A discovery of certain notorious stumbling-blocks which the devill, the pope, and the malignants have raised to put nations at variance: together, with some zealous wishes, that such stumbling-blocks as prove prejudiciall unto the common-wealth of England might be removed. / By Sr. Balthazar Gerbier Kt.
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             A discovery of certain notorious stumbling-blocks which the devill, the pope, and the malignants have raised to put nations at variance: together, with some zealous wishes, that such stumbling-blocks as prove prejudiciall unto the common-wealth of England might be removed. / By Sr. Balthazar Gerbier Kt.
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             A
             DISCOVERY
          
           Of
           Certain
           Notorious
           STVMBLING-BLOCKS
           Which
           the
           Devill
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Malignants
           have
           raised
           to
           put
           Nations
           at
           Variance
           :
        
         
           
             Together
             ,
          
           With
           some
           zealous
           Wishes
           ,
           that
           such
           Stumbling-blocks
           as
           prove
           prejudiciall
           unto
           the
           COMMON-WEALTH
           of
           
             ENGLAND
          
           might
           be
           removed
           .
        
         
           BY
           
             Sr.
          
           Balthazar
           Gerbier
           
             Kt.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           T.
           M.
           1652.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Discovery
           Of
           certain
           Notorious
           Stumbling-blocks
           ,
           which
           the
           Devill
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Malignants
           have
           raised
           ,
           to
           put
           Nations
           at
           variance
           .
        
         
           THE
           Devil
           apprehending
           the
           encrease
           of
           Christs
           Kingdome
           ,
           hath
           insinuated
           a
           capacity
           into
           the
           Sea
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           to
           suspect
           a
           Hircanum
           from
           the
           Northern
           parts
           ;
           And
           therefore
           hath
           provisionally
           engaged
           its
           conclave
           ,
           and
           hath
           induced
           the
           same
           to
           enjoyn
           the
           Clergie
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           not
           to
           permit
           Justice
           to
           be
           done
           on
           those
           who
           murthered
           Mr.
           
             Ascham
             ,
          
           the
           Agent
           which
           this
           Common-wealth
           sent
           to
           
             Madrid
             ;
          
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           procrastination
           of
           that
           expected
           Justice
           ,
           might
           at
           least
           ,
           afford
           the
           Portingals
           time
           to
           give
           this
           State
           some
           satisfaction
           ;
           conceiving
           that
           by
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           the
           friendship
           of
           
             Spain
          
           might
           be
           slighted
           ,
           if
           not
           totally
           waved
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           that
           thereby
           
             Spain
          
           might
           be
           enforced
           to
           keep
           the
           longer
           correspondence
           with
           the
           
             Hollanders
             ,
          
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           Pope
           dispaires
           not
           to
           gain
           
           many
           thousands
           of
           Vassals
           ;
           for
           that
           since
           the
           last
           Pacification
           ,
           between
           the
           said
           King
           and
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           ,
           many
           thousand
           families
           in
           North
           
             Holland
          
           are
           said
           to
           have
           turned
           unto
           the
           Romish
           Belief
           .
        
         
           The
           said
           stratagem
           (
           hatcht
           by
           an
           Italian
           Devil
           ,
           Fostered
           by
           the
           Antichristian
           Father
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           fomented
           by
           a
           world
           of
           Malignants
           to
           boot
           )
           hath
           another
           reach
           in
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           only
           to
           stirre
           up
           those
           North-Holland
           blades
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           several
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           other
           Provinces
           ,
           to
           stand
           upon
           Impossibilities
           ;
           and
           to
           pretend
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           hath
           not
           onely
           been
           ill
           informed
           ,
           concerning
           the
           advantages
           which
           might
           ensue
           unto
           the
           English
           by
           the
           Act
           of
           prohibiting
           Importations
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Parliament
           ought
           to
           wave
           their
           Act
           ;
           when
           as
           the
           maintaining
           of
           the
           said
           Act
           ,
           is
           conceived
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           onely
           a
           Justice
           which
           may
           be
           expected
           from
           their
           grave
           and
           unalterable
           decrees
           (
           lesse
           to
           be
           violated
           then
           the
           Parthian
           or
           Median
           Edicts
           )
           but
           also
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           tendernesse
           and
           care
           of
           the
           publike
           good
           and
           welfare
           ;
           farre
           from
           a
           particular
           intent
           (
           as
           some
           Malignants
           have
           forestald
           )
           to
           undoe
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           especially
           the
           Netherlanders
           ,
           for
           whose
           making
           and
           subsistance
           so
           much
           of
           the
           English
           blood
           hath
           been
           spilt
           ,
           and
           such
           vast
           Treasures
           have
           been
           exhausted
           .
        
