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A57342	The Rise & fall of the late eminent and powerful favorite of Spain, the Count Olivares ; the unparallel'd imposture of Michael de Molina, executed at Madrid in the year 1641 ; the right and title of the present Kind of Portugall Don John the fourth, with the most memorable passages of his reign unto the year 1644 translated out of the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese by Edw. Chamberlayne ...	Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.	1653 (1653)	Wing R1533; ESTC R24148	60,098	190

race of the Portugals who have made us Kings by their own valour without forreign assistance by their own valour and with the effusion of their own blood This law was put in execution after the death of D. Fernando the 9 King of that race whose daughter Donna Beatrice being married out of Portugal to the King of Castile D. John the first was excluded from succession and a new election made from which new election that we may hasten to our purpose lineally descended D. Emanuel the fourteenth King of Portugal who had six sonns and two daughters in this following order 1 The Prince D. John 2 The Infanta Dona Beatrice married to the Emperour Charles the fift by whom she had Philip the second 3 The Infanta Dona Beatrice married to Emanuel Duke of Savoy by whom she had Philip Duke of Savoy 4 The Infanta D. Lewis who left only Don Antonio illegitimate 5 The Infante Don fernando died without issue 6 The Infante D. Alfonso Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon and Abbot of Alcobaza never married 7 The Infante D. Henry Cardinal and Arch bishop of Braga 8 The Infante D. Edward who left two daughters the eldest was Mary married out of the Kingdom to Alexander Farnese Duke of Parma the yonger was Catherine married in the Kingdome to John Duke of Braganza After the death of King Emanuel succeeded his eldest sonne Don John called King John the third whose only sonne that had issue called Prince John dieing before his father left D. Sebastian who succeeding his Grandfather was slain before he was married in that Signal battell in Africa famous for the deaths of three Kings anno 1578. where were unfortunatly lost with their King most of the Nobility and Flower of Portugal Upon the death of King Sebastian the crown returned to the eldest survivour of his Granfathers brothers which was D. Henry the Cardinal whose function for he was a priest rendred him as uncapable of marrying as his age for he was 67. years old rendred him unable for generation so that during his raigne which lasted not two years the chief discourses and debates not only of Portugal but of all Christendome was who rightfully and who probably should succeed King Henry There were some pretended right but wanted power others had power but wanted right and there were some pretenders that had neither right nor power First The People claymed jure Regni to have the right to elect their own King Secondly the Pope challenged jure Divino to be the arbitratour if not donour in all controversies for Crownes and that Alfonso the first King to obtain the title of King became Tributary to the sea of Rome Thirdly Don Antonio illegitimate sonn to the Infant D. Lewis pretended that his mother was lawfully wedded as well as bedded with his father Fourthly Catherine de Medicis widow of Henry the 2. King of France as descended from the King of Portugal D. Alfonso the 3. and for that all since that King have raigned unjustly Fiftly Philbert Duke of Savoy sonne to Beatrice younger daughter to Emanuel would not lose a Crown for want of laying claym thereto knowing that of all the pretenders that were not natives he was looked on as the fittest to resist King Philip not only for his personal valour but also for his dominions bordering on the Dutchy of Milan which in case of need he might invade by the assistance of the French his neighbours upon the other side 7 Reinuce the yong Prince of Parma laid claim to this Crown in right of his Mother Mary lately deceased alleadging that jure primogeniturae the male line was to be served before the female so that untill the line of his Grandfather the Infante D. Edward were wholy extinct neither Philip the 2. nor the Duke of Savoy could have any right Seventhly Catherine Dutches of Braganza pleaded that in all successions there are to be considered these four qualityes in the persons pretending viz th● line the degree the sexe and the Age that the better line is first to take place although others should have advantage in the other three qualities That in succession of Crow●es the last possessour is to be succeeded jure hered latis which allow●s the benefit of representation that she representing the Infante D. Edward the better line did by her representation precede Rainuce for the law allows not a Grandchild that benefit and by her better line exclude King Philip who descended from a daughter lastly by the fundamental Lawes of the Kingdom she was to be preferred before all other the pretenders for that she was both born and married within the Kingdome Eighthly Philip the 2. after all resolved that so faire a Crown lyeing so conveniently for him should not escape him yet because force is of harder digestion first to make triall of the most gentle meanes to effect his proposed ends to this purpose he employes the best wits of all the Vniversityes in Christendom to prove his and disprove all other claymes After much bickering it was alledged in favour of King Philip first against the Prince of Parma and the Dutchess of Braganza that successions of Crowns were to be decided by the Law of Nations not of the Empire upon which onely her jus representandi patrem was grounded that the neerest male in degree to the last possessour ought to succeed that the Infante D. Édw. being deceased before his brother Henry was King could have no right in himself therefore could derive none to his posterity for nemo dat quod in se non habet That it was very unreasonable that Catherine should be lesse prejudiced in her self for her sex then King Philip should be in his Mother Next it was alledged against the Queen of France that prescription of above 300 years whereas Lawyers allow 100 years a sufficient Title for any Kingdome lay most evidently against her Against the people it was answered That untill the Royall Line of a Kingdome be quite extinct there can be no right of election in them But the main Argument whereby King Philip confuted these and all other pretenders was his sword wherewith like another Alexander he cut that Gordian knot wherefore not to lose time nor opportunity whilst the University invented the most powerful Arguments he made all preparations possible for a powerful Army to be ready in the mean time wrought so effectually with Father Leon Henriques a Jesuit and Confessor to King Henry and Frier Ferdinando Castillo a Dominican that all intentions prejudicial to King Philips designes were craftily diverted as from declaring the Dutchess of Braganza next heir whereunto King Henry was most inclinable also from marrying in hopes of issue whereto he was once so farre perswaded as to endeavour a dispensation from Rome but his hopes and intentions were soon after cut off by death the newes whereof arriving to King Philip he marched away immediatly with an Army of above twenty thousand old Souldiers towards Lisbon where he found no

THE RISE FALL OF THE Late Eminent and powerful Favorite of SPAIN The Count OLIVARES THE Unparallel'd Imposture OF MICHAEL de MOLINA Executed at MADRID in the Year 1641. The Right and Title of the present King of Portugall Don JOHN the fourth With the most memorable Passages of his Reign unto the year 1644. Translated out of the Italian Spanish and Portughez By Edw Chamberlayne Gent ' In tenui Labor London Printed by T N for Thomas Heath at his shop in Russell street near the Piazza's of Covent-Garden 1653. FIDE ET FORTITUDINE The Right Hon ble Algernon Capell Earl of Essex Viscount Maldon Baron Capell of Hadham 17●1 To the Reader THE Originall Structures from whence the materials of these pieces are taken seeming more spacious then was necessary I have taken the pains to pull them down and rebuild them in the narrow room here presented wherein my principall care hath been ut misceam utile dulci that no part of these new buildings may be without commodity or delight although the beauty of them may be somewhat defaced for translations are ever prejudiciall to the grace and splendor of the Original especially when done by an unskilfull pen yet I choose rather to be censured of weakness in exposing to the publick then of envy in engrossing to my selfe a Commodity that might any way benefit my Countrey-men Amongst the many curious Pieces that came to my hands in forraign parts I have made choyce of these in the first place wanting opportunity for a more weighty task because pieces of this nature have this peculiar unto them that they are acceptable to most intelligent persons for that they represent sunccinctly many curious particularities whereof generall Histories cannot take any notice The first of these Relations was written at Madrid in Italian by an Agent there to one of the Princes of Italy at the time that the Conde Duke de Olivarez was banisht the Court of Spain I have pruned off some superfluous branches and ingrafted a few necessary Cions borrowed from other trees The second was written at large in Spanish by the Alcalde or Judge to whom was committed the prosecution of that whole business The Book was swoln with various digressions and infinite quotations as their manner is which would have been very impertinent ro an English Reader The former part of the third Discourse was written in the Portugal Tongue and the later part in Italian the one amplified with the numberless authoritics of Civilians and the other with many prolix excursions which in English would have been as tedious as improper If the Reader reaping in few houres the fruits of many dayes labour shall receive content I shall not onely be satisfied for this pains but encouraged for another undertaking Faults to be corrected PAge 10. line 8. for Aunt read Cousin p. 14. l. 2. leave out would P. 47. l. 8. for in read ni P. 51. l. 26. read fuer Ça P 52. l. 17. for having read he P. 57. l. 24. r debauched P. 102. l. 19. for mus read mas P. 104. 24. for in r. ni There are many false pointings and other inconsiderable mistakes whereof the Printer humbly demands pardon THE RISE FALL OF THE Late eminent and Powerfull Favourite of SPAINE Don Jaspar de Guzman Conde Duke of Olivares and S t LUCAR DON Jaspar de Guzman son of Don Henry Count de Olivares was born in Rome at the time that his Father was there Ambassador from Philip the second and it was noted as an unlucky presage that he drew his first breath in the Palace of Nero which gave occasion to some Wits to style him the Nero disguised because his actions were always very cruell yet without shedding blood his deliberations violent but without noise his carriage courteous but without love his words very fair but without effect Being the third Son of his Family he be took himself to the study of the Law at Salamanca where he was Corrivall with three Learned persons for a Prebendary at Sevill which he obtained Not long after coming to Court at the time when Don Balthazzar Zuniga was in favor with Philip the 3 d upon the fall of the house of Lerma he easily crept into the favor and familiarity of Philip the fourth then Prince and complying in all things with his humor became absolute master of his Will by that time the death of his Father had made him absolute Monarch of Spain To assure himself in this height of Honor and Power he held at a distance from his Majesty the Princes of the blood particularly Prince Philibert de Savoy and it is believed that jealous of the vivacity and Noblenesse of spirit which began to shine in the Infante Don Carlos who was idolized by the Spaniards he hastned his death As for the Cardinall Infante Don Ferdinando he speciously pretended that it was necessary he should be employed in the Wars of Germany and afterwards in the Government of Flanders Sent most of the Grandees and persons whose parts or power gave any occasion of jealousie to the Conde Duke to Employments farre from the Court thereby so powerfully suppressing the worth of all other that none being left to oppose him he became the sole Arbibitrator of the Monarchy and absolute Master of his Masters will As for the Queen whom the the Laws of God and Man forbad to bee separated from her Husband she was kept in such awe and subjection by the Dutchess of Olivarez her first Lady of Honor that though she had the Title and outside of a Queen she was little better than a slave to the Duke who would often intimate to the King that no other account was to be made of a Woman but as a thing necessary to propagate the species Now although some rigour should bee used in the examination of all the actions of the Conde Duke it will not be denyed but that he had most rare endowments for a Minister of State for the zeal and passion he had for to Aggrandize his Master and his Dominions knew no bounds He gave himself wholly to the transaction of publique Affairs insomuch that he would not allow himself one hour of Recreation He was the declared enemy of all Presents not suffering any of his servants to sell his Favor or their Credit with him But on the contrary spent of his own Revenues for the service of the King professing that all he had was devoted to the publique good and that hee did nothing but to augment the grandeur of the King and to serve the State Yet some that would seem to see farther then vulgar eyes say That the reason why hee received no presents was because hee conceived that to be the only way to continue in favor and that by other ways being as covetous as cruell hee found out the true secret of heaping up treasure without appearing ambitious To this end he got into his hands Commanderies of all the three

he went to visit his Majesty he would go to receive the Duke as farr as the middle of the chamber Besides the Princes of this Family had always a guard of their own to wait upon them even in the Kings Court. This then was the reward of that unfortunate prince for having left his Countrey Kindred Friends Interest fot having served the Emperour eight yeares at his own proper charges for having ventured his life upon all occasions with the formost expecting no other pay then thanks and no other recompence then honor Yet there wanted not some to defend the Emperour in this action alledging that it was no new thing for that Charls Duke of Burgundy had in the same manner delivered up the Count de St. Paul to the King of France who put him to death whereunto it was answered That all the misfortune of that Prince is by Philip de Comines and others attributed to that foul fact Ex isto tempore saith one nihil Carolo prospere successit sed calamitati accessit calamitas donec victus ab Helvetiis ad Nanecium miserrime trucidatus est When D. John the present King of Portugal had been fully informed how his brother was treated he was resolved to revenge himselfe by Arms but the Castilians beginning to make incursions upon all the borders of Porougal diverting his thoughts made him look neerer home to put the kingdome into a posture of Defence to fortifie his chiefe Townes and to train up all the people to the use of Arms. The Castilians in the inroads that they made into Portugal laid all waste before them spared neither sex nor age upon the taking of any place which so inraged the Portugals that to revenge themselves they did the like in an incursion into Galitia During these extremities of Barbarisme upon the confines of the kingdome there was wonderful tranquillity and unanimity at home onely some few thought themselves so farre obliged to the Catholick King as to re-establish him in his Throne amongst whom D. Sebastian de Matos Archbishop of Braga a creature of the Count de Olivarez was the principal who at the beginning of the revolt opposed himself so much that divers Gentlemen were once resolved to send him after Vazconzellos This Prelat having imparted his designe to D. Lewis de Meneses Marquess de Villa Real an ambitious man and to his sonne the Duke de Camigna both discontented becaus they thought themselvs not preferred according to their merits perswaded them that it was a most unworthy thing to suffer themselves to be subject to a fellow-subject but rather return to the obedience and loyalty of their ancient Soveraign who is able to bestow upon a deserving man more in one day then the Duke of Braganza in an hundred years c. Insomuch that they were soon gained Next the Archbishop draws in D. Augustine Manuele a man of noble blood excellent parts necessitous and never yet employed in any business all notable motives to make a man embrace desperate designes After him was assaulted Pietro de Baeza an upstart Christian as they call those Christians whose ancestors were once Jewes this Gentleman famous for his vast riches and his great intimacy with that eminent Favourite the Count Olivarez was wont to say That Olivarez favour would one day advance him either to high honor or else to a high gallows which proved precisely true as will appear anon These with some few other Conspirators oft assembled themselves privatly to consider how their designs might be speedily put in execution for which purpose some were of opinion that many more were to be drawn into the plot But then it was feared on the one side that thereby the design might be discovered on the other side that there was a necessity thereof for that without communicating to others the business rested onely in the Idaea Others advised that the assistance of the King of Spain was to be got in readiness but that then the King of Portugal would make as great preparations and so render that way difficult yet some replied that thereby the Spaniard by way of intelligence might be the more easily let in but that seemed as difficult because the whole Militia was in the hands of persons most trusty to the King Another time they had thoughts of taking the King out of the way by some sudden violent death which by some more moderate was opposed and that rather some way was to be invented to cause his Majesty to renounce his title to the Crown and to retire himself out of the danger represented unto him In this wavering condition most of them inclined to a mediocrity although the same in all eminent attempts is the very stepmother of good success Moderate resolutions are the most of all pernitions where a designe is to begin with execution Yet some more valorous and less wary then the rest were of opinion that they should presently set upon the the work and leave the successe to the disposition of Fortune insomuch that of many Irons that were in the fire none was yet hot Amongst the conspirators divers of them notwithstanding his Majesties express prohibition kept secret correspondence with the Court at Madrid by the means of divers persons much suspected The King of Portugal who had alwayes an eye upon the Archbishop of Braga and the Marquess de Villa Real knowing their disaffection from the beginning at length intercepts some of their Letters wherein was discovered the names of the conspirators and the whole treaty wherefore his Majesty desiring to secure all their persons at once without any noyse gave order that by sound of Trumpet and Drum as the custome is it should be proclaimed That his Majesty intended to goe abroad forth of the Citie whereupon all the Nobility out of their great affection to his Majesty were soon assembled to wait upon him When the King saw them all ready he commanded first to call a Councell of State where some of the conspirators assisted being there sate he caused them all to be arrested one by one without the least disturbance which certainly could otherwise have been hardly prevented for if the conspiracy had been known before the persons were in custody there would not have been so much danger of their escape as to have been immediatly without expecting the course of justice torn in pieces by the people Besides the wisdome of his Majesty would that by the usual forms of Justice their crime might be as manifest to the world as their punishment So so on as these were safe in prison his Majesty proclaimed a pardon to all complices of this conspiracy that should come in within four days and confess their fault but the diligence of the King had been so exquisite that there was not one man left to take the benefit of that grace Not many days after they were all solemnly arraigned found guilty of high Treason condemned and executed in manner following Upon the last of August 1641.