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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69361	A declaration of the causes mouing the Queenes Maiestie of England, to prepare and send a nauy to the seas, for the defence of her realmes against the King of Spaines forces to bee published by the generals of the saide nauy, to the intent that it shall appeare to the world, that her maiestie armeth her nauy onely to defend her selfe, and to offend her enemies, and not to offend any other, that shall forbeare to strengthen her enemie, but to vse them with all lawfull fauours.	England and Wales.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.; Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.; Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, ca. 1536-1624.	1596 (1596)	STC 9203; ESTC S105513	2,044	6

A DECLARATION OF THE CAVSES MOuing the Queenes Maiestie of England to prepare and send a Nauy to the Seas for the defence of her Realmes against the King of Spaines Forces to bee published by the Generals of the saide Nauy to the intent that it shall appeare to the World that her Maiestie armeth her Nauy onely to defend her selfe and to offend her enemies and not to offend any other that shall forbeare to strengthen her enemie but to vse them with all lawfull fauours Jmprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie Anno Dom. 1596. DIEV ET MON DROIT ¶ A declaration of the Causes mouing the Queenes Maiestie of England to prepare and send a Nauy to the Seas for the defence of her Realmes against the King of Spaines Forces c. TO all Christian people to whom this Declaration shall come to be read or heard greeting We Robert Earle of Essex Ewe Uiscount Hereford lord Ferrers of Chartley Bourghcer and Louane c. And Charles lorde Howard Baron of Effingham Lord high Admirall of England c. hauing the charge of a Royall Nauy of Ships prepared and sent to the Seas by the most excellent Princesse the Lady Elizabeth Queene of England France and Ireland c. doe giue all men knowledge that the said Nauy vnder our charge is by her Maiestie prepared and sent to serue on the Seas for defence of her Maiesties Realmes Dominions and Subiects against such mightie Forces as we are aduertised from all partes of Christendome to be already prepared by the King of Spaine and by further prouisions of Men and Ships dayly sent for are to be mightily increased to inuade her Maiesties Realmes as heretofore in the yeere of our Lord 1588. was attempted euen when there was a Treatie continued by both their Commissioners for a Peace with a greater Army then euer before in his time was set to the Seas though by Gods goodnesse and the valour and wisedome of her Noble and faithfull Subiects the same was notably made frustrate And because her Maiestie hath good intelligence of perfite amitie with all Kings and Princes of Christendome sauing with the King of Spaine who hath this many yeeres most vniustly professed openly great enimitie by diuers actions both against her Royall person and her people and Countries without any iust cause first giuen on her Maiesties part Therefore we the saide Earle and Lord Admirall doe ascertaine all persons that wee are most straightly commaunded by her excellent Maiestie to forbeare from offending in this our Uoyage of any maner of persons of what Nation soeuer except the said Kings naturall Subiects or such others borne Strangers as shall giue to the said King manifest aide with Men Ships Artillerie Uictual and other Warlike prouisions for inuasion of her Maiestie Which her Maiesties commandement we meane duetifully to obserue and doe therefore giue straight charge to al persons that shal serue in this Nauy vnderneath vs vpon paine of extreme punishment to obserue the same Yet to auoyde all occasions that may breede question who they are being not the King of Spaines Subiects that shalbe charged by vs to be manifest aiders for the furnishing and strengthening of the said Kings forces prouided either by land or Sea to attempt any inuasion of her Maiesties Countries We do for the liquidation of this doubt earnestly in Gods Name require and charge all persons that are not the saide Kings naturall Subiects and yet that haue giuen him ayde with their Ships Uictuall and Munition as is aboue saide to withdrawe all their said Shippes prepared for the warre and all their prouisions of hostilitie out of any Hauens of Spaine or Portugall or from the company and seruice of the Kings Ships against our Nauy and therewith to returne either to their owne Countries or if they so shall like to come to our Nauy to whom in the reuerend name of our Soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie we doe promise all securitie both for their persons and gdods to be vsed and defended as friends and to suffer al their Ships and prouisions that were either taken by the King of Spaine or intended for his seruice or that shall bee by the owners withdrawen from his ayde to remaine in their owne free dispositions so as the same be vsed in all sortes as friendes and not as enemies to the Queenes Maiestie and to vs her Generals And if any shall vpon knowledge of this her Maiesties most honourable order and of our promise to obserue the same as fauourably as wee may willingly and manifestly refuse to accept this our offer and shall not endeuour themselues to perfourme this reasonable request tending to their good and libertie wee shall then be iustly moued as by the lawe of Armes we may to take and vse all such so refusing this our offer as manifest ayders of the King of Spaine with forces to inuade her Maiesties Dominions and so manifest Enemies and in such case of that refusall if any harme shall happen by any attempt against their Persons Ships Goods by any our Nauie for the ayding of the said King there shall be no iust cause for them hereafter to complaine or to procure their naturall Princes and Lords to sollicite restitutions or amends for the same And for the more notification hereof we haue thought good to haue the Originall hereof to bee signed with our hands and with our seales to bee seene by any that will require to reade or see the same And likewise wee haue put the same in Print in French Italian Dutch and Spanish and haue also caused the same to bee distributed into as many Ports of Spaine and Portugall as conueniently might be for the better knowledge to bee had in the saide Portes as also in all other Partes vnder his subiection R. Essex C. Howard