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MEMORIALS
O F
AFFAIRS of STATE
IN THE
R E I^G N S
Q^ELIZABETH ^W K.JAMES I.
Colledted (chiefly) from the
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Of the Right Honourable
Sk RALPH WI NWOO D, Kt.
Sometime one of the Principal SECRETARIES of STATE,
Comprehending likewiTe the
NEGOTIATIONS
O F
Sir Henry Neville, Sir Charles Cornwallis, Sir Dudley Carletonj
Sir Thomas Edmondes, Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Cot tington and others.
At the
COURTS oi FRANCE and ST J IN, and in HO LLJN7), VENICE, 8Cc,
Wherein the
Principal TRANSACTIONS of thofe Times
Are faithfully related, and the Policies and Intrigues of thofe Courts at large difcover'd.
The whole digefled in an exadt Series of Time.
To which are added Two TABLES: One of the Letters, the other of the Principal Matters-
In Three Volumes.
By Edmund Sawyer of Lincoln s- Inn, Efq-
Majora adhuc praflantur auxilia ad inftruendam prudentiam civilem ab Epiftolis,
qua a viris magnis de negottis feriis mijfis junt : Habent enim plus nativi fenfus quam ora- tioneSy plus etiam maturitatis quam colloquia fubita. Etsdem, quando continuantur fecundum feriem temporum , funt certe ad hiflotiam pretiofjjima fupellex. Bacon de Augmentis Srientiarum lib. ii. caD. li.
VOL. I.
LONDON: Printed by W.B. for T, Ward, in the Inner-Tempk-Lane. 172^.
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T O T H E
Right Honourable
ROBERT fFALPOLE, Efq^
Firft Lord Coiiimiffioner of the Trea- fiiry, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and Under-Treafiirer ; and one of His Majesty's Moft Honourable Privy Council.
SIR,
HE Dignity of the Subjed, and the great and deferved Merit of the Authors of thefe Memoirs, will, I hope, excufe my Prefumption, in attempting to introduce them to the World under Your Patronage: An Honour, which yet I would not have fought, had I not been well perfwaded, that whatever in the leaft tends to the Service of your Countrey, cannot fail of your Approbation.
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And indeed, a Work of this Nature, of all others, claims a Right to the Protection of a Patron of the moft illuftrious Charader and diftinguifh'd Merit. The great and generous Maxims by which our Anceflors governd themfelves, may perhaps amufe and pleafe, and excite in us fome faint Defires to imi- tate them ', but when they ftand exemplify'd in the Condu£t of fo great, fo fincere a Pa- triot, 'tis then they ftrike us with an irrefifti- ble Force j and oblige us to confefs, that the only Way to true and lafting Honour, is by a ileady Purfuit of it in the Paths of Virtue and Integrity.
This, Sir, has been fo eminently Your Pra- ctice, that every Adion of Your Life is a Proof of it. How early did You appear in the Glorious Caufe of Liberty and Your Coun- trey, and with what immoveable Firmnefs and Conftancy have You on all Occafions main- tained its true Interefts! When a dark and melancholy Cloud hung over our Heads, and we faw nothing but Ruin before our Eyes, how bravely did You then oppofe Your felf to the overbearing Torrent ! And by the Force of Your Eloquence, raife the drooping Spirits of
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the Senate and Nation, and teach them, by Your great Example, that no Hazards,' no Dangers were to be dechned for fo ineftima^- ble a Prize.
Thefe Arts (and thefe alone) have juftly raifed You to the higheft Stations, and to the Favour of a Prince of the fublimeft Wifdom and Virtue. With what happy Condu6l and Prudence You difcharge the great and impor- tant Trufts repofed in You (though we feel, and gratefully acknowledge the happy Effeds) will be the glorious Theme of future Hifto- ties. They will tell, that when by an unac^ countable Infatuation we had plunged our felves into the extreameft Miferies, Your Cares and Vigilance again reftored the Credit of your Countrey to its ancient Glory, and eftablilhed it upon a firm and immoveable Bafis, Nor will they forget the grateful Tri^ bute of their Praifes, when they refle£l upon Your Vigilance, in bringing to Light a Con- fpiracy, formed and carried on by the moffc refined and fecret Malice, againft the beft of Princes and Governments. But thefe are Sub- jeds which require a Mafterly Pen to do them Juftice ^ and if I prefume to mention
a them.
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them, it is only becaufe on fuch an Occa- fion, it is impoffible to be filent.
In the midft of all Your Cares for your Countrey's Safety, give me leave, Sir, to lay thefe Papers before You ; and if Your Great and Important Affairs will permit You to caft Your Eye upon them, I perfuade my felf You will not find them unworthy the Perufal. The greateft thing I can fay of them, is, that they are the genuine Difpatches of the feve- ral great Men whofe Names they bear, and contain many important Pieces of Hiftory hitherto unknown. That true, honelt EngliJJj Spirit, which feems to have animated the great and worthy Authors of them, and the faithful and curious Account of Fads here delivered, gives me Reafon to hope they may be of fome Service to my Countrey ^ ef- pecially at a Time, when His Majefty has by fo unprecedented a Piece of Generofity founded two fuch noble Led:ures for Modern Hiftory. As the chief Defign of that Royal Munificence, feems calculated for the form- ing young Gentlemen for the faithful and fuccefsfui Service of their Countrey, perhaps there are no Books fo proper for that Pur-
pofe,
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pofe, as the Letters of Wile and Great Mini- fters of State, vvhofe Stations naturally lead them into the moft exad; Knowledge of E- vents, and vvhofe Capacites enable them to form the trueft Judgment of them : And I think I may venture to add, that amongft thefe, there are none comparable to thofe of our own Countreymen. How far thefe I here prefent You will anfwer fo great a Defign, I dare not prefume to determine: Your favou- rable Acceptance of them, will alone give them a lading Reputation j and to that they are with all Humility fubmitted^ by
SIR,
Tour Moft Ohdiefit And Devoted Servants
X't.nl Edm. Sawyer,
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HE Letters of Wife and Great Men, thofe efpec'tall'y concerned m the Pnhlick Admimflrat'ton of Affairs, have been the Dehght and Entertainment of the pohtefi and heft Judges m all Ages, By the Lights we receive from them, we arrive not only at an exaB Knowledge of Events, hut may view them m their mofl fecret and referved Caufes. By thefe AJJifiances, we are enahled to form a true and unerring Judgment of the Interefis of States and Princes, and the ConduB of their Min'ifiers ; and hy purfuing their Max- ims, to qualify our felves for the faithful and fuccefsful Service of mir Prince and Countrey.
Thefe RefleBions firfl led me into the Defign of communicating the following Papers to the World: And provided they any ways anfwer fo great and worthy Ends, I Jhall think the Pains I have taken in colleBing them, very happily employed. What Reception they will meet with, as I dare not prefume to determine, fo (after all that can he faid) muft he left to the Reader's Judgment ; whom J ivill detain no longer, than jujl to mention the fever al Perfons to whom I fiand ohliged for my Materials^
For the greatefl and nohlefi Part of them, I mufi with all Duty . and Gratitude acknowledge my felf indebted to His Grace the
b Duke
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Duke of Montagu ^ by whofe fmgular Favour and Goodnefs I was admitted to the free Ufe of the Original Papers of Sir Ralph Winwood, and hy his generous Encouragement enabled to un- dertake the Publication of them. Upon the Perufal of them^ I difcover'd fo many valuable and important Papers^ that I ho- ped to have finijhed this JVork from that ColleBion only. But a firiBer Enquiry too foon convinced me of my Mifiake : For ha- ving begun to digefl them into Order ^ I found many curious and ufeful Papers wanting j Part whereof were moulder d and decaf dy and the refi too carelefly thrown afide and loji. Thofe which were lefty I took care to copy with the mofi Religious ExaBnefs j and had they flood ftngly, they (with all their DefeBs) had not been unworthy the Perujal of every Engli/hman, who defires a perfeB Knowledge of thofe Times, and has a due Regard for the Honour of his Countrey.
The long Stay of this Great and Worthy MimfierM the French Courtj in the Reign of Henry IV. gave him an Uf^ortunity of informing himfelf with the greatefi ExaBnefs, of their true Poli- cies and Defigns : And his longer Stay in Holland, (where he had a great Share in eftablifhmg the Liberties and Sovereignty of that Gr^^^if Republick,) created in him fo unalterable an Affe- Bion to that State, and that fincere Abhorrence of Popery, and Arbitrary Power, that when he came to be preferred to the Office of Secretary of State, he bravely and generoufly oppofed the In- trigues of the Spanifh Fadion (then too powerful in England) and at lafi (I fpeak it on good Grounds) dy'd a Martyr to their Refentments,
But to obviate all ObjeBions, and to make this ColleBion as ■ compleat and ufeful as pofjlble, I had recourfe to my Friends ; and by their Kind Affifiances, have been enabled to make fome very valuable Additions to my firfi Defign : Which, though it has fomewhat retarded the Publication of this Work, will, I hope, fully atone for the Delay.
Of this Nature is Sir Henry Neville'.? Negotiations at the French Court in the Tears 1599 and 1600. together with the TranfaBions in the Treaty of BuUoign, which immediately fucceeded it. I jhould be ungrateful to my BenefaBor, if I did not in this publick Manner acknowledge, that for thefe I am obli^d to his late Worthy Great-Grandfon Grey Neville, Ef quire: Who, with the great- eft Freedom and Generofity gave me leave to publijh them entire Jrom the Original MSS. {all wrote by his two Secretaries Mr. Win- wood
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wood and Mr. Packer,-) defirw^^ that as thefe tivo great and worthy Statefmen had lived togethef m the mofi conflant and mtt^ ■ mate Friendjhip^ their Memoirs and Letters might be jointly de- livered to the World,
' ■■'The Reader J will, in the Third Volume of thefe Papers, meet with rnany curious and valuable Letters to William Trumbull, Efq; who, with great hitegrity and Sufficiency, ferved his Prince and Conntrey in the ^lality of Refident at BrufTcls, for near Twenty five Tears. For thefe I fland indebted to my late highly Honoured and Learned Friend John Bridges, FLfq-, whofe incomparable Know- ledge in all Kinds of Learnings was tempered with that engaging Candour and Affability, as at once rendered him the Delight and Wonder of all who had the Honour and Happinefs of his Acquain- tance. By his untimely Death, the World is deprived not only of a mofi valuable Man, but of "^ z Work, which would have done lafiing Honour to Himfelf and Country: And his worthy Relations will, I hope, forgive me , if I take the Freedom in this publick Manner to tell them, they cannot do greater Juflice to both, than to perfe'ci fo great and generous a Defign, for which he had (with the greateft Care and Exa&nefsJ collected fo many noble and va- luable Materials.
That I might at once give a perfeB TAew of the Affairs of Europe, / thought it proper to add to thefe. Sir Charles Cornwal- lis'^ Negotiations at the Court of Spain, whither he went Ambaffa- clor in Ordinary , upon the Conclufion of the Treaty in 1604. Thefe I found in the \ Cotton Library, written m Three large Volumes /^ Folio- but whether they were the Refident'.? own Books, or copy'd by Sir Robert Cotton'jf DireBions, I cannot pre- cifely determine. This however is certain, that they are very in- accurately done ; which I mention, to obviate any Exception againfl my own ConduB , having been obliged m fome few places to cor- reB, the Tranfcript, as will he eafily found by comparing them. This I confefs is a Liberty I would gladly have avoided, becaufe it may call in queffion the Integrity of thefe Papers : But as the Miflakes were purely owing to the Negligence of the Tranfcriber^ 'aPid iifually obvious, I hope the Liberty I have taken is not un- pardonable. ■■'■- -. •• ■'■'-- ■
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^liX jf'maypojfibly be wijhed 1 had carry' d^ this ColleBion higher ^ 'Md given the World a compUat View of the publick TranfaBiom
* The Hiftory and AntiquitieS; oii!^9rthampi()njh;n., e-jjonr,!/! sir! m ^y,-v;.yV.O * i'bi" Fefpafian, C. IX. X. XL
of
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bf State y from the begmmng of the Reign of ^deen Elizabeth. Such a IVorky I am fenfible would have been of great Honour and Service to our Cormtrey ,• Jince perhaps there was never any Reign^ in which the publick Affairs were conduBed with truer Wifdom and Integrity y or with greater Glory and Succefs. The excellent Annah of Mr. Camden, and the publick Papers m the fifteenth a?id fix- teenth Tomes of the Foedera, have in fome meafure fupplied the Curiofity of Mankind in thefe Particulars : But fiill the genuine In- flruBions and Difpatches of Lord Burleigh and Sir Francis Wal- fingham, would have added new Lufire to that Glorious Reign^ and opened a Scene of Action equally furprizing and beautiful.
But though I have not been fo happy ^ yet I account it a fngu- lar piece of good Fortune^ that I have been able to preferve fo many noble Monuments from Rum and Oblivion. If we here want the Tranfa&ions of the Burleighs and Walfinghams, the Lofs is in fome meafure fupphfd^ by the incomparable Difpatches of the Great Earl of Salisbury ^ the Succejfor of bothy in their Virtues as well as Offices: To whofe Memory y if Mankind have not paid an equal Regard, it is only becaufe they were unacquainted with his Merit.
In truthy the TranfaBions comprized within this Period y (thofe efpecially which fall under the Reign of King James) are generally fo ill underftoody that I perfuade my felf I have performed no unac- ceptable piece of Service, in fettmg them m a true Light. The whole Reign of that Prince y has been reprefented by a late cele- brated Peny to have been a continued Courle of mean Pradices i and others y who have profejfedly given an Account of tty have fil- led their IVorks with Libel and InveBive infiead of Hifiory. I will not undertake to jufify every Part of that Reign ,• hut this I will venture to fayy that both King James and his Minifters have met with a Treatment from Pofierity highly unworthy of them ^ and that thofe Gentlemeny who have fo liberally beftowed their Cen- fiires, ■ were entirely ignorant of the true Springs and Caufes of the ABions they have undertaken to reprefent.
The noble Lord I jujl now mentioned (for what Reafons I canH well conceive y) has indeed been the Mark and Level of all the Little Wits of his own and fucceedmg Times. * An Author of more Malice than Learnmgy long fince deady could befiow upon him no better CharaBer , than that He was the firft ill Trcalurer, and
* Osbourrty io his Memoirs of King Jamesy pag. f if ,
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the laft good one fince the Reign of Queen Elizabeth : And * one of much greater Merit and Learnings now livings has been pleafed to tranfcrtbe his very Words. 'Tis great pity our H'ljlo- rians Jhotdd not give themfelves fome little Trouble in examining the Condut'i of Great Men^ before they fit down to draw their Chara- Bers. Had the worthy Author I lafl mentioned done th'is^ I per- fuade my felf he would foon have altered his Judgment^ and from the clearejl and mofi convincing Teflimomes^ have commended him to Poflerity^ as one of the w'lfejl and compleateji Minifters this Na- tion has produced. I think I need go no farther than thefe very Papers^ for the Proof of this Affertion. We may here take a per- feB P^iew of him^ in all parts of his Conduct^ from his firji En- trance upon publick Bujinefsy to his Death : For although f he was made Secretary of State in the Tear i J9<^, yet I conceive he was not Prime Miniftei* till after the Death of his Father^ ^ which fell out m Auguft 1598 : From that time the publick AJfairs feem to have been entirely under his DireBion ^ which he conduBed with a Ca- pacity worthy of his Prince and Countrey^ and an Integrity fo firrr} and confiant^ || as more than once expofed his Life to the implaca- ble Malice of the Spaniards and Jefuits. During the lafi Tears of the Reign of his Glorious Miftrefs, he fupported her declining Age with that Vigour and Prudence^ as at once enabled Her to ajfijl her Allies the States, when they were inglortoufly abandoned by France, and to baffle a dangerous Rebellion in Ireland, fomen- ted and cherifhed by a firong Ajjlfiance from Spain. In the Reign of her Succeffor, if the publick Affairs zvere not carry' d on with the fame Spirit ^ the Fault cannot with fuflice he charged upon this Great Mmifier. King James coming to poffefs a ?iew and great Kingdom^ was refolved^ at any Price^ to have Peace with all the Worlds and efpecially with Spain. And if we look into the ConduB of that Prince y during the latter end of the preceding Reign, (an ample Account whereof we may meet with m the firji Volume of thefe Papers^) we may from thence colleB fome better Reafons for that Refolution, than have been yet made publicL But I will not dwell upon fo unpleafing a SubjeB • fmce though Truth may require us not to conceal the Failings of Princes, De- cency obliges us, at leaji, not to aggravate them. How that Treaty was conduBed, and upon what Terms finally concluded, ** we may here find a full Account. But hovj inglorious foever it was for
* Echarcfi Hiftory of England, fol. 38P. 'l Camden's Elizabeth, fol. yz^. %^ Camden, ibid. fol. f^j.
j| See Vol. III. fol. 130, 193, 202, 203, 22p, 230, &c.
** Vol. II. fol. 22, 23, 2(5, 27, 28, 29, &c. To which the Reader may add i^v^^fz-'s Fwdera, Tom. XVI. fol. f8f , 6cc. y^hcxQ iht Treaty \% printed at large.
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England, it proved of the moji happy Confequence to the States of Holland, who, hy the f ok AJJ] fiance of our Y^\^\^No\\mtttx% (who^ on that Occafion reforted thither in great Numbers) were enabled to continue the War^ till by their Treaty w///j Spain, and ^^f Archdukes, they had efiablijhed their Liberties and Sovereignty.
/ might enlarge upon fever al oth^r Particulars of this noble Lord's ConduB^ and fhew with what incomparable Wifdom and Prudence he managed the great and important Trufis repofed in him-, which would give me an Opportunity of examining feveral very falfe and injurious Reflexions, which with great Injuflice have been thrown up- on his Memory, by our own, as well as foreign Hifiormns. But I purpofely decline all this, fince his own Dilpatches are the firongefl Proof, both of his Capacity and Integrity : And will conclude all I have to fay of him, in the Words of*a very ingenious Gentleman who perfeBly knew him-, " That though his infirm Body could promife no " great Support, yet he had a Head fo capacious and richly furni- " Jhed, as if Nature had been mofi careful and diligent to compleat *^ the befl and mofl ufeful Part about htm ; in enduing him with a *' perfeH Memory, and bright and found Intelle&uals,
For the fame Reafons I omit any particular Account of the refi of thofe great and worthy Perfons, whofe Negotiations / have here made publick. Their Names and Characters are already too well known to all Men of Learning, to be particularly enlarged upon : And were they not, their own Letters will give the befl and truefl Idea of both. It is fufficient to fay they are all faithfully copy' d from their Originals ; in which Particular, any Perfon who defires it, may have immediate SatisfaBion, the greatefi part of them being in my own Cuflody,
As to the Method in which thefe Papers are digefied, I have chofen to throw them all into an exaB Series of Time, which I judged to he the mofi ufeful. This preferves a Connexion and Thread of Ht- jiory ; whereas any other, would have made the whole appeared disjointed and confufed : And to make them as compleat as pojfibly I could, I have added at the end of each Volume an Index of tha principal Matters.
One thing I ought not in Juflice to my felf and the Reader to o- mit, which isj that I have not brought this ColleBion fo low^ by three Tears , as I at firfi defigned it, This^ i fear^ will be ohjeBed
* Sir Robert Naunton-i in his Fragmmta Regalia,
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to me J hut my /^nfwer is, that I had already fwelled this Workfo far beyond its intended Size, (for which Reafon I was obliged to put it into three Volumes) that tt was tmpojfible to compleat what I at firft intended. To which I beg leave to add, that if what I here pre- fent the World, meets with a favourable Reception, they may pof- fibly one Day fee this Work carried on to the beginning of our un- happy Troubles.
Upon the whole, as a Perfuafion that the Publication of thefe Tranrad:ions wmld be of fome Service, was the fole Caufe of my undertaking tt, fo I mojl fmcerely wifh they may anfwer their de- figned End. Which is, that by taking a ferious and impartial View of former Times, and of the Policies and Interefis of other States, we may thence learn to fet a jufi Value on our own Happinefs ; who, by the fignal Mercies of Heaven, enjoy, under the greatefl and bejl of Princes , the purefi Religion, and beji conftituted Go- vernment m the World.
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* His Royal Highnefs the P r i n c e.
* Her Royal Highnefs the Princess.
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IS Grace the Duke of Argyle. The Right Honourable the Earl
of Abington. * The Right Honourable the Earl of Albemarle. The Right Honourable the Lord Aberdeen. The Honourable Richard Arundell Efq; * Marmaduke AUingcon, of Lincolns-Inn,
Efq; Thomas Abney Efq; Richard Aldworth Efq; Edmond Allen Efq;
Edmond Allen, of the Inner- Temple, Efq; Edward Alexander Efq; John Alfton Efq;
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[■£ R Grace the Duchefs of Bedford. The Right Honourable the Lord Wil- liam Beauclerk. The Right Honourable the Lord Bernard . The Right Honourable tbe Lord Bruce. The Right Honourable George Bailie Efq; one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury. The Honourable Dacres Barrett Efq; The Honourable William Bromley Efq; The Honourable James Brudenel Efq; Sir George Beaumont Bar. Sir Charles Buck Bar. Montague Bacon, of the Middle-Temple,
Efq; William Bacon Efq;
* Thomas Bacon Efq;
* The Rev. Dr. Baker, College Cambridge.
The Rev. Dr. Bridges,
Weald in EfTex. The Rev. Mr. JefFery Barton TheRev.Mr.Thoia^.%hd\.
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Fellow of St. JohnV Re^or of Souch-
The Rev. A/r. William Bifhop.
The Rev, Mr. Gilbert Buinet.
Thomas Baldwin Gent.
Thomas Bennet Efq;
* John Bridges, 0/ Lincolns-Inn, Efq;
Thomas Brereton Efq;
Peregrine Bertie Efq;
George Bridges Efq;
Samuel Buckley Efq^
Jofiah Burchec Efq;
John Byde, of Lincolns-Inn, Efq;
Whelowes Brooke Efq;
* 'Tp/7jE Right Honourable the Lord Car-
X teret, Lord Lieutenant of Irthnd. The Right Honourable the Lord Carleton, Lord
Preftdent of the Council. The Right Honourable Earl Cadogan. The Right Honourable Earl Cowper.
* The Right Honourable the Earl of Cardigan.
* The Right Honourable tbe Lord Compton. The Right Honourable the Lord Chetwynd.
* The Right Honourable Spencer Compton Efq; Speaker of the Houfe of Commons.
The HonourableThom?is Coke Efq; Tbe Honourable George Clarke Efq; The Honourable Colonel Cadogan.
* The Honourable Thomas Carcwright, of Aynho Efq;
Sir George Cooke Bart.
Sir Nicolas Carew Bar.
'* SirC\emtnt Cotterell Knt.
* Sir Thomas Clarke Knt.
* Laurence Carter Efq; one of his Mnjefffs Serjeants at Lav:., and Solicitor to his Royal Highnefs.
Walter Chetwynd Efq; William Clayton Efq; James Chetham Ejq;
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Edmond Clarke Efq^ George Clive, of Lincolns-Inn EJq; Thomas Coward Efq; <The Honourable Col Cosby. John Conduit Efq, ■* John Creed Efq; James Clithero Efq; James Crofs £/?} i John Clark, of Huntmgton, E/q; The Rev. Mr. Capper. John Coke E/q; William Chappie E/q; Serjeant at Law.
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THE Honourable Sir John Evelyn Bart. Commijfiomr of the Cufioms.
* fhe Hon. Richard Edgecomb Efq-y T'he Rev. Dr. William Edmundfon. The Rev. Mr, Ellis, of Mortlack. Ilaac Ewer, of Lincolns-Inn, Efq;
Henry Edwards E/q; one of the Maflers in
Chancery. Thomas Edwards, of Iftleworth, Efq;
* John Kirnle Ernie Efq; Four Books ; two, Large^ two Small.
* '-T^ HE Right Honourable the Lord Fif-
\_ count Falmouth. T'he Right Honourable the Lord Foley.
* T'he Right Honourable the Lord Fmch.
T'he Right Honourable John fiiar/Fitz- William
of Milton. Sir Andrew Fountaine Bar. The Honourable Finch Efq^ of ^een's-
Square.
* The Rev. Mr. Forfter. William Fawkener Efqi Kenclm Fawkener Efq;
THE Right Honourable the Earl of Go- dolphin. T'he Honourable Colonel Graham. Sir Richard Gough Knt. Ithe Rev. Dr. Godolphin, Dean of St. Paul's, Roger Gale Efq-j
Brigadier General Grove.
Francis Gwyn Efq;
The Rev. Mr. John Gilbert.
* Dr. Gray.
* Henry Grey Efq; Two Copies. William Guidot, of Lincolns-Inn, £/^j James Grant Efq; \J^
Mr. Gooday , of St. JohniT^ College , Cam- bridge. Mr. John Guy. Fletcher Gyles, of London, Bookfeller.
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* T'he Right Honourable the Lord Marquifs of Harrington.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Hertford.
* The Right Honourable the Lord Fifcount Harcourt. "
The Right Hon. Barnard Hale Efq; chief Ba- ron of his Majefiy's Court of Exchequer in Ireland.
* Sir James How, Bar. Sir Thomas Hobby Bar. William Hucks Efq;
Thomas Hawes, of the Admiralty-Office^ Efq;
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A GENERAL
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OF THE
LETTERS and PAPERS
Contained in this Volume.
I
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7- 8.
'i?. Ogleby'j- Negotiation in Spain i;/ the Tear i5'96. ^ ^ _^ Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville. April 19. I5'99. i'/r Henry Neville to Secretary Cecyll, April id. i5'99. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, (of the fame Date) lyir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, April zy. iS99-
to the fame, Diepe, May 3. i5'99. O. S.
Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, May i. I5'99. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, May 15'. i5'99. O. S. A private Letter (of the fame Date) to the fame. tS^ir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, May 19.
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9. A private JLetter (_ot the lame Date) to the Jame. z6
10. SirHenry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, May 19. i5'99. ^^^^^
11. yf Memorial pre fented by Sir Henry Neville to the Council <?/" France. x/ la,. A State of the 'T>ebts due by the French King to the ^leen (^/"England. 29 13. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, May x6. iS99- ibid.
The French King's Anfwer to the Memorial prefented by Sir Henry Ne
ville.
. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary.
. Sir Henry Neville to Monjieur Viileroy, June 6. I5'99. ^' ^' iMonfieur Wllexoy' s Apifwer.
. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, May. X3, i5'99. . Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary-^ Paris, May 30. I5'99, O. S, VjOL. L f
%o.
35- S6
37 38 40
4^^ Ano^
The Contents.
Page 10. Another to the fame, (of the fame Date) 4X
XI, Sir flenry Neviile'j i?e/^ to MonJieurN'\\\txoy''s Anfwer. 43
zi, J'/r Henry Neville /?<? ^^-^z? Elizabeth, Paris, June 6. 1599. 0. «>. 44
2-3
;f^ ^^1? Secretary, (of the fame Date) ibid.
Z4. jil/r. ly^-rr^^^ry Cecyll /«? t^ir Henry Neville, June 9. I5'99- 46
zf. iJir Henry Neville /(7?/6? Secretary, Paris, June 15". I5'99. O. S, 47
46. /(? the fame, Paris> Junexi. I5'99. O. S. 50
Z7. /^o the fame, Paris, June 17. 1599. O.S. 51
z8. ?(? the fame, Paris, June 19. i5'99. O. iS". 53
29. ilfr. i^^'frt'/fjr)' Cecyll ^(? J^ir Henry Neville, Julyi. i5'99. S^
30 Relponfum datum Oraroribus Hamburgenfibus. 57
31. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Orleans, July 13. I5'99- O. S. 61
3z. A Memorial frefented by iJir Henry Neville, July 19. 1599. iV. J". 6j
33. to the Secretary, Orleans, July 14. 1599; OS. 68
34 Mr. Secretary Cecyll to SirYitnxy Neville, July 14. 1599. ibid
35". Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Orleans, July 18. 1599. O.S, y^
36. to the fame, Blois, July z8. i5'99. O.S. 75
37. ■ to the fame, (of the fame Dare) - 81
38. to the fame, Blois, Aug. i. i5'99. O.S. 82
S^. to the fame, Paris, Aug. 7. i5'99. O.S. 84
40. An Anfwer to the fecond Memorial frefented by Sir Henry Neville. 87
41. Sir Henry Neville ^<? the Secretary, Paris, Aug. 8. 1699. O. S. 88 4Z. to the fame, Paris, Aug. 14. i5'99. O.S. 89
43. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to .y/r Henry Neville, Aug. 17. 1599. O.tS". 90
44. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, Aug. zo. 1599. O.S. 92 45". to the fame, Paris, Aug. z 6 i5'99.0.»5'. 94
45. il/r. ly^rr^-^^^ry Cecyll to SirVitnrj Neville, Aug. z8. 1599. 95^
47. • to the fam.e, (of the fame Date) 97
48. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, Sept.i. 1599. O.S, 98
49. to Monfeur Villeroy. ibid.
50. to Monfeur de Rholhy. 99
yi. to the Secretary, Paris, Sept. 6. I5'99. O.S. 100
5z. to the Secretary, Paris, Sept. 8. i5'99. O. S. loi
53. ■ to the fame, Paris, Sept. 16. 1599. O.S. loz
5'4 Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville. 105:
f-f. to the fame, Sept. 18 1599. ibid.
5-6. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, Sept. Z4. i5'99. ^- ^' ^^^
57. Father Wardefort to 'Do^or John Cecil, Rome, Sept. 4. 1599. 109
58. ^yir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, Sept.z4. i5'99. O.S. iii 5-9. iV/r. »y(?fr^/^ry Cecyll ^» jJir Henry Neville, Paris. Sept.z^. i5'99. nz 60. Monfeur Villeroy to Sir Hemy Neville, Od. f. i5'99. N. S. 113 6r. Sir Henry Neville to the Secretary, Paris, Sept. z6. i5'99. 0. S. 114 6z. to the fame, Paris, Od:. 5. i5'99. O.S. 115'
63. il/r. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, Odt. 8. 1599. 118
64. Tyrone's Tropoftions. 119 65-. i'ir Henry Neville i^o Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, 0<St. 11. I5'99. O.S. izo
66. to the Secretary, Paris, Odr.zz. 1599. OS. izz
67. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, 0(5t.z4. i5'99. 12,4
68. Sir Henry Neville to Mr Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Nov. i. I5'99. O.S. IZ5'
69. to the Secretary, Paris, Nov. 13. i5'99. ^•*^- 12-7
70. to the Secretary, Paris, Nov. 15". i5'99. O. S. IZ9
71- ^'^ ^'^i? Secretary, Paris, Nov. 19. i5'99. ^-^^ 130
72- to the Secretary, V2Lris,Noy. to. 1^99-0. S. 133
73- ^'^ if*^^ Secretary, Paris, Nov. 19. i5'99. O. S. ibid.
74- to the Secretary, Paris, Dec. 1. 15'99. O.S. 135-
75'« to the Secretary, Paris, Dec. zo. 1599. 0.*^. 136
76. Mr.
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y6. Mr. Secretary Cccyll to iy/> Henry Neville. - 137
yy. to iS'ir Henry Neville, Dec. x8. i5'99. ^39
78. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Dec. x8. i5'99. ^ S. 140
79. to the Secretary, Paris, Jan. 3.i5'99. O.S. ibid.
80. The Lords of the Trivy CoitnciL to Sir Henry Neville. 144
81. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville, Jan. 9. i5'99. ibid. 8i. ^yir Henry Ncville^i? yi/r. ^y^^r^^/jry Cecyll, Paris,Jan. 14. i5'99. O-jS". '45"
83. to the Secretary, Paris, Jan. 25-. 1599. O.S. 146
84. to the Secretary, Paris, Jan. %6. x^<)').0. S. i^j
85". to the Secretary, Paris, Jan. ry. i5'99. O. S. I5'^
86. • to the Secretary, Paris, Febr. 17. 15-99.0. S. ibid.
87. to the Secretary, Paris, Febr. xo. 1599. O.S. 153
88. • to the Secretary, Febr. z(5. 15:99. O S. 15-5'
89. to the Secretary, Febr. x7. 15-99. O. J". ' '^5^
90. to the Secretary, March x. i5'99. O.S. ibid.
91. Mr. Secretary CtcyW to Sir Henry Neville, (of the fame Date) ibid. t;x. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, March ix. i5'99. O. S. 15-8
93. to the Secretary, Paris, March xo. 1599. O.S. 160
94. to the Secretary, Paris, April x. 1600. O S. t6x
95". A Memorial frefented by Sir FJcnry Neville to the French King. 165"
96. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Xr Henry Neville 166
97. Sir Hcniy Neville to i\ir. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, April 9. 1600. OS. 168
98. A Memorial prefented by SirW^myY^tsiWt to the French iving. 170
99. Mr Secretary Cecyll /<? Sir Henry Neville, April 19 1600. 171
100. Sir Henry Neville to Mr.SecretaryCecyW, Paris, Apr. X4. 1600. O.S. 175*
loi. to the Secretary, Paris, April %y. 1600. O. S. 177
lox. Afr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville. 179
103. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, May 9. i6oo, O.S. ibid.
104. to ibc Secretary, Amiens, May 14 1600. O.S. 183
105-. Mr.Secretary CecjW to Sir Yiznry 'Hqv'xWq. 185:
106. The CommiJJlon jor theTreaty at Bulloigne. 186
107. The CommiJJioners for the Treaty at Bulloigne to Mr. Secretary Cecyll,
May xo. 1600. O. ^. 188
108. The Englijh Commijfioners to thofe <?/' Spain and the Archdukes, Mayxi.
1600. O. S. 190
10^. The S\)zv\\{h and krch^wkcs, Commiffioner's Anfvuer. 191 no. The Englijh Commijfioners fecond Letter to the Spanilli ^»^ Archdukes
Commijfiop.ers. 19%
III. Their Anfwer to the fecond Letter. 194
nx. The Englijl:) Commijfioners third Letter . 195-
113. The Spanijh Commiff oners Anfwer to the third Letter. i^y
114. ^leen Elizabeth to the Englijh Commijfioners, May X4. 1600. 198
115. The Englijlo Commijfioners to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, May X9. 1600,
O. S. xoi
116. — — to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, June x. 1600. O. S. xoi
117. The Lords of the Trivy Council to the Englijh Commijfioners t, June x.
1600. X04.
118. The Englijh Commijfioners to Mr. Secretary Cecyllj June ix. 1600.
O. S. -LOS
119. to the Secretary, June xo. 1600. OS. ao8
1x0. A Memorial fent by the Englijh Commiffioners. 2,09
ixi. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to the Englijh Commijfioners. xio
ixx. to the famci June ty. 1600. ibid.
1x3. The Anfwer to the Memorial, June 30. 1600. xii 1x4. The Englijh Commijfioners to Mr. Secretary CqcjII, July 6. i6oo.O.S.t-i%
ix^. . to
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ix^-, to the fame, July ix. 1600. O. S. 2-T3
1x6. Mr.SecretaryQ^c^W to the CommiJJioners, July 14. 1600. 2,15- 117. The EnglijhCommiJJloners to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, ]nlyi6.i6oo.O.S. zi6
ii8. ^ieeu Elizabeth to the CommiJ/iomrs, July 19. 1600. 2-19
1x9. jyjr. Secretary QecyW to the CommiJJioners, July xo. 1600. 2,2,0
130. The Englijh Commijfioners to Mr Secretary Cecyll, July xo. i^oo.G.J'. xxi
131. The Lords of the Tr ivy Council to the Englijh Commiffionersy July 25-.
1600. 222,
132. Mr. Secretary Qtcy^ to the Commiffioners^ July xf. 1600. 1x5' 13 3 . The Commiffioners to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, July x8. 1600. O. S. ibid. 134. Afr. Winwood /tf ^yir Henry Neville. 2,27. IS S- Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood. 2,30
136. to the fame. ^31
137. to the fame, Julyx9. 1600. 2,31
138. The Lords of the Council to Sir Henry Neville. 2,33
139. iT/r.Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Lyons, July 31. 1600. O.S. X34
140. Articles between the French King and the T>uke of Savoy. 236
141. i^r. Winvvood to Sir Henry Neville, Lyons, Aug. 3, 1600. O.S. 239 14X. to the fame, Grenoble, Aug. 9. 1600. O.J'. 2,42,
143, to the fame, Q\\2ivchery, h\xg.\$.\6QO.O.S. 2,44
144. - — to the fame, Aug. 19 1600. O.S. 2,46 145-. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Aug. x8. 1600. 248
146. Mr. Winwood to Sir Henry Neville, Chambery, Aug. xo. 1600. O.S, 25-0
147. Sir Henry Neville to Mr Winwood, Sept. 9. 1600. i^3
148. il/r. Winwood to 'ir Henry Neville, Grenoble, Sept. 13. 1600. 0.451 25-5'
r49. to the fame, Grenoble, Sept. 23 1600. O. S. x^6
ifo. to the fame, Grenoble, Sept, 30. 1600. O.S. ■^6t
lyi. to the fame, Grenoble, Odt f. i<^oo OS. 2,63
ijx. to the fame, Valenza, Ode. 7. 1600. O.S. 2,(^4
15-3. to the fame, Marfeilles, Od:. 22. 1600. O.S. x6<
15-4. to the fame, Marleilles, Od;.29 1600. O.S. 2,66
155-. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Nov. 2. 2,70 15*6. Mr Beale and Mr. Edmonds'j- Anfwer to the Trejident RichardotV Let- ter. 272,
157. J'ir Henry Neville 2?(? Afr Winwood, Nov. if. 2,73
15-8. Mr. Winwood to ir Henry Neville Lyons, Nov. 20. 1600. O. S. ij::
159. to the fame, Lyons, Dec. 4. i<5oo. O. S. in^
i(5o. to the fame, Lyons, Dec.8. 1600. O. J". 281
161. to the fame, Lyons. Dec. xi. 1600. 2,84
1^2. Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Winwood, Dec. 28. 1600. 28<5
r^'3. iVfr. Winwood ?<? i^ir Henry Neville, Lyons, Jan. 2. i6oo. O-J*. 287
164. A/r. Winwood /f«> Sir Henry Neville, Paris, Jan. 13. i(5oo. O. S. 289
\6s. lyir Henry Neville /<? Mr. Winwood, Jan, 23.1600. 2,90
166. ■ — — to the fame, Jan, x8. 1600. jioj-
167. to the fame, Jan. 29. 1600. jbij^
168. il/r. Winwood /(^lV/V Henry Neville, Paris, Feb. 10. 1600. O.S. 291 169.-^- — to the fame, Paris, Feb. 17 1600. O.S. '~ 293
170. to the fame. 2.9c'
tfi. MonfieurVioiMe to the T>uke <?/Rohan, London, March 4. 1600. %^6
l/x. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, March. 7. 1600. 299
iys. Sir Henry Neville'j- Cafe. 302
^74. ikfr Winwood to ^yir Henry Neville, Paris, March 16. 364
17^. to the fame, Paris, March 16 1600. 30^-
176- to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, March 17. i6oo, O. X 306
177. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to ikfr. Winwood. . 307
178.. ^leen Elizabeth to the French King. ibid.
179, to the ^leen ^/France, 3og
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i8o. to the French King. 308
181. il/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cccylly Paris, March. ^3. 1600, 0.S. 309
i8x. to the fame, Paris, April %. 1601. 0.^5". 311
183. tothe famcy Paris, April. lo. i6oi. O.S. 314
184. to the fame-,Vz.n9,., April xo. 1601. O.S. 315-
185-. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, April xi. 1601. 318
186. Mr. Packer ^^ ikfr. Winwood, April 17. i(5oi. 319
187. Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, April 17. 1601. 0. S. ibid.
188. to the fame., Paris, May 7. 1601. O. S. 3x1
189. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to A/r. Winwood, May 9. 1601. 3x4 x<)o. il/r. Winwood to the Secretary., Paris, May 17. 1601. O. S. 3x5-
191. ■ to the fame., (of the fame Date) 3x7
19X. to the fame., Paris, May X3. 1601. O. S. 3x8
193. to the fame., Paris, May X9. i6oi. O.S. 330
194. to the fame., Paris, June 3. 1601. O.S. 33x
ip^. to the fame., Paris, June ix. i6or. O. tS*. 334
196. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to 7l/r. Winwood, June X9, 335
197. il/r. Winwood ^tf Mr.Sccretary Qzz'jW, Paris, July 1. 1601. 0. J, 338
198. to the fame., July x. 1601, O. J". 339
199. to the fame., July 15'. 1601. O. S. ibid.
xoo. tothe fame., Paris, Aug. xo. 1601. O-tS", 341
aoi. to the fame., (of the lame Date) ibid.
xox. Mr. Secretary QtcyVi to Mr-'^'mvaoodi., Aug.xi. 344
X03. ilfr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary CQcyW^ Calais, Aug. 17. 1^01. O. S. ibid.
X04. to the fame. 345"
xof. to the fame. ibid.
xo(5. to the fame. 346
X07. to the fame, Paris, Sept. 18. 1601. O. S. ibid.
ao8. to the fame., Paris, Sept. x6. 1601. O. .y. 348
X09. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Od:. 4. 1601, 35-0
xio. Afr. Winwood ?<? the Secretary, Paris, Od. 10. 1601. O.S. 35'x
ill, tothe fame, Odi. i5-.i6oi. O.S. 35-3
XIX. to the fame, Paris, Od;. xx. idoi. O.J'. 35-7
XI3. il/r.^y^fr^^^ry Cecyll ^(? il/r. Winwood, Nov. 3.1(^01. 35-8
XI4, Mr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Nov. i j. i<5oi. O. S. 35-9
XI5'. to the fame, Paris, Nov. X3. 1601. O.S. 360
xi6. to the fame, Paris, Dec.i. 1601. O.S. 36x
XI7. tothe fame, Paris, Dec. 8. 1601. O.S. 365"
X18. to the fame, Paris, Dec. xi. 1601. OS. 36J
XI9. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to A/r. Winwood, Jan. x. 1601. 369
xxo. ikfr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Jan. 6. 1601. O. S. syz
XXI. to the fame, Paris, Jan. ix. 1601. O.S. ^y.^
XXX. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to A/r. Winwood, Jan. xo. i6oi. 376
XX3. to the fame, (of the fame Date) 377
XX4. il/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Jan.x4. 1601. O. S, 379
XX5'. ^(? ^^^y^f^^f", Paris, Febr. 3. 1601. 0.<y. 381
xx6. to the fame, Paris, Febr. 13. 1601. O.S. 384
XX7. to the fame, Paris, Febr. 16. 1601. O. S. sS6
xx8. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to A/r. Winwood, Febr.x7. 1601. O.S. 387
XX9. A/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Febr. X7, 1601. O. S. 388 X30. Articles between the French Ambajfadors and the Commijfioners of the
^teen, with th& Anfwers of the French Ambaffddors. 389
X31. The Englifh Commijfioners Reply to the French Ambajfadors Anfwer. 391
X3X. Propofitiones ultimo loco inter DominosCommifTarios hinc inde agitatae. 39x
zi'i. Sufpenfio & Prorogatio Coiloquii. 394
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The CoKTEi^ts.
ir.f-^l - Page
ij4. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr Winwobd, March 14. i5oi. 0.»y. 395-
135. ^oifZ;fy3r«^^, (of the fame Date) M^^.y^^^^^ 3^5
X36. iWr.Wiuwood to Mr. Secretary QccjW, Paris, March 17. i6oi. 0. J". 397
237. to the fame, Paris, March ^8. l6o^. O. Si ^99
1^2. to the fame ^ Paris, April i. i6ox. O.S. ^oz
2,39. to the fame, Paris, April 10. i6oz. O. *y. ibid.
i'^o. ?(? ^^t- T^jw^f-, (of the fame Date) 404
241. — — to the fame, Paris, April 14. i(5ox. O. .S". ibid,
24X, to the fame, Paris, April 19. i6oi. ©..y. 405-
X43. to the fame, Blois, April x8. i6ox. O. .y. 406^
244, to the fame. Tours, May 7. i6ox. O.S. 408
245-. /f,? the fame, Poidiers, May 15-. 1602. O.S. 410
246. ^(? the fame, Orleans, May 15". i6ox. O. S. 411
a47. to the fame, Fountainbleau, June 4. \6o%. 0. S. 414
248. Mr. Secretary CecyW to Mr. W'mwood, June 9. i6ox. 41^
2,49. to the fame, June 13. i6ox. 415
t^o. il/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, June 17. 1602. O. S. 417
afi. to the fame, Paris, June 24. 1602. O.S. 4x1
25-2, to the fame, Paris, July 7.1602. O. J". 413
253. Mr. Secretary QtcyVi. to Mr. ^ixnysioo^, July 17. 1602. 4x5
25-4. il/r.Winwood zf<? il/r. ^y^'fr^^^jry Cecyll, Paris, July 21. 1602. OS. 427
25'5'. Mr. Secretary Qtcy^ to Mr. ^\xiVioo^, Aug. 6. 1602. 428
25-6. il/r.Winwood to Mr. Secretary QtcyW, Diepe. Aug. 7. 1602. O.S. 429
25-7. — — to the fame, Paris, Aug.21. 1602. O.S. 430
a^8. to the fame, Aug. 30. 1602. O. S. 431
25'9. il/r. .y^frf^^ry Cecyll /f(? il/r. Winwood, Sept. i. 1602. 433
260. il/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Sept. if. i6ax. O.S. 434
261. ?o the fame, Paris, Sept.29. 1602. O. .y. 43^
2,62. • to the fame, (of the lame Date) 438
263. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to il/r. Winwood, Od i. 1602. 439
264. iV/r. Winwood to Mr Secretary Cecyll, Paris, O&.y. 1602. O. *y. ibid.
265. to the fame, Paris, Odl. 17. 1602. O.S. ^^j
266. ■ to the fame,V2ins,0&. 18. 1602. O.S. ^.^
267. to the fame, Paris, Od: 20. 1602. O. J". . .-,
•268. — — to the fame, Paris, Od:. 22, 1602. O.S. jbid
269. il/r. JVfr^^^ry Cecyll ^(? il/r. Winwood. Nov. 4. 1602. ^^^
270. Afr. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Nov. 9. 1602, O.S. 445-
271. to the fame, Paris, Nov. 26, 1602, O.J". l^l^i^
272. Mr. Secretary Cecyll ?fl i\/r. Winwood, Dec. 2. 1602. ttg
273. iV/r. Winwood ^tf T^r.J^-fr^^^ry Cecyll, Paris, Dec. 2. 1602, jbid
274. Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Mr. Winwood. ^^q 275-. 7l/r. Winwood to Mr. Secretary Cecyll, Paris, Dec. 17. 1602. O. S. Ic?
271^. ^o^/^g-y^w?^, Parisj Dec. 18. 1602. O.^. ' ' ^
Iff. 'to the fame, Paris, Jan.2. 1602. 0.iy. ^^.^
2.78. to the fame, Paris, Jan. 4. \6o^.O.S. ^^
279. A/r.^y^fr^^^ry Cecyll to Mr. Winwood, Jan. $. i6oz. t^^
x'^o. Mr,Wm\Yood to the 'Duke dQTtemoiXilk. ^^^
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A
A
COLLECTION
O F
S TAT
A P E R S
During Part of the Reigns of
Queen Elizabeth and King James L, &c.
B O O K I.
Suma de los Memoriales que Ju- an Ogleby Baron Efcoces era- biado por el Rey de Efcocia a fii Mag'' Catholica en favor de una liga entre los dos Reyes^
y
A * Summar'y of the Memorials
which John Ogleby a Scotch
Baron, Envoy from the King
<?/Scotland to his Cathohck Ma-
jefi^y, for promoting a League
between
* The following Papers relating to a Tranfaftion concerning which all our Hiftorians are filent, I think my felf obliged to fet it in as clear a Light as I am able. That there was about this time a Scotch Agent at Rome, we learn exprefly from Cardinal D'Ojfat, who in a Letter to M. Vilkroy of the laft of February 1596, tells him, S^'il eft -jrai, que I'Ecoffois, dont vous faites mention, eft ■venw par-deck, is" a traite Vol.1, p. 6zl
a-uec le Pape, par le Moyen de Monfieur le Cardinal Aldoirandrin. He acknowledges he could not give him Edit. Amft. an exadt Account of his Negociation, but (fays he) bien penfe-je ne me tromper de Gnere, en croyant comme jefais, qit'il eft ici pour tacher d induire le Pape fous le pretexte acoutumi de la Religion Catolique, a favorifer de fon autorite zp' Moyens, quelque que ceux qui I'envoyent ont en ces pais la. Farther, That a Treaty was then on foot between the Kings of Spain and Scotland, feems Cihough obfcurely) to be hinted at in ano- ther Letter of the Cardinal D'Offat to HenAV. dated the 19''' of July 1596, wherein he tells him that he Vol.i. p.iii-^ had that Day had Audience of the Pope, —— cy at dit a S. S. le contenu de la letre du Due de Scjfe, furprife ©" dechifree tsuchant le Roy d'Ecojfe : a quoi S.S. n a rien repondu, Sinon que Ion que je lui ai dcmande s'il
•voutoit, que V. M. lui envoydt la letre originate, il a repondu, qu'il n'etoit point befoin. And adds, ll eft
ainfi retenu a parler en telles chofcs, afin qit on nc puijfe reconnoitre de quel cote il panchc, ni decouvrir rien de fes intentions. But m the lalt place, the Negotiation it fclf is exprefly mention'd in a Letter of Sir Hen- ry Nevd's to Secretary Cecyl , dated the 27th of June 1599, (which the Reader may find at large) in ■which, after he had given him a very particular Account of the different Views and Deligtis of the Eng- lijh Fugitive Catholicks abroad, he fays, 1 have bin acquainted with a Negotiation of Phe Lord d/ Ogle- by, from the King of Scotland with the King of Spain, in the Tear l^g6. There are Pn$tt:sjef great: Impor-
B ' ;. *■ lanct
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y lo que Juan Cecilio Sacer- dote Ingles de parte de los Condes, y otros Seiiores Ca- tholicos de Efcocia exhibio en contrario en la ciudad de To- ledo, en los Mefes de Mayo y Junio, I J ^6.
N el mes de Mayo defie Ano 1596, vino de Roma a E- fpatia Juan Ogleby Efcoces el qual decia que "venia em- b'tado pr el Rey de Efcocia en com- miffion de trattar una amijiad, liga y confederacion, de parte del dicho Rey con Jii Magefiad Qatholica piies decia que el Rey de Efcocia querria fer Ca- tholico y confederarfe con fi fantidad y con fk Magejlad Catholica contra la Reyna de Inglaterra, y mojiro una ci- erta carta de confianga y creencia del dicho Rey de Efcocia dando differentes memoriales a efte efeto con la confor- midadfiguiente.
Las razones que mueven al Invidif- fimo Rey de Efcocia a reconciliarfe con la fede Apoftolica, y a bufcar la confederacion de Elpana.
between the two Kings , and of what f John Cecil an Englifh Priefi, on the Behalf of the Earls and other Cathohck Lords of Scotland prefented m Oppo- fitton to the fmne^ at the Qt'y of Toledo, In the Months of May and junCj iJ9^-
N the Month of May this Year iS9^y John Ogleby-, a Scot., arriv'd in Spain from Rome-, faying he was fent by the King of Scotland-, with a Com- mifTion to treat of Friendfhip, a League and Confederacy between that King and his Catholick Majefty : For he de- clar'd, that the King of Scotland would become a Catholick, and enter into a Confederacy with his Holinefs and his Cathohck Majefty, againft the Queen of England-, and produced a Letter of Trufl: and Credence of the laid King of Scotland., prefenting feveral Memo- rials to this Effedt, of the following Pur- port :
The Reafons that induce the moji Invincible King o/" Scotland to be reconciled to the See Apojiolick, and to procure a Confederacy with Spain.
I. " Eldejfeo que a tenido el dicho i. " TheDefire the laid King has had Rey de vengar la muerte de fu ma- " to revenge his Mother's Death on the dre contra la Reyna de InghtQxxzy " Qneenof England and theHcistickSy
tance contained in yt; and y/ your Honour have not feen yt, I think 1 fliall be able to frociire a Copy of yt. All which I think amounts to a fufficient Proof of the Faft it felf.
The Perfon from whom he received the Copy of this Negotiation, I conceive to have been Charles Pa- get ; who in this and other Letters of Sir Henry Nevil's, is recommended to her Majefty's Grace, as a Per- fon able to do her good Service; and is likewife taken notice of in the Negotiation it felf, as one with whom Ogleby treated in Flanders.
I will not prefume to detetmine whether he was really fent by the King upon this Errand, (though, I think, Cecyl's own ObjeSions, who appears quite through to have been avowedly in the Intereft of Both- well, and the reft of the Popifti Lords, are a ftrong Proof that he was) fince it appears by the Papers them- felves, that he was confined at Barcelona upon that account ; but (hall fubmit the whole to the Reader's Judgment; and only add, that as to the Papers themfelves, (which I found amongft Sir Ralfh Winzvood's) they are printed exaiSly from the Originals. They have the Misfortune to be imperfed in fome few Places ; to fupply which, the Gentleman whom I procured to tranflate them (who is eminent for his Skill in that Language) hath inferred the Words, which he conceived were wanting. How happy he has been in his Conjedlures, muft be fubmitted to the Curious. But to obviate any Exception, Care has been taken to print thofe Words in a different Character, both in the Spaniflj and Englifli.
t The Reader will find this Perfon taken notice of more than once in the following Papers. The Fi- ?'»/.}./>. 70, gure he here makes, agrees petfedly with the CharaiSer Cardinal JD'Offat gives of him fome Years after this Tranfadion, in a Letter to Monfieur Villeroy -. Tho' it is certain he once endeavour'd to make his Peace with the Englijh Coutt, and to that end wrote fomething againft Parfons and the Jefuiis, which he prevailed upon Sit Henry Kevil to tranfmit to the Secretary, and at the fame time to exprefs his Defire to return to England. It appears by the Secretary's Anfwer, that his Propofal was very coldly received ; which might poffibly be the reafon that he afterwards joined again with the Spanijh Faiflion ; for I don't find him afterwards taken notice of either by Sir Henry Nevil, or Sir Ralph winwood.
Vid. sir Hen. Nevil'j Letter z^Sept. 1599. Vid. Cecyl'j Letter, 8 Oil. ^599-
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3
los berejes, ann/jnc haft a aora J^or
algimas cofns lo nya dtjjimulado
plies la die ha muerte que fue dada por un verdu^o ptihlico con tal iii- dtgnidad y tal defpreclo que toe a la bonra tambien del Rey fii Hijo , y de todos los demas Reyes Chrijiia- nos que recibieron ajfrenta en ejle hecho.
z. " El decreto Tar lament are que hifleron los Inglefcs en las cortes d'litglaterra poco antes de la conde- naciony muerte de fu madre, quan- do decretaron que ninguna perfona o perfonas pudiejfen heredar el Reyno de Inglaterra que uviejfen defcendi- do de par lent es condenados de Con- fp'tracion contra la Reyna, el qual decreto claramente fe hizo para ef- cluyr al dtcho Rey de Efcocia de la SncceJJion de la corona de Inglater-
ra.
3. " El engano que la Reyna uso en alio 88. con el die ho Rey de Ef cocia quando venia la armada de E- fpana contra Inglaterra., porque entonces la dicha Reyna le embio a Efcocia unErabaxador llamado AJh- by, prometiendoy ajfegurando al dt- cho Rey que luego enpajfando la ar- mada le mandaria pregonar y puhli- car por fucceffor del Reyno, y le ha- riaTrincipe de JValliay mas le da- ria el eft ado de fu padre que tenia en Inglaterra y otras cofas femej antes para que fe juntajfe con ella contra los Epanoles., pero luego en pajfan- do el peligro fe rio la Reyna del & no quifo cumplir cofa alguna, antes dixo que fu Embaxador avia ecedi- do la commiffion quefe le dio.
4. " Lafojpecha que es public a por toda la Chriftiandad de aver procu- radoy effeoiuado la Reyna de Ingla- terra la muerte de fu padre del Rey ^ que era elConde de Lenox por manos de algimos inquietos par dales de la dicha Reyna en Efcocia., de manera, que la dicha Reyna ay a dado la mu- erte al padre y a la madre del dicho Rey^y puejlo tambien en peligro del- la muchas vezes al dicho Rey por las ' muchas rebueltas que ha caufado la ' dicha Reyna en el Reyno de Efcocia ' durante la minoridad del dicho Rey., ' y defpues.
t(
though he has for Ibme Reafons till An.
this time conceal'd the fame for
as much as that Murder executed by a common Executioner in fo diflio- noiirable a manner, and with fo much Contempt, concerns the Honour of the King her Son, and of all other Chriftian Kings who were affronted in that Adion.
-L. " The k(X of Parliament pafs'd by xhtEngliJh in the States g^ England a little before the Condemnation and Death of the Queen his Mother, when it was enacted that no Perfon or Perfons might inherit the Crown o'i England., that were dcicended from the Kindred of inch as had been con- demn'd for confpiring againfl the Qiieen ; the which A6t w^as manifeft- ly made to exclude the faid King of Scotland from the Succeflion to the Crown of Englaitd.
3. " The Fraud the Queen put upon the laid King of Scotland in the Year 88, when the Spanijh Fleet was ma- king for England; for then the faid Queen fent him an EmbafTador into Scotland., whofe Name was AJhby, promifmgand affuring the faid King, that as foon as the Spanijh Navy was pafs'd by flie would caufe him to be proclaim'd and declar'd her Succeflbr in the Kingdom, and would create him Prince oi Wales-., and moreover would give him the Eflate which his Father had in England., with other
■ matters of this fort, to induce him • to join with her againfb the Spani-
■ drds-., but as foon as the Danger was
■ over the Queen made a Jeft of him, ' and would perform nothing, but faid, ' that her Embaflador had exceeded the ' CommifTion given him.
4. " The general Sufpicion there is ' throughout all Chriflendom , that ' the Queen of England procured and ' brought about the Murder of the ' King's Father, being the Earl of Le- ' nox., by means of fome turbulent Par- ' tifans of the faid Queen in Scotland'., ' {o that the faid Queen has been the ' Death of the faid King's Father and ' Mother, and often brought the faid ' King into danger of the fame, by ' means of the many Troubles the faid ' Queen has occafion'd in the King- ' dom of Scotland., during the ' King's Minority, and fmce.
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5. " ^le la dicha Reyna ha ampa- " rado fiempre a los coutrarios y re- " be Ides del dtcho Rey, y por fit me- * ' dlo le ha hecho prender tres 0 qua- " tro vezes al die ho Rey y quedar en^ " podery man do de los dichos fubditas " rebeldes con not able dejhonra y peli- " gro de laperfona del dicho Rey, co- " mo ultlmamente ha parecido en to
' ' que ha favorecido y amp ar ado la di- " cba Reyna al Conde de Bodvell Ef- "■ coces rebelde y enemigo del dtcho " Rey.
6. " La dicha Reyna de Inglaterra " ha favorecido y fiifientado fiempre a " los Minifiros y 'Tredic adores rebol- ' ' tores de Efiocia-, dando les mano con- " tra el Rey mifino y procurando por ' ' fii medio de tenet mas man do en E- " ficqcia qiie el dicho Rey,y qttando fine " el dicho Rey aT>inamarca a cafiarfie ' ' accordaron los Inglefies de camino pa- " ra pretiderle y llevarle prefio a In- " glaterra.
7. " La dicha Reyna de Inglaterra " nunca ha querido dar al dicho Rey el " eft ado de fiu Tadre que le tocava en ' ' Inglaterra., ni le quifio entregar Ar- " belli hija de fiuTiofipara cafiarla con * ' elT)uque de Lenox en Eficocia, qttan- " do el dicho Rey no teniendo hijo, pre- " tendia hazer al dicho T>uqtie fii pa- " riente file ce (for de la corona de E- " ficocia, en el qual tiempo la Reyna " nfi palabras muy afiperas y de mu- ' ' cho defiprecio contra el dicho Rey de " Eficocia.
" 8 'Vltimamente la dicha Reyna •' ha procttrado por medio de fins par- " dales en Eficocia de tirar en fiu po- " der al hijo zino del dicho Rey, " principe que es aora de Eficocia, " con pretextos que efiaria mas fie- ' ' guro en Inglaterra, pero la verdad ' ' es que la Inglefia queria hazer otro *' tanto a effe Rey por medio dejfie hijo " fi^yo, fi le tuviejfe entre las manos, ." que hizo al Tadre y a la Madre del " mifino Rey por medio fiuyo, quando
efiiava apoderada del, que fine qui- " tar les el rey no y la vida, y afifi no
tiene el Rey de Eficocia otro refagio '• para librarfie defios peligros que pro- " curar de unirfie con lafiedeApoftolica " y con el Rey de Efipana, ^-^ por efio " man do el dicho Rey prop oner los con-
" ciertos
5. " That the faid Queen has always protected the laid King's Enemies and Rebels, and by their means has caus'd the faid King to be three or four times taken into Cuftody , and to remain in the Power and Dilpofal of the faid rebellious Subjects, to the great Dil^ honour and Peril of the Perfon of the fiiid King, as has of late appear-, ed in the /aid ^ieens favouring and protecting the Earl oi Bothwell , a Scot, Rebel and Enemy to the laid King.
6. " The faid Queen of £';/^//?:;:?,^ has always favour'd and liipported the Mi- nifters and Preachers that embroifd Scotland, giving them an helping band againft the King himfelf, and en- deavouring by their means to have more Power in Scotlandth^in the King himfelf; and when the laid King went lolDenmark to be marry'd, the Eng- lijh contrived to feize him by the way, and to carry him Prifoner into England.
7. " The faid Queen oi England nt- ver would give the laid King his Fa- ther's Eftate that belong'd to him in England; nor Avould me deliver up W him, Arbella his Uncle's Daugh- ter, to be marry'd to the Duke of Le- nox in Scotland, at the time when the laid King having no Iflue, intend- ed to make the faid Duke his Succel^ for Heir to the Crown of Scotland, at which time the Queen utter 'd very harlli Words, and of much Contempt againft the King of Scotland.
8. " Laftly, the faid Queen has by means of her Partifans in Scotland, endeavour'd to draw into her Power the faid King's Infant Son, now Prince of Scotland, upon pretence that he would be fafer in England; but the Truth is, that the Englijh W omin would ferve this King by the means of this his Son, if flie had him in her Hands, as llie ferv'd the lame King's Father and Mother by his means, when flae had him in her Power, vvhich was taking av^^ay their King- dom and Life ; and thus the King of Scotland has no other recourfe to ref cue him from thefe Dangers, than to endeavour to unite himfelf with the See Apoftolick, and with the King of Spain, and for this Reafon the laid
" King
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*' ciertos y partidos Jkuietites para la " King ordcr'd the following Propofals An. IS96. " Confederacion con tlfpana. " to be made, in order to a Confedc- -— -— '
" racy with Spain.
Lo que offrece el Invicfliffimo Rcy dc Elcocia a fii Magcftad Catholica, por bien de entrambos Reyes y Reynos.
I. " Lo primero de reconciliarje y ' fu Reyno con la fede Apojiollca., y
■ dar fatis face ion aju Santidad en effi
■ particular, y de concurrir a la cx-
tirpacion de todas las Herejias en ' los Reynos de Eicociay Inglaterra y Irlanda.
X. " IDe hazer lig^ offenfiva y de- fenfiva con el Rey de Efpana contra todos los principes del mmiAo de quales quiera fuerte qne/ean.
3 . " 1)e hazer guerra luego contra la Reyna de Inglaterra, y decla- rarfe por enemigo della, y opponien- dofe a todos fus cofas en Efcocia, In- glaterra, Irlanda, y otras partes.
4. " Reconciliarje luego con todos los condes y otros fenores Catholicos Efcocefes que ban tornado armas por la Religion Catholica 0 ejian defter- rados por ella, los quales todos feran rejiituidos luego a fus eflados, bienes
y honras, y el Rey fe unira con ellos, y fe governarapdr fu confejo dellos, y los honrard, defenderd y regala- rd, y a todos los demas que Jean Ca- tholicos.
5". " T)araelRey amparo y focorro a todos los Catholicos Inglefes y Ir- landezes que huyeren de la perfecu- cion de Inglaterra, y les dard liber - tady feguridad de bivir catholica- mente en todos fus eft ados deEfcocia.
6. ' ' Retirard de todos los eft ados de Flandesy Franc ia a todos los Efco- cefes que fir ben a los herejes 0 con- tra el Rey de Efpana, y mandard fo pena de la Vida que no fir ban mas a ningun principe contra el dicho
■ Rey.
7. " Ayudard al dicho Rey de Ef- ' pana con loooo hombres de guerra ' contra qualquier enemigo fuyo, y ejio ' a cofia del dicho Rey de Efpana ' mientras que el dicho Rey de Efco- ' cia no alcanna la corona de Inglater- ' ra, per 9 en akan^andola ayudard
con
The Offers of the moft inviJiciblc /('///(j^(?/ Scotland to his Catholic k Majejiy, for the Advantage of both Kings and Kingdoms.
I. " In the firfl: place, to reconcile himfelf and his Kingdom, to the See ApoftoJick, and to give his Holinefs Satisfadion-in this pa-ticu!ar ; and to concur in the Extirpation of ail He- reHes in^ the Kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland, t. " To conclude a 'Lty^ue off en five <2;?<af defenfive with the King oi Spain, againft all the Princes in the IVorld., of 'what fort Ibever.
3. " To make War immediately on the Queen of England, and to de- clare himfelf her Enemy, oppofing all her Defigns in Scotland, England, Ireland, and other Parts.
4. " To be immediately reconcil'd to all the Earls and other Scotch No- blemen, who have taken Arms for the Carholick Religion, or are ba- niflh'dfor it, who mail all bereftor'd to their Eftates, Goods and Honours, and the King will joyn with them, and be rul'd by their Advice, and will honour, defend and cherifli them, and all others that are Catho- licks.
5. " The King will proredJ: and flip- port all the Englifh and Irifh Catho- licks, that iliall fly from the Perfe- cution in England-., and will give them Liberty and Security, to live after the Catholick manner, in all his Dominions of Scotland.
6. "He V\^ill withdraw out of all the Dominions of Flanders and France, all the Scots that ferve the Hereticks, or againft the King of Spain; and will enjoy n them upon- Pain of Death, not to ferve any Prince a- gainft the faid King.
7. "He will fopply the King of Spain with loooo Soldiers, againfl any Enemy of his, and this at the King of Spain's Charge, as long as the faid King of Scotland does not obtain the Crown of England ; but as foon as he has obtain'd it, he fhall
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^H. iS9^- " <^^^^ ^^ mifmo numero a^fit cojia, haft a ' ' que cl Rey de E/paiia ay a acabado ' ' Las guerras de FLandes.
8. " Embiara el Rey de Efcocta dos " Embaxadores de gente muy princi- " paly de los may ores de fu rey no, pa- " ra refidir en las dos Cortes de Ef- " pana y de Flandcs, y por fu medio " de eftos fe ajfentardn los cofas mas " en particular.
9. " Mas dejjo ojfrece el Rey de Ef ' ' cocia de entregar al Rey de Efpa- " na Jii hijo el principe de Efiocia ' ' para mayor fegiiridad de todos eftos " conciertos, y que eft 0 fe- hard luego '■'■ ft fu Mdjeftad Catholic a fera fervi- " do affentar eft a ligay confentir a las ' ' cofis que fe piden , que fin las f- " guientes.
furniih the fame Number at his own Coll, till the King oi Spain lliall have put an End to the Wars in Flanders.
8. " The King of .y^f?//^//^ will fend two Embaffadors of the prime Nobi- lity, and the greateft in his Kingdom, to refide at the two Courts of Spain and Flanders, and by their means matters ihall be more particularly ad- jufted.
9. " Furthermore, the King of JVo^- land offers, to deliver up to the King of Spain, his Son, the Prince of Scotland, for the greater Securi- ty of all thefe Stipulations ; and that this Ihall be done immediately, if his Catholick Majefty ihall pleafe to con- clude this League, and to confent to fuch things as are demanded, which are thefe that follow.
Las cofas que el \ny\GcSfimo Rey de Efcocia, pide a fu Mageftad Catholica, para affiento de la Liga entre ambos Reyes y Rey- nos.
I . " Lo primer 0 que ny el Rey de EJpana ni otro p or fit derecho, ni por medio, favor y ayiida pretenda derecho a los Coronas de Inglaterra, Efcocia 0 irlanda, por qualquiera via de fucceffion, admijfon, con- quifta, 0 e7i otra manera de preten- tion.
1. " ^e el Rey de Efpafia ayude llanamente al Rey de Efcocia para alcancar la corona de Inglaterra, y de Efcocia, y que para efto ha de dar doze mil hombres armados y pa- gados mientras que durare el tiempo de la guerra contra la Reyna de In- glaterra, & mas defto quinientos mil ducados en dinero, pagados al dicho Rey de Efcocia para p>rinci- ■ piar la guerra die ha.
3- " ^e el Rey de Efpana de aqui ' adelante ha de tratar con el Rey de ' Efcocia folo y con los Miniftros que ' fenalard en las cofas que pertene- ' r^ieren a eft a liga,y no con otros Vaf ' f alios fuyos, aunque fean Condes y ' grandes Seuores & Catholicos, fin ' fu licenciay confentimiento, pues es ' jufto que el Rey fean preferido a to- ' dos fns vafallos.
4. " ^ne
The Things which the mo ft invinci- ble King of Scotland demands of his Catholick Majefty , for conclud- ing of the League, between both Kings and Kingdo'ms.
1. " Firft, that neither the King of Spain, nor any other in his Right, nor by his means, favour, or afli- ftance, do pretend any Right to the Crowns of England, Scotland or Ireland, by any way of Succeflion, Admiflion, Conqueft, or other man^ ner of Pretenfion.
2. " That the King of Spain fliall openly affift the King of Scotland towards attaining the Crown oi Eng- landoLndoi Scotland; and that to this Effedt, he ihall furniih twelve thou- fand Men, arm'd and paid, during all the Time that the War iliall laftagainft the Qiieen of England; and more- over, iive hundred thoufand Ducats in Money, to be paid to the faid Xing of Scotland, to begin the faid War.
3. " That from henceforward, the King of Spain iliall treat with none but the Kins of Scotland, and with the Minilters he ihall appoint, of Matters relating to this League ; and not with any other of his Subjed:s, tho' they be Earls, and great Lords and Catholicks, without his Leave and Confent; for it is Juflice that the King be preferr'd before all his Subjedts,
4^. " That
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" 4. ^71 c el Rcy de Efpana mande " aff'entar en fits Reynos y ejiados una " c'tcrta forma de comer cio y contrato " por los mercaderes Efio fifes conio " t ten en en otras partes con nomine " de ejlable-, y que tengan fiS jiiefes., " fueros franquefas y privilcgios de " contratac'ton en provecbo de entram- " bos Reynos.
5. " §lue fu Mage ft ad Catholic a *' mande embien a Efcocia un Em- " baxador que refida en aqnella Corte " jv guife las cojas a gnfto de fu Ma- " geftad.
6. " ^le el Coronel Simple Efcoce's ' ' fe embie luego a Flandes para que " el Rey de Efcocia fe frva del en " eftas occafones.
7. " ^le fu Mage fl ad Catholic a "■ mande embiar a Efcocia con eft.e *' Agent e y Commijfario del Rey algun " hombre confidente-, prudent e^ ypla- ' ' ticOy el qtial vea las cofas como eft an ' ' y hable con el Rey de Efcocia , y ' ' trayga refolution en todoy y la poffi- " bilidad, facilidad, 0 difficult ad que " ay a para cumplir todos eftos con- " ciertos y ojfrecimientos.
En Toledo a quinze de Ju- nio, 1 596.
JUAN OGLEBY.
4. " That the King o? Spiin do yf«. 159(5. give order, for appointing a certain ^^'~\' ^ Form of Trade and Commerce throughout his Kingdoms and Do- minions, for the Scotlfh Merchants,
as they have in other Parts, by the Name of a Staple ; and that they may have their Judges, Rights, Fran- chifcs, and Privileges in Trade, to the Advantage of both Kingdoms.
5. " That his Catholick Majefty or- der an Embafllidor to be lent into Scotland to refide in that Court, and to difpofe Affairs to his Majeily's liking.
6. " That Colonel Simple a Scotch- man, be immediately fent into Flan- ders, that the King may make ufe of him upon thefe Occafions.
7. " That his Catholick Majefly do order a trufty, difcreet and experi- enc'd Peribn to be fent with this A- gent and CdmmiHiiry into Scotland, who may fee the Pofture Affairs are in, and difcourfe with the King of Scotland-, and bring with him full Orders in all Points, and the poffibi- hty, facility, or difficulty, there may be in perforhiing all thele Con-
■ ttads and Offers.
" ^^ Toledo, the Fifteenth of " June, iS9<^-
JOHN OGLE BT.
Lo que opponia Juan Cecilio, The OhjeBtons ?nade by John Ce-
facerdote Ingles contra los of- cil, an Engl{f]3 Prtefl^ aga'mfi
frecimientos de Juan Ogleby the Offers mack by John Ogle-
ya propueftos. by.
J^ntamente con efte A^ente del Rey de Efcocia Ogleby, uino en fu com- pania defde Roma Juan Cecilio Ingles, el qiial avia vivido muchos alios en Efcocia, y conociay avia tratadofnncho a los Condes de Anguis, Arrolli, Htmt- tely y otros Senores , que fe avian de- clarado en favor de la religion Catho- lica, y por ellos era embiado a Efpana primer oy defpues a Roma, para contra- decir a toda efta negotiacion & facion del Rey de Efcocia, y de algunos polli- ticos y herejes Ingle fes que fe oponian
al
Together with this Ogleby the King of Scot land,' i Agent, came in his Company from Rome, John Cecily an Engliftoman, who had liv'd many Years in Scotland, and was acquainted, and had much convers'd with the Earls of Angus, Arrol, Huntley and other Lords, who had declar'd in favour of the Catholick Religion; and was by them firft fent into Spain, and a^rer- wards to Rome, to oppole all this Ne- gotiation and Contrivance of the King of Scotland, and by fome Engl[^7 Po- liticians
An
8 Mr. Ogleby'j* Negotiation in Spain. Book L
iro6 d Key en clla, j^ara afegurar pr efta liticians and Hereticks who oppos'd the
via lafuccejjion que elpetende a laCo- King therein ; by this Means to afTure
rojta de Iip^laterra, y para efte effeto the Siicceflion which he pretends to
el dkbo Cecilio dio different es Memo- the Crown of England ; and to this
riales a fu Magejiad' Catholica en la EfFed:, the faid Cecil prefented feveral
conformidadjigtiiente. Memorials to his CathoHck Majefty,
of the following Purport.
Contra la perfona de Pury Ogleby, o de Juan Ogleby , Efcoces y fu
negociacion.
I. " T rimer amente dixo, que ejie Agente aimque la religion que tiene deve defer Catholica, toda via nunca uvo mucba confian^a del entrelosCa- tholicos de Efcocia., antes ha avido Jiempre mncha foffecha de fu trato, parte por aver eftado el en Ingla- terra y fido muy intimo con algunos Miniftros principales de la Reyna, y parte porque el padre defte Ogleby, y fus deudos y cimigos mas cercanos fon conocidamente herejes.
X. " Lo fegundo, la fofpecha que la ' carta de confanfa qrie trae ejie Ca- vallero del Rey de Efcocia, o es fin- gida 0 ficada per arte , fn qr.e el Rey aya advertido ?nucho en ello, y efto por medio de un cierto Thomas
■ Hejkin cafado con hermana dejie Ca-
■ vallero, el qual Hejkin priva mucho
■ con el Rey de Efocia, y mas efte
■ Agente ha confejjado que ely muchos
• otro Efcocefes faben contrahazer el
• fello y firma del Rey quando es me- ' nefter.
3. " Lo tercero, la manera de nego- '• ciar defte Cavalkro, es muy varia-
■ ble, agtida y fiibjeta a fofpechar ;
■ porque en Flandes ncgocib primero
• con Carlos Tagetio y con el T)o^or '• Gifordo, y con otros de aquella par- ' cialidad de Ingle fes politico:, que ' ftgu^u al Rey de Efcocia, fn ref ' guar do a fu religion, y para algunos ' dellos truxo cartas del Rey de Efco- ' cia, y con fu direccion fiie a Italia ' para tratar con diver fos principes ' en favor del Rey de Efcocia, con ' muchas quexas contra los fautores ' del Rey de Efpana, y de la otra
Againft the Terfon ^/ Pury Ogleby or John Ogleby, a Scot, and his Negotiation.
I. " In the firft Place, he faid, that this Agent, tho' the Religion he profefs'd was likely Catholick, how- ever, he was never much 'confided in by the Catholicks of Scotland ; but on the contrary, his Behaviour has always been much fiifpedted; partly, on account of his having been in England, and very intimate with fome of the Queen's prime Mi- niflers, and partly becaufe this Ogle- by's Father, and his Relations and lieareft Friends are known Hereticks. X. " Secondly, the Jealoufly that the Letter of Credence, which this Gentleman brings from the King of Scotland, is eirher counterfeit, or obtain'd by fbme Wile, without the King's reflecSling much on it ; and this, by means of one * Thomas Hef kin, who is marry'd to this Gentle- man's Sifter, the which Hejkin is much in favour with the King of Scotland ; and befides , this Agent has confefs'd, that he and many
' other Scots,C2in counterfeit the King's Hand and Seal upon occafion. 3. " Thirdly, this Gent leman'sls/lt- thod of negotiating, is very variable, fliarp and fufpicious; for in Flan- ders he firft treated with Charles T^a- get, and Doctor Gijford, and others of that Party of £'z?g/z/?? Politicians, who adhere to the King of Scot- land, without any regard to his Re- ligion ; and he brought Letters from
' the King of Scotland, for fome of them, and by their Direction went into Italy, to treat with feveral Princes in favour of the King of Scotland, with many Complaints a- gainft the Favourers of the King of
This is a Miftake in the Original, and fliould be Themas Erjl<m.
parte
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parte-, at mifmo tiempo trath mtiy en fecreto y con nmcha cat a con EJle- van de Ibarra., fccrctario y mhujlro principal de fu Mageftad Catholica en Flandes^ y lo mtjmo con el T)iique de Seffa, Embaxador de fu Mage- Jiad Catholica en Roma., y con todo ejto buyb quanta pudo de juntarfe con 'Juan Cecilio, y de venir con el a Efpaha., por fuber que el en- tendia bien las cofas de Efcocia^ que es final que no lleva mui derecha in- tencion en las cofas de la Religion Catholica.
4. "■ Lo quarto^ efte hombre no efia bien con los Condes y otros Senores CathoUcos que fe ban levantado por la Religion Catholica en Efcocia, como bien parece en todo lo que pide al Rey de Efpaiia en nombre de fu Rey , que no fean oydos ; mas dejio no habla bien de los trabajos de los padres Efcocefes de la Campania de Jefus, que ban aprovechado mucho a la Religion Catholica en aqtiet Reyj'W, y mucho menos eft a bien con las cofas del Cardenal Alano que fea en gloria., y del padre Terfonioy y del padre Holto^ y de otros que fl- guen el mifmo camino por la. verda- dera reduce ion de Inglaterra-, de donde fe puede coligir que eft a nego- ciacion de Juan Ogleby no tiene mu- cho fundament 0 fino para entretener el tiempo y rebolver humores en ei mundo.
' Spain: And on the other hand, -^t An.xs^^.
the lame Time, he very privately, ' and with much Caution, treated with '- Stephen de Ibarra., his Catholick
■ Maj ell y's ^Secretary, and prime Mi-
■ nider iw Flanders \ *as alio with the
■ Duke of Sejfa., his Cathohck Maje-
■ fty's EiBba/Tador at P^ome ; and not-
■ withftanding alJ this, he avoided as ' much as he could, joyning with John
Cecil., and coming into Sfdin with ; him, as knowing him to be well
■ vers'd in the Affairs of S cot lav d ;
■ which is a Sign, that his Intention is not very fmcere, in relation to what concerns the Catholick Reli- gion.
4. " Fourthly., this Man does not ftand well with the Earls and other Catholick Lords, who have taken up Arms for the Catholick Religion in Scotland:, as flifficiently appears by all that he demands of the King of Spain., in his own King's Name; that they be not heard. Befides, he does not fpeak well of the Labours of the Scotch Fathers of the Society o£ Jefus, who have been very fer- yiceable to the Catholick Religion in that Kingdom ; much lefs is he well affedred to the Affairs of Cardinal Alan, whom God take into his Glo- ry, and of Father Tarfons and Fa- ther Holtj and of others who fol- low the fame Method for the fincere ^tdaCtionof England : Whence may be inferr'd, that John Ogleby's Nego- tiation has little in it, but a Defign to gain Time, and raife Confufions in the World.
Difficultades de la parte del Rey de TDi^culties on the Tart of the King Efcocia. of Scotland.
I . " Tampoco parece que de la parte del Rey ae Efcocia., y de fi ferfona ay alguna firme dijpoficion para el t rat ado con fu fantidad, 0 con fu Mageftad Catholica. Lo primero, porque en todo efte tiempo y difcur- fo de la vida del Rey defpues que llego a alios de difctecion que fin y a mas /s/^ I X , ha mo fir ado jamas final alguna de querer fir Catholico, no obftante todas las diligencias que fe
" Nor does it appear on the Part of the King of Scotland, and of his Perfbn, that there is any folid Dilpo- fition towards the Treaty with his Holinels, or with his Catholick Ma- jefty. In the firft place, becaufi du- ring all this Time, and the Courfe of the King's Life, fince he arriv'd at Yearj" of T>ifcretion, which is now above ix Years, he has never fliown any Sign oi being inclined to be a Ca-
* This Paffage feems to confirm what ! before obferv'd from D'offat's Letters,
D
ban
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ban hecho for los fadres de la Com- fania de entrambas nacmies Ingle- fa y Efcocefa que fon mtichijjimas ^ quanta por otras Ter/bnas, Fr da- dos y Trincipes que ban dejfeado y procurado fa bien del dicbo Rey por letras, menfageros, prefantes y otros mediost pero fiempre fan fruto.
a. " Elba efirito I'tbros de fai mano contra la religion Catholica, ha he- cbo y piblicaao EdiBos, ha dejier- rado muchos^ ha matado algunos, ha confpirado con la Reyna de Lt^later- ra, y figuido fa traga en todo, ha- le dado el poder de los miniftros y predicadores fauyos-, bafae cafado con Reyna Luterana, arenas ha vifto 0 ley do libro Catbolico^ en fau vida no quifao confarir ni oyr hombre Catboli-
• CO de nueftra parte., todos fats deu- ' dos., amigos y familiares fan here-
• jes ; luego como es pofaible que ejie ■ hombre fa baga Catholico de repen-
te.
3 . " /" confarme a ejio, entre los mo-
tivos y razones que efle hombre pone
de la parte del Rey para mover fa a
alianga y amijlad con el Rey de E-
fpanaj y union con lafaede Apoftoli-
ca, ninguno fae ha liar a de religion
Catbolica., fano que todos los rejpe-
tos fan de vengan^a por dams reci-
bidosy los quales refpetos todavia
pueden tanpoco con efte Rey como fae
ha vifto por la experiencia de tantos
aHios que ban pajfado defpues \de la
muerte de fau madre, y de los demas
agravios recibidos, los quales fae pti-
ede penfar que fae cuenten mas prejio
para moftrar lo que tm Rey avia de
faentirlos, que no que bagan alguna
imprefaion en elpecbo del Rey de Efa-
cocia, el qual fa tiene por mui lexos
del fintimiento que aqui fau Agente
quiere moftrar tener fau amo,puesfae
tiene por mui cierto que el no fala-
mente confantib a la muerte de fau ma-
dre efaribiendo una carta a la In-
glefa, que comtngava con eftas pa-
tholick, notwithftanding all the En- deavours us'd as well by the Fathers of the Society of both the Englifly and Scotch Nations, which are very many, as by other Perfons, Prelates and Princes, who have defir'd and promoted the Good of the faid King by Letters, Meflengers, Prefents, and other means, but always without any Succefs.
^. " He* has writ Books with his own Hand againfl the Catholick Re- ligion, and made and publilli'd Pro- clamations ; has banilli'd many ; has put fome to Death ; has confpir'd with the Queen of England, and foliow'd her Methods in all Points ; has given her the Power of his Mi- nifters and Preachers ; has marry'd a Lutheran Queen ; has fcarce feen or jread a Catholick Book, during the whole courfe of his Life ; would never confer with or hear any Catholick on our Behalf; all his Kindred, Friends and familiar Acquaintance are He- reticks ; how then is it poffible that this Man fliould on a ludden become a Catholick ?
3. " Now according to this, among the Motives and Reafons this Man propofes on his King's behalf to in- cline him to an Alliance and Friend- fliip with the King oi Spain, and U- nion with the See Apoftolick, none can be found to be grounded on the Catholick Religion, but all the Con- fiderations proceed from Revenge for Damages received, the which Confi- derations are neverthelefs of To little Force with this King, as has appear- ed by the Experience of fo many Years asareelaps'dfince his Mother's Death, and the other Injuries recei- ved, the which it may well be thought are mention'd rather to fliew how much a King ought to relent them, than that they make any Imprefllon on the Heart of the King of Scot- land, who is very void of that Re- fentment that his Agent here would reprelent hisMafler to be fenfible of; for it is look'd upon as very certain, that he not only confented to his
* The King about this time publi(hed a Treatife called Bafdkon Boron, which is too well known to be more particularly mentioned. And 'tis remarkable that Cambden himfelf tells us, that he publiQVd that IreatUe to obviate lome Refledions that were then call upon-him.
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labras^ wortui von mordent, ^c. Jino que rambicn cl pxocjfrb lo mifrno for medio dc pi Emhaxador, el Majler Gray Cat hoik o politico que entonces rc/ldia en Londres, como el defines lo ha confcfnzc/cjy affirmado.
4. ' ' Mas dejio los Cathollcos de Ef- cocta le tienen no filament e por he- re je mm objlinado y rcfuelto en fns herejias, 0 mas prejto por hombre que no Je le da nada de religion al- guna, Jino tambien por hombre in- conjiante, variable, mal condlclona- do, que no guarda ley ni promejfa, ni palabra algnna , Jino en quanto provecho lemueve,y dejto tienen lar- gas experlenclas , y muchos exem- plos, como ferla qne le dlo los avos atras fu palabra por efirito al Con- de de Annuls, y a los Senores de F entry y de la T) I Ian da todos tres Cathollcos, de qne no fir Ian molefta- dos por la religion Catholica, y lue- go dlo otras cedulas firmadas tam- bien de fin mano para que fiuejen prefiosy muertos, y ajfii les fiucedlera, fi los dos caveles (algun yerro ay a- qui en el original) pcro al tercero, qne fine el Senor de Fentry, fie dlo la muerte.
5" . " //(« mlfima Infidelldad delRey fie ' ' not a por muchos otros exemplos, co- " mo del Ollfipo de T>umplaln Efico- "■ ces y del padreGnlllelmo Holto In- ' ' gles, y del Coronel Simple Eficoces, " los quale s andando a tratar con el en " Eficocla en cofias de gran fiervlclo ' ' fi^y^ debaxo de la fiegurldad de fin ' ' palabra, cayeron en grandes pellgros " por qne no les qulfi mantener pala- " bras.
6. "■ La mijma infidelldad moflro el " Rey de Eficocla a los dos Oblfipos " Efiocefies deGlaficoy de Ros, ejcri- " biendoles kiego defipues de la muerte " de laReyna fiiimadre, que quedavan
\ The Word Gray is torn out of the Original, but it being well known he was at that timeEmbaffador in England, 1 have ventured to fupply it. The Advice here mention'd to be given, our Hiflorians lay up- .^„ ti,» c~i-.n-.j„- gj^jj jjQj w^on the King; which is agreeable to the reft of his Conduft, he appearing OP Kppn nn hpttpr rVian a .Snv nnri Tnnl nf the Serretarv's.
•tch Popiih Lords in Re-
" por
Mother's Death, writing a Letter to An. iS9^- thcEn^llJhQiiccn, which began with thclc Words, The T>ead do not bite, ^c. but that he alfo promoted the the fame by means of his EmbafTador the Alaflcr | Gray, a pohticalCatho- hck, who then rcfidcd in London, as he has flnce C07ifiek'd and affirm'd. 4. " Moreover, the Catholicks of Scotland do look upon him not only as a very obftinate Heretick and pofi- tive in his Herefies, or rather as a Man that values no Rehgion whatfo- ever, but alfo as an inconflant, chan- geable and ill-temper'd Perfon, who obferves no Faith, Promife or Word, any farther than Intereft prevails with him; and of this they have had long Experience and many Inftances, as this is, that fome Years fince he en- gag'd his Word in writing to the Earl oi Angus, and to the Lords of Fen- try and oiXT>lland, all three Catho- licks, that they fliould not be mole- fted on account of the Catholick Re- ligion ; and prefently after he grant- ed other Warrants under his own Hand alio, for apprehending and put- ting them to Death ; and fo it had far'd with them, if the two {here Is fiome defieB In the Original, which I finppofie to be that they made their Eficape) but the third being the Lord Fentry, was put to Death. 5". " The fame unfaithful Temper of the King is to be obferv'd in many other Inftances, as thofe of the Bi- ihop oiT)unblane 2l Scot, and of Fa- ther William Holt an Englijhman ^ and of Colonel Sample a Scot, who going to treat with him in Scotland about Affairs that highly concern 'd his Service, under the Security of his Word, underwent great Dangers be- caule he would not make good his Promifes.
6. " The King of Scotland pradifed the fame Fallhood towards the two Scotch Bilhops oiGlaficow undRofis^ writing to them immediately after the Death of the Queen his Mother, that
on the EmbafTador, and not upon tne iving; wnicn is agreeaoie to tne reit or nis
in following Papers to have been no better than a Spy and Tool of the Secretary's.
:|; This is a Corruption in the Original from Sandiland, who was one of the Scot
bellion. Rymer's Fxdera, Fo/. 16./. 194
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Mr. Ogleby's Negotiation in Spaiii. Book I.
j^n. 1^96. " por fas Embaxadores en Francia-, y '• ■ que ks bolveria [us Obifpados y bi- " enes en Efcoc'ia for los fervicios ' ' grandes que le havian hecho y a fu " rnadre^ fero luego defpies les qne- " bro la palabra^ y no ctimplio itada, " antes ks confifio todos Los bienes ' que en Efcocia tenian.
7. " Muerta la Reyna fu Madre en *' Inglaterra el-, por d'zjfimular mas y " fingir fent'tmiento /j/zo jurar a toda " fu noble za la venganza de la dkha " muerte.) pero mmci la quifo execii- " tar.) antes a todos los que dejio en- " tendia fer dejfco^os ipcvCiguio vom- " bradamente y les yva confifcando los "' bienes.
8. " Tocos anos a que entendiendo que los Catholicos Grecian mucho en Efcocia.) les exorto for fits cartas que fe juntajfen en la villa de St. Johnjton 7to lexos de la Corte, di- ziendo que con ejia occafion el tam- bien fe juntaria con ellos far a ha- zer guerra a lalnglefa en venganga de la muerte de fu madre., pero jun- tos que los vio , el junto en otra parte las Cortes del Reyno, y los accuso y condenb de traycion confif- cando les fus bienes., y levant ando un contra ellos.
9 . " El Conde 0 Senor de Ororick Ir- landes vino de Irlanda aEfcociatres 0 quatro anos ha., baxo de lapalabra y feguridad dejle Rey, y luego for- que la Reyna de Inglaterra offrecio mas dinero para que fe le entegraffe el Rey contra jus gentium le mando entregar y le fiie cortada la cabeza enLondres.
10. " Toco tiempo ha que efando " con neceffidad de dineros efie Rey, " ordeno que tin padre de la Compania " de Jefiis, llamadojacobo Gordon, tio " del Conde de Hunt e ley, fiiejfe a Ro- " ma apedir a fu fantidad dineros y
that they were to remain as his Em- bafladors in France, and that he would reftore to them their Bifhop- ricks and Eftates in Scotland, for the great Service they had done to him- lelf and to his Mother ; but immedi- ately after he broke his Word with them, and perform'd nothing, but on the contrary confilcated all the Eftates they had in Scotland.
7. " The Queen his Mother being dead in England, he the better to dii- femble and counterfeit Sorrow, caus V alt his Nobility to take an Oath to revenge the faid Murder, but would never put the fame in Execution ; but on the contrary, he particularly /^r- y^cuted all thofe that he thought were intent upon the fame, and by degrees confifcated their Eftates.
8. "A few Years fmce, underftand- ing that the Catholicks increased much in Scotland, he by his Letters encouraged them to affemble at St. Johnjions, not far from the Court, laying, that upon this Opportunity he alio would join them to make War on the Englijh f^ieenj in Re- venge for the Murder ot his Mother ; but when he faw they were come together, he aflembled the Parlia- ment of the Kingdom in another Place, charg'd them with, and con- demn'd them forHigh-Trealbn, con- fifcating their Eftates, and raifmg a againft them.
9. " The Earl or Lord of * Ororick an Irijhman came out oi Ireland in- to Scotland three or four Years agoi upon this King's Word and Security^ and immediately, becaufe the Queen of England offer 'd more Money to have him deliver'd up to her, the King, contrary to the Law of Na- tions, order'd him to be deliver'd j and his Head was ftruck off at Lon- don.
10. " Not long fince this King being in want of Money, order'd a Father of the Society oijefis, whofe Name v^TisJamesGordon, Uncle to the Earl oi Huntley, to go to Rome to ask Money and Supplies of his Holinefs,
* This is likewife.a Miftake in the Original, and flrould be O Kovk; I refer the Reader to Camhien for a more particular Account of his Tryal and Execution.
" focorros
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focorros con fromejfa que elfejnn-
taria con los Catboiicos^ y bolv'zeu-
do cl die ho padre a Efcocia con mu'i
bnenos recaudos., cayo en muy grandcs
peligros^ porqne el Rey le qnebrh la
palabra, ^ aviso a la Ingle/a de los
recaudos, Okt Tapa, Jfara ver Jl
ella los quer'ta mcjorar, y ajji le em-
biaron deJnglaterra sooo Ann^e lot csy
y gozb el Rey del dinero del nno y
del otro Trincipe, pero favor ecio
como fiempre a los herejes, (y defam-
parb a los Catholicos ; y con efto fe
vee lo que fe pitede far de la pala-
bra dejfe Rey ; pero mucho menos fe
pucde far de fn valor ^ pues fe'is o
fate vezes ya fe ha dexado prender
& tener prefo de fus vafallos, fn
remedio ningujto, ni fentmiento que
aya hecho dello por fu bojira a feli-
gro de fu perfona, de donde fe fupone
de quan poca ivsv^ottancia fea la
llga que fe puede hazer con el para
■ los Elpaiioles, y de quan poco prove-
■ cho qtie fea Rey de tres Reynos ta-
■ les como fon los delnglaterra-, Efco- ' cia-, y Irlanda.
" La verdadera canfe que realmente ha movido al Rey de Efcocia, y a al- gunos politicos que le favorecen a mojirar de querer rediifirfe a la re- ligion Catholic a-t en eft a fazon, es el libro de "Dolman, que fe efcribio el ano paffado fobre laficceffion de In- glaterra, en el qualpues fe declara quel el Rey de Efcocia tiene muchos companeros en la pretencion a aquel- la fucceffion, y que todos tienen fus derechos muy probables, & defpues que ningunpretenfor fe puede admi- tir por los Catholicos, qualquier de-
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promifing that he \\'ould join tlic Ca- At. is<^6. tholicks; and the faid Father return- v ing into ^y^/?//;?;/^ with very goodDil- patchcs, fell into very great Dangers, becaufe the King broke his Word to him, and gave notice of the Dil- patchcs to the EngliJJy (Qiieen) the Scent was of the Pope, to ice whe- ther Ihc would advance upon the fame, and thus he had 5000 Angels fent him from England, and the King made ufc of the Money of both Princes; but he always favour'd the Hcreticks, and fbrfbok the Catho- hcks ; and thus we fee what Confi- dence is to be repos'd on this King's Word: but there is much Icfs realon to rely on his Valour, flnce he has fuffei'd himfelf to be fix or feven times ieiz'd and kept Prifoner by his Subjeds, without applying any Re- medy, or having the lead refented it for the fake of his Honour , or the Danger of his Perfon : whence it is eafy to guefs, of how little confe- quence the League that may be con- cluded with him, will be to ihtSpani- ards,o.nd how little it will avail that he be made Iving of three fuch Kingdoms as England, Scotland and Ireland. " * The true Caufe that has really mov'dtheKingofiS'f^?/'/^;;;^, and fbme Politicians chat favour him, to make a Show of intending to embrace the Catholick Religion at this time, is T>olmaTii Book, which was written the laft Year on the Subjed: of the Succeflion of the Crown o? England^ wherein it is declared that the King oi Scot land h'xs many Companions in the Pretenfion to that Succeflion, and that ail of them have very probable Rights, and afterwards that no Pre- tender can be admitted by theCatho-
* Tho' 'tis probable, Father Piir/on's Book (publifli'd about this time under the Name of Vo'eman) m\g\it give the King fome Alarm; perhaps there was another anci better Reafon for fetting on foot this Treaty. We are told by Roger Creighton z Scotchman, in his Life of Cardinal Vincent Laureo, (who was Protector of Scotland during the Regency of Queen Mary) whofe Secretary he was, that the Queen fent her lafl Will all wrote with her ov;n Hand (by which fhe excluded her Son of his SuccelTion to the Crown of England in cafe he continued a Proteftant, and gave it to the King of S^c.in) to that Cardinal; wha comparing it with feveral Letters he had received from that Queen, all of her own Hand, remained perfeftly fatisfied it was the fame; and having figned it himfelf, and ciufed an EngUJh Bifhop then prefent to fign it likewife, he delivered it to the Conde Olivarez, the then Spanifi EmhaiTador with Pope Sixtits ffhjintus at Roms, to be fent into Spain. I will not avow the Truth of this Relation, becaufe Thuanm (who Lib.'&6. of his Hi- ftory relates the Fad, where by the way he miflakes his Author's Name, and calls him Tritonius,) feems to
make fome doubt of it; for having given us the Relation, he adds, Id ne bona fide [crip ferit Tritonius,
nut commenttis fuerit, non dicam, nam a nemine quod fciam id memoratum. However 1 could not omit fo remarkable a Circumftance, becaufe it feems to point at the true Caufe of this Negotiation, and accounts (in fome meafure) for that Prince's Proceedings on other Occafions of the like nature, of which the Rea- der will meet with frequent Inftances in the following Papers.
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Mr. Ogleby'j" Negotiatioji in Spain. Book I.
recho que tenga de fmigre, Jino fea conozidamente Catholko. Ha fa- bido el Rey de Efcocia que ejie I'lbro ha hecho grandes imp^ejjiones en to- da fiierte de gente, y ajji querr'm nor a ajfegurar fit partido, for efia via de liga y tinion con fk fantldad y con fti Mageftad Catholica, la qtial no lleva mal medio., qiiando de la farte del Rey y de los fiiyos huvi- effe verdady intencion fmcera-., pe- ro/i no ay mas que palabras fe fue- de tamb'ien con falabras ]}agarfelo.y y embiar un hombre a Efcocia con efie Agent e , como el fe lo pide , y hajla que bttelva y trayga la rela- cion cierta de lo que ay por alia pa- ra el cumplimiento de los ojfrecimi- entos que le han hecho, y hafta que fe de plena fatisfaccion a fu fanti- dad en el negocio de la religion-, piie-
de fu Mageftad fiifpender el y
confultar el cafo como fuere fervi- do.
ita fentio,
JUAN CECILIO.
licks, whatfoever his Eight may be by Blood, unlefs he be a known Ca- tholick. The King of Scotland has nnderftood that this Book has made much Irapre/Tion on all forts of Peo- ple, and therefore he would now wil- lingly fecure his own Intereft, by this way of a League and Union wirh his Holinefs, and with his Catholick Majefty, which is not amifs, were there any Truth and fmcere Intention on the part of the King and his Ad- herents; but if there be nothing but Words, he may in like manner be retaliated with Words, and a Man fent to Scotland with this Agent, as he himfelf demands ; and till he lliall return, and bring a certain Account of what he has found there, towards the performance of the Offers made him , and till his Holinefs be fully fatisfy'd in relation to the Affair of, Religion, his Majefly may fufpend
the and advife upon the matter
as he Ihall think fit.
This is my Opinion^
JOHN CECIL.
Conforme a efto fe deffacho el Agen- te Ogleby y fe le fenalo en Madrid un Cavallero Torttigues que fuejfe a Efco- cia con el', conforme a lo que el mif- mo avia pedido ; pero defpues el Agen- te fe mudb, y aviendo accept ado el di- cho compauero, le dexo en la Corte de Madrid, y fe partib fin defpedir- fe para Valencia y Barcelona, donde fe Y^zo ima cadena de oro de foo T)u-
cados que el Secretario del Rey
Idiaques le pre fent b de la parte de fu Mageftad; y pocos dies defpues, lle^o a la Corte de Madrid el Secretario E- fievan de Ibarra con quien Ogleby avia. tratado mticho en Flandes, y mirando defpues lo que avia proptieftoy trata.- do con lu Mageftad, hallb que era mui dif^erente de lo que avia tratado con el en Flandes ; porque dixo Eftevan de Ibarra, que Ogleby le confejfo, que el iva y era embiado por el Rey de E- fcocia, y por algunos herejes y politicos para x&holver humores de algunos, y hazerlos amigos del Rey de Efcocia contra el Rey de EfpaHa,y que el avia conferido con I^agetto y Giffordo, y o- tros Inglefes de aquella liga, perb que
el
Purfuant hereunto, Ogleby the Agent was dilpatch'd, and a Tortugiiefe Gen- tleman was appointed at Madrid to go with him into Scotland, according as he himfelf had deflr'd ; but afterwards the Agent chang'd his Mind, and after having accepted of the faid Companion, he left him at the Court oi Madrid, and went away without taking leave, to Valencia and Barcelona, where he put on a Gold Chain of 500 Ducats, which
the King's Secretary Idiaques had
prefented him in his Majefty's Name ; and within a few Days after, arriv'd at the Court of Madrid, the Secretary Stephen de Ibarra, with whom Ogleby had tranfaBed much in Flanders, and then oblerving what he had propofed and treated with his Majefly, he found it was of a very different llrain from what he had treated with him about in Flanders; for Stephen de Ibarra laid, that Ogleby had confefs'd to him, that he went and was fent by the King of Scotland, and by fome Hereticks and Politicians to rouie up ibme People's Spleen, and make them Friends to the King, of Scotland againft the King of
Spain ;
Book I. Mr. Ogljlrys Negotiation in Spain.
el fnhla que todo era parcialidad y pajjion, y que cL Rcy de Efcocia era bcrcjc^ y por fcr efte ylgente Catholi- co trataria los iiegoclos al revez de lo que los herejes y politico^ preteti- dian, y con cjlo rccib'io promejfa del die bo Secret ario de looo 'Ducados de entretenimleuto- por cada mes, y con cjio fue a It alt a-, y entendiendo dej- pties el dicho Secretario que efie hom- hre avia negociado lo contrario de lo que avia p}romctido, pidih que por fa defcargo fe detuvieffe bafta averigu- ar las cofas., y aft fe detiene oy dia en Barcelona-) aunque con mui buen tratamiento, haft a que fe fipa^ fi el Rey de Efcocia le embih., o le dio tal Comiffion o carta de Creencia, y efto es todo lo que bafta aora ha pajfado en efte negocio.
En Madrid i deDeciembre, \')^'S.
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Spain ; and that he hid confcrr'd with Jin. I5'96. '^Paget'XwdiGiff'ord-, liwd oihcx EngHflj- ^ '
men of that Herd ; and that he knew it was all Partiality and PafTion, and that the King of Scotland was an He- rctick, and that thi? Agent being a Ca- tholick, he would manage Affairs the contrary way from what the Hereticks and Politicians aim'd at ; and hereupon he had a P^omifc made him by the faid Secretary of looo Ducats Penfion per Month, and ^o he went away to Italy, and the (aid Secretary being afterwards inform'd that this Man had negotiated fb contrary to what he had promis'd, he defir'd, that for his own Vindicati- on, he might be ftopp'd till matters were enquir'd into, and accordingly he is at this time detain'd at Barcelona., but with very good Ufage, till it can be known whether the King of Scot- land fent him, or ga^'e him any iuch CommifTion, or Credentials, and this is all that has been hitherto done in this Affair.
Madrid, 'December i.i$96.
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STATE PAPERS, ^c.
BOOK II.
Sir Henry Nevillo" Negotiation in France,
Anno 15^^.
Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville.
i^ti' ^n7 15-99.
Send you a Letter for Monjieur Villerqy, which yt may pleafe you to caufe to be dehvered him : I fend you alio a Letter to Mr. Edmonds, which is to geve him notice, that the Queen will have him Hay one monethe after your Arrival. I would be glad he might know yt be- fore your coming, becaule he may provide accordingly. Yf you do fend any body before you, Sir, I pray you, let that Letter be fent him. The other Let- ter to Monjieur Villeroy, may be delivered to any of your Men, when you come yourfelfe, for that only concerneth you. And thus hoping to fend you the Queen's Letter to Night or to Morrow, I commit you to God. From the Court,
Tour loving Kinfrnan and Friend « RO. CECYLL.
Str Henry Neville ^(5 Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
Right Honourable.) 'Trover, x6*^;v7 15-99.
Receaved at my coming to 'Dover-, a Letter frdm my Steward, who is at-
tending me at T>ei^e., dated two days fince ; wherein he writes, that Mon-
Jiejir de Cuchon., Lieutenant Gouvernor of IDeipet hath receaved advertifTemenr, that all French Ships are ftaied in Spain., with an intent, (as ys pretended) to ufe them in the Fleet, which that King is liow preparing againft the Navy of the States. The Leiutenant rode prefently with the Nevves to Fefcampe-, where the Governor lyeth ficke; and from thence to the Court, to advertife the King; the Matter being there generally very evil interpreted. I receaved heere alfo a
Letter
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Letter from Mr. Edmonds, dated the 20^' of Aprill, (but what StiJc I know not) ji^. 15-90. that the Kins^ was to remoovc to Blois within 10 or iz Daycs, and after fome few Daycs Itay there, to paflc forthwith to Mol'im in Bourbonnois t, with pretence to go to the Bathes to Tognes, but indeed with a purpofe to take fbme order about the * Marqnijat of Salluces ; and to reccave lorn Newes from Flo- rente, towchuig this Mariadge with that "Dukes Ncecc. I feare heereby, I fhall not arrive at Tans, or Blois, before his Departure ; and therefore I humbly pray your Honor's Diredions, what I fliall doe yf I fynde him gon. I am heere at- tending the Wind, which is yet dircd:ly contrarie ; as (bone as yt turnes I will loofe no opportunity. And Ibe for this tyme, I humbly take my leave.
Tour Honor s very humbly to be comrnanded
HENRY NEVILLE.
Mr. Secretary Cecyll to Str Henry Neville.
SIR, a6th A^rill 15-99.
I Send you the Queen s Letter, and a Copy, lead her Charadlers fliould not be fo plainly read ; you fliall do well to let Monjieur Villeroy have yt, for yt is not lb kind a Style, as I would be forye (foeing in former tymes her Majefties Inck hath bene mixed with Gall, that now there is Hony put into this,) it fliould not be underftood, by Default of not reading: Let the Secretary there- fore, have yt before hand. We have receaved Newes that the Earl of Ejfex is well arrived ; and here all things are as they were, faving this, that the Earle of Sujfex, the Lord Cobham, and Lord Scroope, are chofen Knights of the Garter. I fynd the Queene will lyke yt well, yf you do procure the King accidentally, to fend hither to be \Inftalled. Your Company I am fure is merry yf you be together, and fo I wiflie you ever ; but Mr. JVilliam Killegrew might be here the Queen fayeth, as well as taking his Pleafure. From the Court.
Tour loving Kinfman and Friend^
RO. CECYLL.
* The Duke of .<;<^^■oy made himfelf Matter of the Marquifat of Saluces in the Year 1588, during the famous Ailembly at Blois, in which the Duke of Guife was murthered. Henry the ^^'^ Death happening foon after, the King's Affairs were too much imbroyled at his firft coming to the Crown, to attend to this Ufurpation. However, this Matter came to be ferioufly conlidered at the Treaty of Vervins in the Year XJ98. But the Duke of Savoy peremptorily refufing to deliver it up, it was (atter much conteftation) agreed on both Sides, that the whole Affair Irtiould be referred to the Pope, {Clement the 8^'^) who fliouId within one Year determine the Right, and in whofe Sentence both Parties (hould acquiefce. Memoires du Bentivoglio, Vol. I. ch.^. f.i^t. D'Avila, lib. l^.
The French King's Claim to the Marquifat, is fet down fo clearly by Cardinal D'ojfat, that I beg leave to give it the Reader in his own Words.
Le Marquifat de Saluces de touts Anciennete etoit Fief de Daufine, (^• les Marquis en prenoient invefliture des Daufins de Viennois, v teur en faifoient hommage, cr ferment de fdelite: Auquel droit avoient fuccede les Rots de France : lorfqus le Daufine leurfut acquis. Et partant etant depuis faillie la ligne des Marquis de Sa- luces, ledit Marquifat, par la lot commune a tons Fiefs, feroit de lui-mhne retourne aux Rots de France, comme Daufins de Viennois, quand il n'y auroit eu autre aquifition precedenle. Mais au commencement des guerres de Piemont, regnant le Rot Francois r er e« I'annee 153; ou 36, Le Marquis d'alors apelli Francois qui efioit Vajfal de la Couronne, comme dit eft ; CT qui encore commandoit a une armee que le Roy payoit, s'en alia proditoirement fervir Charle- quint contra la France, atiec ladite armee foldoyee par le Roy, & endommagea infiniment les afairs du Royaume er de S. M. qui pour cete infigne felonie e? trahifon fe faifit dudit Marquifat, comme retourne a. luy par les droits O' coutumes des Fiefs, o' ne fe laijfa onques depuis. Outre les fufdits deux titres, les freres puifnez. dudit Marquis Franpis, (who was killed at the Siege of Carmagnole in 1537) qui nont point laifse d' enfans, ont fait ceffton V tranfport a nos Rois, en tant que befoin feroit, de tout les droits quits pouvoient avoir c? pretendre audit Marquifat. Lettres d'Offat, VoLl, 3x0, 311. Vol.lll, 318, 3^9. 330- 5c les Memoires du Cardinal Bentivoglio, Vol.1, p. 278, ere.
t The King was invefled with this Order, in the Year 1596. r<(<. Cambden, p. 59 j.
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Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretar'y Cecyll. ^
SIR, Dover, ly^^r// 15-99.
I Wrote unto you yeflernight by the ordinary Poft, of the Advertizements I had received from "Diepe, towching the Arreil of the Frenche Ships mSpaine; and hkcwife what I had underftood from Mr. Edmonds, of the King's remove to Blots, and from thence to Molins; wherein I hope I Ihall receave your Honours Diredion for my Stay till his Returne, or following, before I go hence; feeing the Wind is yet fo contrary, and the Weather fo fowle, as we cannot put to Sea. This Morning I receaved your Honors Letter, with her Majefttes inclofed to the Frenche King; whereof I am exceeding glad, and do rnofl humbly kiife her Royal Hands for the great Honnour ihe hath therin don unto me, which I pray God to geve me Grace to deferve, and to do her Service, which may be anfwer- able to her Highnefs's Expectation, and myne owne Duty. I will endeavour in fuch fort as your Honor prefcribes, to procure that the King lliall lend over fome Perfonnage of Quality to be Inftalled for him, and therein yt may pleafe your Honor, to let me know, what Perfon will be moft gratefull to her Majejiie ; for yt is very hkely, that in the choife of the Peribn, they will chiefly regard her Majejifs contentation. I fear yf this Jorney of the King's hold, yt will geve him occafion to put off all Refolution (yf not all Cogitation) of payment of his Debt to her Majeftie, till his Returne. Yf yt ihould be my good hap to fynd him about Taris or at Blois, and to have Audience before his going ; I de- fyre to know her Majeftyes Pleafure, whether I fhall not even uppon my fyrfl "^ accefs moove hym in that matter ; and alio, whether having had Audience be- fore his going, I fliall need to follow, or not : For yf y t myght {land with her Majefties good liking, and be no prejudice to her Service, I would gladly fettle my felfe and my familie, before I undertake fo long a Voiage ; and fo hoping of Tour Honors Ipedy diredion in thefe points, I humbly take my leave.
^' Tour Honors, &c.
HENRY NEVILLE.-
Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretar'y Cecyll.
Right Honourable, 1)ie^e, s^ May iS99- O. S.
YT may plcajfe your Honor to underftand, that I arryved in this Towne the fecond of May, having continued almoft 3 Dayes upon the Sea. I found the Gouvernor, and his Leiutenant, both abfent; but have receaved great Cur- tefies of the Scrgent Major of the Towne, called Monjieur Favet, by the Com- maundment, as he told me, of the Gouvernor. Touching the Arreft of the Frenche Shipps, whereof I wrote unto your Honor from 'Dover, I learne heere, thatyt is of all Ships, (above a hundred) and that he offers them very good En- tertainement. Among the reft, there is one Shipp ftaied, belonging to the Gou- vernor of this Towne, the Captaine whereof hath written hither, that the Fleet which that King prepares, confifteth of fome 38 great Shipps, and fo Gallies.
Touching this King's Voiage, I underftand for certaine, that yt holdes not on- ly to the Bathes befides Molins, but to Lions, and from thence (as he yet pur- p.ofeth) to Marfeilles. This place affords no other News at this tyme, that I dare wryte to your Honor; yet fome bruits I heare, that the Duke of Savoy e, fortifieth his Frontiers towards France ; which lliould argue no great intention, ■to fatisfie the /li;/^ for the Marquifat; but of that I iliall certifie your Honor more from Taris. I purpofe to go hence to morrow to Roiien, where I expedt anfwere, by a MefTenger I fent Poft of purpofe to Mr. Edmonds, of the certain- tie
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ric and fJKcde of the King's rcraoovc. That little tymc I rcmaine there, I mcane An. 15-99. to iinploy, in learning as much as 1 canne by our Englijh Merchants:, of the Na- ture and Valew of thofc Cuftomes, which are by tHc * Contract, to be affigned to her Majcjtie, for her remhonrfement. I hope e're I arry ve at Taris, I Ihall rcceave anfwcrc from your Honor, of both the Letters I wrote from "Dover:, and i'o, '^c.
Tour Honors, &c.
HENRY NEVILLE,
Air. Secretar'y Cecyll to Sir Henry Neville.
My good Co fin, i ft i^^ 15-99.
I Have acquainted her Majertie with the Subftance of both your Letters, wher- by I fynd her Majeftie thus diipofed to dired: you; when you come to !P«- ris, yfthe King be gon to Blois, and lo reiolved of his Jorney further; in ref- pe6t that the Matter wherin you iliould do her moft Service, will require Expe- dition ; her Pleafure is, that for a beginning, you repaire unto him with as muche ilpeede as you canne; and to requeft him, yf hegoe further, to be pleafed to af- fign you over to fuch of his Mtnijiers as may have CommiJJlon to proceed with you. This Jorney to Blois, her Majeflie would have you to take, as well to lave the following him further, as to prevent the lofle of Tyme to beginne the Matter. And yf you fynde him at Blois, then you may returne to Tarls, or where he'lliall appoint his CommifTioners to joyne with you. Herein her Maje- flie wiflieth me to note unto you this one obfervation, that whatlbever you fpend needlefly after xh' Engli/h Fafliion, the Frenche will laughe you to fcorne for yt, and flie will never thanck you ; for there never came Frenche Embaffddor hi- ther, but lerved theire Mailer as well with Frugalttie, as any of hers have ferved her with Trodigalitie.
There remaineth now, that I acquainte you what her Majefty willeth you to delyver, both to the King, and Monfieur de Villeroy: Firft, that notwithftand- ing all fuch advertiflements as were brought from Spa'tne into France, wherein affeurance was geeven that there was no preparation for any AEfion of Offence; in which refped her Majeftie was contented to Licenfe the carry inge of Corne; and where (out of her rejpe£i to the Frenche King) ^Proclamation is made, that no Shippe carryinge a French Flag, fliould be molefled : Firft, it is mofl evident that the Preparations are greate and fiifpicious:, for althoughe we know, that in regard of the Hollanders Fleete, which will lye upon theire Coafle, they are dryven to make Levies and Mujiers in Spaine, and happelye to provide a Fleet to encounter them ; yet I cannot comprehend yt, why the King's Shipps and Provifion, made in the Sowth Parts of Spaine, iliould come to the Groyne ; for there is no greate thing to be had by the Flemings:, neyther fee I why the Gal- lies fliould come fo far downe, whereof there is mention made, that they are dai- lie looked for in that Haven.
Secondly, you fliall make it knowen, that at this day the Frenche have carri- ed him an infinite deale of Corne, and becaufe by our Troclamation they may not be fearched for any thing, they may cary what they lift ; and the King did always promife that he would not luffer Corne yt felf to be carried, yf any Ar- my were making. In this confideration, her Majeftie requyreth you, expreffly to defyre the King to take good Order that his Subjeds be brideled ; for eeven
* The Reader may find the Treaty at large in Rytner's Fcedera, Voi i 6. p. loi. by which it is agreed ; ■—&iiefa Majejle cs'' fes commis receuront c cueilUront tout le pritjpt de lontes fortes lie Tailks, Taxes,
Ciiftiimes cy Droits, qui pourront re:</Jir dti dedans V des Environs de la Ville de Rouen, CT" dii Havre de Grace far les noms des Impofitions C Domaine foraine, c/ les Gabclles dss fsts, c' par les lioms des qiiatne/mes des t'ins, OH attlcuns auires chofes, oud'antres impofttions pour I' entree dss Marchandifes, &c.
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An. \')99- '^^'^ °^ ^^^ Spanijhe Torts themfelves, we are certainely advertized and know, that they could not make th' Army, without helpe of the Frenche. And fo, '^c.
Tour loving Co fen and Friend,
RO. CECYLL.
When you make your t)ifpatches hyther, yf any thing be fit for me to know^ which you would not have the ^leene fee, you may write a private Letter, for flie muft fee the Difpatches.
Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
Right Honorable y y^w, 15* il%y 15-99, O. S.
YT may pleafe you to let her mofl Excellent Majeflie underftand, I arrived at Taris the 8* of May, and fynding the King then in Towne, (tho' in le- cret manner at Zamefs, Houfe,) I fignified my arrival unto him by Mr. Edmonds., and prayed Audience, as foone as yt might ftand with his good Pleaflire. He appointed me to come to Moret, a Towne Ibme tow Leagues from Fountain- bleau, upon the Satrerday after, and promifed to give me Accejfe uppon the Sunday. Accordingly I repayred to Moret, where I found the Spanilh Ambaf^ lador John Ba^tijia Taxis, * the Pope's Nuncio the Bilhop of Modena, and the AmbafTador of Savoy le Chevalier Breton, already lodged all very neare one another, and to my Lodgings. The next Morning, the King lent Monjieur Gondi, and Monjieur Liijfan, Gouvernor of Blaye uppon the River of Bour- deaux, and Captaine of the Scottijh Guard, to Moret, to condud: me to Foun- tainbleau; where I had a Chamber appointed for me to retyre into, and a great dynner prepared for me and the Gentlemen that attended me. After din- ner, the Duke o^ Biron was fent to bring me to the King, who by the way ufed very many Complements unto me, and proteftations of his dutiful Affedion to her Majeflie, which I was bold to anfwere with fom Complements of her Maje- ities Commendations unto him, andof her good Acceptation of his good Affed:i- on towards her, and courtefie and good offices he had done to her Minifters here, and to divers others of her Subjects, that had come into thefe Parts.
I found the King in his Gallery, who uppon my approche unto him, advanced himfelfe tow or three Paces to receave and embrace me ; and told me, / was very welcome, and that he had advanced himfelfto embrace me, but to the Spanijh Ambajfador he had not Jlyrred one foote, which indeed I learned to be trevv. I delivered him her Majeflies Letters with all due Complements; and after fom Qiieflions on his Parte of her Majeflies good Healthe, I told him, " That the " (^leen my Miflrefs being very willing to continue the good Amitie, that had " beene fo long fence begon and entertained betvvene them, and knowing that " nothing could be more availeable thereunto, than a good and reall intelligence " between them, had fent me to refyde about his Perlon as her Ordinarie Am- " bajfador, and had geeven me charge to do him all Honor and Service, that " was fit for a Minifler of a Princefs that was his trew and perfed: Freind, as " file had many wayes declared by lively and efifeduall Demonflrations. That " file had for that purpofe commaunded me to diredt my whole intention to that " End, to fortifie this good AUiance and Union that is now betwene them, *' which I prayed him to be allured that I would not faile to performe to the " uttermofl of my Abillitie, knowing that I could doe nothing more acceptable " to her Majeflie, or more agreeable to her Commaundment.
* Gafpar SiUngardi, a Native of Moder.a, recommended to that Nunciature by the Pope, and juft then arriy'd at />ar/j upon the Afiajr of the Marquifat. Vii. Litres d' OJJ'at, Vol. 3. p.311. Eiii.uimjl'.iii^.
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TIic King aiifwcrcd, " that he took in very kynd parte, her Majcftic; cood An. 15-99. " Dilpofition in the Continuance of the Amitie, wherin he would never failc to " concurrc with her in dclyrc and earned Affcdtion. That he had reccavcd (b " many rcall Tokens of her Alajcfties favourable Intention towards him, as he " could not, nor would not forget. That indeed good Miniftcrs were meet to " be imployed betvvcne Princes, and might be of great moment, to the further- " anceor hinderancc of thcire Maftcr's entent: That he had had from her Ma- " jeftie divers Men imployed to him, with whomc he had treated with good Sa- " tisludion ; but agayne he had fownd ibme foe incompatible, and of lb ftraunge " a Nature, as he could not with any Contentment converlc with them. That " he promifed himfclfe all good of me, both from the AfTurance he had receaved " thereof by her Majefties Letters, and for the good Report he had hard other- " wile : And that I might likewilc be aflurcd, that he would ufe me with all Ho- •' nor and Curtefie, as an acceptable Miniftcr of a PrincelTe fo dear unto him. " I gave him thanks for his good Conceit, and olTcr of favorable Ufage ; and for " my cariage in my Charge, prayed him to alTure himiclfe, that I had receaved " therein lb llreight Commaundment from her Majcftie, as I durft not, nor had " in any wife Will to difbbcy her".
Then I dcfcendcd to the firil Point of my InJlruBion^ conteining a Congratu- lation of her Majefties, for his Prefervation from * the Attempts which had bene againft his Terfon, which I delivered in fuch fort, as I am therin direded ; ara- plyfying as muche as I could, her Majellies Care of his Safccie, and miniftring what jealoufic I might with congruitie, of them that had bene difcovered to be the Authorsy and per/waders of liiche pra6lizes. The King anfwered only, " that Her Majeftie and He had great Caufe to praife God for theire Prefervation " from fo many wicked Pradtizes againft their Lyves, and that he trufted that " God would continue to be merciful! to them bothe, that they might lyve, and " fee as they had done, the Confufion of fuch as entended Mifcnief to them; " which he wiflied with as great Affection to the Queene, as to himfelfe, to " whom yf llie were a Man he would call himfelfe a perfedl Frend, but being " as flie is, Je me d'lray fin Serviteur''\ I faid I praied God to continew the extraordinary Favour he had Ihewed td bothe theire Majefties, for the Happi- neis of the greateft Parte of Chriftendome, which had intereft in their Preferva- tions.
And fo I proceeded to the fecond point of my InfiniEiions, towching the E- dl£i\; wherein I faied, " that her Majeftie was very glad to heare that he had fo " well provyded for the Quiet of his Kingdom, and geven fo good Contentment " to his faythefull Subje(5ts of the Reformed Religion ^ by the Edi^ which he " had lately pub lljhed ; wherein I faid, that her Majeftie did acknowledge his " great Wiidome in difcovering the Errours of his PredecefTours, who by a con- ' ' trary Cotirfe, whereunto they were ledde by Evill Counfaillers, had well nighe " overthrowne theire Eftate; and that flie was very gladde (feing God had ^o " ordained yt for his greater good) that he had :j: found fome Difficultie and " Oppofition in the paffmg of yt, that fo his faidSubjeds oi the Religion rai^t " now receave and acknowledge yt wholly from himfelfe, and render him that " entierLove, Obedience, and Obligation, that fo great a Favor deferved;" ad- ding farther, as in the fame Article I am inftruded. The King's Anfwere was, " That noe Man could better difcover the Errours of his PredecefTours Counfaile
* 'Tis probible the Ambaffador had chiefly in Viea' the Attempt of ^ohn Chajlell, which Fad is related at large by all the F/ench Hiftorians. And akho' it was committed fome Years before, {viz.. in December 1594.) yec the Refioration of the Jefuits, (who were b^niflied on that Account) being at this time ftrongly laboured by the Pope, and feconded by Cardinal D'ojfai and Monfienr Vllieroy, the Queen thought there was no Way fo likely to prevent their Defigns from taking EfFsft, as by reminding him of the Dangers he had efcaped from that Society.
t This was the famous. Edi<ft of Nantes, which was paffed a few Months before.
'I The Reader may find a large Account of the Difficulties the Kmg met withal in this Affair, if he confults Serres's Hiflory of France, pag. 887, vc Memoires de Sully, Vol, i, cb.89. And Benoifl'i Hiftory ofthisEdia, Vol. i.
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Jn. i5'99- " ill that point then himfelfe, for that yt was he againft whom they did'cheefly -^ ' ' put it yn Execution : That he faw very well that to continue that Courfe, was " but to put a Knife in his owne Bowells, and therefore he had refolved to pub- " lifiie this Ediciy which he meant to fee obferved. That he had indeed fownd " oppofition xwfome, which were willing to dwell uppon theire former Princi- " pies ; but he had made yt knovven that he would be le Maifire, and that he " thancked God he could rell how to make himfelfe to be obeyed." I commend- ed his Wifdome and Conftancye therein, as the only aflured means of true Peace - and Profperitie to his Kingdome.
And fo I paffed to the third point towching "Depredations ; ' ' wherein I told him fyrft, what care her Majeftie had taken to give him Satisfadion, bothe for Pre- vention of fuche Offences hereafter, and for the Puniiliment of thofe that were pafl: In the former, by publifliing the | Troclamation which his owne AmbalTador had been acquainted with ; in the latter, by granting an * extra- ordinary CommlJJlon to certaine chofen Perfbns of Wifdome and Integritie, who fliould freely and wholly attend that Buifnels. Secondly, I told him the Qiieene did exped: that the like would be performed on his part, and that good and fpeedy Juftice might be done to her Subjects, of fuch Wrongs as they had fuilained by the i^r^'/zf^^ during the Trowbles ; which throughe delay or want of Juftice, had bin made more heavie and burdenfome unto them fbmetimes, (by reafon of theire exceffife Charges in following the Suites) then th' original! lofle yt felf; which I faid her Majeftye imputed in great part to the Difficul- ties and Iniquitie of that Time, hoping that now under his peaceable Gou- vernement, that he would take order that they fliouId have RedrefTe, and fynd a'l good Treatment and Favour, feeing he had found them often readie to facri- fice themfelves to do him Service. Thyrdiy I fayd, her Majeftie did likewife afture her felfe upon the Promife made by his AmbafTador, that this great liber- ty wjiich he had graunted to his Subjects, to pafs unfearched and uncontrol- led into S^ain^ or any other place, ihould not be converted by them to her Prejudice, either by colouring the Spaniards, or other her Enemies Goods ;, or by traufporting into Sj^ain., or any other of that King's Dominions, Arms, Munitions, or any Inftruments or Materials for Warre, eyther by Land or Sea; whereof I fayd fhe had geven me charge to make fpecial Injiance unto him, that fome fpeedy Order might be taken for her Ajftirance, as a matter which might be otherwife very prejudicial unto her Eftate, and might give her occa- fioia to repent her of her former Refolution.
Fourthly, having receaved your Honors Letters of the fyrft of May , the very fame Day I went to Moret, by a Meflenger which Sir Thomas Vaine fent of purpofe ^ovci'Dover. I told him, as I was thereby direded, " that herMaje- " ilie when fhe affented to make the aforefaid Proclamation, and thereby to give " free Paflage to all Ships bearing i^r^/i^^rAt" Flaggs, did forefee that yt m^ht be *' very prejudicial unto her, for that th'enimies might by that means be fumcient- " ly furnifhed with Corne and Vidruall whereof they flood in want ; yet upon *' the confidence of his Afifediion and true Friendfliip towards her, and uppon a " Promife made by his AmbafTador in his Name, that in Tymes of Sufpicion, *' when that King might be thought to entend or prepare any Hoftilitie againft " her Majeftie, he would be pleafed to take order to reftraine the Cariage of " Corne by his Subjeds into Spaine, her Majeftie had bin contented to pafle " over all Difficulties, and to refolve to graunt that Libertie: Now therefore " that file is advertized, that the faid Kinge dothe make very great Preparations, " with intent in all likelihood to employ them in thefe Parts, by reafon that he " drawethe downe his Forces towards the Groyne and the North parts of Spain^ " (which otherwife he had no caufe to doe, yf he only intended Defence againft " the States Attempts,) fhe had commanded me to make earnefte inftance unto
\ This Proclamation is printed at large in Kyfner'i Fcedera, Vol. i6. />. 3154. * This CommiffioD is hliewife publilhed by M.x,,Rymer, Vol-.iC. f.^CS,
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" him, ro takc'fuchc order for the rcftraintc of the Caridge of any more Corne in- ^n. IS99-
*' to S/aif/e, (till the Dcfcign of chefe Preparations might more plaincly appear)
" as is agreeable with the conftant and pcrfed Amitie which he hathc profelTed
" to beare her, and his Promilc aforefaid made by his AmbafTidor, fo as ftie may
" reapc the Fruite of the Confidence and AHuirance which flic repofed in him.
" And that (lie had the rather commanded me to deale eatncfllie in this Point,
" becaufc fhe is pcrfedly cnformed out of thofe parts of Spaine, that without
" the great Supp'y of Corne, which they have already receaved out of France^
" they would never have bene able to have proceeded fo farre as they have done
•• in theire Preparations.
" The King anfwered to the fyrfl: and fecond, that he had underftood from " his AmbafTador, her Majcflic's Willingncfs to have a mutual Reformation ia " thofe Caufcs of 'Depredation^ which he was very glad of, and would be found " as forward on his part to eftablifhe a good Courfe therein, as flie had bin. " That he never had caufe to complaine of her Majeftie's Juftice, but had al- " ways found her very inclinable to do Juftice, as a Princefs of great Honor, and " the like Intention was always in him : But there might perhaps be fom Defed: " in her Miniftets, who for theire own Profit, would peradventure not hold To " flreight a Hand in thefe Canfes as was fit ; but he knew her Majeflie had noe " Benefit by thefe Matters, and therefore he was the more earnefte to urge aRe- " formation of the Abufes, whereby many, and thofe of the beft fort were pre- *' judiced, (meaning, as I guefs, the Merchants;) and few, and thofe of the " worft fort, benefited.'* To the /'/:;/W he anfwered nothing in particular, but only faid non., non, non, whiles I was fpeaking, as yf he meant that he had noe purpofe his Subjedts fiiould abufe her Majeftie's Favour and Freedome granted them : But in that, and likewife in the fourthe, I will urge a more particular An- fwere at my next Audience. " To t\\e fourthe he feemed wiUing, and faid, " he would take a Pretext to doe ytuppon the Arreji which they had made in " Spaine of Frenche Shipps, uppon which Point he told me, he had dealt the *' Day before very rowndly with the Spanijh Ambajfador. He told me farther, *' there had bene no very great quantiry' of Corne carried out of France thither, " but rather as he thought by the Rafter lings. And for the Preparations in *' Spaine^y he faid he was enformed that they were fuche, as were not likely to " be ufed for Invafion of any of her Majeftie's Dominions, but only to with- " ftand the States Attempts. But that yt was not amifTe for her Majeftie to " taketheAllarme of yt, and not to be unfurniflied ; and that oftentymes fiiche " falfe Alarmes were very profitable. He faid further, that the Drought in " Spaine had bin fo great already this Year, as was like to breed an extreme " want of Corne there this next Year, which he thought they would feeke to fup- " ply by the Eafter lings.
" I told him, that her Majeftie intended not to give that libertie to any Nation, *' as fhe did to his Subjedts, becaufe Ihe had not that Confidence in any, that ihe " had in him; and that I dowbted not but ilie would have a vigilant Eye to *' the iS'-^^'r/i^^ J- Proceedings. Hereupponhe tooke occafion to tell me of the " T lac art fet out by the States-, which he complained of as a thing injurious to " his Subjects; I faid, I thought it an effed: of great Neceffity, which had no " Law; and more I forbore to fJDeake, becaufe I underftood by Mr. Edmonds •, " that he was jealous that yt had bene done by her Majeftie's Privitie and Di- " redtion.
After thefe Speeches he began to queftion with me about Irijhe Matters, and asked me, " what Newes I had of my Lord of Ejfex; I told him I had only re- " ceaved thus muche, that he was well arryved there, after fome difficukie in " pafting the Sea, by reafon of foule Weather and contrary Winds. Then he " faid he would tell me Newes of him, which he had receaved ; namely, that x " or 3 of the principal Resells were come in, and had fubmitted themfelves '* unto him." I was aihamed that he Ihould know more of thofe matters than I ; but not to feeme to be ignorant, I anfwer'd, " There was a fecret Rumor anJ
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^n. i5'Q9- " Expedation of fome fuche matter." Then he beganne to enquire of the Teace \^-^ between her Majeflie and the King o£ S^aine, and asked me how neare yt was to the Conclufion. " I to'd him his AmbafTador had bene made acquainted with all " that pafTed in this matter; Oh, {aid the King, I think I know more than he " dotheofyt. laiTuredhim, that at my coming away there was noe more pafl " than had bene communicated both to his AmbafTador there, and to himfelfe, " by Mr. Edmonds: Well, faid he, the other fyde tells me another Tale: I pro- " tefted I knew noe more then I had faid, and yf there were any further Pro- " ceedings, yt was fince my coming away, whereunto he replied not.
Thefe Interlocutory Speeches being pafl, I tooke occafion partly out of ray Injiru^iions, and partly uppon fbm Injiance made unco me by fome of our Mer- chants trading into thele Parts, to recommend unto him the Maintenance of the free Trade and Entercourfe betwene thefe twoe Realmes, alleadging, " That " thofe were the fiirejl and mo ft durable Fre'mdflolps, rsahich were founded not * ' only upon the 'T^iffofitlon of the Trinces., but upon the Interefl of the Sub- " je^s alfo; and therefore prayed him to take order the Entercourfe might be " continued, in lliche ample forte as yt had bene in his PredecefTors Tymes, and " and according to the Treaties of perpetuall Amitie pafTed between the twoe " Crownes. He anfwered, that he would have me prelent a Memorial of thoit " I required in that behalfe, and his Qounfell fhould confider of yt, and give me " Satisfadion.
This is the Subitance of that which pafTed betwene the King and me at this fyrfl Aiid'ience -, for as towching the matter of Scotland^ I vmderflood hylslx. Ed- monds^ he hath already advertized your Honor^ that this King hath renewed th' ancient Privileges graunted to that Nation, and confirmed Amitie with that King, with omifnon of fuche Points conteyned in former Treaties, as had any refe- rence to Emnitie with us : And to receave Confirmation on that King's part, he determined to fend into Scotland Monfieur de Betunes Brother to Monfieur de Rhofiii; therefore this Alteration being growen in the matter, I thought yt befl not to deale in that point, till I vinderflood her Majeftie's further Pleafure.
Sence my coming to this Towne, the AmbafTador oi Venice hathe bene to vi- fit me, and likewife the Agent of the States, who tells me he hathe Commiflion from his Superiours, to communicate all his Negotiations with me, and to Re- ceave my Advil e in them. I would gladly know her Majeftie's Pleafure how far I fliall make my felfe Partaker of his Counfails or Adtions ; for I fee the States de- lyre very much to draw fome Comttejtance from her Majeflie, in all theire Pro- ceedings heere, and could be content to be thought to have very llreight Intelli- gence with her, and to doe nothing without her Vrivitie.
The Treatie of Peace begoune by Cardinal Andreas hath geven the Alarme not only to them, but to many other here ; and th' Agent told me, that Mon- fieur de Villercy afTured him yt was concluded, and ftaied but the Archduke' s^t- turn to be perfeded. The like he faythe he faw written from the Frenche Am- bajfador in England to the Duke de Bouillon. I anf^vere all Men as my Inflru- d:ions dired: me, yet I think 3^ not amifTe for her Majeftie's Aflayres, that this King fliould be held in fome Jealoufie of yt.
This Daie likewife, the Bifliop of Glafcow Ambaflador of Scotland, fent to complement ize with me, and to excufe him \v^^on\nsT>ebillitie, that he hath not yet feene me. The PiincefTe oiOrenge hath likewife fent to vifitte me, and would have come her felfe but that I went to the Courte; and to prevent her, I purpofe to fee her to Morrow. I was willing to have delivered her Majeftie's Letters to the Duke oi Bouillon, and Monfieur de Villeroy, when I ha.d Audience, and fignified unto them bothe by Mx. Edmonds, that I was defyrous to have fome privat Conference with them : But they bothe thoughte yt fit to be deferred till my next Audience, which I am promifed upon Munday next, being theire TVhit^ fon-Munday. I was defyrous to have had y t fooner, but could not obtayne yt, becaufe the King had determined to fpend this Week in Hunting, and in fome fe- cret Walks to this Towne. Prefently after the Hollidays he purpofeth to goe to
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Blois, but whether any further or nay is not yet ccrtainc; for by reafon of this Jn iS99 Concourlcof AinbafTadors, he ftaied his going to zhc Bathes till the Sealbn was paft, and is how difluadcd by the Phifitiafis to ulc them this Ycarc. And for his Jorncy to Lions-, yt was not without lom reference to the Affayrcs of the Mar- qutfat-y where by the Mediation of the * Gencrall of the Cordeliers., fent of pur- poJc by the 'Poj^e., and at the Injiance of the Duke of Savoy himfelfe, he hathe bin contented to give hini z Moncths tyrae morf! to 2.dci\{Q.oi znAnfisoere. The Duke defircd 6 Moneths, but he hathe ycalded but to two, yet with a purpofe, as I am enformcd from a very good Hand, to enlarge it two more yf neecf be; purpoflng to keepe the Duke oi Savoy in the meane tyme bothe inSufpens and Charge, whiles he himfelfe may alio make his Provifions for the Warre, for the which he is yet utterly unrfeady. Yet he lets not to fet a good face upon the matter, and gives Commiflioiis to levie Companies to draw downe chat way; and the Duke of Biron cold me he had already four Companies ready for chat Ser- vice. But the truth is, there is noMony, nor any other Provifion in a readines.
I undcrftand that the King told the Spanijh Ambajfador-, that he hard fome Bruits that his Mafier meant to aflift the Duke againft him in that Caufe. Yf that y t were true he fayd, he was as ready to marche that Day as the next to meet him, and that he woiild fend a Valet of his Chambef , to wiihe him that ey- ther they might embrace as Frends, or meet in the Feild. The faid Ambaflador hathe expoflulated with the King uppon three Points ; TIfoue of the Enrerprife defleigned by Baligny fbme tyme Gouvernor of Cambray againft that ToM'ne ; ihQ fecond., that this King hathe an Ambaffador withe the States., which he called his Mafters Rebells :, zxAlaftly., that he liiiFer'd Monfieur ^f /<? iV(?i£', and many others, to pafTe to theire Aid with good Troupes. The efTed: of all his Com- playnts is only this, that the King hathe promifed to make a new ^Proclamation uppon paine of Death , that no Man fhall goe to the Service of any Foraine Prince or State, without his Leave.
I cannot yet learne by any meanes, of any Deffeign in this King to eredl a Na- vie Royall, neyther cann I heare of any great Jncreafe of Shipping in all the Coafte oi Normandy, althoughe I employed Ibme of purpofe that way to difcover yt. True yt is they have bin fbmewhac buifier in trading fmce the Peace then rhey were befdre, and that mufl: needs in tyme increafe theire Shipping. Ac my next Audience I meane to deale with the King about her Majeitie's Mony , be- caufe I am like to have no more before his Jorney, althoughe I have littell hope of any great efled: for more than zoooo Crownes, which he hathe already aflign- ed to be paied at tht Injiance oi'Mx. Edmonds, and that with great Difficultie. I moved your Honor before my coming away about the f Treaty of Blois, whe- ther you thought yt not fitt that the King fliould be urged to the Confirmation of yt, being the moft beneficial! Treaty for England that hathe bin made at any tyme. I beleech you let me underftand her Majeftie's Pleafure in yt, for I think the King will be eafilie drawen to that, or any other reafonnable matter that fhall be propofed, during the Sujpens of her Majeftie's Treaty with Spaine, and his own with Savoy. And fo defy ring your Honor that I may heare often from you, which will be bothe my Comfort and my Reputation heere, I mofl humbly take my leeve, recommending your Honor to the fafe keeping and gracious Care of the Almightie.
Tour Honors, 8cc.
HENRY NEVILLE,
* Memoires de Benti-uogllo, Vol. I. />. 153. Letres D'OJfat, Vol.^. p. 376.
t This Treaty was made between Queen Elizabeth and Charles IX. in the Year 1571 ; and (though not publi(hed by Mr. Rymer) is printed at large in the Colleftion of Treaties, printed in Holland in four Vo= fumeSj tolio.
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2^ Sir Henry Nevill'^ BookIL
A pnvate Letter {of the fame Date) from i^if Henry Neville to
Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
S t Ry
BEfideS my Difpatch, which may perhaps be communicated to her Majeftie, I thought good by this private Letter to your Honor, to fignifie what pafled more betwene the King and me, then I have therein advertifed. Fyrfl, in the matter oi'DeJ^redations, when he feemed ro lay the blame of lacke of Juftice uppon our MiniJIers, he named dire<5tly our Admiraltle, complayning very bit- terly againft them. Moreover after the Speeche he ufed of the Irijhe matters, he asked me yf my Lord oi Effex and my * Lord Admir all were made Freends before his Jorney. I anfwered, I knew of no other but frendly Difpofition be- twene them, and yf there had bin any other at any tyme, yet at the tyme of his Departure I knew they were in very kynd Termes. Then he asked me, whe- ther jyo/i«r Honor and my Lord oi Ejfex did agree any better than you did. Thefe Queftions were llrange to me, and I anfwered, that I knew of muche Kindnes that had pafTed betwene your Honor and him, but never of any Unkindnes. He layd, Tes.,yes\, and that he had hard much of yt. I told him, that in matters of Advice and Counfail, you might perhaps have differed fometyme in Opinion, which was ordinary in Princes Counfails, and I thought his Court was not free from y t : No-y no., faid he, / have had the great eji faine in the World to con- taine them, but I have made them know my Mind, that I will have them a- gree, and I thinck that the befi courfe for the G^ieene your Mifires alfo. Then he fell in Commendations of your Honor, with Words of very good Affedion, and faid, he thought f your Jorney into France had done you noe hurt. I told him, I had hard your Honor acknowledge the great Contentment and Honor you had receaved here, and how readie you would be to acknowledge yt (refer- ying your Dutie to her Majeftie) with any Service to him, with which he feem- ed to be well plealed. :j: He told me alfo a Merriment, that he underftood that the Archduke that Night he was married, was not able to confummat Matrimony with the Infanta, which he had likewife related to the Generall of the Cordeli- ers, who had anfwered that yt might well be, for he had hard the Archduke's Confeffbr affirme, that he knew, when he was 3 7 Years old he had never towched Woman. Thus praying Pardon of your Honor, yf whiles I thought to relate you all that pafTed, I have troubled you with more then needed, I humbly take my leave.
Tour Honor's, Sec.
HENRY NEVILLE.
Chevalier Guicciardine, Agent from the Duke o£ Florence in this Court, f^I foddainly dead of an Apoplexie uppon Satterday laft.
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Sir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
Right Honourable, Taris, i^"^ May 1^99. O.S.
Receaved this Evening this Packet I fend herewith unto your Honor, from
_^ Eftienne le Sieur, with a Letter to my felfe, without Date of Place or
Time, wherein he requefted me to convey it to your Honor with Expedition.
Therefore not knowing what yt may import, I thought good to lend yt by this
* Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham.
t The Duke de Sully tells us, Secretary Cecyll was fent into France to break off the Treaty at Vervins. Memoirs:, Vol.i. ch.-ji. \ See Cardinal D'o/<i<'s Letters, Foi. 3./. 133. and Monfxeur ^we^cf's Note, N" 6.
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exprcfTc MclTcnger. I have not yen any material thing to advertize your Honor ^n. IS99-
more then I /Ignificd in my laft dilpatchc, only I pcrceavc yt generally bclccved
heere by Men of the beft Place, that the Preparations of Spaine are only for
Defence: But vvithall, the Proceedings of the State's Fleet, beginns to be dowbtcd
of: In which cafe yt is not amiffc to be thought of, whether that which was
fyrfl; intended for defence, may not be converted another way, when themfelves
are out of Fcarc.
The King's Marriadge with the Duke of Florence's Neece is muchc in fpcechc here, howbcit, I learne from very good Hands, that the Duke of Florence hath made but a cold Anfwere to Gondie's overture, who was ufed in yt; Namely, " That the King did once before make the fame Morion, and Afterwards falling " in liking with Madame Gabriclle, he left yt with her Dilgracc, having drawn " forae Loan of Mony from the Duke upon that Pretence. That fmce, he hath " entered into fom Treaty with the Emperor for the Match, and althoughe he " be not farre engaged that way, but that he may retyre when he will; yet till " he may be better afTured of tlie King's Conftancy, he fecth no rcaion to do " yt". Hereupon they be at Ibme ftay, and know not what to build upon ; which is likewiie the occafion that the King's Jorney is fo uncertain, only he re- folves to go this next Weeke to Blois, and there to flay two Moncths, and there to refolve to go further, eythcr as the Matter of the Marqulfa^:-, or the Pro- ceeding of this Matche fliall guide him. In the meane tyme, not to be utterly deftitute, he caufeth * Madamoifelle d' Entragues his new Favourite, and Villar's Wife, his late Miftrefs's Siftei\ to follow this Progrels; and hath adigned to the former foo Crownes a Moneth for her Charges. Upon Miinday next, I am promifed a fecond Audience at Foimtainebleau^ whereupon I iliall be able to advertife your Honour that iliall be more material. In the mean tyme, ^c.
Tottr Honors, Sec.
HENRY NEVILLE.
Propofition faide a Meflieurs du Confeil dii Roy^ le zi"'" de
May, I J99. O. S.
/ A Royne ay ant a faire la guerre en Irelande a fes rebelles, qui cognoijfant ^ la. grandeur de leur faulte ; ^ ejiant fiuflenue far ks fnpports du Roy d'Efpagne, fe fourront opniafirer a la defence, "^ par conjequent faire trainer cefte guerre en longeur, qui ne pent eftre que de defpence incroyable a la diSfe Tiame Royne, pur efre ce pais la defnue de viBuailles, ® toutes clxfes necef- faires pour faire vivre uneYirm^e ; ^ pour eftre la diBe T)ame aufy contrainte d' entretenir perpetuellement outre V armee de terre, une flotte de vaijfaux^ non feulement pour empefcher le fee ours que leur pourroit eftre envoyed'Aylleurs^ mais auffipoury apporter des vivres & autre s c ho fes re qui fes ; '^ ay ant outre ce la diBe T>ame occaflon de fe munir ^ fortifier enfon Royaume, contre les def feins ^ preparatifs du diet Roy-, qui font notoires a tout le monde, qui ne pent eftre qiiavecq line charge M defpenfe extreme; elk seft neantmoijis refohte, comme Trincejfe genereufe, qui a tousjours eu devant lesyeulx, l" honneur & la confervation de fan Eftat de fe roidir a Vencontre de toutes les diffi"ultez qui fe font prefentees en ceft affaire, & de j' evertuer courageufement a la defence, ayant delibere, d'y employer tout ce que ^ieu luy_ a donne, des moyens ^ amis.^ Et encores que par le droi£i d'Amitie i§ de raifon , elle pent juftement & a
* Memolres de Sully, Vol. I. ch. 81. Memo'tres de Bafomfierre, Vol. i. p. 56.
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An. 15-99. ^f^^ droi^ femondre fes amis ® allies, ^ fingulierement le Roy, de Iky rendre ies mcfmes offices C^ effete d'amiti^, qiiil a tire d'elle en Jon be f bin ; fi eft ce, qu'elle s'eft contentee, de ne hiy faire autre inftance pur fheure, fi non, qu'il luy plai/e de laccommoder de quelque fommes de deniers, qu'elle luy a prefte, oil bien emp lot e four fon fecours^ ferviccj dkrant Ies troubles de fonRoyaume. Ce qu'eftant fi jufte & ra(/dnnable, & le moindre de tontes Ies faveurs qu'elle pent attcndre dn Roy fon bon Frere kS AUie ; elle cfpere, qu'il J?rendra I' affaire a coeur ; ^ advifera promtement & ferieufiement aux Moyens de luy en donner contentement ^ fatisfaBion. Et encore que le Roy ne faifant que fiortir des troubles, & riayant que bien pu goufte des eff'eBs de la paix, ptijfe fretejidre, qu'il Jia fas encor le moien de luy domter enticre fztis fusion ; toutes fois la Royne a cefte ferine opinion ^ affenrance de fa bonne volonte, qu'il aura efigard a I'eftat de fes affaires , ^ ne fe fervira fas de ces excufes en fon endroiSi ; efiant touts] ours flus raifonnable, que le di£f Seigneur Roy sefforce encores qtC avecq quelqtte difficult e, ^ far nioiens extraordinaires, de rendre a la di£le 'Dame cefi argent dont elle Va accommode.
Et ay ant la diSte "Dame Royne re feu fromeffe du Roy far fon Ambaffadeur refident aupres d'elle, qu'en temfsfitfpeii, qiiand le Roy d' Effagne feroit dei frefaratifs de guerre far mer, qtiil donner oit ordre que fies fiibjeEfs ne portaf- fent du bled, ou autre grain en Effagne, dont ce Roy la fe fottrroit fervir four t avittuallement de fa Flotte, ^ ayant fort fraifchement eu advertiffement, des grands frefaratifs que fe font a frefent de ce cofte la, ^ que foiir eftre frefts de faire voile, ilz n'attendent que le bled qui leur doibt efire fourni de France; elle frie fourtant le Roy fon bon Frere, d'y donner t el ordre, qiiefera conforme a fa diEie fromeffe, ^ a la vraie & ferfaiSt amitie qu'elle s'efi touts- Jours fromife de luy.
Et comme ladi5ie Dame, fur /' affeurance auffi de la bonne "volonte', @ amitie duRoy, ^d f inftance de fon Ambaffadeur^ a efte content e d'oSiroyer libre faffage en Effagne a touts navires Francois, ^ a faiB defendre fur griefues feines a fes fiibjeStz de Ies arrefter, rechercher, ou autrement incommoder, fir quelque fretexte que ce foit ; le tout fur le fromeffe du Roy, faille far fon Ambaffadeur, qu'il Tie fermettroit fas que fes fubjeBz, en abiifaffent au frejudice de la diSie Dame, ou en freftant le 710ms fauffement aux biens & Marchandifes de fes Ennemis, ou en leur fotirniffant far voie des Marchandifes ou autrement, des armes, munitions, © autre s materiaux de guerre, far mer, ou far terre. LadiEie Dame foiirtant cognoiffant bien I' imfortance de cefte affaire a la confervation de fon eft at, a troiive bon, de frier le Roy fon bon frere, de y fromftementfourvoir, en telle forte qu'il luy femblera frofre, four le bien de fes affaires ; ^ mefme, qu'il luy flaife de luy faire entendre par quel moien il a de liber e d'y pouvoir ; a fin, que comme ilz font d' accord de la maniere & Jubftance, ilz fe fuiffent auffi accorder de la forme, & du moien d'y farvenzr.
Ladi£ie Dame eft ant auffi advertiS, qu'tm fien fubJeB, nomme * Collcsfoid, qui a autrefois demeure a Anvers, ^ seft totalement employe aux pratique ^ menees fernicieufes centre fon eft at, s'eft venu depuis n'agueres rendre a Calais, pour avecq plus de commodite vacquer a la pourfuitte de fes mauvais de (feigns ; trouve ban., de faire Inftance au Roy, felon Ies anciens trai^es de perpetuelle alliance entre ces deux Couronnes, de donner commandement, qu'fl vuide promt ement de la dicie Ville de Calais, ^ autres places de fon obeifance.
* The Reader may find a further account of this Man and his Employment, in a Letter of Cardinal d' Ojjkt's to Monfieut Vilkrtyf Vol. j. p. 71.
Memoire
Book II.
Negotiation in France.
Mcmoirc des fommes de deniers que la Reync d' Angleterre a pre- ftcz ou defbouiTcz pour le * Roy Trcschrcitien.
An. 15-87.
1589 70. Sept. 1589.
1590.
15-90, 19° Novemb.
15-90, 25- Sepr. 15-91.
1591.
1596.
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Esbonrfc par les Mains du Seig-\ nietir Horace Tallavicmi pour Lai
levee de I'armee Allemande , co;/duiffe{Lih.Stcr\. par le Baron d'Ty amiau, pour laquelk Scud. Franc, fomme il y a obligation des AmbaJPa\ deurs du Roy dath a Franc fort. )
Treji^ Jiir /' obligation de Mcffieurs ? Lib. Srerl. Beauvcir-, Buby-, ^ Buzenval. "^ Scud. Franc.
\Desbou?'fc pour la defpenfe & Tranf- ") port des foldatz envoy cz au fecours d// Lib. Stcrl. Jioy Jimbs la conduiSfe du Baron de /i^i/-^ Scud. Franc. loughby. - )
Prefte en Van i5'90, pour la levee de ^ r armee Allemande fous la condtii5ie du( -^ ., .
Trtnce d' Anhalt fur /' obligation dey^^-^i^"^^- Monfieur leViconte de Turene a cejibeure\ r^anc.
'Due de Bouillon. J
Prefte fur /' obligation de Mejfeursl ^ -, ^ \ de Beauvoir ^ d'lncarville, par /£-!>!: j^^"' Maire de Londres. _ \ S^"^- ^ranc.
Trefte fur /' obligation de Monfienr deVUo. Sterl. Beauvoir. ^ Scud. Franc.
Trefte fur V obligation de Mejfieurs de 1 Lib. Sterl. Beauvoir & de Frefies. ( Scud. Franc.
Desbouyfe pour la defpenfe des Sol- 1 j -t c j datz foubs Monfieur le Comte d'Efex ejt^ ^^^- "'^^''^• Normandie.
"Desbourfe pour la defpenfe des foldatz employees en Bretagne depuis le Alois d Avril anno i^<^ii jufques au Mois du Fevrier anno 15" 9 4.
"Desbourfe pour la defpenfe des Na-'^ j^-j ^ 1 vires employees par le Commandement ?■ ^ '1 r- du Roy a Breft. j ' '
T>esbourfe pour la 'Defpenfe de xooo;Lib. Sterl. Jbldatz en Picardie, pour 14 Mois. ^ Scud. Franc.
Scud. Franc.
Lib. Sterl. Scud. Franc.
30468 1015-60
21350
71 165' 20 St,
6000 20000
1 0000 33333 2.0 St.
2100 7000
1 0000
3S333 2,oSl ifZfo
^"^°° .. d. 60192 I 10
I00640
19035-0 1074 63 45-01 46 St.
I4173 47243 20 St.
4035-1 4 134505-
Summa
^Lib. Sterl. 401734 16 54 ^ Scud. Franc. 1339116 20 St.
Str Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
SIR, Paris, 26 May 1599. O. S.
YT may pleafe you to let her Majeftie underftand, that upon Munday lafti being the 21^ of this Moneth, I repayred to Fountainebleau, and hzdAe- cefs unto the King, where I delivered at large unto him that which I comprifed
One principal Part of Sir Henry Nevill's Negotiation being to obtain Satisfadion for this Debt, I thought it proper to print the State of the whole Debt, as I found it drawn up by Mr. Levinus Mmcke, who was under Secretary to Sir Rob. Cecill.
I more
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Jfi. 15-99. n^or^ briefly in the Tropfition I prefented in wry ting, whereof I fend a Copy here inclos'd. His Anlwere was ihort, (as his manner is) " That yt was great " realon her Majeftie (liould be fatisfied of fuche Somnaes, as flie had lent or " disbourfed for liim in his great NecefTities, and that he would be carefbll in yt •' to the uttermoft of his Abillitie, and would lay open unto ine the bottom of " his meanes, and make me judge of his dealing vvith her Majeftie therein" ; But for that and the reft I had propoied, he prayed me to deliver a Memorial in wry ting, and. his Counfail ^\ox!\A confider of yt, and geve me an anfwere. I had the Memorialht'^dij ^ and delivered yt, together with a Note oftheSommes of Money due to her Majeftie, by bond or account, which he prefently gave to Monfieur de Vtlleroy, and then prayed me to fit downe by him that we might talke : Thereupon he fell into Difcourfe with me of his Marriadge, wherein he told me, " That he had divers propofed unto him, as namely, a Sifter of the " King of 'Denmarke^ a Sifter of the Prince of Anhalfs., a Widow that had " had Children, but a very goodly Woman, the Duke of Florence's Neece^ " (whom he feemed cheefly to commend) and fome in his owne Kingdome. " He faid he was refolved to marrie, but he would fyrft feeke to feperate him- " felfe from'her that was now his Wyfe, and * had already begon to treat with " the Pope to that purpofe, from whom he hoped to receave anfwere Ihortly to " his contentment: That done, he would thincke of another, and communicate " his Intention to his good Sifter, and pray her Advife in yt". Upon this occa- fion of Speeche of the Tofe, ' ' he told me how refpedlflii he found him towards " him in all things, f that he had very well allowed of his late Edi5i, acknow- " ledging that no Violence could force Men's Confciences and Beliefs, but they " muft be wonne by teaching, and good Example. That he likewife intended to " publifti 2. Bull oi Excommunication againft all fuche as ihould attempt, pro- " cure, or favour, the murthering of him. That there was a quarrel grown be- " twene the Tope^xx^ the Spanijhe King, about the G?®ye'. and Homage of the *' Kingdom of Maples, which being not performed or tendred fince the Deathe " of the late King, the Toj^e had fent to feafe uppon the Revenue of the King- *' dom, and the Viceroy had imprifoned his Commiftaries; whereupon the To^e •' had excommunicated him, with Threats that yf that King perfifted in thofe " Courl'es, the Chnrche had a Champion which never failed her in her need, " whole affiftance he would pray, and was fure he fliould find yt ready in the " Churches quarrel, (meaning the King oi France.) I told the King the 7ope *' was Tolitique, and to keepe the Spauifloe King in awe he vi'ould be contented " to make fom good Shew and Demonftrations towards him ; but I thought the *' Tope-, or at leaft the Conjijiorie, too much Spaniard, for the King to make " any great Foundation of them. He faid, he thought he had as good Credit " there, as the King of Spaine.
" He told me he underftood, that the Emperour was ficke unto Deathe, and " that he had taken, as yt was fuppofed, a great Dilpit and Grief, :j: for that the " Vaivode oiTranfilvania had fent home his Wife, who is the Qiieen oiSpaine's ,' Sifter, and had refign'd his Eftate to his Uncle, Cardinal Battorie, which the " Emperour made account of He told me alfo, that he thought the Ele^ors " would not eafily agree of a new Choice, becaufe the moft of them had no Af- ** fe(Stion to the Houfe of Aufiria. Hereupon, becaufe I would found his In- *' tention, I faid they needed not feeke farre for a worthy Subjed; his Majeftie " being fo near a Neighbour, and the 'Princes of Germany fo well affedled to " the Houfe ai Fraunce. He anfvvered he had never ambitioufly brigued or " -wooed for any thing, not for the Kingdom oi France yt felfe, when he knew " the Pradifes and brigues that others made for yt, but had ever depended uppon
* Letres d'OJfat, Vol. 3. p.415. Edit. Amfterdam.
\ The King was delirous tlie Englifli Court fhould believe the Pope had a more favourable Opinion of this Edift, than in Truth he had, of which I am perfwaded the Reader will be convinced, if he gives himfelf the Trouble to read Cardinal d' O fat's Letter to the King of the 28^^ oi March 1599. Fa/. 3./. 3S0.
I Litres d'OjJat, Vol. 3. p. 447. Thuam Hijioria, I. 114.-
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" God's Favor, and his Riglit: So in this, he intended not to fue, or woe for An. if??- " yt ; but if yt plcefed God to put in theire Mynds to chooie him, he had no " Reafon to rcfulc yt". This I thought good to advertile, as a thing not to be neglcitcd; I fearc as they growe in grcatncls, they will growe in Inlbllen- cie, and heglcd: of theire Frends.
He tolde mc further, of his Proceedings about the Marquifat of Salluces, " * That at the Indancc of the Tope he had gccvcn two Monerhs more for the •' dccyding of yt, bcfides the two Moneths graunted before, all which terme " will expire in September next. That the Tope had aflurcd him he would in " this tyme decide yt, a7id to his Ad'vavtage ; for which purpofe he faid he *' would draw himfelfc towards Lions about a Moneth before the Terme would " expu-c, to be in a Readinefs when yt was decided, eyther toreceave the Pol- *' fefllon quietly, or to take yt by force, yf the Duke of Savoy were fo madd " to Hand in yt. And in this meane tyme, he laid he had gotten this Advantage '' by the Prorogation of the Terme, that the Duke of Savoy by continuing the " Forces he had already gathered, (which yf he intended Refiftance he mud be " forced to keepe together) would be confumed before the Warre beganne ; " whereas he himfelfc need not be at any charge, but that which is ordinary to " him ; for with drawing down that way 10 Companies, out of his Garrifons of " Tkardie ^nd Burgundie, and the Regiments of his Cards which did always *' attend him, and fome Light Horfe which he had geeven order Ihould be in a " Readines, he fliould be able to pofTefs himfelfe of all that the Duke of Savoy " had on this fyde the Alps^ Montmellan only excepted, which he woulde " blocke, and then his Paflage to the Marquifat would be free. I faid yt " was generally conceaved that the King of Spaine would afTifl the Duke, " as not willing that this King ihould have fuche a footing and flepp into *' Italie. He anfwered, that his AmbaiTador at Rome, Monfieur de Sillerie, " charged the Spaniflje Ambajfador with yt, who anfwered, that untill the Tope " had decided the Matter, the Right hanging in fufpens, his Mailer could not " in honor but profefs to aflifl: his Brother-in-law in his Right ; but the Pope " having decided yt with this King, he did afTeure him his Matter would not " meintaine an evill Caufe". After he had Ipent an Houte or more privately with me in thefe Difconrfes, he went with me himfelfe about his Houfe, and Ihewed me his Buildings, willing me to come againe the next day to fee his Gar- dens, and the reil of the Houle, whiles he was abroad a hunting, and willed Monfieur de Villeroy to iliew me all, and lb difmiifed me with great Curtefie, commaunding Monfieur d" Entragues, a Knight of the Order, who brought me in, to accompany me out againe.
The next Day I returned, and found Monfieur de Villeroy at good Leyfure,
all the Court being gone abroad with the King. I prefented him the ^eens
Xetters, with ordinary Words of Complement, whereunto he anfwered with the
like, " That he would be glad to do her Majeftie any acceptable Service, in re-
" gard of her Greatnefs and rare Vertues, and of the favor and kindnefs ihe had
" don to the King his Mafter ; he knew yt was his Mailer's Pleafure that all his
" Servants ihould be likewife //^rV, for the Afledrion he bare her, and for the
" ftreight Amitie which was betwene them, which yt was fit for the Miniilers
" of bothe Sydes to labour to preferve, and to increaie by all means. I tolde him
" it was bothe my Charge from her Majeftie, and my particular Defyre, and
" prayed him I might find that 'Difpojition in him not in Words only, but in ef-
" fe5i, which would beft appeare, yf yt would pleafe him to be a means to pro-
" cure a good Anfwere and Contentment in thole Poynts I had propofed to the
" King^t and after delyvered in wryting, which the King had geven him. He
" told me in that, or any thing elfe which might concerne her Majeftie, he
' ' would do his beft labour that ihe might receave all good Satisfaction ; but he
" had not fpoken with the King fince I faw him, becaufe the King prefently up-
* D'ojfat's Letters, f'fl/. 3- /• 333-
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3 2 Sir H E N RY N E V I L l'j Book II.
An. i5'99- " pon niy departure roade abroad, and was not yet returned, (which was trew " indeed) and befides, there was none els of the Counfail there but himfelfe. " But at the King's Returne, he would deale earneftly with him to fend for his " Counfail^ and efpecially thofe of his Finances, without whohi he could give *' no anfwere to the principall Point, which concerned the Payment of Mony. " I prayed him to haften my Anfwere as muchc as might be, for that her Maje- *' jellie might marvail I had been fo long here, and returned her no anfwere of " any thing flie gave mc in charge, and might perhaps condemne me of negli- " gence. I prayed him alfo not to referre my Anfwere to the * Financiers., for " they were like enough (according to their Cuftom) to fynd many Difficulties, " rather than they would part with any Mony. But I deiyred him, as a princi- " pal Minifter of the Kings, by whom his Affaires were cheefly direded, to en- " ter into due Confideration how meet yt was for the King in Honor and Juftice " to give her Majellie Contentment herein, flie having fliewed {o princely and " entire an Affedion to him, in all his Neceffities, and requiring now nothing •' of him but her owne, and that in fuche tyme as flie had apparent occafion to " ufe yr, and he by reafon of his Peace at home and abroad, might bell Ipare " yt. He laid, the King bothe ought and would flreyne himfelfe, to give her " Majeflie Contentment, as farre as his State would permitt; but to deal plain- " ly with me, and not to feede me with Words, he thought he was not able to •' content her for the prefent with any Mony. I faid, that Anfwere might " perhaps ferve yf flie went about to borrow any Mony of him, but flie de- " maunding nothing but her owne, lent in his neceffitic, and when flie might " evill have fpared yt, and to furniflie him was fain to difaccomodate her felfe, " whereby flie is now driven to want; the King was bound in Honor to fatis- " fie her, thoughe with fom Difficulties and extraordinarie Meanes, rather than " to dryve her for want of yt, unto any extremitie or inconvenience. I told " him her Majeflie was a great Princefs, and did not contrad Amitie uppon any " Difadvantage, but upon equall Termes and Interefls. That hirhertoo the A- " mitie with the King had bin rather burdenfome then profitable unto her, the " King having drawen from her, afTiflance bothe of Men and Mony, and flie no- " thing but Promife and Hope from him ; whereof, althoughe flie did not repent, " yet according to the Nature of Amitie, which confifls upon mutual Offices " and Interefls, fhe did lookc now to receave fom returne of kindncfs from him; " and this being the leafl of all other, to recover her owne, yf he did no more " regard her Satisfadion in this, flie might little looke for yt in any greater Mea- " fure. I told him further, that the King had already geven Satisfadion to the ' ' States., and isijas now about to doe the like to the S-wiffars, to the Valew of " 5'ooooo Crownes ; that he had hkewike geven Contentment to all his rebelli- " ous Subjeds, with whom he had made Compofitions ; And yf amongfl all " thefe, hefliould only negled her Majeflie, yt would give her jufl caufe to " thinck, that he made not that account of her Amitie, which by the greatnes ' ' of her Eflate, and the Sinceritie of her Frendfliip towards him, flie might " juflly challenge. He anfwered, that he would follicit the King, which was " all he could do in yf, and when the King had geevcn order in yt, he would " likewife follicit the Difpatche. Then he required of me the Coppies of the " Bonds, which I have fmce fent unto him, and have likewife written unto him " to haften my Anfwere.
Touching the matter of the Carriadge of the Corne into S^aine, he told me, " That the King hathe already written unto all the Ports, that they fliould for- " bear to trade with Sj>aine, bothe in refped of the Arrefl made there oi Frenche " Shipps, and likewife of the Tlacart fet out by the States, for feare they " fliould meet with them, and make Prize of them. But when I reply ed, that
* Monfieur rfe Khofny, was then Surintendant of the Finances, of whom Mezary gives this Charadler: gw';/ avoit la Negative fori rude, etoit impenetrable, atix prieres & aux imfortunitez., fe chargeoit hardnnent de la haine des refus, CT" /e bouchoit les Oreille! anx jilalntes v aux rsprochei, fans fe foucier d' autre chofe, que dt trouver de Jour en Jour de noHveanx funds,
" thefe
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" thcfc Rcfpcds were but for a Tymc, but that the other Refpcd: of the yf«. 1599. " Qiiccnc my Miftris was like to continue, and therefore prayed to know what -^^^v— --/ *' I ihould anfwerc, He (aid I iliould have aniwerc to that point as well as to " the rcfl, in wry ting.
For the third 'Point contained in my written Propofition, he harhe afTcnted thus forre, and willed me fo to certifie, " that the K'nv^ ihall by Proclamation " forbid his Subjeds to buy or provyde any Armes, Munitions, or Materials " for Warre in any forrainCountrey, and to carry them into any Countrey ex- " cept France." And yf this be liked of, he defircd rh' A; tides might be hnifli- ed and put into a Forme of a Treaty, that bothe her Majcflie and the King might figne yt. But being once entred into this Argument, he fell into bitter Excla- mations againft our Juftice, and told me (as the King had likcwife done the Day before) that the AmbafHtdor had written, " that thonghe the Qiieen's Majeflie " had geeven him all Contentment and Promife of Reformation, yet he found " all was ftayed by other nicanes, and that he lliould be forced to lend back the " Parties that fucd, to feeke Remedie heere. I told him, I feared the AmbafTa- " dor tooke too padionate a Report from the Parties themfelves, who meafure " Jufl:ice but by theire owne A/fedrion : That I knew her ?vlajeftie was fully " bent to do Juftice, but yt may be there was fom (lay made of proceeding in the " courfe file had ellabliJhed, till yt might be feen what Corrifjwndence they " yeelded heere: That the ^^ueene had already eftabliflied aComraiffion for that " purpofe, which the /v/';/^ had not yet done; and till they were as forward on " theire part, as the Qiieenehad bin on her?, they had no reafon to complaine, " for Trinces u fed to marche with equal T aces; hut the ^jecne had fo tifed to " prevent them with Kindnes-, that yt feemed they looked for yt ftilir I of- fered yf he would give me the Particularities of his Complaints, I would write ofyt. Heanfvvered, " theyf/'/?i^^^<^(Jr was befl: acquainted with the Particulars, " and prayed me only to write in generall, that there might be good Juftice " don, the want or refufall whereof, might otherwife interrupt all goodlnten- " tions betwene their Majefties ; afluring me that the King would do the like; " and thoughe the Commijfion was not efiabliflied, that he would caufe Juftice " to be don upon any Complaint I would deliver: Yet yf the Queene ftaied up- ' ' on thofe relpedts, or any other, about the Intercourfe of renewing of Treaties, " (wherein he faid the King would be ready to meet the Queene half way,) he " defired that they might be accelerated, and that we might begin to put Pen " to Paper, either here or there.
Hereupon we fell into fome Speeche of the Treaty o'iBlois, why this King
made no Declaration of his Intention to continue yr, as the Treaty requires.
" He faid the King made account it had bin fufficiently confirmed by that of
" 1596, and yf it were not, the King was willing to do any thing that might be
" to the confirmation of Amitie and Entercourle." Thereupon, becaufe I un-
derftood by Mr. Edmonds he had already dealt with the Kinq and him for an
Exemption for om Englijhe Marchants du droiB d' Atibeine-, which is very grea-
vous unto them, for that fiich as dye heere loofe theire Goods without remedie,
not having Power by Will to difpole of them; " I urged him to fliew fom To-
"ken of the King's good will towards our Nation that way, as he had don of late
" to ihz Low-Countrey Men, who had not better deferved of him, then <?^rj- had
" don. And the rather to induce him, lalledged the Treaty oi Blois, wherein
" that Point was accorded unto us. He anfwered fyrfl: for the /f/2;»a;w^/> graunt-
" ed to the States, yt was required by them, and yealded to in a tyme when
" the King had need of them, and might denye them nothing. To which I re-
" plied, that yt was more Honor for the King to requite Kindnes with Kindnes
" freely, then to do all things by the way of Bargaine: That the Queen had
" dealt like an honorable Princes, and had not made Marchandize of her Fa-
" vours, yet Ihe had reafon to looke for fom Fruit of her Frendlhip. To the
" point of the Treaty oi Blois, he faid that we had not performed yt on our
" part, I asked him wherein we had made default ; he faid yt had never bin ex-
K " ecuted,
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^/^. 15-99. " ecuted, but the ///i^^r^fjwr/? was prefently difcontinued, I anfwer'd, that was • " not our fault but theirs , for the * Maffacre followed immediately, wherein " our Men were murdered, and their Goods fpoiled, without any Juftice orRe- " medie; but now that Peace was eflabliflied, and our Men began to revive " that Trade into thefe Parts, yt was reafonable they fliould enjoy the Prive- " leages due unto them by the Treaty. To this he only anlwered, that when " all the reft was agreed on, this would eafily be determined, but to fmgle it " from the reft he faw no reafon.
The laft point of my Propofition towching Collesford, I did add upon Infor- mation from Mr. Edmonds, of the daylie Prad:izes of that Man to draw over young Englijhe Gentlemen, and to convey them to Rome: wherein I am to ad- vertize yowi Honor, that the Searchers o{ Sandwkbe and 'Dover doe not theire Dueties, but are dayly corrupted as I am informed ; and not only that way, but for the Paflage over of Gueldings, which from thence and Rye, are continually iliipped over in good Plenty.
I had fom Speeche with Monfieur Villeroy about the S^amjhe Preparations, which he aftured me upon perfed: Information, were not any way meet to attempt an Invafion, but only to be ufed for Defence. But the next Teare he faid yf we made not Peace, he thought they intended fom Attempt uppon us.
I learned bothe by the King and him, that \Coomans, who was imployed lately into England from the Cardinally pafled this way within thefe few Daies into Sj>a'me, having in his Speeche with the King profefTed himfelfe as it were an Ennemy to the Spaniards, but a Servant of the Archdukes, and a great Wiiher of Peace, that by that means the Countrey might be freed from the Spaniards. He profelTeth himfelfe likewife of the Religion, and was prefent the laft Sunday, as the Duke of Bouillon told me, at the Aftembly of the Proteftants at Grigni five Leagues from Taris towards Foimtainbleau. Yt is thoughte he goethe to Work the King oi Spain e to be more inchnable to the Peace, whereunto thefe MeJJienrs, both Villeroy and others, would faine perfwade me, that that King hath no Inclination, but is only contented to harken unto yt, for the Benefit, and at the Injiance of the Cardinall.
Towching our Peace with Spaine, they pretend here in Words to be very de- fyrous of yt, that we might have reft from our Troubles, as they have. But the truthe is they are jealous ofyt, and I think yt fit they jhould be fo held till her Majefiie be refolved: And in the mean tyme that they be urged inftantly to whatlbever her Majefty fliall thinck fit to draw from them; for yt is not good Nature cr Gratitude, but Inter eft of State that muft prevail with them. Yt is commonly beleaved, that yf yt were not for the Warre with England, the King oi Spaine would eafily imbarke himfelfe into the Duke oi Savoy's Quarrel: So as yf her Majeftie intend any Peace \;ivdc\Spaine, yt may advantage her muche to make yt before this terme geven to the Duke of Savoy expire ; for this occafion once paffed, there is no likelehood of any probable occafion of Breach to growe betwene them in hafte, which I hold very fit for her Majeftie's Affaires not to be negled:ed.
The King is this Day departed from Fount ainbleau, minding to pafTe his tyme at Monfieur d' Entr ague's Houfe, andfundrie other Gentlemens for 15 or 20 Days, ^nd fo to fettle at Blois, where he intends to remaine a Monerh or two, till he proceede x.o^2ixd& Lyons. I do not yet learne of any Order geven to the Ambal^ fadors to follow : But I befeeche you let me underftand her Majeftie's dired Plea- fiire in yt, for I am very defirous to conforme my felfe thereunto, thoughe I know her Allowance will not difcharge my Lodging and my Hories, befides my Diet and other Charges ; but I truft for my Horfes and my Carriadges, her Maje-
- * The Maffjcreat Part! in 1571 is too well knovvn to be particularly raeniioned. A large Account of it may he found in Davilas Hlllory of Fra-z/ce, Book V. Memoires de Sulli, Vol. r. ch.^, 6. and a multitude of other Authors.
t Cambdsn calls him Heironynjo C^mano, and gives an imperfecft account of his Negotiation hither, i?'- Jliry of Enghnd, Vol. z. f. 6 L^.
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flic will be plcafcd to allow mc as flic liathc don all other Ambafladors in like >^« icoo Cafes. Andib, ^c. ' ^^^'
Tottr Honors.) &c.
HENRY NEVILLE.
Refjioncc cki Roy au Mcmoire prcfentc a fa Majcftc par I'AmbafTa- dcur de la Royne d'Anglctcrre, fa bonne Soeur &: Coufine.
Sur le Premier Article^
CA Majejle Recognoijl avoir re feu de ladite T)ame Roine^ dtirant les trou- ^ bles de fin Royanlme, plu/icurs ])laijirs & fecours tres a propos ; defquelz, €lle fera a jatna'ts memoratzvey & mettra peine de fe revancher mix occajions ■qui fe prefenteront, aultant que fes molens & fa puljfance seflendront ; ne Luy fonhaltaiit mohigs de profperlte & de contentement en la Guerre d'lrelande, que fes armes font accompagnes de Jnftice. Tart ant fa Majefte commendera a ceulx de fon Con fell, d'advlfer aux ^nolens, qullj aura de falre rembourfer la- dite IDarne Rojne^ des denlcrs qiielle a advances pour le blen de fes affaires. Mais efiant cefie Annee f advancee, qu'elle eft, eulx que fadlte Majefie dolbt recepvolr en Ice lie font deja deparllz, de forts qu'll fera difficile qu'elle luy pu- iffe falre plus grande fowme que les vlngt mllle efcus qu'elle prefta a fadlte Majefte fan iS9^-> ^^^ /^^^^ rembourfe7?ient defquelz, aufft II a efte falEie Inftance jufques a prefent. Cependant fa Majefte fera verifier & arrefter le compte difdltes advances par les Gens de fon Confell, affin d'y pourvolr aprezplus de lumlere.
Sur le Deuxieme.
Le traffic & tranfport des grains en Efpalgne, ne peult juftement eftre em- pefche aux Suble5fz de fa Majefte, par ladite Royne & fes- StibleBz, fiy aucuns qui font en palx avec elle ; Les quelz tlrent aujfi de la France plufieurs autrez commodltez femblables, defquels ft les Efpagnols voulolent enter prendre de les priver^ pour mefmes confideratlons & ralfons d'eftat, ou de guerre-, aleguees contre le tranfport defdltes grains ; la France ferolt frlvee de Commerce de toutes parts, a fon trop grand dommage. C'eft pourquoy, fa Majefte a Infifte., pour la liberie du commerce defdltes grains, comme des autres marchandifes. Mais fa Majefte a pour certalnes confideratlons commande a fes SubleSiz, de fiirceolr quelque temps le tranfport defdltes grains, alnfy qtill a efte declare a I' Ambajfadeur de ladite Royne.
Sur le Troifienie. Sa Majefte n'entend point que fes fuble6iz, abufent au dommage de ladite Royne ny d' autres, de la llberte de traffiquer par tout, que la Talx qu'elle a avec tous fes volfins leur donne, ny qu'llz entrepregnent, de deblter & porter des Armes ,. Munitions , ® materlaulx de guerre hors de fon Royaulme , fott .qu'llz pregnent © acheptent en Icelluy, ou allleurs, fans fon exprefie permlf fiour de quoy feront faiBes les deffenfes necejfalres, avec commandement aux Officlers de fadlte Majeft:e, de les falre exadement obferver.
Sur le quatrierae. Sa Majefte pourvolra an contenu du prefent Article, comme le requlert la bonne palx @ amltle qu'elle a avee ladite Royne, laquelle elle veult conferver & entretenlr fidelkment.
Sir
Sir Henry Ne v i i. lV Book II.
J'ir Henry Neville to Mr. Secretary Cecyll.
Right Honorable^ Of the fame 'Date with the firmer.
Since the finifhing of aiy Difpatche, I receaved from Monfieur de Vlllerqy the King's Anfwere, whereof I fend a Copy herewith. Thereupon, confidering the King was removed from Fountainbleau, and Villerqy with him, fo as I fhall of long tyme have no means of Accefs to them, I went this Evening to Monfieur de Belieure, a principal Man in Counfail, who is yet in this Towne, and com- plained to him very hotly of the Anfwere, faying, " That yt appeared rather * ' made far maiiiere d' acquit then upon any ferious Confideration of the Impor- " tance of yt, and that yt had bin fitter to have bin geven to a Suitor that would " have borrowed or begged Money of the King, then to a PrincefTe of that State, " who demaunded nothing but her owne, when flie had occafion to ufe yt her " felfe, having lent yt him in his extreme Neceffitie. And I told him I found yt " fo very unreafonable, and fo likely to give her Majeftie an exceeding Difcon- " tentment, to fee her felfe fo little regarded that had fo well deferved; that out " of my Love to the King, and Defyre of the continuance of good Amitie be- " twene their Majefties, I would preliime to conceal and fupprels yt till the King " might readvife of yt; and yf I muft needs returne this, and could get no bet- " ter, I would do yt, hnt wiihTrotefatioii of the great Wrong and Ingratitude " don therein to the ^eene my Miflris. I told him, that yf the King were not " able to fatisfy her all prefently, yet yf he had made Offer of fome realbnable " part of yt, yt might have geven her Majeftie an Argument of his Willingnes " and Care to content her: But to give her no Satisfad:ion, having fatisfyed the " States, the Siiijfers, and all his own Subjed:s, (to whom he was no more ty- " ed then to her Majeftie) argued a lefs regard towards her then towards them, " which I was forry to fee, and might breed in her Majeftie an Impreffion no- " thing proffitable unto him. And whereas yt is alleadged in the Anfwere., that " the AJfignations of the King's Meanes are already made for this Yeare, I told " him, the King was not fo muche tyed in Honor or Juftice by thofe AJfigna- " t'lons., which were but his voluntary A(5t, as by his Obligations made to the " ^teene under the Great Seal of France., and verefied in his Court oi'Parle- ' ' merit, and Chambre des Contes, and that there was none of thole who had " thefe AiTignations made them for Debt or otherwife, whom the King had fo '* muche caufe to fcare to breake with, as with the Queene, of whom he had re- " ceaved fuche real Kindnes. And therefore, yf the King, to latisfy her in fom " good meafure, did ftreine himfelfe, by ufmg his Credit, or any other extraordi- " nary Meanes, yt were but reafbn, rather then that ilie for want of yt, lliould " bedryven into any Streight or Difficulty.
The old Man apprehended my Speeche very well, and confefled, " yt was " meet the King lliould make the Queene a better Satisfadion ; but told me, that " the matter was not yet com to the Counfail, but when yt Ihould be commu- " nicated unto them, he would fpeake that which he thought fitt, for the King's ' ' Honor, and the continuance of the Amitie." He wilhed me likewife to write unto Monfieur de Villeroy as muche as I had faid to him, which I meane to do out of hand ; and as foon as I have any other Anfwere, I will advertize y out Ho- nor immediately. In the mean tyme I referr yt to your Honor's Conjiderationy whether you will take Knowledge of this Anfwere or nay ; and when you do, yt were very fit her Majeftie would deal roundly and quickly with the Ambajfador about yt, for that is the way to ^revaile moft with thefe Men ; and fo I Ihall be beft avowed when I fliall profecute yt v^'iih Earneftnes. In all things els I make no doubt but they will give her Majeftie good Contentment, and particularly I underftand that upon the Speeche Monfieur de Villeroy and I had about theTreaty of Blois, yt hathe fence bin debated in Counfail, and yt is relblved, that the Con- firmation of yt Ihall be offered. So likewife yt feemeth the King mWfend one to be inftalled for him, but how foone I cannot yet certainly difcover.
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Upon Sunday kfl,, as thofe of the Relligion returned hither by Water from An. I5'99. Grigni^ where they had bin at the Cominunion, they were rcceaved at theire landing place right before my Lodging, with great Injuries and Reproaches, and Ibme Stones and Durt floiig at them; and yt was feared yt would have growen to a worfc matter, but the others Patience flayed all. 1 hey have proceeded to uiformc diligently of the Offendors, and amongfi: the reft, yt is thought a Treeji who began the Tumult fhall be executed for yt. The Ediil: I perceave hathe Icarle contented them oi the Relligion^ and they ma.k.e fome difficulty in fbm places to receave yt, whereat the King is muche offended, and complained to me of theire Inconndcratnes, faying, he found there were fome Spirits oijefuits among them, as well as among the Catholuques.
Yefternight the Lord of JVearncs a Scottifhe Man came to me, and told me, that the Lord of Hume was come over hither, and was to go hence to Rome^ imployed to the Tope from that King ; of whom he alfi delivered me very many Su/picions., as yf he declined altogether in Relligion., and began to intertaine Jireight Intelligence with the Vopijhe fyde and Princes. He told me alfo that H. CunJIabley who went lately thither out of thefe parts-, was fent by the Tope with oifer ofxoooo Crowns aMoneth., and other fecrett Conditions to the King:, But of this latter I uTake little account. The Lord of Hume is certainly here, and I will be very inquifitive of his Proceedings. Yf your Honor have any Intelli- gence at Rome, yt were well don to caufe fbm Eye to be had to his Negotiation there. It were pity that that King Jhould be loft, yf a fmall matter might re- taiue him in Devotion to her Majeflie, and the Caufe. And fo, ^c.
Tour Honors, &c.
HENRY NEVILLE.
Sir Henry Neville to Monfieur de Villeroy.
Monfieur, De Paris 6 Juin i5'99. S.N.
y''AT efte bien marry & non moins esbahi de voir la Refponce que vous m'avez envoy d au Nom du Roy, aux propojitions que javois prefentees ; laquelle, four parler franchement , me femble avoir efte fai£le pluftoit par rnaniere d' acquit, qii autrement, & comme Ji la Roine ma Maiftreffe demandoit quelque chofe en aon ou emprunt du Roy, & non pas d'eftre rembonrse de ce qui eft du fan, & dont elle I'a autrefois accommode en fbn befoin. Car vous ayant repre- fente les grandes occafions que la Roine a d'emploier d' I' argent, & la neceffiti qui Va force a pre fent, de faire Inftance au Roy de luy rendre ce dont elle I' a autrefois ajjljie'; vous me refpondez que le Roy a dejia departi fes fnoiens, t3 en a fai5i les Affignations pour cefte annee ; Comme fi le Roy eftoit plus fuhjeEt a fes aft[ignations, que ne font que fes Acies voluntaires, que aux Contracts & Obligations faiBes a la Roine ma Maiftreffe, foubs le Grand Seel de France., ^ Verifiees en fa Cour de Tarlement, ^ Chambre des Contes ; ^ Comme s'tl y euft perfonne a qui le Roy deuft avoir plus d'efgard de ne la mefcontenter point, qu'd la Roine ma Maiftrejfe, & princifalement en un tel affaire, qui ne Vemporte pas moins, que de la confervation de fon Eft at, & la redu5fion d'un de fes Royaumes.
A quoyje vous replique librement ^franchement, qu^encor que le Roy s'ef- forfaft pour emprunt, ou autre moien extraordinaire, de luy donner content ement, veu rEftat & circonftances de ceft affaire, il ne feroit que ce qui eft de raifon, & ce d quoy I'honneur ^ Vamitie femblent /' obliger ; eftant toutjours phis jufte & raif)nnable que le Roy patijfe quelque chafe, pour rendre ce qii'il a emprunt e ; que la Roine, pour ne V avoir point re^eu. Encores, fi le Roy Veuft offert fitif- faBion de quelque raifonnable fomme , il euft tousjours donne argument a la Roine de fa bonne volente, & du defir qtiil avoit de luy donner plus grand con- tentement, quand il en auroit le moien. Et cependant il euft eu la commodity
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An. ifpp. de fair'i verifier le CoJitc, avec autant de lumiere qiiil ntjl dejire. Mais de la ' renvoier avec nne refponce fi froide ^ Jierik, ay ant donne fatisfaciion aux Eftatz., aux Stiijfes, ^ t ant d' autre s., ^ mejnies a fes fubjeBz; motijire, qitil tien faiEi pas Veftime^ que par fes meritesy & la Grandeur de fin Efiat^ elk potivoit jnjiement attendre.
Mais pre fuppofant-, fee que je ne puis pourtant accorder) que le Roy iia pas le moien pour le prefent, de luy donner content em ent en argent cont ant; Corn- merit vous excufirez vous du contrail de Van i5'9i ? par lequel le Roy s'eji ob- lige de conjigrier entre les mains de la Royne, pour le rembourfiment de plujieurs fommes y fpecifieesy les Gabelles du Sel, ^ autres impofitions provenantes dans les Villes de Roiien C^ Havre de Grace. Vous deviez pour le mains luy avoir offert cela, qui eft tousjours en la puijjance du Roy. Mais par cefte Re/ponce vous ne luy avez prefi'nte fatisfatJion en aucune firte. Et pourtant ■> cOgnnoif- fant la mauvaifi imprejjlon qiielle pourroit donner ■, a la Roine ma Maiftrejffe, je me fuis refilu comme bon firviteur du Roy, & comme celuy que defire, autant qiien moy eft., de prevenir totites occajions de mefiontentement s entre ces deux Grands Trinces; de ne la luy communiquer point-, jufques a ce que je vous euf- fe prie f comme je fais tres inftamment) de fupplier le Roy de 7?ia part, qiCil hiy plaife d'y reUdvifer, comme a chbje qui eft de tres grande confiqiience a Ven- treteninient de la bonne Amitie ^Union entre leur Majeftez ; ^ vous rejfouve- iiant, que pour fair e durer les Amities, il fault qu^ elks foient fondees fur In- ter efts egaulx, & offices reciproques. Et fi a