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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23984	An Abstract of the procedure of France since the Pyrenaean Treaty under these heads, I. The speech of Monsieur Zerowisky, the Emperour's ambassador to the King of Poland, II. A memorial presented by the said ambassador to the King of Poland, III. A letter from Monsieur Du Vernay to Count Teckely, IV. A letter from Count Teckely to Monsieur Du Vernay, V. A letter from Monsieur Peter Jaigel, Governour of Cassovia, to Monsieur Du Vernay ; to which is added, Mercurius panegyricus.		1684 (1684)	Wing A141; ESTC R4621	20,869	48

wrongfully charged his Nation He thought there was no body could convict the French of their actions in this Country But the King who grew hot would not hear him He only told him he would lay 10000 Pistols with him that we would prove undeniably all that he had said I tell you nothing here Sir but what I have seen and heard and if you had been present you would have thought with me you had heard Cicero speak in the Roman Senate instead of the King of Poland How long Catiline will you abuse our patience How long shall your fury sport at us to what end will your impudence come are you ignorant that all your Designs are known to us don 't you perceive that all my Citizens are convinced of the Conspiracy you carry on with the Malecontents of Hungary and the Turks The Marquess de Vitry pressed no farther for the liberty of the French Agents He did not like Catiline pray we should not entertain those thoughts of him and his which no Body believ'd that when Hungary were lost we should have need of the French He looked like one astonished at this blow He stood amazed and his silence sufficiently confirmed the thing All the other French that were present in a consternation fixed their Eyes upon the ground and lifted them not up but to look upon each other as it were accusing themselves So certain it is that the inward sting of Conscience and the secret power of Truth dashes the most fierce and confident and by reducing the guilty to a shameful silence forces them to make some sort of confession of their Crimes Sir Here you have a very acceptable History to tell such of your Countrymen as can well praise all the French actions whether good or bad Next you may ask them whether they expect a good Peace with the French because they so highly extoll the advantages and pleasures of Peace If the Ghost of the Emperour Tiberius should come from Hell and appear in you assembly of the States of the Empire how justly would he blame you and say O men born to slavery will your softness extend so far as not to believe but that we only imagine what is done openly in sight of the whole world which we see and even feel This I say because I know there are some amongst you that sufficiently mistrust the French to know what they are to think of them whether they suspect them for not observing the Peace or for entring into a League with the Turks But I also believe which is much better that there are many Germans who will talk boldly of taking away the snares that are laid for them and endeavouring to defend the liberty of their Country I still remember what I saw in Germany when I travelled in it At least I doubt not but that if you would Unite your selves to re-establish the glory of Germany and retain the valour of your Ancestors you might live at home like Kings and laugh at those who have made themselves slaves to France But what side must be taken in so great a diversity of Opinions and among so many occasions of fear on both sides My opinion is little to the purpose but if you will believe me you would judge that you have most reason to fear what threatens you from the East than from any other place For what can you expect from a War with the Turk but the total ruin of your Goods and utter destruction of your Countrey There is an end of your Liberty your Religion your Life and all you can lose in this World So that since you have still time to consider what you are to do imagine sometimes your Churches your Houses your Wives your Children and your Country comming to you and conjuring by all they have deserved from you that you will not leave them as a prey to your common Enemies and to prevent the Miseries of a cruel slavery that threatens their Liberty If you will say that Hercules himself wont encounter two that therefore you must treat with the French at any rate You may still think if you please that the Kingdom of Hungary is of far greater value and consequence as being the bulwark of Christendom than the City of Strasburg That at present you must behave your self like a prudent Pilot in a Storm who choses rather to cast his Merchandise into the Sea than venture losing all by endeavouring to preserve all But I must also tell you that you have reason to fear lest under those beautiful Leaves a Snake lyes hid You must believe the French have stirred up the Turks And these shall no sooner have entred Austria besieged Vienna as without doubt they will besiege it destroyed all the Country round it and finally reduced Germany to the last Extremities but the French invited by your Prayers will voluntarily come offer you their Service But instead of Water to quench the Fire they will bring Oyl to make it the fiercer Sir I shall not say many other things that I think about this matter I only add that methinks I see a History almost the same with that we read of a Roman Emperor who had a Fancy to set on fire the four corners of Rome for the Pleasure as he said of seeing a Fire equal to that of Troy and thereby to have an occasion of doing good to the miserable Citizens who would come to complain of their Miseries and Misfortunes Perhaps Nero in this cruel Scene desired nothing but the Glory of building a new City and calling it by his own Name If you believe me endeavour above all things to take away the Snares that are laid for you The French King as all other Christian Princes is obliged to defend you against the Turks and you will have so little trouble in obtaining of it that he has already agreed upon it with your Enemy But what will be the event You will infallibly come to complain of one another because some will be contented and others dissatisfied Whilst you are taken up in these Disputes the French will do their Work and at last you will find your selves under their Dominion cast down conquered and made Slaves without daring to say so Do not then stay to dispute Rights and Interests till the time when the noise of Arms and the fury of War will hinder you from hearing the Law Be the Horatii and not the Curatii of your Country In fine remember that the members separated from the Head languish away like Carcasses Be faithful to your Soveraign the Emperour your lawful Prince He has ascended the Throne by a right owned by all the World he has always upheld himself with Glory you are used to obey him and he always applied himself to your preservation You ought to pay him all sorts of respect if you expect in him a Protector and Father and if you fear drawing the wrath of Heaven on your heads What light would the Planets have if