 person
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 What
                 Religion
                 himselfe
                 was
                 of
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 Whether
                 Queene
              
               Elizabeth
               
                 was
                 a
                 maid
                 or
                 no
              
               :
               which
               may
               render
               all
               reports
               dubious
               that
               come
               from
               meaner
               Men
               :
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               true
               that
               the
               Ladies
               of
               her
               bedchamber
               
               denied
               to
               her
               body
               the
               ceremony
               of
               searching
               and
               imbalming
               ,
               due
               to
               dead
               Monarchs
               :
               But
               that
               she
               had
               a
               Son
               bred
               in
               the
               State
               of
               Venice
               ,
               and
               a
               Daughter
               I
               know
               not
               where
               nor
               when
               ,
               with
               other
               strange
               tales
               that
               went
               on
               her
               ,
               I
               neglect
               to
               insert
               ,
               as
               fitter
               for
               a
               Romance
               ,
               then
               to
               mingle
               with
               so
               much
               truth
               and
               integrity
               as
               I
               professe
               :
               In
               which
               if
               I
               am
               in
               any
               thing
               mistaken
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               laid
               on
               mine
               own
               want
               of
               knowledg
               ,
               or
               their
               Ignorance
               that
               misted
               me
               .
               This
               I
               may
               safely
               attest
               ,
               that
               the
               smallest
               chip
               of
               that
               incomparable
               Instrument
               of
               honour
               ,
               Peace
               and
               Safety
               to
               this
               now
               unhappy
               Nation
               ,
               would
               have
               been
               then
               valued
               by
               the
               people
               of
               England
               above
               the
               loftiest
               branch
               in
               the
               Calydonian
               Grove
               .
               Who
               as
               she
               was
               the
               choycest
               Artist
               in
               King-craft
               that
               ever
               handled
               the
               Scepter
               in
               this
               Northern
               Climate
               ,
               So
               she
               went
               beyond
               
               all
               her
               Ancestors
               in
               adapting
               to
               her
               Service
               the
               most
               proper
               tooles
               ,
               in
               whose
               fittest
               applications
               she
               was
               seldome
               mistaken
               ;
               The
               only
               cause
               can
               be
               given
               why
               she
               so
               rarely
               changed
               her
               
                 Secret
                 Counsell
              
               ,
               Especially
               those
               she
               made
               privy
               to
               any
               of
               her
               last
               results
               ,
               which
               did
               not
               weakly
               contribute
               to
               her
               safety
               :
               Such
               resembling
               Keyes
               ,
               that
               once
               lost
               or
               misplaced
               ,
               no
               future
               security
               remaines
               but
               in
               changing
               the
               lock
               .
               And
               though
               this
               hath
               already
               fallen
               under
               my
               consideration
               ,
               yet
               I
               am
               forced
               to
               resume
               it
               againe
               in
               the
               vindication
               of
               the
               choyce
               of
               some
               Officers
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               her
               Raigne
               ,
               accused
               since
               for
               Weaknesse
               ;
               which
               if
               not
               a
               Mistake
               made
               by
               envy
               or
               for
               want
               of
               an
               exact
               understanding
               of
               the
               parties
               use
               ;
               some
               being
               placed
               ,
               after
               the
               Counsell
               grew
               numerous
               ,
               only
               to
               tell
               tales
               and
               ballance
               votes
               she
               disliked
               in
               
               publique
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               understanding
               of
               what
               was
               thought
               necessary
               to
               succeed
               in
               private
               ,
               a
               multitude
               of
               hands
               adding
               dignity
               to
               inland
               affaires
               ,
               it
               being
               ordinary
               with
               the
               generality
               to
               esteeme
               wisdome
               according
               to
               measure
               ,
               rather
               then
               weight
               .
               And
               amongst
               these
               few
               can
               be
               found
               out
               of
               her
               Kindred
               or
               such
               Friends
               as
               her
               Fathers
               Honour
               or
               her
               owne
               C.
               atitude
               for
               kindnesse
               shewed
               during
               the
               life
               of
               her
               Sister
               ,
               kept
               her
               from
               excluding
               them
               the
               lists
               ,
               though
               the
               stronger
               heads
               of
               others
               were
               wholy
               imployd
               when
               her
               occasions
               called
               her
               to
               grapple
               with
               any
               difficulties
               .
               Nor
               was
               there
               more
               then
               the
               honour
               and
               profit
               of
               
                 Lord
                 high
                 Admirall
              
               intrusted
               with
               
                 the
                 Earle
                 of
                 Notingham
              
               ,
               but
               executed
               by
               a
               Commission
               selected
               out
               of
               the
               ablest
               seamen
               that
               age
               did
               afford
               ;
               he
               being
               imployd
               for
               
                 his
                 ,
                 fidelity
              
               ,
               knowne
               to
               be
               impregnable
               in
               
               relation
               to
               Corruption
               :
               Neither
               was
               there
               a
               goodlier
               man
               for
               person
               in
               Europe
               ,
               as
               my
               eyes
               did
               witnesse
               though
               they
               met
               not
               with
               him
               before
               he
               was
               turned
               towards
               the
               point
               of
               80
               ,
               no
               youth
               being
               more
               celebrated
               for
               gallantry
               and
               
                 good
                 fortune
              
               then
               his
               .
               I
               confesse
               that
               in
               his
               age
               he
               
                 married
                 a
                 young
                 Lady
              
               allied
               to
               
                 King
                 Iames
              
               ,
               which
               set
               his
               wisdome
               many
               degrees
               back
               in
               the
               repute
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               discharge
               this
               cavill
               from
               any
               farther
               dispute
               ,
               No
               Prince
               then
               extant
               took
               an
               exacter
               estimate
               of
               her
               
                 Subjects
                 Abilities
              
               to
               serve
               her
               ,
               or
               made
               a
               deeper
               inspection
               into
               their
               Aptitude
               ,
               Nature
               and
               Humours
               ;
               to
               which
               with
               a
               rare
               dexterity
               she
               fitted
               her
               favours
               and
               their
               Imployments
               :
               as
               may
               be
               instanced
               in
               
                 Francis
                 Vere
              
               ,
               a
               man
               nobly
               descended
               ,
               
                 Walter
                 Rawly
              
               exactly
               qualified
               ,
               with
               many
               others
               set
               a
               part
               in
               
               her
               Iudgment
               for
               military
               services
               ,
               whose
               Titles
               she
               never
               raised
               above
               Knighthood
               ;
               Saying
               ,
               when
               importuned
               to
               make
               
                 Generall
                 Vere
                 a
                 Baron
              
               ,
               that
               
                 in
                 his
                 proper
                 Sphere
                 and
                 in
                 her
                 estimation
                 he
                 was
                 above
                 it
                 already
                 ,
              
               Therefore
               all
               could
               be
               expected
               from
               such
               an
               addition
               ,
               would
               be
               the
               intombing
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               a
               brave
               Souldier
               in
               the
               corps
               of
               a
               lesse
               sightly
               Courtier
               ,
               And
               by
               tempting
               him
               from
               his
               charge
               ,
               hazard
               that
               repute
               upon
               a
               Carpet
               ,
               his
               valour
               had
               dearly
               purchased
               him
               in
               the
               Field
               .
               Nor
               could
               she
               indure
               to
               see
               her
               Subjects
               weare
               the
               titles
               of
               a
               forraigne
               Prince
               ,
               the
               cause
               she
               committed
               S
               r
               
                 Matthew
                 Arrondell
              
               of
               Warder
               in
               the
               West
               ,
               for
               accepting
               from
               the
               
                 German
                 Caesar
              
               the
               Dignity
               of
               a
               Count
               ,
               And
               denied
               S
               r
               
