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A02833	An aduertiseme[nt] to the subjects of Scotland of the fearfull dangers threatned to Christian states; and namely, to Great Britane, by the ambition of Spayne: with a contemplation, of the truest meanes, to oppose it. Also, diverse other treatises, touching the present estate of the kingdome of Scotland; verie necessarie to bee knowne, and considered, in this tyme: called, The first blast of the trumpet. Written by Peter Hay, of Naughton, in North-Britane.	Hay, Peter, gentleman of North-Britaine.	1627 (1627)	STC 12971; ESTC S118431	133,365	164

into Africke they did sende Hanniball with strong Forces into Italie to keepe them at home where-of sayeth the same Scipio in the same place and to the same purpose Sed quid veteribus externisque exemplis opus est majus praesentiusque ●llum esse exemplum quant Hanniball potest From the same ground yet the Romanes by sending of Scipio to make VVarre in Africke made Hanniball constrainedlie to bee called out of Italie Quasi eodem telo saepius retorto sayeth one as by a naturall necessarie and ordinarie meane for keeping of anie State peaceable and free from Enemie-Invasion namelie of the weaker from the more mightie For even in lyke manner when the great Persian Monarchs did often afflict the weake and dismembered Estates of Greece gaping at length after the conquest of all Agesilaus King of Lacedemon pitying his Countreys Calamit●e and to divert those mightie Kinges from Greece he did put him-selfe with a maine Armie into the midst of Persia where hee did so daunt the pryde of Xerxes that it behooved him to practise the same Policie for Liberation of his Kingdomes from Forraigne Powers hee sent 10000 great pieces of Golde bearing the Image of an Archer on the one side the current Stampe then of his Coyne to corrupt as it did the Orators of Athens and Thebes and concitate the People to make Warre to Lacedemon in absence of their King and Countreyes Forces where-vpon the Ephorie were compelled to recall Agesilaus who in his returning saide that 10000 Persian Arcbers had chased him out of Asia Againe of the lyke practise to this of Xerxes with Athens and Thebes for mooving and keeping of Warres in Enemie-Countreyes that wee may remaine within our selues free from their Invasion wee reade in the Histories of Scotland that the renowned Prince Charles Magne having an holie and Christian Resolution to prosecure as hee did Warres against the Barbarians and finding the English begun in their prosperitie to crosse the Seas and to molest the Borders of his Kingdome of France hee sent Ambassadours to Aebains King of Scotland to negotiate with him a perpetuall League in these Termes that when-so-ever the English should molest either of their Countreyes the other should moue Warre to England and so constraine them to call home their Armies Which after great Controversies of Opinions amongst the Scottish Nobilitie and frequent Orations of the French Ambassadours was finallie concluded and stood to by their Successours in all tyme following with often mutuall Advantages against their Common Enemie For late Examples I haue alreadie tolde you how King Philip made Warres in France and intended against England and that to the ende they should retire their Forces from Portugall Hanniball did ever affirme namelie to King Antiochus that it was impossible to vanquish the Romanes but at home in Italie as the same Livius doeth testifie Now I thinke yee will come to the Hypothesis and put mee to prooue that the Spanyard is that mightie Enemie who intendeth to trouble this Kingdome That hee is mightie a great deale aboue that which wee would wish I haue alreadie showed and that hee is our Enemie not onelie by actions intended or projected but diverslie alreadie attempted these are the Circumstances which doe qualifie it First he is Enemie to all Christian States by the vniversalitie of his Ambition Ergo also to vs Secondlie his Grandsire Philip the second did once obtaine a matrimoniall right to the Crowne of England by his marriage with Queene Marie Thirdlie a Papall right by excommunication of Queene Elizabeth Fourthlie hee did set foorth a great Armada to haue reconquered it as is before rehearsed Fyftlie hee hath ever since and as I thinke doeth yet maintaine with-in it a claudestine Traffique of Iesuites and Seminarie Priests to alienate the Hearts of Subjects from their naturall King or to keepe them vmbragious and suspended in myndes vntill his better occasion And I doe thinke that besides Ambition puissing him there-vnto there bee no Neighbour-States that hee so much feareth by reason of their strong and skilfull Navigation as yee will heare heere-after more particularlie But this King that nowe is in Spayne hath proceeded farther hee hath reft and taken away the whole estate of the Palatine who is Brother-in-law to His Majestie our Soveraigne and by that deede hath made this Warre to bee defensiue to vs Non enim nobis solum nati c. Wee are not onelie borne to our selues but our Prince our Parents our Children our Friendes Common-wealth and Religion everie of these haue their owne part and interesse in vs and all these together doe concurre to move vs to so just a Warre so far that if that Prince Palatine were not linked to vs by so near Allyance and by communion of one Fayth yet Tum tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet the propulsion of a fearfull Enemie approaching nearer to our Coastes and seeking to do mineire over all is sufficient enough to make all the braue Heartes of Christendome to boyle Besides these hee hath put vpon vs intollerable Indignities in a verie high degree hee hath made vs by false and persidious Promises to bee as indifferent beholders of his conquest of the Pal●tinate yea more to facilitate his engresse there-to hee hath made vs to seeke Peace perhaps to haue beene accepted vpon disadvantagious Conditions and hath refused the same And hee who refuseth Peace by necessarie consequence doeth intende Warre The marriage of our King hath beene agitated by him and illuded and hee who doeth containe so neare friendship of Neighbours appearinglie intendeth to bee their Superiour And so hee hath left vs no hope of Peace but in Armes therefore wee may conclude with that Captaine of the Volsques of whom I spake before Iustum est Bellum quibus est necessarium pia Arma quibus nulla nis● 〈◊〉 Armi● relinquitur spes Their Warre is just whose Warre is necessarie and their Armes bolie to whom there is no hope relinquished but in Armes Since then I holde it granted that of necessitie there must bee Warres it followeth to consider the Forces to bee employed there-to and those must either bee properlie our owne or of conjoyned Confederates Wee are bred into and doe inhabite a Northerne Region naturallie generatiue of great Multitudes of more bellicole kynde and of more robust Bodies than those of the Southerne Climates And al-be-it wee haue for the first face but small opinion of our vulgar sort because an hard condition of living hath some-what dejected their Hearts during these late vnfruitfull Yeares yet there bee manie strong Persons of Men amongst them who pressed for the Milice and once made acquainted there-with and being fred from the Povertie and Basenesse of their carriage they will more gladlie follow the Warres than the Plough Wee haue numbers of braue Gentle-men wanting vertuous Employments and for the most part necessarie Meanes Wee reade in our Countrey Annals how our auncient

great Consequence with Candor and Sinceritie I finde that Men of great experience for Warre doe holde opinion contrarie to this beeing of the mynde of King Francis the first who saide that longsome VVarres and small Armies served rather to exercise Men in the Artes Militarie than to daunt the Enemie and that without grosse Armies and quicke dispatch it was not possible to compasse great Enterpryses saying with-all that the Maintainance of small Armies and longsome VVarres was much more chargeable than the other They tell vs that the Empyre of the Turke beginneth to decline for his Pretermission of two thinges which his Predecessours did obserue and follow One that hee goeth not in person to bee over his Armies as they did another that they are not so numerous and grosse as they had them and that light exploits and often leading of small Armies to and froe doeth but teach the Milice to his Enemies and spoyle his owne Countreyes thorow vvhich his Souldiours so frequentlie doe passe Where-of they giue vs this Example Amurat the third kept vnder the commandement of his Bussaes a lingering VVarre of more than twelue Yeares employing not verie great Armies against the Persian vvhere-by al-be-it hee conquered great partes of his Countreyes yet vvere his Losses knowne to bee greater because hee spended the Flowre of his Forces of young Souldiours and lustie Horses 200000 Horses and more than 500000 Men from the beginning to the ende and made desolate the Countreyes that hee tooke in so farre that Osman Bassa alone besides what vvas done by others did cast to the ground and burne 100000 Houses besides that the Persians their Enemies during that great length of tyme did become more skilfull Warriours than themselues The Spanish Warres against Holland Zealand and Friezland haue vvrought the same Effects Agesilaus King of Lacedemonia in his longsome Warres against the Thebaus having one day received a dangerous Blow in his Person was tolde by one of his Friends that hee deserved vvell to haue it because hee had taught his Enemies to bee good Souldiours I confesse indeede that in this point of teaching the Arte Militarie to Enemies vvee can lose nothing beeing rather to learne from them but whether the employing of small or grosie Armies against them shall bee most hurtfull to them before vvee say to that wee must consider vvhat parts of his Dominions doe lye most open for our Invasion and most easilie and profitablie brooked for I take it also as granted that as there must bee Warres so they must bee with-out our Countrey and into that of the Enemie Never an actiue Prince was knowne to looke on vntill the Enemie should bee seene with-in his Bowels There be thousands of Examples of Ignorants who by so doing haue cast away their Kingdome from them-selues Antiochus Persius Iuba Ptolome the last of Aegypt Darius some of the French Kings as King Iohn taken vvith-in his owne Countreyes by Edward the Blacke Prince of England And for this cause Philip of France called the Conquerer vnderstanding that the Emperour Otho the second and the King of England were to assault his Kingdome hee fortified sundrie strong places and led his Armie without the Frontiers vvhere hee did combate and defeat them Wee reade in our Scottish Histories how frequentlie Armies haue bene convoyed beyond our Marches to find the Enemie before he should enter amongst vs. So long as a Countrey is free from open Hostilitie as long it doeth not feele extreame Calamitie sayeth Scipi● Afric for putting of Armies into Africke Plus animi est inferenti periculum quam propulsanti ad hoc major ignotarum rerum est terror c. The Assaulters of anie Countrey must haue greater cowrage than the Defendants who having mo● things and more deare in perill their Houses their Rit●●es VVyues and Children are more taken with feare besides being with-in the Enemies Countrey yee doe discover all his weaknesses whylst your strength and possibilities the more they bee vnknowne to him they doe the more encrease his terrour But to speake of places in generall most proper for this VVarre there is none more honourable than the Palatinate al-be-it most difficill to come vnto by reason of remotenesse from the Sea without the restitution where-of there can remaine no credite with the parties and Princes of the League I heard a Scottish Captaine of good experience in those Countreyes latelie say to mee that it was impossible to recover the Palatinate but by Sea Advantages over the Spanyard because it was so farre remooved from Friends and I did aske him how the late Prince of Parma did leade 10000 Men to Paris in the Teeth of a mightie King amidst his Armies hee answered mee that those were carried as in Trenches and the way was easie without impediment of Mountaines or Rivers Againe I demanded how did the Christian Kings ancientlie of England Scotland and France convoy their Armies to the holie VVarres of Hierusalem and most part over Land or how Alexander the Great an Armie of with-in 40000 from Macedon to the Easterne Occean and did subjugate all the Nations by the way or how Iulius Caesar a smaller by the one halfe from the occident of France to Pharsalia in Greece or Hanniball from Carthage by the way of Spaine and France thorow so manie alpestiere and precipitious Mountaines even to Naples and brooked Italie fifteene Yeares Although themselues were excellent and incomparable Captaines and of extravagant Fortunes yet their Souldiours appearinglie haue beene but such Men as doe yet liue in the VVorld the difference and ods of Tymes excepted for softnesse and Delicacie in some and contemplation and loue of Letters in others haue so daunted and as it were emasculate the cowrage of Men who now are that none is able to endure that austeritie and hardnesse of living with Hanniball him-selfe let bee his Souldiours The next Fielde fitting for this VVarre is that which were most easie to come vnto and likelie to bring the Businesse to a short and prosperous Ende and this is the Countrey of VVest Flanders if this fatall Iealousie of Neighbour-Princes which hath beene so manie tymes contrarious to the best Designes and Enterpryses of Christendome did not heere with-stand that is to say if the French King did not call to mynde how that was the Port where-at ancientlie the English did so often enter to trouble his Predecessours It is a wonderfull thing if Kings so nearelie allyed and so nearelie touched by one Common Danger cannot bee assured from mutuall Iealousies in the meane tyme Nulla fides regni sociis Therefore leaving that to the Event which GOD shall grant I will speake of putting Armies into Spayne by Sea wherevnto it may bee yee will object the small Successes now of a second Navigation of the English to Portugall and that His Majestie had better kept his Navie at home Careat successibus opto quisquis ab eventu facta not and a putet

everie way betwixt them and the Spanyard divided but by one Mountaine of the Pirenees and no other-wise Thus haue I discoursed on this last Point to let you see what great necessitie haue Princes who vvould make Warres to bee vvell provided of Moneyes vvhich because it doeth no lesse touch and concerne vs vvho bee Subjectes of this Kingdome than it doeth our Soveraigne King it shall bee verie expedient to treate some-what seriouslie of it as the weightiest Article wee haue to speake of That wee are bound to contribute to just and necessarie Warre vnder-taken by our Prince Pro aris focis not onelie our Goods but our Lyues it is a Position that no Man will contradict And to know that vvee of this Kingdome are most obliedged of anie People in the World not onelie to doe so but to accept the necessitie of so doing vvith much patience and thankfulnesse to GOD for the great Peace and Quietnesse vouchsafed on vs during a whole Age by-gone vvithout the smallest interruption which what an extraordinarie Blessing it is wee cannot vnderstand never having felt nor knowne the Afflictions of VVarre But if vvee shall set before our Eyes as Portracts of those Calamities the fearfull Naufrages of our Neighbours during the time of our Quyetnesse and the disastrous and sorrowfull Dayes of our owne Predecessours before our Times whilst this Yle remained disvnited and vnder discordant Kinges wee should not then forbeare to fall vpon our Faces and to adore that Bountie of the MOST HIGH who did reserue so happie Dayes for vs. As for our Neighbours wee haue so often heard the Thunders of their Troubles sounding in our Eares and as it were securelie standing vpon the S●oare so often behelde the Spoiles of their Tempests that I neede not to particularize anie Examples of things that are so recent When those of that Noble Citie of Paris the Queene of all the Townes of the World were forced by this tyrannie of Spaine to nowrish them-selues with the bodies of Horses of Dogs Cats and Rats we were fed the greater part of vs to Superfluitie and all to Sufficience When those of her Countrey about were glad to get an houre of sleepe in their Armour vnder some Covert in the Fieldes the LORD did grant to vs Mollibus incumbere toris pingues exigere somnos As for our Predecessours if wee shall cast over the Annals of our Nation wee shall finde it the most cruent and bloodie Historie where-in since the establishment of our Crowne not-with-standing of the matchlesse Antiquitie and lawfulnesse there-of wee shall not reade of an Age nor halfe nor third part of an Age free from desperate Warres now with Peghts now with Dane● now with Saxons now with Romanes now with English tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem where not onlie Men but Women did ordinarilie goe to Battell ordinarilie I say for manie Ages after manie Testimonies of our famous Historiographer Hector Bo●ce where-of I will ci●e to you but one in his sixt Booke where hee setteth downe that fearfull Battell foughten against them by Maximus the Romane Generall with the assistance of the Saxones and perfidious Peghts where-in our King Eugenius with the whole Nobilitie Gentyle Commons and their aged Parents were nearlie extinguished without anie hope of farther memorie of our Race except that it pleased GOD to reserue miraculouslie amidst their Ashes some sparkles of Lyfe which did after some Yeares reviue and restore the Progresse of our Nation Convenere sayeth hee ad E●genium regem frequontes viri foeminae que ad militiam ex veteri gentis instituto vrgentibus extremis conscriptae clamantes aut eo die moriendunt sibi omnibus fortiter dimicando aut vincendos infensissin os hostes c. There did conveane sayeth hee vnto the King E●gemus multitudes of Men and Women to stand in Battell according to the ancient and observed custome of the Countrey protesting that day either to vanquish and destroy their deadlie Enemie or other-wise to lay downe their whole Lyues into the Sepulchers of Valour and Dignitie And a little there-after speaking of their ardor and fiercenesse in that Battell Whylst the furie of the Enemie did approach vnto the King's Person the Noble Men assisting nearest vnto him did perswade him yea with akinde of Violence pressed him to retire his Person and saue him-selfe to a better Fortune and to the Common-wealth but hee casting from him his Kinglie Ornaments did thrust him-selfe amongst the vulgar Ranks to the Maine of the Battell where with incredible Cowrage and contempt of Death hee did sacrifice his Heroicke Spirit Few of Men and of Women al-most none did escape this Calamitie and whylst the Romanes did too insolentlie and fiercelie persue the small numbers of those who at the length did flee they did recounter a new sort of Combate never of before knowne vnto them for why the remnant of the aged people Men and Women vnable for Warres did follow a-farre vpon the Armie to know what should be fall there-vnto and finding the event so bad and infortunate they did runne vnto the Vveapons and Armour of their dead Children and forgetting both Age and Sexe did encowrage those few that yet did rest aliue to make a new assault vpon the Romanes which they did more like vnto savage and enraged Beasts than puissed by anie humane instigation where they were all consumed and not without great slaughter of their Enemies These are the verie words of the VVriter by my Translation from the Latine Text. Of the lyke to this the Historis hath manie to show what was the bitter Cup of our Antecessours compared with our delicacie and what they did vnder-lye for mainta●nance of that Libertie where-of wee haue enjoyed the Sweetnesse This and thus was the Foundation which it pleased GOD to blesse and to build vpon it a statelie and vnited Monarchie after the which the Spanyard doeth no lesse greedilie gape now than did the Romanes then Heere is an Object of yeelding infinite thankes to GOD and honour to the memorie of our generose Antecessours They kept constant VVarres in expectation and wee beginne now to bee called to VVarres for that where-of wee haue had long Fruition They were as the Israelites in the Desarts vnder Moses and wee like vnto Israel vnder Salomon we are but gentlie pressed as yet GOD grant it hee so long to sende foorth some of our able Youthes and that is an Advantage to vs it being a Liberation of our Countrey from that it may want commodiouslie and then to contribute some Tryfles of our Goods for their entertainment And wee haue better store of Men and ten times more Moneyes praised bee GOD than our Antecessours had who did render willinglie both Lyues and Goods and VVyfe and Children and all for the service of their Prince and Countrey And because it may bee this bee compted a rash or temerarious Speach I thinke it may bee

Discourse The first the greatnesse of the Spanish Empyre The Importance and Worth of Portugall The second to be marked of the former Discourse is the extent of the Spanish Ambition The Spanish Vs●●pation over the Consistorie of Rome ● 3. Observation vpon the former Discourse is the Insidiation of the Spanish Ambition N●melie Antonio 〈◊〉 Parricid●e practised in Spaine as in Turk●e by a religous Trad●tion Christian Princes to be a●ware of Spanish Treacheries 〈…〉 Parricidie practised in Sp●tne as in Turkie by a religous Tradition Christian Princes to be a●ware of Spanish Treacheries A tryall of what VVeaknesse is into this great Empyre The State and Counsell of Spay● not interrupted or altered by the death of a King Fortitude of Empyre standeth in 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Examples of dis-vnited Conquests The Spanish Provinces disjoin●ed members The Spanyard draweth nought from his Provinces The commodities of his Pro●nees What is the greatest Treasure of a Prince Inconvenientes following vpon the being of Treasures in the hands of Princes Treasures collected by great Kinges most often vnhappilie spended Publicke Charitie of Augustus Princes haue manie occasions not knowne to Subjectes of necessa●ie debursments Oblations of Money ancientlie made to Princes First Impost of the Salt in France a gratuitie temporall but turned to be annuall Another VVeaknesse of Spaine to bee feared of all Cardinall 〈◊〉 against 〈◊〉 the second of Spaine The Portugals doe hate the Castilians The origine of the Portugals and 〈◊〉 The whole 〈◊〉 of Spaine doe hate their Prince his greatnesse why they doe so It is not so easie for our Noble men to rebell now as before our Conjunction with England A cleare Testimonie there-of A 〈◊〉 supposed in Spaine for 〈◊〉 of Armes and how it is so Their naturall Pryde a great VVeaknesse Vi●e Description of the Spanish H●mour The Spanish Punctualitie approacheth to Nullitie De●cription of Punctualiti● A quicke observation for Punctualitie The Navar●oies doe hate the Spanyard And the French too The Pryde of Spayne to bee opposed by Vvarre Colon●es Plantatio● of Nova Scotia Incommodities and Evils following on VVarr● When a Kingdome is i●perfection then bee aware of Warres Great B●itane alreadie a perfect Monarchie Wisdome and Moderation of Scipio 〈◊〉 Forraigne 〈◊〉 f●uitlesse for our Princes The definition of a just Warre Our Warre against Spaine just in three maine respectes Livius dec 3. lib. 8. Ag●silaus ● poore King went against the Persian Empyre 〈…〉 How the Spanyard is proved to bee our Enemie How Scotland is furnished of Men for Warre Neglect of militarie Discipline Thenature of Leagues and Consederacies Confe● for the Battell of Lapanto Confed of the Romanes and 〈◊〉 Confed betwixt Car●es the eight of France the Duke of Milan Confederacie against Lewis the eleventh of France Leagues or Confederacies of Salt Deliberation for War the weightiest matter belonging to a King Confederates against Spayne Whether small or grosse Armies to bee sent to Enemie Countreyes The longsome Warres of Amurat the third improfitable ● prudent Prince will not manage Warres within but without his Countreyes Palatinate the most honourable place of this VVarre VVest Flanders a proper Seat for Wars against Spayne Going of the Navie latelie to Portugall Cou●sels not to bee pondered by the events The going of our King in person to Spayne The English auncientlie most victorious in Spaine Scanderbeg VVilliam VVallace Henrie Earle of Richmond against Richard the third with 2000 French Portugall and Navarre the first revolters from Spaine The VVest Indees in the possession of a great Monarch aninfallible meanes to vniversalitie of Empyre the proofe there of Money the Nerue of VVarre and the proofe there-of Greatest States and Monarches straited for w●nt of Money The hudge Moneyes gotten by Charles the fift into Peru. The naturall humour and manners of the French Nation A 〈◊〉 of the Re●sor● which should encowrage vs agaynst the spa●y●rd Co ●emplat●on of our 〈…〉 during our P●ace this 〈◊〉 by●gone Calamitie of the Citie of Paris and of whole France Contem●lation of the Troubles of our Predecessors Maximus the Romane Generall against the Scottish King Euge●●● Encowragement from great Reasons It is proved that there is more by a great deale of Money and Men now than our Predecessours had It is showne that the broken Estates of particular me● doeth not argue the povertie of a Countrey The d●ngerous consequence of ingratitude in People A wicked People doe make a wicked King A Bridge of Golde to bee made for Enemies to passe out on Iust and true Encowragements from solide Causes Captivitie of King Iohn of France and of Francis the first Great Ransome payed by our Antecessours for King David Bruce if the Author was not a little mistaken Philip de Cominit sayth fiue hundreth thousand Crownes The Causes why the Palatinate is detained by the Spanyard A remarkable Speach of Coronell Semple to the Author of this Treatise The Quarrell of the Palatinate most ●ib to vs why Iohn Knoxe against the Regiment of Women Of our domesticke discontent or Feares The going of the Navie to the Seas and our publicke Fast. Secrecie advanceth great Enterpryses Secresie of Iulius Caesar Charles the fift 〈◊〉 the eleventh and of the 〈◊〉 Councell The Reformation or Innovation of Magistrates 〈…〉 Senators are to bee of good Age Experience Num● 11. Inconvenients that follow the perpetuitie of Magistrates Inconvenientes by the Innovation of Magistrates and Counsellers Vtilitie of the Censor amongst the Romanes The Spanish Syndicator in place of the Censor Nature of the Comiss. for Grievances A latter appellat due to Soveraignitie Two of one Familie not to bee of one Session of Iudges approoved in France ●efo●mation of the Barre Advo●ats Low necessarie Imposts m●●ent●e layde vpon Processes 〈◊〉 Sainct Enemie to Me●cena●ie Advotation Emanuel● King of Portugall Enemie to Mercenarie Advocation In what Christi●n Countr●yes no Advocation In Venice Advocates haue two Audiences and no more Multitude of Iudges profitable Heritable Magistrates Bod. in Repub. Erected Church Lands If the Patrimonie of the Crowne bee alienable Domaine of Republickes not alienable How Christian Princes doe accept their Crownes Princes like vnto GOD doe creat Men of nothing The last Convention of the 〈◊〉 of Scotland To be wished that the Church-Lāds had ever remained with the Crowne Ritches haue spoyled the Pietie of the Church The Laici● did spend the Church-rents in even in time of Pope●●ie The stupiditie of Princes and People not observing the Evils following vpon the Ritches of the Church The number of the Ecclesiasticall Estates in 〈◊〉 How Princes doe remember these Evils The nature of Tythes Of Tenthes The Arguments vsed against Evangelicall Tenthes Why they ar● thought Ceremoniall The Priests of Melchisedek Tythes devoted by positiue Lawes When Dedication in Scotland The Benedi●●ne order frequent and ●amous in Scotland Calvin● and Perkins deny Tythes Evangelicall Puritanes opposed to the Pops Church even in good things Tythes vnderstood by naturall Light of the Gentiles Mystorie of the number ●0 Created or Instrumentall Wisdome VVisd Salom 7. Eccles. 1. Esai 40. Ch. The nature of Number in generall Nature of Angels GOD is Vnitie Veritie and Bonitie Definition of Vnitie GOD is the Centre of all Things GOD hath particular respects for particular Numbers Great vse of the Number 7. Nature of the Dualitie Nature of the Novenarie or Number 9. Ten is the Quotient or fulnesse of Nature Man was the first Tythe CHRIST was the second Tythe Psal. 144. CHRIST began and clozed th● Circle of Nature A Speach of Robo● Mes. Hardas worthie observation The Opinion of Iunius concerning Tythes Two sorts of Puritane opponents to Episcopall Governamēt and Rentes discordant amongst themselues Persecution of Iulian worse than of Dioclesian Plantation of the North Yl●s of Scotland of what Importance Battell of Hare-Law Abuses and Oppressions by way of Tythes Discourse of the Nature and Courie of Moneyes Gold cannot be employed without a ●ixtion of ●ilver Fraude of Gold-smiths and of Coyners What the heighting of Money doth impo●t A great heighting of Moneyes amongst the Romanes in their Punicke Warres Soveraigne Vertues of the Golde Elias Artista Of Moneyes kept vp by Merchands Decay of Ships and the 〈◊〉 why Meanes to restore Shipping in Maritine Town● Prodigall Perso●s interdy●●d by ●aw No private Man is absolute Lord of his Lands or Goods Against the Prodigalitie of 〈◊〉 Plate and guilding with Golde Ritches of Scip. Asri● Ferdinandus Magn. did sel his Silver Plate and Iewels Charles the ninth of France did coyne his Silver Plate Lib. 33. Prescription for Dyet and Apparell Hector Bo●●● Lib. 12. Speach to the King's Majestie Diligence of Augastus against his Enemies Who be Enemies to the present Governament of this Kingdome Vigilance over the Admission of Bishops and Ministers Honour done by Augustus to the Senators The Modellie of ●●aries the fift of France Lewis the eleventh of France would not suffer his Son to learne the Latine Tongue The Condi●●on of Senators chosen by Augustus Great Affection of King Darius to Zopyrus Diligence Mechanicke of Augustus to know the Revenewes and Debursments ordinarie of the Empyre Vigilance of the Persian Kings over their Finances Diligence of Augustus to ease the People immatters of Law Processes Supplication in Favou●s of the S. 〈◊〉 of Scotland Plutare de Fortuna aut virtute Alexandri The notable Magnanimitie of Alexander whilst he wanted Money GOD maketh althings in Nature with Tyme and Patience The Youth-head of every thing in Nature most observed and looked to The Monopole 〈◊〉 the Salt in France

none of the Gentrie and therefore contemned But sayeth hee if the Enterpryse had beene followed the Towne of Lisbone had beene taken in most easilie for that the Cardinall of Austria who commanded within and so manie Castilians as were vnder him were readie to leaue it vpon the first arrivall of Drake with-in the Harberie that hee had alreadie hyred thirtie Galleyes for his transportation and that with such seare and consternation that hee conduced to giue them 300 Duckates a-piece for three leagues of Sea Alwayes in the diversitie of opinions concerning that Voyage for my part I doe more trust the English Historie for two as I thinke infallible Reasons first the World knoweth that in those dayes there was not in Christendome a more solide sure and reverenced Counsell than was in England so that it is not to bee doubted of that which their Historie beareth That their Generals of that Armie did obey their Warrand Secondlie I finde Antonio Peres contrarie to him-selfe for first hee sayeth That by the longsomnesse of the English Navie the Enemie had leasure to provyde and guard him-selfe Secondlie sayeth hee the whole Gentrie of Portugall did repare to joyne with Don Antonio and the English Armie But heere I doe trap and convict him from his owne mouth If as hee sayeth the Spanyard had leasure at his pleasure to provide for him-selfe who then is so simple as to thinke but hee did in the meane tyme remoue from Portugall the Nobilitie namelie the Favourers of Don Antonio with the whole Gentrie without the leaving of anie Man sufficient to allure a Multitude or to leade them to a revolt I thinke hee hath forgotten him-selfe a little here out of an ardor of his spirit to haue removed all shew of impediment to the French King for putting of Warres in Portugall In the meane-tyme thus farre may bee said That as Obedience and Discipine militarie in the Bodie of an Armie vnder a trustie and skilfull Generall is of that importance in actions of Warre as sine quo nihil a point where-in lyeth the chiefe Suretie and Successe of all things except of Fortune Yet a strict limitation of Generals hath for the most part marred both good Fortunes and good Successes of Warre where the Opportunities Advantages and Ouvertures are meerelie casuall and inpendent from precise tymes To prescribe to their Generals was not the custome of the Wyse Valiant and fortunate Romanes Sed videant ne quid Resp. detrimenti cap●at And what should haue become of that great State if their Generall Fabius Maximus had not so stiffelie followed his private will of cunctation and protracting of tyme with Hannibal contemning the infamous Reproaches and Exclamations both of Senate and People against him namelie of his Magistrum equitum Whom if hee had not at length rescued in his temerarious Recountre with Hannibal he had perished with all those whom hee commanded Now what were the Practises lyke-wise of Philip even then also in England and Scotland by Corruption and Iesuisticke Artes to haue drawne the Subjectes of both Kingdomes to vnnatural Revolts from their Soveraigne Princes It is better known than that I need heere to make mention of it I wish the Wryters of our Countreyes Historie may over-passe that Interlude of those Insidious tymes as Lucan did the Cruelties vnnatural committed mutuallie amongst the Romanes at Pharsalia Quicquid in hac acie gessisti Roma tacebo saide hee By these few Circumstances shortlie related of the progresse of the Spanish Empyre wee may easilie and vsefullie obserue these three things first the growing and fearfull greatnesse there-of as it standeth at this day Maximilian Emperour and Duke of Austria did marrie Catherine only Chyld and Successor of Charles Duke of Burgundie where-by were annexed the 17 Provinces of the Nether-lands to Austria Of this Marriage issued Philip who being Duke of Austria Burgundie and Flanders did marrie the Heretrix of Castile Daughter of Ferdinando and Isobella the Mother of Charles the fift and so did conjoyne the Estates fore-saide vnto the Crowne of Castile Charles the fift by his owne Vertue did super-adde vnto it the Kingdome of Peru the Dutchie of Milan the peaceable Possession of the Kingdome of Naples and the Kingdome of Sicilia with the Yles of Sardinia Majorque Minorque and their Possessions which they yet haue into the Westerne Indees His Sonne againe Philip the second of whom I speake besydes that hee had once within his Clawes France and England which both hee lost againe hee did conjoyne with these that which made the integritie and perfection of the Spanish Empyre Portugall the importance where-of may be remarked by these three first by their glorious Conquests before rehearsed into the Levant into Africke and through the maine Occean Secondlie by the great multitudes of People which doe inhabite the Territories there-of Antonio Peres doeth affirme that vnder Sebestian their last King of whom I haue before remembered there were thorow-out the Realmes of Portugall vnder militarie Discipline 1200 Companies of Foot-men where-of there was no Gentle-man other than Commanders and in everie Companie at least 200. Which being allowed doeth amount jumpe to 240000 Men. And that Portugall did yearlie send out to their Conquests 6000 Men where-of the third part did never turne home againe Thirdlie by the Riches there-of it being affirmed by him that their Kings did in this one point of Greatnesse surpasse all the Princes of Europe being able in halfe an houre to giue vnto their Subjects ten or fifteene Millions or more to bee received by Ticquets for dispatches of Governourships Captainships Receits Offices Licences to make Voyages by Sea to the Indees and Yles of the Occean But heere I judge that hee hath beene too large out of a great fervour to perswade Christian Princes to set their Hearts vpon so noble a Prey at least-wise to provyde and prevent that it should not fall into the hands of their Common Enemie But certainlie the best part of these are well approved to bee true by this that Philip the second of Spaine did put him-selfe at so great expence for the purchase and prefervation of Portugall by kindling and feeding the Fyre of Civill Warres through Christendome namelie in France and Flanders exhausting to that ende the richest Mines that bee vnder the Heaven and by making so ignominious and impious Peace with Insidels to bee the more able to maintaine Portugall and to incroach farther on Christian Neighbours Vnder King Philip the third againe his sonne there was no accession indeede to this Empyre The mightiest Conquerers that ever haue beene in the Nature and Necessitie of things needed their owne Intervals Cessation and Repose for breeding of new Fortitude and Strength and anie Man may finde into the Romane Warres there hath beene at diverse tymes longer Intervalles of Peace and now wee see that this present King of Spaine after these Refreshments is begun to rake and extende the Marches of his