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SIR WALTER^, ^^,, 
 
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 GH O ST, 
 
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 Englands Forewarner. 
 
 Difcoucring a fecret Confultation^newly hoi- ^ 
 
 denin the Qourtcl Spaine. 
 
 Together, with bis tormenting of Count dc 
 
 6'e>»^w^?'; and his grange affi-jghtment , Confelfion 
 and publique re carnation claying open many 
 treacheries intended r©r the fubuer- 
 fion oi England* 
 
 Creficy Cnwr Sanguis fatietur fanguine crefce^ 
 
 PsAL. 14. VeR. 7, 
 
 'Deflrt4^ioH mivnhAptneJfe is in their ipp4yes : and the 
 . n'ay ofpAce haue they not knowm , there is nofeare of 
 Qodbeforetheirejes, 
 
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SIR IFf^i L TE% 
 
 T^JIVLE IG HS 
 
 G HO ST. 
 
 Ltheugh thelibercy of thefc times 
 (wherein your Currants ^Gazettoi^ 
 Pafquilsj and the iiJiC , fwarrnc too 
 too abundantly) hath made all 
 Newes (how ferious or ftibftan- 
 tiall foeuer)IyabIetothe iealous 
 imputation of falfhood , yet this relation I aflure 
 you (although in Tome circumftanccs it may 
 leane too ncarc the floriHi of inucntion , yet for 
 the pith or marrowe thereof, it is as iuftly allyed 
 and knit to truth , as the light is to the day , or 
 night to darkcncifc. 
 
 To hold thee then (Gentle Reader) in no further 
 fufpence, be plcafed to vnderftand , thatifome 
 fewc dayes after the folemnitie of the Turific^iuon 
 ofthe^bleflTed Virgin ( according to the Roman 
 and Spanifh computation ) It plcafed the Maic- 
 ilie ot Spame^^hilip the fourthjto retire himfelfe to 
 his delicate houfe of plcafure, called Cafa del 
 Cdmpo^ fituatc J neare rnto the towne o^ Madrid or 
 Madrid, whac his fianding Court for the moft 
 part continually remaincth : And the ne-ircft in at- 
 tendance vnio him ( next to the Cousd^e Olimres) 
 was the Ceimd de Gondom^ , the Archencmicto 
 theflarifliing Eftateofour E^^//i/?d^, and the Foxc 
 whofe ftcnch hath not cured the Pslfey , but ra- 
 
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 thcr impoifoned Si brought into ah jpoplexhmK* 
 ny Nobleandfome times well deferuing Englifh 
 hearts. Neither was the King for his plealure rety- 
 red to this hoiifc oipUafure ^but rather through the 
 nccefllty of fome fpecial affaires,the grcateft whcr- 
 offeemed to be gathered from the laft attempt of 
 the Englifh vpon the Fort & Caftlc olPunetAli^ 
 the town oicadtz or C^/^/jWherin though theloflfc 
 was not fb great or material! as might either make 
 the AflTailant or Aflailed offer Rore;,or Nettles 
 vpon thcAltar of Fortune J yet the affront feemed 
 toftrilceamore deepc impreflion in the hearts of 
 the Spaniards , then could be well taken away 
 with fcorne ( which is the cnfigne of tbcir pride ) 
 or with the hope of future aduancage (which only 
 giues life vnro their Emu aind Malue. 
 r And thcrfore now at this time & in this place,af- 
 termany confultations held with theEarlcof (7^«- 
 ^ii^itr, whom the whole world Baptized the B«tf^- 
 jlAueox //frd'Wirfr/^of Chriftendome,the Intelligciv 
 cer, Ambaff'^dcw ^lefukicaU Archbtjhop Lni^r (af 
 his pradilesin our Nation hath wclljwitnclTcd) 
 touching fome notable rcuengc to be had againft 
 the State oi Great ^r/r^/;^^,bcing the onely lewell 
 on which SpA'me had long fince fixed her heart , |to 
 make her vniuerfall Monarchie euery way fall and 
 . perfe<5t,he isby 'command from the King (in the 
 perfon of the Cound Olimresjia make his appearacc 
 before the Popes A'/i/^/ii? , theDukeofZ«'W4,the 
 Duke ofc<f4, the Duke of InfAMAfgo & the Cdnfta- 
 l>leofC4/?//«,\vhohadafpecialI ComiflTioa /igncd 
 
 for 
 
ht that purpofc , & to dcliucr vntd them all thofc 
 fccrct aduantagcs,vvhich he had either fey the expe- 
 rience of time,the cotinuall labor of his brainCjChc 
 corruptio of his bribes, the threamings & infiniia' 
 tios of his Popiili Priefts^the petulent flatteries of 
 his Papifticall Englifh Miftriffcs dyuing into their 
 hiiiba Js Counlelsj or by any other diicd or indi- 
 rc6t meaneSjWonne vnto him felfe a knowledge or 
 inflru6l;on for the alteration or fubuerffion of that 
 brauc &florifliing Br/rjh tVlonacchie. And in this 
 charge theC. de ohuares accord ing to the ftate and 
 magnificence of theSpanilli referiiatiSs , began to 
 make a great fiorifh ot many demure &:aufterc cir- 
 CLimftances vnto the E. of GWt?/^^;', concerning 
 the greacnes ©f his ingagemer, the highTruft repo* 
 fed in his fingular knowledge, Sc the infinit expe- 
 ctations the King and the whole State had fixed 
 vpon the wifedom of his proccedingjadding ther- 
 vnto fundrie admanifbments or Caueats to call 
 into his remembrance, touching many alterations 
 in the State of Great Brttame , fome defenciuc, 
 (bme offenciue fincc his lalt aboad or comercc- 
 ment in the fame ; i^nd amongft the reft as a 
 thing of moft efpeciall note, the Cound began to 
 repcatc many relations which Qo domAr himfelfc 
 had deliuered vnto him touchiag the gcnerall war- 
 JikenefTeof the ^m^ Nation, a€rmingthathc 
 had heard him fay, that he had kenc the very chiL 
 dren and boys in the fireerc , make their fport and 
 playafchoole of warre,and by imitation from el^ 
 dcr knowledges to exprefle in chiide play, the 
 
 A3 very 
 
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 very cxccllcncic and p^rfciSion ©f Martiall difd- 
 plinCjWhich had fwmmoncd ia him both matrer of 
 paflfion & admiration,thac he had often crycd out, 
 irh/it TPpiHthe En^lifh dje^euery chiUe will be An Hcrcii' 
 Jes dfidkill ASerpemm his cradle : Jhis^olinares tould 
 him was but a fmall ftiadow or little prickc to cx- 
 preflfe a much greater fubflancc now in vfc : for 
 fiace the death of King lames, of cuer-Iiuing and 
 famous memorie, the Englifhmeri , who for the 
 fpace oftwentytwayearcs before , had butasic 
 were dallyed and plaid with ArrocSj rather fceking 
 to affed it for no«elty then ncceffity , were now in 
 onp yeares deliberate and material exercifc, be- 
 come fofingular and exquifice, that the Nether- 
 lands blufht tofecthemfclues ouergone inamo- 
 mcnf,& that lo be made familiar in an inflat which 
 they had laboured to obtaine to in diucrs ages. 
 
 Befides Ol'tmres aifiired him that he had rcceiued 
 infallible intelligcceoiit of the Archduchcs Ceiin- 
 tries5that a hundred & pdde of the beft expcrieced 
 fbuldiers or flremen(being a) ! £-^/^ywere fcnt fro 
 the States of the Vnited prouiioces , into Great Bri- 
 taJHe^ to educate and inflrud m Martiall difcipHnc 
 cuery feuerall Country and ProaincCjinfo much 
 that the whole Hand was nothing now but a Nur- 
 eery ofexcellent and cxquifitc Souldiers. 
 
 To this Qondomar rcplycd that he had from cer- 
 tainc Icfuites in England ^ rcceiued the like intelli- 
 gence,and with this addition, that thoie excellent 
 cle<acd men in the Low-counrries found their 
 tquali Scboolie-fellowcs , nay many Tutors and 
 
 cxpc- 
 
ASfcricRced Mafters when they came into England^ 
 fo that indeed their necefllcie did but conuerce to 
 fupcrfluity and a little l^fTc, to fome tharwcre of 
 much better deferuing. 
 