                 Philhip
                 Sidny
              
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Poland
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               The
               example
               of
               
                 made
                 sty
              
               her
               
               
                 Souldiers
                 exprest
              
               in
               the
               Nether-lands
               rarely
               found
               amongst
               Auxiliaries
               ,
               with
               her
               refusall
               to
               own
               or
               impose
               the
               name
               of
               
                 her
                 Vassals
              
               upon
               the
               Dutch
               ,
               gained
               her
               a
               huge
               confidence
               amongst
               her
               Neighbours
               ,
               that
               her
               complexion
               was
               pure
               from
               the
               contagion
               of
               any
               more
               destructive
               Ambition
               ,
               than
               the
               preservation
               of
               her
               honour
               and
               those
               Nations
               her
               birth
               no
               lesse
               than
               desert
               had
               presented
               her
               with
               :
               which
               made
               them
               unapter
               to
               offend
               her
               ;
               none
               but
               Catholicks
               ,
               and
               they
               for
               the
               most
               part
               Priests
               ,
               wishing
               her
               remoove
               ,
               as
               not
               knowing
               where
               to
               finde
               a
               Prince
               lesse
               offensive
               and
               more
               debonaire
               ;
               the
               cause
               many
               Treasons
               concluded
               in
               the
               losse
               of
               their
               heads
               that
               projected
               them
               ,
               or
               sought
               to
               put
               them
               in
               execution
               .
               Yet
               in
               this
               her
               temperament
               of
               desire
               in
               relation
               to
               
                 augmentation
                 of
                 Empire
              
               ,
               her
               prudence
               so
               minded
               her
               of
               the
               nations
               
               future
               safety
               ,
               as
               That
               friends
               under
               persecution
               doe
               not
               seldome
               face
               about
               upon
               the
               approach
               of
               Security
               and
               power
               :
               wherefore
               she
               made
               sure
               of
               Flushing
               and
               Brill
               ;
               which
               in
               regard
               of
               situation
               were
               so
               full
               a
               Content
               of
               their
               whole
               strength
               ,
               As
               the
               application
               of
               it
               could
               not
               ,
               upon
               their
               miscarriage
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               
                 Catholicke
                 King
              
               ,
               or
               their
               own
               future
               Ingratitude
               ,
               obliterate
               the
               advantage
               England
               might
               make
               of
               that
               revolt
               :
               Though
               the
               mony
               lent
               cover'd
               it
               in
               Reason
               and
               Iustice
               from
               much
               of
               the
               envy
               it
               might
               have
               contracted
               ,
               had
               she
               imployed
               force
               or
               fraud
               in
               their
               purchase
               .
               Nor
               did
               the
               receiving
               from
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               French
               Hugonots
               ,
               
                 Haver
                 de
                 Grace
              
               (
               upon
               a
               like
               exigency
               )
               signify
               more
               Ambition
               than
               the
               reduction
               of
               Calis
               ;
               which
               might
               have
               undoubtedly
               succeeded
               ,
               had
               she
               not
               according
               to
               her
               usuall
               custom
               ,
               
               starved
               the
               designe
               for
               want
               of
               mony
               and
               men
               ;
               a
               fault
               the
               more
               excusable
               ,
               because
               it
               relates
               to
               the
               tender
               care
               and
               respect
               had
               of
               her
               Subjects
               Lives
               and
               Estates
               .
               And
               here
               by
               the
               way
               it
               is
               worth
               noting
               ,
               That
               the
               Holanders
               could
               not
               so
               easily
               have
               attayned
               Freedom
               ,
               but
               through
               the
               help
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               who
               by
               eradicating
               the
               antient
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               reduced
               them
               into
               a
               Parity
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               consequence
               made
               them
               capable
               of
               unity
               ,
               the
               nource
               of
               all
               Combinations
               .
            
             
               19.
               
               Amongst
               all
               her
               Minions
               none
               (
               according
               to
               report
               )
               bad
               fairer
               for
               
                 the
                 Queens
                 Brid-bed
              
               than
               Lecester
               ,
               who
               ,
               finding
               by
               the
               continuall
               high
               beating
               of
               her
               heart
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               never
               allow
               of
               so
               great
               an
               abatement
               of
               Soveraignty
               as
               a
               Match
               with
               a
               forraine
               Prince
               ,
               could
               not
               but
               in
               honour
               have
               the
               
               sayles
               of
               his
               expectation
               somewhat
               sweld
               therewith
               .
               He
               would
               in
               her
               gayeties
               (
               which
               '
               till
               the
               death
               of
               Essex
               were
               very
               frequent
               )
               aske
               her
               ,
               
                 If
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 she
                 had
                 some
                 Subjects
                 of
                 her
                 own
                 ,
                 able
                 (
                 though
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 confessed
                 none
                 worthy
                 )
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 Heire
                 for
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 England
                 ?
                 Since
                 her
                 Father
                 was
                 known
                 to
                 doe
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 &
                 so
                 uncapable
                 of
                 any
                 eclipse
                 of
                 honour
                 by
                 the
                 highest
                 Princesse
                 ?
                 Neither
                 did
                 his
                 often
                 repeated
                 condescentions
                 in
                 making
                 Subjects
                 his
                 after-wives
                 breed
                 him
                 that
                 danger
                 that
                 he
                 sustained
                 by
                 the
                 first
                 glorious
                 Match
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 expectation
                 )
                 that
                 he
                 made
                 with
                 the
                 Sister
                 .
                 of
                 Charles
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 which
                 all
                 the
                 Prudence
                 he
                 owned
                 could
                 not
                 unravel
                 without
                 strayning
                 the
                 cordes
                 of
                 Government
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 desperate
                 leape
                 he
                 made
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 and
                 separating
                 
                 himselfe
                 from
                 the
                 union
                 of
                 other
                 Princes
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 
                   Philip
                   the
                   second
                
                 prove
                 more
                 happy
                 to
                 your
                 Sister
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 the
                 future
                 expectation
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 that
                 lacked
                 nothing
                 to
                 intaile
                 servitude
                 upon
                 them
                 but
                 an
                 Heire
                 of
                 her
                 body
                 ;
                 which
                 yet
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 wanting
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 report
                 ,
                 but
                 supplied
                 by
                 a
                 Cushion
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 generosity
                 of
                 the
                 Spaniard
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 perswasion
                 of
                 a
                 better
                 successe
                 from
                 your
                 imbraces
                 (
                 which
                 his
                 hopes
                 flattered
                 him
                 with
                 )
                 did
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 make
                 him
                 to
                 detest
                 it
                 :
                 The
                 cause
                 it
                 was
                 after
                 voyced
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 false
                 conception
                 .
              
               All
               which
               I
               have
               heard
               often
               ,
               And
               read
               some
               where
               ,
               though
               the
               Author
               hath
               escaped
               my
               memory
               :
               Nor
               could
               Lecester
               render
               his
               bed
               vacant
               to
               a
               more
               thriving
               end
               (
               as
               he
               is
               rumor'd
               to
               have
               done
               )
               than
               to
               make
               roome
               for
               the
               greatest
               and
               most
               fortunate
               
               Princes
               the
               Sun
               ever
               looked
               upon
               without
               blushing
               in
               relation
               to
               Oppression
               or
               Blood
               :
               This
               may
               be
               allowed
               upon
               the
               score
               of
               probability
               ,
               That
               his
               Lordship
               would
               hardly
               have
               been
               so
               rampant
               and
               uncivill
               without
               some
               extraordinary
               invitation
               ,
               as
               to
               draw
               a
               blow
               in
               her
               presence
               from
               an
               other
               Privy-Counsellor
               ,
               more
               zealous
               possibly
               than
               discreet
               ,
               to
               whom
               when
               the
               Queen
               sayd
               ,
               
                 He
                 had
                 forfieted
                 his
                 hand
              
               ;
               his
               reply
               was
               ,
               
                 he
                 hoped
                 she
                 would
                 suspend
                 that
                 iudgment
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Traylor
                 had
                 lost
                 his
                 head
                 ,
                 who
                 did
                 better
                 deserve
                 it
                 :
              
               But
               this
               accident
               bordering
               so
               neere
               the
               confines
               of
               her
               Honor
               did
               admit
               no
               farther
               debate
               ;
               it
               being
               no
               other
               than
               she
               in
               a
               lesse
               sprightfull
               humor
               might
               have
               given
               him
               her selfe
               ,
               none
               being
               more
               flexible
               to
               all
               kind
               of
               Iollities
               than
               the
               mindes
               of
               Princes
               when
               unbent
               from
               publique
               affaires
               .
               Now
               ,
               whether
               
               these
               Amorosities
               were
               naturall
               ,
               or
               meerely
               poeticall
               and
               personated
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               conjecture
               ,
               That
               may
               ever
               find
               imployment
               in
               the
               actions
               of
               Kings
               .
               This
               I
               am
               sure
               of
               ,
               these
               gaudy
               gleams
               of
               favour
               shone
               not
               long
               upon
               any
               single
               person
               ,
               but
               were
               soone
               eclipsed
               upon
               the
               apparition
               of
               a
               fresh
               Sparke
               .
               And
               here
               to
               conclude
               any
               farther
               discourse
               of
               Lecester
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               man
               of
               eminency
               for
               Person
               ,
               but
               branded
               by
               his
               enemies
               (
               of
               which
               he
               had
               not
               a
               sew
               )
               for
               a
               defect
               in
               Wisdom
               or
               Integrity
               during
               his
               aboad
               in
               the
               Nether-lands
               where
               with
               no
               good
               succesle
               he
               executed
               the
               place
               of
               the
               
                 Queens
                 Generall
              
               .
            
