THE ORATION OR SUBSTANCE OF THAT WHICH WAS delivered before his MAJESTY of Great Britain, BY The Emperor's Ambassador, the high and excellent Lord, Count Swartesienbourge, at his day of of Audience, being the seventh of April, in the Parliament Chamber.  
Translated out of the high Dutch, and now published by especial command.  
Imprinted at London for Thomas Acrher, and are to be sold in Pope's head Palace, over against the sign of the Horse-shoe. 16. April. 1622.   

THE EMPEROR'S AMBASSADORS SPEECH AT HIS DAY OF AUDIENCE, the 7. of April 1622. before his Majesty of Great Britain, etc.  
MOst high and Mighty Prince KING of Great Baittaine, France and Ireland, etc.  
The Emperor's Majesty, being also King of Hungaria, Bohemia, and my most gracious Lord and Master: desiring of all other things to salute your great and Kingly Majesty, hath thought it convenient to manifest and propose his most entire love, and brotherly Embassy unto you, appointing me (though unworthy) to deliver that in words, and that publicly, which he privately conceiveth and apprehendeth in his heart, befitting your Greatness: Wishing withal both to your Majesty and your Royal house such blessings, as belong to mighty Princes, especially happiness in government, health of body, tranquillity of mind, love of your people, and peace withal the World, even as he wisheth to himself, and his own establishment, peace being a thing more acceptable unto him, than his own prosperity and greatness: peace being a thing, which I have in charge chief to insist upon, and request your MAJESTY to accord unto.  
Besides, his Imperial Majesty hath imposed this task upon me, to present these letters of credit and justification of of his true heart and meaning into your Royal hands, and withal the behalf of his Imperial Majesty to impart, and further make known unto your MAJESTY, that from his first step into the Throne, and entrance into his Imperial dignity, yea at all times since to this present hour, and as he hopes to the consummation of all hours, no one thing hath or can be more acceptable unto him, than the entertainment of love, friendship, and amity not only with such Princes, to whom his predecessors have made profession formerly of peace and concord, in contracting of leagues, and combination of covenants, but is also ardent in his desire, and would fain express the same by his endeavours towards all other Christian Princes and Potentates, though farther remote, as fare as the enlarging his love, maintaining of friendship, and keeping correspondency in all things befitting their honour, and his dignity. But especially with your MAJESTY, toward whom he beareth such an affectionate love, and burning zeal, that he would fain enter into conditions of everlasting peace, and hold an indissoluble contract of real, sincere, and most perfect amity, a blessing not only commendable and proper for Princes to embrace, being indeed more comely than their ornament of State, but also most requisite and necessary for their own welfare, the good of their subjects, the enriching their countries, the enlarging their revenues and manifestion of their profession of Christianity: to illustrate which with oratory, precept, caution, or example is to great a work at this time, and neediesse to such a Princely wisdom and mature apprehension.  
But that this great care and Princely desire did ever appear in his Imperial Majesty, even from his first entrance into the dignity which God bestowed upon him with many other of his own hereditary kingdoms, and dominions to this present hour, however some strange wind hath thickened up clouds of disturbance, which threaten greater and greater tempests. It hath pleased your MAJESTY to ratify and confirm, yea, you have given him great assurance of sincere love, and affectionate friendship, and this hath not been barely performed by cursory letters, or missive gratifications, but by magnificent Ambassadors, and sumptuous expenses, and that diverse times to assure his Imperial Majesty you did not only approve of his good intent, and purposes: but desire the continuance and ratification of the same, still endeavouring by all means possible to re-establish and restore the pristinate contracts, and tranquillity of the chiefest Princes, and Potentates of Christendom: and whereas now some untoward hand had attempted to be-spot the beautiful face of Europe with troubles, or made wrinkles in the same with fearful turmoils, your MAJESTY, and none but yourself, hath endeavoured to make it smooth again, that it may show her former handsomeness and unmatchable glory: yea as fare as was possible ' you have appeared like a rising Sun, to dispel and dissipate these cloudy vapours and untoward mists of dissension, that in steed of tumultuous enmity, and fearful clamours of war, true contracted friendship might step in, and the sweet concord of peace sound the comfortable Diapason of good Music, to please the Ears of all good Princes, and cheer the hearts of true and honest people, wherein as you have outstripped other Kings in the race to high honour, and great renown, so that your Royal name for extraordinary wisdom, learning, and moderation of passions, hath an extraordinary passage throughout the world for praise and admiration: so doth his Imperial Majesty pray, and request you to continue the same motives, and still and still to set forward the same practices, that the Princes of Europe may not only participate with the benefit of peace by your means: but you yourself assure unto your Princely heart the present fruition of all applauses, and the future enjoying of immortal fame, and glory.  
To the end therefore, that your MAJESTY may evidently understand, and judiciously apprehend, how much, and how highly his Imperial Majesty doth estimate, and make account of your MAJESTY'S love and affection, and with what embraces and amplexure he would entertain your friendship, yea endeavour withal earnest desire to gratify the same, as fare as honourable correspondency, and reciprocal requital may extend, he hath thought it convenient without protraction or ambiguous disputing the matter to send me as his Ambassador, to acquaint you with his gracious intent, and assure you, that he doth no less affect the common good of Christendom, than your Princely self, or any king in Europe: but especially the welfare and prosperity of your MAJESTY'S house, though there hath been cause of displeasure and discontent, yea it is part of his care, and study to labour out the means, and give way unto all occasions, that may raise up again the decayed and bruised peace, which hath been so unfortunately pashed down to the ground, and as I may say trampled under feet, and no question long since some gentle hand had lifted her to better firmness, or brought her within the strength of supportation, if as ungentle arms had not gone by force, and violent courses to work their own ends, and affects their designs, wherein they have without question started out of the smooth and even path of your great wisdom, and judicious Council, savouring all princeliness, charity, love and religious care to run into the byways of their own wilfulness, and ambitious projects, so that whereas you like a fair moving planet have still kept one acceptable course toward peace and tranquillity: they like turbulent Meteors and prodigious exhalations have violently run forward to the vexing of themselves, and disturbing of others, whereby their unjustifiable actions may truly, and sufficiently be said to have been the cause of so much bloodshedding, and fearful destruction both of countries and people: so that his Imperial Majesty is willing to acknowledge, and withal the world to confess that these kind of violent proceed, or if you will, unkind courses, have been greatly displeasing unto your MAJESTY, and so fare distasting, that from time to time out of mature judgement and regal piety, you have endeavoured to divert the mischief, and turn the stream as it were of these unkind overflowings: nor hath this been barely done by running messengers, missive letters, politic entreaties, charitable wishes, or such like shows of goodness, but by most honourable Ambassadors, sincere affection, extraordinary charge, and unmatchable princeliness, and all as well for the general good of Christendom, as the particular re-establishing the peace of Germany, which hitherto hath been torn a pieces by the cruel hands of revolters, and unkind snatches of tumultuous dissension, and and therefore is not only to be wished to be recovered, but endeavoured by all possible means to be brought to true and perfect reformation.  
And whereas I must confess, his Imperial Majesty hath unwillingly taken arms, & raised his forces for his own defence, and maintaining his honour and renown, a thing wherein far inferior Princes would have been startled, and could perform no less: he will as willingly be enduced to lay them down again, and be as speedily entreated to desist from hostility, and violent prosecutions, if others without reason, & true or just intimation do not show themselves perverse and obstinate, to which he is questionless the more tractable, because your MAJESTY can so nobly act his part; not only in defending the dignity of Kings, and the prerogatives of Monarchies, but in expropriating the timorous proceed of subjects, or any other that shall take up tumultuous arms to disturb the peace of provinces. For although at first it may carry a show of glorious enterprises and heroic actions: yet when the miserable effects of the best war are considered, nothing will prove so fearful and lamentable, nor is their any thing that I know of in the world, that draws on repentance, and compunction of soul so suddenly, as unjustifiable hostility, and unconscionably practices.  
I must and will forbear at this time to importune your MAJESTY to this atonement by unseasonable repititions of precedent occurrences, raising the causes of unkindness out of the circle of other men's distempered humours, or turbulence of spirit, it is sufficient that all the world may know; how contrary these proceed have been to your wholesome advice, judicious Council, and pious inclination, so many ways and times published, and made known to all Christendom: & as for his Imperial Majesty they have crossed his intents, opposed his offers, and made him sad again to think there should be such occasions of displeasure. I will therefore only insist upon this that your MAJESTY may be assured and confident, that his Imperial Majesty hath an absolute worthy intent toward you, and resolveth sincerely, really, royally, and without cunning or fraud, to treat with you about these affairs, and so compass business, that all tractates between you may be firmly ratified, and faithfully performed, wherein he doth but only give away unto that, which your MAJESTY formerly desired, and in all princeliness wished, as is apparent by your several letters, and magnificent Embassy, and because it pleased his Majesty of Spain to apprehend the same, and manifest his earnest willingness to this pacification. From his Imperial Majesty I have a charge to give you notice or as much, which when it pleaseth your MAJESTY to vouchsafe the hearing, I shall at large impart unto you, & make known with what readiness both their Majesties will hearken to your propositions, and as you shall think convenient tractate about the same: nor make they any question, but that the work being generally so good and charitable, and particularly so effectual and profitable to all the Provinces of Europe, will come to as happy an end, or period considering nothing is meant but truth, sincerity, and the hope of indissoluble amity whereby God shall be glorified, all your Majesty's honoured, the countries blessed, and people recomforted, whose hearts are now sadded, as much with the fear of future misery, as the endurance of present clamity.  
Thus humbly beseeching your Majesty to believe, that his Imperial Majesty will endeavour by all possible means to give you assurance of his love and respect toward you. I am the bolder to warrant the sincerity of his intent, and that there is nothing proposed but truth, faith, and good meaning. In which resolution he wisheth unto your Majesty the happiness of your Kingly estate, and the prosperity of a long, and blessed reign, with the increase of many years, health, honour, contentment, and felicity.  
Finis.