 Yet faid GoH^omar further, for mine owne pare 
 though this make much for our terror & amaze- 
 ment ; and that we muft with Cmtius Icape wiUul. 
 Jy into a Gulphe ©f certainc ruiae ere we can hope 
 of reuenge or triuraphe, yet doth this new MiHta- 
 rie courfe little moue my blood^for though I m\x9i 
 confeffe the Nether-lands to be the onely vnpara* 
 leld Scheole of warre in the whole world , yet the 
 onely thing it teachcth is Forme and Fin^ Intrench^ 
 mefftAnd Bejtegement -^ but foi ihcvfeofthe Sword, 
 fufbofthe Pike,hriftgmgofGrojpshodieto bodie and 
 hand to hand , the exerdfe ofeuerypriuatejlren^h , and 
 the fortune of Battles ^Thin^s which the Engl^b muft 5s 
 
 of ntccflitic be expofed vnto, Hoc raroamnt4nqi4ami 
 And therefore (my Lord ) 1 tell you, I more quake 
 when I fee an old Irifli Commander drillmgan 
 Englifh Company, who neucr bchel i an cnemie 
 but he felt bis Sword and knew his Target , then 
 when I fee infinits of golden fellows, teaching 
 men onely dance to the tune o(pojiure,ot franaing 
 chimeras in their braines,whether the I- ike and the 
 Bowe , or the Pike and Dragoone , or Pike and 
 long Piftoll be of greater importance: But of 
 thefe things wee (hall haue « krger time to dif- 
 courfc & thinke vpon , it fufficeth me that I knowe 
 myRoyall Mailers plcafurc& your honorable in- 
 ikudi«ns . aU whic;h I wiU &u^^ ikcisfifi onely 
 
 diucrs 
 
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 diuets things are ( through other imploymcttts) 
 laid as it were afidc from my memory, norvtterly 
 forgotten , therefore 1 befeccb I may hauc the rcl- 
 pitc of feme fewe houres to reckcn with my for- 
 mer knowIedgCj'and fo yccld vp the whole (umme 
 of my duty and feruice. • 
 
 To this olimresktmtd exceeding willing 38^ fo 
 the Earle to make choife of his beft time , they de* 
 parted one from the other, 0//;;^4r^J returning to 
 fatisfictheKingj&:GW^w<«r taking his Litter,went 
 backe to y^^^/^j where what contention grew be- 
 twixt him & his old acquainted mifchieues , how 
 cueryaaiaute hce produced new and vnnaturall 
 Cocks eggesj, brooded ihem from the heat of his 
 malicCjharcht them with the deuilifhnes of his Po^ 
 licie^ and [brought forth Serpen! sable to poyfon 
 all£«r^^j is a i>ifcourfc monilrous and almoll 
 inexprcfTabJe ; I will therefore omit this mutinic 
 of his troubled thoughts and onely pitch vpon this 
 one accident, no leffe ftrange then memorable; 
 wherein as in a Mirror cuery cyemay behold the 
 wcakenefle of a [guilty thought , and how cafily 
 frailty is (urprifed and oucrcorac,whcn it encoun- 
 ters with thefe two mainejcHcraies of our bloody 
 Fieayfand AmdzemeNt, 
 
 it Co fell out, that the Morning before the 
 Nooneon which Gondomar was to appcarc before 
 the defigned CommiflSoners , p^irtly to rcfreih 
 his perturbed fpirits with the pure Ayre , and 
 to recoiled vntohimfclfe all tbofe thoughts 
 s^tad circumtocesf which might make a glorious 
 
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 paffage for the huge and monHrous bodle of 
 miichiefc where withall he was that day in labours 
 hecaufed his attendants to bring him in his Lit- 
 ter 19 the Prada,nQSire\nto the Cittie oi AdAclri^y 
 being a place of recreation and pleafure for the 
 NobilitieandGallantrieofSpaiue, not much vn- 
 like to our new More Jie/dwalkcs^nearc to the Cit- 
 tie of LonAna , ont'ly that this is morepriwate and 
 rcferued 5 tor as ours is common to all rncn of ail 
 forts, lo is this /';'4^4onely but for the King, the 
 Grandies of Spaine , the Nobilicie and fome Gen- 
 tlemen ©f the vppermoft or beflqualitic. 
 
 After Q ndomar had in this place of recreation 
 taken a turnc or two in his Litter , whether hee 
 found his ruminations difturbed with the vneafie 
 pace of his MuleSjOr that he had not elbow roomc 
 enough m his Litter , to giwc a(Stion and grace to 
 many of thofe damnable thoughts which in that 
 houre gauc him fingular contentment,. for the 
 Spaniard is nor ©four dull Englidiqualirie, to lee 
 his words paffe from Kim as negle^ed ftrangers or 
 thoughts out of the compaffe of his dearcft fami- 
 jiaritie, but rather as deare children orchoiceft 
 fi-icndsj to lend them admiration with his eyes and 
 bandsr, to adorne them with cxpc(5tation in the 
 fhrugge of his fhoulders , ^nd witha thoufand 
 other minicke geflures, to makea (pecch that i^as 
 tnuiall and vnrti<>(oncd as folly irlcJfe, toapoeare 
 aslcri^usas if it were a Velfhan Oracle: vpon 
 fome one or other of thefe Spanilh difgufts , this 
 F^x ( QUE Earle ) vokennels himleife aod makes his 
 :.^u ' B Ici wants 
 
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 fcruants talce him from his Litter , then placing 
 his chaire ( the true fworne brother , or at leaft the 
 Bearert kinfman that might be to a cIofFc-ftoole). 
 vnder the ftiadowe of certainc trees, in a walke 
 more refcrucd then the reft, he commanded his 
 aftendants to withdraw themfclucs ; and he had 
 reafon fotodocforivvo principall tefpcils : the 
 firft , leaft his antickc pofturcs, niamps^ moes and 
 Munkcy.Iike wrye faces might drawc laughter or 
 fcorne from his vaflals , or laftly Icaft the violence 
 6i his ftudie and meditations might make feme 
 words fall from him , which he thosight too pi'e- 
 cious for another mans bofojne. 
 
 Beingobeycd in all his commandcments , and 
 feated thus alone by himfelfe, onely gaardcd by 
 his two choife friends Malice and Mifchiefe^ he bad 
 not cald vp many euill thoughts to appeare before 
 him 3 when on a fodaine( according t© the wcakc- 
 HelTe of his apprchcnfion) there fhincd rounda- 
 bout him .1 moft glorious and extraordinary lighr; 
 which might be taken rather for fire or fiamingj 
 then fhinc or glittering : and this appeared foio- 
 daincly , fprcd it felf c fo largely and increafed {o 
 violently, thai terror, fearc and amazement at one 
 inftant raifd vpow the heart of theEarle , and with 
 their celdc qualities did f@flupifie,-dullandcon* 
 tra6l€ all his fpirits^that as if he had fecne Medufas- 
 head , the poore 'Bon was become altogether a 
 pecce of ycc or marble ; he had no fpirit to it^ 
 member there were fpirits , his croflings a»d blcf» 
 iflgs jhis holy water and his Afiim Def, his Moaks^ 
 
 charmcsj,. 
 
charmtfs i «rtd his Jcfuitcs cpniurations were at/ 
 now turnd co quaking and trembIing,ro ftaring & 
 ftarkc madncs , to gaping and groaning, to wante 
 of words through thitc for words , and indeed to 
 what not that migh^ fhcvy the fingularneflfe ofa 
 perplexed aftonifhment ? his night-cap throwes 
 his hat in the duft , and his haire makes his cap fly 
 into the aire like a feather ; he doth reucrence but 
 fees no Saint,would fliincvtter either falutaiios or 
 curfes,but knows not by what name to eal his con- 
 trollep;In the end ftartingand ftandingvpright, 
 feeming to fee what he would not fee , or to findc 
 out that with curiofitie, which he had rather loofe 
 with the beft care of his fpiritsj ftradling likea Co- 
 IofIes,as if he neither xcipedicd prefent perils, nor 
 feared thofe which were further off , he lookt as if 
 he would look through the pure ayrc,and though 
 it haue truely nd'colour , yet was his fcarche fo di- 
 ligent that he appeared to find out aconftant com- 
 plexion; yetallvvasbuthisnewfcare, which nei- 
 ther the manner of his life (which had euerbeenc 
 dcfperate , fubtile^ and referued ) the condition of 
 the times (at that time and in that place free from 
 perplexities and incumberance ) the ftatc of hi$ 
 affaires ( rather rifing then declining) nor his prc- 
 fent negotiations ftrong enough to haue encoun- 
 tred with any Golkhs amazement, was able now to 
 keepe conQant anyone ioynt about him :1 haue 
 read that the Doke of Bmgmdie had like to haue 
 dyed at the fight oi the mnc Worthies , which a 
 Magiciao ha^ dii^puered bu^:ouxi:)c^/i (it^/T^^^'^r 
 
to 
 
 is ViU now to drt at the fight of nothing but aire 
 and his ownc imagination; f®r he bad euery fy mp- 
 
 1^ tome of death about him , as a body tremblingj 
 
 « ftomach fwelling , forc-hcad turnd yellow , eyes 
 dead or finking^a mouth gaping,& vvhaTnot that 
 could fay our D0/t is now vpon the pitch of de- 
 parting. They fay that great Princes fliould F*vuer 
 » feethe portraiture of fearc but vp0n their enemies 
 
 backesj fnrc lam G^»^£^w<>' now fa we both fears 
 and -cowardife vpon bis owne heart. Bwt why 
 fliould I driue you off with more circumftance? 
 the nakednes of the truth is , that as he gazed thus 
 fearefully about, there appeared or feemsd to ap- 
 peare before him the Ghoft of Sir ffa/ter Ranleigh 
 knight, a Noble famous Englidi-man and a re- 
 nowned Souldier : at this apparition the £arle fell 
 downc flat to the earth vpon his face ( for backc- 
 ward he durft not , leaf^ he might giue an offence 
 to his Surgion ) and yet the poflure in which this 
 Noble Gentleman appeared, how eucr fearefisn to 
 the guilte of Gondomars confcience , yet it was 
 , atniable and louely t« any pure and honcfl compo- 
 
 * , fition J Fot he was armed at all peeces, and thofc 
 
 peecesof (iluer , which is the enfignc of innocence 
 and harmlcfiieffe: Is hisright band he brandifhed 
 his fword, which was an inftrunaent that ha(3 beene 
 cwerfatallto SpaniChpraftifes, and hadnot the 
 udgebccnc taken off by this Foxes fubtilitics , I 
 pcrfwa^e ray fclfe(bytbi$ time)it had necrcmadea 
 aew conquefl of the Weft Indies 5 in his left had 
 h^ fcemcd cq carry a cup of gold fild withbloodji 
 
 which 
 
which blood he fprmklcd, fomc vpon (jW<?»4y 
 and forac vpon the ground , vitcring in an bellow 
 and vnpleafant voycc^thcfc or the like words foJ- 
 lowing. 
 