             
               20.
               
               This
               Princess
               used
               never
               to
               precipitate
               a
               retaltation
               in
               reference
               to
               
                 forraine
                 Injuries
              
               :
               by
               which
               her
               Enemies
               had
               leasure
               given
               them
               to
               consider
               of
               a
               reparation
               ,
               no
               lesse
               than
               her selfe
               of
               Revenge
               in
               case
               of
               
               Contumacy
               ,
               and
               time
               to
               put
               her
               strength
               in
               the
               better
               array
               ;
               Manifest
               throughout
               her
               whole
               expedition
               into
               Scotland
               ,
               where
               though
               she
               had
               fomented
               such
               a
               party
               of
               the
               Nobility
               of
               that
               Nation
               as
               were
               able
               to
               receive
               and
               secure
               a
               force
               of
               her
               own
               ,
               which
               upon
               their
               intercession
               she
               sent
               ,
               yet
               was
               it
               without
               any
               Commission
               to
               fight
               or
               take
               notice
               of
               the
               Crowne
               of
               France
               ,
               from
               whom
               the
               
                 Scotch
                 Queen
              
               was
               immediatly
               assisted
               ,
               but
               only
               against
               the
               house
               of
               Guise
               that
               were
               meerly
               instrumentall
               in
               behalfe
               of
               their
               Sister
               Mary
               .
               Contrary
               to
               the
               most
               ordinary
               practice
               of
               our
               lesse
               advised
               Monarches
               ,
               who
               to
               gratify
               the
               clamor
               of
               a
               few
               
                 imbarged
                 Merchants
              
               ,
               and
               to
               vindicate
               an
               honor
               capable
               of
               diminution
               ,
               but
               from
               a
               totall
               neglect
               or
               visible
               incapacity
               of
               being
               ever
               able
               to
               right
               it selfe
               ,
               doe
               ,
               like
               inconsiderate
               Bees
               ,
               in
               a
               
               rash
               and
               passionate
               Distemper
               ,
               by
               misimploying
               their
               Stings
               (
               all
               the
               naturall
               force
               they
               have
               )
               render
               themselves
               (
               for
               the
               future
               )
               weak
               and
               contemptible
               ,
               by
               an
               unseasonable
               demonstration
               of
               the
               worst
               they
               can
               doe
               ;
               which
               ,
               till
               experimented
               ,
               is
               for
               the
               most
               part
               imagined
               greater
               than
               in
               truth
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               Her
               frequent
               calling
               Parliaments
               ,
               and
               not
               staying
               till
               she
               was
               compelled
               ,
               kept
               them
               in
               so
               moderate
               a
               temper
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               more
               awfull
               to
               the
               country
               than
               the
               Court
               ;
               where
               some
               grievances
               might
               be
               connived
               at
               ,
               but
               never
               approved
               ,
               so
               the
               easier
               accompted
               for
               when
               cal'd
               to
               question
               :
               nor
               doe
               I
               find
               her
               concession
               granted
               to
               any
               Statute
               for
               her
               peoples
               good
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               exchange
               ,
               but
               purely
               out
               of
               grace
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               most
               part
               before
               it
               was
               desired
               :
               Wisely
               projecting
               ,
               that
               when
               
                 Necessity
                 is
                 the
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 the
                 Market
                 
                 doth
                 naturally
                 runne
                 high
                 .
              
               Therefore
               being
               chast
               from
               all
               other
               intrusion
               upon
               the
               nations
               liberty
               ,
               but
               what
               respected
               common
               safety
               and
               the
               honour
               of
               the
               Crowne
               ;
               she
               was
               able
               without
               murmer
               to
               
                 commit
                 such
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Commons
              
               as
               presumed
               to
               medle
               or
               enquire
               who
               was
               most
               fit
               or
               had
               the
               best
               right
               to
               succeed
               her
               .
               Neither
               was
               she
               lesse
               tender
               and
               jealous
               of
               Disputes
               in
               Religion
               ,
               an
               apple
               in
               the
               eye
               of
               Goverment
               ,
               which
               if
               once
               suffered
               to
               roll
               and
               grow
               wanton
               ,
               will
               render
               the
               peoples
               mindes
               unsteady
               betwixt
               the
               obedience
               they
               owe
               to
               God
               and
               their
               Prince
               :
               sondly
               imagining
               the
               first
               may
               gratified
               at
               the
               prejudice
               of
               the
               latter
               .
               Zeale
               being
               the
               Flint
               ,
               and
               ambition
               the
               Steele
               out
               of
               which
               the
               sparkes
               of
               Rebellion
               have
               in
               our
               dayes
               kindled
               the
               most
               fatall
               mischiefes
               ;
               which
               she
               kept
               during
               her
               reigne
               from
               clashing
               ,
               
               by
               denying
               the
               Parliament
               all
               farther
               debate
               of
               
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 ceremonies
              
               ,
               And
               shewing
               them
               their
               no
               lesse
               injustice
               than
               levity
               to
               question
               what
               they
               had
               so
               firmly
               estated
               in
               her
               Person
               ,
               who
               was
               yet
               resolved
               to
               introduce
               no
               more
               than
               what
               was
               lately
               confirmed
               by
               themsesves
               ,
               or
               their
               Fathers
               ;
               so
               notorious
               to
               all
               ,
               as
               the
               Doctrine
               professed
               most
               generally
               in
               England
               bore
               in
               forraigne
               nations
               the
               name
               of
               Parliament-Faith
               .
               Nor
               was
               this
               her
               prudent
               restraint
               looked
               upon
               with
               any
               great
               reluctancy
               by
               any
               but
               Cartwright
               and
               some
               such
               adle
               heads
               ,
               whose
               Iudgments
               were
               trimmed
               according
               to
               the
               Mode
               of
               Amsterdam
               ;
               of
               whose
               distempered
               passions
               the
               Queen
               made
               so
               much
               advantage
               ,
               as
               to
               keep
               the
               Church
               humble
               and
               quiet
               whilest
               she
               gelt
               their
               Sees
               by
               exchanges
               ,
               and
               other
               mortifications
               of
               their
               power
               and
               estates
               ,
               which
               
               during
               her
               life
               were
               not
               suffered
               to
               blaze
               out
               in
               their
               
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 offices
              
               ,
               as
               since
               they
               did
               :
               which
               is
               the
               only
               visible
               cause
               can
               be
               given
               ,
               why
               so
               much
               worth
               as
               resided
               in
               this
               Princess
               is
               so
               little
               celebrated
               .
               And
               all
               this
               wheeled
               about
               with
               the
               lesse
               disturbance
               of
               the
               higher
               Orbes
               ,
               because
               few
               opposers
               of
               Church-discipline
               were
               in
               her
               dayes
               eligible
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               in
               favour
               with
               the
               people
               ,
               being
               for
               the
               most
               part
               oppressors
               ,
               or
               indicted
               of
               hypocrisy
               ;
               the
               most
               eminent
               for
               Parts
               ,
               Titles
               ,
               or
               Estates
               (
               as
               it
               fals
               out
               in
               relation
               to
               new
               schismes
               )
               growing
               weary
               or
               full
               satisfied
               with
               the
               profit
               already
               gained
               by
               the
               great
               leap
               themselves
               ,
               or
               their
               Ancestors
               had
               made
               from
               Rome
               :
               Nor
               were
               the
               poorer
               sort
               better
               apayd
               when
               they
               compared
               the
               Present
               hospitality
               with
               that
               reported
               of
               old
               before
               the
               
                 Religious
                 houses
              
               were
               demolished
               ,
               the
               cause
               
