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A08107	The second admonition, sent by the subdued prouinces to Holland thereby to entice them by faire-seeming reasons, groundlesse threates, and vnlike examples to make peace with the Spaniards. With the Hollanders aunswere to the same. Translated out of Dutch into English by H.W.; Second admonition, sent by the subdued provinces to Holland.	Netherlands.; H. W., fl. 1598.; United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal. aut	1598 (1598)	STC 18467; ESTC S105504	22,492	34

broyles with small amends haue ceased the warres but no they came into the field against their brethren by which they were pittifully discomfited and 25000. of them were slayne and their Cittie burnt all within thrée daies Hee that neglecteth occasion proffered needes not complaine 10. NEuer had béene séene the heapes of murthered Troianes and flouds of their blood nor yet that flourishing kingdome spoyled by the valiant Gréekes who at the first proffered them conditions of peace but alas they were bereaued of their former wittes not being able to loue peace Had eke the victorious Persian Cirus accepted the peace in Scithia which Tomyris sonne proffered him he had not béen discomfited and slain in that vnluckie battaile where all his hoste though great was put to the sworde and his seuered head was by Tomiris bathed in his owne blood O mischieuous and vnluckie chance But yet more O the mischieuous and wicked workes of men which do cause them He that is prouident may beware in time 11. THe Citie of Siracusa so highly renowned that she was compared to Carthage is not she likewise come to the like mishap Siracuse and by the warre pittifully spoyled for they also reiected the peace which Marcelles was willing to giue them they stood very stoutly vpon their instruments which Archimedes made them wherwithall in the Romain Campe they did many wonderfull exploits to their aduantage yet notwithstanding their triple wall all their couragious soldiers nor yet their strange deuises did any whit profite them against the Romaine wrath but were ouerthrowne and made pillage where they lost both their honour and fréedome He that lets a good opotunitie escape may after want it 12. HAd Iudea when she was kindled with anger and desire to deliuer her selfe from the Romaine subiection with prouidence shunned the perill which hung ouer her heade Iudea and learned to breake her high minded and rebellious courage before Vespatian came who as is known brought them all into desolation she had neuer felt that gréeuous smart whereof whole histories are scarce able to tell the miserie she might haue had mercie béen conserued where to the contrarie she hath aboade more miserie then any people on earth O how wise is he who séeketh rest and tranquillitie why chuse you the badde rather then the good is not vnitie farre better then dissention What reason will not do experience teacheth 13. Cosroe THe king Cosroe that mightie potentate who continually raised the Persian estate had he kindly accepted the peace which vnfaynedly was by the Emperour proffered hee had had fortune so his wish her whéele wold not so soone haue turned Heraclius sought peace as the thing most beneficiall vnto both but Cosroe was therewithall not appaid he thirsted after warre and hee was suffised with thrée sundry battailes which all went against him had not he scorned the Emperors kindnesse refused peace he had not had that reprochfull discomfiture nor brought himselfe and his people in that distresse Marke then what negligence doth cause when in time one cannot foresee his owne good What strife doth spoyle doth bind the peace 14. 1519. 1521. HOw fared in old time the Spanish band which also knew not their superiors counsaile they were offered peace to ende the broyles but they rather chose the warre and the miseries of the same which was the cause that they were persecuted banisht and slaine he who refuseth peace proffered doth not deserue to haue it afterwardes N●ples F●s●a And how often haue the Neapolitaines béene distressed Moreouer reade what of Friesland is written for they being in strife with the Saxons refused peace yea more came in the field with the Emperour Wherefore O Holland take care to deale wisely accept peace strife hath endured enough The whole bodie greeues at the discord of the limmes 15. BOth Cleueland and Gelderland can record what profite the warre bringes when peace is refused had they somewhat abased their high mindes as they were counsayled they had not fallen into the destruction which hath ruined all the land Moreouer call to remembrance O Holland what issue the broiles in North Holland tooke North Holland when thy communaltie rebelliously were risen vp against their Magistrates and as enraged people ran about all their mindes being bent to murther and bloodshed they also were proffered peace but they desirous to liue at libertie and rule all thinges to their owne fancie refused the same where through at last they were well punished for their foolish pretence It seldome goes well where the people doth rule 16. O Friend let this bee a looking glasse vnto thée these examples are manifest and knowne Shunne strife and desire peace let none spare himselfe to that swéet and delectable estate visit thy prince send thy ambassadors not to nourish the warre nor to exile peace but endeuour thy selfe to vnity for concordia is the swéetest treasure on earth thy neighbors and allies desire the same giue eare vnto thē thy superiors expect thée and will heare thée and their hearts are bent to thée depart from this wicked resistance whereunto some counsaile thée but the craftie and subtill séeke more their owne profite thereby then thy preferment or thy countries good It is alwaies good fishing in troubled water and cutting broade girdles out of other mens leather A fayned friend ought to be shunned as an enemie 17. THou art fedde with lies and dissimulations thou art perswaded to exclude the truth and that thy vertues and praise shall be extolled in the places where the earth is full of veynes of gold thou art euery where greatly estéemd because thou canst so mightily rule Mars himselfe In the East and North thy fame is spread by reason whereof thou thinkest all the world will adore thée thou persuadest thy selfe to be inuincible but surely it will faile thée for God doth alwaies abate such high minds thou wilt neither stoop nor obay but séekest to become a common wealth of some newe manner consider I pray what a man doth in his wantonnesse when ease and pride hath possessed his heart are all thy deedes allowed wilt thou no more harber after subiection Where force is a counsailour wisdome is forgotten 18. BVt finally Holland thou shalt find thyne error there were neuer yet found rebels which in their faults were not confuted ouerthrowen with plagues as is euery where seen and known take examples in Gods house it selfe where an Angell raysed himselfe against the Almightie God yea an Angell who in glory and beautie farre surpassed all the rest as scriptures do vnfolde fell hee not and the rest with an incurable wound because against their soueraigne they rebelled from the most highest he was made the basest from the fayrest to the ouglyest from great glorie to eternall confusion a short pleasure bringeth great griefe an example to all subiectes What rebellion winnes is no victorie 19. Israelites HOw often hath Israel beene plagued of God

after his death but notwithstanding all that hee was afterwardes slaine in the fielde by the kinges procurement Anthonius Caracalla Anthonius Caracalla in reuenge of some flout or mockerie done to him by subtill practices put to death all the youth of Alexandria in a place where they were assembled not doubting of any such mischiefe Ferdinandus of Arragon also broke his oath Ferdinandus and promise done vnto his nobles who had conspired against him for hee caused them all secretly to bee made away although notwithstanding diuers Princes were as sureties vnto the said promise It is bad going as a guest vnder sureties into a Lions denne 17. THe mercy which we are to expect should 100. yeares after the day be bemoaned by our successors An especiall cause why of the Spaniardes we expect neither pardon nor obliuion of our factes for they esteeme vs worse then Iewes heathens or Turkes yea we are all condemned to lose both our liues and goods for we haue rent the yoke of the tyrant from our neckes and haue openly taken armes against him his false idolatry we haue exiled and wholly changed the same according to the scriptures renounced the king proclaimed him an enemie as the cruell Spanish broode which hath sworne our spoile against the Inquisition no meanes haue beene spared and all done what was possible to smother their crueltie Wee haue chosen other Potentates this is treason to his Maiestie in the highest degrée wherefore we assure our selues that all hope of mercy is lost that thou séekest to deceaue vs with thy swéet words He that belieues easily is cause of his owne harme 18. WHat beliefe or faith ought to be held vnto them who haue sinned so grosly An example of his deedes and nature Granada what pardon we shold haue God be praised we know it is a mockerie that thou tellest vs our offences shall be pardoned by them who are more inclined to reuenge then pardon we remember how pittifully Granada was vsed the inhabitants exiled and the countrie planted with Castilians their goods confiscated and themselues made slaues going with a marke burnt in their foreheades Arragon Also how he handled Aragon against the lawes and priuiledges of the same wherunto he was sworne he condemneth the right slayeth it as a foe as soone as hee had got the lande in his possession marke but the couenantes whereunto the countrie had sworne him and how they were performed to many a ones griefe he that will not learne by all these examples let him prepare himselfe to die or to be made a slaue A reuengefull harte respecteth not honor nor oth to haue his will 19. HE that most will seeke to know the kings kinde let him sée what seruants he vseth and let him call their valiant déeds to mind and what commissioners of his haue beene in this country Granuelle Vergas Roda and the Duke D'Alba their maister in crueltie Don Ian with Escouedo and others which were not to be glutted with blood and were without faith truth or honor prompt to spoile robbe burne and destroy Don Ian said that a king were fitter to inherit woods trées mountains beasts water or other sencelesse things then to be Lord of a mightie countrie wherein he should suffer so much as one rebell or any one of contrary religion which at his pleasure hee might not put to death The Marquisse of Kisbrooke had rather flowen with his to the Diuel then to leaue persecuting the Heretikes that they had such intents they were not ashamed to shew not onely in this country but through all the world The man doth purpose but God doth dispose 20. THe West Indians much commend the Spaniard in 〈◊〉 it appeares by the countrie which was wont like an Ant 〈◊〉 to abound in people which now by the Spaniards bloody handes are all murthered falling on them without reason or occasion within these few yeares they strangled murthered aboue 180. times hundreth thousand liuing soules In Castile are not by the thousand part so many bloodthirstie roagues as in the lande guiltlesse haue béene smothered who euer heard of more horrible crueltie no tongue so learned that can fully set forth the same He that desireth to know further hereof let him reade Bartolomeus de las Casas who writes that they haue rent the infants from the breasts of their mothers taking them by the legs dashed out their braines against the stones cut in péeces and throwne to the dogges many hundrethes haue béene by the dogges deuoured many rosted sodde inhumanely deuoured The commemoration hereof would wound a stony heart 21. IF yet thy king estéeme his honor aboue reuenge yet in his religion he will neuer budge His religion which concludes as by the counsayle of Constance was decréede whereon wee ought to consider that one néedes not kéepe any oath vnto Heretickes this giues vs occasion enough to mistrust for though the king had sworne vnto vs a thousand oaths An. 1080. when it pleaseth the Pope on whom more then on God they trust he may be discharged of his oath Pope Gregorie the 7. was the first that made this law against the Emperour Henry the fourth who displeasing him hee put him in the banne The Bishops of M●nts and Cullin and egged and incited Rodolphus of Swaben against him after he had giuen him a dispensation of the oath which the saide Rodolph had done to the Emperour But so it happened that in the conflict Rodolphus lost his right hand wherefore he said vnto the Bishops his counsaylors Lo there Gods iust punishment wee not respected There lies now the hand which swore homage vnto Henry my true Lord. It is lost labour to seek to deceyue God 22. Tom. 3. Consil fol. 860. THe counsaile of Constance not onely concluded to keepe no faith vnto Heretickes but moreouer constrained and commanded to breake rent and annullate the sworne oath It appeareth by the Emperour Sygismundus who was very loath so shamefully to breake his oath done to the king Laodislaus Iohannes Hus Ieronimus de Praga Eccius in Lutherum counsailes the Emperour to breake his oth in putting thē to death Hus Prage contrary to and against his safeconduct were throwne in the fire Eccius practised also to vse those tricks against Luther in Worms as aboue is said maintaining these decrées very stoutly to the Emperours preiudice that hee shoulde retire his giuen conducte yea more that he was bound to do it by the councles decrée if he would be reputed a true sonne vnto the holy Church The Spanyard is named thus as in pardons are séene hee being very obedient to worke after that order One refraines often from euill through diligent consideratiō 23. BY this Constantish and holy fathers decrée Iulianus was the Cardinal Iulianus sent into Hungarie to giue knowledge vnto Iohannes Huniades that he might break the truce betwéen the Turks from which thing he woulde fayne haue

refrained as vnlawfull for hee resisted the same a great while but was by the Councell forced wherefore he refused the Turkish peace The Hungarians began the warres very stoutly but the Turkes greatly displeased with that faithlesse déede assembled a mighty hoast with which they fell in Hungarie like hungry Wolues beating al the Christians wholly out of the field There died the Cardinall and Laodislao here it appeared that vnto them not vnto God their faithlesse behauiour is a pleasure for hee that brake the sworne truce trusting on his strength in stead of hoped victory they had a shamefull discomfiture Vntruth and pride neuer remaine vnpunished 24. SEcondly this is a Maxime of the Papall doctrine that one may do euill if good procéed thereof The second part of his religion Iesuites especially if it be to the furtherance of the holy Church and enterprised to that end the Iesuites those murtherers of Princes say and affirme that one may bereaue kings princes and Lords of their liues dissemble any manner of way to deceaue the Heretickes that any euil is good so it procéed of a good intent Thirdly the Popes authoritie Thirdly such might is giuen to the Pope that he can binde and vnbinde any thing which is in the compasse of the worlde that is hee may cast downe or raise Empires and kingdomes and discharge or keepe oathes the Pope is all aboue all hee may alwaies aboue and against right doe what hee will hee hath the right of the king of kinges for no man how great soeuer may say The Canon why doest thou so The Pope with you is no man but a God on earth 25. The faithlesse neuer wants occasion FInally the perfidious when hee espies oportunitie to reuenge his wronges whereunto they are generally addicted wantes no excuses and occasions to breake his oath They will kéepe their oathes in small matters to the ende that when time serues they may through their dissimulations worke their will the better this was shewed vnto Scipio Africanus by Fabius saying didst thou not once trust to Syphacius The counsell of Fabius and Numidis let it be a warning vnto thée not to be deceaued againe for the trothlesse keeps his word and oath in small thinges thereby the better to attaine the good opinions of euery one by the which he may with lesse perill more profite worke his treason Hee then that refuseth Gods manifest aide against the sword must be seene to bee deceyued with the Oliue branch and faire shew of peace Once deceyued one hath the more cause alwaies to mistrust his foe 26. OVt of these aboue written examples and reasons is to bee perceyued that Holland and her allies are well informed and resolued not to enter into peace so vnaduisedly with the proud Spaniard but continually mistrust his wonted treacherie the more hauing considered that many nations haue been through their easie belieuing and too much trusting deceiued and almost spoyled others to the contrarie mistrusting and by their diligent foresight haue eschued their approching perilles preserued their libertie and defended their common wealth it is bad to stand at anothers mercie especially of his enemies whō one hath iniured Magdenburge and Rochel Magdenburge Rochell chose rather to dye in the desence of their libertie then to trust to those which are wicked by nature whereby they haue preserued themselues who else were now ouerthrowne Through stedfastnes the Crown of victorie is wonne 27. THe Admirall of France had he not reiected the many aduertisementes and counsels giuen him The Admirall of France trusting to the many oathes of the king was with many thousands pittifully murthered Parthes Artabanus he had not beene so pittifully murdred the dissimulations of Charles the 9. had not beene so hurtfull vnto him at Paris had not happened such a massacre where the streets were strawed with murthered bodies of 10000. Protestantes besides many thousandes in other Cities Who would not abhorre such crueltie and rather choose an honorable war before such treacherous agreements Had Artabanus not put too much confidence in his enemie the Parthians had not béene by Bascianus Caracalla so cruelly murthered had hee not geuen consent to the match of his daughter hee had protected the people from that destruction for when Caracalla more like an enemie then a frende with his men came for his bryde the Parthians comming in amiable sort weaponlesse to receiue him hee in a moment fell with his men vpon them Artabanus hardly escaped he saw his people massacred The vnexperienced must often times learne to their damage 28. THe plagues which thou preposest vnto vs which thou sayest fel vpon these which scorn peace we neyther expect nor feare thē because that the estates nor causes of such as thou namest are not to be compared to ours the example which thou shewest vs of Iulius Caesar is without sence and not any way to the purpose Iulius Cesar Example shewing also that the greatest potentates ought to keep themselues within their owne limmits and to know God for Caesar sought through ambition to be chiefe of Rome thereby to bercaue them of their former libertie he sought thereby to transport at his pleasure the armies into Italie to bring his paternitie to slauerie yet in the end he bought it with his life wherefore the example is in our behalfe and shewes vs in that as Iulius Caesar bought his paternity in slauery euen so hath done the king of Spaine seeking to suppresse these countries yet God punisheth his pride by that little Prouince which he little doubted insomuch that his punishment is no lesse then Caesars As the deede is so deserues it like punishment 29. Carthage CArthage did often make peace with Rome but they broke it againe setting aside al honor and oathes whereat the Romaines being iustly moued because they esteemed their oath so much and yet were vsed contrarily they made towards Carthage with all their powers and recompenced them for their treachery the deede deserued no lesse for falsenesse and periury are commonly requited with losse and that thou comparest vs vnto Mithridates that hath no resemblance neither any way Mithridates intendes to subuert Asia and Europe vnder his subiection Mithridates murthers many Romains yea wil ouer●●●ow Rome it selfe for which cause the Romaines with a great host resisted him vanquished and punished him accordingly Phillip like Mithridates meant to ouerrunne al the earth and become a Monarche shall if it please God finde like fare For they that couet all commonly loose all 30. Iugurtha EVen as Iugurth wrongfully ruled ouer the Numedians so haue Phillips Predicessors against all right tyranized ouer many kingdomes as Cicilia Naples the Indies and such like but they shall yet with right withdrawe themselues from him yea through Gods iust iudgement rise vp all against him as we with reason haue abandoned him for as it is wonne so it will thriue Sehon As the