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A.
LIVELY CHARACTER

OF THE

mofi Renovvned Queen

ELIZABETH,

It was drawn by a Noble, and Learned Pen of one

that was bred under her from his Youth, to her
Death. ‘

 

”fill you plea/é to read the Chorafler hf this our Englilh Deborah
4: it was written, and left ,upon Record h] a Learned Gentleman
who was hred under her from hi: Tooth, and continued in her Ser
vice to her Death.

His rare Princefs (faith he) even while [he was a Subjeémeft
patterns that might inllzrué’c all Subjeéts, rather to undergo
the indignation of their Soveraigns with the Birth-right of
Duty, than with the mutiny of overfenfible and Rebellious

Afiéétions (which ever, like difeafied pulfes, beat falter or flower than
they fhould , to {hew all to be affetted about them; ) whereas
this Lady, in the like firains, by an humble and confiant Temper, had
already with true obedience triumphed over the curious Examinations
of afcending Flattery, or defcending Tyranny, eyen in the tender point
of Prince: Succefliom. A

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And

' 4,. - A Live!) C/Mrafler of the mo]?
' ‘ And to make this manifeftlto be of choice, not chance, even when
her Rep-mother, M‘Jfortum, grew ripe for deliverthhenyays‘fllgm.
ther born crying, as Children be, nor yet by thefudden 4 change from a.
Prit'on to a Palace, came the upon that Stage confuf'edly, barking a-
gainlt all that had offended her: But like. one born to behold true Light,

initantly fixed her thoughts upon larger Notions than Revenge, _or Fa-.

your. And in the infancy of her Reign, {he calledietwfor Beflgfielq' her
hard-hearted: Gaoler, and bad him enjoy, mm defermd, (mt frqcagiwn
Peace, .u'nder his narrow Vineywitb this affurame, that whezzfoewr flye defi-
red to have Przfoner: over—feverdy treated, afize would not firget to commit
the mfiod} of tbemto bi: charge. ' 1

Again, for the next \Objec’t, looking backward upopher Sil’ters Reign, .

,lhe found-Religion, changed: Perfecution“(1ike anyieyilffieed ) fud—
denly gro‘Wn‘ u‘p ’t‘othe high‘efti 'The‘Mercies of God prefcribed by
abridgment of timekand byfladdingsTorrnents to e Deathjfifi
CtEatu‘fés.-t'83v‘§fion putting? many‘moré‘greEds'» han‘ mam be ,
tanghetb belieVe: A“‘d0ulgye up

1h?" Emperor of the Clef

King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

, This WWW Wadsworth.lemmaLem!Iite.¢9-_rhac.oeeat-'
Godly’Kiflgg in thfiOld,’1‘c/?ahzm't, namely,Tha_t {he would neither hope,

not! feel! for R'cfl: in the Mortal "Trial’fiQUe offliis ‘worl'd, till (he. had repai—
red the precipitate ruines of her Saviours [Militant Churchtln‘ough all-
her Domi’nions, and (as {he hoped) in the reft of the World by, her
example .-. upon. whichPrincelike Refolutionahis our She-David ventured
to undertake the gym: (Mi 1: among the._,1‘?kilgflz}u abroad, to wit,Spm;;z,
and the Tape: .Whof'e mastitixie, notiOI-m'en only ,- but of Hofts,~ {he

defpifed, and fcornfully rejected that Holy_Fathers‘wind-blown Supcr— .'

fiition, taking the (almdltfoh'tary )— Traitor her Izadr‘quSw;

Yet did {he not tear the Lyons Jaws in fundertat oncesgbut began
moderately with her own Changelings: She gave the Bilhops a proper
motion, but bounded and limited, and,t9\the Nobility tinteto reform
thenifelves with inwardtana‘ofitwfid‘ 001mm." She revi‘yed herBro-
, ‘thcrs Laws for el’cabh'lhing of the Church z'Doéhriqe and Difcigline,

but moderates' their feverity of proceeding, giv’l ‘ytorlirailty and
.Sefls time to reform: And in the mead feafonjhe {in , led the Prince of
mantle with Men and Money, as Thein’g' chief-among the" Proteflgntr 6f
firm. She gathered and called'home fmm-Efile'the {tatteredflolls of
low IfruI. She took Nm-Hmn‘in Francc’,*-‘perhaps with hopes of re-
deeming Calice,to the end that her Axel-trees might once again lye upon-
bath, Shores as her right did. She refufed Marriages, reformed, and'

redeemed '

, andiby beivitching‘vthexbetter‘ h f '
of Man, E the Soul] challenging both our Clergy and Laity the Stile.-
belonging to the great God, Rex Regum 61"-Dominm Dominantium,"

agnamweaea: Wfibétb: '. .. ‘

.5-
(redeemed, Queen ,‘Mar‘ie; vanities,.. who, ‘fi’rft gloryingiiin the 5 M8}:
r.Seed,,' publiihedthat {he waswith Child, and xiiiitafit‘ly Offered‘figfghe
1:393:91 {uppofed liiiie of hers, t°¥the§gwitii the;Eahfoil‘ui‘evquyemment
of aiijhergNativesgo the‘mixt": yranny of Rqfize‘,;a’_nd ,Cfajlilaffi‘And
hereupon King Philip took the liberty to‘cxhauit h‘e’r'Treafure‘to his
. own ends; Breaks. our League with Emma; [and [in the breach, makes
the Sacred foundation of the reft:_,\NinsiS,t.,_ Qiinti‘m, while we 'lofl:
-Clzlice. - , - . " , ., ’ .- ..”.’:,:" I
’ Contrary to all’which thoughtfho’u‘n'd courier-’3‘ 91.5, her iSffter'.Ma_‘-/iifx,
(Qeen Elizabeth, though as yet not out ofdangér ofhelr Romzfl) 'Suhjeét‘s
at. home; threatned with their mighty. "Faction, and {Party abroad;
~ Peitred befideswith wantingfof Money, and with ,manyfbinding Law‘s of
her Sifters making 7-; yet likea Pahh7Uee,nnd§r allgthleféfiflfd‘éns; fire, like
an Waical Brim?» raifedL her @1331; And Drainbfiéfis‘é‘fiher 'Agsfits
.difgraee; in' Spain, his Servants heifig caiifintfofthe Indu_ifit10njj,“her
Merchants furprifed in .flmerim, contrary/to the Le“? "u “’madebyichd'rle;
the'fifth, and our King Henry the eighth; which ig‘aué rrée Traflick," In
omizibzgé' fingulixflqgnk, Dominii5,'.infiz1i:, G c. incewithfiaudigg ‘that
'flflrqmmical, or ,ratherybiaffed,Divifion' of the WOrId‘,'b‘yithe “Popes
Lines , Which (contrary ,to' theha’tum a; 'otoheriidinye's'.) ,omy “ke t
Latitudefm the Advantage foTSalm; - 1 g (1fayXflupog'thefc‘ii-i o-
lencies,receives thef-Hollanders,' and protects”. themfi‘o’ifl, theférfec‘miou
oi. the Duke d‘Alrm, and fettled thefe [iodr 'Refug‘cek (in Norwich ,
,Cplchefler, Sandwich, Maid/fan, and Sqmb-hflmprozz. m _, '

Yea again; when this Faithd'flinguifiiing Duke appealedto her felf;
{he hinging her. felfgftrialy to thewordfi sifizheréigontraét,‘ required
thefe afl‘iié‘ced Strangers to depart.- . Their_.,nu_mher was great, and the
time i‘al‘lotted but Wort; and Yet 'their.f:weather, beaten .Souls were fo
'fevniihle of the long continued oppreflifons in their Civil Liberties, and
Confciences, as that in their paiiage they furprifed Brill, Flufliing, and
divers. other Towns, and expulfed the Spaniard: out of them 3, and by
{his brav‘e exampe tahght‘and proclaimediaway of freedom well well-

afi‘ected Princes, and Provinéés tharwer'epppfeiieda"; a _ ,.
*?~.Here alfo the Reader may Lob'ferve, that 'wh‘i'n King Hr‘hzy the third
of France (who was one‘in the fame League) demanded Whether mu.
tual, defence againfi all amended to the caufe of Religion Z’fShe prefcntiy
“allfwered, that 517:. both treated and .‘ioucludcd in'flic‘ fume.vfli‘zcc:,
And if f it were required at her hand'Si‘, She w‘ouidhei‘forii‘i'. eve-
ry branch of it to'her~ uttermoit. Thoj'Fre‘iic-b‘Jfie‘reu VJ“ 'ma‘dc war
againi‘t thC‘Proiq/fcmtr: and flflmflwr, his Bi‘Othéfi ferretly protected
them by Duke Cdflvzire. ‘ ' a -
Again, about that time , at the. requiit of the SPdflifl) King. She
guarded his NaV-y into Flanders, where it‘ ,being 101} 2 and {he again
‘ A 3 ‘ i ' being

5‘9 ‘ , A Live!) Changer ofthe mo]! .
being requefted by the fame. King, to lend him her own Ships, for
the recovery of the Motritim Towns which were fallen from him, this
Blell‘ed Lady, both denyed this crafty requelt 0an gonqueror , and
withall ‘providently refufe‘d to harbour any of his Shipsmher Ports. Yet
in honour of her ancient League with the Houfe of Bnrgundy, {he pub-
lilhed the like inhibition, to her beloved and fafe Neighbours, the Non-
rherlnnd. And inflantly, with a ltrong judgment in ballancing of Forraign
. Princes, {he perfwaded the King of Spain to make Peace with the Hol- _
'lnnolersg And on the other fide (he difl‘waded thol'e diltrelied Hollander:
from jbyning with the French. '

‘ Belides, it is worthy of reverence in this ween, that {he never was-a-
fraid, nor afhamed to aver the quarrel of Religion fOr aground of
.her Friends or‘LEhemies. , She made a publick League for defence of Re.
ligion, with ”the King of Scots, Denmark,- and the Princes Of Germ
She banilhed all fefui‘tr and Seminary Priefl: by an A8: of Parliament:-
Made it Felony- to harbour any of them in England, or for théEnglifly to
{cud any of their Children beyond the Seas, to be trained up in Popery.

Upon the lofs of Antwerp, lhe refolutely undertook the Protection
of the Neatherlandxz, and to diffrafl: the Spaniards, {he fem: Dmke to
the Wefl’ Indie: with twenty one Ships, Who furjprized Domingo, and
Cnrtngena. And prefently after his returnwith much Fpoyl, and in triumph
(to preventall pollibility of lnvafion from Spain) lhe fent him again to
'Sea with commiflion to burn all Ships, Gallies and Boats along the Spatial:
Coalts: in which Voyage he brake through divers Spnm‘fla Gallies in t e
Bay ofCales, which were appointed to withltand him. He took,burnt,and
funk a hundred Sail, which were richly laden with Ammunition, and
Provilions. From thence in his Pallage to Cape-St. Vincent he furpril'ed
three Forts: Burnt diverfe Ships,Fifher-Boates and their Nets. And then
failing to the Azores Iflande, be there took a great Garrick, coming from
the Edi-Indies.

The next year, ( as treading in Sr. Francis Drakg’dteps ) Captain 04.
vendiflo returned from his Journey about the World with the fpoyl of
nineteen Spamfl) Ships, and of many (mall Towns in America. -

This and fuch like Providence did this Miracle of Princes ul'e in all
her Wars, by which wayes her wars maintained her wealth,and that
wealth fupplied herWars: So that lhe came ever in State when {he deman-
ded aid from the Houfe of Commom'. Neither did {he fetch or force
Prelidents From her Predecefrors in thofe demands; but made her felf a
Prehdent to all Polterities, that the love of People to a loving Princefr i:
ever even Balmced.

N either did {he ever by any curious fearch, feek to enlarge her Preroga-
tive: Royal, lefl: thereby {he {hould touch her Subjects inParliament (by
the like felfafi‘eétions ) to make as curious an inquifition among their Re-

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' €hjl.. All Which {he pIOVidently avoided.