               I
               have
               not
               seldome
               my selfe
               heard
               them
               wish
               a
               returne
               to
               the
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               under
               the
               title
               of
               
                 the
                 old
                 Learning
              
               :
               Not
               so
               well
               pleased
               with
               the
               
                 saving
                 doctrine
              
               of
               the
               Protestant
               profession
               ,
               as
               they
               formerly
               were
               under
               the
               more
               liberall
               distributions
               of
               the
               Monasteries
               .
               Nor
               was
               it
               the
               guise
               of
               thse
               prudent
               times
               to
               
                 dissolve
                 Parliaments
              
               in
               discontent
               (
               by
               which
               a
               quarrell
               seemed
               to
               be
               pitcked
               with
               the
               whole
               nation
               )
               But
               to
               adjourne
               them
               in
               Love.
               Wherefore
               having
               to
               doe
               with
               the
               same
               men
               ,
               she
               was
               seldome
               compelled
               to
               alter
               her
               course
               ;
               it
               being
               unpossible
               that
               a
               Prince
               who
               had
               her
               peoples
               affection
               in
               grosse
               ,
               should
               find
               it
               wanting
               in
               their
               Representative
               .
               And
               it
               is
               no
               lesse
               remarkable
               ,
               that
               in
               so
               long
               a
               raigne
               she
               never
               was
               forced
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               )
               to
               make
               use
               of
               her
               
                 Negative
                 power
              
               ;
               But
               had
               still
               such
               a
               party
               in
               the
               
                 house
                 of
                 Lords
              
               as
               
               were
               able
               to
               save
               her
               that
               labour
               .
               Neither
               was
               she
               ever
               terrified
               by
               feare
               ,
               to
               bestow
               Office
               or
               Honour
               upon
               any
               out
               of
               no
               other
               reason
               than
               to
               draw
               them
               from
               the
               contrary
               party
               ;
               unlesse
               Seminaries
               ,
               and
               of
               this
               she
               grew
               at
               last
               weary
               ,
               saying
               once
               in
               publicke
               ,
               
                 she
                 would
                 not
                 rasome
                 her selfe
                 from
                 enemies
                 at
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 their
                 preferments
                 that
                 lov'd
                 her
                 .
              
               But
               in
               case
               she
               found
               any
               likely
               to
               interrupt
               her
               occasions
               ,
               she
               did
               seasonably
               prevent
               him
               by
               a
               chargable
               Employment
               abroad
               ,
               or
               putting
               him
               upon
               some
               service
               at
               home
               she
               knew
               least
               gratefull
               to
               the
               people
               :
               contrary
               to
               a
               false
               Maxim
               ,
               since
               practised
               with
               far
               worfe
               fuccesse
               ,
               by
               such
               Princes
               who
               thought
               it
               
                 better
                 husbandry
                 to
                 buy
                 off
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 than
                 reward
                 Friends
                 :
              
               which
               once
               observed
               ,
               it
               tempted
               some
               that
               were
               ambitious
               to
               lay
               out
               the
               strongest
               of
               their
               endeavours
               against
               
               their
               Prince
               only
               in
               hope
               to
               be
               bought
               off
               .
               And
               for
               such
               as
               desired
               a
               farther
               recoyle
               from
               the
               Pope
               than
               was
               thought
               fit
               to
               be
               made
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               so
               numerous
               or
               well
               agreed
               yet
               ,
               as
               to
               actuat
               any
               disturbance
               ,
               being
               for
               the
               most
               part
               poore
               ,
               and
               ,
               as
               all
               Schismatiks
               doe
               at
               first
               ,
               glorying
               more
               in
               Suffering
               ,
               than
               in
               any
               other
               opposition
               but
               what
               they
               are
               able
               to
               raise
               with
               their
               pennes
               or
               tongues
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               were
               no
               lesse
               lavish
               than
               bold
               and
               indiscreet
               :
               yet
               meeting
               from
               the
               most
               in
               power
               only
               blame
               and
               contempt
               ,
               they
               sought
               out
               new
               habitations
               for
               themselves
               and
               vents
               for
               their
               opinions
               in
               Amsterdam
               ,
               where
               the
               Dutch
               alowed
               a
               generall
               Mart
               for
               all
               Religions
               (
               the
               Papacy
               excepted
               )
               without
               any
               nicer
               limitation
               than
               obedience
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               in
               things
               purely
               Civill
               .
               And
               by
               this
               they
               did
               not
               only
               draw
               much
               
               of
               our
               coyne
               thither
               ,
               but
               our
               Manifactures
               of
               
                 Weaving
                 ,
                 Dying
                 ,
                 Falling
                 ,
                 Spinning
              
               and
               
                 Dressing
                 of
                 Cloth
                 ,
                 Stuffe
                 &c
                 :
              
               Easy
               to
               have
               been
               prevented
               ,
               by
               affording
               them
               an
               Amsterdam
               in
               England
               ,
               some
               small
               
                 City
                 of
                 Refuge
              
               ,
               over
               which
               her
               Majesty
               might
               have
               set
               a
               discreet
               Governour
               with
               a
               Garison
               ,
               whose
               charge
               they
               would
               willingly
               have
               borne
               ,
               besides
               the
               payment
               of
               a
               large
               excise
               for
               their
               folly
               .
               Nor
               was
               there
               any
               danger
               in
               this
               ,
               it
               being
               unpossible
               to
               make
               them
               unanimous
               :
               But
               the
               Hierarchy
               had
               been
               so
               bitten
               already
               by
               the
               Covetousnesse
               of
               Princes
               and
               the
               sharp
               and
               discerning
               Learning
               of
               the
               Layity
               ,
               who
               uninterested
               in
               the
               generall
               Controversies
               might
               have
               moderated
               to
               their
               disadvantage
               or
               set
               on
               foot
               a
               farther
               and
               more
               rigid
               Reformation
               (
               which
               ,
               though
               a
               terror
               to
               those
               in
               power
               ,
               is
               most
               delightfull
               
               to
               the
               eares
               of
               the
               people
               )
               That
               they
               perswaded
               the
               Queene
               ,
               it
               was
               
                 against
                 Prudence
                 and
                 Piety
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 harbor
              
               ;
               yet
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               connived
               at
               Lecturer
               and
               
                 weekly
                 Preaching
              
               ,
               through
               which
               they
               let
               in
               more
               by
               the
               Posterne
               ,
               than
               they
               could
               croud
               out
               at
               the
               great
               Gate
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               this
               found
               out
               ,
               wisdome
               should
               rather
               have
               left
               the
               attempt
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               Time
               ,
               the
               Moderator
               of
               all
               things
               disputable
               ,
               Than
               rendered
               them
               incorrigible
               through
               Opposition
               ,
               the
               promoter
               of
               Error
               .
               I
               am
               the
               larger
               in
               this
               ,
               lest
               posterity
               should
               be
               to
               seek
               for
               the
               foundation
               of
               the
               most
               destructive
               Revolution
               the
               Sun
               ever
               held
               light
               to
               ,
               which
               was
               begun
               by
               thousands
               who
               never
               intended
               it
               ,
               and
               wrought
               the
               ruine
               of
               that
               both
               sides
               labour'd
               to
               preserve
               ,
               with
               an
               excessive
               advantage
               to
               such
               as
               could
               neither
               expect
               or
               deserve
               it
               .
            
             
             
               22.
               
               Amongst
               the
               greatest
               things
               laid
               to
               her
               charge
               ,
               as
               cast
               behind
               the
               dore
               of
               neglect
               ,
               was
               the
               conduct
               of
               the
               
                 affaires
                 of
                 Ireland
              
               ;
               a
               place
               lying
               ,
               all
               her
               Halcion
               daies
               ,
               under
               so
               great
               a
               contempt
               ,
               (
               before
               England's
               lesse
               future
               felicity
               had
               brought
               it
               to
               esteeme
               )
               that
               wise
               Walsingham
               thought
               it
               no
               Treason
               to
               wish
               it
               
                 buried
                 in
                 the
                 Sea
              
               ,
               considering
               the
               charge
               it
               brought
               :
               yet
               she
               kept
               
                 the
                 Pale
              
               in
               good
               order
               ,
               not
               suffering
               the
               
                 Spanish
                 party
              
               to
               grow
               more
               potent
               in
               the
               North
               ,
               than
               was
               convenient
               to
               consume
               his
               forces
               and
               divert
               him
               from
               neerer
               and
               more
               dangerous
               attempts
               .
               It
               being
               unpossible
               for
               her
               ,
               without
               appearing
               grievous
               to
               her
               people
               (
               a
               Rock
               she
               chiefly
               studied
               to
               avoid
               )
               at
               one
               time
               to
               maintaine
               so
               dreadfull
               a
               Navy
               at
               sea
               ,
               and
               foment
               the
               Dutch
               and
               French
               ,
               towards
               whose
               assistance
               she
               was
               called
               by
               
               a
               louder
               Necessity
               ,
               then
               to
               render
               a
               Nation
               quite
               desolate
               :
               None
               being
               willing
               during
               her
               life
               to
               exchange
               the
               present
               Government
               of
               a
               Naturall
               Princesse
               ,
               for
               the
               lesse
               happy
               .
               Tyranny
               of
               a
               Viceroy
               ;
               of
               which
               the
               most
               did
               study
               more
               their
               respective
               grandure
               by
               extending
               the
               warre
               ,
               then
               the
               ease
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               and
               lessening
               the
               Queenes
               expence
               :
               Till
               the
               Noble
               