 CrefceCmor , SAftfuU futietur fmfutmCrefce^quod. 
 Jpero SitiOy ah Sh'to , Sith, 
 
 Gmdcm^rs attcndaars who had all this while (a 
 farrc off) beheld their Lords a(£lions , feeing him 
 now falling downe in this trance, came with all 
 poffiblc fpecde running vnto him , but ere they 
 could offer an hand to his alfiftance , they might 
 hcarc him vtter words of that ftrangc nature and 
 qualitie, that their fearcs bridled their charities, 
 and they were rather willing to let him lye ftill, 
 bending their attetionsto his wordsjthcn by a too 
 officious difturbance to break off any parte of that 
 difcourfe which might either make for the bettc. > 
 
 ring of the knowledge of the State , or ©thcrwife 
 be applyed c^ future feruice , at which thefe vnna- 
 turall and abortiue accidents eucr point , & there- 
 fore fixing their eyes and their edtes conftantly 
 vpon him ( as he lay groucling on the earth ) they 
 might hcarc thefe, or like words much like vnto 
 thefe,proceed from his perplexed and amazed fpi. 
 lit. ,'">i'^^''^'-4>i^^ ' ■ 
 
 Bleffed foiilc ( NobFe SfrV^&^r X4!rr/^/^/& /what 
 feaue I to doc with thy goddnefle y ©r wherefore 
 haft thou left thcpeaccfulncflTcof thy reft , to tor- 
 ment and call me to account er^ the prefixed and 
 full day of my tryall be corned , and that I mud 
 fiand face to face with thee and a world o f others 
 
 " ""^ ■ ' B^ before 
 
before the grcatcft Tribunal! , I can confcfic mine 
 iniquities , and that I hauc beenc to ihc King my 
 mafter^ as Borgia Cafar was to Pope Alexander the 
 fixt , an inftrument willing to take vpon me any or 
 all manner of finnes how odious or vild foeuer 5^ 
 I might but make5/4/»^ lookc frcQi, & that thofe 
 imputation$(which otherwife might haue clrownd 
 her ), might be but put into the Catalogue ofmy 
 fcruices , though defame and curies were heaped 
 vpon rae, in much greater quantities then OJfa^ 
 felion or Pindm. I doe confefTe I haue becne the ve- 
 ry Nofeofthe Spanifh Statc,through which hath 
 becne voyded all the excrements both of the head 
 and the whole body: I haue beenea channelloc 
 aCommon-fhoare tothc Church of i^<9/»f, and 
 what cither Pope 3 Prieft , Knauc or lefuite could 
 inucnt,! haue not left to put in pradifc.-Iknew the 
 odioufncfTe of confpiracieSjandhow hateful! they 
 are both to God and man, yethadlneuer the 
 power to leaue confpiriag : I knew both that the 
 Law of God and the law of Honour^ tycd Princes 
 to detc^ confpiracies 5 and had many times read 
 ouerthat notable Hiftorieof Zifir^the eleuenth, 
 and could my felfe repeate the noble and famous 
 praifcs which all Europe gaue him for aduertifing 
 his Arch ^nernie the Duke of l^urfundic of an at- 
 tempt againfl his pcrfon : but what hath this 
 wrought in me? certes ndfeiing but more flame 
 and morefuell » fo long as|ny thoughts W(frebu- 
 fied with the ftudic and r^imcmtfraja^e, pf^an ^pi-. 
 ucrlall MonajTchic. . ...-!".... ^^ 
 
 ■ n:^ .: I confide 
 
13^ 
 
 I confcfTe I hane many times fa'id (how eiier I 
 hauebelceued) that thofc great rnies which feck; 
 to make away their enemies otherwife then by Ii?- 
 ftice or the client of vvarre, iT:iewcs minds bale and 
 coward, and that their foulcs are emptic of true 
 courage, fearing that which they fliould fcorne: I 
 confcflTel hauc admired the goodnelTe olFarf- 
 iiotu who dcliuered into Pirrhm hand the flaiie that 
 fhould haue poyfoned him : I haue made Tiherm 
 C^r a demy-god, for anfweringa Xing of the 
 C^Z/d"/ which made him slx\ offer to poyfon Atmi- 
 ntm:, qhAtRomedUnolvfetohereuengeeiefherene^ 
 miesfecretly /tod by deceite , hut openly and by armes', 
 but haue I purfued this honorable tra<fie: haue any 
 of my ghoftly fathers the leftmes, or my matters the r 
 
 Inqmfitors giucn examples for thefe rcftriaions ? 
 no, their lefTons are ol a elcane eontrarie nature; 
 they fay -eUmn'm was anhoneft man when hee 
 made Frufias the King of BithmU violate all the 
 lawes of hofpitalitie aad vertuc , in the murther of 
 //4»ii'^^,but the whole SenMec^v^^zmA the aaioa . 
 for mofl odious , accufd FUmimm of crueltie and 
 coueteoufnelll, of vaine glory and of oftentation: 
 and queftionleffe had they had any touche or fee- 
 ling of Diuinitie or Ghriftianitic they could not 
 fcauc found anyothcrrankeforhim,then thatncKC 
 ymo/uda^: thcfefaire paths Ih^u^knowne , but 
 thcfe 1 hauc forfaken: and a*^ FUmmmv^^s the 
 caufe of Hdmbdis death out of an amb' tious crnu- 
 ktion,that he might in the Hiftv»ri::s cv iucc-re ing 
 dtiacsbcmadcaotonous and cmiot»* '^^iio loale 
 
 ^-■^ ■. — - ill: 
 
an adion.So I muft confcfle I chat hauc the whole 
 courfe of my life laboard continaally in the deep 
 inyneofpollicicjhaucnotfparedany blood (how 
 excellent focuer) fo I might be remembred m our 
 after Annals, for one of the chief c mafter workc- 
 men which went to the building vp ofche ^ing 
 my vn^^txs FnMerf at MonAxchy : And in thisi muft 
 confefTe, moA blefled foule^that thy death, thy vn- 
 timely (§«: to th^ i^ingdom of Great Britane) much 
 too early death(which wirh all violence & with all 
 the coniurationsjpcrfwafions &exaples that could 
 tye & bind together the heans and bodies of Prin- 
 ces^ I did both ploc^purfue^effedi: aad confuraate) 
 was one of the greateft raaftcrs peecesinwliichl 
 cucr triumphed j 1 haue made my felfe fat with thy 
 downefall: and the blood which iffued from thy 
 wound , was NeciAr and AmbroJiAio my foulc- for 
 from thy ending I knew righcwell mufl proceed 
 ^4/;^^^ beginning : for neuer could the Spanifb 
 ^ing fay as the French ^ing diddle fitis Reyfcul^ am 
 ^ing alone of the Indies as long as Rawle/gh liued, 
 whofe knowledge and experience was able to di- 
 nert, conuert and turnetopficturuieallhiscon- 
 quells, all his proceedings. I fay the tottering 
 ground wheron my ^ings title t© the Indies ftood, 
 that it was nothing; but violence and f^rce , tyra- 
 nic and vfurpation , and that ifa flranger or more 
 gentlcaimy fhould enter , ho^ cafic it was to (ct 
 vs bcfides thccufhion^ this I knew thou knowcft^ 
 and what not bcfides which belongeth to lo grcac 
 an attempt andc£iu0iph&? Imtiil conicfTe 1 hauc 
 
 called 
 
'5 
 
 called vp into my mindc the feonour , the antiqui- 
 tieandgreatncffcof thy great Familie , how rich 
 thou were in blood and friends , the whole Weft 
 of the Englifh Nation depending en thine ally- 
 ance : The manner of thine education , which was 
 not part but wholy Gentleman , wholy Souldier, 
 the edowmcnts ©f thy vcrtucs , which was Lear- 
 ning and Wifedome ; the adHanccmcntofthofe 
 endowments, which was to be the greatcft , the 
 beft 5 the moft renowned PrinccfTe that euer 
 breathed in Europe 5 and is the greateft time of 
 the greateft actions, the bufieft time of the m©ft 
 troubled Eftates, the wifeft time for the difcufifiea 
 ©f themofl difficult affaires, and the onely time 
 that did produce the excellencie and perfc^ioa 
 eim/edome, wane ^n^GQuernment , fo that no- 
 thing could be hid from thy knowledge , neither 
 wouldft thou fuffer any thing to be concealed 
 from thine experience , for thou hadft euer a mind 
 aftiuely difpofedj and howfoeuer thy fortune 
 was accorapanyed with all manner of felicities, 
 things able in themfekcs to haue drawne thy 
 mindc from all other obicAs, and to haue fetled 
 thcevpon this Theorie, that folitarineflfe is the 
 moftcxccllentcft condition belongiag vnto man- 
 kinde , in as much as in it he onely findeth the true 
 tranquilitie of the minde , for nothing is wanting 
 in that quiet habitation . MxnncL fals there , the 
 Rauens bring bread from heauen • if the waters 
 fee bitter, there is wood tofwccten them : If the 
 combatc ofjmalcc &; ^dom be there, the triumphs 
 