         
           On
           which
           particular
           ,
           that
           ,
           ever
           to
           be
           remembred
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           replyed
           thus
           ,
           unto
           a
           Solemne
           Embassie
           of
           those
           States
           when
           as
           they
           were
           in
           a
           dismal
           condition
           )
           
             I
             will
             (
             said
             shee
             )
             spend
             even
             to
             the
             last
             drop
             of
             my
             blood
             for
             to
             maintain
             your
             People
             ;
          
           reflecting
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           on
           one
           of
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ;
           and
           that
           
           she
           conceived
           also
           their
           cause
           to
           be
           Just
           :
           Nor
           do
           any
           true
           godly
           reasonable
           English
           men
           conceive
           otherwise
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           far
           forth
           as
           concerns
           their
           fought
           for
           Liberty
           ;
           when
           as
           they
           had
           bin
           tyrannized
           by
           such
           as
           would
           enslave
           them
           ;
           force
           them
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           their
           Belief
           ;
           bereave
           them
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           means
           ,
           and
           laws
           .
           Far
           lesse
           ,
           that
           any
           godly
           English
           had
           ,
           or
           hath
           any
           intent
           to
           destroy
           that
           tribe
           ;
           which
           hath
           cost
           them
           so
           much
           blood
           and
           treasure
           to
           defend
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           as
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           arts
           Master
           the
           Pope
           (
           together
           with
           the
           Malignants
           his
           fire-brands
           )
           have
           on
           the
           subject
           of
           late
           Mr.
           
             Ascham
          
           forestalled
           an
           Impossibility
           for
           
             Spain
          
           to
           give
           that
           Satisfaction
           on
           his
           particular
           ,
           as
           hath
           ever
           since
           he
           was
           murthered
           been
           expected
           by
           this
           Common-wealth
           of
           
             England
             :
          
           So
           likewise
           have
           they
           cast
           such
           a
           stumbling
           block
           in
           the
           Hollanders
           way
           ,
           as
           to
           mistake
           the
           said
           Parliaments
           Act
           of
           Importation
           ,
           purposely
           to
           thwarft
           the
           resolves
           ,
           on
           the
           settling
           of
           a
           good
           and
           firm
           amity
           ,
           between
           this
           Common-wealth
           and
           them
           ;
           for
           that
           otherwayes
           ,
           they
           ful
           well
           knew
           ,
           how
           that
           a
           difference
           (
           more
           or
           lesse
           )
           for
           the
           reparation
           of
           the
           
             Amboina
          
           businesse
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           due
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           Seas
           Right
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           able
           to
           cause
           a
           breach
           of
           Amity
           ,
           between
           two
           such
           Potent
           Nations
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           one
           Profession
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           of
           one
           and
           the
           self
           same
           strength
           by
           Sea
           ;
           and
           who
           being
           in
           Peace
           may
           counterpoise
           all
           the
           other
           parts
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           could
           they
           imagine
           that
           either
           party
           should
           be
           so
           overmastred
           by
           firebrands
           (
           who
           onely
           seek
           to
           fish
           in
           troubled
           waters
           )
           as
           to
           be
           hindred
           from
           their
           shaking
           of
           hands
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           fooling
           of
           the
           Devill
           
