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A34331
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The Connexion being choice collections of some principal matters in King James his reign, which may serve to supply the vacancy betwixt Mr. Townsend's and Mr. Rushworth's historical collections.
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I)
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1681
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Wing C5882; ESTC R2805
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Palatinate which before â—ad been assumed as a divided Article â—ight now go hand in hand and to that effect he left the power of Desponâ—atories with the Ambassadors which was afterwards restrained and renewed and finally revoked as the confident or cold Answers out of Spain did require And this is the substance of that Negotiation The other particulars delivered in Parliament how they said and unsaid promised and denied remembred and forgot and plaid fast and loose at their pleasures and what indignities they put upon us I take no more pleasure to repeat than I did to suffer It sufficeth that by this which is said the Questions propounded by the Informers are answered First who they were that gave the first cause of distaste Secondly whether the Complaints against the King of Spain be true Thirdly whether thâ— King of Spain did desiâ—e to give satisfaction to the Prince And Fourthly whether he did faithfully endeavour the Marriage And if in any of these points any scruple doth remain for thâ— perfect discovery of their intentions anâ— proceedings the Letters produced by the Conde D'Olivares and read in Parliament will justifie my Report being as it were a Manifest from that King and his Councel that they never intended the Match nor held it lawfuâ— or convenient for that State and the King therein requiring some other way to be found to give without the Match contentment to the Prince whereby I make as little doubt of that Kings own Royal disposition and affection towards the Prince for all personal respects as I do of the insincerity of his Ministers in all their proceedings In the rest of my Indictments the Interrogatories which followed concerâ— for the most part my Behaviour toward the Prince whereunto I will not answer by Recrimination tho' I have a â—ge field nor by way of Defence â—d for these Reasons First in Persons â—hich they now I then did instance â—e reflexion of our faults upon the hoâ—ur of our Masters maketh the pubâ—â—hing as offensive as the Facts Seâ—ndly by giving Answer unto them â—at Charge but by Reports I shall â—eak my Duty to the Prince who â—est knoweth the Truth in these things â—ey object and if there had been cause â—ould have called me to an account â—nd Thirdly my purpose is not as I â—id to Apologize further than may â—ncern the interest of that Cause which â—rough my sides they have laboured â— wound For my self I know well â—at I shall stand or fall in the opiniâ—ns of wise men neither by the slanâ—ers of any be they never so great or by my verbal Justifications be they ever so confident but rather by the â—ctions and Carriage of my Life my â—irth Breeding and Fortune which â—ay happily raise me above base Imâ—utations and also give hopes of Aâ—endment if in ought I have done amiss As for the Conde D'Olivarâ— when he chargeth me with breach â— Faith towards him I will make hiâ— such Answer as may give him just coâ—tent And for revealing the Secreâ— Treaty for Holland I did it not witâ— out leave from the Prince nor till might appear that it was entertaine on our parts but for the Discovery â— the advantages they sought And this is all the Answer I wiâ— make to these unworthy Reproache raked out of the Channel to be caâ— in my Face only to Disfigure mâ— and then serve their turns with me iâ— what shape they please And so having used me as I said for theiâ— Stalking-horse from under my Shadow to shoot at other Games theâ— tell me they wish me well and turâ— me off to Grass yet in requital of theiâ— favour I will give them this Advicâ— before I go That the best way foâ— them and me to do the Christian worlâ— good which they seem to desire is tâ— persuade our Masters to moderatioâ— and peace and not to busie our selveâ— â—ith malitious aspersions upon the Aâ—ions of Princes or Parliaments or â—overnments wherein we have no skill â—or which fault of theirs I presume their â—ommission giveth no warrant And â—o ' my Master should think it punishâ—ent enough for them thus to dishoâ—our themselves and justifie mens comâ—aints against their unthankfulness â—alice where they have found so much â—espect yet let them take heed lest â—â—me occasion may not fall out to move â—heir own Masters to question them â—r this scandalous example which â—annot but reflect upon his own Goâ—ernment and State as having no preâ—edent in any former time Transcribed from the Original written with Sir Edward Coke Lord Chief Justice his own hand FINIS Books newly Printed for W. Crook at the Green Dragon withouâ— Temple-Barr THE Moors Baffled being a Diâ—course concerning Tangier especially when it was under the Earl â— Teviot by which you may find whaâ— Methods and Government is fitest tâ— secure that place against the Moorâ— Written by a Learned person long râ—sident in that place 40 6d Thomae Hobbes Angli Malmsburiensâ— Vita being an exact account of Mâ— Hobbes of the Books he wrote and thâ— Times and Occasion of their writing Of the Books against him and the Authors Of his Conversation and Aâ—quaintance being a full Account â— his whole Life part wrote by him seâ— in Latine the rest by Dr. N. B. in 8 price 5 s. The Institution of General History Oâ— The History of the World In two Vâ—lumes in Folio By Dr. W. Howell Chaâ—cellor of Lincoln Historical Collections of the Four laâ— Parliaments of Queen Elizabeth Bâ— Haywood Townsend Esq