                 Lord
                 Mountjoy
              
               was
               imploy'd
               ,
               who
               had
               no
               other
               designe
               then
               the
               conclusion
               of
               the
               work
               ;
               which
               he
               had
               not
               yet
               so
               easily
               brought
               about
               but
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               found
               themselves
               betrayed
               through
               the
               covetousnesse
               and
               cowardise
               of
               the
               Natives
               ,
               that
               for
               small
               sums
               would
               sell
               not
               only
               such
               forraigners
               as
               came
               to
               help
               them
               ,
               but
               their
               nearest
               Relations
               :
               Wherefore
               unlikely
               to
               keep
               faith
               with
               their
               Prince
               ,
               being
               of
               so
               false
               and
               unconstant
               a
               Nature
               ,
               as
               by
               a
               
               continuall
               relapsing
               into
               Seditious
               practises
               they
               did
               with
               the
               same
               breath
               demand
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               yet
               panted
               to
               accomplish
               something
               worthy
               of
               Death
               .
               Nor
               was
               it
               possible
               to
               reduce
               them
               to
               more
               Civility
               (
               the
               inhabitants
               being
               of
               such
               an
               amphibious
               education
               )
               but
               by
               curing
               the
               Boggs
               and
               Fastnesses
               ,
               or
               building
               more
               Castles
               and
               Garrisons
               then
               she
               could
               spare
               Mony
               or
               Men
               from
               her
               other
               occasions
               to
               furnish
               :
               But
               that
               which
               raised
               the
               greatest
               difficulty
               in
               relation
               to
               an
               absolute
               subjugation
               of
               this
               Province
               ,
               was
               the
               power
               the
               Priests
               exercised
               over
               the
               Natives
               Consciences
               ,
               who
               not
               able
               to
               resolve
               themselves
               ,
               were
               implicitly
               led
               by
               their
               perswasions
               to
               cast
               off
               the
               English
               yoke
               and
               distresse
               the
               Queene
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Roman
               dialect
               was
               stiled
               Heretick
               ,
               and
               in
               whose
               favour
               no
               compact
               could
               be
               made
               ,
               much
               lesse
               kept
               
               without
               Mortall
               Sinne
               in
               the
               performer
               ,
               especially
               upon
               the
               offer
               of
               any
               (
               though
               but
               seeming
               )
               advantage
               .
               Nor
               was
               the
               
                 defection
                 of
                 Ireland
              
               one
               of
               the
               smallest
               inconveniences
               that
               resulted
               to
               this
               Crowne
               from
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Profession
              
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               In
               this
               miserable
               Nation
               ,
               that
               wanted
               not
               only
               wisdome
               and
               virtue
               to
               purchase
               her
               owne
               Freedome
               ,
               but
               a
               competency
               of
               patience
               quietly
               to
               submit
               to
               the
               English
               Civility
               ,
               the
               former
               mentioned
               
                 Earle
                 of
                 Essex
              
               buried
               his
               fortune
               .
               For
               after
               his
               more
               subtill
               Enemies
               ,
               prompted
               by
               malice
               and
               his
               owne
               destructive
               Ambition
               ,
               had
               placed
               him
               so
               farre
               off
               ,
               it
               proved
               no
               hard
               matter
               (
               working
               upon
               her
               Majesties
               age
               and
               parcimonious
               humour
               )
               to
               distresse
               him
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               coyne
               and
               other
               necessary
               provisions
               for
               so
               expensive
               an
               expedition
               :
               which
               cast
               him
               upon
               disadvantagious
               Treaties
               
               with
               Tyrone
               ,
               the
               capitall
               Rebell
               ,
               And
               might
               occasion
               the
               private
               discourse
               he
               had
               with
               him
               alone
               on
               horse-back
               in
               the
               middest
               of
               a
               River
               :
               which
               hinted
               to
               the
               Queen
               the
               first
               cause
               of
               that
               fatall
               suspicion
               ,
               
                 He
                 might
                 through
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 the
                 Irish
                 and
                 English
                 Army
              
               (
               already
               wholy
               at
               his
               devotion
               )
               
                 attempt
                 some
                 novelty
              
               ;
               a
               dismall
               whisper
               the
               contrary
               Faction
               did
               hourely
               inspire
               her
               withall
               :
               And
               to
               give
               it
               a
               deeper
               tincture
               of
               probability
               ,
               
                 S
                 r
                 Robert
                 Cecill
              
               gained
               leave
               of
               the
               Queene
               to
               advertise
               Essex
               ,
               first
               of
               her
               being
               past
               hope
               ,
               and
               after
               of
               her
               Death
               ,
               stopping
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               all
               ships
               else
               ,
               but
               what
               came
               loaden
               with
               this
               fatall
               intelligence
               :
               And
               to
               secure
               her
               person
               no
               lesse
               then
               his
               owne
               ,
               in
               case
               he
               took
               the
               wiser
               counsell
               of
               his
               friends
               to
               land
               in
               Wales
               with
               all
               the
               power
               he
               could
               raise
               ,
               the
               English
               militia
               were
               put
               
               in
               a
               posture
               of
               defence
               :
               of
               which
               no
               use
               was
               made
               ;
               for
               the
               
                 Earles
                 composition
              
               having
               alwaies
               participated
               more
               of
               truth
               and
               loyalty
               to
               his
               Soveraigne
               ,
               with
               zeale
               to
               the
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               ,
               then
               prudence
               or
               Reason
               of
               State
               ,
               He
               ,
               not
               only
               contrary
               to
               the
               will
               of
               his
               friends
               ,
               but
               beyond
               the
               highest
               hopes
               of
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               came
               over
               attended
               with
               some
               few
               Gentlemen
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               naked
               condition
               finding
               the
               report
               false
               ,
               he
               cast
               himselfe
               habited
               as
               a
               travellor
               at
               the
               feet
               of
               his
               Mistris
               ,
               whom
               after
               he
               never
               met
               (
               unlesse
               since
               in
               heaven
               )
               being
               presently
               confind
               ;
               yet
               to
               no
               stricter
               prison
               then
               his
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               under
               no
               other
               guard
               but
               the
               obedience
               he
               owed
               to
               his
               Soveraignes
               Commands
               ,
               who
               though
               daily
               importuned
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               brought
               to
               signe
               a
               warrant
               for
               any
               severer
               Commitment
               ,
               till
               after
               
                 his
                 passage
                 through
                 the
                 City
              
               ,
               
               In
               which
               he
               did
               not
               only
               exceed
               the
               extent
               of
               his
               owne
               ordinary
               rashnesse
               ,
               But
               the
               highest
               and
               most
               extraordinary
               plots
               of
               his
               Enemies
               .
               And
               thus
               was
               the
               Earle
               snatched
               out
               of
               the
               armes
               of
               his
               Mistris
               ,
               and
               torne
               from
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               people
               that
               were
               his
               Servants
               ,
               by
               the
               subtilty
               of
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               both
               brought
               to
               an
               
                 untimely
                 death
              
               :
               It
               appearing
               no
               lesse
               wonder
               that
               Prince
               and
               Subject
               did
               meet
               in
               their
               affections
               ,
               Then
               that
               they
               should
               both
               be
               so
               quiet
               spectators
               of
               his
               ruin
               .
               But
               as
               God
               shewed
               in
               his
               death
               the
               weaknesse
               of
               the
               arme
               of
               flesh
               ,
               so
               not
               long
               after
               he
               declared
               as
               plainly
               the
               power
               of
               his
               Iustice
               in
               a
               strict
               account
               he
               took
               from
               those
               that
               were
               the
               principall
               agents
               in
               it
               :
               For
               after
               the
               blow
               given
               ,
               The
               Queene
               ,
               presaging
               by
               a
               multitude
               of
               teares
               shed
               for
               him
               ,
               the
               great
               drouth
               was
               likely
               to
               appeare
               
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               her
               Subjects
               ,
               when
               the
               hand
               that
               signed
               the
               warrant
               for
               it
               should
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               fell
               into
               a
               
                 deepe
                 Melancholly
              
               ,
               whereof
               she
               died
               not
               long
               after
               .
               And
               for
               the
               Fame
               that
               immediatlly
               followed
               her
               (
               if
               multitudes
               were
               not
               fouly
               mistaken
               )
               she
               was
               more
               beholding
               to
               
                 her
                 successors
                 miscarriages
              
               in
               the
               generall
               opinion
               ,
               then
               any
               popular
               esteeme
               attending
               her
               to
               the
               grave
               :
               
                 her
                 death
              
               being
               reported
               to
               proceed
               from
               an
               occasion
               that
               would
               have
               beene
               thought
               ridiculous
               in
               an
               ordinary
               Lady
               ,
               much
               more
               in
               a
               person
               of
               her
               magnitude
               :
               But
               such
               as
               take
               Princes
               for
               other
               then
               Men
               ,
               shew
               they
               never
               saw
               them
               in
               true
               light
               :
               who
               ,
               like
               the
               Gods
               of
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               cannot
               in
               their
               actions
               or
               speeches
               during
               Life
               be
               discerned
               from
               ordinary
               Mortalls
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               worship
               given
               them
               ;
               being
               so
               remote
               from
               owning
               any
               reall
               Divinity
               ,
               
               As
               with
               the
               Crowne
               they
               put
               on
               greater
               frailties
               then
               they
               do
               devest
               :
               For
               during
               the
               criticall
               minute
               of
               the
               
                 Queenes
                 strongest
                 affection
              
               (
               which
               was
               upon
               Essex
               his
               returne
               from
               Cales
               )
               he
               had
               importuned
               her
               for
               some
               
                 signall
                 token
              
               which
               might
               assure
               him
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               absence
               (
               to
               which
               his
               owne
               Genius
               ,
               no
               lesse
               then
               the
               respect
               he
               bare
               to
               the
               promotion
               of
               her
               honour
               ,
               and
               obedience
               to
               her
               commands
               did
               daily
               prompt
               him
               )
               
                 his
                 Enemies
              
               (
               of
               whom
               he
               had
               many
               about
               the
               Chaire
               of
               State
               )
               should
               not
               through
               their
               Malice
               or
               Subtilty
               distresse
               him
               ,
               or
               render
               him
               lesse
               or
               worse
               deserving
               in
               her
               esteeme
               :
               upon
               this
               ,
               in
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               familiatity
               ,
               she
               presented
               a
               Ring
               to
               him
               ;
               which
               after
               she
               had
               by
               oathes
               indued
               with
               a
               power
               of
               freeing
               him
               from
               any
               danger
               or
               distresse
               his
               future
               miscarriage
               ,
               her
               Anger
               ,
               
               or
               Enemies
               malice
               could
               cast
               him
               into
               ,
               she
               gave
               it
               him
               ,
               with
               a
               promise
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               first
               sight
               of
               it
               all
               this
               and
               more
               if
               possible
               should
               be
               granted
               .
               After
               his
               
                 commitment
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
              
               he
               sent
               this
               Iewell
               to
               Her
               Majesty
               ,
               by
               the
               then
               
                 Countesse
                 of
                 Notingham
              
               ,
               whom
               S
               r
               
                 Robert
                 Cecill
              
               kept
               from
               delivering
               it
               :
               This
               made
               the
               Queene
               think
               her selfe
               scorned
               ,
               a
               Treason
               against
               her
               Honour
               ,
               And
               therefore
               not
               unlikely
               to
               be
               voted
               by
               the
               pride
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Lady
               more
               Capitall
               then
               That
               pretended
               against
               her
               Person
               ,
               which
               power
               doth
               rarely
               suffer
               to
               scape
               unpunished
               :
               besides
               he
               had
               been
               tempted
               through
               passion
               to
               say
               ,
               or
               his
               enemies
               to
               devise
               ,
               That
               
                 she
                 now
                 doted
                 ,
                 and
                 owned
                 a
                 mind
                 no
                 lesse
                 crooked
                 then
                 her
                 body
              
               ;
               A
               high
               blasphemy
               against
               such
               a
               divine
               Beauty
               ,
               as
               Flatterers
               ,
               the
               Idolizers
               of
               Princes
               ,
               had
               enshrined
               here
               in
               .
               
               And
               from
               these
               his
               misfortunes
               ,
               led
               on
               by
               the
               weaknesse
               Iealousy
               and
               Age
               had
               bred
               in
               her
               ,
               his
               Maligners
               took
               advantage
               ,
               so
               as
               his
               Head
               was
               off
               before
               discretion
               ,
               love
               or
               pity
               had
               leasure
               to
               dictate
               ,
               
                 The
                 Ring
                 might
                 be
                 miscarried
                 and
                 the
                 former
                 relation
                 false
                 .
              
               But
               the
               Lady
               of
               Notingham
               coming
               to
               
                 her
                 death
                 bed
              
               ,
               and
               finding
               ,
               by
               the
               daily
               sorrow
               the
               Queene
               expressed
               for
               the
               losse
               of
               Essex
               ,
               her selfe
               a
               principall
               agent
               in
               his
               destruction
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               at
               rest
               till
               she
               had
               discovered
               all
               ,
               and
               humbly
               implored
               mercy
               from
               God
               and
               forgiveness
               from
               her
               earthly
               Soveraigne
               :
               who
               did
               not
               only
               refuse
               to
               give
               it
               ,
               but
               having
               shook
               her
               as
               she
               lay
               in
               her
               bed
               ,
               sent
               her
               accompanied
               with
               most
               fearefull
               curses
               to
               a
               higher
               Tribunall
               .
               Not
               long
               after
               the
               
                 Queenes
                 weaknesse
              
               did
               appeare
               mostall
               ,
               hastened
               by
               the
               wishes
               of
               many
               ,
               that
               could
               not
               
               in
               reason
               expect
               pardon
               for
               a
               fault
               they
               found
               she
               had
               so
               severely
               punished
               in
               her selfe
               ,
               as
               to
               
                 take
                 comfort
                 in
                 nothing
                 after
              
               .
               But
               upon
               all
               occasions
               of
               signing
               Pardons
               would
               upbraid
               the
               movers
               for
               them
               with
               the
               hasty
               anticipation
               of
               that
               brave
               mans
               end
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               expiated
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               Nations
               losse
               by
               any
               future
               indeavour
               ,
               much
               lesse
               so
               unseasonable
               an
               uncharitablenesse
               to
               a
               dying
               Lady
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               After
               Essex
               was
               thus
               laid
               by
               ,
               the
               totall
               management
               of
               State-affaires
               fell
               to
               S
               r
               
                 Robert
                 Cecill
              
               in
               right
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               who
               free
               from
               competition
               became
               bold
               enough
               to
               informe
               the
               Queene
               ,
               that
               
                 too
                 many
                 yeares
                 had
                 beene
                 already
                 lapsed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 peoples
                 quiet
                 hazarded
                 by
                 her
                 delay
                 ,
                 in
                 not
                 fixing
                 upon
                 one
                 certaine
                 Successour
                 :
                 Nothing
                 remaining
                 wanting
                 ,
                 but
                 her
                 concession
                 ,
                 to
                 free
                 the
                 Nation
                 from
                 a
                 Civill
                 warre
                 ,
                 in
                 declaring
                 
                 the
              
               King
               of
               Scots
               
                 her
                 lawfull
                 Heire
                 ,
                 who
                 besides
                 an
                 immediate
                 right
                 ,
                 had
                 the
                 greatest
                 power
                 at
                 hand
                 to
                 quell
                 the
                 hopes
                 of
                 all
                 contrary
                 pretenders
                 ,
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 more
                 then
                 a
                 few
                 ;
                 having
                 long
                 beene
                 imboldened
                 either
                 through
                 her
                 Majesties
                 Indulgence
                 or
                 Prudence
                 ,
                 an
                 Artifice
                 dangerous
                 for
                 her
                 people
                 and
                 not
                 unpossibly
                 now
                 destructive
                 to
                 her selfe
                 ,
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 whome
                 was
                 by
                 good
                 Government
                 for
                 forty
                 years
                 ,
                 so
                 deeply
                 rooted
                 in
                 her
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 buried
                 in
                 nothing
                 but
                 her
                 grave
                 .
              