Remaenge‘eggElizabeth, ‘ . ‘7,

Cords,‘to colour'anyincroa‘ching upon the‘Cz'm‘lé: of Mnm-bhy. She would
nortall out'of the Haul? ofJCommozzBI‘HYLWl‘itL, fro the Houfe 10f Lord-5. 'd'ni
ring the Sellion; wherein Ione'Ma'n's 'fuddehiiadvancement commonly
proves an obieét of envy to four hundred his equals: Neither would
the imprifon or“ releafe any unjudicially; fometimes {triving to mafter-
the multitude by. the Nobility , and to ballance the Nobility by the
multitude, all marks of a diléafed, not, of‘ajheal‘thful ‘eltatein a Marmara
Thusthis Blell"ed and Blelling Lady with a calm mind, as Well in quiet
as in l’cirring times, ftudied how to keep her Ancient underground build-
ingsupon- theirfirflt well« laid Foundations: And if fne- found that any
flrayed, lhe foughtrather to reducethem back to their Original Cir-
cuits than to near a itep to be made-over or befides thofe well-conItitu-
te‘d’iand t‘ime-‘authorifed. Alfemblies. And by this Policy {heever—came

upon the Stage , not as 3‘ Petitioner, but as. a Commander: Hereby

lherpreferved her State above the affronts of the Nobility or People-7
and became a Soveraign Judge over any undutiful or encroaching Pe-
titions either of Nobles, or Commons. She prudently judged that a
fieddy hand in the Government.ofSoveraignty,would .ever prove more
profperous than» any nimble or witty, prattice, crafty lhufiling or impe.

rious forcing humours could poflibly do. 7 '
Again, in the latitude which fome Modern Princes allow to their
Favorites, as fupporters of Government, and middle walls between:
Power and the Peoples envy, itfeems this wife Qieen ever kept entrench—
ed within her Native Strengths and Scepter.. And this experienced Go-
vernefs of ours. made known to the World, by aconllant Saris: in her
actions, that lhe never was, nor ever would be over .loaden with any
fuch excefs in her Perfon, or defeéts in her Government, as might con- --
{train her to fupport bya Alampalom ufe of Favourites, as if {he would
make anygreater than her felf to Govern .by them. And {he was fo?
far off from any lukeowarmnefs in Religion that the unexpected Apolia-
cy of King Henry the fourth of France, fell fatally Upon him (as {he
judged) by the weaknefs of his. Predecelfor, King Henry the third,
and the dilfolute mifcarriages of his Favorites, who, like Lapwirgqx,
with the Shells of Authority about their necks, were let loofe to run over
all the branches of his Kingdom, mifleading Governors, Nobility and
People from the fteady and mutual relt of Laws, Culloms, and other an
Cient wifdoms of Government, into the \Uildemefs of Ignorance and
violence of Will. Among which defects, all fundamentalchangcs (cfpc-
cially of Religion) inIPrinces, would be found (as {he conceived) the true
Difcipline of Arbeifm among their Subjec‘ts, all Sacrifices (Obedience c-x-
cepted) being but dear-bought knowledges of the Serpent, to drive
Kings and Peeple once again'out of Mediocrity, thereciprocal Para-
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. 3 RCWCJ Qageag, Elizabeth; ‘ .—

dil’e of gamma}. humane Dutiesz'zProphetidally coheludingpthatflho—
{never will féll:.~09di to :purdiafe'anrth‘ byttfiaking the Eternal llnityot'
many-.mapesrnufi: in'thexendctn‘ak‘e him-bf none; and be forced With 1015,
contempt and danger to trailiqueanot for‘an- Heirs place,. but a younger
Brorhefis. in thatCharchat-‘whofe wideGateshe had (with {hame e-
nough .) already entred in ;. and under conditions ofa’ Servant‘rather
thanaSOm 'bc.conltrain‘ed:foir; his firfl: ltep to fet upthe, j’efm‘taFaé‘tiion,
providently fupprel’t by himfelf'beforgzandf therein tot-{bakefthc-‘Sorba-
m'flsp wheyin all times were faithful -_fupportere of-tCroyitnT-Soveraignt‘y
againlt thofe. Slave; making Commillioners between the'Spmiaréi and his,
Chaplain, the Pope. - -—- - ~ _- _ ; _ _
-.Na'y;yet witha greater lhew of ingratitude, his next, Itep ;m.ufl:,;be to
- {opprefxzthofe hun'able Sculs, ~ who had long fupported hiin whilfi; he wias
Kingsosé Mmqa'gamlt Rome. '. Laltly,,t’o fliew that no Powerioan :reit
npbn alteep place. he mull: precipitately be forced to: fend Amballadors
toxome, ( withhis Swond in his Scabbard) ferveily begging~Mercyand
grace of fildl irreconciledi-Enemies, whofe .endlefs ends of Spiritual and
Temporal Q'Supremacy-f this (kamikaze/2'2). would heifer forgiveiany '
Hennenly Trudi, or. Earthly Power‘thac Mould .oppofe'their Combining
tiom... .' .'.1J i.“ -' .1 I it. ‘_‘_ 7, "l

’In her Houlhold Ar‘iairsylhe kept the like equal hand, ballancin'g the
Sloath of her great Stewards, and white ftaves,with the providence, and
rel'ervednel’s of a LOrd Treafurer. She kept up Tables for Servants, ‘
Sutors, and for Honour-(fakecin her own Houfe. NOt {offering publick
.Placestp be made particulaerarms of private Men, or the Honour of
her Honlhold to be carried into theirs. And withall, by the fame Re.
verend Auditors {he watched over the nimble Spirits, felf-feeking, or
large-handednefs of her active Secretaries: Examining their intelligence, ,
Money, Packets, Bills of Tranfportation, Propolitions of State, which
they offered up by their places, together with Sutes of other Nature ,
in her\Vifdon1 {till fevering the deep bulinefs from the fpecious, but nar-
row felfiihnels of inferiour Ofiicers. _ ,

Befides, All thefe were examined by grave hrlagiltrates, who having
been formerly of her Maiellies Treal'ure in the Secretaries. Places, did
now wOrthily become Governors of her Finmce:,as bell: able to judge 'be-
tween the lelhihnels of place, or Perfon, and the real necellity of,her
State and Kingdom. This was a fine art of Goyernment, :by Wilhelm-
fen Minillers, lhcceflivnly, to wallgin' her Ext-begun. from vafi‘ expence of
many things, efpecially upon Foraign Amballadors, which (lhe knew )
could neither bring reverence nor thankfulnefs to their Soveraign; .

The ani‘wer which this Majeftical Lady gave to the may): Ambafiador is

‘ never to he forgottemnamelyfhat [be exprfhd 4 Trearirgg Ambajfador, But

he provedgis [he told him) a defying Herald, This {he faid at an inflame
- _ to

,qudggeeaaflizabeth. '9
to; lhewhow fenfible Princes 'ihouldheofi Indignities -,~ and how ready to-
put .ofl'fuch fudden afFronts without theprompting of Councellors.

Buttogoon with herDomeItick Aflairsflowgprovident was lhe,out of
the‘likle caution, andto thefameends, that even he that overfaw the refl:
mightahavehis own greatnel‘soverEen, and limited too; Whercupon
{he forgot-not to allay that val}: Powerand Iurifdiaion of her Trealurers
Office, with tinferiour Officers of her Finances; and perchance under an
afiive Favourites eye, kept her own. Belides, {he watched and checked
him in his Marriage made with Paula his Predecefl'or, and referved that
Mans accounts, and arrears, asa Rod over his Grandchilds Alliance: Yea,
(be qualified and brought the Finer of his many and greatCoppyholds to
eafie rates, andwould never fufiér any propofition to take hold of un'r-
ting the Dutchy of Lama/fer to her Exchequer, what narrow reafons fo-
ever were alledged of fparing, and cutting ofl~ the multiplicity of Offi-
cers with, their waves and ignorances or corruptions. all chargeable and
clowdy paths,which the dealings with Princes Money doth as naturally
bring forth. as Africa doth monfters. But like. a provident Soveraign,
knowmg that place in Monarchy mul’c help as well to train up Servants,
as to reward and encourage merit, lhe conltantly (to that end) kept that
Chancellor-(hip-oain of the Dutchy entire, and would not make the re-
warding part 0 her Kingdom Ie-fs, to overolade her Exchequer with any
addition of inltrumental gain amongft under-Officers, into whol'e Barns,
for the moft part, thol'e Harvefts are brought.

Again, by the fame caution infiall her doings, {he made merit pretious,
Honour dainty , and her graces palling rare, keeping them to fet an
edge upon the lnduftry of Men, and yet fparingly referved within the
Circuit of her Throne, as inherent and tender Prerogatives, not fit-
to be left at random in the power of ambitious Favourites, or Lowdook-
ing Counfellors, whofe ends are feldom fo large, or fafe for the Publick,as
the native Princes Counfels are, or ought to be.

For her Clergy, with their Ecclefiaflz’cal or Civil Jurifdiétion, She falhi—
oned the Archer, and Weflminfl'er Hall to take fuch care one to bound ano-
ther that therein limiting theml‘elves,enlarged their Royalties, as the chief,
and equal foundations of borh their greatnell‘es. She gave the Superiour
places freely, lefl: by her Example {he lhould teach them to commit Sy-
mouy with their inferiours, and fo to add Scandal inl‘tead of reputation
to the word of God, whofe allowed MeflEngers they afiECt to feem. ’

Her Parliaments {he ufed,both to fupply her neceflarily expended Trea.
fare, and withallhas Maps of Orders or Diforders through her whole
Kingdom. In Wthh reverend body, ,{he Rudied not to make Parties, or
Faftions by advancing any prefent Royalift in the Houfe of Commons, to _
ltir up envy againlt her {elf among all the relt, and fo publilh the Crown'
to ufe perfonal praétice of hope or fear, in thefe General Councils of her

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rein m; 'butbygforbea'ring newest-lien": mauled legal? marriage!
Brie walls from them; fo as their-.nee‘dand‘ fears cencurring With her at.
'cafions, made their defiresand counfelszcondietoo, and Butof‘thoi’c e-
qual and common grounds forced every. man‘rte believe that his ‘private
Filly—ponds could not bcszfafk whim; ithfik ptlb'liék State" of thefjfi n'gdom-

flood in danger of prefentor approachingiexremities'fii ‘ , .
Her Council Table ( as an abridgment of all other Jnrifilifiions 5 {he held \
up in due honour :She Propounded not her great bufinefEs of State to‘them
with any prejudicate refolu'tions, Which if once diftove'red, fupprefl‘eth, ‘
both the freedom of Spiritvand of Judgment: But ufed to open her {elf
clearly, - to hear'rthem with refpeét, to obferv'e 4 Number and Reafon ‘ in
their voices; and .then to entail: a quintejjénce out of :allth'elr 'con'cords' _or
diIcords within her felf, from whence the refolutions and dire'é‘tions came
fuddenly, and fecretly forth for execution. ' ‘ ’

. To be lhort, She-kept awe l’tirring over all her Courts, and otherim-
ployments, as her Amdawa init any further neceility of punilhment's,
In whichArtsof- Men and overnment, her Nature, Education,andlong
Experience had made her to beéome'eXCellent above bath Sexesij :31" ‘ 3

Again, for the Regiment of her Grandees at home,She did notfufEr her .

* Nobility to be Servants one to another, nor didher Gentry wear their Li-
veries as in former Ages they had done. Their number, and wealth was.

moderate, and their Spirits and Power counterpoil'ed- with her Majefty,

from being Authors of any new Be on: Wan, and yet reférved, as brave

half-paces between the Throne and the People, ' ' ‘ ,

Her Tcomandry, a Rate under her Nobles, and above her Peafants<pro-
per to Ezgland ) {be maintained in their abilities, and never gave them
caufe to fufpefl: that lhe had any intent with any extraordinary Taxes out
of the courfe of Parliaments, infienfibly to impoverilh, and make Bears.
of them,or 51mm of them 7:, knowing that fucha kind of Champian Coun-
trey would quickly {fir up the Nobility it felf to become doubtful of their
own Fences,and by confequence in danger,not only of holding their Lives,

Lands, Goods, and Liberties at their Soveraigns indefinite pleafure, but
by fufpence of thofe N urfing and Proteéting Parliaments, to have all other
Native Birth rights, namely, Pulpits, Laws, Cultoms,V.oycesof Appeal,
Audits of Trade, Humble and Reverend mention ofCoronation-Oaths,
legal publilhers and maintainers, true maps of Difeafes,and Cures through.
her Kingdom, with many other Cements of Honour and afe,between So-
veraigns and Subjeéls, like to be confounded, or at leaflt Mmmorpbafed

. into Prerogatim Tam, wherein, neither have the People Voices, nor vai-
luable returns made them for their Money.. ,

But this home-born Princels of ours, maki her Prol'peCt' over thefe
Wildernelles of Will and Power, providently' or her fell, and happily
for her People, mfukd the broad branch of Pythagom’rr, and chofe that

narrower

:flmedméeeaflizabethx ‘ i I '

narrower, but fafer medium rof StateeAH‘emblies, concluding that thofe
tWo Honourable Houfes w‘erethe only indicious, faithful, and indultrious
Favourites of un-incroaching [Monarch . . ,
Hence it appears that (he did not aflze'ét, nor yet would be drawn ( like
many of her ancient Neighbours the'Ermcb Kings). to haveher Subjects
to give away theirwealth afteranew Falhion; to wit, without return of
Pardons, ‘ eafe of Grievances, or comfort of Laws, left. her loving
People might thereby think that infenfibly they lhould be brought into.
Bondage as Slaves, ,or Conquered Out- Lawn, to the gteatdilhonbur to the-
Legal. and pral State of Momrchiml Government .From which.Example,we-
which live after this excellent Lady, may, with great Honounto her Alla;
es, refolve, that {he would have been as .averfe from hearing the envy: of
Printing apy new Lines of IaxesJmpofitions,Proclamati0ns, or Mandates.
(without Parliaments) upon her Ancient, Coeleltial,or.Terrel‘trial Globes,
as her humbleSubjeits poflibly be, or wilh her to be. . , ~ .
And. furely the reafon of cutting between Laws, Kings Powers, and
Pedples Liberties by f0 ea-uen a Thread, could be no other but, a long and.
happy defcent within *- the Pedigree of ' active Princes, , together with the
moderate education of Kings Children in thofe times: Or laltly,in a m-
teflénce of abilities gathered out of thofe Blelfed, and Blefiin g mixturesof
Nature, Education, and Pratt-ice, which never fail to lift up Man above
Man, and keep him there, more thanPlace or Power, mail by any other in.»
croaching advantages be ever able to do. . . ‘ .
In which Map, as in a true ijpeffive'gldfi, thistprovident Princefs.
feeing both her own part and her Peoples {0 equally, nay, I'o advantagiouf-
ly already divided and difpofed ,ihe thought it both wifdom and jullice to‘
leave them ballanced, and diftinguilhed as lhe found them. Knowing, that
if lhe lhould do otherwife, lhe lhould bring trouble“ upon her State, for.
want of Reverence at home, ‘ and {hould provoke this heavy cenfure‘
through all the World ( Spain only excepted) that {he endeavoured the
raifing of an invifible T ymnt above the Monarch; and to that end had
made this ftep over theLaws, and Cuftoms, .into fuch a dangerous kind
of ignorant and wandring confufiont as, would quickly. enforce Mankind;
either to live like exhaulted Creatures, deprived of: Sabbath, or like
the barren Earth without the,.-privilege of a' fubilee, which would have
transformed her People into divers lhapes of Bealts, wherein they mutt
lofe Freedom, Goods,,Fortune, Language, and Kind , and all at once.
. And if Princes will be induced to ufe thefe racks of wit and Power iadcw
finitly, and thereby force a‘Free People into a defpairin‘g, efiateJheymufli
either in-the pride of their Government, look in fume fort to be forced"
. again, either to Sacrifice thefe Empfom and Dudley: (1 as the molt popu—i,
lat A61 which Princes can do) or elfewith the. twodedged Sword of Tye,
mm], irregularly toclimba degree. yet higher than the Truth, to main.~ .
' B. a , . _ . rain

r a , A' lively Wager of "t5: mofi
rain thefe Cat’t'erpillers, in eating, or ofiiering up Religion, Laws, are...
to the Covetous, Cruel, or wanton-exceffes of encroaching T jimmy, as
though God had made all the World forone Man. ’ "
: Yea more, it pleated this Previ'dent (been even curioufly to forefee
what face her. Eltate Was like to carry, if thefe biaITed humours {hould'
continue any long Reign over us, to wit, Contempt to be cafi upon the
Crown, Fear among the People, Hate and envy againlt the Reverend
Magifirates, enticement of Domeftick Spirits unto mutiny, or Foreign
to invade upon any occalion; the Court it lielf becoming a Farm , manu.
red by draWing up, not the fweat, but even the brows of the humble
Subject: And laftlyi, the aimed-Table (that gloriOus Type of Civil‘
Government ) compelled to defcend, and become Broker for Money, the
Executidner of Extremity, better acquainted with the Merchant, 0r Mo
. chanical fcraping'Revenues of lick and exhaulted Kingdoms, “than with-
Foraign Treaties, equal Ballances of Trade , true grounds of Ma-
nufaétures , mylieries of importation and Exportation , differing
Strengths and WeaknelIes of Crowns , alterationi of Faétions, 'or
Parties with advantage, danger of Alliances made to the benefit of the
ftrongerz, the ( fteady though‘lometimes intermittent) undertakings
of the Conqueror, with all things elfe that concern Magnalia Regm’, and"
f0 apt infiruments, not reverentl to lhew Princes the Truth, but'ra-
ther {elf-loving Creatures full 0 fervile flattery, even to the main of
that Ellate wherein they have, and enjoy their honours.
' Which confufion of place and things being clearly fOrefeen by her,
made this prudent Lady to reftrain the flavilh liberties of Tranfce‘nden-
cy, within Laws and. Parliaments, as two unbattered Rampire: agai-nlt all:
over-wreltings of Powers, or Mutinies of People, and out ’of there.
rounds to conclude [Princelike] with her Fore-Fathers, that Super--
Erm'fiomr Antique mcfacilc warranty/mac [314 ram. In this Axiom: ma-
king manifefl: to the World, that young and nnexperienced Capacities?
are much too narrow Moulds for any large Branches of well founded M0;
mmhz'u to be altered, or new falliioned in; the New and old feldom-
matching well together, let the Cement of feeming Wifdom of either fide-
appear never f0 equal]. -
Now if we defcend to inferiour Eunftions, we there find her (like a'
working Soul in a healthful body) liill, an» all, and all in wary part.
For with the lame remaining Providence, {he kept the Crown from nee
cellity to me Imperial and chargeable Mandates upon her- People, when
file had molt need of their Service, contrary to the wifdom- of all Go-
vernment. Neither did lhe, by miltaking, or mifapplying lnliances
( gathered out of the fatal Conquelts of her Anceltors) Parallel'her
prefent need, and Levies withtheir-sz, But wifely confidered that the King
and the People were then equally PolEITors of both Realms, and fo in all-
lmpelitions contributers to theml‘elves at firli hand. And

mama 2.... Elizabeth. ~ I- 3

And when by her Irinemm Judges and Jultices of the Peat: in every
County, (he was well informw of the abilities of her Subiefis, and her
Enemies threatnings, lhethen, . by the advice of her Privy Council, furn.
mon’d her Parliament, demanded aid, and never was denied; in return
of which loving andfree gifts, {he laid out thofe extraordinary helps
in repairing and provifional {upplying of her Forts along the Coalts,wirh
offenfive and defenfive Ammunitious. Alfo (he flored her Office of the.
Ordnance, as aRoyal Magazine to furnilh the whole Kingdom in times.
of extremity. Yea, when there were no Wars, yet (he kept them full,
as an equal pledge of Strength and Reputation, both abroad and at:
home. “ '

Lallly, this Prudent and provident Princefs, being confident (under
God ) i'n thefe Native Sea-walls of ours, fit to bear moving Bulwarks inr
martial-times: As alfo in Civil Trafiiques to carry out and in, all Com--
m'odi‘ties with advantage, {he double—ltored her Navy Magazeem with-
all materials provided ”before-hand with fuch worksand things .as requia-
red time, and could notbe bought fuddenly with Money. Befides, {he-
furnilhed her Sm Arflmzl: with all kind of Staple-Provifions, as Or‘d»
nance, Pitch, Rofin, Tar, Mal‘ts, Deal Boards, Cordage, Sec. for the-
building and'maintaining of her Navy, flourilhing- in multitudes of Ships,
both for .War, and Trade.

And (as the life of that vafl: body) lhe, for the encreafe of Marriners.
gave Princely countenance to all long Voyages, well knowing that they-
would necellarily require great Ordnance, new Ammunition, and Ships:
of Burden. Alfo,the farther to encourage this long-breathed work, {he-
added out of her Exchequer, an: allowance of fo much in the Tun to the
builders of any Ships upward of f0 many hundred Tuns. She alforhe
rilhed Either-Boats with Privil‘edges along her Coafts, as Nurferies of '
Sea-men. She brought Green—Land and Newfound-Lzmd. Filhing in repu-
tation, to encreale her ftock of Marriners, both by their. taking and.
tranfporting of what they took afar off.

And‘ for Governors-of her Navy, under the Admiral, as well in times.
-of Peace as War, She chofe her Principal Officers out ofthe Gallantefl:
Sea-Commanders of that time, whole experience {he knew, taught them
how to husband and guide her MMfi‘W Company in General Provifions,
n0t asPar'tners with her Merchants in: uilding, but rel‘training the Ship-
keepers Rice, or Expence in Harbour and at Sea; How to fumilh, or
marlhal Ships and Marriners, in-all kind of Sea-fights for the belt ad’van-
ta 6. '

gBelides, through the fame mens Judgments, lhe made all diret‘tions to
pafs for the divers Moulds required in Shipping between our Seas and?
the Ocean , as the drawth of water, high or low difpofing of Ports,
cleanly rooms for Vifluals, convenient Decks for Fight or Trade, We
B 3 conveyance

’ 14 Attach Chfldfiii" Wham/l

conveyance for Powder, and all other Ammunitions, fitStowage for Sea-
Stores, according to the, difiérenees of heat or cold inthe Climate: they ,
were. to abide in, or to pafs through. . ; ’

Again, as well to inl’trufl: the Captains in their particular duties, as a1,-
fo to keep a hand of Government over the lar e trult‘ and charge com;
mitted, in all expeditions, the Ship with her urniture, Tacklings, and
Men; the GunnersRoom with all Ammunition of that kind; the Boat;
fwains provifion of Anchors, Cables, Canvas, and Sea-Rores: The Pur-
fers,Stewards, and Cooks‘ Rooms,touchingvi€tuals, were delivered to
the Captains by Bill indented: The one part bein keptwith the Officers
of the Navy at home, the other was given into t e hands of every pri‘.’
vane Captain, to examine his accounts by at his return. v , ‘

Lallly, this great Governels could tell how toiwork her higheflr Ads.
mirals , without noife, to refign theirsPatents, when the coutle of time
made them in Power,,and gain, -feem,,or grow too exorhitant'; (Yet {he
kept up their Command at_S,ca,and when they Were. there, made, them
a limited, or abfolute Commifiiou under the. great Sealof En ‘ 'nd, Tome;
times aflociating’, and- qualifying, their place with a counci of War (if
her own choofing, and ever guiding the generalities of their Voyage With
infiruélions proper to the bufinel's, and to be publilhed at Sea. in a
time prefixed. _.

_ The Merchant part of her'Kingdom was oppreflied with few impolitii
ons : The Companieswere free to choofe their own Officers, to» falhion
their Trade, who were alfoafliliedwithrthe Name. and Countenance 01;
her Amballadors, The Cultoms and return of their Indulliry and Adven-
tures, contentiug them in a free Market, without any near. cutting of
her Peoples lndultry to the quick. ‘ ,

The Flufhirzger: and Dunlq'rkm for a time did much alfliether Beo lets

raffiques,thoughwirh {mall flreugthz, whereupon (he. firfl: labour ' to;
fupprefs them byforce; but finding the charge to bevalt, and the ‘ kerne-
dy tafual, lhe joyned Treaty with the Sword, and by that means fet her
Seas once again, at liberty from all moleltation and danger of Py-'
rates. - ,' -, _

Her Univerlities weretronbled with few MnWi: TheColledges
were free in all their Elcétionsa and governed by their own Statutes : The '
grols neglcft of ufing the Latin Tangwfihe lludied to reform, as Well for.
the Honour of the Univerfitiesfils for her own Service,in all Treaties with .
Foraign Amballadorsamd Poinces: 'lhe, liudied to multiply her Civilians
with little charge, and yet better allowance to their Profellion. i

in a Word, She-preferred her Religion without wavering :, Kept both)
her Martial and Civil Government intire, above negleel. or Praetice;
by which ( with a multitude of like inflances) fhe manifeftedto the
\Noz‘ld, that the well governing of Princesowninheritances, is (in the.

- ' clear

innunmed £88693? iz'abeth.’ i 5,-
elea’r hou‘le of rm; ftipetior unto all the far-noifed Conquel’c'sof her
over-griping Anoeltors. , ‘ ‘ ;, - ‘

Yet as. this wife and moderate Governefs was far from encroaching up
on ah :o‘ther Princes Dominions ,Vfo neither wanted fhe forefight,
coura egrnorjPower',’ both wrappersall 'ihlblencies attempted againfl:
herfifelflj and’tol‘upport her;Neigh-bou‘rs, who were unjufily opprelled.
For {he had no foofier perfeaed 'her" Virgin-Triumph over the Pope—halo
lowed invincible Navy, and by that 101% publilhed the Spamfl: Ambition.
to be but weaknefs andmalice,’to all Chrzflmda'm ; secured her own Ellate,
revived the “Manama-x, confuted the Pope, turned theCautioufnefs,
of the Italian:- Princes the right 'way, 'and‘amazec‘l the World, but even
then, i’topurfue the Victory, and to prevent her Enemies Ambition,whith~
fl‘ill threatned thefWOrld with new Fleets; eVen then did this AC‘tive
Lady, conclude (With the advice of her Council) and'applaufe of her
Kingdom todefend-her feIf, thenceforth- by invading her Enemy in
his oven POrts';; and net-mere toatfend the Conquerors pleafure at her
ownDoors. 3"- l' 5 7' ' - '

Outof which refolution fhefirfl: fent out the Earl of Cumberland, who
attempted'the'fur'priize 0f Pa'rto Rico , and accompl-ifhed it with Honour,
andfie might haveikept it, had no: Difeafes, and diforders proved more-
dangerbusenemies to him than the great Name, and fmall Forces. of the
Spaniard: did. ' ‘, _ -.

‘ Again,- =to prevent danger, not in—the Bud‘,-but' Root,- Ihe took upon.

herthe' pfOtéétiOfl of Don Antonin King of Portugal, and fem: Sir 70bit

Norm, and Sir Francis Drdke with a Royal ert, and eleven tlioufancli

men to Land, who werefeconded with the conduit, and countenance.-

of the E'arl‘of Efl‘cx. Thefe took the Bufi» Tom: of the Grain, and

when they had overthrown all that came to recover it, and burnt the.-

Country, then marChed on to szbo’n, and in their pall'age, flicked Peni-

che, waitedidivees Villages and Provinces, advanced to the very Gates of

Lifbon, entredthe'Suburbs, and‘plundred them, and burnt threefcore: ‘
Spanifl: Hulks laden with PrOVi-lions.

And to the fame end lhe did, and {til-1' meant ‘fucceflively to maintain a
Fleet: of- her own Ships,andof her fall: friends the Nearherlandzr: upon the
Spamjh Coalfs'mot'only to impede the return of Viétual's,Ammunition and
other'materi'als 501‘ War, With Which the Empire of Germany, Poland,
and the Han/2’. inwm, did ufilally ( andfatally to themfelves as it after...
wards proved ) furnilhthis growing Monarch; but alfo to keep his Na.»
vyr, which was building'and riding in many Havens, from a ponibility of
making Head in any onepla'Ce whereby to annoyvher :HAndilaft-ly, to re:
fuch acharge upon-the Wal‘ring home this Indian Men, as might ‘( im
fume meal‘ure ) moderate-and qnahfie the fearful abundance, which elfe,
was like enough to fpread infection through the foundell Connfels, andi
Counfellors of all her Neighbouring Princes. In»

x 6 1:46”? Changer of the mfi ,

In the mean time the French King, Henry the third_'( encouraged by
he; Example and fuccefs) did encounter the Gnifardg. a firong Farm» in
France, fupported by Spain. . And when that King was treacheroufly flain,
and the Leagncr: in Armsgunder the Spaniard: protefiion, then did.,our
@een providently take opportunity ‘to change the feat of her Wars,
and am lied Henry the fourth, the fueee'eding Kingby- the Earl of Ejfix,
until] he was able to fubfilt by himfelf,'aud till, by her fupport, he was
{trengthned both to overthrow the League, and to become a fecond Ba-l-
lance againlt the great and valt delires of Spain. _ _, « _ '

Neither did {he relt here, nor give him a breathing time, but with a
F leetof one Hundredland fifty Sail, and a ltrong Land Army, lhe fent
the Earl of Eflix, and the Admiral of England to invadeSpduitfdf :-
Thefe took Gala, fpoiled the Spaniard: Fleet, confilting of twenty Gal-
lies, and fifty nine Ships, the Riches whereof were valued at twelve Mil-
lious of Duckets. And immediately after,lheofent,the Earl of'E/fex
with a Fleet to the Azure: mm, In which voyagghefaekedf/ifla Eranca,
and took Prizes to the value of four hundred thouland‘Duckets at the
1631}. ' ' ‘ ' '3 [2,"??? f ‘

Now when this Spanijh Invader found himfelf thus well paid with his own
Coin, he was forced to divert the provoked hand of that famous ween
which {he held over him,by flirting up the Earl of Tyr—Owen,and thclrijh to
rebel againft her; for which end he feut money, and fome Forces under
Don john dc Aquila: But this Lady, full: by Eflix, and afterwards by
Mat-joy, overthrew the Irtfly, and (cut home the Spaniard: well recom-s
penfed with lofs and dilhonour for alfilting her Rebels.

By thefe and the like aéhve courfes of hers in fuccellive and
fuecelsful undertakings, this provident Lady both bore out the char e
of all thofe expeditions; requited Spain: Invafion, clipped the dread ul
wings of this growing Monarch, and made his Credit fwell in all the Mo-
ney-Banks in Europe, cauling withal as low an ebb of his Treafure.

Again, by her thus imprifoning the Lion in his own Den, She did not
only lefl‘en his Reputation (a chief ltrength of growing Monarch: ) but
difcovered fuch a light, as, perchance might have forced himin time
to difpute the Titles of his Ufurpations at home, and have given Portugal,
Araqon, and Granada opportunity to plead their Rights with C'aflile in
the Court of Mar:,( as fince we fee Portugal hath done )and freed its neck
from bearing the Yoak of Spain. \

Thus fyou fee how our famous fudith hath difperfed and dilpelled the
terroro this Holopherne: like a Cloud full of wind, and by a Princely
wakefulnel's preferved all thofe Soveraign States that were in League with
her, from the dangerous temptations of 1 Power, Wealth, and Praétice
by which the growing Monarch: do often entangle the inferiour, yet So-
veraignPrinces:

Belides

*Re-‘avwaed'ntiminlrzabeth. :7
Befides, in honou'r'of her be it'l'pok’en, did‘not this Mirror of 3%..
flice, by remaining/that natural IAmbition of getting other Princes ,
Rights, within the Natural Boundsof well Governing her own, be-
come a Beam offuchr credit, as-mofl; pf the .Kings or States then
Reigning, freelyyielded, both to Weighthei‘r Own interelts within the
Scales of her:]udgment, and befides, "to' alhl’c her in bounding out the
Imperial Meer: of 'all Princes by the Antient Preceflion 'of Right and
power. - _
Laftly, did {he not purchafe thelike Reputation, even among the Iri-
fidels, and by it deltroyeda N eft which this afpiringMomrch of Spain
began to build in-th'eISengia of Confiamirzople. ’ FOr (be, thinking it no
' Widem to look 'on, and fee his Spam/h Piltols to pierce into fo high a
Mountain of Forces, and 'difpofe of them at his pleal‘ure, providently
opened that ftrong Monarchs eyes to difcover how craftily the Weaker
wmpght his ends, at the colt of all defective and fleepy Princes about
her.~-'»-'- -

Yet did not this Soveraign Lady intercept his Defigus from Under 3"
any vain refuge, But difappointed him by a gallant Factor of her Met”
.chants,ina League of Traflique, and prevailed to make his Ambaflador,
landed at Razgufa, and houfed in Conflantinople, and all under the Pro-
teé‘tion of Fermt Baflk, the chief Vzfier, yet, and upon a comma of
thirty thoufand Zecchz‘m already paid him, glad to return, and Ship
himfelf away with more halte than he Landed. . .

Befides, which Reputation given to her Name by the Grand Sagm'.
or in this particular, She generally got power to keep this fearful Stan-
dard of the half-Moon , waving in, fuch a manner over all the
King of Spain: deligns, as that he durl‘t move no where ag-ainft his

Neighbouring Chriltian Princes for fear of being encompalfed within
the Horns of the Heathen Crefi-mt.

Now therefore to conclude: Thefe Heroical Enterprifes abrbad,toge-
ther with the Reformation of her] States at home: The refining of the
Englifh Sandard, embafed by her Sifter Mary: The prefervation of her
Crown-Revenue entire. Her great W if dom in the change of Laws with-
out change of dangers -. The timely and Princely h clp {he gave to King

, H the fourth of France, when he had norhing but the Town of Di: p left
him,his credit and Meansbeing utterly exhaufted,and fo that braveKing
ready,either to take the Sea and efcape, or to fly for Succour into En‘ql.
Alfo her conftant Efiablilhment of Religion in Ireland, Her driving the
Spanifl: Forces thence, who were Malicioufly fent, as well to ftir up her
Subjects to rebell againfl: her, as to maintain and fupport them therein -,
together with the former recited particulars, howlbever improperly
difperfed,or bundled up together,th are in their natures of f0 rare a

C W iRIOJI

:3 Jfihet’y, Changer oft/2e fine/t“

Wifdom , that ( probably) theywill-be more‘and more admired, and
that juftly, in this excellent Princefs, even many Ages after her. Death.

" Upon occafion fhe profefl‘ed that [he preferred herCoflin beforeher
Cradle; her Burial day before heg’Birth day.- As Ecclef.‘ 7; 1.‘

The Love of this unparaldl’deen -‘ to her people in- general, and
her tender care over the poor and opprefl'ed'in particular was“ admirable,
and incomparable. Her ears were always-open to their complaints, and
her Hands ltretched forth to receive their Petitions. Her manner was al-.
ways to commend their caufes to her Council-,and Indges,to whom {he u-
fcd 'to lily : Have a care of my People, You have my place.- .Do you to them that
Which I ought to do, They tire my People, yet every one opprefléth them, and
fioylr them without Mrcy. They cannot help themfelves, nor revenge their

own quarrel. See to them, I pray you, fee to them, for they are my charge
Them do I Charge you with, even a: God hath committed them to me : I care-

not for my felf, my Life is not clear unto me. [My ogre is. for my People.

If you knew the care I have for them you might eafily difi‘emthdt I take» no
great joy in wearing the Crown, _ l

The ,

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The greatefl dz'fioulty t/aat leer Majes’t’y met
wit/9 , '_ during all t/oe time of 19er- mm
.Reiga, my t/oe bufiaefi about the SCOttilh
‘Qteenpoacemiag w/oz'c/a-t/oeLora’r and Com-
mon: ‘flfleazblea’ in ,Parltament, Prefimted
unto leer Maje/t’} in [oer Preflace-Cbamleer
atRichmond, November t/oe me 1586.

7 In the 2'5‘h'Year of bee Majefiier Keiga,‘
a Petition; Before the Delivery w/oereofi

the Lord Chancellor fpalge to toil" Efieéi‘.

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Hat theJLords and Commons having of a long
time,to.theirlintollerable Griefifound in how ma-
“ ny Praé‘tices the Scattifl) QM had compaIIEd the
“ deltrué’tion of her Majelties molt Royal Perfon
“ (in Whole fafety, next under God, they ac-
“ 'knowledged their chiefell: felicity to confifl: )
“thereby, not only to bereave them of the true and fincere .Reli-
“ gion in this Realm profefléd, and eftablilhedz, Bunto bring back
'4 again this Noble Realm into the Thraldom of Romiflt Tyranny,
“and to overthrow the happy Eltate thereof, wherein, although
“ her highnefs of her abundant gracious natural Clemency and Princely
“ Magnanimity, hath-either lightly paflEd them over, or with no
“ {mall Indulgence tollerated, notwithitanding the frequent
“ and earnefl: infiance of her Nobility, and Commons, in fundry Par-
“ liaments heretofore: And farther, hath prOteéted her from the
“ Violent purfuit of her own People : Yet fhe, as a Perfon obdu—
“rate in Malice ("as it appears) continued her former praflifes,
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. 9-0 A Liveéy 01“”:sz the mo]?
' “ as hath been lately manifelted by certain wicked confpiracies
,, Plotted by one Anthony Babingtou, and divers defperate Perfons,
, ,,-that- had combined andeonfederated themfelvesg by 70w and 04th,.
,, in a molt horrible Enterprize, by Murther, to, take away the Life
,, Of her Majefty,wherein the ’Sc'onifl) thén diant only advife,but al-»
,, f0 direét, comfort, and abett them, With Perfwafions, Counlel,‘ Pro.
”miles of Reward, and earnel’cObteliations. ,
Whereupon, her Majefty at the earneft requefl: of' their as tende-
redthe fafety of her Royal Perfon, and the quiet .of theRealm, did
“ direét a Commiflion under the Great Seal, to fundry Lords, and
.“ others of her Majelties Privy Council, and a great number of
“ Lords-of Parliament, of the greatelt and mofl: Antient Degree,
“v alfifted with fome of the Principar Judges of the Realm, to Hear,
“ Examine, and Determine the fame, according. to [a Statute made:
“in that behalf,'in the twenty feventh year of her Reign. 'Who,,_
“ to the number of thirty for, having attended the Execution of '
“the faid Commiflion, and divers dayes and times, heard the Alle-
“ gations againlt the faid Sooztgfl: Queen in her "own prefence and-
“ hearing )She being permitted to fay what {he would in her own.
“ excufe) did with one confent find her guilty, both in privity and.
“ confent to'the laid- Crimes objeétedg, and alfo in compalling the
“ (meens Majeliies Death, which Sentence Toby; her own direéti»
“ out. upon her hearing the proofs and Procefsiin Parliament, was...
“ judgedto be mofl: honourable and juft, and thereupon they all be-—
“ {eech her Priajelty, that forafniitch as the faid ween of Scots was.

 
   

  
   

    
     
 

“ the very ground and only fubjeét whereupon fuch, mg. , cti.
“ fes and Complots had'been founded fagainflz. h Maj “i; es R 5 a1
“Perfon, and the Eltate of this almforthele any 3*; s, to the
“ overthrow of- fiindry of the N' bility'of' the Land, ’danger

f‘ defilting, nor of her Adherents, butthat ftill her Ma'g' Kies fafety
" muft be hazarded, and {land to the event ofi the ll. .miraculous

" difcoveries. i ' ' ., _j - '
“Therefore, as molt humble and irritant“. lifppliants, they,
“ did upon their knees at her molt gracibns feet, 'b’efeech and—re.
“ ueft in molt humble manner, that as well for continuance of Gods,
“'aeligion, the quiet of this Kingdom, prefervati'on of her Per-
“r-fon, and defence of them and of their Polteritiesfit would pleafe
“ her Highnels to take order that the faid Sentence-might be ‘ pub-
“lifhed, and lhch farther Direction given, as was requifi're in this
“ foweighty a Caufe, according to the purport and fluent of thg
“ {aid Statute; wherein, if lhe ( purl‘uing. her wanted Clemency )_
g ' Would:

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“ of the Chriltian Religionand'for that they criuld fee rgpe of her

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' T'Remw‘ned Queen? Elizabeth. ¥ 2 I
'"lhoul‘d now be remils, befides the imminent danger to her Royal
.-“ Perfon, (he might by the negleét of lattice, ~ incurr the. heavy dill
“pleafure of Almighty God, as by fundry examples of his fevere
“Jultice in the Sacred Scriptures dorh evidently appear. Having
{poker}: to? this. ell-e8: ,- he delivered into 'her...Majelties own hand
the {aid Petition in writing, .whichhe faid‘, had been with great
deliberation alTented to, byall the whole Parliament.

Alfo at the fame time there were delivered to her excellent M'ajeft‘y
by Serjeant Put/earring , Speaker of the Houfe of Commons,’ fuch
. reafons as lhewed what apparent and imminent dangers might ac-
crue to her Majefties molt Royal Perlbn, and to her Realm, by
the . Semiflr Qteem and": her Adherents; if remedies were not (pee.

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dily provided, whereof this isa lhort extracft. . "
H Firfi, touchirtgrthe danger of her Majefliu G’erfon’.

I. ' 0th this Scomfl: Q66?! and‘ her Favourers do think her to

have'Right, not only to fucceed, but ,to enjoy your Maje-
fties Crown in prefent Pofl’ellion ,and therefore as {he is a molt impatio
ent Competitor, for will {he not {pare any means whatfoever, that
may'bereave us- of your Majefty, the only impediment that with.
- holds her from theenjoyment of her ambitious defires-

2. She is obdurate in-her Malice againlt your Royal Perfon, not.
Withltanding you have {heW-ed her all Favour. and Mercy, as well
in prelerving her Kingdom, as in faving'her'life, andrfalving her
honour. And therefore there’is no place for more Mercy, fince there
is no-hope th'at'lhe 'will. defift from. her molt wicked attempts. The
rather for that her Malice appears robe fuch, that lhe. makes (as it:
were ) her Teflammt of the fame, to be executed after her Death,
and’appointeth her Executors to perform it-

3. She boldly and openly profelléd, that it was lawful {Or her to
~ flir up an Invafion againlt your Majelty, and therefore as upon ln-
vafion Victory may enfue, and of Victory the Death of the Van-
quilhed: So did [he thereby, not-obfcurely bewray, that (he thought
itlawfiil to del’troy your SacredPerfon. ,

4. She thinks it not only Lawful, bnt HOnourable and Meritori-
ens to take your Life from you, as being already deprived of your
, . a, 3, Crown;

”22' '1 £3081] Changer affix-aw]!

Crownby the'Excommunimtion of her Holy Father the Papa; "and
therefore it is like lhe will (as hitherto-the hath donekontinually feel:
it by whatfoever means {he can. . ; -

5. That {he is greedy of your Majelties Death, and preferreth
it before her own Life and Safety. For in her Direétion to one”
of her late Complices , [he advifed ( under covert terms) that '
whatfoever lhould becomeof her, that T magical Execution. lhould be
performed upon you. A ~ ' .

Th‘dmger of. the overtime of the true Religion. '

1. IT is molt perillous to fpare her, that continually hath fought

the overthrow," and fuppreflion of all true Religion, having
been infeéted with Popery from her very Youth, and being after
that a confederate in the Holy League (as they called' it) when (he
fla‘i'nuih to age, and ever fince hath been a profefled enemy to the

f ‘2. She refieth wholly upon Popilh hopes for her delivery, and ad-
vancements, and is thereby fo devoted to thofe of that Profeflion,
that as well for the fatisfaétion of others, as for feeding of her
own humour, She will fupplant the Gofpel, where, and whenfoeé-
ver {he can, which evil is fo much the greater, and the more to
be avoided , as tending to the deltruaion of every Soul, and it
will fpread it felf not only over England and Salad, but ’alfo into
thofe parts beyond the Seas, where the Gofpel of God is profefl
fed and maintained, which Intereft cannot but be exceedmgly weakned
by the defeCtion of this Noble lflaml.

Tb: .

kamcdflgeeafifilizabetba. i . , ' a;
T798. Terilr'of' the Stateof the Realm.

LI 8 the Lydian: {aid-,1 Orum Regemtgmfcum Lydi, Duo: 414m».

' tollemre mm pojfimt. The Lydian: own one King , but
cannot hear two: 80 fay we Engliflimm, we own one (meen Elizabeth:
but cannot endure two.

. 2. AsShe hath-already. by her Allurements-brought to defiruétion,
more-Noble-men and their Houfes, together with a greater multi-
tude of the Commons of this Realm durin her abode here, than
{he could have been able to do, had [he been in poffefiion of her own -.
Crown, andArmed- inthe Field againlt~ us, fowilllhe fiill be a con-
tinual caufe of the likeMifchiefs, to the great lofs and perilof this.
State. And therefore this Realm neither can nor may endure her-

, ;.She is the only hope and refuge of all 'dil‘contented Perfons: She is ,
the Foundation .whereon all eVil-difpofid Perfons do build their hopes : ,
She is the Root from which all Rebellions and Treacheries do fpring,
And therefore whillt this their hope lalteth -, . this Foundation fraud-
eth; and this Root liveth, theywill retain Heart, and feton foot
whatfoever devices and Plots 'they have againft this Realm, which o---
therwife would fall away, die, and come to nothing.

4. Mercy now in this cafe lhewed to her would in the end prove
Cruelty towards us all: E]? enim quadrant crudeli: Alzfi’ricardia: There.
is a certain cruel Mercy: and therefore to {pare her is to fpill us.

, 5. Befides this, it will exceedingly grieve, and in a manner deadly
wound the heartsof all the good Subiefis of your Land, if they {hall
fee fo horrible a Conf piracy not condignly punifhed;

6. Thoufands of your-Majelties molt” liege. and loving Subjects.
of all forts and de rees, that have, in a tender Zeal of your Maje-
fties fafety, mo willingly both by open fubfcription and a.
folemn Vow, entred intoafirm, and Loyal Allociation, and thereby
have protefted to purfue unto the Death, by all forcible and‘polli-
ble means, fuch as this Queen is by juft Sentence now found to

be :i T hefe can neither difcharge their Love, nor well fave
~ ‘ their.

"4 i “Mi? atmfa’tbé'w'f

their Oath, if your Majelty [hall keep her alive. Of which bur-
den your Majelties §ub1eéts are moft defirous to be relieved, as the
fame may be, if Julhce be done upon her. _ '

7. Lalily, Your Majefties molt loving and dutiful Commons
doubt not but that your. Majelty is daily, -and duly excrcifed in read-
ing the Book of God : So it will pleafe you to call to' your Princely
Remembrance, how dreadful the examples of Gods vengeance haVe
been that are therein to be found, againlt King Saul for {paring of
King Agag; and againfl: Abab‘ for fparing the life of Ben-hadad,
both which were by Gods jult Judgments deprived of their Kingdoms
for fparing thof‘e wicked Princes, whom God had delivered into their
hands, on purpofe to be flain by them, and therein to be Minifters
of his Eternal and Divine Iufiice. Ye may read alfo therein, how
prudently Solomon , the wifefl: of all Kings proceeded to puniih,
by taking away the life of his elder Brother .Adoni‘ah, for' the only
intention of a Marriage, which gave fufpitio‘n o Treafim againfi
him. ' ' '

Herein we your Majei‘ties molt loving and obedient Subjects, ear-
neltly wait and depend upon your Princcly Refolution, which we
allure our felves {hall be to God molt acceptable, and to us no other
than the State of your Royal Authority may Afford us, and the ap—
proved Arguments of your tender care for our fafety under your
charge, doth promife to our expectation. '

 

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Renowned Qgeen Elizabeth. ' ‘9-5
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To thefe two Speeches, and Petitions of the
Lords and Commons AflEmhled in Par-
liament, in" the 28th. Year of her happy
'Reign, the Queen retarned an exteinpo-
rary Anfwer to this purpofe.

He hottomle/c Graces, and immenflcrahle Benefit: hee

flowed upon me h} the fllmight}, are and have heen

. ‘ ' ficch, a: [mic/i not only acknowledge them hat admire

them,acconnting them a: well Miracles a: Benefits,not

fo mnch in re/pei't ofhi: Divine [llajefl‘jl with whom nothing t!

more common than to do thing: rare and flngtclar, d! in regard

(f our weakne/c, who cannot fhficientl} fit forth his wonderfi. I ‘

work: and Grace:,which to me have heen [0 man], fo diver/l} fol-

» ded and emhroidered one upon another, a: in no fort [ani ahle to
exprefi them. ~

A’nd although there liveth not an], that may more jtc/il] ac~
knowledge themfelve: infinitely hound unto God than I, who/e
Life he hath miraculon/l] preferved at ficndr] time: ( heyond my
merit ) from a multitude of Perils and Danger: ; Tet i: not
that the canfe, for [count in] [elf the deepliefl' hoand to fine
hint my hamhle/l thanhc, or to field him greatefl recognition,
hot this which I “mall tell you hereafter, which will deflr've the
fiddle of a Wonder, if rare thing, and foam/em he worthy of
account. Even this is it, 7 hat a: I came to‘the Crown with
, the willing and joyful] heart: of my thjec’tc, fo do I now, after-
twent] eight year: Reign perceive in you no diminution of good

willy,

.a V, fi—w~”--a -’wm

2 6 ~ 14 [MeijEChemger'q‘f the nio/i
whhh, which hhw'h hf I/houhh, weh mghh z breath, hat coca.
276:?!” think thy/“lived.” w __ ' _ , . a.

1nd now, alheit”f find“ taj'fifitalz heen full dangeronflp
fought after, and my Death contrived h] flich, a: no defert of
mine incited, yet am therein [0 clear from Malice (which hath:
the property of making men to rejojce at the fall: and fault:
of their £nemies, and make: them few to do that for other '
can/e5, :when malice and ranconr is the trueground ). a: Iprote/t‘
it .is', and hath heen my jhd, and ferion: thonghtjhat one, not—
dilfiring in Sex, of like E/i‘ate, and my near Kin/woman, fhonld
fall taro/o great ’a'Crim‘e. 2" ea, 1 had jb little pnrpofe to pnr—

.flce her with any colour of Malice, that, a: it it not nnhnown
,to fome of my Lord:' here pre/ént ( for now I will/play the

Blah ) [flcretl] wrote onto her a Letter, upon the di cover} of "
findrj Treafonc, that iffhewonld confefi them, and privatel] ac-
knowledge them hy h er letters, to m] felf, Shejhonld never need to -
he called to fopuhlic/e a wafionmeither did I it with a mind (to.
circumvent her : For then I knew a: match a: [he could confej},
and [0 much I wrote unto her. And even yet, now that the
matter it too apparent, if [thonght [he would truly repent ( a:
perhaps [he would eafilp appear in outward fhew to do ) and that

' for her, no other would take the matter upon them, or that we

were. hat a» two Milk-maids, with Pepi: upon our zfimet, or-
that there were no more dependant] upon as, hat that my Life

were on!) in danger, and not the whole eflate ofponr Religion,
and welfare, 1 'prote/t ( wherein jOlt ma] helie'oe me; for

though 1 may have many other Vice:, 1 hope [have not 456/1]me
med m] Torgcte to he an inflrnment of Untruth) [would mo/zz wil-_
linglr pardon and remit the/e Qfencey. "

Or if h; ”7] Death other Nation: and Kingdom: might trail}
far, that thi: Realm had attained an e'oer profperon: and flan;
ri/hing Eflate, [won/d ( I ajftcre 1014) not defire to live,- hilt
gladly give my Life to the end that my Death might procure yon
a hetter Prince.

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7 Renowned QteenPEIizabeth. £27
‘ And for your fiche it is that I defire to live to heep you from
a worfe. For as for my felf, I affare you, I find no great rea—
fon why I thou/d he fond 0 Life. I take no fltch pleafltre in
it, that I [hoflld much wi or .defire it 5 IVeither‘ do I appre- '
hend fuch terror ' in Death, that I fhould greatly. fear it. 2’et
do I not fit; that if the ftro/ee were coming, perchance file/h
and Blood‘ {would he moved with it, and feel: to fhun and . avoid
If. , . . .
I have had (good experience and trial of this fVorld. [
know what it is to he a uSuhjelt, and what to he a Soverazgn .-
what to have good Neighhours, and [ometimes I meet with evil—
willers. In Trufi I have found Treafon: I have feen great
Benefitslittle regarded, and infiead' of gratitude, I have met
with courfes purpofély to crofé. -

Yhefi former Rememhrances, prefent feeling, and future ex-
pec‘tation of evils, makes me to think, That an evil is much
the better the lefs while it endureth, and conféquently, that
they are happiefiztthat go foonePc hence ;’ and they have
taught me to hear with a hetter mind the/e Treafons, than is
common to one of my Sex : Tea, and perhaps with a ,hetter
heart than is in forne men : And this I hope you will not
wholly impute to my flmplicity, or want of underflanding, that
I thus conceited, that had their defigns taken eflett, I [hould
not have found the hlow till I had felt it; and though my
' Peril fhould have heen great, yet my Pain fhould have heen
hut fmall and fhort: Wherein, as I would he loath to die
[0 hloudy a Death, [0 I douht not hut God would have given me
Grace to he prepared for fuch an event, when/oever it hapneth,
which I wholly refer to Gods good plea/tire. ' " "

And now as touching their Treafons, and Conflirdcies, to-
gether with the Contriver of them, I will not [0 prejudicate
my felf, and this my Realm, as to fly, or thin/e, thatI might
not, without the lafl Statute, hy the ancient Laws of‘ this Land,
have proceeded again/i her, that not heing made particularly to

2 prejudice

~22 ‘ A‘Livelyiflharafler of the mo ‘
pr ’udice her , though perhaps it might then- he [a fig/pefied, int—
rezec’t of the‘di/pofition of [itch a: depend that way...

Jflea, it was. [0 far front heing intended to entrapher, that
it was rather an admonition to forewarn her of the danger there—
of : But/eeing it it made,and hath the force of a [(31, [thought
good,in that which might concern her, to proceed according there-
nnto, rather than h] the conrfi: of the Common Law, wherein ('i
you the fudge: have not deceived me, or that the Book: which
you hrotaght me were not falfe ( which God forhid ) [might a:
jaflly have trjed her h] the ancient Law: of the Land.

But you Lawyer: are [0 nice in fifting and fcanning" every
word and letter, that man} time: yon fland ‘rnore upon Form '
than upon Alatter, upon Syflahlet than nponiSenfi of the Law.
For in flriflncfl and exact followin 0 common Form, [he inn/t;
have heen Indicted in Stafford-Shire, have held up her hand
at the Bar, and heen tried h] a fury. Sure this would have
heen a proper courje to have dealt with one of her
quality? I thought it hetter therefore , for the avoyding of
thefi’ and other ahfnrditiet, to commit the Caufe to the inqui/ition
ofa good nurnher of the greatefl and mofl Nohle Per/onaget of '
thi: Realm,ana’ of the .fflthgw, and other: of good ‘flccount, of
who/e Sentence 1 rnufl approve; and all little enough. ,For
we Prince: (1 ted you ) are fit an a Stage in the fight and
.view of all the [World : The eyesof man; hehold our flfiiony.
”#0; it foon [pied in our Garmentt. xi Blemifh it gulch/y
noted in our doing:. It hehooveth us therefore to. he careful 4,.
that all our proceeding: he fuf}, and Honourahle.

But [mu/i tell you one thing more,that in this lafl AC): ofParr-
liamentyou have hrought me into a narrow flrait, in that [muff
give direction for her Death,which cannot hut he a rnofl: grievous
and irhfiJ/n hurden to me. find left you might he ani/Zahen in
the Can/e of mine ah/ence from this Parliament ( which] have
almofi‘forgotten ) although there heno can/e why I jhould wil.
ling!) come among multitnde: (for that among many/owe Ina}

Renowned Queen Elizabeth, 29.

he evil) yet hath it not heen the fear of any danger thut hath“

k'e tme from thence, hut only my great grief, to hear this Caafe
fpoken of, efloecially, that one offuch a State and Kindred,/hould
need [0' open a declaration, and that this [Vation fhould he f5
hlotted‘ with fpots of Di/loyaltyz' Wherein yet the lefi is my grief,
' for that 'I‘hope the hetter part is- mine, and tho/e of the worfe are
not much to he accounted of : for that in fe‘eking' my deflruc‘lion,
they might have lofl their own Souls. -

. And even now-I could ted you that which, would-make you jcr—
ry. It is a Secret, and yet I will impart it unto you, although
it is known, I have the property to keep Counfel, hut often-times
too» well to mine own peril.. ‘

. It isnot long fince that mine eyes did fee it, written, that an
Oath was taken, within few dayes to‘kill me, or elfle to he hanged:
them/elves : (ind that it fhould he performed ere one Month were-
ended. HEre’hy I flee your danger in me, and I neither can or
will he /h unthankful, or carelefs of your Confciences, as not to

provide for your fifety-

Iam not nnmindful ofy/our: Oath made-in the late 1,7 ocia-tion
(manife/iing your good wills and afeétions to me) taken, and

entred into upon good Con cience, and a true knowledge of mysdan’ ‘

yer, for the fifety of my Per/on, and Prefervation of my [.i e,
Done (I prote/i to God) hefdre I ever heard or thought. of tech
a matter.. Being wholly Ignorant of it, till a great numher of
Hands, withmany Ohligations were fhewed me at Hampton:
Court, Signed, and Suhfcihed with the Hands and Seals of the
greatefl in this Land, which I do acknowledge to he a perfect Ar-

' gumentof your true Hearts, and great zeal for my fafety, which
doth the more w‘gorou/ly tye and engage me to he the more careful '

for the. goodof you all;

But fora/much as this Cafe is rare, weighty, and of great con-

figuence, I flippo/e you do not'expei't any prefint refolution, the

rather for that it is not my manner in matters of far lefs moment,

D- 3, till

3 o A Lively Charafl'er ofthe mofl

to return an Anfmer without due confideration, much more in this
which i: offitch importance, [judge it very reqnifite with earnejt
Prayer to beg of God’s Majefly, [0 to illuminate. mine under/2am
ding, and to infpire me with his Grace, a: that I ‘ gnay deter-
mine and do that which will tend to the eji‘ahli/hrn’ent' of his
Church, the prefer'vation ofyonr Eflates, and the profierity of
this Commonvl/Vealth committed to‘rny charge, wherein yet (for
that I know delays are dangerous ) you [hag have oar Refohction
with all convenient fixed, delivered hy our Meffage. find what-

foever any Prince may merit of hi: thjeits, for the agroved Te—
flimony of their nnfeigned Love and Sincerity, and t at, either
hy Governing them juflly, devoid q“ all partiality, or by ficfié—
rance of any injuries to he done (even torthe poorefl,) that do,
I affaredly promife inviolahly to perform, for the regaital ofyonr

[0 many good defertx.

This Gracious Anl'wer being thus made by the Queens Majefiy
the Lords and Commons were difmiffed: And her Highnefs, fome
few dayes after, having deliberated upon their Petition, and being of
a merciful difpofition by Nature, and of a Princely Magnanimlty,
after fome confliét within her felf about a bufinefs of fuch Weight
and importance bath to her felt and her Realm , She fent to her
Parliament by the Lord Chancellor, and by the mouth of an Ho-
nourable , and a right worthy Member of the Houfe of Commons,
this enfuing Mefl'age to both the Houfes , wherein {he moved; and
earnei‘tly charged them to enter into a farther confideration, whether
there might not be fome Other way of Remedy, than that which they
had already propounded,it being (0 far from her natural inclination.

'Hereupon the Lords and Commons in their feveral Houfes had»
fundry confultations, both apart and by private Committees , cho-
fen fpecially upon this occafion. And after Conference had betwixt
the {aid Committees, and it was unanimoufly refolved among the
Houfe of Commons, and by the Univerfal Concord in the Houfe of
Lords (the qucflzion bein there propounded to every one in parti-
cular,) there could be ound out no other found and fibre means
( tothe heft of their underflanding) for the continuance Of the Chri-
{tian Religion, for the Peace and quiet of the Realm, for the fafety
of her Majefiies Royal Perfon, than that which'was contained in their

late Petition.
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A brief Report 30f the 5660225! Application, '

November 24. 1586. and oft/ye flzzfzper

made in the Name of t/ae Lordrof Parlia-

ment totke'Me/fizge fan! by her Marja/21)! by
' the Lord C bancellor after her firfl A’Iymen

  
 

"" Highnefs in her Chamber of Prefence,to deliver theRe-

Meifage which he had not. long before delivered from her Majefty,‘
for~ a farther confultationmhether any other means could be thought
of, how the Scottzfla .Qgeem Life could be fpared, and. yet her Maj-s-
{ties Perfon faved from danger,and the State of the Realm prefervedi
‘ in quiet, declared,that according to the Command which he had
‘ received from her Majefty,he had imparted the fame unto the Lords
‘ Affembled in the Houfe of Lords,whbmhe found by their general
‘ lilence,much amazed at the propounding thereof, Confidering that
’ “the fame had been before in deliberation among them,and relblved;
‘ upon,and as it appeared by their former Petition prefented to her.
“Highnefsmherein they had expreffed the fame Refolution.
FNotwithftanding which,for her Majeities further fatisfaétion, they

‘ had entred into a new confultation,and for that purpofe had {elected ‘

‘a great number'of the choiceft Perfons of their Houfe, to confer

‘thereof, either privately among themfelves or together with fome off

‘ the Commons,which alfo was done aceordinglyauidthat feveral times...
"'At all which conferences it was concluded by them all,aud alfo after-
‘ wards,by both the Houf'es ( Nemim Caiztrizcliceme) that there could be-
‘ no other aflhred means for the prefervation and lafety o:~ her Majeliics
‘ Life,and the continuance of the true Proreftant Religion, and the
quiet of this State,then by the full execution of the Sentence according ,
‘ to their formerPetition-9 initautly prefling her Majefty withmany
- Arguments 4.

_ 'He Lord Ch anceliror, being accompanied with above fix;
and twenty Lordslof this Parliament, came beforeher

folution of all the Lords of Parliament, c0ncerning the-

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3, ‘ Alive!) Charal't'er-qf the mofi

‘ Arguments and Real’ons tending thereunto, whereof (among others)
‘ this was one. That as it were Injuftice to deny execution of the Law
‘ at the Suit'of any one particular Perfon, though the meane'ft of her
‘ People : So much more,not to yield to the earnefl: importunitie,and
‘ humble Prayers of all her faithful and loving Subjet'ts. AfteJ which
‘ he concluded with an earnefl: Petition for her Majelties Refolute,De-
‘ termination and Anfwer,’ for a prefent and fpeedy direétion, by Pro-

‘ clamation, and otherwife alfo; according to the form prefcribed by
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Here follows the Subftance of a Second Speech made
by the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons at the
fame time, by the direction ofthc Whole Houfe.

THat if her Maje/lj jhould he fife without taking away

the Life of the Scottifh Quécn , the fame were mojh
likely, and prohahly to grow h} one of thefi mean: fol-

lowing.

I . Yhat hapl] [he might he reclaimed, and hetome a re entiitg
Convert,' acknowledging her Maje/iie: reat mere] an avour
in pardoning her haittwt: mfemer, and 1 her Loyalty hereafter
make good the fruitr of [itch aCorwer/io .

2 . Or elfe,h} a new flric? Guard he [a kept,” there jhould he no
fear of the like attempt: hereafter. .

3. Orsthat good ajfurante might he give» h} Oath, Bond: or
Hoflagcr, a: caution: for her good and Loyal hehavioar for the

time to come. .

4. Or lit/ll], h] Bam'fhmerzt, whereh] the Realm might he a-
voided of her Perfon, and thereh} the Peril: he. farther remo-
ved that come to her fllaje/I] h} her prefente among at.

a Rimmed Qeengfilizabeth. 33;

2718/5: Confideratiom. being duly weighed did. )6! appear f5
light in tile fddgmeflt of all file Hon/e: 1/14! the} dmfl not.
rig/aloe tlmt there was an} ' firefly-air; my 5. 220 nor in. all of.
I 87'”. . ,

- Or,touching her Cenverlion,‘ it was con‘fidered, that if either Pie-~
F ty or Duty could have rel‘trained her from fuch heinous attempts,
there was caufe abundantly miniltred unto her, on her Majeflties behalf,"
when lhe, not only proteé‘ted her againlt the violence of her own Sub-
jects, ‘W-ho purfued her to Death by Juftice, but covered her Honour,
when the fame (by publt‘ckeFame ) was-touched, and 'by'very heiv
nous and Capital Crimes, objeéted,,and prOved agai-nlt her, by'cer—
tain Commillary Deligates, alligned to examine the fame,and then {pa--
red her Life, when for her former Confpiracies, and Confederacies,
with the Northern Rebels, - her Highnefs was with great 'inltance, by
b0th Houfes of Parliament; in. the fourteenth year of her Majefties
Reign, to-do like Iultice upon her, as now issdefired, and as her Trca-“I
{enable Praélifes had then molt jullly deferved.

And whereas the Penalty of this Act '( which was fuflitientlynotie’
fied unto her ) lhould have deterred her from lilch like wicked at.—‘
tempts, She hath nevertlrelels proceeded in her former wicked Pra-‘
étil'es, as a Perfon altogether obduratc-in Malice againlt her Majelly,
and wholly irrecoverable: So as there was no probable hope of her
Converfion, but rather great doubtxand fear of hers relapfes, and Re—
cidivation, forafmuch as {he flood obltinately in the denial of matters
mofievidently proved againl’t her, and now molt jullly Sentenced for
them alfo. So that {he is not tentred fo much as into the firlt part of
Repentance, which is a taking notice of, and confeflion of her orren‘.
ces,- and therefore is. fo much the farther from the true fruits whith
lhould accompany the fame.

As fora furer Guard and more {trait imprifonmcnt, it'wasrel’olved ..
that there was 'no-fecurity therein, nor yet in the two other means a
propounded - of Bonds and Hollages; foraliniiclr as the Famezmeans -
that {hould be praétifed to take her Majellies L ife away (which God "
forbid) would aptly ferve both for the delivery of her Per-(bu, .
and for the releafe of her Bonds and Holtages, that .lhould ,.
be given for Cautions in that behalf : which being unhappily:
efi'eé’ted, and to our irreparable lofs, who lhould free the Bonds, or .
detain the Hoflagcs? Or being detained, what proportion would
there be .imBonds, or Hofiages, to countervall the value of f0 preci-

E ' ' ous. -.

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. 3’4 blithelyiamfierof the my?
011‘s and’ine‘ftimable aIewel, as her Majelty is to-this Realm, and to '35
al . ., t. . ~ ,,- __-. 5- - -_ - _: , -.
But life wiuhlémmy Vow he take an o: h, that {he-Wilhnot at,
tern c any dung w thcim‘rt‘bihée. Méiefiies .,§:rfon 3. She baa; alrea-
dy= a‘ndr'y '~tii’rlé§ rantie‘ufietwah, ‘ her Writing, yea, and her‘Qat'hs,
and holdeth it for an Article of her Religion, That Faith i: mi: tar be
kept with Heretickr, of which fort She accounts your Majefty to be one,
and all the Profeffnrs of the'Gofpel alfo. And-therefore We have lit:
.tle reafon to truft her in that, whereof (he, makes [0 fmallConfcjife:
ence. . ' '7 ' ' V.; any“: - '
As‘Forlequmem, that werea ltep (11’1”an in pajm‘.) timing-(one evil ~
'to‘ a greater? A thing fo much defired, and thirftedafter by her Ad.
harms, and by fome Princes, her Allies, who fought her. enlargement,
chiefly for this end, to fet her up as the head of a Party againft her
Majelty, intimes of lnvafionh - . - \

To thefi: were added fome few othermefons, colleéted out of
'her own Letters, and out of Babingtom Confellion, who was her A-‘
gent and lnltrument, and achief Confpirator. By all which it did
appear, how her own Confcience fuggelted what might jultly fall up-
on her, in cafe any of her intended Deligns came to light, viz. that
She might haply be lhut up ina more [trait and clofe Pr-ifon, as in the
Tower of London, if that no work. thing 'befell her. And in that file
diret‘ted Babingron, in cafe that he [failed in the Aétion, he lhould
neverthelefs proceed in the relidue, which was, the Death of her M4-
jeffy. He nlfo confell'ed, that upon the all'urance of her Maiefties
Death, or the arrival of Forraign Forces, he intended to proclaim
the (been of Scots, and that he made no doubt of his defired‘~fuccel's.
And therefore her Majclties Death being fo earneltly fought after,
for the advancement of this her Competitor, Her Highnefs could nOt
‘ remain in quiet and Itcurity, if the 56011th Qgem lhould continue

her Life longer. ‘

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The Second § Anfwer made.- by her Ma jefly,
\ delivered by-her own mouth, to the Se~
1 bond ‘Speechut-‘teredm the names of the-

;Lords and, Commons 2 of the Parliament;

_ of England. ,.

Full griewus is the ‘wlty, why} geing on, and end,yhreedt
‘cumher for the Hire’laf ’a lahorious journey. _

. whether Ijhoulcl fiteah or ufie filence. If '1 [peak and not
: complain, I jhall clijfemhle : 5’1 holcl my peace, the la-~

hour which you have taken would he in mm. For me to

make my moan, would he flrange and rare. For Ifhppo/e you
will final few, that for their, own particular, will cumher you
with fuch a care: Tet [Itch ( [prote/l ) hathuheen my greedy“
ale/ire, and ht%ring will, that of your con/altation there might '
have fallen out fame other means to work my fhflty, joynecl with ,.
year affurance f than that . for which you are hecome fltch earnejt'

Suiters) as, [grate/t, I muft need: ufe complaint, though not
of you, yet unto: you, and of the ,caufe: For that 1] perceive hy '
your advifea, Prayers, and De/ires, there _ fill: out this flcciclent, ..

that only my lnjurer: hane, ma/t. he my Live: fecurity. .

But if there live any of [h wicked a nature, as to fitppofe’that:

I prolong this timeonly pro forma, to the intent that I might

make a fhew of Clemency, therehy to fit my Prat/e: to the [Vyre‘
drawers, to lengthen them the more, they do me _/0 great a wrong; ,

a: they can hardly recompence. ‘ Or if any Per/on there he, that
2 , thlflh’f 3'

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I Have firiven more this day than ever I clitl in my Lifer,

36 A liveb' Changer of the waft

thin/es, or Imagines, that the lea/l Vain-glorious thoaght, hath
drawnane farther herein, the} dome as open injury as‘ was .ewr
done to an] Creature, as he thatis the framer of all Thonghts
team to he mo]! true. or if there he an] that think, that the
Lord: who were made Commiffioners, dttr/t do no otherwi/é for
/ ear of difpleaflng rne, or-el/e to he fttfpec‘t‘ed to he of a contrary
opinion,. as to in] fizfet], [itch d0 hat heap upon me injtfrions con-
ceits. For either thofi: which were put In trnfl hjme to fitpr
niy' place, have not, performed their Duties towards rne, or elfe
they have'fignified to you all, that in} defire was, that ever] one
[hoald do according to his 'Confiience, and that, in the tour/E: of
his proceedings, he [hon/d enjo] hoth freedom of 'voice,and.liher-
t}! of Opinion; and that what they would not open!) declare,the]
.niight privately havereevealedto rnyjélf

It was of a wifling mind, and great deflre I had, that firm
.other means might he found out, wherein I [hoald have taken
more comfort than in an] other thing under the San. 11nd [ince
now. it is re/olved, that my fafet] cannot he eflahli/hed without the
Death of a Princefs, I have ja/t canfi to complain, that I, who in
in} Reign have pardoned jo man] Rehels', winked at [5 many
Treajons, and either have not produced them, or altogether
flipi- them over with filence, [hoald now he forced to this harjh
proceeding again/i flch a Perfon. I have alfh darin in} Reign,
féen, and hear-3 many opprohrions Books, and Parnp lets againfl
me, my Real/n, and State, accofing me to he a firant ( [thank
them for their films) I helie'z/e that therein their meaning was
to tell me A’ezvs: And News indeed it is to me, woald it were
as flrange to hear of their Inipieties, What wt” the] not now fa],
when it [hall he reported ahroad, that, for the fifet} of her Life,
a Maiden @een would he content to [pill the Blood even of her
own Kinfivornan? I may therefore well complain, that any one
(ho/it’d judge the to he addicted unto Cruelty, whereof yet I am fo
innocent, and "niltle/s, as that [fhottld even flander God. hint-
[elf if I [houlflfi] that he had given inc/o vile'a mind. 7‘ ea
'{ I prote/I ) I am [5 fir from it, that for mine own life I would
not touch her, A’either hath my care heen heat [0 much how to

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Renowned Queen Elizabeth. ‘ 37
gyro-long mine own Life, a: how to pre/erve hath, which I am hear-
.~.tily flurry i: made [0 hard ; yea fo impoflihle. '

3' an: not fo void of fudgment, asinot 'to apprehend and fee
mine own danger: Nor yet [0 ignorant as not to know that it
were in Mzture a fooli/h tourfia, to entertain a floord wherewith
to out mine own Throat : Nor fo ‘oarele/J a: not to weigh and con/aL
der that" my Lifi: is daily m great danger : But thi: [do confider
that many a man'would put his Life in a parent hazard for the

/ do (o ?; hut I pray think
that I have thought upon it.

But fleeing [0 many have hoth written and jpo/cen again/l meJ
pray you give me leave to [peak fomething in mine own defence,
that hefbre you return to your jeveral Countriet, .[ may let
you know for what an one you have entertained [0 many trouhlon:

thoughts; wherein, a: I think my felf infinitely heholding to

' you all, that are [o careful to preferve my [Life hy all mean:

foflihle; p» I protefi unto you, that there i: no Prince living,
that ever jhall he more mindful to regaite fl) great and good de—
fem. And a: I perceive that you [till keep your old wont in
a general fleleing of the lengthning of my dayek, fo, ’ I am [are
that I [hall never requite you unlefi [had as many- Live: a: yon
a” : But I will for ever acknowledge it,whil/i there is any hreath
left in my hodyfor although [may not jaflifie my manyfault: and ‘
fin: to God, yet for my care in Governing ofyon, let me ataxia/n:
you wit h my unfeigned intents. .

When I fir]? took the Scepter into my Hand, my Title to it
did not make me to forget the Giver, and there/ore ,/ hogan my
Government a: it hetame me, hy fetling flit/J a Religion, at hath
I m: horn in, hred in, and, [tr/if} [ha/l dye in. find yet then
I was not [0 fimple a: not to know what danger and peril fl) great
an alteration might procure me ;- How many great Princes, of
a contrary Opinion would attempt all they could again/Z we : fir‘ld
generally, what enmity I jhonld hring upon my: felf, all which
fit I regarded not, knowing that he for who/e fake I dial; it,

' 1.; 3 (ll/J

3-3, A Lively ‘Charaii‘er ofth’e nteg’i

hath could, and would defend nae therein: And for this Religi.
ans-fake it is, that ever finee I have heen f0. dangetfanfly profe-
cuted, and perfecuted, as that I rather marvel that I din," "than
mufe that I [hauld not he ;t_'f it were not Gatés’hdljf.httttd tbflfofl"
tinaethrue heyond all men: expectation ‘ ' , ._ 7
. zlfter this I entred into the School of 'Experience, . J;

riou/{y confidering what is fit for a King to do :. 4nd] fiat;
that he was fcarcely well furni/hed . for King/y" Governinent,

if he lacked Jufiice,’ Temperance, Magnanimity ,. 7 01:-
. Judgment. fls for the two latter , I w'ill‘snot' 50/5/23;
my Sex doth not permit it: But for the two firfl, this [dare

fay, flrnong any Suhjeiis, I never knew a difference of Perfons

where Right was one .- nor never, to my knowledge, preferred for

favour whom I thought not fit [or worth : _Nor hent {rnine'
Ears to give credit to a Tale t at was fir/Z told nae. Nor

was [8) rafh to corrupt my fudgnzentwith iny Cenfure; hefore I'-
heard the Carafe. I will not fay hut many Reports. might hap—s.
pen'to he hrought to me, ‘hy fitch as might hear the Cafe, yet“
whafie Partiality and Intereji' might happen to new the nutter

( for we Princes cannot hear all our jelves) hut this I dare

hold/y aflnn; My VerdiEt went ever with the Truth actor"
cling to m knowledge. As Alcibiades well advi/Zd his friend A.
.T hat he .gould not give an anflver in weighty.,.-matters,. till lge .
had recited over the Letters of the Greek 'Alph‘ab6t2°. So have
not 1 ever ufed over [udden re/hlutions, in matters which have

concerned me full near. To which I think you will give your-
atteflations. I h '

find therefore as touching your eanfitltations and advice,

I conceive them to he Wife, Honefl, and Confiionahle. So.
Provident and Careful for the [afety and fiturity of any éifiz
and Per/on (which I wijh may he no longer than may he for
your good) that though I can never give or yield you a d J
recompence, yet [hall I endeavour my [elf to give you €412~
to think, that your care and good-will is not ill htyiowed‘, and‘
flu]! jirive to make my felf worthy far firth Suhjei't's. ,
. I fix

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Renowned Que); Elizabeth. y _ 39
Hue! hot» lufl/y for your Petition 5 I [542’] pray you for
9:172”: prefiut to 6.0171677? ; your. r [Elves Wit/1.4.x jflnfmer (witljout flu-
fivergtv? fourfudgm’emy .5 oofieéeum, magnum 'Iu’o I. Wei/24kg
you Rea/om“: 5 But 51 Why iyou: to uooepi’iuz'yt/mnkfubzefi, . emu/e
my doubtfuluefi,‘ 'uud ‘tukeliu good puft'9'iuy‘31u/fiier uufiver/cji :
Whreiu yet futtrioute 2202“ forum/7 to miue 022w yualgmeut, out
that It/u'uk maizy’ particular Perfo'u; my exec/l, and go oef'ore
we tljereiu; {Mug/1115?} my Degree [go before t/Jeru. 77Jerefore 2f
1 .fb0fild'fifa'.-[1W0”M notdo .w/mt you requeflpf me, it wig/1t.
be perod‘veutu‘re more {hem I thug/9t : find to joy I will do it,
my; per/mp: oreeol peril of that which you labour to prefirve;
roez'ug more than iu your own I/I/zflloms 4nd Difcretiom would/sew
conveuz'euf, ”Ciro/”flame: of Place uud Time oez'ug duly confidefi
ed. .

.FINIS.

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Courteous Reader. ' Tbeje Book: following are (Printed
for, and fild by William Miller at the guilded Acorn
in St. Totals Church-yard. '

Sfcmblies Annotations. .

fuvmal with Cuts by Sir Robert Staple‘ton.
Ambroje’s works.
-Crudoc/Q' Harmony.
Ckurcbil Divi Britannici.
Elfou on Colomum.
Gunter: works.
Bur/(er: Sermon, 1021. 9. 6. y
j'. B. Sermon, Survey of Man, job 14. IO. _
Dad on the Lords Prayer. ' . »
Medic: Cum fI‘ez‘pfum, or the Apothecaries Plea agajnfl Do E‘tor Gm;

flopber fl/[eren ‘ ' ' ,

C‘radack: Knowledge and Praé‘tice, Quark).

”Principles, 06%. I
‘ Edward

19de Lord Bilhop of Norwich, .. Entituled, a Sermon Preached be-i

fore the Peers at‘ meinfler, the 7th of 'Navember being a day of ‘

folemn Humiliation for the centinuing» Peltilence.

Nat, Hard Dr. Entituled , Jultice triumphing, cé'c._ A- Sermon
Preache .the 5th.- of Nmmber. Entitnled,_. the Pilgrimsgzilh, A
Sermon Preached at the EuneraLof .Mrs, Ame-Dudflm. ' *- '

_———.Entituled, a loud Call'to great, Mourning, a Sermon on'the
goth. of jammry, 166i. before the, Parliament,

___-Entituled,Lamentation,M‘ourning and Woe, . a Sermon Preached
othhe Lords day after the difmal Fire in7the City of London.

“Entituled, the Royal Common.WealthsoMan, (fa. Ar Sermon
Preached at the Funeral of Sir Thain: Adam.

Samuel Drake; Doé‘tor Entituled, SEQ? AIA'KONOZ, (fi'c. a Sermon
Preached at the Aflizes in fork, 1669.

w—Entituled .Tomm Hominir, &c.;a--S.ermon.~Preached the I 5th of:

March at the Aflizes in Tork, ‘ *
Marriage of Arts, a Play. ,
Faithful. Shepherdefs a Play,

Polyenclo: a Play.
Horatiu: a Play. _
Combat of Love and Friendfhip aPlayr

Fetiplrzcc Chriftian Monitor earneltly and compafliOnately perfWading:

Sinners unto true and timely Repentance.
Compleat Boneofetter, 02km). ‘ .-
Templum Mficum, or the Myltical Synop, 061mm“
The famous game of Chef‘s-play, Ottawa.
Shelton: Txcbygmpbia , Latin, Oc'hwo._ _
Clark; Looking-Glade for Perfécutors, Oétaoo.
Tilletfim and Stillingflem rule of Faith, 0am..-
Heathen Gods, Oahu/0., - . ' ‘
am: Homeriw, 05km. ' ‘
Beverlzy GreatSoul Of Man, 0341/0.
Warren: Principles of Chriltian Religion, 06km.) -
Syntaxi: Erafmiana, Oftava. " -,
'j‘obrvme Betta M. D- Entitulcd, De ortu &Nr¢mr4 sangxinix, Ofiat'ot
Ala-rial: Epigrams by Barby, Duod. ~
Thoma: Mal and Theo bile’oiwbcik, entituledgHoly Living, a reri.

ous cxhortation t ereunto, and choice direétions‘ therein, ',&c.~

Duod. _ - , fl -
A Looking-mats for good Women to dreis‘themfelves by,:in Tmhm'
Clark about Comfort which Cods Children have”,or at' the lean: ear-.
.nclllydefire and long after Whiifl: they are in this World, togethen
With the obflrufiions of comfort, and the remor‘al of them; Dread.
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