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A11791	Nevves from Pernassus The politicall touchstone, taken from Mount Pernassus: whereon the governments of the greatest monarchies of the world are touched.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.; Boccalini, Traiano, 1556-1613. Pietra del paragone politico.	1622 (1622)	STC 22080; ESTC S116983	48,953	96

to attempt it The weight of this Kingdome was answerable to that of the last fifteenth yeare which amounted to sixteene Millions But the English to giue more weight to their Kingdome would haue put the Kingdome of Scotland into the Scale when the Scottish Nobilitie with drawen swords in their hands opposed themselues freely protesting that they would never suffer their Country to be annexed to the Kingdome of the English for yet fresh was the lamentable example of the miseries of Flanders who when she saw her Earles become Kings of Spayne foolishly beleeved that shee should command over the Spanyards whereas soone after not Spayne was sacked by the Flemmings but Flanders by the covetous and cruell Spaniards and that which made vp their miserie Charles the fifth the Emperor and King Philip his sonne by their continuall residence in Spayne of Flemmings became Spanyards The vnfortunate Flemmings by losing their Prince of naturall subiects grew to be esteemed strangers and men of little faith And so Flanders the naturall Country of Charles the fifth the Patrimony of King Philip became according to the termes of moderne Policie a State of fiue States and began to be governed by strangers with those jealousies and with those oppressions of Customes Taxes Contributions and Donatiues as begat those bad humors those ill satisfactions from whence since hath proceeded that ciuill warre which after an vnspeakable profusion of Gold an infinite effusion of bloud an incredible losse of honour to the Flemmings was converted into a covetous merchandise of the Spanyards Therefore the Scots by such lamentable miseries haue learned not to permit their King vpon any termes whatsoever to abandon the Royall Seate of his ancient Kingdome for to place it in a greater newly fallen vnto him in which case the Scots should vnder their cruell enemies the English be sure to suffer all the calamities which inferiour Nations are wont to endure at the hands of the superiour Some that were present at this Act report how the Spanyards told the King of England that those Scots which had spoken so arrogantly in the presence of his Majestie were to be seuerely chastised to whom the King of England answered That the Spaniards ought not to giue that counsell vnto others which had proved so pernicious to themselues and thereupon hauing commanded the stay of weighing their Kingdome hee assured his Scots that ere long he would giue them all possible satisfaction After this the vast Ottoman Empire was put into the Scale which the last fifteenth yeare arrived to the summe of two and thirtie Millions but now was found to be lesse then sixteene the strangenesse whereof made all the Princes very much to marvaile and particularly the Venetians who could not beleeue such a fall whereupon they desired that with more diligence it might be reweighed and it appeared how in that litle time running betweene the first and this second weighing it had fallen eight hundreth twenty and two pounds whereby it was manifest that the Ottoman Empire heretofore so terrible to the world now consumed with luxury covetuousnesse and idlenesse runneth headlong to his ruine which gaue great contentment to all those Princes Nevertheles it was observed by some of the wisest there present that the Spanyards were not so glad of it as the rest out of a doubt they had that the depression of the Turke would be the exaltation of the Venetian State Then came the Polach Senators and put into the Scale their Kingdome which in regard of the small authoritie the King hath there and the too much command which the Palatines arrogate vnto themselues made but a poore reckoning for it did not amount to six Millions of pounds whereas in times past it alwayes exceeded twelue After them the Signory of the Councell of Tenn put into the Scale the flourishing estate of the Venetian Commonwealth most admirable for the greatnesse thereof and oportunitie of scituation fitting for all great enterprises which went beyond all expectation in the weight for it came to eight Millions the cause whereof was sayd to be the huge masse of Gold which those wise Senators in so long a time of peace had gathered togither into their Treasury Next came the Swittzers the Grisons and other free people of Germany and brought their Comonweales to the Scale How beit the Princes required that they might be weighed each one severally by it selfe wherewith the Germanes were well contented so that it might be done But Lorenzo having put the Commonwealth of Basil into the Scale it appeared that the greater part of the other Common weales of Germany were all so linked together that it was impossible to seperate them one from another which put a many of ambitious Princes there in a sweate Then the Duke of Savoy caused his State to be put into the Scale by his noble Knights of the Annonciata which equalled the weight of the last fifteenth yeare but Lorenzo having added into the Scale that most noble prerogatiue of Title which the sayd Duke Charles Emanuell enioyeth of the Prime Souldyer of Italy it was seene to aggravate the weight a Million foure hundreth and twenty pounds After this with a pompe and Maiestie matchable to Kings appeared the Duke of Lorraine whose State though litle equalled the weight of great Kingdomes and it was considered that it fell out to be so by a certaine good fortune which that Prince had to haue his States so happily seated that he could easily put the Lowe-Countreys into grievous difficulties by impeaching the passage of those succors which the Spaniards conduct thither out of Italy whereby he hath growen into such reputation that to the most offerer he selleth for ready Gold the marchandise of that his adhering in such sort that after he had dreyned the Spanyards asmuch as any the devoutest French Lord of the Holy League whatsoever syding afterwards with the French he knew so well how to change his coppy that a King of France such as was Henry the fourth the great Duke of Toscan and the Duke of Mantoua were glad of his allyance And fully to make vp the Spanyards iealousye the famous Venetian Commonwealth drew into her pay a Prince of that House with such affection that if that great Lady had not made a vow of perpetuall chastity and her nature according to the custome of some Indians had not bene stytched vp the first day she was borne by the Venetian Signory most jelous of her honor it was verily beleeved by many that she would haue taken him to husband It was observed that the Duke of Savoy envyed much the felicity of this Prince because he finding himselfe also seated betweene the French and the Spanyards of Milan as the Duke of Loraine was betweene the French and the Spanyards of Flanders in stead of so many benefits and so many commodities as fell vpon the Duke of Loraine he had received most cruell kickes not onely from the French then his enemies but from

knovv that a Prince vvith out gravity shevveth like a Peacocke vvithout a tayle It is not possible to vvrite vvith vvhat curiosity and desire this Princesse vvas expected nor vvhat a concourse of people came from all parts of Apolloes State to looke vpon this povverfull Queene that vvith such a monstrous course of felicity hath in so short a time vnited vnder her most spatious Kingdomes and therof framed an Empire so formidable that there is not a Prince in the vvorld vvhich for suspition of her hath not armed himselfe The Monarchy of Spayne in comparison of those of France of England and other ancient Monarchies is young in age but of body farre bigger then any other vvhatsoeuer and according to the proportion of yeres she is of of an vnmeasurable greatnes vvhence it is argued that if she continue grovving vnto that terme vvherein humane bodies are wont to come to their full perfection she will become so great a Gyantesse that she will arriue to that vnmeasurable height of the Vniversall Monarchies wherunto the Rom. Monarchy attained but the accidents of matters of State affirme for certain that she wil neuer be bigger and that she was as high in her tendrest yeres as euer she vvilbe in any time to come whatsoever The which is plainly demōstrated by this apparant argument that in these present times she hath grovven more slovvly halfe a fingers breadth then she did tvvo handfulls in times past This mighty Lady is of complexion very tavvny much inclyning to the Moore therefore her customes are rather proud then graue and in all her actions hath more of the cruell then the severe so that not having beene able nor desirous to learne that art so necessary for a Prince of pardoning it is the firme opinion of many that thereby her greatnes is the more impeached for placing her estimation vpon nothing more then to be called the Mistris of Nations in the knovvledge of being most resolute to strike off the heads of such odious Poppies as in the gardens of her States overtop their fellovves she reioyceth not a litle that she is said in that sort to haue gone beyond that Tarquin the Great vvho vvas the first inventor of such a secret Being then so resolute in the execution of seuerities she is much perplexed in conferring of graces vvhich are seene to proceed very seldome from her and those too she doth are granted vvith so much authoritie as they are not very acceptable Hovvbeit in apparance she is all mildnes and vvholly dissolved into Complements but he that vvith the politicall Spectacle knovveth hovv to penetrate into the invvard of the heart shall discover her to be all pride all covetousnesse and cruelty in such sort that they vvhich haue long negotiated vvith her report That there is not any Princesse from vvhom come svveeter vvords and bitterer deeds vvhereby it happeneth that as a friend she greatly allureth men and as a Mistres exceedingly terrifieth them Her hands be out of all proportion long vvhich she extendeth euery vvhere as may be most for her profit vvithout discerning friend from foe or a stranger from a kinsman She hath the nailes of an Harpy most rapacious vvith fingers of so hard and strong a tenure that she neuer letteth goe any thing vvhich she once fastneth on Her eyes be blacke and of a merveilous sharpe sight She looketh afquint so that fixing her eye vpon one she attentiuely beholdeth another a matter of much danger to Princes for of late yeares having set her face vpon Argier before any body vvas avvare she fastned her looke vpon 〈◊〉 And in those eyes is discouered a world of greedines because she neuer beholdes any thing that she doth not earnestly covet vvith her heart vvhereupon the Speculatiue affirme That this Queene is enflamed vvith an immoderate thirst of others Estates and she never had freind vvhom in a short time vvith sundry devises she made not a slaue All vvhich doe manifest vnto the vvorld that she is fitter to governe slaues then free-men She standeth so much vpon the punto of State that she vvill not vouchsafe to stirre a foot for to encounter good occasions vvhich many tymes haue gone home even to her ovvne doores to find her out She goeth beyond all other Queenes vvhatsoever either past or present in the knovvledge hovv to cover vvith the cloake of hypocrisie any interest of hers though neuer so diabolical and albeit she is seene daily to enter into actions that are none of the best yet she maketh ostentation of nothing more then of her Conscience Whence the French so often deceiued vnder colour of most holy pretexts haue at length to thier cost learned to arme themselues and get to horse assoone as they once heare her propound matters full of pretences of Religion and blessed Charitie tovvards her most beloved Neighbor She is so excellent in the exercise of horsemanship that she hath not only vvith good fortune tamed the generous Courses of Naples but also made gentle even those most vitious mules of Spayne that by their naturall instinct are so vvilde and vnruly She is aboue all other Ladies most suspitious insomuch that her ovvne Nation excepted she trusteth not any of all those that are subiect vnto her though vpon all occasions she hath proved them most faithfull a matter of such preiudice vnto her that the vnderstanding part of the vvorld plainly say hovv for that only most important defect it is not possible she should euer grovv greater And this happeneth because no Prince living eareth lesse then she to be loved of her people placing all her study hovv to make her self to be feared Whereupon the Polititians haue observed it as a kind of very great madnesse in her to be so confidently perswaded as she is that she can dravv people to adore her by oppressing them Neverthelesse with these so odious Customes she allureth all men vnto her service for the infinite abundance of her treasures is that calamitie which vvith such violence haleth vnto her even those minds that are bound to abhorre her She is most accurate in petty things but in great affaires no other Queene hath suffered herself to be more easily deceived In discoursing of and resolving importāt matters she sheweth admirable vnderstanding and prudence but either by her naturall sloth or the cunning of her ministers most covetous Marchants of great businesses or because it seemeth vnto her that no resolution is made with Decorum if it be not a long time expected by the World she executeth her resolutions vvith so much delay that the face of affaires changing vvith the time those resolutions which haue beene most prudently deliberated haue often proved infortunate And therefore it is the opinion of all men that she is more able in laying of Plots then in the managing of Armes wherein she hath great courage exceeding constancy vnspeakable patience of all discommodities but so litle resolution that her extraordinary circumspection hath many