               Nor
               did
               he
               alone
               beat
               her
               eates
               with
               these
               sounds
               ,
               no
               lesse
               terrible
               to
               her
               age
               at
               that
               day
               ,
               then
               they
               had
               beene
               formerly
               ungratefull
               to
               her
               youth
               :
               But
               the
               generality
               of
               all
               abouth
               er
               ;
               there
               remaining
               after
               Essex
               remove
               ,
               no
               Faction
               at
               Court
               able
               to
               rescue
               any
               from
               the
               present
               or
               future
               revenge
               of
               this
               man
               ,
               with
               whom
               the
               most
               did
               comply
               ,
               for
               
               feare
               of
               having
               their
               hopes
               blasted
               by
               this
               
                 Northern
                 Sunne
              
               that
               began
               to
               rise
               proportionable
               to
               the
               declension
               of
               the
               Queens
               health
               .
               The
               truth
               of
               which
               the
               most
               incredulous
               may
               find
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Arraignment
               of
               
                 Cobham
                 ,
                 Gray
              
               ,
               and
               Rawly
               ,
               professed
               
                 Antagonists
                 to
                 Essex
              
               ,
               under
               whose
               shelter
               they
               might
               have
               been
               protected
               in
               relation
               to
               their
               cause
               ,
               though
               by
               them
               imprudently
               managed
               .
               This
               proves
               it
               no
               great
               hyperboly
               to
               affirme
               The
               Queene
               did
               not
               only
               bury
               Affection
               ,
               but
               her
               Power
               in
               the
               Tombe
               of
               Essex
               ,
               who
               having
               the
               Love
               of
               the
               people
               would
               execute
               without
               feare
               any
               Command
               ,
               which
               they
               wanting
               durst
               not
               undertake
               :
               The
               cause
               Cecil
               thought
               it
               more
               prudence
               to
               rely
               upon
               the
               
                 promise
                 of
                 a
                 Prince
              
               his
               Father
               had
               made
               Motherlesse
               ,
               than
               in
               the
               forgivenes
               of
               a
               multitude
               whose
               odium
               
               he
               had
               by
               many
               proceedings
               contracted
               ;
               But
               especially
               in
               being
               instrumentall
               in
               the
               death
               of
               Essex
               ,
               and
               those
               hopefull
               young
               Gentelmen
               that
               lost
               their
               lives
               &
               fortunes
               with
               him
               :
               Amongst
               whom
               was
               S
               r
               
                 Henry
                 Lee
              
               ,
               for
               only
               wishing
               well
               to
               the
               three
               Earles
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               an
               other
               executed
               in
               Smithfield
               for
               writing
               the
               newes
               of
               their
               Apprehension
               to
               his
               Father
               that
               was
               out
               of
               London
               .
               But
               not
               to
               exceed
               the
               designe
               of
               this
               piece
               which
               was
               not
               to
               asperse
               any
               ,
               especially
               one
               allied
               so
               neerly
               to
               my
               Grand-Mother
               ,
               and
               a
               Family
               now
               rendered
               Illustrious
               by
               
                 two
                 Earldomes
              
               and
               a
               number
               of
               glorious
               Matches
               ;
               I
               shall
               relate
               only
               his
               wise
               indevours
               to
               make
               Iames
               succeed
               ,
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               courted
               with
               many
               Letters
               ,
               and
               larger
               promises
               than
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               ,
               were
               ever
               performed
               ,
               &
               other
               proposals
               made
               ,
               amongst
               which
               was
               a
               
                 treaty
                 of
                 
                 peace
                 with
                 Spaine
                 ,
              
               passionatly
               desired
               of
               the
               
                 Scotish
                 King
              
               ,
               who
               by
               this
               gratefull
               service
               thought
               to
               muzle
               the
               mouthes
               of
               the
               Iesuites
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               his
               offers
               of
               connivance
               more
               secretly
               and
               succesfully
               presented
               at
               Rome
               :
               and
               upon
               the
               same
               score
               ,
               
                 Tyrones
                 pardon
              
               was
               moved
               to
               the
               Queene
               ,
               and
               though
               at
               first
               refused
               by
               her
               with
               high
               disdaine
               ,
               yet
               after
               brought
               about
               for
               want
               of
               strength
               and
               Counsell
               to
               oppose
               it
               .
               Nor
               was
               an
               Inquisition
               after
               
                 the
                 Will
                 of
                 Henry
                 the
              
               8th
               omitted
               ,
               which
               a
               Cursiter
               did
               about
               that
               time
               justify
               he
               had
               inrolled
               ,
               though
               then
               not
               to
               be
               found
               ,
               having
               before
               been
               taken
               off
               the
               File
               by
               some
               as
               small
               friends
               to
               the
               
                 Scotish
                 title
              
               as
               any
               other
               but
               their
               owne
               ;
               
                 Harfords
                 ,
                 Huntingtons
                 &c.
              
               being
               then
               rise
               in
               every
               man's
               discourse
               .
               But
               to
               avoide
               all
               semblance
               of
               triumph
               over
               a
               Right
               allready
               under
               the
               
               weight
               of
               the
               severest
               misfortune
               :
               I
               shall
               conclude
               with
               
                 the
                 most
                 happy
                 condition
                 this
                 unparallel'd
                 Princess
                 left
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 England
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               25.
               
               It
               had
               
                 no
                 considerable
                 Enemy
              
               besides
               the
               
                 Catholicke
                 King
              
               ,
               And
               his
               power
               so
               maimed
               by
               the
               frequent
               blowes
               received
               from
               her
               Maritime
               Militia
               ,
               that
               he
               sought
               peace
               in
               a
               posture
               far
               below
               the
               usuall
               pride
               and
               Rhodomontado
               gallantry
               of
               that
               Nation
               ;
               apparent
               in
               the
               rich
               Donatives
               bestowed
               on
               all
               about
               
                 King
                 Iames
              
               who
               were
               any
               way
               likly
               to
               farther
               or
               obstruct
               it
               .
               As
               for
               the
               
                 wild
                 Irish
              
               (
               a
               terme
               that
               age
               bestowed
               on
               the
               Rebels
               )
               they
               were
               dayly
               found
               dead
               in
               bogs
               and
               woods
               with
               grass
               in
               their
               mouthes
               ,
               giving
               no
               farther
               trouble
               to
               the
               English
               Souldiers
               (
               at
               her
               death
               not
               numerous
               ,
               many
               having
               quitted
               the
               imployment
               out
               of
               grief
               for
               their
               Generall
               )
               than
               to
               burne
               
               and
               spoile
               the
               Corne
               and
               other
               provisions
               of
               the
               Natives
               ;
               far
               easier
               done
               ,
               than
               they
               overtaken
               in
               their
               Fastnesses
               and
               Bogs
               ,
               impassable
               to
               our
               Army
               .
               The
               French
               were
               by
               obligation
               wound
               up
               at
               least
               to
               a
               neutrality
               ,
               if
               not
               in
               Policy
               bound
               to
               assist
               us
               in
               case
               the
               warre
               had
               gon
               on
               with
               
                 Spaine
                 :
                 Henry
                 the
                 fourth's
              
               former
               Defection
               ,
               though
               covered
               with
               a
               late
               formall
               Conversion
               ,
               having
               yet
               not
               so
               strongly
               estated
               him
               in
               the
               affection
               of
               Rome
               as
               to
               make
               him
               despise
               the
               English
               Aliance
               or
               exchange
               it
               for
               any
               in
               judgment
               lesse
               remote
               from
               the
               Pope
               :
               or
               in
               case
               of
               his
               death
               or
               forgetfulnesse
               she
               had
               the
               Hugonotes
               to
               friend
               ,
               who
               in
               all
               walled
               Townes
               prayed
               for
               her
               in
               publique
               ,
               owning
               her
               for
               litle
               lesse
               than
               their
               Princess
               under
               the
               title
               of
               a
               Protecteress
               .
               Though
               the
               Dutch
               were
               no
               lesse
               hers
               by
               Interest
               than
               Gratitude
               ,
               yet
               least
               prosperity
               
               should
               in
               a
               resty
               humor
               straine
               these
               cords
               ,
               her
               hands
               were
               strengthened
               by
               
                 Cautionary
                 Townes
              
               ,
               which
               did
               not
               only
               bridle
               them
               ,
               but
               abate
               much
               of
               the
               danger
               our
               Merchants
               were
               in
               from
               those
               remaining
               under
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Spaine
               ;
               Not
               so
               much
               recruited
               about
               this
               time
               by
               the
               reduction
               of
               Ostend
               after
               three
               years
               siege
               ,
               as
               weakned
               by
               the
               former
               losse
               of
               Sluce
               in
               a
               far
               lesse
               considerable
               time
               .
               As
               for
               