Q^MofesM&fuA arc likwifc there, fer what cannot 
 a life retired either differ or care in its co^itcmpia- 
 tioH; yet all this thou didft neglc6i:j and both 
 contradi6l and difproue : thou knewcft this Ijfs 
 vnfit for thy greatnciTe , and thou wcrt not borne 
 for thy felfe but thy Countrie , thou kneweft the 
 Sea, wherein euery great foulc fhould waader: 
 had tio haucn but the grauc , and that as they li- 
 ued fo they ought cuer to dye in adlion. Hence 
 itcamcjthat cucninthc very florifh and glorie of 
 all thy great cflatc , thou betookcft tfey felfe to the 
 Seas J and what thou haft before by thy pui fe and 
 infinit great charge in thcadions of other men 
 wonne and annexed to the Diadcme of thy great 
 Miftris, now thou doeft. in thine owne perfon 
 take a vcwc and furuay of the fame , applying 
 knowledge to report ^ and making thine owne 
 experience a controller to other mens relations : 
 I dare not (for the honour of my Nation) vnfolde 
 the woefull perplexitie ii which Spainc ftood du- 
 ring this tedious voyage , how fnc quaked to 
 thinkcof thegencrall vicwc which thou hadft ta- 
 ken without impeachement of ail the Weft lndies\ 
 but moft of all when {hec was aduertifed of thy 
 long and laborious paffagc vpon the riuer Oran*^ 
 qtieyi\\Q diftinguifhments which thou badft made 
 oetwixt it and the riuer of Amazons-^ and the in- 
 telligences which thouhadft gotten for thine af- 
 cent to the great Cittie of Maxoa znd Kingdomc 
 oiQuyofM'^ dcilgnes which if they had bcenc pur* 
 filed according to thy willingncs and knowledge, 
 
 wc. 
 
 ^(r- . 
 
^7 
 we had not :k this day acknowledged one footc o^ 
 earth for ours in all the Wcft/W/^^: O the mife- 
 rabic eftate of Spaine if thefe things had proccc- 
 ded !(3?ie had then , which now threatens all, bcgd 
 ©fall; and thePiftolets of gold and peeces of plate 
 wherewith it now corrupts and conquers Na- 
 tions , had then bccne turnd to Leather or Iron, 
 or fomc other Spani(h fiuffe more bafc and cori- 
 temptible: Was it not now high time to con- 
 fpireagainft thee, to digge mine vnder-minc , to 
 enter into fatniliaritic with tBalcontents,to feduce 
 {erne, to bribe others, to flatter all 5 to preachc a 
 choufand moft damnable falfc do(flrines , for the 
 fubuerfion of Princes and the deftrudion of their 
 faithfull feruants : was it not time for vs to make 
 Religion a cloake for our villanie , and vndcr the 
 Lambs Furrc tocoucrthe Wolucs policies? be- 
 leeue rae(bleired fhadow)had we either made con- 
 fcicnccoffin ,orfcruples for the maintenance of 
 Honour , we had not fubfiftedas we doc, but had 
 fadly lainc Hkc thefe which now lye captiued be- 
 low vs^can Spaine eucr forget thine attempt vpo© 
 her ownc confines and in her moft fecureft places^ 
 call vp Cadiz to wimelTe, (he will fhew you fomc 
 of hcrafliesi call the Kings great Armada to ac- 
 count , which was led by his tweluc ( fuppofed in- 
 uincible Apoftlcs ) and the moft of them muft rife 
 from the bottome of the feas , forae muft defim- 
 bogue from your our owne harbours : Let Pharaoh 
 in Fortffgal/i^Qzke, and flic willconfcfTc that her 
 Church will yet hardly coucc her Idols. When I 
 
 Cz looks 
 
lookc vpon ttic Hands of the Azores , me tfeinkcs I 
 itt FiaUhvLtmhgmxho, flames which you caft vpon 
 her, whil{l all the reft bring in the tributs of their 
 beft wealths, to fane thcmfcluesfromperidiing. 
 Laflly but not !eaft,for from it I t?i\{<^ the ground- 
 fv^orkc of thy fatall deftriidfon ; J cannot bin re- 
 toMnc thineaftion vpon the Towneof St Thama 
 flandingvpoK the riuer ofOronoque , how fit it lay 
 as abayfc to drawe tfcc into mifchicfe , and how 
 brauely it gaue me occafion neuer to defifttilll 
 iaw thy ruine j alas, was that defpifed Towne to be 
 prifcd with thy life, with thine experience, with 
 ibine abilitic to dirc(Sb ^or with the leaH; parteof 
 thine adions? no, it was not, onely my malice 
 madeit ineftimable, and my coniinuall felicita- 
 tions 5 mine iti^jprecations , my vowes , mine ex- 
 clamations vpon lufticc 5 mine inftanccs on the 
 adions of pious and religious Kings , and the da- 
 rings oftoo bold and ambitiots Subic(5lSj was fo 
 importune and vtolcnt 5 that but the great forfei- 
 lure of thy blood, my furie could findc no fatisfa- 
 i^ion : hence you fell, and that fall was to rae more 
 then a double Banquet; for nowmee thought I 
 faw all things fecure about me : Now faid 1 to my 
 fclfCjWho fijal fl^akc any one ftonein our building? 
 who flaall giuc vsafFright by fea , or ihew vs the 
 terrors of the land? what (ball hinder vs now to 
 bring home our gold in Caruiles, and our mar- 
 chandize in Hoys and Flyboacs ? all is ours , the 
 Ocean is ours , and the IrttUes arc ours : this 
 could wcc ncuer boaft before , yet this was my 
 
 worltc, 
 
I5> 
 workc 3 and in this I triumphed. 
 
 At thefe words the Ghoft appeared to ftiewe 
 anger, andmenacying him withfrowaes and the 
 ihaking of his fword j the poorc Do»\ihmg vp his 
 armesvnder his cIoakc,lliewd bis red badge of the 
 Order o^Colotrmia ; but finding the crofle vttcrly 
 void of vertuc to diucrt that charmc, he began to 
 crycoutagainein this manner. 
 
 Doe not miftakc me ( bIcfJed Soule ) in that I 
 bauefaixi I triumphed , for I will now with griefe 
 and repentance buy from thy mercy myabfolu- 
 tion. It is true that then I triumphed , for what is 
 he that takesin band any labor or workc of high 
 confequcnce, but when he hath finifiicd it to per- 
 fe^ion 3 hee firs downc and rcioyecth ? *So I that 
 faw ( not afarre off bat nearc at band; the infinite 
 hinderanceSj rubs and impediments, which thy 
 knowledge, thy valour , thy command and expe- 
 rience 5 might bring to any worke vndertakcn by 
 my King, for the aduanccment or bringing for- 
 ward of his vniuerfall Monarchic : and when I 
 pondredwiih my fclfe, that no Nation vnder 
 Keaucn was fo able in power , fo apt in the nature 
 and difpofitioa of the people, nor fo plenrifull 
 mall accomodations, both for fcaand land, as 
 this Hand of Great Brhaffte , t© oppofc or bcatc 
 backe any or all of our vndertakings, When I faw 
 Irameh\i£\^ bath at home aar! abroad , the Lowe- 
 Coancries carcfull to kecpe their ownc , not cu« 
 rious toincreafe their ownc v when 1 faw Germany 
 ^ifiiilcd with ciuiil angcr^ Denmarke. troubled to 
 
take trouble from his deareft kinfman ; the PoUn^ 
 der watching of theT«ry^^ , and the Turke through 
 former lofifes , fearefull to giuc any new atteaipt 
 vpon Chridendome , and that in all thefe we had 
 a maifteand particular intereft : when I faw eucry 
 way (mooth for vs to paflfc, and that nothing 
 could keepethe Garland from our heads, or the 
 Goale from our purchafe but oncly the anger or 
 difcontcnt of this fortunate Britifh Hand 5 blame 
 menotthcniflfelltopradifes vnlawfull, to flat- 
 teries deceitful! , to bribcrie moft hurtefull , and 
 to other enchantments moft fhamcfull , by which 
 Imight either winne mine owne ends , or make 
 my worke profperous in the opinion of my Soue- 
 raigne. I confefTe I haue many times abufed the 
 Maieftie of Great hriume with curious faklioods, 
 I hauc protefted againft my knowledge , and vtte- 
 red vowes and promifes which 1 knew could neuer 
 be reconciled : 1 hauc made dclayes, fharpe fpurs 
 to haften on mine owne purpofes, 6c haue brought 
 the fwifteft dcfignes to foflowea pace , that they 
 haue beenc loft like (hadowes , and neither known 
 nor regarded : I lookt into your Common-wealth, 
 and faw that two and twenty ycareseafe had made 
 her grow idle^I faw theEaft /«^^j cate vp and dc- 
 uoureyour Mariners & Sea-men , & time and old 
 age confumeand take away your land Captaines- 
 and of all , none more materiall then your felfe : 
 Blame me not then if I made thine end my begia- 
 aing 5 thy fall thefulneffc of my pcrfedion , and 
 thy deftru(Slion the laft worke or mafter.pecce of 
 
 all 
 
II 
 all my wifedomc and pollicic. Tiiis is the free- 
 dome of my conk ilion , and but from this iinne 
 abfoluc mc , and 1 will dye thy penitent in facke- 
 cloatb and ailies. 
 
 At thefc words the apparition feemed (in the 
 fearefull imagination of the poorc Do^J to be 
 more then exceeding angrie J and lookt vpon him 
 with fuch terror and amazement, that Gondomar 
 fell (with the affright) into a trance or deadly 
 found, whileft the Ghoft feemed to vtter vnto 
 him thefe or thefc like words following. 
 
 To ihee whom bafc flatterie, wante and couc- 
 eeoufnefle hath guilded with thefe fooUfhand vn- 
 fitting hyperboles , as to call thee, 
 
 TheFloneroftheWeJiy 
 
 The delight of Spa'mey 
 
 The life of wit, 
 
 Thelightofwifedome, Condcmm 
 
 TheCMercurieofElomence^. falfc TiUeor 
 
 ThegioYte of the G orrne. 
 
 The PhehtuinComt, 
 
 \>\thor inCounfill, 
 
 Chri/fia^ ^uma^ 
 AtjdprincijrAU ornament of thii time. 
 
 Lord Diego Sarmiento de Acuna , Mofi honor ^U 
 Exrle tf/'Gondomar , Gouernour of Wicntoyo , and 
 Petinarog* , of the mof honorable Order ^Golatra- 
 uia, CotmfeUour of State , one of the Kings Treafurers, 
 Emb/ijfadofirfor his Catholic ke Maiejiie to his ^oyall 
 Maiejfie of England , Regent of the Towne andCafile of 
 Bay on ^ Frejidentofthe Bijhopricke of 'X^^\d in Ga- 
 
 litia,, 
 
It 
 litia, chUfe Tftafurer oj the mofi mhU Order of AU 
 cantata , One ofthefoure Judges of the facrcd Pritd- 
 ledges J Vronourie of the Kingdome ^Toledo, Lcoa 
 ^WGalitia, mdfrmipdttie of K^\mzs^ And Lord 
 high Stev/trd of the mofi fuiffmt , Philip ^he UlU 
 Kmg sfdl the Spaines and of the Indies. 
 
 Loc thus I falutc thee with thy true Stile and 
 eminent Infcription according to thiac abfolutc 
 Nature , Qjjalitie and ProfelTion ; 
 To thee then that art, 
 Thepoyfomus weedofEutopc. 
 The Atloi of Spsiines Jimes aHdconJ^iracm. 
 The BeuHsfoole, 
 The w/femans Bt^^eare. 
 Gondemrs The Mcrciirie ofknauiflj Policie, 
 5^16^''^'°' rhedifgraceofCtuime. 
 TheBt^ooneinGonrte^ 
 AtemCounfeU, 
 
 Athetft,for the Popes adttAmagey undpriiictpaU Irh 
 teUigencerhetrceene Hell and the lefmtes. 
 
 Don 'Diego Sarmiento de Acuna 5 Moft dishonor able 
 Earle of Condom^t j,Pouller andPiller <?/"Menroyo, 
 and Pennaroyo 3 of the riche couetous Order of Co- 
 latratiia , Gazetift of State, one cfthe confumers of 
 the Kings pur fey Intelligencer for huCatholicke Mate- 
 fiie againft the Roy all Maiepe of£n gland , Spotler of 
 the Tmne and Cafile of Bayon , an tU example to the 
 Bijhopricke of Tuid in Galitia ^ chief e cajh-keeper 
 for the Order ^Alcantara , One ofthefoureBrthe-ti^ 
 kers for the prophane priuiledges , Promoter for the 
 Kingdome of lokdo J Leon and Galitia, andPrin- 
 
 cipalitie 
 
^5 
 efpA^itle <f/ Mnrci y Ami a commmU'Broher hnrntne 
 the King of Spainc Andthe Pope , And bttwuHC the Ic- 
 fuitcs, the Inqinfitors tfW theDeutU. 
 
 Harken to my detection , and chough I knowc 
 thou canft fteale and kill, iwcarcandlye, wecpc 
 and wou d,and indeed doc any thing that is con- 
 trarie to Truch and luftkc 5 yet in this accufation, 
 {hamc and thine owne putrificd confcience fhall 
 be wimefles fo powerfuil and vndauntcd, that 
 thou ihalt not be able to refeli any cue allegation 
 or fmalleft particle. 
 
 To begin then with m"ne owne end , though I 
 know the day of my death was the grcatcft Pefti- 
 iiall that cuer thy fortune did folemnizc , though 
 it brought to SfAme a ycarc oilMe , to thy repu- 
 tation AhfoUns pillars, and to euery Papifticall 
 MiniAcr in the world, thepraifeof his Artef-ma- 
 fter ; yet poorc dcfpifed mortall, know, it was not 
 you , but a more diuine and isfcrutable finger 
 which pointed out my dcftinic to this manner of 
 end & deftru<5lion,neithLT is it fit for the humility 
 of ignorant man to open his cyes,as daring to pre- 
 fume to gaze on the radiant heamcs of that fouc- 
 raigne power,which difpoferh of fccodcaufes as he 
 j)leafeth:neither doc 1 affln5l thee as my particular 
 cxccutioner,but as my Countries gcncrall enemy: 
 It fufficeth me that tne great God who is ludgc of 
 life & death, hath diipofed of my life, & after this 
 early manner ,ihat in it he might cxprcs the cffc<5ls 
 of his lufticc; therefore trouble roc thy felfc with 
 my death which was th y comfort , but be vexed at 
 
 D thiue 
 
24- 
 "i^iitcown^ lilCj which isjibthingbuta continual 
 
 pilgtimagexo AmbkiSiijiinJ an vnclermining 
 M€»alc to diggedovi^ne the ChruchofGocI, and 
 tobrifigthc Gofpctl of our bleflcd Sauiour into 
 ctcrnall capriuitie. H^fl: not thou bcenc anvnti- 
 red packG-'hoifc 5 traucihng tiight and day withn 
 out abaitCj and loadcn like ad AfTe, till thff 
 knees hauc bowed vndcr the burthen of ftrange 
 iand vnnaturall defignes ^ by which to aduancc 
 thy Maftertoihevniuerfall Monarchic ofall En- 
 ro^e ? This thy feare hath made thee confelTe, but 
 tnis thy-flatterie and falfliood will deny, fiiould 
 not the efficacie of truth make it moftapparanc 
 fend pi-cgnant : Therefore to enter into -the firft 
 flreatirss fr<Sni whfehce 5pi»«^ hath g<sthered the 
 ' great Ocean of its Soueraigntiejthereisrso foun- 
 tains more remarkable then the Battle of Alcazar 
 ivi Bdrhmc^ where the too forward Don Seh^JiMft 
 KihgbiPoriugaS^ ( whether flaine or Fioi/laine^in- 
 gagihg himlcJfe too vnfortunately , gaue bcca- 
 fion to Pto^thefecond of Sfair^e , to enter and 
 vfurpc vpon his kinfmans Kingdomcs , to expell 
 'f>i>nAmmio itovn hisrightand itaheritaflcc, and 
 ■as \i is f^rongly fuppofed , to- caufc the true King 
 himfelfctodycin the Gallics, hence he became 
 King of all the Shames and PortugnU , puld to him- 
 (tlfethc Soueraignetie both of the llandsroftbe 
 Ctf^^/e-j-andof the Az.ores\yXhcont fecutjn^^ghis 
 Way forth ^ the ether fecuring his way home frem 
 the VVeft/W/f-Xj and fo m^dz the conqueft thereof 
 mbtt fefcand vadoubded : hcc tooke alfo by the 
 '^:-'"i •„. feme 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
^5 
 fame mtcrcft msriy ftrong holds & mar<jhantabi-e 
 
 places in the Eaft InAies^ fo that fitting now alone 
 in SftLtne without a competitor , and hauing trca- 
 fiire from the Weft /W/^j wherewith to p*y Soul- 
 dicrSjand marchandizc from the Eaft Iftd^eswktt- 
 with to enrich his ownc fubieds , wk^t could he, 
 or what did hec contemplate vpen but tl^jc aug- 
 mentation of his Monarchic ; Hence icxrame that 
 his wa rre gre we violent vpon theLow-CQ^ntries 
 and vndet the Goucrnraents of the Dukeiof^/^^, 
 and Do» lohn Duke oiAuJirU , the tyrannies. (b in- 
 fufferable , that all manner of frccdomes were con- 
 uerted to flaucries , and the blood of Jthe Nobili- 
 tie made only foode for the flaughter-hpjjfe »yca 
 fuchas were remote and flood farther off from 
 his crueltic , depending vpon their ownc rights 
 cand vnder the couert of their ©wne guards , were 
 .not yet fafefrom Spaines eonfpiracies , and that 
 witneifeth the death and murther ef the famous 
 Prince of Orange , the imprifonment and death of 
 his cldcft (onne , and a world of infamous pra£tl- 
 fes againft the life of Qoxxm MAmtce^ the la^ 
 PrincC'deceafed , and againfl: the fafctic of Count 
 HemihihQ Prince now furuiuing : what incroch- 
 mcnts weredaily made vpon thcfe diftreifed Pro- 
 uinccs, all the Princes of £»r^tfbluth to behold, 
 eand had not Elizabeth my dread Ladie and Mifti!^ 
 -offamoas and blefled mcmorie^ taken thein to 
 iherRoyall protection , they had long finccbeenc 
 fwallowed vp in thcgulpheof his tytannic^and 
 aois^ of themnow liuinghaci koowae the n^meof 
 :o D z ftcc 
 
1L6 
 free Prmccs t iand a$ this worke was begun by 
 fMj^ the fecond, fo it was continued by Ph/I/p 
 the third , and is new at tbishoure asearncAly 
 purfued by /*^//^ the fourth and his fitter the 
 ArchduchcfTe , and rathcrwitfi gaining then loo- 
 fing; fo that fhould £>^^/W but turnc its face a 
 little away from their fuccour , there would bc^ 
 great brcachc made ia the hope of their fubr 
 fifling.. 
 
 * But you will anfwere, that if 5/^/;?f had fixed 
 down its rcfolution vpon an vniuerfall Monarchy, 
 they had netier then harkned 1 3 a peace with the 
 Nether-Lands : to this thine owne confcienc e is 
 ten. thoufand witneflcs , that the peace which it 
 entertained , was nothing elfebuta pohtickcdeJay 
 tobring otherandimperiit ends and defignes , to 
 amore fit and felid purpofe, forcffedingofhis 
 gcncraH conq-ueS j for what did this Truce , but 
 diuert the eyes of the Nether-lands ( whidi at 
 that time were growing to be infinit great ma- 
 Scrs oMliipping ) from taking a. furuay of his l»~ 
 Mes^ atid brought a fecuritie to the tranfportatioa 
 of his plate and treafure, and made bim fettle and 
 reinforce hisGarrifbns which then were grownc 
 wcakc and ouertoylcd , bcfides aworld of other 
 aduantages^, which too plainely difcouercd thcm» 
 fellies aflfdonc as the warrc was new commenced. 
 As he had thus gotten his feete into the Nether- 
 lands , had; not Sfame.m the fame manner ,. and 
 with as much vfurpation, thrufl his whole body 
 m^Mj} let N^ies fpcake ^ let skfU, Ice cheiMnds 
 
 of. 
 
^7 , 
 
 ti^SardmU ^ndCorJks^ the Dulcedome (^XM'tiUn, 
 thereuoltc of the VAltolmc and a world ofothet 
 places , fomc polTcft,, fomc lying vndcr the pre- 
 tence of ftrange Titles^ but come to giiie vp their 
 account J and it will be more then manifcft, that 
 no Signorie in all •Italic but (lood vpon his guard, 
 and liowerly expelled when the Spanifh ftorme 
 fhould fall vpon them ; how many quarrels hatli 
 beene piled againft the State oivcmce^ foineby 
 the Pope , forae by the King oi Sj^ame ? how many 
 doubts baucbcenethrownevpon TufcanU^ what 
 protei^atioiis hauc flowne to GcnoA , and what 
 ihrcatnings againft Genem ? and all to put July 
 into conbuftion, whiift the P^/e-/ holineiTe , and 
 his Catholicke Maieftic , like Saturnes fonncs , fat 
 fulJ gordgd with cxpedation to deuidc heaiien 
 and cjrth betwecne them. 
 ' O was it not a brauc politicke trickc o{ Spame, 
 (neither was thine aduice abfcnt from the mif- 
 chicfe) when the diifercnce fell betwecne Hmry 
 iItc Great of /"^-^/^t^ and the Duke of Sanoye , about 
 the Marquifate of Sdnfes-^ the King then your ma- 
 ftcr vnder pretence of aiding the Duke his bro- 
 ther in Law, fcnt diuers Regiments of Spaniards 
 which were quartered fomein Carhonteres ^ fome 
 in Menumellion\^ SAuiUdn^ Pfgnoroli cind duiers 
 other places about ^4«^ and Pkmom , but when 
 the Truce was concluded , could the Duke vpon 
 anyintreatie, potent or ms^fTagc makethcfc Spa- 
 riardsto quit his Gountric? no, by no mcanei^^ 
 foi they were fofjrrre from leauing ihcirfoot-holdj 
 
 D 3 hauing 
 
Iiauing recciiied ditrcrs comraatKlmentstokeepc 
 it 5 both from the Count de Fuentes ( at that time 
 Viceroy oiMil/mJ from chcc by priiiate letters, 
 and from the King your Malkr by fundric Com- 
 lniflfiQiis; that the chicfesofthofe Troopes, pcr 
 rempiorily anfwered the Duke , that they would 
 hould their gettings , in defpight of all oppod- 
 f ions , and were indeed full as good as their words 
 for a long time , tillatlaft the Duke (inforced 
 thereunto) raifed vp a (Irong Army, and in a fcw^ 
 dayes put them ail to the fword , I would here re- 
 ^^cate the Spanifh attempt againft ihs, Caftlc of 
 Nke , being tlie very key or opener of an entrance 
 into the very bowels oiltalk'^ I could fpe,ake of 
 the dangerous quarrel raifd betwcenc the Dukeof 
 Samyesiud the Dukeof MamoA, for the Marqui- 
 fate of Momferrat , and how fatall it was Hkely to 
 haue bcene to the whole ilate oi Italy ^ wl^exeiti 
 Ftientes and thy fclfc , fhewd all the arte of pra(5life 
 that might be, which, fhould become themaftev 
 worke-man ; but thefe things are f® pregaant-,an(} 
 apparant that they neede little difcuffion. . r. 
 Let mce now awaken thy memory with fome 
 ftirrings vp orpra6tifesagainft the Kingdome of 
 Frmce, no leflfe but more pernitious then any of 
 the former jwho was the. head or chicfefoueraigne 
 (after the t^ie death @f Bemy the third King oT 
 Vrance and Volmd ) of that moft vnchriflianlikc 
 combination , intituled the Holy , but truely vP- 
 holy League ? was it nmMlt^ of Sp'me one. of your 
 moft Cathohkc Mailers J whoflaadcthcgr£at,aad 
 
 ^ valiant 
 
... .^9 
 
 valiam Gkife- his fvl'otd -arid- rmfiiiU^ fc oiiIU 
 QiicciTc' mother -Kis ntclligcncer arid admirer, 
 the Cardinals his Miriifters and leducers , and the 
 Pope himfclfe t3 Prodigall childe , ro bertow and 
 giue away \yhat{(>tuc'r hee rc(^nircd ? was not ali 
 this P^i/// of 57W.^f your Catlioiike Mafter? How 
 long did he kecpe Hemy the fourth fiirnamed the 
 Great, from his lawfull Throne andinlieritance? 
 what Citries did hecpcffefTe? eucn thegrcare(^ 
 that Frafice cotild number: what Countries vnder 
 his command ? all that were rich or f ruicfull : and 
 what Nobilitie had hee drawnc from their obe- 
 dience? thofe that were more powerfull and be{\ 
 bcloued ; in fo much , that had not my moft excel- 
 lent WMsEltz^hcth , of bleffed and Ennous Ms^ 
 mory, like a (Iron g Rocke againilthe rage of a 
 furious Tea, taken the qiiarrell intohsr hand, and 
 by hcrRoyall protection, firft Vnder theconducl: 
 of the Lord wiUou^ihy, after vnder the cob dud of 
 fte Earle of £/^^;c , M*^ and iupponed that rce- 
 JingEfiate, Frmce'w \s feared,, at t!)ishcurehad 
 onely fpokcn the Spanillilanguage ; but God in 
 hts great mercie had otherwile difpofed of thefe 
 firaaifcs, and though with fome diflicultiesj 
 brought the Crownc of Frmce ro its true owner;, 
 a Prince fo abfolutely excellent in euery perfc- 
 aion of true honour and magnimitie ^that his pa- 
 ralell hath not beene found in all the Hiftoricof 
 Trance ^ and althougKhcc had in his very youth 
 andalnioft child-hood pr^uailed in diners Battles, 
 as thai at Montconter j and at P.em-le duke ; and 
 
 although 
 
30 ^ 
 
 although hec had becne aflaylcd in thcdaycsof 
 Henry the third , and in the fpaae of fourc ycarcs, 
 by ten Royail Armies fuccefliuely one after ano- 
 ther ,and fcneone to rcfrcfh the other, and vndcr 
 the condii61: of gr^at and moft glorious Cap- 
 taines, againftali which hepreuailed , aswitneG 
 fedhisvidorieac the Battle oiCcutrasAVi^ other 
 places 3 though he had giuen fuccour to Henry the 
 third , and deliunred him from his great danger 
 at Tours , bringing to his obedience GargeaH, Gkn, 
 hcharkc ^ Fluuiers ^ Eftamp(Sy Dcurdan anddiuers 
 other places : though hec had bcene generally 
 fortunate in all his great a£iions , yet after the 
 death of Henry the third , this dcuillifh combina- 
 tion, or SpanirhknotoftheL^ag^^is moreomi- 
 nous, fatal! and troublcromevntohim, then all 
 his former vndcrtakings; and hec found that al- 
 though hce might hauecomc to the Crowncof 
 France by fucccflion., which was the eafieft way, 
 yet God to trie his courage , to exercifc the force 
 of his minde, and to makeafoolifhfhadoweor 
 igfiis FMtim of Spaines Ambition , prefented the 
 moft painefall and difficult vnto him , which was 
 that of Conqiiefl: ; Hee was forft to raife on footc 
 ( by the helpe GfourErglifh Nation) three Royail 
 Armies , which he dKperft in three Prouinces * the 
 firft, into Norn»andi£, where he was affifted by the 
 Earle ofEJpx^ the fccond into champa^gne y and 
 the third into Vicardie , where hee was fecondcd 
 by the Lord mUoughbie , who brought him trium- 
 phantly into the fuburbs of Faru , and by the 
 
 blowing 
 
blowing vp of a Porte, offcrd to dcliucr tnc whole 
 Ciccic CO his fubiedion 5 the Earlc of £^Ar did as 
 much at Koan , but the King defircd to winnc 
 Froftcty not to dcftroy FrAice , yet ere the Earle de- 
 parted , he chafed rebellion out of the moft part 
 oiN(frmmdie : the King gaue his cnemis ( the Spa- 
 ilifh fadion) battle vponihc plainc olTurj and 
 wonac it , by which he regained in lefTe then two 
 months fifteenc or (Ixtecnc great Townes,broughc 
 Pdm to infinic extreamiric , made the Spaniards 
 wi(h thcmfckies on the other fide of the Piveneam: 
 and indeede fuch a generall amazement to all the 
 vahappie Leaguers ^ihu allftood agaft , as vncer- 
 taine which way to tiirne them. 
 
 This when your great Maftcr beheld , and faw 
 that all his hopes were dying in an inftant , like a 
 cunning Coniurer hcc feekes to drawe fire and 
 lightning from heaucn, to confume what his Ar- 
 mies durft not approach or difualewe, whence i£ 
 came, that he roufes vp Gremie the 13. then Pope, 
 who indeed was the Oracle , or rather the crea- 
 ture of Philfp your mafter , and makes him of a 
 common Father bctweene the head of a rebel- 
 lious and vfurping partic ,cafting forth his fulmi- 
 nations with fuch violence and iniuAice , that the 
 Buls were taken and burnt both at Tours and at 
 Chalom ; neither knt he out thefe Buls by his vn- 
 godly and bloodfc MiniAcrs thelefuites , orfuch 
 like defpcrate and obfcure m^l-contcnts , but with 
 an Army oFa thoufahd ca(Tacks of watchet veluet, 
 imbradrcd with gold,and Ciphers of Keys ioyned 
 
 E vnto 
 
5^ 
 vnto fwords (whole errand was, to demand the 
 execution ©fthcfcBuIs) nowfeing the dilficultie 
 whercin^ffaires^oodj vponthcvcw of one huni 
 ■dred horfc of the French Kings white Cornet, 
 dare not for all the Pope or the King o'i SpAtnes 
 hopes or commandements abandon the very fha- 
 dowe ©f the walles of Verdun , but like fo many 
 Foxes lay lurking in their kennels of fccuriiy, 
 knowing they had to deale with me,whofe fwords 
 were fo well fteeld, that they feared not the lead 
 of R»m€ y oaely like fo many Furies of hell they 
 feeke to breakc all treaties of peace, and made it an 
 adiontrcafonableand moft impious, to taHceof 
 an vnity betweene the Soueraigne and the fub- 
 
 But for all this , great Henry loft no time \ for 
 £rft, he pafled into Normandy , fecurcd his friends 
 there, thence hee went into Fkardie , bcfieged 
 NGyca and tooke it, eucn in the view of the Spa- 
 nifh Armic, who although they Were three to 
 one J yet durft not to hazard rhe Battle : which 
 aduantage the King wifely taking , and turning 
 head vpon his enemies , albeit hee was aduifed t^ 
 the contrary by his chief cflferuants, yet his cou* 
 rage bound him rather to follow the path of dan- 
 ger with honour , then that oMafety with fbame, 
 faying as Fompey fa id , That in fir iking his foot agdnf 
 the earth hevpould raife vf Legiom :{® the Armies 
 met together at AumAle ^ where though ypen the 
 -.irltapproach the King was htirt with a fhot, yet 
 ike had firengtli enough to cr jc charge^ charge , and 
 ■ breaking. 
 
33 
 brcalting through his enemies , he put the Dulcc of 
 
 f/trma and all his Spaniards to a fhamefull re- 
 
 traite; as this/o hebtat his enemies tit BeUeffcomh, 
 
 he ftripes them at Sure , and made them to quit 
 
 Tuetot with much fhame and lofle. 
 
 Thus this Royall Kings quarrell being ittft', and 
 maintained by a good Iword, the pride of spamt 
 found that if chc warre containcc|iongcr , her Ca- 
 tholike grcaneiTe , could haue more wood to heat 
 her Oucn , then corne to fend to the Mill. 
 
 Tis purpofckfle to fpe-ake of the ruine of 
 Quiheuf^ the rccouericof £^^r^^5 orthatbrauc 
 aflault, where eight Horfes put three hundred to 
 route; tetit fufficcme in one word to conclude, 
 that in defpighr of all the engines which the Pope 
 orthe Kingof 5/4/;?^ could vfe, Hewy of Fra»ce 
 became triumphant, and your M:iftcrsvniuerfall 
 Monarchie was turnd topfie turuie ; nay , the 
 League the Typhon of fedition from whence fprung 
 fo many Serpents and Vipers of difloyalty, was 
 fmothercdvriderthe AEtna of her ownepiefum- 
 ption and piide. 
 
 But did either Spahe or Rome here Qay their ma- 
 lice? fie no 3 but rather Ameu^Uke, they rofe vp 
 with double vigor , and what publique warre 
 could not effed , priuate pradifeand confpiracic 
 muft bring to pafife , for ere the Great Hem-yw^s 
 well warmed in his Throne , HeUund the SpanilTi 
 gold ftird vp a wretch , who vnderrooke to kill 
 him ; the Tygcr fta/d bis hand at the fkining ofa 
 glafle^and alter his apprchcnfi m^ confcft thut hce 
 
 E 2 iawe 
 
14 
 fawe fo mucb pietie and zeale iliiniog in the eyes 
 ©fthis Prince 5 chat he felt horrour in himfelfc to 
 offend the Soueraigne dignity ordained of God 
 among Angels and Men. Hence it came that all 
 Frmce beheld and tookc notice oi Sf ines Ambi- 
 tion^ &: that indeed all their labour was but to re- 
 duce :hatflorifliing Nation to apriuate Prouince, 
 which the J-arliament of Fatu ( after it had vomi- 
 ted the phicgme of temporizing) taking to heart, 
 made forth a Decree for the difpcrfing and ba- 
 nilliing ofall the Spani{h Regiments : and now 
 fiue great Dukes , formerly bewitched with ^a- 
 tholikc incantations , fall at the footc of ibis 
 great King, and coniefTc how they werebeguy- 
 Jed. 
 
 The firfi , was the Duke of Lorrame , which ob- 
 tained a generall Peace for his Eftate , through 
 the mediation of /"(fy^/^^W the Archduke of Tuf' 
 cams ; the fecond was the Duke of tJM&yenne^ 
 who abtaincd pardon through the w^fedome of 
 his carryage 3 huuingHill a watchfull eye j that no 
 generall ruine might happen to the Kingdome^ 
 The third, was the Duke oiGusfe^ thelofTe of 
 whofe father aad vnckle^made his intereft the grca- 
 tcfl in this quarrel! , yet had he the honour to re- 
 cciue the Kings firft imbraces j The fourth was the 
 Duke ©f loyeufe, who as foone as hec had kid the 
 Kings kand , forfooke the troubles of the world, 
 betooke himfeife to a folitarv life ; and the laft was 
 the Duke Mercure^ M'ho broiight to the King , not 
 himfeife alqne, but with him the redudion of the 
 
 good* 
 
55 
 goodlycft Prouincc in ail Tnnce : To conclude 
 
 fhilip o{ SpAtneyom Maftcr , fcing vpon what falfc 
 
 wheelcs his cngins ranne , was content to inlreatc 
 
 far peace of this g:reat Chciff aine» 
 
 But did here confpiracies and Spsnifn plots 
 
 end ? no , nothing fo : for to come nearer to your 
 
 ownc touche , and to rcpeatc matters of thine 
 
 ownc profccuiion , Is it not an Hiftoric moA re- 
 
 m.irkablc , and to S^ame mofl infamous , of that 
 
 dcfpcratc vilaine borne at Ne^e-felijfe , v\ho 
 
 going into 5//?/;?£'vpon fomcdilcontents concei- 
 
 Hcd .igainft this great Hemyo^ France, and as ic 
 
 wasflrongly fwppofcd, hauing taken feme dire- 
 
 ^ions from you , but full and materiall inftiu* 
 
 ^ions from the Dcuils pod: harfes your nnafters 
 
 the Icfuites , ciid with all violence profticutc hira- 
 
 felfc to murthcnhis mofl Chri(\ian King j but the 
 
 matter being fo important , and carry cd ihrou£;h 
 
 ib many feucrall hands , had loft fo much f^rcng- h 
 
 offecrecic, that an inckling thereof came to the 
 
 cares o^dg BArram, then ordinarie AmbaiTadour in 
 
 SpAtne for the King oi France , who inftarstly out 
 
 ofdutic, and the harrc<^ which cuery true Chri-. 
 
 IVian ought to beare againfi tl -efc odious and mofi 
 
 Atheiflicali pradtifcs , consp'aiiicd to the Popes 
 
 Huntio^ hoping of rcdreffc, both againS the vi-, 
 
 lainehimfelfc , your fcifc and the lefultcs , who 
 
 are both vilaines and your felfe; buf the matter 
 
 wasfuUy blanchtj and your impiou? earc (that 
 
 hadliftnedto ihis abdominablc finnc ) was exci:- 
 
 Ecd, and the whoJe offence of fubornarion. was 
 
 Ej laid 
 
laid vpon a creattffe of yours • but one of the King 
 of Spaines Efquicrs , named by the place of his 
 birth VdAomoro j who vpon examination ( hauing 
 hislcflbn fore taught hiaa, confeft all the para- 
 ges totheDukeofZf-r/^^, and that not oncly this 
 flauCj but diuers others had tendrcd themfelues to 
 the like feruice, yet this with the greateil vio- 
 lence , affuring him that he knew the mcanes how 
 to kill the King; which propofition , vpon (oma 
 conference with a Icruite(v/ho neuer takediftaft ac 
 fiichapradlifc) he had accepted of, but yet with 
 that caution and delay that nothing proceeded 
 therein , neither was likely to proceed , and fo ail 
 things were fliutvp without any further difeouc- 
 rie, onely that de Baruut aduertifed the King his 
 Maftcr thereof: but was this honorable or pious 
 in Spame f no , the praife had becne more pcrfed^, 
 and the merit more plaine and euident for the 
 Spaniards , if they ha<J punifhcd the Tray tor, 
 tnade thy felfc vddomoro ^ and the lefuite exam- 
 pleSjttot to liften or giue care to fuch odious con- 
 fpiracies, and by a carefull aduertifcment to the 
 King , made others dread the entering, into fo 
 odious a bufiiieffe • for it is tnie in all the lawes^f 
 hofpicalitic , t-hat this flaue ought not to hauc 
 come out of sp&me vnchaftifed , Tor all Kings arc 
 brachei^s>, and all Kingdomcs intereflfcd in thcfe 
 attemps.Butthedefignes olspmins lookt now an 
 jQther'v^iy , and the Trayt^r had lcaue.to cfcipe, 
 who ref lirniag afterwards: into FrAncef was by de 
 Vcrdun^i^ Vi^^\^z<Liio{ L^n^edoc ^ aptprehcndcd 
 
 at 
 
37 
 
 at Tholoufe and there executed , and his compa- 
 nion condemud t© the Gall ies. O how farre was 
 this a^ion (horte , of [hat Royall and Princely 
 ^Ocz of the famous late Quecne Elizahethl who 
 hauing receiucd intelligence of fome Spanifh mi^ 
 chieues pretended a>gainft this great King , foi tli- 
 with gaue him intelligence, that a ftrange Gen* 
 tlcraan, who was one of his followers, had no 
 good meaning towards his perfon, and related 
 vnto him eucry circumftace as fhc had rcceiiied it; 
 butilich was the bountie of this great King , that 
 allbc rcafon would that he fliould haue bin appre- 
 hended , yet the King ncuer difcouered vnto him 
 a frownc_, but he ftill remained in the Court weil 
 entertained , was mounted out of the Kings ftable^ 
 and honoured with many of his trul^ie comande* 
 ments, till in the end torturd with his owne con- 
 fc ie nee, he flolc away from the Court j'& durft no 
 longer abufe fo Royall a bountie ; that this was a 
 Eauorite ofspame your felfe cannot deny, that he 
 fled from TrAme into JJJ^/;?^, your one Cabanet 
 isawitncffe, and that you did preferuehiraf®rthe 
 like exploits in others places ; the marke on his 
 face, ihecolourof his bcard^ andhiscloathsctn 
 after the jVAlIoone fafliion were too apparani tefti- 
 monies. 
 
 L :. liiiight here recounte this great Kings death 
 byi^^z/i^r, from whofe blood , neither thy felfc 
 nor SfAtne can waHi themfclues , though all the 
 Riuersin the world wereexhaufted and thruft into 
 one cntyer Bath ^ and fo fpent vpon your particu- 
 lar. 
 
5« 
 
 larclcanfings 5 but thcfc truths are fo frc^ inme- 
 mc^rie , they need neither rcpearing , nor aiiipli* 
 fica:ion. 3 
 
 I could to thefc addca world of others , as the 
 attempts vpon the life aad fafcty of the late 
 Qjcene Eltzdeth of famous raemoric , and the 
 making of all thofe inhumane creatures Pcntio- 
 ners oispxins , who had either by rebellion or 
 other treaf^nablc pradife , attempted any thing 
 for her vntimely and fad dcftrudion. 
 t 'VVas our late dread Soueraigne, King Umes 
 of blefled and happy memoric, that Sdomon of his 
 time , a Prince fo indulgent and careful! for cucry 
 good thing that might happen ws^ame , a man To 
 tender aad vigilant fbr her reputation, thathec 
 eucrplac'd it in the ncxtrancke to his ownc ho- 
 nour ? washe I fay ? was this good King free from 
 the bloody pracSfcifes oispxine ? ao , to the ctcrnall 
 infamie ©f ingratcfuU and bloody Spdme ; I may 
 cuer proclaime it that he was more dccpefy plun- 
 ged and his liSc, more bitterly bedcged and af- 
 iaulted,then iny whatfoeuer before rehearfcd:and 
 to this I call vp the plot of all plots , that Dcuill 
 of many legions of D;:uil$, the Gun-poudcrconfi 
 piraciCj that which fhould hauc deftroyed all, 
 not a (ingle Prince or a finglc man , but many 
 Princes , many mens whole generations ; here 
 was crueli Spume an(ihttt indeed (had not God 
 preuented ) was a ftrong foundation foran vniucr- 
 h\^ Monarchic- and that S/>4//f^ may not in this, 
 picade not guilty : let her dilcoucr to ibc world 
 
 what 
 
19 
 
 what occuTrtnts they were which drew Thomas 
 jrinur into her confines , what negotiation was 
 that which hee held with de LaxU , whence casic 
 his inflrudions and letters commendatorie into 
 the ArchduchelTc Countrie .> where did Guy Faucks 
 recciuc his breeding ? who gaac information of 
 his knowledge in rayning? and who preferred 
 and aduancfl him to this peece of moil damnable 
 feniicc ? qucftionlefTe let truth anfwere to any of 
 thcfe pofitions , and the fpecch it mufl vtter , will 
 be SpaniHi language ^ who in all this Nation was 
 fo intimate with you as the Archprie^ Gdrnet ? or 
 who like him found at your hands equal! prote- 
 iStion ? hcconfeft and abfolued the Tray tors , and 
 thou didClabfolue and confeCe him , and thereby 
 didft get vnto thy felfe from thine own« Tribe, the 
 nickename o^Archbifhop Ambaffadour, 
 
 Thus I haue brought Spams attcrapsfbr an vni- 
 uerfall Monarchic, from Portu^aU to the Nether^ 
 lands ^ thence through Italy, io into FfAnce-^ Eh^ 
 gfand was lookt vpon by the way , in the yearc 
 1^88. but (bee was not fo drowfic as others : 
 there is now h\itGermamehcx.\Ni%t him and the end 
 of his Ambition , but is that free and vntouched ? 
 woeto fpcake it, that of all i% the worft and moft 
 horred : O the lamentable eftate, of thofc once 
 nioft happic Princes ! how hath the houfe of Au- 
 ftrk drownd rhem; in blood ? and by the workc of 
 ciuill diffcntion , maHcthem in their furies todc» 
 uoure one another. Is there any thing in this age 
 more lamentable or reinarquable. the^the loie 
 
 F of 
 
40 
 oUhe Palatwdte? er is there any thing inwliich 
 thy villany can fo much triumph as in that poli- 
 tique defeature ? why^ the lyes which thou didfi 
 vttcr.to.iibufe thrc Maieftie of E^^/^Wj.and lo 
 breed ddayes till; thy Mafters defignes were effe- 
 cted , were fo curious and lo cunning , fo apte to 
 catch 3 and fo ilrong in the holding, that the De- 
 i]ill (who was fermetly the author of lyes) hath 
 now from thcetakeanew prefidents for lying. I 
 would here fpeake of thy ArchduchefTes dilTimu* 
 Ution , but fliec is a great Lady , and theirerrours 
 at the worftare weakc vertues. 
 
 Therefore to thee that haft lent both fuell and 
 flame to all the mifchicf^s oi Europe^ and that art 
 now biggc in labour with new troubles and vexa- 
 tions , arifc and colled thy fpirits , become once 
 hontfi and religious, let thy feruices depcnxi 
 vpon good and neccffarie affaires ,and notvpcn 
 malicious and bloody pradifcs : for behold , I 
 thy Tormentor will neuer be abfcnt from thine el- 
 bow, and whaifoeuer thou fbaltcontriuc or plot 
 for the hurt oiGrcsiiBrftamt^ I with the hclpc of 
 the holy Angels will returne vpon; thine ownc bo. 
 fome and the bofome ©f thy Countric 3 for the 
 good ofhcaucn and earth , who is the Protc^or 
 of the Innocent 5 hath made Royall King 
 G H A R L E. s afid his Throne: precious in kis figfat^ 
 therefore if thou dcfirefl to, liuc and fee good 
 ^ayes, touch no c hisannoiacedand ddC^hi^^rtff 
 /^rt^nolvurt.;^3 7nr: ^j:t;i aF'^vi-iionr .^i^ ':;rof^ 
 Ac thcfc words, the glorious aparlcion (waulng 
 
 his, 
 
41 
 his fword about ) vaniflicd out of his fighr, 
 and the poorc Do;i as if awakened from a deadly 
 or morrall flecpc rofc vp , looking about with 
 fuch gaftly amazedncfTe as affrighted all that be- 
 held him. In the end cfpying his ©wnc fcriiants, 
 with tcares in his eyes , terroiir in his heart , and a 
 gencrall trembling ouer all his body J he went in- 
 to his Litter , and returned home, where how 
 he refrcfht himlelfe , how hee appeared before the 
 dcfigned Commiinoners, and how he anfwered 
 the expedation both of them and the King his 
 Maf^er,fhall be declared vpon the next returne 
 of the woman Pof\e which pafTcth be- 
 twixt the Englifli and the 
 &paHi(h/^y«//j". 
 
 Fj:^(is. 
 
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