           who
           would
           needs
           involve
           them
           in
           a
           cruell
           and
           bloody
           warre
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           be
           justly
           termed
           so
           ,
           should
           it
           come
           to
           such
           a
           passe
           )
           for
           that
           the
           displeasure
           of
           friends
           doth
           usually
           passe
           even
           unto
           extreames
           ,
           and
           when
           as
           such
           extreams
           would
           even
           change
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Narrow
           sea
           into
           a
           red
           Sea
           of
           blood
           ,
           cause
           a
           cruell
           slaughter
           of
           men
           ,
           many
           widdows
           and
           orphans
           when
           as
           finally
           many
           souls
           (
           which
           would
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           bodies
           of
           enraged
           men
           in
           their
           hot
           blood
           )
           would
           run
           hazzard
           to
           find
           themselves
           knock
           at
           a
           wrong
           door
           in
           the
           next
           world
           ,
           when
           as
           it
           must
           not
           be
           supposed
           that
           as
           the
           Hollanders
           cannot
           presume
           to
           aim
           at
           a
           Conquest
           of
           the
           English
           Soil
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           so
           well
           guarded
           and
           defended
           by
           Saints
           )
           So
           likewise
           is
           it
           not
           conceived
           that
           the
           godly
           English
           busie
           their
           minds
           with
           any
           thoughts
           contradicting
           a
           Christian
           brotherly
           love
           nor
           that
           any
           of
           them
           do
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           possible
           so
           to
           drain
           the
           seas
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           make
           sailover
           them
           with
           their
           fleets
           ,
           &
           consequently
           to
           encounter
           such
           as
           would
           be
           minded
           to
           dispute
           the
           case
           by
           canon
           Law
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           English
           must
           not
           expect
           lesse
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           should
           stand
           upon
           impossibilities
           ,
           (
           putting
           the
           Hollanders
           to
           pay
           vast
           summes
           of
           moneys
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           )
           but
           that
           the
           very
           turf
           &
           fish
           wives
           amongst
           them
           would
           not
           onely
           adde
           to
           the
           number
           of
           those
           who
           might
           even
           rise
           against
           their
           own
           Magistrates
           for
           to
           enforce
           them
           to
           wave
           the
           furnishing
           of
           such
           vast
           summes
           and
           Treasures
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           demanded
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           would
           also
           expostulate
           the
           case
           with
           their
           arms
           a
           kimbo
           ,
           and
           exaggerate
           the
           businesse
           with
           a
           
             Myn
             Heere
          
           our
           Bugomasters
           ,
           rather
           then
           we
           will
           suffer
           this
           ,
           we
           will
           venter
           our
           best
           
             Ghevoyert
             Nerssien
             off
             ,
          
           that
           is
           our
           furred
           
           coats
           ,
           nay
           
             onse
             beste
             pack
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           our
           Sundayes
           garments
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           
             onse
             silvere
             slentel
             reemen
             ,
          
           our
           silver
           key
           chains
           ,
           rather
           then
           you
           should
           want
           of
           such
           a
           stock
           as
           may
           be
           demanded
           of
           you
           ;
           But
           by
           your
           leaves
           you
           shall
           not
           part
           with
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           we
           will
           rather
           try
           whether
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           as
           able
           to
           fight
           the
           English
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           must
           come
           to
           it
           )
           as
           we
           have
           withstood
           the
           
             Castilian
          
           and
           
             Austrian
          
           powers
           for
           the
           space
           of
           threescore
           and
           twelve
           years
           together
           ,
           and
           why
           should
           we
           not
           ?
           since
           we
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           be
           backt
           by
           the
           Danes
           ,
           the
           Swedes
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           the
           French
           ,
           the
           Polanders
           ,
           and
           who
           not
           ?
        
         
           In
           this
           manner
           ill
           humours
           chance
           to
           be
           raised
           by
           the
           Devils
           power
           ,
           by
           the
           Popes
           craft
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           malignants
           drift
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           threatning
           effects
           of
           this
           Moneths
           Eclipses
           forestalled
           by
           the
           present
           Almanack
           makers
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           conduce
           onely
           to
           the
           involving
           and
           intangling
           of
           severall
           States
           unto
           so
           endlesse
           a
           warre
           ,
           as
           that
           thereby
           ,
           both
           the
           English
           and
           Hollanders
           may
           be
           debarred
           from
           the
           reaping
           of
           the
           benefits
           of
           a
           Peace
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           approving
           of
           themselves
           to
           be
           two
           of
           the
           best
           tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
        
         
           And
           that
           it
           may
           be
           the
           more
           apparent
           ,
           that
           these
           our
           complices
           apprehended
           ,
           lest
           the
           Devil
           might
           at
           length
           be
           fooled
           indeed
           ;
           Let
           us
           but
           observe
           how
           the
           Romish
           firebrands
           themselves
           do
           cast
           apples
           of
           discord
           among
           our
           next
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           by
           how
           far
           a
           fetcht
           reach
           they
           aim
           at
           the
           compassing
           of
           their
           ends
           ;
           even
           under
           the
           cloak
           of
           plausible
           pretences
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           ,
           on
           the
           maintaining
           the
           Royall
           Diadem
           on
           the
           head
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Successor
           to
           a
           second
           Saint
           Lewis
           ,
           and
           Son
           to
           a
           termed
           Just
           
             Lewis
             .
          
        
         
         
           So
           likewise
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           reflect
           on
           the
           stumbling
           block
           which
           the
           Devill
           hath
           cast
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           how
           he
           hath
           forestalled
           an
           inreconciliability
           between
           those
           who
           profess
           one
           &
           the
           self
           same
           thing
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           liberty
           and
           welfare
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           (
           the
           which
           he
           endeavours
           by
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           thwart
           ,
           could
           he
           compasse
           the
           same
           )
           is
           not
           in
           any
           wise
           consistent
           with
           the
           interest
           of
           a
           Favorite
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           stranger
           to
           boot
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           as
           the
           Cardinall
           
             Mazarine
          
           is
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           Devils
           game
           may
           have
           the
           better
           event
           ;
           why
           ,
           as
           then
           he
           moves
           the
           Papall
           Firebrands
           to
           debar
           that
           favourite
           from
           entring
           his
           Territories
           ;
           who
           in
           regard
           thereof
           ,
           could
           not
           choose
           but
           prove
           to
           be
           the
           instrumentall
           Stumbling-block
           ,
           and
           the
           essentiall
           cause
           of
           an
           irreconciliabilitie
           ;
           all
           which
           he
           backs
           with
           a
           second
           far
           fetcht
           reach
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           by
           the
           means
           of
           the
           said
           conflict
           and
           contention
           ,
           the
           conquering
           power
           (
           either
           the
           
             French
          
           royalists
           ,
           or
           that
           of
           the
           Princes
           )
           might
           be
           sure
           to
           compasse
           a
           peace
           between
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Nations
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           conjunction
           of
           such
           a
           triumvironatical
           power
           ,
           (
           of
           Bell
           ,
           Book
           ,
           and
           Candle
           trinkets
           ;
           )
           their
           forces
           might
           be
           the
           more
           formidably
           bent
           against
           ,
           and
           their
           swords
           sheathed
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           One
           of
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           too
           much
           left
           unregarded
           :
           that
           so
           by
           the
           same
           means
           ,
           they
           might
           also
           (
           with
           the
           greater
           ease
           )
           proceed
           to
           attempt
           on
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Israel
           ,
           which
           is
           on
           this
           side
           of
           the
           English
           Jordan
           ;
           it
           being
           doubtlesse
           the
           Center
           whereunto
           all
           the
           lines
           of
           the
           Papal
           and
           devillish
           crews
           compasse
           doe
           tend
           .
           That
           so
           they
           may
           by
           their
           own
           power
           (
           and
           not
           by
           the
           influences
           of
           any
           Ecclipses
           either
           of
           the
           Sun
           or
           Moon
           )
           attain
           unto
           their
           wicked
           ends
           ;
           nor
           do
           they