                 Denmarke
                 ,
                 Sweden
              
               and
               other
               Nations
               that
               ordinary
               calculation
               hath
               seated
               east
               of
               us
               ,
               she
               held
               good
               correspondence
               with
               them
               ,
               But
               lay
               obnoctious
               to
               no
               other
               inconveniences
               from
               them
               ,
               Than
               what
               she
               sustained
               by
               the
               Frost
               ,
               Snow
               and
               tedious
               weather
               the
               vicinity
               of
               their
               icy
               coasts
               useth
               to
               infest
               more
               happier
               Climats
               withall
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               Nor
               can
               she
               appeare
               lesse
               
               
                 Lovely
                 ,
                 wise
              
               and
               
                 Successfull
                 at
                 home
              
               ,
               to
               any
               that
               is
               able
               to
               fix
               his
               eyes
               upon
               so
               great
               a
               Radiancy
               as
               did
               compasse
               the
               head
               of
               this
               Princess
               ,
               without
               the
               darke
               vale
               of
               prejudice
               ,
               not
               hetherto
               drawn
               from
               before
               the
               face
               of
               this
               nation
               by
               the
               visible
               indeavours
               of
               many
               .
               Comparisons
               being
               apt
               to
               raise
               no
               lesse
               Odium
               at
               home
               then
               envy
               abroad
               .
               For
               through
               the
               series
               of
               her
               Raigne
               she
               kept
               Parliaments
               ,
               the
               Pulse
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               temper
               as
               no
               signes
               appeard
               either
               of
               Anarchy
               or
               
                 Tyrannicall
                 Oppression
              
               ;
               her
               Government
               having
               been
               handed
               to
               the
               people
               with
               that
               sweetnesse
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               esteemed
               of
               no
               lesse
               advantage
               to
               them
               ,
               than
               their
               obedience
               brought
               honour
               to
               her
               :
               under
               whom
               the
               Crowne
               remained
               in
               such
               credit
               ,
               as
               the
               Exchequer
               was
               esteemed
               equall
               security
               with
               the
               Exchange
               ;
               The
               Tellers
               of
               that
               Court
               
               being
               as
               ready
               to
               issue
               out
               moneyes
               ,
               as
               those
               that
               had
               Debenturs
               were
               willing
               to
               receive
               it
               .
               And
               if
               any
               contrary
               practice
               since
               brings
               the
               truth
               of
               this
               into
               suspence
               ,
               let
               the
               Proverbe
               
                 As
                 sure
                 as
                 Check
              
               bayle
               me
               from
               the
               least
               suspition
               of
               hyperboly
               .
               Her
               Lands
               ,
               of
               which
               she
               had
               a
               vast
               proportion
               ,
               were
               loaden
               with
               Timber
               fit
               for
               all
               imployments
               ,
               lying
               ready
               upon
               occasion
               either
               to
               raise
               a
               Navy
               ,
               or
               Mony
               to
               pay
               Souldiers
               or
               Mariners
               .
               Nor
               was
               her
               Treasury
               quite
               empty
               ,
               or
               the
               Crowne
               burdened
               with
               any
               considerable
               debts
               ,
               but
               what
               a
               Parliament
               would
               without
               murmur
               have
               refunded
               ;
               No
               cause
               of
               Iealousy
               remaining
               in
               relation
               to
               an
               incroachment
               upon
               their
               liberty
               or
               estates
               ,
               Since
               she
               did
               not
               extend
               to
               the
               least
               generall
               prejudice
               her
               owne
               unquestioned
               interest
               in
               the
               perquisites
               of
               the
               Crowne
               ;
               So
               as
               her
               
                 Parkes
                 ,
                 Forrests
              
               and
               Chases
               
               were
               rather
               a
               relief
               than
               burthen
               to
               the
               Subject
               ,
               it
               being
               then
               as
               rare
               to
               find
               a
               man
               of
               quality
               denied
               Venison
               ,
               as
               to
               heare
               of
               one
               (
               if
               not
               too
               intemperate
               )
               punished
               for
               stealing
               it
               .
               And
               as
               the
               
                 Iustice
                 in
                 Oyer
              
               was
               moderate
               in
               his
               Courts
               that
               related
               only
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               Game
               ,
               So
               those
               in
               Westminster-hall
               were
               as
               carefull
               to
               distribute
               Equity
               and
               Right
               :
               or
               ,
               if
               in
               her
               time
               some
               Cushions
               in
               
                 Chancery
                 ,
                 Chequer
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Court
                 of
                 Wards
              
               were
               taken
               with
               the
               
                 Moth
                 of
                 corruption
              
               ,
               it
               was
               after
               her
               Inspection
               fayled
               her
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               a
               contrary
               Faction
               truly
               to
               informe
               ,
               and
               no
               propensity
               in
               her
               Nature
               to
               protect
               such
               courses
               .
               The
               ordinary
               plea
               used
               after
               ,
               
                 of
                 selling
                 Dear
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 bought
                 so
                 ,
              
               being
               voyd
               the
               most
               of
               her
               dayes
               ;
               in
               which
               no
               visible
               Bribes
               for
               Offices
               were
               offered
               or
               accepted
               but
               what
               resulted
               from
               
               vour
               or
               desert
               .
               The
               Church
               in
               her
               dayes
               lay
               not
               disfigured
               in
               the
               filth
               of
               profanesse
               ,
               nor
               was
               it
               dawbed
               by
               the
               varnish
               of
               Hypocrisy
               :
               Ceremony
               and
               Sabbath
               (
               the
               ordinary
               pretences
               for
               Sedition
               )
               being
               decently
               not
               rigidly
               commanded
               or
               observed
               .
               So
               as
               the
               wall-eyed
               blanchers
               at
               them
               were
               followed
               more
               out
               of
               reproach
               than
               approbation
               ;
               And
               might
               have
               been
               so
               still
               ,
               had
               not
               the
               State
               rendered
               them
               more
               considerable
               by
               their
               notice
               ,
               than
               really
               they
               were
               ;
               fondly
               imagining
               the
               hatred
               found
               in
               succeeding
               Parliaments
               to
               the
               Papists
               resulted
               from
               a
               
                 Puritanicall
                 affection
              
               ,
               when
               it
               was
               for
               a
               long
               time
               in
               the
               most
               a
               feare
               of
               shaking
               the
               
                 titles
                 of
                 Abbry-Lands
              
               ,
               or
               a
               desire
               to
               free
               the
               Laity
               ,
               in
               all
               things
               temporall
               and
               mulctable
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               who
               about
               the
               setting
               of
               this
               glorious
               Planet
               became
               something
               
               more
               red
               and
               severe
               ,
               than
               suted
               with
               a
               Calling
               no
               better
               supported
               :
               For
               though
               zeale
               in
               the
               Clergy
               may
               bias
               men
               towards
               religious
               duties
               ,
               yet
               it
               hath
               often
               been
               found
               so
               much
               to
               alter
               the
               gate
               of
               the
               Rable
               ;
               as
               they
               have
               quite
               for
               saken-the
               end
               of
               all
               Professions
               which
               is
               Obedience
               to
               God
               and
               their
               Governours
               ,
               And
               inclined
               to
               more
               uncouth
               and
               distructive
               Opinions
               ,
               than
               an
               open
               and
               unsuborned
               temper
               in
               Religion
               was
               ever
               yet
               found
               guilty
               of
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               Thus
               I
               may
               have
               in
               part
               expiated
               for
               the
               neglect
               if
               not
               malice
               observable
               from
               the
               most
               Relations
               concerning
               
                 this
                 Lady
              
               ;
               No
               lesse
               than
               vindicated
               my
               owne
               Gratitude
               ,
               (
               Whose
               Grand-Father
               and
               Father
               did
               both
               injoy
               a
               quiet
               ,
               happy
               and
               plentifull
               fortune
               under
               her
               )
               though
               in
               a
               stile
               and
               method
               far
               below
               her
               merit
               ,
               As
               best
               appeares
               by
               the
               Bonfiers
               &
               loud
               acclamations
               
               used
               still
               by
               the
               people
               upon
               the
               day
               of
               her
               Inauguration
               :
               The
               felicity
               of
               which
               was
               never
               since
               matched
               ,
               nor
               have
               we
               had
               yet
               any
               cause
               to
               hope
               it
               will
               be
               ,
               especially
               during
               my
               Life
               ,
               which
               began
               under
               this
               beloved
               Princesse
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .