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The answer to Tom-Tell-Troth the practise of princes and the lamentations of the kirke / written by the Lord Baltismore, late secretary of state.
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Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632.
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and irregularitie who after the example of their Master Bezas Resveille-matin do here as maliciously defame your Father as he did there your Majesties Grandmother Yet let us proceed and dive inâ—o the bottome and discover what they ayme at it is certaine they intend first to reforme the State and to suppresse Episcopall jurisdiction and casheere so many places of Baronies in the upper house and yet these men pretend to be friends and Patrons of Parliaments and order But by the words of the Practise of Princes I will make this appeare pag. 17. Ministers saith he are Christs Embassadours and therefore ought to have free libertie to speake in the word of the Lord to Kings anâ— Statesmen in good sort for things appertaining to the furtherance of Christs Kingdom and against such practises as hinder the same till they have thâ—t libertie Princes cannot say rightly that Christ hath his Embassadours or Kingdom received in their Courts which some undertake to prove cannot be till the Hieraâ—chie and Dominion of the Lord Bishops never by Christ ordained but forbidden be overthrown as dangerous to Protestant Princes and Staâ—es and so he stumbleth on à Malo in peius For first they would overthrow the Bishops and Councellors so as pag. 18. he directly saith Out of all which he that will may see that the losses dishonours and troubles that have fallen to this Land and indeed to our Religion and brethren in the Palatinate Germany and France have cheifly sprange from two fountaines First a corrupt Councell and Clergie in England then from a vaine policie of suppressing such Preachers and Parliament men as sought to discover the mischeife of treacherie I need not explaine their words being plaine enough nor seek to discover their intentions which the words reveale And surely the Bishops wer blinded if they should expect any favour or good allowance if God should so punish this Realme that your Majestie should dye without issue which God forbid for the Successor these men desire will deale with them as he did with the Luthâ—rans at Prague and according to the articles 1602. at Heidlebergh Totus Lutheranismus eorumliberi de medio tollantur Much more will he abolish Rochets and their titles for their Lands sake Notwithstanding this is not all for though they seeme to tax Bishops and Councellors yet they glance so farre as they dare at your Majestie and though they shoot at them they ayme at your perfidiouslie For marke their words and ponder them well pag. 11. men that take Gods word for their guide sc. that all the servants of that Prince are wicked that hearken to lyes they say that things can never go well with the Religion and State of England till the Councell which hath been so Dukeyfied be in a manner wholly changed and these men therefore count them fooles who think not if God should take away the King issuelesse and that the injured K. and Queen of Bohemia should come to the Crown things must needs mend which cannot except the Councell were also changed and made examples to keep others from the like treacherie So these men that take Gods word for their guide think if God take away the King issuelesse things must needs mend Surelie it is a speech untymelie and disloyall and uttered unseasonably the Queen being with Child and if not yet both of them being young and hopefull that speech did not become a good subject But could the State no otherwise mend except the King and Queen of Bohemia should beare and weare the Crown of England It seemeth so by these false Prophets For the Councellors must be made examples and punished for treacherie and the present King dares not do any thing but what they like and therefore the Scottish Minister did of late speake in Knoxes tone and Pereus That Princes may be deposed quando gravant conscientias subditorum And so this hot brayned Minister pag. 21. is become a Prophet for he is perswaded as he saith that who so live but a few yeares shall see a greater rott of Nobility and Prince-like Clergie then ever was seen in this Land which he gathereth from the never fayling word and truth of God as his words import So then it seemeth that great rott must be when the King dyeth issulesse and so they divine of your Majesties death and that is the day of the Lord they pray for They look for the rising of another Sunne which is treason to do before this be sett which now illuminateth England and God grant it may long and gloriously shine there I think surelie these men aliquid monstri alunt for they trust too much to faction and to a strong side for as T.T.T. said in Taverns ten healthes for one are drank to you forraigne Children more then to you and many weare Ribbands and favours as marks of their homage and loyalty to the Messias they look for I seeke not to prejudicate the Innocent but to advise your Majestie to use all due circumspection and be well armed against all treacherous plotts and projects For no tone sounds so ill in Kings eares as aspirations And I know well that in Queen Elizabeths time the Oath of association was publickly tendred to all Subjects for a lesse dangerous cause and against them that were in prison and miserie who had no such Tutors and School-masters as the Hollanders are Such quick-silver Ministers as the brood of the Palatinate we are not now troubled so much with Mar-Prelats as with Mar-Kings which is an accident unseparable from Calvinisme which never got sure footing in any Country but desolation followed Your Majestie may be pleased to call to mynd and set before your Eyes how miserably your Grandfather was made away of the disciples of Knox and how your Grandmother who had as good right and footing in Scotland as you have in England was deposed by the same spirits Remember also in what danger King Francis the second of France did stand by the conspiracie of Amboys and his brother Charles at Meaux by those Calvinists Praecones turbarum I speake nothing of Swedland nor of the Count of East-Freizeland whom not â seditione ferè totâ diditione pepulissent as Heisekenmus a learned Lutheran writeth and I will câ—nclude all with the reasons of these Calamities and tempests raised by the Consistorians which Sebastian Castalio giveth l. de praedestinat a man once nearely allyed to Calvin in divers opinions who maketh a difference between the true God and the God of Calvin He teacheth us that Calvins God ingendreth Children without mercie proud insolent and bloudie and that it cannot be otherwise he sheweth causes For that Calvins God is the Author of Sinne not by permission only but efficaciter and he predestinated the greatest part of the world not only to damnation but also to the cause of damnation and suggesteth to men wicked affections Wherefore if it be true that of malus corvus malâ—m ovum of evill
causes evill effects of an evill spirit evill motions proceed I cannot marvayle of the tumults of Bohemia of the many battayles and rebellions in Fâ—ance and the horrible treasons in Scotland and I may well doubt that the like which hath been in other places may fall out in England knowing by whose doctrines they were all guided and bred by what furies they were inspired and what God they served and adored who was the Authour of sinne the badge of Calvinisme But to leave the persons and their errors and come nearer to the matter let us enquire what remedies these zealous brethren prescribe to cure the wounds of the State and salve the Kings honour You have two occasions saith Tom-tell-troth to have the honour of your Mayden Armes for which the old Martyrs would have suffered death first to reestablish your own Children in Germany and next to preserve Gods Children in France And there is no way to vindicate your honour but by fighting with him that hath Cozened you and by driving the Enemy out of their Country For men hardly think you are their father for the lamentable estate you suffer them to runn into How violent and ignorant are these discontented Empericks who appoint remedies worse then the disease For no wise man would counsell you to hazard all by taking armes against the two greatest Monarches in Christendom against whom you have no just quarrell of your own part or for the Common-wealth And yet I know that Anno 1623. a pamphlet was published without the Authors name intitiled Certaine reasons why the King of England should give over all treaties and enter into war with Spaine and that for two causes the one for the prescription of the Palatin which he calls the head of all these evills And the other for that the Spaniards possesse by force the patrimony of the Infants and eject the Palatin and his wife out of the same contrary to hopes and promises made for their restitution and therefore there is just cause why the Father should vindicate the honour of his Sonne So here are two motives to perswade the King to breake off all amity and further negotiation with Spaine only and in post to proclaime war against them The prescription of the Palsgrave and the invading and detaining of his Estate War and hostility are the meanes prescribed for this restitution and the finall end of all is to breake off all treaties all entercourse and correspondencie with Spaine A Colerick course certainly whereof King James approved not and although they seeme to vilifie and abuse his Judgement yet his speech uttered in Parliament was more solid and provident then the precipitation of these projectors For said he in matters of this waight I must first consider how this course can agree with my conscience my honour and the justnesse of the cause And next how I shall be enabled to performe the same a breif speech sound and methodicall For surely if the title and Crown of Bohemia was unlawfully usurped by the Palsgrave which his wisest and greatest Friends sought ever rather to excuse then defend then his prescription was well grounded upon lex Talienis aquum bonum and reason of State And so they would perswade you to undertake the patronage of a quarrell unjust and dishonourable which would lye as a heavie and sinfull burthen upon the conscience of a pious and just Prince Therefore I take this to be the foundation of all these controversies whether the Palsgrave were lawfully and justly elected King of Bohemia For if he were not you altogether loose and not vindicate your honour to fight for him being not a King injured but an injuror For no war can be justifiable but that which is begun upon just and urgent occasions wherein Justice prudence honour and safety shall beare the standard of England Neither were it convenient that England which hath so long triumphed in her peace and prosperitie should now thus rashlie be drawn fatally to maintaine the errors of ambition and a quarrell unnecessary for you not properly pertaining to England nor to your Majestie but by consequence and participation CHAP. 2. That Ferdinand was lawfully Elected King of Bohemia ANd although I doubt not but that your Majesty hath read some partiall breviat of the cause and state of this businesse yet I will be bold to lay open the truth of it breifly without glosse or partialitie or respect to either partie fearing neither nor having any other end but that your Highnesse may not erre with the Multitude by misinformation Ferdinand Sonne of Archduke Charles and nephew to the Emperour was elected King of Bohemia An. 1617. by an Assembly of the States of Prague upon the Emperours summons when Mathias declared that seeing his glasse was almost run to leave the Kingdom setled in peace and to prevent all Civill dissention he requested that after his decease they would agree to accept of Ferdinand for his successor whom for his vertue and piety he had adopted his Sonne provided that during his life without his speciall commission Ferdinand should not intrude himself into the government of his realme and should also take his oath to ratifie and confirme the priviledges granted to the Country Hereupon the 7. of Iune the three States of Bohemia gave this answer to the Emperours proposition That for his request and for the fatherly affection that he did ever beare to that kingdom they consented and agreed to accept Ferdinand for their King and thereupon they assigned the 24. of Iulie for the day of his Coronation at Prague upon which day this decree was solemnly read and the States assembled being asked according to Custome by the cheif Burgrave if any did dislike or could shew cause to contradict this Free Election they all freely and orderly with a generall applause approved it and upon that so good warrant the Burgrave proclaimed Ferdinand King of Bohemia and offered unto him as their Custome was a certaine contribution of his inauguration So here is an Election made Frequenti Senatu plenâ curiâ the Emperours assent who was King in Esse a consent of the States in a generall assembly and modo formâ according to Law and Custome And Ferdinand himself was present and brought upon the stage to take the Oath usually ministred to his predecessors and to conclude the whole Country acknowledged his regality by doing really the homage unto him So as no defect was in the proceeding no Competitor no barre or opposition to his claime neither was there any packing or partiality in the Election and by this solemnity he was created actually King and albeit his government was not to commence untill after the death of Mathias yet the Royalty he had in Esse their Oathes at his Coronation their homages and their contribution was a full confirmation of his title in presenti and the rather because the States themselves did him all the honour appertaining to their King so he