A briefe information of the affaires of the Palatinate The which consist in foure principall heads, which be 1. The acceptation of the crowne of Bohemia. 2. The difference and controuersie which hath ensued thereof, betweene the Emperour Ferdinand, and the King Frederick. 3. The proscription and bloudy proceeding that hath ensued thereof. 4. And the interposition of the King of great Brittaine, and with that which hath happened in the meane space.
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             A briefe information of the affaires of the Palatinate The which consist in foure principall heads, which be 1. The acceptation of the crowne of Bohemia. 2. The difference and controuersie which hath ensued thereof, betweene the Emperour Ferdinand, and the King Frederick. 3. The proscription and bloudy proceeding that hath ensued thereof. 4. And the interposition of the King of great Brittaine, and with that which hath happened in the meane space.
             Briefve information des affaires du Palatinat. English.
             Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626, attributed name.
          
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           A
           BRIEFE
           INFORMATION
           OF
           THE
           AFFAIRES
           OF
           THE
           PALATINATE
           .
        
         
           THE
           WHICH
           CONSIST
           IN
           foure
           principall
           heads
           ,
           Which
           be
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               acceptation
               of
               the
               Crowne
               of
               BOHEMIA
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               difference
               and
               controuersie
               which
               hath
               ensued
               thereof
               ,
               betweene
               the
               Emperour
               FERDINAND
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               FREDERICK
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               proscription
               and
               bloudy
               preceeding
               that
               hath
               ensued
               thereof
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               the
               interposition
               of
               the
               King
               of
               great
               BRITTAINE
               ,
               and
               with
               that
               which
               hath
               happened
               in
               the
               meane
               spac●
               .
            
          
        
         
           Printed
           M.DC.XXIIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           BRIEFE
           INFORMATION
           OF
           THE
           AFFAIRES
           OF
           THE
           PALATINATE
           .
        
         
           The
           affaires
           of
           the
           PALATINATE
           ,
           consist
           in
           foure
           principall
           heads
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             first
             head
             .
          
           
             FOR
             this
             many
             ages
             past
             the
             Realme
             of
             Boheme
             hath
             beene
             alwayes
             holden
             both
             within
             and
             without
             the
             Empire
             for
             electiue
             and
             not
             hereditarie
             .
             The
             Letters
             Reuersalls
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             of
             Bohemia
             which
             haue
             successiuely
             beene
             ,
             euen
             to
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             haue
             a
             cleare
             and
             expresse
             recognition
             and
             confession
             that
             they
             haue
             ,
             and
             possesse
             it
             not
             by
             any
             hereditary
             right
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             free
             election
             ,
             good
             will
             ,
             and
             consent
             of
             the
             estates
             of
             the
             said
             Realme
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Golden
             Bull
             ,
             their
             liberties
             and
             priuiledges
             .
             There
             hath
             not
             beene
             any
             but
             onely
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             who
             hath
             challenged
             a
             partension
             of
             a
             succession
             hereditary
             ,
             the
             which
             hee
             foundeth
             principally
             vpon
             a
             certaine
             disposition
             of
             the
             King
             Vladislaus
             his
             great
             Grandfather
             by
             his
             Mothers
             side
             ,
             made
             on
             the
             sixth
             
             day
             of
             Ianuary
             1510.
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Dutchesse
             Anne
             his
             daughter
             ,
             who
             was
             afterward
             the
             wife
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             the
             first
             ;
             the
             Copie
             whereof
             ensueth
             word
             for
             word
             .
          
           
             Vladislaus
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             Bohemia
             ,
             Dalmatia
             ,
             Croatio
             ,
             &c.
             
             Marquesse
             of
             Morauia
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Lucemburg
             and
             of
             Silesia
             ,
             Marquesse
             of
             Lusatia
             ,
             &c.
             
             Be
             it
             knowne
             to
             all
             men
             by
             these
             presents
             ,
             since
             that
             God
             by
             his
             diuine
             grace
             hath
             giuen
             vs
             heires
             both
             sonnes
             and
             daughters
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             his
             diuine
             prouidence
             ,
             as
             also
             by
             the
             aduise
             and
             counsell
             of
             our
             Subicots
             ,
             Prelates
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             estates
             of
             our
             Realmes
             ,
             wee
             haue
             first
             caused
             the
             most
             excellent
             Prince
             ,
             King
             Lewes
             our
             most
             beloued
             sonne
             ,
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             who
             afterward
             by
             the
             free
             will
             of
             the
             Barrons
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             Townes
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Boheme
             ,
             hath
             beene
             crowned
             and
             receiued
             in
             the
             same
             Realme
             .
             But
             if
             it
             shall
             happen
             that
             the
             said
             King
             Lewes
             dye
             without
             heires
             (
             which
             God
             forbid
             )
             then
             the
             Dutchesse
             Anne
             our
             daughter
             shall
             remaine
             ,
             and
             be
             true
             heire
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             Boheme
             land
             ,
             
               by
               power
               and
               vertue
               of
               the
               rights
               ,
               constitutions
               ,
               and
               priuiledges
               of
               the
               Realme
               of
               Boheme
               .
            
             And
             we
             hauing
             had
             regard
             vnto
             that
             ,
             and
             considering
             the
             singular
             affection
             ,
             deuotion
             ,
             and
             promptitude
             ,
             that
             our
             Subiects
             of
             both
             our
             Realmes
             shew
             vnto
             vs
             ;
             we
             thinke
             and
             iudge
             it
             to
             be
             right
             and
             equitable
             to
             prouide
             for
             them
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             necessities
             of
             the
             affaires
             of
             these
             two
             Crownes
             and
             Realmes
             ,
             they
             may
             treate
             and
             negotiate
             in
             their
             owne
             mother
             tongues
             ,
             with
             our
             heires
             and
             their
             future
             Lords
             .
             And
             for
             that
             cause
             we
             haue
             ordained
             ,
             and
             doe
             ordaine
             ,
             that
             our
             heires
             haue
             
             to
             make
             their
             abode
             in
             a
             place
             fit
             and
             conuenable
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             subiects
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Hungarie
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             of
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Hungarie
             ,
             may
             enioy
             and
             haue
             their
             presence
             ,
             and
             may
             haue
             accesse
             vnto
             them
             .
             They
             shall
             be
             also
             bound
             and
             obliged
             to
             entertaine
             neere
             vnto
             them
             an
             equall
             number
             of
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             Natiues
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Bohemia
             and
             Hungarie
             ,
             to
             the
             purpose
             that
             they
             may
             learne
             the
             Languages
             of
             Hungarie
             and
             of
             Bohemia
             freely
             ,
             and
             without
             impeachment
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Estates
             of
             euerie
             one
             of
             the
             same
             Crownes
             may
             sufficiently
             and
             at
             large
             conferre
             with
             them
             in
             their
             owne
             Languages
             ,
             touching
             their
             necessities
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             wee
             promise
             vnto
             them
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             
               not
               to
               marry
               ,
               nor
               to
               promise
               in
               marriage
               the
               Duchesse
            
             Anne
             ,
             
               our
               daughter
            
             ,
             without
             their
             counsaile
             .
             And
             wee
             promise
             all
             this
             which
             is
             contained
             in
             these
             presents
             ,
             in
             the
             word
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             doe
             also
             promise
             vnto
             the
             Barons
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             to
             obserue
             it
             fully
             and
             inuiolably
             without
             any
             cōtrauention
             ,
             in
             any
             fashion
             whatsoeuer
             .
             In
             witnesse
             whereof
             ,
             wee
             haue
             caused
             our
             Royall
             Scale
             to
             be
             set
             vnto
             these
             presents
             abouesaid
             .
             Yeuen
             in
             our
             Castle
             of
             Prage
             ,
             on
             the
             Friday
             after
             the
             Feast
             of
             the
             3.
             
             Kings
             ,
             in
             the
             yere
             of
             our
             Lord
             1510.
             and
             of
             our
             raigns
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             Hungarie
             the
             20.
             and
             of
             Bohemia
             the
             39.
             
          
           
             This
             disposition
             of
             the
             King
             Vladeslaus
             is
             set
             downe
             by
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             for
             the
             strongest
             Bese
             and
             foundation
             for
             the
             hereditarie
             right
             that
             he
             claymeth
             vnto
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             Duchesse
             Anne
             ,
             his
             grandmother
             ,
             is
             called
             heire
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             that
             (
             as
             hee
             sayth
             )
             
             by
             vertue
             of
             other
             precedent
             agreements
             .
             Now
             I
             will
             not
             enlarge
             my selfe
             heere
             to
             dispute
             vpon
             this
             Foundation
             (
             for
             that
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             haue
             alreadie
             refuted
             it
             very
             amply
             and
             solidely
             by
             their
             Writings
             ,
             and
             especially
             by
             their
             Booke
             called
             the
             Deduction
             ,
             which
             they
             published
             in
             the
             yeere
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             1620.
             )
             But
             I
             would
             onely
             (
             as
             by
             the
             way
             )
             shew
             the
             manifest
             nullitie
             thereof
             ,
             by
             the
             contradiction
             that
             is
             therein
             .
          
           
             For
             first
             it
             appeareth
             by
             the
             Reuersalls
             of
             the
             said
             King
             Vladislaus
             ,
             giuen
             vnto
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             on
             the
             day
             of
             his
             Assumption
             to
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             that
             he
             acknowledged
             and
             confessed
             ,
             that
             hee
             obtained
             and
             receiued
             the
             said
             Crowne
             ,
             by
             the
             pure
             ,
             sranke
             ,
             and
             free
             will
             and
             election
             of
             the
             said
             Estates
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             any
             right
             hereditarie
             .
             If
             then
             hee
             had
             not
             any
             right
             hereditarie
             ,
             much
             lesse
             had
             he
             power
             to
             conferre
             and
             giue
             a
             right
             of
             succession
             hereditarie
             vnto
             his
             daughter
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             if
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             person
             he
             had
             had
             such
             a
             right
             of
             succession
             ,
             yet
             it
             had
             not
             beene
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             dispose
             thereof
             vnto
             his
             sonne
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Realme
             and
             Electorate
             of
             Bohemia
             was
             holden
             of
             the
             Empire
             only
             to
             the
             heires
             males
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             Electorates
             be
             ,
             and
             cannot
             fall
             vnto
             the
             Distaffe
             ;
             Women
             being
             vncapable
             to
             performe
             the
             Functions
             and
             Offices
             of
             men
             ,
             required
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Golden
             Bull.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             said
             disposition
             containeth
             a
             most
             grosse
             and
             palpable
             absurditie
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             King
             Vladislaus
             saith
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             his
             sonne
             
               hath
               beene
               receiuea
               by
               the
               free
               choise
               of
               the
               Barons
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               and
               Townes
            
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             addeth
             then
             by
             and
             by
             ,
             that
             his
             
             daughter
             
               shal
               be
               heire
            
             of
             the
             said
             Realme
             after
             his
             death
             :
             for
             if
             the
             sonne
             could
             not
             come
             thereto
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             way
             of
             free
             election
             ,
             how
             can
             it
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             the
             daughter
             haue
             a
             right
             of
             succession
             hereditary
             in
             a
             estate
             taile
             vnto
             the
             heires
             males
             ,
             which
             her
             brother
             had
             not
             ?
             And
             to
             make
             this
             absurdly
             more
             euident
             ,
             behold
             the
             Copie
             of
             another
             Letter
             Reuersall
             ,
             which
             Vladislaus
             gaue
             vnto
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             when
             that
             they
             designed
             &
             accepted
             Duke
             Lewis
             his
             sonne
             for
             to
             be
             their
             future
             King.
             
          
           
             Vladislaus
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             Hungary
             and
             Bohemia
             :
             Be
             it
             knowne
             vnto
             all
             men
             whosoeuer
             that
             shall
             see
             or
             heare
             these
             presents
             .
             Forasmuch
             as
             the
             Barrons
             ,
             Nobles
             ,
             the
             Townes
             of
             Prague
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Townes
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             communalty
             of
             the
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             
               hauing
               by
               their
               free
               choyse
               ,
               and
               without
               any
               obligation
               of
               theirs
               thereunto
               chosen
               and
               crowned
               ,
            
             in
             our
             life
             time
             the
             Serenissime
             Prince
             and
             Lord
             Lewis
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             as
             they
             before
             time
             haue
             done
             vnto
             vs
             their
             
               affection
               ,
               by
               the
               said
               election
            
             of
             King
             Lewis
             our
             sonne
             ,
             yet
             with
             this
             charge
             ,
             that
             as
             long
             as
             we
             shall
             be
             in
             life
             ,
             we
             shall
             retaine
             and
             hold
             the
             gouernment
             and
             possession
             of
             our
             said
             Realme
             ,
             and
             the
             Prouinces
             incorporated
             without
             any
             impeachment
             of
             King
             Lewis
             our
             dearest
             sonne
             vntill
             our
             death
             .
             That
             on
             the
             other
             part
             we
             will
             not
             faile
             continually
             to
             acknowledge
             it
             ,
             and
             will
             protect
             and
             giue
             order
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             maintained
             without
             any
             trauerse
             or
             trouble
             in
             their
             rights
             ,
             franchises
             ,
             priuiledges
             ,
             and
             customes
             ,
             as
             wee
             haue
             promised
             and
             doe
             promise
             them
             by
             these
             presents
             ,
             when
             that
             King
             Lewis
             our
             most
             deare
             sonne
             shall
             come
             vnto
             the
             age
             
             of
             maioritie
             ,
             and
             after
             our
             decease
             shall
             take
             possession
             and
             administration
             of
             his
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             hee
             shall
             be
             obliged
             to
             doe
             and
             accomplish
             all
             that
             which
             the
             Kings
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             our
             predecessors
             ,
             as
             also
             our selues
             haue
             done
             and
             accomplished
             
               by
               Obligation
            
             ,
             in
             such
             manner
             and
             forme
             as
             wee
             haue
             giuen
             them
             expresse
             Letters
             ,
             signed
             with
             our
             hand
             ,
             and
             sealed
             with
             our
             Scale
             ,
             with
             this
             reseruation
             ,
             That
             if
             King
             Lewes
             our
             dearest
             sonue
             doth
             not
             accomplish
             all
             that
             which
             is
             contained
             in
             our
             said
             Letters
             to
             them
             exhibited
             ,
             in
             satisfying
             to
             all
             that
             vnto
             which
             the
             Kings
             of
             Bohemia
             are
             bound
             ,
             they
             shall
             also
             not
             be
             bound
             on
             the
             other
             part
             to
             admit
             the
             said
             King
             Lewes
             in
             the
             possession
             and
             gouernment
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             so
             long
             time
             ,
             and
             vntill
             that
             he
             hath
             made
             totall
             satisfaction
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             more
             ample
             purport
             of
             our
             said
             Letters
             :
             but
             when
             hee
             hath
             made
             such
             satisfaction
             ,
             the
             said
             Estates
             and
             they
             of
             the
             Prouinces
             incorporated
             shall
             be
             reciprocally
             obliged
             and
             bound
             to
             sweare
             vnto
             him
             loyaltie
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             faithfull
             vnto
             him
             in
             all
             humilitie
             ,
             as
             vnto
             their
             crowned
             King.
             
          
           
             After
             the
             death
             of
             King
             Lewes
             ,
             who
             was
             slaine
             in
             the
             battaile
             of
             Mohaz
             ,
             in
             the
             yeere
             1526.
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             married
             the
             said
             Duchesse
             Anne
             ,
             and
             sent
             the
             same
             yeere
             his
             Embassadours
             vnto
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             requiring
             them
             
               to
               chuse
               and
               receiue
            
             him
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             alledging
             amongst
             other
             reasons
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Anne
             his
             Wife
             
               was
               the
               neerest
            
             vnto
             the
             Crowne
             :
             and
             though
             that
             the
             Estates
             graunted
             his
             request
             ,
             in
             giuing
             the
             Scepter
             and
             Crowne
             vnto
             him
             ,
             this
             was
             not
             in
             any
             sort
             in
             contemplation
             of
             the
             pretension
             of
             his
             Wife
             ,
             but
             of
             their
             free
             consent
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             
             euidently
             seene
             by
             his
             Letters
             Reuersalls
             ,
             which
             follow
             :
          
           
             Nos
             Ferdinandus
             ,
             Dei
             gratia
             Rex
             Bohemia
             ,
             Infans
             Hispaniarum
             ,
             Archidux
             Austria
             ,
             Marchio
             Mora●●●
             ,
             Dux
             Lucemburgia
             ,
             Silesia
             ,
             &
             Marchio
             Lusa●●a
             ,
             &c.
             
             Notum
             faci●us
             tenore
             prasentium
             vniuersis
             .
             Quemadmodum
             Barones
             ,
             Nobiles
             ,
             &
             etiam
             Ciuitates
             ,
             ac
             tota
             Communit
             as
             Regni
             Bohemiae
             ,
             ex
             sua
             libera
             &
             bona
             voluntate
             ,
             iuxta
             libertates
             Regni
             Elegerunt
             .
             Nos
             in
             Regeon
             Bohemiae
             .
             Quapropter
             recognoscimus
             ,
             quod
             hoc
             ipsum
             ab
             Oratoribus
             ipsorum
             abunde
             intelleximus
             ,
             &
             re
             ipsa
             cognouimus
             &
             comperimus
             ,
             quod
             praefati
             status
             &
             communita●
             ill●us
             Regni
             ,
             non
             ex
             aliquo
             debito
             ,
             sed
             ita
             pront
             supra
             scriptum
             est
             ,
             eam
             Electionem
             ,
             eligentes
             Nos
             in
             Regem
             Bohemia
             ,
             exlibera
             et
             bona
             voluntate
             fecerunt
             .
             Harmn
             testimonio
             literarum
             sigilli
             nostri
             ,
             quo
             hactenus
             tanquam
             Archidux
             Austriae
             ,
             vsi
             sumus
             ,
             appensione
             roboratarum
             .
             Datum
             in
             Ciuitate
             nostra
             Vienna
             ,
             die
             tertia
             decima
             Mensis
             Decembris
             ,
             anno
             Domini
             millesimo
             quingentesimo
             vicesimo
             sexto
             ,
             Regni
             vero
             nostri
             anno
             primo
             .
          
           
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             these
             Reuersalls
             were
             afterward
             deliuered
             vp
             by
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             vnto
             King
             Ferdinand
             ,
             at
             his
             instance
             ,
             who
             put
             in
             the
             stead
             of
             them
             other
             Reuersalls
             ,
             where
             many
             things
             are
             found
             to
             be
             changed
             ,
             against
             che
             intention
             and
             approbation
             of
             the
             said
             Estates
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperor
             Ferdinand
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Anne
             his
             wife
             had
             a
             sonne
             called
             Maximilian
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             
               Charles
               d'Austria
            
             ,
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             chose
             Maximilian
             the
             second
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             gaue
             vnto
             them
             Reuersals
             ,
             like
             in
             substance
             to
             those
             which
             his
             father
             had
             giuen
             ,
             in
             acknowledging
             their
             free
             election
             ,
             without
             
             pretension
             of
             any
             right
             .
             After
             his
             death
             ,
             they
             chose
             Rudolph
             the
             second
             ,
             Emperour
             ,
             his
             sonne
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             life
             time
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Rudolph
             ,
             they
             designed
             for
             their
             King
             the
             Archduke
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             was
             also
             afterward
             Emperour
             .
             It
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Emperours
             ,
             
               Maximilian
               ,
               Rudolph
            
             ,
             and
             Matthias
             ,
             though
             all
             descended
             from
             the
             said
             Anne
             ,
             and
             all
             by
             right
             of
             priority
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             the
             said
             Archduke
             Charles
             and
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             his
             sonne
             ,
             haue
             at
             their
             assumption
             vnto
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             frankely
             confessed
             by
             their
             Reuersals
             not
             to
             pretend
             vnto
             it
             any
             hereditarie
             right
             ,
             but
             to
             haue
             recceiued
             it
             by
             the
             free
             Election
             of
             the
             Estates
             ;
             and
             especially
             the
             Emperor
             Rudolph
             hauing
             in
             his
             life
             time
             consented
             vnto
             the
             Election
             of
             Matthias
             his
             brother
             ,
             gaue
             them
             a
             very
             ample
             and
             large
             Letter
             of
             Assecuration
             ,
             dated
             on
             the
             Saterday
             after
             
               Quatuor
               tempora
            
             ,
             in
             the
             yeere
             1608
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             designation
             ought
             to
             be
             holden
             for
             a
             free
             and
             voluntarie
             Election
             &
             Reception
             ,
             without
             any
             preiudice
             vnto
             their
             Priuiledges
             ,
             Rights
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             things
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             ,
             the
             Archduke
             Matthias
             made
             his
             Reuersals
             ,
             dated
             on
             the
             Wednesday
             after
             S.
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             acknowledging
             and
             confessing
             by
             them
             ,
             repeating
             it
             often
             and
             in
             plain
             words
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             not
             by
             Obligation
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             franke
             and
             free
             Electionand
             wil
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Estates
             had
             designed
             and
             receiued
             him
             for
             King
             ,
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             the
             Emperor
             Rudolph
             ,
             his
             brother
             .
          
           
             
               An
               Extract
               of
               the
               Reuersals
               of
               the
               Empereur
               RVDOLPH
               .
            
             
               FOrasmuch
               as
               wee
               ,
               as
               King
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               haue
               giuen
               our
               consent
               vnto
               the
               Estates
               ,
               that
               at
               such
               time
               as
               
               the
               said
               Archduke
               Matthias
               of
               Austria
               ,
               our
               eldest
               brother
               ,
               
                 when
                 he
                 shall
                 request
                 them
                 lawfully
                 and
                 duly
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 priuiledges
                 and
                 liberties
                 ,
                 be
                 chosen
              
               after
               vs
               for
               heire
               apparant
               of
               the
               Realme
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               a
               little
               lower
               :
               Wee
               and
               the
               Archduke
               Matthias
               ,
               our
               brother
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               haue
               obtained
               such
               prouision
               ,
               will
               puruey
               and
               assure
               the
               said
               Estates
               by
               Reuersals
               sufficient
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 same
                 shall
                 not
                 bring
                 presently
                 nor
                 hereafter
                 any
                 preiudice
                 or
                 damage
                 vnto
                 their
                 priuiledges
                 ,
                 liberties
                 ,
                 good
                 and
                 laudable
                 customes
                 ,
                 and
                 vsages
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               more
               low
               :
               Wherefore
               wee
               for
               vs
               ,
               our
               heires
               ,
               and
               the
               Kings
               of
               Bohemia
               that
               shall
               be
               hereafter
               ,
               promise
               vnto
               all
               the
               Barons
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               Townes
               of
               Prage
               ,
               other
               Townes
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               the
               Communaltie
               representing
               the
               Estates
               of
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 said
                 free
                 Election
                 of
                 the
                 Archduke
              
               Matthias
               ,
               our
               most
               deare
               brother
               ,
               for
               to
               be
               heire
               apparant
               ,
               and
               after
               our
               death
               King
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               shall
               not
               apport
               from
               henceforth
               ,
               at
               this
               present
               ,
               nor
               in
               times
               to
               come
               ,
               any
               preiudice
               ,
               damage
               ,
               or
               derogation
               vnto
               them
               ,
               nor
               vnto
               their
               Rights
               ,
               Statutes
               ,
               Priuiledges
               ,
               Libertries
               ,
               Ordinances
               ,
               Benefits
               ,
               neyther
               to
               all
               the
               old
               and
               other
               Customes
               ,
               good
               and
               laudable
               Vsances
               ,
               especially
               vnto
               the
               Obligations
               vnto
               them
               giuen
               by
               the
               King
               Ottocarus
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Iohn
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Vuenceslaus
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Sigismund
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Albert
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Ladislaus
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               George
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Vladislaus
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               George
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Vladislaus
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Maximilian
               ,
               our
               most
               deare
               Lord
               and
               Father
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               An
               extract
               of
               the
               Reuersals
               of
               the
               Archduke
               Mathias
               .
            
             
               THe
               Estates
               haue
               
                 chosen
                 vs
                 with
                 one
                 consent
                 of
                 their
                 good
                 franke
                 will
                 for
                 heire
                 apparant
                 ,
                 and
                 King
                 of
                 Bohemia
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               lower
               :
            
             
               Wherefore
               following
               our
               said
               consent
               ,
               we
               promise
               for
               vs
               ,
               our
               heires
               and
               successors
               ,
               
                 vnto
                 all
                 the
                 Lords
                 ,
                 Nobles
                 ,
                 and
                 Townes
                 of
                 Prague
                 ,
              
               as
               also
               vnto
               other
               Townes
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Communaltie
               ,
               representing
               the
               Estates
               of
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               
                 That
                 this
                 free
                 election
                 of
                 our
                 person
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               shal
               not
               bring
               nor
               apport
               any
               preiudice
               or
               derogation
               vnto
               their
               Rights
               ,
               Ordinances
               ,
               Priuiledges
               ,
               Franchises
               ,
               Statutes
               ,
               Benefites
               ,
               nor
               to
               all
               their
               iust
               and
               ancient
               Customes
               ,
               specially
               vnto
               the
               Obligations
               to
               them
               giuen
               by
               the
               King
               Ottocarus
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Iohn
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Vuenceslaus
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Sigismund
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Albert
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Ladislaus
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               George
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               Vladislaus
               ,
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               ,
               our
               gracious
               Lord
               and
               Father
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Rudolph
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               yet
               a
               little
               more
               lower
               :
            
             
               Item
               ,
               we
               promise
               ,
               That
               during
               the
               life
               of
               our
               dearest
               Lord
               and
               Brother
               ,
               not
               to
               intrude
               our selfe
               into
               the
               guidance
               and
               gouernment
               of
               the
               same
               Realme
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               nor
               of
               the
               Duchies
               of
               Silesia
               ,
               nor
               of
               the
               high
               nor
               of
               the
               low
               Lusatia
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               if
               it
               shall
               happen
               ,
               that
               wee
               will
               draw
               vnto
               vs
               the
               domination
               &
               gouernment
               in
               the
               life
               of
               his
               Imperiall
               Maiestie
               ,
               or
               else
               if
               wee
               will
               not
               performe
               and
               doe
               (
               at
               such
               time
               that
               wee
               shall
               come
               vnto
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               )
               the
               same
               which
               the
               Imperiall
               Maiestie
               and
               the
               other
               precedent
               Kings
               of
               Bohemia
               haue
               done
               and
               performed
               touching
               the
               Oath
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               things
               pertaining
               thereunto
               ;
               
               
                 The
                 Estates
                 shall
                 by
                 no
                 meanes
                 be
                 likewise
                 bound
                 vnto
                 vs.
              
               Then
               since
               that
               the
               eldest
               sonnes
               of
               the
               Queene
               Anne
               ,
               and
               the
               two
               eldest
               sonnes
               of
               him
               ,
               haue
               one
               after
               the
               other
               receiued
               and
               accepted
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               wholy
               from
               the
               pure
               good
               will
               and
               free
               election
               of
               the
               Estates
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               any
               succession
               hereditary
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               likelihood
               nor
               reason
               the
               present
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               ,
               comming
               of
               the
               younger
               sonne
               of
               the
               said
               Queene
               Anne
               ,
               should
               haue
               more
               right
               and
               pretension
               hereditary
               vnto
               the
               said
               Crown
               which
               they
               neuer
               had
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               which
               you
               may
               adde
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Emperour
               Matthias
               ,
               in
               the
               yeare
               1619.
               when
               it
               was
               questioned
               to
               chuse
               a
               new
               Emperor
               ,
               the
               Elector
               of
               Mayence
               ,
               Arch-Chancellour
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               called
               and
               cited
               the
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               (
               who
               was
               not
               yet
               aduanced
               vnto
               the
               dignity
               Imperiall
               )
               vnto
               the
               Dyet
               of
               Franckfort
               ,
               to
               assist
               and
               to
               be
               present
               at
               the
               Election
               of
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               as
               King
               &
               Elector
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               
                 chosen
                 ,
                 receiued
                 ,
                 annoynted
              
               ,
               and
               crowned
               by
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               as
               hee
               hath
               expressedly
               declared
               by
               his
               Apologie
               ,
               published
               and
               printed
               against
               the
               cōplaints
               the
               Ambassadours
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               made
               in
               that
               time
               of
               such
               like
               conuocation
               ,
               which
               they
               said
               was
               done
               vnto
               their
               preiudice
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               were
               then
               in
               controuersie
               ,
               and
               had
               lawfull
               exceptions
               against
               the
               said
               Ferdinand
               :
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               the
               other
               Electors
               receiued
               him
               into
               the
               Conclaue
               Electorall
               ,
               not
               in
               respect
               of
               any
               right
               hereditary
               ,
               but
               onely
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               Election
               ,
               reception
               and
               Coronation
               that
               the
               said
               Estates
               had
               made
               of
               his
               person
               ;
               this
               is
               that
               which
               they
               expressed
               one
               to
               the
               other
               in
               the
               said
               Dyet
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               the
               three
               Ecclesiasticall
               Electors
               haue
               ioyntly
               with
               
               the
               Elector
               of
               Saxony
               reiterated
               afterwards
               in
               their
               Letters
               written
               from
               Mulhausen
               ,
               as
               well
               to
               the
               King
               Frederick
               as
               vnto
               the
               same
               Estates
               ,
               &
               vnto
               some
               other
               Princes
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               for
               to
               let
               them
               to
               vnderstand
               that
               the
               King
               Frederick
               had
               not
               entred
               into
               a
               Realme
               void
               of
               a
               King
               ,
               and
               vacant
               ,
               but
               already
               prouided
               of
               another
               King
               ,
               designed
               ,
               chosen
               ,
               and
               crowned
               by
               the
               said
               Estates
               :
               So
               also
               they
               in
               the
               said
               reception
               of
               him
               into
               the
               Conclaue
               Electorall
               ,
               had
               not
               any
               regard
               vnto
               succession
               hereditary
               ,
               for
               otherwise
               they
               had
               done
               wrong
               vnto
               the
               Archduke
               Albert
               ,
               to
               set
               behinde
               and
               exclude
               him
               ,
               for
               by
               right
               in
               that
               case
               hee
               ought
               to
               haue
               beene
               preferred
               before
               the
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               now
               Emperour
               ,
               his
               Cosin
               ,
               issued
               and
               comming
               from
               the
               second
               brother
               .
            
             
               All
               this
               sheweth
               sufficiently
               ,
               that
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               ought
               to
               be
               holden
               for
               Electiue
               and
               not
               hereditary
               .
               As
               to
               the
               limitation
               that
               the
               Emperour
               alledgeth
               thereto
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               liberty
               to
               chuse
               the
               Kings
               of
               Bohemia
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               extended
               out
               of
               the
               house
               of
               Austria
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               there
               be
               Princes
               of
               the
               said
               house
               liuing
               .
               This
               is
               a
               pretension
               which
               hitherto
               cannot
               be
               debated
               and
               decided
               by
               any
               other
               way
               ,
               then
               that
               of
               fact
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               neither
               reason
               nor
               equity
               can
               haue
               place
               :
               for
               although
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               haue
               chosen
               this
               many
               yeares
               for
               their
               Kings
               some
               of
               the
               Archdukes
               of
               Austria
               (
               which
               is
               the
               second
               of
               their
               grounds
               )
               it
               doth
               not
               ensue
               thereof
               ,
               that
               this
               continuance
               of
               theirs
               doth
               import
               or
               make
               a
               prescription
               of
               time
               ,
               since
               that
               the
               Reuersalls
               of
               euery
               one
               of
               them
               haue
               beene
               as
               many
               praecautions
               ,
               to
               stop
               and
               hinder
               such
               pretensions
               ,
               euen
               as
               the
               Princes
               Electors
               haue
               neuer
               
               yet
               auowed
               vnto
               the
               said
               Archdukes
               any
               succession
               hereditary
               in
               the
               Empire
               ,
               though
               that
               for
               many
               yeares
               they
               haue
               in
               like
               manner
               chosen
               the
               Emperours
               out
               of
               that
               family
               .
            
             
               Now
               it
               remaineth
               to
               touch
               in
               one
               word
               as
               it
               were
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               the
               reception
               of
               the
               Emperor
               that
               now
               is
               ,
               vnto
               the
               Crowne
               of
               Bohemia
               .
               In
               the
               yeare
               1616.
               the
               Archduke
               Maximilian
               seriously
               represented
               vnto
               the
               Emperor
               Matthias
               his
               brother
               ,
               by
               a
               memoriall
               dated
               the
               16.
               day
               of
               February
               ,
               how
               much
               it
               imported
               and
               concerned
               the
               house
               of
               Austria
               ,
               that
               his
               Maiestie
               should
               be
               affured
               in
               his
               life
               time
               ,
               especially
               of
               a
               successor
               in
               the
               Empire
               ;
               as
               also
               in
               the
               Realmes
               of
               Hungary
               and
               Bohemia
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               propose
               a
               person
               more
               capable
               and
               fit
               ,
               then
               his
               Cousin
               Perdinand
               the
               Archduke
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               already
               treated
               with
               his
               brother
               Albert
               the
               Archduke
               ,
               for
               to
               obtaine
               his
               consent
               ,
               that
               he
               ought
               to
               seeke
               all
               the
               meanes
               he
               could
               ,
               to
               dispose
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               &
               them
               of
               Hungary
               ,
               vnto
               the
               designation
               of
               his
               aforesaid
               Cosin
               :
               that
               it
               was
               needfull
               for
               his
               Maiestie
               to
               speake
               himselfe
               with
               the
               Elector
               of
               Saxony
               ,
               to
               gaine
               and
               purchase
               his
               voyce
               and
               suffrage
               in
               his
               fauour
               ;
               that
               the
               three
               Ecclesiasticall
               Electors
               were
               for
               their
               part
               enclined
               thereto
               already
               ,
               and
               that
               afterward
               it
               behoued
               him
               to
               call
               a
               Dyet
               ,
               in
               some
               conuenient
               place
               ,
               to
               make
               an
               ouerture
               of
               such
               a
               succession
               Imperial
               ,
               &
               to
               proceed
               with
               plurality
               of
               voices
               ,
               though
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               &
               he
               of
               Brandemburg
               would
               not
               yeeld
               thereto
               :
               and
               for
               to
               doe
               this
               ,
               to
               keepe
               an
               Army
               afoot
               within
               the
               Empire
               ,
               vnder
               the
               pretext
               of
               the
               war
               which
               his
               said
               Cosin
               had
               at
               that
               time
               in
               Istria
               against
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               and
               aduise
               him
               to
               effectuate
               his
               other
               
               purposes
               and
               determinations
               which
               had
               beene
               put
               in
               deliberation
               betweene
               them
               :
               but
               aboue
               all
               things
               ,
               that
               he
               tooke
               great
               heede
               that
               this
               aduice
               was
               not
               vented
               and
               disclosed
               before
               the
               time
               .
               This
               counsell
               was
               approued
               and
               receiued
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Mathias
               ,
               and
               soone
               after
               divulged
               and
               communicated
               vnto
               the
               Elector
               of
               Saxony
               ,
               and
               sundry
               Princes
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               but
               that
               did
               not
               impeach
               and
               hinder
               the
               effects
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               incontinent
               ,
               some
               began
               to
               worke
               the
               affaire
               in
               Bohemia
               ,
               by
               practises
               ,
               corruptions
               ,
               and
               menaces
               ,
               as
               the
               Estates
               haue
               largely
               declared
               in
               their
               Writings
               ,
               the
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               was
               designed
               King
               of
               Bohemia
               :
               the
               Emperour
               went
               vnto
               the
               Elector
               of
               Saxony
               to
               Dresden
               ,
               and
               also
               called
               an
               assembly
               at
               Ratisbon
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               same
               instant
               that
               the
               Electors
               prepared
               them selues
               for
               the
               said
               Assembly
               of
               Ratisbon
               ,
               they
               receiued
               newes
               that
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               driuen
               to
               impatience
               by
               so
               many
               violences
               and
               oppressions
               ,
               continually
               and
               incessantly
               made
               against
               them
               ,
               had
               cast
               downe
               headlong
               out
               of
               the
               window
               of
               the
               Councell
               Chamber
               two
               of
               the
               principall
               Officers
               of
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               and
               a
               Secretary
               for
               many
               great
               reasons
               by
               them
               deduced
               and
               published
               ,
               which
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               are
               ,
               That
               they
               were
               conuinced
               by
               their
               owne
               Letters
               and
               Writings
               ,
               to
               haue
               betrayed
               their
               owne
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               serued
               as
               instruments
               to
               depresse
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               and
               to
               depriue
               them
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               liberty
               ,
               felicity
               ,
               and
               happinesse
               .
            
             
               The
               Emperour
               Mathias
               being
               offended
               with
               this
               procedure
               of
               the
               Estates
               ,
               sent
               his
               Armies
               into
               Bohemia
               ,
               for
               to
               take
               reuenge
               thereof
               ,
               and
               they
               stood
               vpon
               the
               defensiue
               ,
               whereon
               ensued
               a
               pernicious
               warre
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Elector
               Palatine
               ,
               after
               the
               commencement
               of
               these
               troubles
               ,
               sent
               his
               Embassadours
               vnto
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               to
               request
               him
               to
               giue
               peace
               vnto
               his
               Realme
               ,
               whereby
               to
               preuent
               the
               ruine
               of
               that
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               other
               inconueniences
               ;
               but
               in
               vaine
               :
               for
               answere
               was
               made
               by
               some
               ,
               that
               his
               Maiestie
               in
               reputation
               could
               not
               permit
               such
               an
               affront
               to
               goe
               vnpunished
               .
            
             
               The
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               defigned
               King
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               was
               resident
               and
               abiding
               at
               the
               Court
               of
               the
               Emperour
               Matthias
               at
               Vienna
               ,
               who
               for
               his
               great
               debilitie
               and
               weaknesse
               meddled
               not
               much
               with
               the
               affaires
               of
               Estate
               ,
               but
               all
               was
               directed
               by
               Ferdinand
               .
            
             
               A
               little
               while
               after
               the
               Emperour
               deceased
               ,
               and
               the
               Elector
               of
               Mayheme
               called
               an
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Electors
               at
               Francfort
               ,
               for
               the
               election
               of
               another
               Emperour
               ,
               and
               called
               thither
               (
               as
               I
               haue
               said
               )
               the
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               ,
               as
               King
               and
               Elector
               of
               Bohemia
               :
               The
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               sent
               thither
               their
               Embassadours
               also
               ,
               for
               to
               protest
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               their
               exceptions
               against
               the
               said
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               ,
               whom
               they
               said
               they
               could
               not
               acknowledge
               for
               King
               :
               but
               the
               Electors
               Ecclesiasticall
               would
               not
               by
               any
               meanes
               suffer
               them
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Towne
               ,
               much
               lesse
               giue
               them
               audience
               ,
               and
               heare
               their
               griefes
               ;
               alledging
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               a
               particular
               businesse
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               the
               authoritie
               of
               the
               Golden
               Bull
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               lawfull
               to
               treat
               of
               any
               other
               Affaire
               in
               such
               an
               Assembly
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               concerned
               the
               election
               of
               the
               Emperor
               :
               the
               which
               excuse
               had
               some
               faire
               apparence
               outwardly
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               were
               well
               and
               narrowly
               seene
               into
               ,
               and
               marked
               ,
               it
               was
               erroneous
               ,
               in
               the
               regard
               of
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               ;
               
               for
               they
               maintained
               ,
               that
               the
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               admitted
               vnto
               the
               Colledge
               of
               Electors
               ;
               and
               that
               therefore
               it
               was
               not
               a
               matter
               particular
               ,
               but
               a
               point
               concerning
               all
               the
               Electors
               ,
               and
               in
               generall
               all
               the
               bodie
               of
               the
               Empire
               .
            
             
               The
               said
               Embassadours
               not
               obtaining
               hearing
               ,
               and
               Audience
               ,
               returned
               without
               doing
               any
               thing
               ,
               and
               Ferdinand
               was
               receiued
               into
               the
               Colledge
               of
               Electors
               by
               the
               hastie
               promotion
               of
               the
               three
               Electors
               Ecclesiasticall
               ;
               which
               thing
               imported
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               to
               take
               the
               resolution
               to
               reiect
               Ferdinand
               .
               The
               Abdication
               was
               made
               in
               a
               solemne
               manner
               ;
               and
               some
               few
               dayes
               after
               ,
               the
               Estates
               passed
               vnto
               a
               new
               Election
               .
            
             
               The
               causes
               of
               the
               said
               Abdication
               are
               found
               ,
               and
               are
               extant
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Circumstances
               ,
               in
               the
               Booke
               of
               the
               Deduction
               (
               made
               by
               the
               Estates
               )
               and
               be
               very
               many
               ,
               of
               the
               which
               I
               will
               recite
               some
               few
               as
               briefely
               and
               succinctly
               as
               possibly
               may
               be
               :
               The
               Estates
               affirmed
               ,
               That
               Ferdinand
               did
               violate
               his
               Oath
               ,
               and
               his
               Reuersalls
               ,
               in
               that
               during
               the
               life
               of
               the
               Emperor
               Matthias
               ,
               hee
               intruded
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               meddled
               in
               the
               affaires
               of
               Bohemia
               :
               That
               he
               carryed
               himselfe
               like
               an
               enemie
               toward
               them
               :
               That
               hee
               gaue
               authoritie
               and
               gaue
               order
               to
               make
               warre
               against
               them
               :
               That
               he
               sollicited
               the
               Estates
               of
               Morauia
               to
               giue
               passage
               vnto
               the
               Armie
               of
               the
               Emperor
               :
               That
               he
               himselfe
               caused
               his
               Troupes
               to
               come
               out
               of
               Styria
               ,
               and
               sent
               them
               into
               Bohemia
               :
               And
               that
               in
               their
               greatest
               necessities
               he
               would
               not
               fauorize
               them
               with
               one
               good
               word
               toward
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               though
               they
               had
               requested
               him
               instantly
               in
               their
               often
               Letters
               so
               to
               doe
               ;
               but
               that
               ,
               vnto
               the
               contrary
               ,
               he
               hath
               
               made
               them
               seele
               the
               effects
               of
               his
               euill
               will
               and
               mallice
               in
               sundry
               matters
               :
               That
               after
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               in
               stead
               of
               restoring
               peace
               vnto
               them
               ,
               and
               of
               taking
               due
               notice
               of
               the
               bad
               comportments
               of
               the
               said
               Officers
               ,
               to
               doe
               iustice
               thereof
               ,
               hee
               hath
               written
               vnto
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               his
               Letters
               ,
               as
               by
               manner
               of
               approbation
               ,
               and
               ratification
               of
               their
               offences
               ,
               he
               hath
               restored
               and
               put
               them
               againe
               into
               their
               Offices
               and
               Charges
               ,
               sending
               vnto
               them
               from
               time
               to
               time
               the
               confirmation
               of
               the
               Priuiledges
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               for
               to
               receiue
               them
               at
               their
               hands
               :
               which
               thing
               the
               said
               Estates
               could
               not
               doe
               ,
               for
               that
               after
               so
               many
               euill
               offices
               and
               acts
               of
               hostilitie
               ,
               and
               rigorous
               demonstrations
               of
               Ferdinand
               ,
               they
               had
               need
               of
               an
               assecuration
               better
               founded
               then
               on
               a
               simple
               Writing
               .
               To
               all
               the
               which
               motiues
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               ,
               they
               adioyned
               the
               transaction
               Clandestine
               ,
               made
               by
               Ferdinand
               with
               Fhilip
               the
               third
               ,
               King
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               the
               sixt
               of
               Iune
               ,
               1617.
               
               By
               the
               which
               it
               is
               treated
               ,
               concluded
               ,
               and
               decreed
               betweene
               them
               ,
               of
               a
               Succession
               hereditarie
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               continuation
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               first
               in
               the
               family
               of
               Ferdinand
               ,
               and
               afterward
               in
               the
               family
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               agreements
               and
               conditions
               ,
               as
               appeareth
               in
               the
               said
               transaction
               more
               at
               large
               :
               Which
               was
               kept
               very
               secret
               ,
               and
               concealed
               from
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               till
               after
               the
               designation
               of
               Ferdinand
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               afterward
               of
               it selfe
               discouered
               by
               another
               meanes
               .
               And
               in
               as
               much
               ,
               that
               it
               taketh
               away
               from
               the
               said
               Estates
               the
               libertie
               to
               elect
               ,
               (
               giuing
               vnto
               them
               Kings
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               intrusion
               ,
               without
               their
               knowledge
               and
               aduice
               )
               and
               ouerthrowing
               as
               much
               as
               it
               can
               ,
               the
               Lawes
               Fundamentall
               ,
               vnto
               the
               
               obseruation
               of
               the
               which
               ,
               all
               the
               precedent
               and
               former
               Kings
               haue
               beene
               bound
               by
               solmne
               Oath
               ;
               they
               inferre
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               other
               deeds
               aforesaid
               ,
               Ferdinand
               is
               made
               incapable
               of
               the
               Crowne
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               Abdication
               ,
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               founding
               and
               relying
               vpon
               their
               ancient
               Rights
               ,
               Priuiledges
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               ,
               proceeded
               some
               few
               dayes
               after
               vnto
               the
               election
               of
               another
               King
               :
               and
               some
               hauing
               giuen
               their
               Suffrages
               to
               diuerse
               Princes
               ,
               they
               chose
               by
               the
               most
               voyces
               ,
               and
               proclaymed
               the
               Elector
               ,
               Fredericke
               the
               fift
               ,
               Count
               Palatine
               ,
               for
               their
               King.
               This
               was
               on
               the
               16.
               or
               26.
               of
               the
               moneth
               of
               August
               :
               and
               on
               the
               next
               day
               ,
               being
               the
               17.
               or
               27.
               of
               the
               said
               moneth
               ,
               the
               Archduke
               Ferdinand
               was
               chosen
               and
               declared
               Emperour
               by
               the
               Colledge
               of
               Electors
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               being
               assembled
               at
               Francfort
               ,
               as
               is
               alreadie
               said
               .
            
             
               The
               said
               Estates
               gaue
               notice
               incontinent
               vnto
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               (
               by
               a
               person
               sent
               vnto
               him
               of
               purpose
               )
               of
               this
               his
               Election
               ,
               approued
               and
               ratified
               by
               all
               the
               Estates
               of
               the
               Prouinces
               incorporated
               ,
               requiring
               and
               earnestly
               beseeching
               him
               to
               accept
               it
               :
               which
               thing
               he
               did
               not
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               but
               called
               together
               a
               great
               part
               of
               his
               friends
               and
               allyes
               ,
               and
               sent
               Embassadours
               vnto
               them
               who
               were
               further
               off
               ,
               to
               haue
               their
               aduise
               ;
               in
               which
               space
               of
               time
               ,
               the
               Estates
               redoubled
               their
               most
               humble
               instances
               ,
               by
               their
               often
               and
               iteratiue
               Letters
               ,
               and
               finally
               ,
               sent
               vnto
               him
               into
               his
               own
               Countrey
               a
               solemne
               Embassade
               ,
               composed
               of
               the
               Deputies
               of
               euery
               Prouince
               ,
               for
               to
               present
               the
               Crowne
               vnto
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               dispose
               him
               to
               accept
               it
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               .
            
             
             
               One
               may
               then
               see
               by
               this
               veritable
               and
               irrefragable
               information
               ,
               that
               the
               intention
               of
               the
               Prince
               Palatine
               hath
               not
               beene
               to
               intrude
               ,
               nor
               thrust
               in
               himselfe
               by
               force
               ,
               nor
               by
               practise
               into
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               much
               lesse
               to
               thrust
               any
               other
               ,
               out
               of
               that
               which
               was
               due
               or
               appertained
               vnto
               him
               ,
               but
               that
               hee
               friendly
               and
               without
               doubt
               belecued
               by
               the
               circumstances
               abone
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               other
               most
               pregrant
               reasons
               already
               set
               downe
               in
               other
               places
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Crowne
                 vnto
                 him
                 so
                 solemnly
                 offered
                 ,
                 was
                 totally
                 vacant
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Election
                 very
                 lawfull
                 .
              
               Also
               there
               hath
               not
               bin
               any
               other
               marke
               or
               but
               in
               the
               accepting
               of
               the
               Crowne
               ,
               for
               no
               other
               cause
               ,
               but
               to
               succour
               the
               oppressed
               ,
               to
               preuent
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               Realme
               ,
               and
               to
               hinder
               that
               it
               should
               not
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               a
               S●ranger
               ,
               vnto
               the
               great
               disaduantage
               of
               the
               Empire
               :
               And
               for
               that
               the
               effects
               had
               fallen
               out
               otherwise
               ,
               we
               ought
               to
               remi●
               the
               iudgment
               vnto
               God
               the
               director
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               who
               will
               dispose
               of
               them
               as
               shall
               seeme
               good
               vnto
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             seco●d
             head
             .
          
           
             FOr
             to
             vnderstand
             the
             diference
             and
             controuersie
             the
             better
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             to
             vnderstand
             and
             know
             well
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             subiect
             or
             matter
             ,
             and
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             persons
             .
          
           
             The
             subiect
             of
             the
             controuersie
             ,
             is
             the
             Realme
             and
             Electorate
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             the
             which
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             for
             these
             many
             former
             ages
             to
             this
             time
             ,
             hath
             beene
             holden
             to
             goe
             by
             Election
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             hold
             in
             fee
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             yet
             it
             doth
             not
             appertaine
             immediatly
             vnto
             the
             
             Emperours
             no
             more
             then
             the
             Electors
             ,
             as
             well
             Sec●lars
             as
             Ecclesiastiques
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             as
             well
             Electiues
             as
             hereditaries
             ,
             appertaine
             not
             in
             propriety
             vnto
             the
             Emperours
             ,
             for
             there
             hath
             beene
             many
             Emperours
             of
             Germany
             ,
             that
             haue
             not
             been
             Kings
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Electors
             are
             not
             bound
             by
             any
             meanes
             to
             chuse
             the
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             for
             Emperour
             .
             Also
             ,
             he
             hath
             its
             priuate
             or
             perticular
             lawes
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             in
             any
             thing
             subiect
             vnto
             the
             constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             and
             likewise
             the
             Archduke
             of
             Austria
             ,
             after
             the
             battaile
             of
             Prague
             haue
             begun
             to
             maintaine
             publiquely
             as
             well
             by
             their
             pen
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             sword
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Realme
             and
             Electorate
             doth
             appertaine
             partieulerly
             vnto
             their
             house
             in
             propriety
             .
             It
             also
             appeareth
             by
             the
             transaction
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             mentioned
             before
             in
             the
             first
             head
             ,
             that
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             now
             Emperor
             ,
             attributeth
             particulerly
             to
             him
             and
             his
             sonne
             ,
             not
             as
             Emperour
             ,
             but
             as
             in
             the
             quality
             of
             Archduke
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             yet
             there
             is
             one
             remarke
             very
             considerable
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             ●●aking
             of
             the
             said
             Transaction
             ,
             vnto
             the
             day
             of
             his
             designation
             ,
             made
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohem●
             ,
             he
             durst
             neuer
             vsurpe
             the
             title
             of
             King
             ,
             nor
             make
             any
             mention
             vnto
             them
             of
             any
             such
             agreements
             or
             couenant
             ,
             ●nowing
             too
             well
             ,
             that
             for
             that
             the
             same
             was
             directly
             contrary
             to
             their
             priuiledges
             and
             rights
             of
             free
             Election
             they
             would
             haue
             opposed
             themselues
             ,
             and
             neuer
             receiued
             him
             :
             So
             that
             the
             question
             ,
             if
             the
             Crowne
             be
             Electiue
             or
             hereditary
             ,
             is
             not
             debated
             with
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             in
             the
             quality
             of
             Emperour
             ,
             but
             as
             Archduke
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             one
             cannot
             say
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             reiection
             of
             
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             ,
             the
             Estates
             haue
             reiected
             the
             person
             of
             an
             Emperour
             ,
             for
             that
             then
             the
             Empire
             was
             vacant
             ,
             and
             without
             Emperour
             ,
             he
             comming
             afterward
             to
             the
             Imperiall
             dignity
             ;
             yea
             and
             more
             ,
             if
             in
             that
             same
             very
             time
             ,
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Empire
             had
             from
             it selfe
             offended
             with
             such
             a
             Reiection
             ,
             the
             iudgement
             had
             no●
             belonged
             vnto
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             ,
             but
             rather
             vnto
             the
             Elector
             Frederick
             ,
             as
             chiefe
             Vicar
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             representing
             in
             that
             time
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Emperour
             :
             And
             therefore
             it
             followeth
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Reiection
             is
             an
             act
             particuler
             ,
             which
             doth
             no●
             touch
             the
             person
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             nor
             the
             body
             or
             corpes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             who
             neuer
             at
             any
             time
             medled
             or
             had
             to
             doe
             with
             the
             affaires
             betweene
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             :
             now
             if
             so
             be
             that
             the
             Reiection
             is
             a
             particuler
             act
             ,
             so
             also
             is
             the
             new
             Election
             which
             ensued
             the
             same
             a
             little
             while
             after
             ,
             an
             act
             particular
             ,
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             and
             condition
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             if
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             cannot
             be
             accused
             to
             haue
             committed
             the
             haynous
             crime
             of
             Treason
             ,
             against
             the
             person
             of
             an
             Emperour
             ,
             nor
             against
             the
             corps
             or
             body
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             by
             such
             an
             Abdication
             and
             new
             Election
             :
             what
             reason
             is
             there
             to
             accuse
             the
             Elector
             Palatine
             Frederick
             ,
             of
             Treason
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             ,
             for
             that
             hee
             hath
             accepted
             the
             said
             Election
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             an
             obiection
             very
             absurd
             ,
             to
             alledge
             ,
             as
             some
             of
             the
             other
             side
             haue
             done
             ,
             that
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             ,
             and
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             ,
             is
             but
             one
             person
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             who
             reiecteth
             the
             Archduke
             ,
             reiecte●h
             the
             Emperour
             .
             This
             is
             not
             but
             one
             and
             
             the
             same
             body
             ,
             which
             doth
             neuerthelesse
             represent
             diuers
             persons
             ,
             and
             it
             hath
             beene
             already
             said
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             was
             reiected
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             at
             all
             .
             The
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             is
             Duke
             of
             Holstein
             ,
             and
             because
             of
             that
             Dutchie
             ,
             hee
             is
             a
             member
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             hauing
             a
             place
             of
             sitting
             amongst
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             said
             sitting
             doth
             not
             represent
             the
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             ,
             but
             onely
             and
             seperately
             the
             person
             of
             a
             Duke
             of
             Holstein
             ,
             inferiour
             to
             many
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             The
             King
             of
             Spaine
             is
             comprised
             amongst
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             Prouinces
             of
             hase
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             not
             therefore
             admitted
             in
             the
             Sessions
             of
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             in
             quality
             of
             King
             of
             Spaine
             .
             The
             Emperour
             himselfe
             maketh
             vse
             of
             this
             distinction
             ;
             For
             when
             complaint
             is
             made
             ,
             that
             he
             vseth
             the
             people
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             bringeth
             strange
             Souldiers
             into
             the
             Empire
             against
             the
             ordinance●
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             his
             owne
             Capitulation
             :
             he
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             made
             vse
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             assistance
             ,
             as
             of
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             Empire
             though
             yet
             that
             he
             is
             holpen
             in
             this
             assistance
             of
             the
             money
             and
             meanes
             of
             all
             his
             Realmes
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             his
             Prouinces
             of
             Burgundy
             onely
             :
             So
             the
             Emperour
             made
             not
             long
             since
             a
             like
             distinction
             about
             the
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             ,
             saying
             in
             his
             answere
             to
             his
             Ambassadour
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             could
             not
             helpe
             nor
             assist
             the
             circle
             of
             the
             lower
             Saxony
             ,
             as
             King
             of
             Denmarke
             ,
             but
             onely
             as
             a
             Duke
             of
             Holstein
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             very
             true
             that
             the
             Palatine
             Elector
             is
             accused
             by
             some
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             that
             hee
             hath
             accepted
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             that
             hee
             hath
             made
             
             an
             Hostile
             inuasion
             into
             the
             territory
             and
             dominion
             of
             Austrich
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             violated
             the
             publique
             peace
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             but
             that
             is
             manifestly
             false
             ,
             for
             euery
             one
             knoweth
             that
             it
             is
             not
             he
             ,
             but
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             ,
             who
             haue
             kindled
             the
             warre
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             constrained
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             to
             put
             and
             stand
             vpon
             the
             defensiue
             :
             and
             God
             ,
             (
             before
             the
             entry
             of
             him
             into
             Bohemia
             ,
             )
             hauing
             blessed
             their
             Armes
             so
             farre
             forth
             ,
             as
             to
             repulse
             the
             Countesse
             of
             Bucquoy
             ,
             and
             of
             Dampiere
             with
             their
             Armies
             ,
             and
             driuen
             them
             backe
             into
             Austria
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             were
             come
             ,
             to
             inuade
             and
             make
             great
             hauock
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             they
             were
             obliged
             (
             and
             so
             they
             thought
             themselues
             )
             vpon
             compulsion
             to
             keepe
             their
             forces
             and
             Armies
             within
             the
             said
             Countries
             and
             Dominions
             of
             Austria
             ,
             thereby
             to
             impeach
             their
             enemies
             ,
             for
             comming
             and
             getting
             within
             the
             Realme
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             retire
             and
             goe
             backe
             ,
             although
             he
             desired
             it
             neuer
             so
             much
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             that
             had
             beene
             to
             expose
             the
             said
             Estates
             ,
             into
             the
             danger
             to
             see
             themselues
             againe
             incontinently
             assayled
             ,
             within
             their
             owne
             borders
             and
             confines
             ,
             by
             their
             said
             enemies
             ,
             euen
             as
             they
             had
             without
             that
             beene
             very
             shortly
             after
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             concerning
             the
             persons
             ,
             who
             be
             at
             controuersie
             for
             this
             affaire
             and
             businesse
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             hath
             without
             comparison
             his
             more
             eminent
             qualities
             peculiar
             to
             himselfe
             .
             But
             not
             to
             stay
             here
             to
             describe
             that
             of
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             head
             and
             chiefe
             of
             all
             the
             Electors
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             whose
             person
             is
             sacred
             ,
             and
             ought
             after
             God
             to
             be
             honoured
             and
             respected
             aboue
             all
             others
             .
             
             It
             is
             sufficient
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Empire
             is
             not
             an
             Estate
             Monarchique
             ,
             where
             the
             Prince
             ruleth
             absolutely
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Emperours
             doe
             not
             inherite
             their
             dignities
             and
             authorities
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             be
             conferred
             vpon
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             who
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             abuse
             themselues
             therein
             ,
             haue
             the
             like
             power
             to
             depriue
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             to
             giue
             it
             them
             ,
             euen
             as
             it
             is
             verified
             by
             the
             fundamentall
             lawes
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             examples
             of
             the
             deposition
             by
             them
             made
             at
             other
             times
             ,
             of
             the
             Emperours
             chosen
             by
             them
             .
             Also
             it
             is
             found
             in
             the
             auncient
             Letters
             and
             documents
             of
             Germany
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperours
             be
             called
             soueraigne
             
               Administrators
               and
               Tutors
            
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             whereby
             is
             gathered
             and
             collected
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             attribute
             the
             propriety
             thereof
             vnto
             themselues
             ,
             nor
             dispose
             thereof
             absolutely
             according
             to
             their
             owne
             fantasie
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             obliged
             and
             bound
             to
             yeeld
             and
             render
             an
             account
             ,
             and
             reckoning
             of
             their
             administration
             .
             And
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
             Princes
             Electors
             be
             called
             by
             the
             constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Imperiall
             Capitulation
             (
             which
             is
             holden
             for
             a
             fundamentall
             law
             )
             the
             principall
             Colomnes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             they
             hauing
             as
             Ephori
             ,
             superintendencie
             and
             ouersight
             ouer
             all
             the
             body
             or
             corpes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             bee
             also
             obliged
             ,
             by
             the
             duty
             of
             their
             Offices
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             ,
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             all
             ,
             the
             obseruation
             of
             the
             said
             Constitutions
             .
          
           
             They
             haue
             a
             Colledge
             apart
             from
             others
             ,
             and
             may
             assemble
             and
             meete
             whensoeuer
             they
             thinke
             good
             ,
             to
             entreate
             of
             affaires
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             bee
             furnished
             and
             endued
             with
             (
             as
             be
             also
             the
             other
             Princes
             
             and
             Estates
             respectiuely
             )
             with
             many
             priuiledges
             ,
             and
             immunities
             ,
             which
             are
             confirmed
             by
             euery
             Emperour
             ,
             whensoeuer
             and
             as
             often
             as
             they
             chuse
             and
             elect
             and
             Emperour
             :
             before
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             they
             prescribe
             vnto
             him
             the
             conditions
             ,
             vpon
             which
             ,
             they
             put
             the
             Scepter
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             to
             promise
             by
             a
             corporall
             and
             solemne
             oath
             ,
             the
             obseruation
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             ,
             they
             reciprocally
             doe
             vnto
             him
             the
             oath
             of
             fidelity
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             chiefe
             head
             and
             superiour
             by
             them
             chosen
             ,
             of
             their
             franke
             and
             free
             will
             :
             By
             which
             it
             appeareth
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             very
             great
             difference
             betweene
             the
             Emperours
             ,
             and
             the
             Electors
             ,
             and
             betweene
             the
             Kings
             Soueraignes
             by
             nature
             or
             birth
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             and
             Lords
             to
             them
             immediately
             Subiects
             .
          
           
             And
             especially
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             hath
             dignities
             of
             great
             eminencie
             ,
             which
             are
             allotted
             vnto
             him
             pecnliarly
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Golden
               Bull.
            
             First
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             when
             the
             Empire
             happeneth
             to
             be
             vacant
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Emperour
             tranaileth
             out
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             hee
             then
             is
             to
             haue
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             affaaires
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             in
             the
             Countries
             of
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             of
             Sueuia
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             law
             Franconien
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             that
             by
             the
             same
             Golden
             Bull
             ,
             he
             is
             constituted
             and
             ordained
             Iudge
             of
             the
             Emperor
             :
             when
             a
             third
             person
             hath
             any
             different
             or
             controuersie
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             occurrences
             concerning
             the
             Empire
             .
          
           
             Neuerthelesse
             ,
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             hee
             doth
             not
             leaue
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             Emperour
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             for
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             superiour
             ,
             chosen
             and
             confirmed
             in
             this
             dignity
             ,
             
             by
             the
             plurality
             of
             the
             Electorall
             voyces
             :
             he
             doth
             not
             dispute
             any
             thing
             whatsoeuer
             appertaining
             vnto
             the
             said
             Imperiall
             dignity
             ;
             Hee
             (
             as
             hee
             from
             the
             beginning
             hitherto
             hath
             done
             )
             doth
             offer
             and
             declare
             publiquely
             to
             account
             and
             respect
             him
             for
             such
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             quality
             to
             giue
             him
             all
             honour
             ,
             reuerence
             ,
             and
             obedience
             ,
             conformable
             and
             agreeable
             vnto
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
          
           
             The
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             in
             controuersie
             betweene
             them
             is
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             apparant
             and
             euident
             by
             the
             aforesaid
             proofes
             )
             a
             particuler
             difference
             ,
             or
             controuersie
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             question
             ,
             not
             as
             betweene
             an
             Emperour
             and
             an
             Elector
             ,
             but
             as
             betweene
             two
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             of
             the
             which
             in
             this
             action
             ,
             the
             one
             neither
             can
             nor
             ought
             to
             haue
             preheminence
             aboue
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             haue
             neede
             of
             a
             Iudge
             impartiall
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             Emperour
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             with
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Electors
             might
             be
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             not
             interessed
             in
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             party
             principall
             :
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Electors
             ,
             the
             most
             part
             of
             them
             bee
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             troubles
             ,
             made
             suspected
             ,
             and
             incapable
             to
             interpose
             their
             iudgement
             :
             For
             first
             ,
             and
             to
             begin
             ,
             the
             three
             Ecclesiasticall
             Electors
             fauourizing
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             ,
             euen
             from
             before
             his
             Election
             Imperiall
             ,
             would
             not
             by
             any
             meanes
             heare
             the
             griefes
             of
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             against
             the
             said
             Archduke
             ,
             when
             they
             sent
             for
             that
             purpose
             their
             Ambassadors
             ,
             vnto
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Electors
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             assembled
             at
             Franckfort
             ,
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             )
             but
             reiecting
             them
             ,
             as
             comming
             about
             a
             particular
             difference
             (
             though
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Electorate
             annexed
             vnto
             that
             Crowne
             ,
             all
             the
             said
             Colledge
             ,
             
             yea
             ,
             the
             generalitie
             of
             the
             Empire
             hath
             interest
             therein
             )
             neyther
             ceased
             they
             ,
             vntill
             the
             said
             Archduke
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             Conclaue
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             as
             Elector
             of
             Boheme
             .
             It
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             after
             this
             Introduction
             ,
             and
             Election
             Imperiall
             ,
             which
             ensued
             thereupon
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             remitted
             and
             gaue
             ouer
             the
             decision
             of
             this
             Affaire
             vnto
             the
             arbitrage
             of
             all
             the
             Electors
             ,
             who
             assigned
             a
             day
             and
             place
             vnto
             the
             said
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             for
             to
             treat
             thereof
             .
             But
             they
             would
             not
             then
             submit
             and
             yeeld
             themselues
             thereunto
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             matter
             was
             not
             now
             entire
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             estate
             it
             was
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             said
             Electors
             ,
             by
             the
             said
             bringing
             and
             introduction
             of
             him
             into
             the
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             had
             giuen
             an
             aduantage
             vnto
             their
             counter-partie
             .
             Where
             it
             is
             to
             bee
             remarked
             ,
             that
             as
             well
             in
             the
             said
             Introduction
             as
             in
             the
             Election
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             the
             Elector
             Palatine
             did
             by
             his
             Embassadors
             make
             an
             expresse
             reseruation
             for
             the
             said
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             of
             their
             right
             that
             did
             belong
             vnto
             them
             .
             As
             concerning
             that
             after
             the
             acceptation
             of
             the
             said
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             by
             the
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             the
             said
             three
             Electors
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             wrote
             from
             their
             Assembly
             holden
             at
             Mulhausen
             ,
             as
             well
             vnto
             the
             said
             Estates
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             said
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             it
             appertained
             vnto
             them
             as
             Electors
             ,
             to
             take
             knowledge
             of
             that
             fact
             ,
             as
             of
             an
             Affaire
             of
             the
             Empire
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             contradiction
             to
             be
             found
             therein
             :
             for
             at
             Francfort
             ,
             the
             three
             Ecclesiasticall
             Electors
             declared
             ,
             That
             they
             held
             the
             griefes
             and
             pretensions
             of
             the
             said
             Estates
             for
             a
             particular
             fact
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             by
             any
             meanes
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             decided
             by
             the
             
             Colledge
             of
             Electors
             :
             yea
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             they
             wrote
             vnto
             the
             Elector
             Fredericke
             ,
             which
             at
             that
             same
             time
             was
             in
             the
             high
             Palatinate
             ,
             to
             pray
             him
             to
             come
             in
             person
             to
             Francfort
             ;
             and
             amongst
             other
             points
             of
             their
             Letters
             ,
             openly
             declared
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             neuer
             suffer
             the
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             to
             dispute
             or
             question
             Ferdinand
             about
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             :
             How
             could
             they
             then
             ,
             in
             the
             interposition
             of
             their
             authoritie
             ,
             vpon
             that
             difference
             ,
             auoid
             the
             suspition
             of
             partialitie
             ?
             Also
             it
             is
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             to
             alleage
             in
             this
             difference
             the
             authoritie
             of
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             to
             better
             and
             gaine
             the
             suit
             ;
             for
             the
             authoritie
             Imperiall
             ,
             which
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             hath
             obtained
             after
             his
             abdication
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             hath
             not
             meliorated
             his
             particular
             cause
             ,
             or
             made
             it
             more
             iust
             .
             For
             example
             ,
             if
             two
             Souldiers
             goe
             to
             Law
             ,
             or
             contend
             for
             some
             Debt
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Quarrell
             ,
             and
             if
             that
             one
             of
             them
             is
             made
             Captaine
             ,
             and
             hath
             obtained
             authoritie
             ouer
             the
             other
             ,
             his
             cause
             is
             not
             any
             way
             bettered
             by
             this
             new
             authoritie
             .
             If
             two
             Citizens
             be
             at
             Law
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             Land
             ,
             and
             if
             two
             Princes
             be
             in
             controuersie
             for
             a
             Crowne
             ,
             and
             one
             is
             made
             Emperour
             ;
             shall
             he
             carrie
             away
             the
             Crowne
             by
             his
             new
             Imperiall
             authoritie
             ?
             Or
             else
             is
             it
             not
             lawfull
             in
             all
             causes
             for
             an
             inferior
             to
             pretend
             any
             right
             in
             a
             particular
             fact
             against
             his
             superior
             ?
             Behold
             then
             ,
             as
             concerning
             the
             difference
             and
             controuersie
             of
             Bohemia
             ;
             the
             decision
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             hath
             beene
             alwayes
             ,
             and
             is
             ,
             readie
             to
             remit
             ,
             eyther
             to
             a
             Sentence
             of
             vnpartiall
             Iustice
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Arbitrage
             of
             eminent
             persons
             ,
             capable
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             not
             adherent
             and
             leaning
             vnto
             the
             other
             partie
             alone
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Touching
             the
             third
             Head.
             
          
           
             NOw
             that
             wee
             haue
             heretofore
             made
             it
             apparant
             ,
             and
             euident
             ,
             by
             the
             qualitie
             of
             the
             Controuersie
             ,
             and
             other
             circumstances
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperour
             could
             not
             interpose
             therein
             his
             Imperiall
             authoritie
             ,
             to
             his
             owne
             proper
             aduantage
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             preiudice
             of
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             ;
             this
             conclusion
             followeth
             thereon
             ,
             without
             contradiction
             ,
             that
             the
             Proscription
             is
             praecipitated
             ,
             and
             vnlawfully
             done
             :
             The
             which
             is
             deduced
             ,
             showne
             ,
             and
             prooued
             so
             apparantly
             ,
             in
             many
             other
             Writings
             published
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             superfluous
             to
             make
             any
             great
             or
             long
             discourse
             ;
             but
             it
             sufficeth
             to
             adde
             in
             this
             place
             some
             example
             and
             instance
             of
             the
             euident
             Nullities
             which
             are
             found
             in
             the
             said
             Proscription
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             (
             from
             the
             beginning
             )
             bore
             himselfe
             as
             Demaundant
             and
             Plaintife
             against
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             pursuing
             him
             by
             the
             way
             of
             vnpartiall
             Iustice
             ,
             hee
             hath
             pursued
             him
             with
             all
             Hostilitie
             ,
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             shewing
             by
             all
             sort
             of
             violence
             ,
             that
             his
             principall
             Butt
             and
             Marke
             was
             no
             other
             ,
             but
             to
             reuenge
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             to
             ruinate
             the
             other
             vtterly
             ,
             as
             by
             his
             Letters
             and
             Writings
             ,
             as
             well
             particular
             as
             publique
             ,
             and
             aboue
             all
             things
             ,
             the
             effects
             which
             haue
             ensued
             thereof
             ,
             haue
             verified
             ,
             that
             such
             haue
             beene
             his
             Designes
             .
             Hee
             could
             not
             then
             bee
             Iudge
             and
             Partie
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             
             much
             lesse
             could
             hee
             pronounce
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             that
             should
             be
             vnpartiall
             ,
             and
             exempt
             from
             the
             appetite
             of
             bitter
             reuenge
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             hath
             commenced
             this
             Proces
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             by
             the
             execution
             ,
             and
             the
             afore-mentioned
             Hostilities
             ,
             without
             citation
             ,
             without
             iudiciall
             recognition
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             without
             hearing
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             proscription
             hath
             beene
             precipitated
             ,
             and
             published
             ,
             against
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             without
             the
             aduice
             and
             approbation
             of
             the
             Electors
             ioyntly
             :
             For
             though
             that
             this
             Arrest
             and
             Decree
             hath
             beene
             deliberated
             on
             with
             the
             knowledge
             and
             consent
             of
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             Electors
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             that
             which
             was
             done
             ,
             was
             done
             in
             particular
             and
             in
             hugger
             mugger
             ,
             the
             secular
             Electors
             neuer
             giuing
             their
             consent
             thereunto
             :
             Neyther
             was
             the
             resolution
             of
             the
             same
             taken
             Collegiately
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             taken
             in
             the
             house
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Ogniate
             ,
             Embassadour
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             as
             it
             appeareth
             by
             the
             Letters
             of
             the
             said
             Count
             of
             Ogniate
             ;
             and
             information
             is
             had
             thereof
             by
             other
             meanes
             also
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             fourth
             ,
             it
             is
             founded
             partly
             vpon
             certaine
             ancient
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             made
             against
             the
             breakers
             of
             the
             publique
             peace
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             submit
             themselues
             vnto
             Iustice
             ,
             nor
             be
             reduced
             vnto
             Peace
             ,
             except
             they
             were
             constrayned
             by
             force
             of
             Armes
             .
             The
             said
             Constitutions
             doe
             not
             any
             way
             touch
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             for
             that
             hee
             did
             not
             rayse
             the
             Warre
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             meddled
             not
             therein
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             defence
             ;
             being
             alwayes
             readie
             (
             as
             hath
             beene
             said
             )
             to
             vndergoe
             the
             decision
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             
             eyther
             by
             way
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             or
             by
             an
             vnpartiall
             interposition
             :
             And
             as
             to
             the
             authority
             absolute
             ,
             to
             proscribe
             a
             Prince
             Elector
             without
             the
             vniuersall
             consent
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             without
             recognition
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             without
             citation
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             iustification
             of
             the
             party
             accused
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             one
             word
             a
             thing
             neuer
             heard
             of
             in
             the
             Empire
             .
             And
             though
             that
             the
             Emperour
             had
             had
             such
             an
             authority
             absolute
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             had
             beene
             founded
             vpon
             the
             said
             Constitutions
             :
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             hee
             cannot
             make
             any
             vse
             of
             it
             without
             infringing
             the
             Capitulation
             ,
             and
             his
             oath
             ,
             which
             is
             quite
             contrary
             ,
             as
             it
             apparantly
             and
             euidently
             appeareth
             ,
             by
             the
             ensuing
             extraict
             of
             the
             25.
             and
             26.
             
             Articles
             of
             the
             said
             Capitulation
             of
             the
             clause
             ,
             comprised
             in
             the
             28
             Article
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             last
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               Capitulationis
               Caesar
               .
               Artic.
               25.
               
            
             
               SImili
               modo
               debemus
               et
               volumus
               Electoribus
               ,
               Principibus
               ,
               Pralatis
               ,
               Comitibus
               ,
               Dominis
               ,
               alijsque
               Sacri
               Romani
               Imperij
               Ordinibus
               nullam
               violentiam
               inferre
               ,
               neque
               alijs
               vt
               idem
               faciant
               ,
               permittemus
               ,
               sed
               vice
               versa
               ,
               si
               quis
               rem
               versus
               alium
               habuerit
               ,
               ad
               seditionem
               discordiam
               ,
               omnemque
               intemperiem
               ,
               in
               S.
               Romano
               Imperio
               pracauendam
               ,
               ambas
               litigantes
               partes
               ,
               in
               consueto
               Iudicio
               ,
               audiemus
               ,
               neque
               cniquam
               per
               mittemus
               ,
               sub
               quocunque
               rei
               praetextu
               ,
               etiam
               illud
               fieri
               posset
               ,
               vt
               alter
               ab
               altero
               ,
               rapinis
               ,
               bellis
               ,
               alijsque
               incommodatibus
               infestetur
               ,
               vel
               obruatur
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Articulo
               26.
               
            
             
               DEbemus
               et
               volumus
               etiam
               pra●a●ere
               et
               nullo
               molo
               committere
               ,
               vt
               in
               posterum
               ,
               quisquam
               ,
               tam
               superioris
               ,
               quam
               inferior
               is
               sortis
               homines
               
                 Hloctores
                 ,
                 Principes
              
               vil
               alii
               Ordires
               ,
               absque
               causa
               ,
               inauditi
               ,
               proscribantur
               ;
               sed
               multo
               magi●
               ,
               in
               illic
               Casibus
               ,
               ordinarii
               processas
               ,
               et
               S.
               Romani
               Imperii
               Constitutiones
               ex
               praescripto
               eiusdem
               Imperii
               ,
               Anno
               C.M.D.L.X.
               reformatae
               Imperialis
               Camerae
               ,
               et
               subsequuti
               Comiti●rum
               Recessus
               ,
               ordinario
               legitimoque
               modo
               obseruentur
               ,
               attamen
               ,
               vt
               laesae
               parti
               ,
               iuxta
               pacis
               prouincialis
               requisita
               ,
               legitima
               sua
               defensio
               reseruetur
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ex
               Articulo
               38.
               
            
             
               SVi
               sutem
               contra
               modo
               commemoritos
               Articulos
               ,
               &
               punctae
               ,
               aliquid
               susceptum
               vel
               molitum
               fuerit
               ,
               illud
               nullum
               ,
               irritum
               ,
               atque
               tnualidum
               pronuntiamus
               ,
               quemadmodum
               etiamea
               omnia
               iam
               ●emelpro
               semper
               irrita
               atque
               inualida
               pronu●tiamus
               ,
               et
               vrgenie
               necessitate
               oneratae
               grauataeque
               parti
               ,
               literis
               testimontasibus
               succurrere
               non
               grauabimur
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ex
               Articulo
               39.
               
            
             
               ET
               in
               rebus
               seriis
               ,
               Sacrum
               Romanum
               Imperium
               concernentibus
               ,
               mox
               ab
               initio
               ,
               corundem
               Electorum
               consi●●um
               et
               considerationes
               minime
               aspernabimur
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Articulo
               42.
               
            
             
               QVo
               mel●us
               etiam
               ●am
               intimum
               ,
               quam
               Imperio
               Aulicum
               consilium
               ,
               huius
               Capitulationis
               certieres
               reddantur
               ,
               et
               iux
               ta
               iliam
               ,
               in
               Consil●●s
               et
               alias
               etiam
               ,
               actiones
               suas
               inslituere
               queant
               :
               idcirco
               non
               duntaxat
               ●●us
               rei
               ipsos
               certiores
               reddemus
               :
               verum
               etiam
               sub
               praestando
               officia●●
               suo
               iuramento
               ipsis
               serio
               iniungemus
               ,
               vt
               eandem
               (
               capitula●ionem
               )
               assidue
               in
               oculis
               ,
               quasi
               circumferant
               ,
               nec
               contra
               illam
               sua
               forsitan
               consilio
               conferant
               :
               id
               quod
               commemorato
               ipsorum
               official●
               ,
               iuramento
               ,
               expressis
               verbis
               niseri
               curabimus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Articulo
               43.
               
            
             
               ET
               hec
               omnia
               ,
               et
               quodlibet
               quidem
               in
               specie
               ,
               nos
               supra
               memoratus
               Romanorum
               Rex
               ,
               dictis
               S.
               Romani
               Imp.
               Electoribus
               ,
               sub
               verbis
               nostris
               Regiis
               ,
               nomine
               veritatis
               promisimus
               ,
               atque
               tenore
               presentium
               literarum
               ,
               eadem
               nostra
               verba
               Regia
               seruanda
               ,
               
                 Corporaliad
                 Deum
                 et
                 S
                 S.
                 Euangelium
              
               praestito
               iuramento
               confirmanimus
               ,
               neque
               eadem
               vllo
               modo
               ,
               qualiscunque
               etiam
               excogitari
               posses
               ,
               violabi●us
               ,
               In
               fidem
               praemissorum
               ,
               Sex
               istas
               vna
               forma
               ,
               et
               styl●
               ,
               ex
               aratasliteras
               ,
               Regio
               nostro
               sigillo
               ,
               confirmauimus
               ▪
               et
               vnas
               singuiis
               ,
               electoribus
               tradi
               curauimus
               ,
               Quae
               dabantur
               28.
               
               Augusti
               ,
               Anno
               a
               partu
               virgineo
               Domini
               ,
               &
               saluatoris
               Iesu
               Christi
               ,
               M.D.XIX.
               Regnorum
               nostro●um
               Romani
               ,
               primo
               ,
               et
               Hungaric●
               ,
               secundo
               ,
               et
               Bohemici
               ,
               tertio
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               ALL
               the
               other
               Articles
               of
               the
               said
               Capitulation
               doe
               containe
               also
               conditions
               and
               promises
               ,
               so
               aduantageous
               vnto
               the
               Electors
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               and
               Estates
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               make
               as
               much
               as
               any
               one
               of
               them
               valuable
               or
               of
               force
               ,
               to
               cloke
               or
               palliate
               the
               lest
               that
               may
               be
               of
               the
               iniustice
               of
               the
               said
               Proscription
               ,
               except
               that
               any
               one
               will
               hold
               and
               maintaine
               ,
               that
               the
               solemne
               oath
               madeby
               his
               Maiesty
               Imperiall
               in
               the
               confirmation
               of
               them
               ,
               is
               not
               obligatory
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               reading
               the
               said
               conditions
               and
               promises
               ,
               one
               ought
               to
               vnderstand
               them
               contrary
               to
               the
               words
               set
               downe
               .
            
             
               Behold
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               some
               scantlings
               of
               the
               Nullities
               of
               the
               said
               Proscription
               ;
               for
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               things
               that
               are
               defectiue
               in
               the
               same
               ,
               I
               remit
               you
               vnto
               the
               Treatises
               and
               deductions
               ,
               more
               amply
               set
               downe
               in
               print
               ,
               and
               published
               vnto
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               And
               besides
               the
               said
               Nullities
               ,
               the
               text
               of
               the
               Proscription
               is
               farced
               ,
               and
               stuffed
               ,
               with
               many
               false
               narrations
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               ,
               some
               labour
               to
               deingrate
               the
               Prince
               Palatine
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               him
               more
               odious
               ,
               and
               to
               giue
               some
               colour
               of
               Iustice
               vnto
               this
               vniust
               proceedings
               :
               For
               hee
               is
               accused
               to
               haue
               practised
               with
               the
               Turke
               ,
               and
               to
               haue
               exposed
               thereby
               Christendome
               ,
               vnto
               extreame
               danger
               ,
               the
               which
               calumnious
               slaunder
               is
               drawne
               out
               of
               that
               ,
               that
               the
               Estates
               of
               Hungary
               and
               Bohemia
               ,
               conioyntly
               with
               the
               Prouinces
               incorporated
               ,
               sent
               in
               the
               yeare
               1620.
               an
               Ambassade
               vnto
               Constantinople
               .
               But
               it
               is
               not
               enough
               to
               accuse
               him
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               reason
               rather
               to
               haue
               proofes
               :
               the
               depeach
               and
               the
               instruction
               of
               the
               said
               Embassade
               (
               the
               counter-partie
               whereof
               is
               in
               
               mens
               hands
               )
               sheweth
               the
               quite
               contrarie
               .
               And
               since
               that
               they
               of
               the
               other
               partie
               dare
               not
               shew
               ,
               nor
               publish
               it
               ,
               because
               that
               the
               said
               slander
               cannot
               be
               verified
               thereby
               ,
               the
               good
               compatriotes
               haue
               caused
               it
               not
               long
               since
               to
               bee
               published
               ,
               and
               imprinted
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               bee
               communicated
               vnto
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               who
               may
               see
               by
               the
               same
               ,
               that
               the
               Butt
               and
               end
               of
               the
               said
               Embassade
               was
               for
               no
               other
               end
               and
               purpose
               ,
               then
               to
               obtaine
               a
               firme
               peace
               with
               that
               puissant
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               Borderer
               ,
               and
               redoutable
               Enemie
               of
               Christendome
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               meanes
               to
               impeach
               and
               diuert
               him
               ,
               to
               make
               vse
               and
               benefit
               of
               those
               occasions
               that
               the
               vnfortunate
               Warre
               ,
               raysed
               and
               begun
               by
               them
               of
               the
               House
               and
               Family
               of
               Austria
               ,
               presented
               vnto
               him
               ,
               of
               inuading
               and
               piercing
               into
               the
               said
               Realmes
               ,
               and
               Prouinces
               :
               And
               that
               was
               done
               the
               more
               ,
               for
               that
               the
               said
               House
               of
               Austria
               had
               vnarmed
               and
               disfurnished
               the
               Fortresses
               and
               Frontiers
               of
               Hungarie
               of
               their
               Munitions
               of
               Warre
               ,
               for
               to
               employ
               them
               against
               the
               Estates
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               where
               indeed
               they
               should
               haue
               made
               them
               to
               serue
               against
               the
               inuasion
               of
               the
               Turke
               ,
               vnto
               the
               which
               they
               were
               destinate
               and
               appointed
               ,
               and
               vnto
               which
               the
               Estates
               of
               the
               Empire
               had
               contributed
               ,
               with
               the
               expences
               of
               their
               owne
               money
               .
            
             
               Now
               to
               giue
               some
               apparance
               and
               colour
               vnto
               this
               vniust
               Proscription
               ,
               the
               contrarie
               partie
               maketh
               a
               great
               shew
               ,
               with
               rehearsing
               the
               example
               of
               the
               Elector
               
                 Iohn
                 Fredericke
              
               of
               Saxonie
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               yeere
               one
               thousand
               fiue
               hundred
               fortie
               six
               ,
               was
               proscribed
               by
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               the
               fift
               ;
               by
               the
               execution
               of
               the
               which
               ,
               hee
               was
               despoyled
               of
               one
               part
               of
               his
               
               Countreyes
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Dignitie
               Electorall
               ,
               wherewith
               the
               Dukes
               ,
               Maurice
               ,
               and
               Auguste
               of
               Saxonie
               ,
               and
               their
               descendents
               ,
               were
               inuested
               ,
               with
               the
               exclusion
               of
               his
               three
               sonnes
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               brother
               .
               But
               this
               example
               hath
               no
               resemblance
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Prince
               Palatine
               .
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               after
               the
               declaration
               of
               the
               Ban
               ,
               hee
               was
               offered
               a
               Treatie
               of
               Peace
               ,
               by
               the
               entermise
               of
               the
               Elector
               Fredericke
               the
               second
               ,
               Count
               Palatine
               ,
               and
               of
               Doctor
               Eck
               ,
               Counsellor
               of
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               the
               sist
               ;
               but
               hee
               vtterly
               refused
               it
               .
               On
               the
               contrarie
               ,
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               hath
               sought
               by
               all
               meanes
               an
               equitable
               peace
               ,
               and
               cannot
               obtaine
               it
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               Elector
               
                 Iohn
                 Fredericke
              
               and
               his
               Confederates
               made
               open
               Warre
               against
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               the
               fift
               ,
               whom
               they
               would
               not
               acknowledge
               for
               Emperour
               ,
               calling
               him
               Charles
               of
               Gaunt
               ,
               who
               named
               himselfe
               Emperour
               ;
               and
               that
               which
               is
               more
               ,
               they
               sent
               him
               a
               Cartell
               ,
               or
               Letter
               of
               Defiance
               ,
               and
               in
               solemne
               manner
               renounced
               the
               Oath
               they
               had
               formerly
               made
               vnto
               him
               .
               But
               it
               hath
               beene
               demonstrated
               here
               before
               ,
               that
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               did
               not
               meddle
               ,
               nor
               had
               any
               contention
               with
               the
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               ,
               as
               with
               an
               Emperour
               ,
               but
               as
               with
               an
               Archduke
               of
               Austria
               ;
               who
               ,
               before
               that
               hee
               came
               to
               the
               Crowne
               Imperiall
               ,
               had
               alreadie
               commenced
               and
               begun
               the
               Warre
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               Dignitie
               Imperiall
               ,
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               hath
               alwayes
               protested
               to
               recognize
               him
               for
               Emperor
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               qualitie
               ,
               to
               render
               and
               to
               giue
               him
               all
               obedience
               and
               respect
               ,
               in
               conformitie
               vnto
               the
               Constitutions
               of
               the
               Empire
               .
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               the
               Elector
               
                 Iohn
                 Fredericke
              
               (
               at
               that
               time
               detained
               and
               kept
               prisoner
               )
               renounced
               the
               foureteenth
               day
               of
               May
               ,
               in
               the
               yeere
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               one
               thousand
               fiue
               hundred
               fortie
               and
               seuen
               ,
               in
               the
               Campe
               before
               Wittenberg
               ,
               for
               him
               and
               his
               heires
               ,
               all
               the
               Rights
               that
               he
               could
               pretend
               vpon
               the
               Electorate
               of
               Saxonie
               ;
               the
               which
               Renunciation
               was
               ratified
               by
               his
               three
               sonnes
               ,
               and
               his
               brother
               :
               which
               thing
               cannot
               be
               said
               on
               the
               behalfe
               of
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               .
               And
               though
               that
               the
               example
               of
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               may
               not
               be
               compared
               and
               resembled
               with
               the
               example
               of
               the
               Elector
               
                 Iohn
                 Fredericke
              
               of
               Saxonie
               :
               (
               betweene
               the
               which
               ,
               there
               is
               as
               much
               difference
               notwithstanding
               ,
               then
               there
               is
               betweene
               Summer
               and
               Winter
               )
               so
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               not
               any
               that
               can
               iustifie
               the
               said
               pretended
               Proscription
               ,
               for
               that
               the
               Emperour
               which
               is
               now
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               is
               obliged
               and
               bound
               by
               his
               Capitulation
               confirmed
               by
               his
               corporall
               Oath
               ,
               not
               to
               doe
               the
               like
               thereafter
               .
            
             
               Since
               that
               then
               the
               Iniustice
               of
               the
               Proscription
               precipitated
               against
               the
               Prince
               Palatine
               ,
               is
               so
               vniust
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               amisse
               to
               see
               and
               view
               also
               the
               Iniustice
               ,
               or
               more
               rather
               ,
               enormious
               excesse
               of
               the
               Execution
               .
            
             
               The
               Execution
               hath
               beene
               commenced
               a
               good
               space
               of
               time
               before
               the
               publication
               of
               the
               Sentence
               ;
               and
               as
               well
               before
               ,
               as
               after
               ,
               the
               Palatinate
               hath
               beene
               made
               the
               Scaffold
               ,
               vpon
               the
               which
               hath
               beene
               played
               the
               most
               horrible
               ,
               the
               most
               cruell
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               detestable
               Tragedies
               ,
               that
               euer
               any
               man
               heard
               or
               saw
               ,
               since
               the
               Empire
               had
               the
               Name
               of
               Christian
               .
               Some
               pretend
               ,
               that
               the
               Prince
               hath
               offended
               ,
               
               and
               for
               it
               the
               people
               haue
               beene
               punished
               .
               These
               poore
               innocent
               Countreyes
               haue
               beene
               exposed
               in
               prey
               vnto
               forraine
               and
               strange
               Nations
               ,
               Cossaques
               ,
               Croatians
               ,
               and
               other
               Barbarians
               ,
               who
               vnder
               the
               sacred
               Name
               of
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               haue
               pilled
               ,
               saccaged
               ,
               rauaged
               ,
               massacred
               them
               ,
               and
               burned
               their
               habitations
               and
               houses
               ;
               in
               such
               sort
               ,
               that
               the
               Heauens
               doth
               bemoane
               and
               feele
               the
               sobbes
               and
               groanes
               of
               manie
               thousand
               Christian
               soules
               ,
               that
               neuer
               had
               any
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               much
               lesse
               of
               partaking
               in
               the
               Affaires
               of
               Bohemia
               :
               The
               Ayre
               is
               yet
               obscured
               and
               darkened
               with
               the
               smoake
               of
               so
               many
               Townes
               ,
               Villages
               ,
               Boroughes
               ,
               Castles
               ,
               Houses
               ,
               and
               Hamlets
               ,
               burned
               and
               consumed
               with
               Fire
               ;
               and
               the
               Earth
               is
               yet
               all
               moist
               ,
               and
               dyed
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               with
               a
               deluge
               of
               bloud
               ,
               at
               the
               which
               the
               liuing
               haue
               horror
               ,
               and
               the
               posteritie
               will
               haue
               detestation
               .
               These
               poore
               innocents
               are
               brought
               vnder
               the
               yoake
               of
               a
               perpetuall
               miserie
               :
               there
               is
               carryed
               away
               out
               of
               the
               Palatinate
               a
               great
               number
               of
               persons
               ,
               women
               and
               children
               ,
               into
               strange
               Countries
               ;
               of
               the
               which
               ,
               some
               haue
               beene
               barbarously
               sold
               vpon
               the
               frontiers
               of
               Turkie
               :
               And
               in
               most
               parts
               of
               the
               Palatinate
               ▪
               these
               wretched
               soules
               are
               dayly
               depriued
               of
               the
               exercises
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               the
               solace
               of
               their
               bodies
               is
               taken
               from
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               also
               depriued
               of
               the
               consolation
               of
               their
               soules
               .
               The
               Countrey
               is
               dismembred
               ,
               the
               Territories
               are
               diuided
               ,
               and
               the
               Subiects
               are
               constrained
               and
               enforced
               to
               doe
               homage
               vnto
               strangers
               .
               The
               little
               that
               remaineth
               of
               their
               goods
               ,
               is
               confiscated
               ;
               and
               especially
               ,
               the
               goods
               of
               Officers
               and
               seruants
               of
               the
               said
               Lord
               are
               escheated
               .
               To
               be
               short
               ,
               there
               is
               done
               all
               the
               mischiefe
               
               and
               euill
               ,
               that
               the
               mallice
               of
               men
               can
               deuise
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               execution
               of
               all
               those
               violences
               and
               excesses
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Bauyer
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               League
               ,
               haue
               most
               passionately
               and
               furiously
               imployed
               their
               Armes
               ;
               and
               the
               doing
               there
               of
               ,
               doth
               violate
               and
               breake
               the
               faith
               and
               promise
               by
               them
               giuen
               and
               made
               at
               the
               Treatie
               of
               Vlmes
               :
               in
               the
               which
               it
               was
               accorded
               and
               decreed
               ,
               vnder
               the
               Signature
               ,
               Letters
               ,
               and
               Seales
               of
               the
               said
               Duke
               of
               Bauyer
               ,
               That
               they
               shall
               not
               make
               any
               Inuasion
               ,
               or
               Act
               of
               Hostilitie
               ,
               within
               the
               one
               or
               the
               other
               of
               the
               two
               Palatinates
               ,
               vnder
               any
               colour
               ,
               name
               ,
               or
               pretext
               ,
               whatsoeuer
               it
               was
               ,
               nor
               to
               meddle
               with
               any
               thing
               within
               the
               said
               Palatinates
               .
            
             
               But
               that
               is
               not
               all
               :
               These
               Outrages
               were
               not
               committed
               onely
               against
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               ,
               but
               they
               haue
               driuen
               away
               the
               Duke
               of
               Symmeren
               ,
               his
               brother
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               Patrimonie
               ,
               his
               Countreyes
               ,
               Goods
               ,
               and
               Reuenues
               ;
               they
               haue
               ruined
               his
               subiects
               ,
               who
               are
               yet
               to
               this
               day
               incessantly
               euill
               entreated
               ,
               and
               consumed
               and
               impouerished
               with
               all
               sort
               of
               Exactions
               ,
               Contributions
               ,
               and
               other
               insupportable
               Charges
               :
               And
               yet
               hee
               was
               neuer
               accused
               ,
               much
               lesse
               conuicted
               of
               any
               Crime
               ;
               yea
               ,
               rather
               the
               Emperour
               himselfe
               hath
               declared
               him
               to
               be
               innocent
               .
            
             
               The
               bordering
               Countreyes
               haue
               not
               beene
               much
               better
               dealt
               withall
               ,
               and
               entreated
               ,
               but
               extreamely
               molested
               ,
               pilled
               ,
               and
               rauaged
               ,
               in
               diuers
               
               quarters
               ,
               against
               the
               Treatie
               of
               M●●tz
               ,
               and
               of
               Asc●affenburg
               ,
               made
               by
               the
               Commiss●ries
               of
               the
               Emperour
               with
               them
               of
               the
               Vnion
               ,
               and
               ratified
               by
               the
               Imperiall
               Maiestie
               :
               by
               the
               which
               Treaties
               ,
               it
               was
               promised
               vnto
               all
               the
               Princes
               ,
               Estates
               ,
               and
               Cities
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               That
               vnto
               them
               there
               should
               no
               Hurt
               ,
               D●mmage
               ,
               Incommoditie
               ,
               or
               Trouble
               bee
               done
               ,
               for
               or
               concerning
               the
               subiect
               of
               these
               Affaires
               ,
               nor
               otherwise
               .
            
             
               And
               not
               to
               stand
               and
               enlarge
               ones
               selfe
               vpon
               the
               particulars
               ,
               but
               to
               descend
               and
               come
               vnto
               the
               generalitie
               ;
               this
               Proscription
               ,
               and
               Execution
               so
               vindicatiue
               ,
               hath
               in
               that
               manner
               afflicted
               all
               the
               Corps
               and
               Bodie
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               that
               it
               seemeth
               to
               be
               the
               downefall
               of
               its
               totall
               ruine
               .
            
             
               Moreouer
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               content
               to
               depriue
               the
               Prince
               Palatine
               of
               his
               Estates
               and
               Dignities
               Electoralls
               ,
               but
               they
               haue
               also
               depriued
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               Brother
               ,
               and
               his
               other
               neere
               Kinsmen
               ,
               though
               they
               were
               all
               Innocents
               ,
               taking
               away
               from
               them
               the
               benefit
               of
               their
               Inuestitutes
               in
               Remainder
               ,
               and
               Reuersion
               ,
               for
               to
               giue
               them
               vnto
               the
               Duke
               of
               Bauyer
               ,
               in
               recompence
               of
               so
               much
               bloud
               hee
               hath
               shed
               ,
               and
               fire
               kindled
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               hath
               put
               him
               in
               the
               pretended
               possession
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               and
               Dignities
               ,
               the
               said
               Kinsmen
               and
               Allyes
               are
               put
               vnto
               suite
               together
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Law
               ,
               or
               by
               an
               amiable
               Composition
               ,
               to
               whom
               they
               shall
               appertaine
               
               after
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Dukes
               of
               Bauyer
               :
               and
               you
               neuerthelesse
               ,
               before
               the
               Cause
               come
               so
               farre
               ,
               there
               are
               giuen
               vnto
               the
               Duke
               of
               Neaburg
               Letters
               of
               expectancie
               ,
               for
               to
               be
               preferred
               thereto
               ,
               and
               placed
               therein
               ,
               before
               all
               others
               .
            
             
               The
               true
               cause
               of
               this
               extraordinarie
               rigorous
               proceedings
               against
               the
               House
               Electorall
               Palatine
               ,
               is
               clearely
               expressed
               in
               the
               Letters
               written
               by
               the
               Emperour
               vnto
               
                 Don
                 Balthazar
                 d'
                 Cuiuga
              
               ,
               principall
               Councellor
               vnto
               the
               King
               of
               Spaine
               ,
               dated
               the
               fifteenth
               day
               of
               October
               ,
               in
               the
               yeere
               of
               our
               Lord
               one
               thousand
               six
               hundred
               twentie
               and
               one
               ,
               to
               bee
               seene
               in
               the
               Chancelrie
               of
               Spaine
               (
               a
               Booke
               so
               called
               )
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               That
               forasmuch
               as
               they
               haue
               heretofore
               made
               opposition
               vnto
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               the
               which
               thinketh
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               extend
               his
               domination
               so
               farre
               ,
               as
               it
               proiccteth
               ,
               if
               that
               the
               said
               House
               of
               the
               Palatine
               be
               not
               vtterly
               ruinated
               .
            
             
               So
               also
               the
               translation
               of
               the
               Electorate
               into
               the
               House
               of
               Bauyer
               ,
               expressedly
               declareth
               in
               the
               Post-script
               of
               the
               same
               Letters
               ,
               That
               the
               Butt
               thereof
               is
               ,
               that
               by
               meanes
               thereof
               the
               Catholique
               Romanes
               may
               haue
               more
               ,
               and
               pluralitie
               of
               Voyces
               ,
               in
               the
               Colledge
               of
               the
               Electors
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Empire
               may
               bee
               perpetuated
               in
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ;
               vnto
               the
               aduancement
               of
               which
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Bauyer
               shall
               be
               obliged
               and
               bound
               ,
               for
               this
               great
               benefit
               receiued
               from
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Practises
               and
               secret
               Drifts
               ,
               the
               Letters
               sent
               vnto
               Rome
               ,
               into
               Spaine
               ,
               and
               sundrie
               parts
               of
               Almaigne
               ,
               the
               counterfeit
               Embassades
               sent
               here
               and
               there
               ,
               vnder
               false
               pretexts
               and
               semblants
               ,
               and
               infinite
               other
               cunning
               Trickes
               ,
               whereof
               they
               make
               vse
               to
               further
               their
               Affaires
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               them
               vnto
               the
               point
               where
               they
               are
               seene
               to
               be
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               be
               so
               many
               in
               number
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               make
               a
               great
               Booke
               ,
               to
               comprise
               them
               all
               :
               The
               intention
               of
               this
               Information
               ,
               beeing
               onely
               to
               demonstrate
               a
               farre
               off
               the
               wrong
               that
               is
               done
               vnto
               the
               Elector
               Palatine
               ,
               and
               his
               Children
               and
               Friends
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             fourth
             Head.
             
          
           
             IT
             hath
             beene
             said
             in
             the
             first
             Head
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             verie
             beginning
             of
             the
             Troubles
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             desirous
             to
             see
             the
             Peace
             established
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             Subiects
             reconciled
             vnto
             their
             King
             ,
             sent
             an
             Embassadour
             vnto
             the
             Emperour
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             for
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             vanquish
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             lay
             downe
             Armes
             ,
             and
             surcease
             from
             violence
             ,
             and
             to
             quench
             the
             fire
             of
             a
             pernitious
             Warre
             at
             the
             first
             .
             But
             that
             was
             in
             vaine
             ;
             for
             the
             Embassadour
             continued
             his
             Suit
             instantly
             many
             moneths
             together
             ,
             to
             his
             great
             charges
             ,
             at
             Vienna
             ;
             but
             returned
             ,
             and
             obtayned
             nothing
             .
          
           
           
             After
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Matthias
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             great
             Briraine
             to
             testifie
             and
             witnesse
             his
             good
             intentions
             ,
             toward
             the
             publique
             good
             of
             all
             Germany
             ,
             sent
             the
             Vicount
             Doncaster
             ,
             Councellor
             in
             his
             Councels
             of
             Estate
             ,
             and
             Gentleman
             of
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             in
             Ambassade
             vnto
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             designed
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             to
             mediate
             an
             accommodation
             betweene
             the
             said
             Ferdinand
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Estates
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             sweet
             and
             milde
             way
             ,
             to
             reduce
             and
             bring
             the
             parties
             vnto
             repose
             and
             rest
             ,
             and
             to
             preuent
             the
             euils
             which
             haue
             afterward
             miserably
             afflicted
             ,
             doe
             afflict
             ,
             and
             will
             afflict
             still
             all
             the
             corpes
             and
             body
             of
             the
             fift
             Empire
             ,
             yea
             and
             of
             all
             Christendome
             ,
             if
             God
             by
             his
             grace
             do
             not
             giue
             a
             conuenable
             remedie
             therevnto
             .
             The
             said
             Ambassadour
             met
             the
             Archduke
             Ferdinand
             at
             Ratisbone
             ,
             in
             the
             way
             for
             to
             goe
             vnto
             the
             Dyet
             of
             Franckfort
             ,
             called
             for
             the
             Election
             of
             a
             new
             Emperour
             :
             he
             was
             giuen
             to
             vnderstand
             ,
             that
             in
             that
             place
             of
             Ratisbone
             ,
             the
             affaires
             of
             Bohemia
             could
             not
             be
             treated
             of
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             hee
             should
             returne
             backe
             ,
             and
             goe
             vnto
             Franckfort
             ,
             where
             there
             would
             be
             better
             commodity
             to
             conferre
             with
             the
             Electors
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             a
             good
             resolution
             therein
             ;
             but
             he
             thinking
             to
             obtaine
             so
             much
             as
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             Towne
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             was
             not
             permitted
             so
             to
             doe
             ,
             vnder
             the
             pretext
             and
             colour
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             against
             the
             Golden
             Bull
             ,
             to
             permit
             strangers
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             or
             Ambassadours
             ,
             during
             the
             holding
             of
             the
             same
             Dyet
             ,
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             Towne
             .
             
             So
             that
             hee
             was
             constrayned
             to
             withdraw
             himselfe
             vnto
             Hanau
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             stay
             a
             long
             time
             at
             great
             charges
             and
             expences
             ,
             for
             that
             hee
             had
             a
             very
             great
             trayne
             :
             And
             though
             hee
             requested
             oftentimes
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             instance
             to
             be
             admitted
             and
             heard
             ;
             yet
             hee
             could
             not
             obtayne
             ,
             vntill
             that
             Ferdinand
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             Conclaue
             Electorall
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             meanes
             chosen
             Emperour
             :
             And
             for
             that
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             after
             that
             hee
             was
             come
             ,
             by
             his
             reception
             vnto
             the
             Colledge
             Electorall
             ,
             as
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             vnto
             the
             marke
             hee
             aymed
             ,
             had
             remitted
             the
             said
             affaire
             and
             businesse
             of
             Bohemia
             vnto
             the
             Arbitrage
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             the
             negotiation
             of
             the
             said
             Lord
             Embassadour
             was
             made
             frustrate
             ,
             and
             hee
             dismissed
             to
             goe
             vnto
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             he
             came
             .
             Behold
             here
             the
             first
             affront
             made
             vnto
             the
             King
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             in
             his
             interposition
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             yeare
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             One
             thousand
             sixe
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             :
             The
             King
             of
             Spaine
             and
             the
             Archduke
             Albertus
             set
             on
             foote
             a
             puissant
             Armie
             in
             the
             Prouinces
             of
             Burgogne
             ,
             in
             the
             moneth
             of
             Iuly
             and
             August
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             aduertised
             from
             other
             places
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             to
             inuade
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             sent
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Conway
            
             and
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Weston
            
             his
             Ambassadours
             ,
             vnto
             the
             Archduke
             at
             Bruxelles
             ,
             to
             exhort
             him
             not
             to
             make
             any
             inuasion
             into
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             with
             offers
             to
             interpose
             his
             good
             Offices
             for
             the
             aduancement
             and
             furthering
             of
             an
             amiable
             &
             friendly
             composition
             ,
             vnto
             whom
             answere
             was
             giuen
             :
             
             
               That
               the
               King
               of
               Spaine
               and
               his
               Highnesse
               had
               assembled
               and
               formed
               an
               Army
               for
               the
               seruice
               of
               the
               Emperour
               ,
               and
               that
               as
               yet
               the
               resolution
               was
               not
               taken
               ,
               in
               what
               place
               that
               Army
               should
               he
               employed
               .
            
             Now
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Army
             marched
             already
             toward
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             when
             that
             they
             made
             this
             aunswere
             full
             of
             mockerie
             vnto
             the
             said
             Embassadours
             .
          
           
             Incontinently
             after
             the
             publication
             of
             the
             Ban
             against
             the
             Prince
             Pala●●ne
             ,
             the
             Princes
             and
             Estates
             vnited
             ,
             dispached
             their
             Embassadours
             vnto
             to
             beseech
             him
             to
             suspend
             the
             execution
             thereof
             ,
             and
             to
             giue
             way
             vnto
             an
             accommodation
             ,
             for
             to
             stop
             the
             euils
             that
             would
             ensue
             thereof
             infallibly
             ,
             assuring
             themselues
             to
             dispose
             the
             said
             Prince
             Palatine
             vnto
             all
             things
             that
             should
             be
             thought
             conuenable
             and
             equitable
             for
             the
             cōmon
             good
             and
             repost
             ,
             but
             such
             answer
             was
             made
             vnto
             them
             in
             the
             Emperors
             name
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             vnderstand
             that
             nothing
             was
             entended
             and
             to
             be
             looked
             for
             ,
             but
             fire
             and
             sword
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             Denmark
             also
             bestowing
             therein
             the
             same
             offices
             by
             his
             Embassadours
             ,
             was
             paid
             with
             like
             money
             as
             the
             Princes
             and
             Estates
             vnited
             were
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             that
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             had
             betrusted
             all
             this
             affaire
             ,
             in
             the
             interposition
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             ,
             and
             of
             Denmarke
             ,
             with
             promise
             to
             ratifie
             and
             accomplish
             all
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             they
             concluded
             or
             accorded
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             were
             not
             against
             his
             conscience
             or
             his
             honour
             :
             his
             Maiesty
             of
             great
             Britaine
             (
             vnto
             whom
             he
             afterward
             remitted
             the
             negotiation
             thereof
             ,
             &
             granting
             to
             do
             
             all
             that
             he
             shall
             iudge
             most
             fitting
             ,
             for
             the
             recouering
             of
             his
             Estates
             and
             dignities
             ,
             and
             the
             re-establishment
             of
             a
             firme
             peace
             in
             the
             Empire
             )
             voluntarily
             charged
             himselfe
             with
             this
             entermise
             ,
             and
             promised
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             promised
             oftentimes
             hitherto
             ,
             to
             employ
             therein
             all
             his
             possible
             meanes
             ,
             and
             to
             expose
             therein
             ,
             if
             neede
             be
             ,
             all
             that
             God
             hath
             giuen
             him
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             iudging
             it
             better
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             it
             to
             be
             the
             better
             &
             more
             reasonable
             to
             search
             and
             make
             vse
             of
             the
             way
             of
             mildnesse
             ,
             before
             that
             he
             proceeded
             vnto
             extremities
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             matter
             ,
             why
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             sent
             the
             Lord
             Digby
             ,
             Councellour
             of
             Estate
             ,
             and
             Gentleman
             of
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             vnto
             the
             Emperour
             in
             the
             moneth
             of
             Iune
             ,
             with
             large
             instructions
             and
             power
             ,
             to
             labour
             to
             bring
             the
             affaires
             vnto
             some
             good
             composition
             .
             The
             Archduke
             Albertus
             had
             then
             graunted
             a
             truce
             in
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             for
             some
             weekes
             ,
             which
             began
             to
             expite
             ,
             and
             the
             high
             Palatinate
             was
             yet
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             but
             terribly
             menaced
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             feare
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             preparations
             of
             warre
             made
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauier
             ,
             to
             gaine
             and
             winne
             the
             same
             vnder
             the
             title
             of
             a
             Commission
             Imperiall
             to
             him
             giuen
             .
             The
             Ambassadour
             Digby
             vsed
             all
             his
             forces
             and
             diligences
             possible
             for
             the
             discharge
             of
             his
             Ambassade
             ,
             dayly
             redoubling
             his
             instances
             toward
             his
             Maiestie
             Imperiall
             ,
             the
             which
             declared
             that
             hee
             desired
             nothing
             more
             ,
             (
             then
             peace
             ,
             ●●
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             would
             first
             make
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             submission
             ,
             vnto
             the
             which
             was
             added
             ,
             sometime
             
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             then
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             another
             thing
             ;
             onely
             (
             as
             the
             effects
             testified
             )
             for
             to
             gayne
             and
             winne
             time
             ,
             vntill
             the
             Truce
             was
             expired
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauyer
             might
             haue
             an
             occasion
             to
             giue
             a
             blow
             vpon
             the
             high
             Palatinate
             ,
             without
             the
             impeachment
             of
             Count
             Mansfelt
             ,
             who
             had
             amazed
             and
             gathered
             together
             some
             Troupes
             ,
             vpon
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             Bohemia
             .
             The
             said
             Truce
             being
             expired
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             recommenced
             the
             Warre
             in
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             not
             abiding
             to
             giue
             any
             eare
             vnto
             the
             prorogation
             of
             the
             Truce
             ,
             alledging
             many
             new
             pretexts
             :
             yet
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             his
             Imperiall
             Maiestie
             ,
             and
             they
             of
             his
             Councell
             ,
             put
             the
             said
             Embassadour
             in
             hopes
             ,
             by
             faire
             words
             ,
             and
             goodly
             promises
             ,
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauyer
             (
             whose
             Commission
             had
             beene
             suspended
             by
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             at
             the
             sollicitation
             of
             the
             said
             Embassadour
             )
             should
             not
             receiue
             any
             new
             Commission
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             enioyned
             not
             to
             make
             hereafter
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Ban
             against
             the
             higher
             Palatinate
             .
             And
             finally
             ,
             vpon
             the
             reiterated
             instances
             of
             the
             Embassadour
             ,
             and
             vpon
             certaine
             Conditions
             and
             Promises
             by
             him
             offered
             ,
             his
             Imperiall
             Maiestie
             consented
             vnto
             a
             Treatie
             ,
             and
             wrote
             vnto
             the
             Infanta
             of
             Spaine
             the
             eleuenth
             of
             September
             ,
             giuing
             her
             power
             to
             agree
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             (
             if
             the
             Affaires
             in
             those
             Quarters
             permitted
             her
             )
             and
             decree
             with
             him
             a
             suspension
             or
             deposition
             of
             Armes
             ,
             that
             by
             that
             meanes
             they
             might
             enter
             into
             a
             friendly
             and
             amiable
             
             conference
             of
             a
             peace
             and
             accommodation
             .
             The
             Embassadour
             trusting
             and
             confiding
             in
             all
             these
             Declarations
             ,
             Promises
             ,
             and
             Words
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             able
             to
             obtaine
             more
             at
             their
             hand
             ,
             tooke
             leaue
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             made
             hast
             in
             his
             returne
             ,
             with
             a
             purpose
             to
             bring
             (
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Commission
             giuen
             vnto
             the
             Infanta
             )
             his
             Affaires
             to
             some
             good
             passe
             .
             But
             in
             his
             returne
             he
             was
             aduertised
             ,
             and
             saw
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauyer
             was
             made
             Master
             of
             all
             the
             whole
             high
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             constrained
             the
             subiects
             to
             doe
             him
             homage
             ;
             whereof
             he
             made
             complaints
             vnto
             the
             Emperor
             by
             his
             Letters
             of
             the
             fift
             of
             October
             ,
             making
             vnto
             him
             a
             remonstration
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             was
             done
             vnto
             the
             preiudice
             of
             his
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             against
             that
             which
             his
             Councellors
             had
             giuen
             him
             to
             vnderstand
             .
          
           
             Being
             arriued
             at
             Bruxels
             ,
             hee
             assayed
             and
             tryed
             by
             all
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             a
             suspension
             of
             Armes
             :
             which
             thing
             was
             impossible
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             Emperour
             had
             commaunded
             the
             said
             Infanta
             ,
             by
             other
             Letters
             written
             (
             vnknowing
             vnto
             the
             said
             Embassador
             )
             That
             she
             should
             not
             make
             any
             accord
             of
             Truce
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             Imperiall
             had
             inioyned
             
               Don
               Cordua
            
             to
             proceed
             :
             So
             that
             the
             contrarietie
             of
             these
             Letters
             ,
             dispatched
             and
             sent
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             vpon
             one
             and
             the
             same
             subiect
             ,
             is
             euidently
             discouered
             by
             the
             answere
             the
             Infanta
             gaue
             vnto
             the
             Embassador
             ,
             on
             the
             eight
             day
             of
             Nouember
             ,
             a
             thousand
             six
             hundred
             twentie
             and
             one
             :
             which
             was
             done
             not
             to
             lose
             ,
             but
             to
             follow
             the
             aduantage
             
             which
             the
             counterpartie
             had
             gotten
             by
             the
             occupation
             of
             the
             high
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             low
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             rested
             no
             more
             to
             take
             ,
             but
             Heydelberg
             Manheym
             ,
             and
             Frankendale
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             small
             places
             ;
             to
             the
             Conquest
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauyer
             sent
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Armie
             ,
             which
             ioyned
             it selfe
             vnto
             the
             Spaniards
             vnder
             diuers
             pretexts
             :
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             endeuors
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             had
             made
             at
             Bruxels
             ,
             for
             to
             procure
             some
             small
             release
             &
             ease
             vnto
             the
             poore
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             to
             mediate
             a
             treatie
             of
             Peace
             ,
             were
             as
             vnprofitable
             as
             the
             precedent
             ,
             and
             former
             at
             Vienna
             :
             where
             yet
             neuerthelesse
             was
             made
             all
             manner
             of
             faire
             semblant
             ,
             and
             seeming
             to
             haue
             a
             desire
             to
             giue
             satisfaction
             vnto
             his
             said
             Maiestie
             ,
             who
             demanded
             an
             entire
             restitution
             of
             the
             high
             and
             low
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Dignitie
             Electorall
             ,
             for
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ,
             who
             on
             the
             other
             part
             promised
             to
             yeeld
             vp
             and
             surrender
             the
             Crowne
             of
             Bohemia
             ;
             and
             as
             concerning
             the
             submission
             ,
             to
             doe
             (
             vnto
             the
             which
             ,
             they
             on
             the
             other
             side
             insisted
             strongly
             ,
             without
             any
             intention
             to
             accept
             thereof
             )
             all
             that
             which
             might
             be
             done
             ,
             without
             preiudice
             of
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
          
           
             The
             Armie
             of
             the
             Papistique
             League
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             did
             extreamely
             rauage
             the
             low
             Palatinate
             :
             vpon
             which
             ,
             the
             Count
             Palatine
             was
             constrained
             to
             goe
             thither
             in
             person
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             all
             the
             resistance
             possible
             with
             the
             Troupes
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Mansfelt
             .
          
           
             His
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             seeing
             that
             the
             
             enemies
             reenforced
             themselues
             ,
             and
             grew
             strong
             dayly
             ,
             and
             had
             enterprised
             to
             import
             and
             to
             conquer
             all
             the
             low
             Palatinate
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             high
             Countrey
             ;
             hee
             thought
             it
             good
             to
             write
             vnto
             the
             Emperour
             by
             a
             Corrieur
             ,
             or
             Post
             ,
             sent
             of
             purpose
             ,
             and
             to
             offer
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ,
             by
             his
             Letters
             (
             which
             were
             of
             the
             twelfth
             of
             Nouember
             ,
             one
             thousand
             six
             hundred
             twentie
             and
             one
             )
             Conditions
             of
             Peace
             ,
             such
             as
             he
             thought
             as
             impossible
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperor
             (
             of
             whose
             pacifique
             intentions
             all
             men
             spoke
             )
             ought
             or
             could
             refuse
             them
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             he
             might
             lay
             an
             assured
             foundation
             vpon
             the
             said
             offers
             ,
             hee
             seriously
             exhorted
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ,
             to
             ratifie
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             promise
             the
             accomplishment
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             an
             authenticall
             Instrument
             ,
             signed
             with
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             sealed
             with
             his
             seale
             ;
             the
             which
             hee
             did
             ,
             dated
             the
             fiue
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             the
             said
             moneth
             of
             Nouember
             ,
             preferring
             the
             publike
             peace
             and
             repose
             of
             Germanie
             ,
             before
             all
             the
             particular
             considerations
             of
             himselfe
             and
             his
             House
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             there
             was
             no
             speech
             in
             the
             Court
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Bruxels
             ,
             made
             vnto
             the
             Embassadors
             and
             ministers
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             ,
             of
             any
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             pacifique
             intentions
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             resolution
             that
             he
             had
             to
             giue
             all
             satisfaction
             vnto
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             yet
             he
             did
             not
             accept
             the
             said
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             the
             refusall
             of
             them
             ,
             dispensed
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             not
             to
             be
             bound
             and
             obliged
             therewith
             ,
             &
             sent
             the
             Count
             
             of
             Schwartzenburg
             into
             England
             ,
             onely
             for
             to
             make
             all
             sort
             of
             complement
             ,
             and
             gaue
             a
             new
             Commission
             vnto
             the
             Infanta
             to
             treate
             with
             the
             King
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             about
             a
             suspension
             and
             laying
             down
             of
             Armes
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             a
             peace
             ,
             and
             made
             in
             that
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             Warre
             to
             be
             continued
             in
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             vnto
             the
             Princes
             and
             Estates
             Euangeliques
             of
             the
             Empire
             he
             dissimuled
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             be
             knowne
             of
             the
             same
             conditions
             ;
             but
             hee
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             communicated
             vnto
             the
             Prince
             
               Bethelem
               Gabor
            
             ,
             who
             vpon
             that
             tooke
             occasion
             to
             make
             peace
             with
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             whereupon
             it
             ensued
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             troupes
             which
             were
             in
             Austria
             ,
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             were
             sent
             into
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             end
             of
             all
             :
             notwithstanding
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             was
             continually
             assured
             of
             the
             restitution
             ,
             and
             offers
             were
             made
             of
             a
             treaty
             of
             peace
             :
             to
             be
             briefe
             ,
             promises
             were
             made
             vpon
             promise
             ,
             and
             so
             his
             Maiesty
             entred
             into
             a
             new
             parley
             ,
             and
             sent
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Weston
            
             vnto
             Bruxels
             to
             treate
             with
             the
             Infanta
             ,
             who
             ordained
             and
             appointed
             Commissioners
             for
             that
             effect
             and
             purpose
             ,
             who
             for
             to
             gaine
             and
             winne
             time
             ,
             exacted
             of
             the
             said
             Embassadour
             a
             plaine
             power
             signed
             with
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             (
             as
             they
             said
             )
             they
             might
             be
             assured
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             ratifie
             and
             accomplish
             all
             that
             they
             should
             conclude
             and
             determine
             :
             and
             although
             that
             his
             Maiestie
             had
             already
             sufficient
             power
             ,
             vpon
             many
             Letters
             of
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ;
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             see
             a
             plenipotency
             or
             full
             power
             informe
             ,
             that
             
             which
             his
             Maiestie
             graunted
             them
             ,
             and
             caused
             a
             plenipotency
             or
             full
             power
             to
             be
             dispatched
             by
             his
             said
             Emb●ssadour
             as
             well
             in
             his
             owne
             name
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             name
             of
             his
             sonne
             in
             law
             ,
             who
             signed
             the
             same
             ioyntly
             with
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             &
             sent
             the
             same
             to
             Bruxels
             ,
             where
             the
             said
             plaine
             power
             being
             come
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             found
             therein
             one
             onely
             word
             repeated
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             title
             of
             Elector
             ,
             which
             was
             giuen
             vnto
             the
             said
             Prince
             ,
             and
             prayed
             that
             the
             said
             full
             power
             might
             be
             reformed
             and
             renewed
             ,
             and
             that
             title
             put
             out
             thereof
             ,
             alledging
             that
             they
             could
             not
             well
             treate
             that
             title
             being
             in
             :
             and
             so
             his
             Maiestie
             to
             take
             away
             all
             exceptions
             ,
             made
             the
             said
             power
             ,
             with
             the
             omission
             of
             that
             title
             ,
             to
             be
             drawne
             againe
             ;
             but
             yet
             with
             an
             exception
             that
             it
             should
             not
             at
             any
             time
             preiudice
             him
             by
             any
             means
             .
             These
             commings
             and
             goings
             too
             and
             fro
             ,
             caused
             by
             the
             contreparty
             ,
             were
             for
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             but
             draw
             out
             and
             to
             prolong
             the
             businesse
             ,
             and
             to
             hinder
             and
             empeach
             ,
             that
             his
             Maiesty
             (
             who
             had
             already
             promised
             to
             entertaine
             8000.
             footmen
             ,
             and
             1600.
             horse
             in
             the
             Pala●inate
             ,
             at
             his
             owne
             charges
             ,
             )
             should
             not
             send
             thither
             any
             great
             succour
             ,
             not
             make
             any
             diuersion
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             nor
             any
             where
             else
             .
             The
             said
             power
             then
             hauing
             bin
             made
             ,
             made
             againe
             ,
             signed
             ,
             and
             sent
             the
             second
             time
             at
             the
             instances
             of
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             receiued
             Letters
             from
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             written
             the
             18.
             of
             Iune
             ,
             by
             the
             which
             he
             gaue
             him
             to
             vnderstand
             ,
             that
             the
             treaty
             of
             peace
             could
             not
             well
             be
             made
             nor
             concluded
             at
             Bruxels
             ,
             since
             that
             the
             affaire
             and
             businesse
             concerned
             &
             touched
             all
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             he
             had
             called
             an
             
             assembly
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Princes
             at
             Ratisbone
             ,
             remitting
             and
             leauing
             it
             vnto
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             if
             hee
             would
             send
             any
             one
             thither
             on
             his
             behalfe
             .
             The
             which
             contrary
             and
             vndue
             procedure
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             tooke
             as
             strange
             ,
             and
             thereof
             made
             sharp
             and
             bitter
             complaints
             vnto
             the
             Emperor
             in
             his
             answer
             .
             And
             for
             that
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             stood
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             lost
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             resist
             such
             puissant
             enemies
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             in
             some
             manner
             to
             breake
             that
             blow
             ,
             tooke
             into
             his
             protection
             the
             Townes
             of
             Heydelberg
             ,
             Manheym
             ,
             and
             Frankendale
             ,
             but
             that
             was
             no
             hinderance
             :
             for
             the
             two
             first
             were
             besieged
             &
             furiously
             battered
             ,
             Heydelberg
             taken
             by
             assault
             and
             pillaged
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Manheym
             taken
             by
             composition
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             remayned
             none
             but
             the
             Towne
             of
             Frankendale
             only
             ;
             for
             the
             conseruation
             of
             the
             which
             ,
             his
             Maiesty
             seeing
             that
             it
             would
             be
             left
             in
             his
             protection
             no
             more
             then
             the
             other
             two
             ,
             found
             it
             good
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             instance
             &
             great
             promises
             of
             the
             Infanta
             ,
             to
             sequester
             it
             into
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             shee
             gaue
             the
             gouernment
             thereof
             vnto
             
               Don
               Verdugo
            
             ,
             a
             Nobleman
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             who
             put
             therein
             a
             Garison
             ,
             the
             which
             at
             this
             day
             menaceth
             incessantly
             the
             poore
             Burgesses
             ,
             to
             pillage
             them
             for
             want
             of
             their
             payment
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             bound
             to
             satisfie
             them
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             taking
             &
             total
             ruine
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             the
             Emperor
             made
             hast
             with
             the
             Dyet
             of
             Ratisbon
             ,
             and
             was
             there
             in
             person
             ,
             where
             he
             inuested
             publikely
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauier
             with
             the
             Palatinat
             Electorall
             ,
             to
             the
             exclusiō
             of
             the
             children
             of
             the
             brother
             ,
             &
             the
             neerest
             kinsmen
             of
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             (
             against
             the
             
             aduice
             and
             opposition
             of
             the
             Electors
             of
             Saxony
             and
             of
             Brandemburg
             ,
             who
             pressed
             by
             their
             Embassadours
             ,
             the
             entire
             restitution
             of
             his
             Countries
             and
             dignities
             )
             And
             gaue
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             to
             vnderstand
             by
             his
             Letters
             ,
             dated
             at
             Raitsbone
             the
             fift
             of
             March
             ,
             one
             thousand
             sixe
             hundred
             twenty
             and
             three
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             hee
             added
             amongst
             other
             cleare
             testimonies
             of
             his
             great
             good
             will
             toward
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             that
             his
             translation
             of
             the
             Electorate
             in
             the
             house
             of
             Bauiere
             ,
             was
             made
             with
             expresse
             reseruation
             ,
             
               That
               it
               shall
               be
               permitted
               by
               especiall
               grace
               vnto
               the
               Grand
               children
               of
               his
               Maiestie
               ,
            
             and
             vnto
             his
             other
             kinsmen
             ,
             to
             treate
             hereafter
             in
             some
             Towne
             Imperiall
             ,
             as
             Nuremburg
             ,
             Angsberg
             ,
             Vlm
             ,
             or
             Franckfort
             ,
             touching
             the
             right
             that
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             may
             pretend
             in
             the
             titles
             and
             Dignities
             Electoralls
             :
             and
             if
             so
             be
             that
             they
             cannot
             agree
             and
             accord
             together
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             lawfull
             for
             them
             to
             commence
             sute
             ,
             and
             enter
             into
             proces
             before
             the
             Maiestie
             Imperiall
             ,
             and
             the
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Electors
             ,
             where
             they
             may
             assure
             and
             promise
             to
             themselues
             a
             quicke
             dispatch
             ,
             and
             Iustice
             soone
             administred
             ,
             if
             they
             themselues
             doe
             not
             hinder
             the
             same
             ,
             by
             some
             act
             of
             their
             owne
             ;
             by
             the
             which
             reseruation
             ,
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             may
             see
             the
             most
             sincere
             affection
             the
             said
             Maiestie
             Imperiall
             bore
             vnto
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             posterity
             .
             This
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             saide
             Letters
             of
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             euery
             one
             giue
             his
             iudgement
             of
             this
             goodly
             declaration
             .
             And
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             passed
             
             in
             silence
             ,
             that
             at
             his
             departure
             from
             the
             Dyet
             at
             Ratisbone
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             made
             shew
             in
             the
             said
             Letters
             to
             reserue
             vnto
             the
             children
             ,
             brother
             ,
             and
             kinsfolkes
             of
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             some
             permission
             to
             dispute
             the
             right
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             pretend
             after
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauier
             ;
             promised
             the
             expectancy
             of
             the
             Electorate
             vnto
             the
             Duke
             
               Wolfgang
               .
               William
            
             of
             Neuburg
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             Letters
             and
             Seales
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             Emperour
             hath
             alwayes
             made
             prosession
             of
             good
             will
             toward
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             ,
             and
             to
             giue
             eare
             vnto
             the
             entire
             restitution
             which
             hee
             hath
             sought
             by
             friendship
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             way
             of
             amity
             with
             great
             trouble
             and
             charge
             ;
             but
             in
             vaine
             :
             So
             also
             hath
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             done
             the
             very
             same
             almost
             ,
             vntill
             that
             the
             Palatinate
             hath
             beene
             reduced
             vnto
             the
             more
             then
             miserable
             estate
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bauier
             hath
             beene
             put
             in
             full
             possession
             of
             all
             the
             high
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             dignity
             Electorall
             :
             for
             though
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             hath
             oftentimes
             assured
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             great
             Brittaine
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             his
             Letters
             as
             by
             his
             Embassadours
             ,
             seriously
             to
             co-operate
             and
             ioyne
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             to
             obtaine
             the
             entire
             restitution
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             Electorall
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             which
             dependeth
             thereof
             ,
             with
             an
             expresse
             promise
             for
             this
             effect
             to
             ioyne
             his
             Armes
             with
             those
             of
             his
             Maiestie
             if
             neede
             was
             :
             This
             notwithstanding
             ,
             when
             hee
             hath
             beene
             finally
             demaunded
             by
             his
             owne
             Ambassadours
             ,
             a
             speciall
             declaration
             by
             writing
             ,
             hee
             hath
             answered
             ,
             
             That
             he
             cannot
             doe
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             ,
             beside
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             to
             depriue
             him
             to
             haue
             any
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Arbitrage
             in
             this
             affaire
             ,
             as
             a
             mediator
             or
             friend
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             also
             not
             onely
             giue
             cause
             vnto
             the
             Emperour
             his
             Vncle
             ,
             to
             take
             an
             vnkindnesse
             or
             offence
             thereat
             ;
             but
             also
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             shall
             mingle
             threates
             and
             Armes
             ,
             with
             the
             Offices
             of
             interposition
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             an
             vnkindnesse
             and
             dis-office
             in
             his
             deportment
             which
             he
             ought
             in
             reason
             to
             vse
             toward
             his
             Imperiall
             Maiestie
             :
             by
             the
             which
             answere
             it
             appeareth
             euidently
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             said
             promises
             of
             Spaine
             haue
             beene
             nothing
             but
             words
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             closure
             of
             this
             Information
             ,
             wee
             are
             moreouer
             to
             recount
             an
             artifice
             and
             cunning
             trick
             ,
             whereof
             the
             contrary
             party
             doth
             make
             vse
             ;
             That
             is
             :
             The
             Infanta
             of
             Spaine
             vnder
             the
             colour
             and
             disguise
             of
             an
             Imperiall
             Commission
             ,
             and
             of
             an
             extreame
             desire
             to
             re-establish
             peace
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             to
             giue
             satisfaction
             vnto
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             ,
             made
             a
             proposition
             of
             certaine
             Articles
             of
             a
             truce
             of
             fifteene
             moneths
             in
             the
             lower
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             generally
             for
             all
             the
             Empire
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             space
             of
             time
             a
             treaty
             of
             a
             firme
             peace
             might
             be
             had
             :
             So
             ,
             that
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             after
             hee
             had
             changed
             some
             thing
             in
             the
             said
             Articles
             ,
             condiscended
             thereunto
             ,
             and
             signed
             them
             ,
             sending
             them
             vnto
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             for
             to
             signe
             them
             also
             ;
             who
             (
             after
             he
             had
             deferred
             a
             little
             while
             to
             consent
             vnto
             them
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             captious
             Articles
             he
             saw
             in
             them
             )
             vpon
             the
             instances
             that
             were
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             hopes
             that
             the
             counterparty
             made
             him
             take
             
             of
             an
             accommodation
             ,
             signed
             them
             in
             like
             manner
             :
             but
             all
             that
             came
             vnto
             nothing
             .
             For
             neuer
             since
             haue
             they
             ceased
             to
             exercise
             against
             the
             poore
             Subiects
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             rigours
             ,
             and
             violences
             ;
             neither
             will
             they
             obserue
             the
             Articles
             of
             truce
             ,
             vnder
             diuers
             new
             colours
             &
             pretexts
             forged
             and
             framed
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             fantasies
             and
             braines
             .
             The
             Butt
             and
             end
             of
             this
             counterfeited
             &
             disguised
             truce
             ,
             was
             ,
             for
             that
             Austria
             and
             Spaine
             desired
             to
             take
             from
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             the
             power
             of
             seeking
             the
             succours
             and
             assistance
             of
             forraigne
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             and
             especially
             to
             preuent
             ,
             that
             (
             peraduenture
             )
             he
             should
             not
             make
             vse
             of
             the
             Forces
             and
             Armies
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Brunswick
             ,
             and
             Count
             Mansfelt
             had
             then
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             that
             occasion
             the
             Prince
             
               Bethelem
               Gabor
            
             should
             not
             take
             occasion
             to
             make
             any
             inuasion
             against
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             .
             But
             at
             that
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             Armie
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Brunswick
             hauing
             been
             put
             to
             rout
             and
             defeated
             by
             a
             fatall
             destinie
             ,
             Austria
             and
             Spaine
             seeing
             thēselues
             come
             to
             that
             Butt
             they
             shot
             at
             ,
             made
             a
             mockerie
             of
             the
             said
             Truce
             ,
             &
             continuated
             their
             Hostilities
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             after
             departed
             ,
             and
             deliuered
             vnto
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Mentz
             the
             Country
             of
             Bergstrate
             (
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Prouinces
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             )
             for
             to
             oblige
             him
             so
             much
             the
             more
             strictly
             to
             maintaine
             and
             defend
             their
             partie
             against
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             haue
             imposed
             vpon
             the
             poore
             subiects
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             Electorall
             ,
             as
             vpon
             the
             Countrey
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Symmeren
             ,
             diuers
             impositions
             ,
             to
             them
             insupportable
             ,
             which
             endure
             yet
             ,
             and
             are
             augmented
             euery
             day
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             remarked
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Articles
             of
             Truce
             were
             communicated
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             vnto
             some
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             a
             whole
             moneth
             before
             that
             they
             were
             concluded
             ,
             and
             accepted
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             other
             forme
             ,
             and
             partly
             in
             another
             sence
             ,
             onely
             for
             to
             gaine
             aduantage
             ,
             and
             to
             render
             and
             make
             the
             Electors
             and
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             irresolute
             ,
             and
             to
             hinder
             them
             from
             fauouring
             the
             Prince
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             whose
             totall
             ruine
             and
             extirpation
             being
             the
             Butt
             and
             Marke
             (
             what
             semblant
             or
             shew
             soeuer
             they
             had
             made
             to
             his
             Maiestie
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             )
             vnto
             which
             they
             haue
             directed
             all
             their
             Actions
             ,
             for
             to
             effectuate
             all
             their
             abouesaid
             Designes
             .
          
           
             By
             all
             the
             which
             Drifts
             and
             Practises
             it
             may
             be
             seene
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Mirrour
             ,
             with
             how
             much
             misprision
             they
             haue
             most
             vnworthily
             abused
             the
             King
             of
             Great
             Brittaine
             ;
             and
             certes
             hee
             had
             desired
             much
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             haue
             passed
             in
             silence
             .
             But
             since
             that
             Murther
             and
             Slanders
             be
             the
             two
             Instruments
             ,
             whereof
             the
             adherents
             of
             the
             contrarie
             partie
             make
             vse
             ,
             vtterly
             to
             ouerthrow
             the
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             his
             friends
             ;
             it
             is
             ineuitably
             necessarie
             to
             represent
             and
             demonstrate
             all
             that
             which
             is
             before
             written
             ,
             by
             this
             briefe
             Information
             .
             The
             Murthers
             be
             seene
             by
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             Calumnies
             and
             Slanders
             are
             made
             to
             sound
             in
             the
             cares
             of
             euerie
             one
             ,
             in
             accusing
             the
             said
             Prince
             and
             his
             friends
             of
             things
             whereof
             they
             neuer
             thought
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             to
             auoid
             prolixitie
             ,
             among
             other
             things
             
             it
             is
             published
             ,
             written
             ,
             and
             blowne
             abroad
             in
             all
             places
             continually
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Lord
             the
             Prince
             hath
             not
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             Troubles
             ,
             hitherto
             showne
             any
             signe
             of
             his
             inclination
             vnto
             Peace
             ;
             but
             that
             all
             his
             Designes
             hath
             beene
             no
             other
             ,
             then
             to
             carrie
             and
             beare
             himselfe
             with
             extremitie
             of
             Warre
             ,
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             perill
             of
             Christendome
             .
             But
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             them
             who
             know
             the
             contrarie
             ,
             there
             is
             produced
             here
             for
             Witnesses
             and
             Testimonies
             against
             this
             falsehood
             ,
             all
             the
             Interpositions
             ,
             Embassades
             ,
             Requests
             ,
             Offers
             ,
             and
             Declarations
             abouesaid
             .
          
           
             
               Deuteron
               .
               chap.
               32.
               vers
               .
               43.
               
            
             
               God
               shall
               reuenge
               the
               bloud
               of
               his
               seruants
               ,
               hee
               shall
               be
               reuenged
               of
               his
               enemies
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               gracious
               and
               mercifull
               vnto
               the
               Countrey
               of
               his
               people
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .