hovvrely remouable from his ovvne opinion nor may examine the matter priuatli before or after he come to conferr therof or els their admission is not sufficient by this rule of theirs More ouer thes tvvo lavvyers and all those trauailinge conferers in this supposed assembly at Amsterdame are by this rules condemned beinge all priuat persones for entermedlige thē selfes vvith this matter of successiō touchinge the title of a kinge Fourthly the state of monarchie vvhiehe thies tvvo lavvyers do confesse acknovvledge to be of al other formes of gouernement most excelēt perfect in it selfe must needs be most contemptible vnperfect infamous of all other because the Ciuilian so esteemeth the tenure of a Crovvne to be most irreguler most extraordinarie for the Ciuilians opinion is the sentence of all thies conferrers to be irreagler and extraordinarye is to be vnder no rule nor order vvher vpon consequētly the kinge holdeth his Crovvne by no rule nor order is of hiselse irregular not subiect to rule or order And if the comō vvealth be theonely Iudge ouer the kinge to cōptrol him as thies men teache vs none is by theire Doctrine appointed nor allovved to comptroll the common vvealths sentēce thē it must needs folovv that the common vvealth in this case is also vnder no vvill nor order no meruail for a multitude vvithout a head or of manie heads none good vvhat is it but a chaos confused masse ovvt of al order Thus vve are taught that the vnrulie must rule the vnruly if an irregular disordered multitude must gouerne the most irregular exrraordinarie Crovvne as theis men terme it Nay by this doctrine an vsurper disseizer intruder impious tyrant or infidel once admitted by the cōmon vvealth must not be deposed Again a possession onely must guide the right as the most materiall point to lead thin heritance succession of a Crovvne tvvo assertiōsneuer allovved for good plees in any lavv spiritual or temporal Diuin or humain most vvorthie of ovvt claps vvith hisses vvhistles yet they must both be allovved maīteined vnder this generall maxime of admission And so all enormities must be streight rules vvronges must be rights violence must be lavv bad must be good good must be bad if thies be allovved admitted by a multitude dravven to gether any vvaye to represēt beare the name of a republick or comon stat vvhiche for cleanelye conueyhance of a fovvl thinge in a fayre hand kerchife thies men doe call a common vvealth a speciall fallacie to abuse the simple besides euerie lavvfull king is deposible for or vvithout cause if the common vvealth dislike him euery quarel is a sufficiēt cause to depose a kinge if the cōmon wealth so esteme it euery kinge shal be accompted a tyrant an hereticque an infidel or incapable othervvays vnfit consequētly deposible because the publick state here called a cōmon vvealth holdeth him so to be is theonlye Iudge of all causes in this case of a kings state of all cōmisions that must procede from a kinge for no other Iudge is appointed in thies mens text A plaine contradiction to their ovvn Doctrin an error that thies lavvers vvill not stand to if they be pressed to ansvvere by authoritie authentique More ouer it must folovv vpon thies mens Doctrin that euerye multitude so incorporated as they got the style tytle of a publick state in their ovvn consceit by pretence may rightly be called a common vvealth habled by lavv to inioye all the preuileges before mentioned though they vvant a head yea thovvgh no vvelth nor commoditie commō or priuat be by them maintened And that euery publick stat or suche common vvealth as they haue allovved may at their pleasure alter chaunge innouat the caur se of inheritance succession to the Crovvn so as they may barre the right true title all redye cast vpon any persone by the lavves of the same state though the same persone be no member of the same state nor subiect ther vnto by nature submissiō or other lavvful meanes Consequently that the kīge of spaine is bovvnde to setle his consciēce not impugne the ordinance of the novv English common vvealth hovv iust so euer his title be for the present or future tyme nor to examine any others title allovved admitted by the same common vvealth if that negatiue pregnant foisted in to the margent touching priuat men can not be hable to cōptroll the text vvhich bindeth euery man vvithout exception or difference of priuat or publick And last of all it is sett dovvn in plaine termes that euery kinge holdeth his Crovvne by the good vvill of his common vvealth as by the onely lavvfull good tenur of a Crovvne A playne contradiction to the state of inheritance and an absurditie vvorthie to haue all manner of scorne moquerye neuer auuoched for any plea neuer mentioned in any booke rol or record or vvritting of vvise mā nor admited in to the thought or imagination of any lavve maker lavvyer or other mēindued vvith common sence in Englande and an hiperbolical fictio against the state of Regall Ma. yet vve must beleaue it because the Ciuilian saith so vvho by al thies trauailinge opinions must be allvvayes allovved Thus vve see that by the Ciuiliās lavve his Ma. tenur vvherby he boldeth his Crovvne must be irregular extraordinarie though he be admitted by his comon vvealthe once setled in his state therfore not remouable yet that vvill not serue if he holdeth his Crovvne as tenant at vvil of the cōmon vvealth vvho may reuoke their admissions vvhē thei vst to finde suche cause as they thinke sufficient consequently he hath no state of inheritāce nor succession vvhat vvould the king Catholicke say to this thīke yovv if he vvere vvel informed of this particular Nay vvhat they of holande and zelande vvil presume here on to thīke say for hardeninge theire harts mainteyninge theire actual rebellions euery man seeth his Ma. can not be ignorāt Therfor it is not like that he vvas priuie to the contents of this book so farre as to allovv of it here his Ma. may behold the blinde presūptiō of thies statists vvho dare thus confront his Ma. in the chiefest point of his Maiestical state vvith such indignities by abusinge all regall dignitie so lovv as to make it the vassal of eueri arrogant rovvt of any vnlavvfull assembled multitude that can by hook or crroke vvile or guyle flaterye or violence catche snatche the visard of a common vvealth for more credit to their excessiue speache also vse his Ma. as a bolster to leane vpō vnder cloak of a licēce to roue freely through his Ma. Dominions vvhere it ruleth and comaundeth Yea these bold aduenturers do raūge so farre farther as by colour of his Ma. authoritie they dare attempt to stoppe the mouths and pennes of all
A DISCOVERYE OF A COVNTERFECTE CONFERENCE HELde at a counterfecte place by counterfecte travellers for thadvancement of a counterfecte tytle and invented printed and published by one PERSON that dare not avovve his name Printed at Collen 1600. TO THE AVCTOR OF the counterfaicte conferēce c. ITvvere as easy for meyf Ivvould to discouer your name vvith assured proofes as to detect the deuises and dristes of your conterfeat conference made at Amsterdam but since as it seameth youe are ashamed to iustifye the same vvith your name I am not he that vvill publishe it because it might be thought by somme that are redye to enterpret thinges to the vvorst that hatred might induce me therunto that vvhich I desire chefely to be effected by this discourse next to the inconuenience that might generally haue grovven by your fraude and desceit vndesciphred is that you vvould looke vpon your ignorance or malice or perhaps bothe vvhich is manifest by seakinge to maKe diuision betvvene Christian Princes that are in charitye and frendship one vvith an other by defacing the Monarchical state vvhich so longe tyme hath ben vsed and approued and by disposinge of the Croune of Englande not vveighinge vvheare the right lieth but vvhear your fācye best liketh if in this later poit your vvould excuse your selfe by sayng you determine no mans title the course of your vvhole booKe and diuerses practises de facto shevue the contrarye These thinges be not os small vveight or importance for that they concerne kinges and kingdomes and require the practise vvisedome and experiēce of other maner of heddes then yours is yea and that in nombre to the assēbly of a Court Parlement Tharfore your maye see vvhat cause of discontentement you geue to all vvise and indifftrent men and vvhat disgrace you haue braught to your selfe and bretherne for thar if any happē to be kinge of England besides those tvuo youe vvould seme most to aduance it is likelye according to the rules of policye and state that your selfe vvilbe in question for meddlinge in these matters abo uè your reache and capacitye and your bretherne vvilbe blamed and banished out of the Country for approuinge or at the least for not chastisinge your levvde and yvell demenor methinketh the preuenting of these incomodities should ma ke youe cōsider of somme remedyes and the remorse of your conscience shoulde breede repentaunce vvhich cominge from the botome of youe harte vvill force youe in as ample and publicke maner to disclame and disauovve your sayd conference as euer passion and partialitye did inuite you to set forthe the same This is the best and casiest vvaye to satisfie the Princes discontented the people scandalized and your selfe endaungered and this is that I suppose your vvisest friendes vvill aduise you vnto for my particular I do praye for you and vvishe no vvaye reuenge to your person but re formation in your maners as God I call vvitnes vvho direct youe to that A DISCOVERYE OF A COVNTERFECTE CONference helde at a countersecte place by counterfecte travellers for th aduancemēt of a counterfecte tytle and invented printed and published by one PERSON that dare not avovve his name IT is obserued and hath bene noted lōge in the vvorlde that no Vanitye is so light vvhiehe beareth not somme credite no fable so phantastical but some vvill beleeue it nothinge so disorderly attempted vvhiche hath not fovvnd a supporter Euen so it falleth ovvt touchinge a certē vaine diet appointed somme yearespast to abuse the vvorld vnder the title of a conference aboute the next succession to the Crovvne of Englande beinge in deede a confused bablinge of Idle troublesome trauailers vvithout interest to deale in suche matter and a verie confederacie of a practize against the blood Royall state and dignitye of that nation Therfore vvantinge the true and certaine of place persone author and other due circomstances it may vvell be called an infamous fablinge chartel or Libel feigned to be conceiued in Holland knovven to be fostered in spayne falselie fathered of R. Dolman printed at N. to vvit no certain place Iustifiable vvith licence of it may not be knovvē vvho Neuerthelesse all must be so commended at the first sight for pleasure vtilitye the author so extolled for sharpnesse of vvitte plentye of muche readinge cunninge in conueyhance abondance of eloquēce and other graces as none can finde any vvant or default Nay to amplify the estimation as vvel of the author as of the libel it is prouided that vvhosoeuer by vvorde deede or contenance seemeth to dislike the one or the other all suche persones must be reputed by a common fame there vpon condemned as enemyes to the priuat designes of the kinge Catholique and aduersaryes to the common cause Albeit it is very likely that the late kinge of spayne nor this kinge liuinge vvere euer priuye to the contents of that Libel nor expressely consented to the publishinge therof as vvill appeare heareafter Therfore it is but a ridiculouse sentence so rashelye to censure men and very partial suche also as aduāceth the credit neyther of kinge nor cause For vvhen a man pretendethe a clayme neuer heard of in any age to an other mans lande vvhose quiet possession actually right also apparently in all vvyse mens eyes haue concurred cōtinued manye hundreds of yeares in him those vvhose state title he hath inioyeth no indifferent vvise man vvill allovve that the sodainlye supposed pretendor may haue any reason by a bare clayme to think that he should beare all avvay vvithout contradictiō especiallye vvhen the clayme excedeth measure is misliked generally and bringeth vvith it suspicion of euill dealinge other vvayes as made by trauailinge strangers vvithout the supposed pretendors vvarrant and priuitie In respect vvherof for vvant of vpright behauiour the same crime may be imputed more Iustly to the Libellor his libell as preiudiciall to the same kinge and cause For as there are manye indifferent persones in diuers nations all a like affected to the matter of suc cession not caringe vvhat vvaye it runne are not tied to the kinge in any speciall obligation nor alienated from his Ma. nor frō the sayd cause vvho are persuaded that a redier course might haue been taken vnder a better pretense for aduauncement of bothe Euen so there are manye others of the same opimon vvho if comparisōs may be allovved are accōpted to haue as muche interest as the libeller his trauailinge consorts haue in the matter of successio haue better vvarrant of Lavv in defence of Lavve to reproue that conference then those conferrers haue vvithout Lavve against lavve to iustifye or commende it yea haue bene fouvnde hetherto as redie hopinge God vvillinge so to continue as the practizers in that conference to aduaunce the common cause euerye lavvfull vvaye and the sayd kinges honorable designes also and to doe to his Ma. seruices offices in aduauncement of his
standinge to loue all though vpon the matter it is like to fallout that thei loue none but them selues theire correspondants nor them neither if the euent be not ansvverable to their desires Therfore vvhat course so euer thieslavvyers vvith their aduocats proctours atturneys solicitours porsuyuants apparetors vvolde seeme to take tovvardes God or the vvorld in vvords and vvhat faulte so euer they vvold impute to others touchinge the sayd kinges priuat designes or a common cause It is in very deed more then probable that they them selfes by there busy heades vvith their brablinge discources in suche an impertinent conference haue doen ill offices to bothe and are not like to gaine so great thankes as thei looke for at eythers handes but muche blame reproof vvhen all reckeninges are made and all accompts casten by iust skillfull auditors Novv then for so muche as cōcerneth the king many vvise men of diuers natiōs hearinge the māner of proceeding in this conference are persuaded that thies lavvyers and their trauailinge companions by their rashe attempts so impertinētly in suche a vveightye cause haue preiudiced his Ma-many vvayes As amonge the rest none is greater nor more contagiouse daungerouse domageable to his persone and Ma. Royal then is the platforme of the sayd popular Doctrin first layde in Scottland after sent a lost in the lovv Corenttyes attempted in Arragon and ready to be raysed rooffed builded vp in all nations Therfore vvhat speciall fauour so euer thies men aboue all others vvould protest tovvards the kīges deseignes all vvise men maye perceaue that they seeke their ovvne priuat hough very vnprouidētly more thē the Kinges aduan̄cemēt in honor Ma. orother vvays for if their principall intention touchinge their ovvne priuat had relyed vpon suche substanciall meanes in praynge the Kings ayd as vvere expedient most agreable to his Ma. dispositiō touchinge the comō cause they vvoulde neuer haue sovvght to set vvyde open so large gappes doores and vvindovves for rebellious multitudes to enter and clayme authoritie ouer their lavvfull Kinges Soueraigne vnder pretenses of glorious styles titles of cōrnon vvealths stats of a Coūtrye For vvhat other instrument then this enormious rule of lefbos had that monstruouse minister of Scottlād GEOVGE BVCKHANNAM to euer throvv the most noble Queene of Scotlande the commonvvealth thereof by seducinge the nobles commōs of that Realm yet not all neither nor the most part to be accompted in vveight measure though enough to many in nomber for maKīg of a party to geue a shovv of a comō vvealth hable to vvage battaile in open field against their lavvfull Queene to thrust her in to prison after to expell her for the of her ovvne dominions and finally to practize her death in a foreing Countrie a most barbarouse fact suche as against it thies lavvyers haue in tymes past exclamed mightilie vvith mouth penn Neuerthelesse if the Doctrine vvhich thies men allovve be true as it pleaseth them to deliuer it vve must also allovv this fact as good and imitable being doen by a common vvealth And vpon vvhat other grovvnd thē this did those madd ministers in Scottlāde snacthe the brydel in to their ovvne handes in most malepert māner presumed to thret ten their kinge that he shal be sent after his mother if he vvill not mainteine the Covvrse that they had begon meaninge their hereticall practizes against his mother his mothers friēdes and allovv their fantasticall and irreligious covvrses as if he vvere but a Kinge made of clouts not framed nor formed by order of lavv to succede in a course of inheritāce but to be let in put ovvt at their pleasur by authoritie of a cōmon vvealth of their ovvne making suche a one as neuer God nor good mē haue seen read or heard of a vvorse and suche as no vvise discrete kinge can or vvill endure Euen so did not that vnnatural vvicked traiter Antonio peres by help of the sayd Doctrin procure a rebellion in Arragō against his natural Soueraign vvhich had raized him out of the dyrt in to the rāk of nobilitie had he not therby preuailed so farre by all likelyhode as to haue his practize to be accompted an imitable stratageme of a common vvelth if God vvolde haue permitted suche malice to raigne in that coaste I could exemplify vvhat mischiefe the same doctrine hath vvrought in Englande but I passe it ouer to an other place in meā tyme I praye yovv vvhat shal vve say of that prodigiouse republicke or colourable commō vvealth in Holand Zeland framed and cloke togither in a hochepot vvith the basser sorte of a rovvt rable of artificers handy crafts men vnder a glorious style title of stats haue not they also a vvarrant by our lavvyers Doctrine to auoūche mainteine for la vvful all theyr ovvtragious malipert rebellions and enormities more then hethenish against their Soueraign against the sovvndest part of the nobilities commons vnder a cloak of a commō vvealthes authoritie yes vvithout dovvbt And vvhat so euer glosse or comment our sayd lavvyers vvill make for excuse certein it is that their ovvn text as they haue delinered it to he vvorld in vvord and exēplified it by deeds forth of this late cōferēces vvil serue those vnstatlye states to make a commoditie for seruice against their Soueraign vvhē our tvvo lavvyers haue sayd doen vvhat they cā for there hath not come many yeares amonge that vnbridled people a Doctrine more plausible thā this vvhich so largelye liberally aduaunceth the authoritie of their cōmō vvealth at least as they doe may take it And vvilbe sure to take fast holde of it yea the rather for that it rouethat libertie vvithī the countryevvhere the kinge cōmandeth and vvith his Ma. priuitie licence too as theye alledge vpon no light presumption the lavvyers thē selues vvith their adherants doe confesse though no vvise men of indiferēt affectiō vvill beleaue it to be true that his Ma. is priuie as hereafter shal be declared Neuerthelesse to returne vvhere Ileft the disseruices of thies tvvo lavvyers come novve to be more agruated by presuming to publish or to offer suche a scandalovvse Doctrin to be published or printed vvithin his Ma. dominions vvere it set foth vvith his licence or no As I verilye thīk it vvas not or ifitvvere at the least vvith out his Ma. priuitie For though sins the publishing of it the auctor by him selue or frīds haue geuē out by bare vvordes that it vvas prīted put forth vvith the late kinges or this liuīg theire priuities licence cōmandement authētiklye yet no suche thing is auouched expresselye in the front of that booke but generally it is sayd to be printed vvith licence at N. so muche to saye as at no place Iustifiable And though it maye be suffred to passe vvith an ordinaire
frame comon vvealths after their pleasures fancyes as thoughe they vvere the superious vpoÌ„ vvhome Pope all persones of vvhat qualitye so euer are to depeÌ„de froÌ„ vvhome al persons are to receaue take their directions for spirituall temporall affaires vvhich hovve great an absurditye it is for theÌ„ to thinke that all vvise meÌ„ do not see their rashe folishe dangerous courses vvherunto they pretende doth argue ther insolenty pride so much to blinde their Iudgement as that they see not hovv their deuises drifts vvilbe vvhoped hallovved out of all mens conceipts that be indifferent and that vvould haue their Countrye kept from tyraÌ„ny spoile of ancient nobilitie lavves costumes priuiledges vvhich is that it semeth these masqued author and lavvyers most desiere And it semeth strauÌ„ge to vvise vertuous people that this author disguised lavvyers makinge shevv to be Catholickes to aduaunce gods cause folovv not the patterne example of his holiness predecessors vvho haue euer helde milde modest courses tovvardes the kinge of ScotlaÌ„de moste aggreable to the Apostolicke Romaine Catholicke church vvhich is a svvete Mother esteeminge it the best and rediest vvaye to dravve gaine suche princes to the right true religioÌ„ as be out of the sayd Churche specially not of malice but by Education And yet these phantasticall Aucthor lavvyers vvould haue all violente furious courses exercised against the sayd Kinge As depriuation of his ovvne realme and right to the Crovvne of EnglaÌ„de yfit laye in their povver Thoughe they see by dayly experience that both princes other particular persons of great qualitye that falle from theCatholicke Churche beinge once in it vvere accompted as desperat persones for euer returninge yet since haue reconsiled them selues vvith great repentance and haue done notable seruices by theire examples in procuring hasteninge others of principall ranck to be reconsiled as namely the most Christian kinge of fraunce hath done for the vvhich he deserueth immortall fame And therfore since God hathe geuen his grace that suche remember to returne to the right vvaye that vvere strayed forth of the same as also hath called and doth call dayly infinit nombers that haue bene borne bred vp in heresie in many places specially in Fraunce vvher of late haue bene recoÌ„siled to the Catholicke churche as it vvere manye vvhole to vvnes and cities of people that vvhich is gteatlie miraculouslie to be noted the chefe occasion instruments hereof to be by thre persons conuerted to the Catholicke faithe that vuere in theyr kinde qualitie the most sharpest and bitterest enemies against the Catholicke cause that is to say the kinges Ma. of Fraunce that novve is a most mightie Prince the bishop of Eureux a very learned Prelate and Monsieur sainct Marye a gentilman of great respect vvherfore should these vncharitable aucthor lavvers condemne the kinge of Scottlande as desperate to reconsile him selfe to the true churche since besides that vvhich hath bene sayd of his Ma. he neuer shevved him selfe vvillfull obstinate in any of his actions but gouerneth him selfe vvith that vvisedome clemencye liberalitye affabi litye vvithe other singular naturall and morall parts vvhich God hath geueÌ„ him that gaineth him great renovvme gi ueth great contentement to them that knovve him And it is verie like that God vvho hath bestovved these notable partes vpon his Ma vvill not refuse him the grace that maye make him knovve God be best for his soules health demandinge the same as he ought to do as vpon good consideration conference if he vvill accept the same he may do hereunto no doubt vvill he be the better incited vvhen he shall thinke that it is he onely of his race that svvarueth froÌ„ the Catholicke ReligioÌ„ in vvhich all his noble Princely progenitors haue liued died And specially his most sacred mother vvho sealed the same at her death vvith her bludde for the vvhiche she is a Martyr by the meanes vvherof he is a Martyrs sonne vvhich passeth the dignitye of a kinge or any other vvorldly tytle And lastly vvhen his Ma. shall here hovv disceatfully falslye Plessey Morney did alledge so many hundred places passages of the doctors others to maintaine his vvicked doctrine vvhich being manifestly discouered in his ovvne presence a fore indifferent Iudges of Catholickes of his ovvnne Religion novv knovven to all the vvorlde haue procured hi perpetual shame haue made many since that tymevvhich accoÌ„pted him as one of the chefe heddes learnednest ofther religioÌ„ to leaue him to yealde them selues to the obedieÌ„ce of the catholicke churche And therfore since there is not desperation of the kinges Ma. of Scotlandes acknovvledginge the true Churche this auctor vvith his lavvyers maye see vvhat grosse and foule errors they commit that vvill not let God vvorke his vvill vvho hath the hartes of Princes in his handes but vvill take vpon them by speaches vvritinges and practises to Censure of his sayd Ma. in the vvorst sence that may be to the tuine of his honor and tytle to the Crovvne of Englande because he doth not iust at that tyme as they vvould haue hi folovve their pleasures and directions Thoughe his Holiness and his predecessors haue bene are contented to sitte stil and be silent vvithout doinge any thinge against his Ma. and haue reiected all informations vvhiche I haue herd of credit this author or somme of his associats haue caused to be geuen to his Holines or some about him to procure an excomunication against his Ma. And herin it is to be noted that his Holines predecessors procedinges and actions ar gouerned and directed vvith ane other manner of spirit vvisedome and discretion then those lavvyers haue bene and that they had and haue their scope and ende cheiffye to aduance Gods glorye and rhe true Church vvith out shovvinge fantasticall humors passion and partiallitye as this auctor and his lavvyers haue done and do And let them not think hovve smothely and svvhiftly so euer they hope to runne avvaye vvith their driftes and deuises and that they vvould seeme to daunce in a nette in suche sorte that no man shoulde marke finde their subtiltyes and craste but that they be espied and clearely seen And that vvhen opportunitye serueth vvhich perhaps vvill not be longe therunto they vvilbe mette vvith all by those that are most interessed and that the name of the aucthor of the booke of tytles vvith his odious practises shal be presented to his Holines and secunded vvith suche manifest profes as neyther his accustomed cauillations equiuocations nor doblinge vvill or shall serue for his purgation but onely simple and playne dealing must be shevved than it shall appeare vvhether princes and others haue iuste cause to be greeued and offended or no and vvhether this author meriteth not to be chastised and commaunded to retyre him selfe from meddlinge farther in matters of state vviche shal be best for the publicke good and his soulthes healthe The book of succesfioÌ„ is put fourth as a babling libel The booke vvas preiudicial to the late kinge of spay ne and to this present The argument of the treatise The conference to be disliked for three reasons Tbe scope of the conference Tbe vvayes to the marke A general compact of the conserrers so bring englande to the Ciuil lavves Roman Aspecial compact that tvvo lavvyers and not lavvmust be vmpiers of this matter Six Articles of the la vvyers agreement The Ciuilian must lead the temporal lavvyer Popularitye Popular Doctrin Feigned mnximes of foreing lavves to direct the Crovvne Practise for acoÌ„mon fame A furmised dovvtfullnesse A dangerous insinuation A sediciouse cballenge Shyfts to further surmise by complyinge vvith the tyme. Dissimulatitn duplicitie in speache must be vsed No heyr apparent must he knovveÌ„ To vvyne tyme by false bruts The Qvvene must seeme to be put in securitie for her tyme. Things must hes affirmed byvvaye of protestation onely The late earle of Darbye The circumstances of effect like co folovv this matter of con ference A vayne euasioÌ„ General mischiefs innouasion Theltbeller nayther pro fiteth the kinge nor the comon cause Of Disser uice done to the kiuge by this conference The popular Doctrin is ill grovvnded Mischieses in scotlande by this popular Doctrin Mischiefes in ArragoÌ„ by the same Doctrin Mischieues of this Doctrine in the lovve Countrie This book of confereÌ„ces vvas not published vvith the late kinges priuitye nor this lininig No vvise man vvill coÌ„sent to his ovvn The kinge preiudicied in stat by the booke manye vvayes in this dayes specially No kinge sure of his state but remouable by lavve at vvill of people A fond assumption of the lavvyers A cra sty shyft to blere the late kinge this liuin ge heeyes vvith a contradiction Flatterye dissimulation disgraceth any attempt Blasphemis against the Sacâ—â—â—d state of Regall dignitye Absurdities against bothe king subiect A kinge is but tenant at vvil of the people VVhat vashe boldenesse these difguysed lavvyers shevve This author and lavvyer mock abuse the kinge of spayne The authors extreame malyce against the kinge of scotlande This author preoccupi ethe the office of a Pope This author refusethe to take his holinesse for an example No cause to esteme the kinge of scotlande desperate to be reconcyled to the true Caetholicke churche as theis lavvyers vvolde haue the vvorld to thincke