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A19863	A briefe discourse dialoguevvise shevving how false & dangerous their reports are, which affirme, the Spaniards intended inuasion to be, for the reestablishment of the Romish religion; for her Maiesties succors giuen to the Netherlanders, and for Sir Frances Drakes enterprise three yeares past into the VVest Indies.	Daunce, Edward.	1590 (1590)	STC 6290; ESTC S105195	9,599	28

A BRIEFE DISCOVRSE DIALOGVEVVISE SHEVVING how false dangerous their reports are which affirme the Spaniards intended inuasion to be for the reestablishment of the Romish religion for her Maiesties succors giuen to the Netherlanders and for Sir FRANCES DRAKES enterprise three yeares past into the VVest Indies Imprinted at London by Richard Field dwelling in the Blacke Friers neere Ludgate 1590. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE CHARLES LORD HOWARD BARON OF EFFINGHAM Lord high Admirall of England Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Counsell E. Da. wisheth long life with increase of all honor and vertue WHO so shall duely obserue Homer describing contention vvhom he nameth the sister of Mars being at her birth litle but after though keeping her feete on the earth yet increasing till she touch the heauens vvith her head procuring in this grouth noises debates discensions teares sighes and late repentance vvil say notvvithstanding that the Poet vvere blind that he savve as farre as our time in which this foolish Goddesse shaketh like a fearefull earthquake the foundations both of the Ecclesiasticall and ciuill state In consideration vvhereof right honorable Lord and that many are moued by some aspects of contention iniuriously to report her Maiesties proceedings vvith the Spaniard she hauing liued in greater temperance then any Prince of her time I thought meete those rumors extenuating his ambition and auarice long preceding any act done by her Maiestie to him to prooue that his enterprises and desire of this kingdome vvere of longer life then her Maiesties attemptes to the end that our people apprehending his iniustice for piety offered against the dignitie of Kings and equitie of nations may knovving the counterfeit abide in their place of obedience and dutie This labour though neither for matter or volume vvorthy your honorable vievve I notvvithstanding as bound heretofore for your L. fauors tovvards me to yeeld some agreeable seruice humbly dedicate to your good L. vvhose noble bearing dravveth to it by a forcible povver of vertue the hartie and good affections of all men Take therefore my good Lord the same in good part of him vvho prayeth to your L. increase of long health honor and all the vertues of true Nobilitie Your Lordships most bounden in dutie EDWARD DAVNCE A BRIEFE DISCOVRSE DIALOGVEVVISE SHEVVING HOWE FALSE AND DAVNGEROVS their reports are which affirme the Spaniards intended inuasion to be for the reestablishment of the Romish religion for her Maiesties succors giuen to the Netherlanders c. and for Sir Frances Drakes enterprise three yeares past into the West Indies Epoenetus Philemon AFTER her Maiestie had taken though at the worst hand the offers of the lower countryes many whom nothing if not fathered by them selues can please affirmed that she receaued by that meane a sword as the prouerbe is annointed with honie inferring therby not only a sweetnesse by retaining them mingled with danger but also that howsoeuer she gouerned whether by lenitie or rigor they as a people impatient of order would not be prescribed but would either with the crabfish being held loosly creepe forth or hard strained with the eele slip away by meane whereof she might not onely liue doubtfull of them but also for their sakes raise a cruel and vntractable enemie against her These things as noting the iniurious sclaunders of this time I proposed in the presence of diuers amongst whom there was then by occasion a gentleman of those parts named PHILEMON who after long fixing his eyes on me with such countenance as he had againe beheld the deepe wounds of his countrey newly bleeding at last turned to the rest and said Nothing Gentlemen hath in this life bene dearer to me then the libertie of my countrey the which with others whilst I might I endeuored to make eternall neither had we failed to effect so much had not the ambition of strangers meeting with our discension brought forth the first fruicts of our miseries since which time our prouinces haue bene so tost with the contrarie winds of fortune that fewe could keepe their ores or holde the sterne of gouernement for whilst many commaunded fewer hauing learned to obey we were distracted into sundrie fauors some as neuer acquainted with the condition of libertie preferring the title of Burgūdie some the neighbourhood of the Empire some of France and others the alliance with England each one bestowing their apologies either in the conceits of Guses Patriats or malcontents by meane whereof all parts in steed of our countrey sports were so filled with tokens of warre that no place was left for good men to bewaile this change But when after long deliberation we had as wel for our vnion with you in matters of religion as our present necessitie both of defence and intercourse of trafficke cast our selues into the armes of Englād some hope remained of better speed had not the diuision of opinions for a time stayd her Maiesties laudable endeuors during which consultation the Duke of Parma hauing speedilier deliberated bereued vs of Antwerpe the key of our prouinces by which he hath since entered other townes and forts of account And though we tooke hurt by her Maiesties cunctatiō who according to her wonted pietie sought to reconcile our prouinces to Spaine yet we intermitted not any thing that might concerne either our ancient alliance or duties of subiectes but haue preferred the honor of her nation before any as our importunat sute to be shadowed vnder her wing of iustice and our seruice dayly attendant haue made apparant After which speeches PHILEMON with his eyes full of teares turning againe towards me said How miserable is our time in which auarice and tyrannie keepe weight are higher priced then honestie and wherein wolues quarrell with lambes for troubling the streame and the mouth hands and other members conspire against the belly and herein moreouer is our sorow inexplicable that whilst her Maiesty endeuored to haue due place among the best Princes and we to liue in the order of good subiectes that yet both haue bene subiect to one sclaunder farre vnmeete for her royall dignitie our innocencie and loyaltie To which I answered It is true PHILEMON that manie by often lying beleeue they speake the only oracles of God by meane whereof all good enterprises are either suppressed or so obscured that the light of honour due to them and their authors seemes either eclipsed or cleane put out a practise drawen as I thinke from the custome of ill women who to be lesse blamed accuse all vertuous and chast matrons of lightnes and herein is our disgrace the greater in that we haue bred those birds that haue not onely peckt at our eyes but also haue defiled their owne nest with all infamie not fearing though they would seeme the louing sonnes of our countrey and readie sacrifices for her health to be the obliged pensioners of Spaine iniuriously reporting that the motions of that kingdome

are for matter of religion her Maiesties fauors towards your people and her enterprise into the VVest Indies slanders of so apparant danger the same extenuating the precedent auarice and ambitiō of Spaine meeting with the ill humors of our people that I maruell those feigners should no lesse in their conuenticles lament their practise then Cicero wondered the Aruspices could in deluding the people forbeare laughter beholding one another To which PHILEMON the sunne hath not beheld anie thing more vnsemely then this pretence of iustice cloked with a deepe desire of noueltie those rumors being not onely factious but also false and regarding the time full of perill and danger as you EPOENETVS said he may know if you loke but as far as the emperour Charles the fift when Granuellanus in our prouinces and Philip not long after in this realme sought to make our golden fleece and your Lion a pray for the Egles of Austria Then I. I am not ignorant PHILEMON of either for whilst all places as with bright tropheis of papacie were lightened with the burnt bodies of the people Philip hoised his first saile of ambition which as a skilfull maister he bare so lowe that many fauored his course and wished him the good windes of fortune especially his wife Mary who being perswaded by him it wold greatly aduance her authority were he crowned and made her companion of dignity seriously endeuored not knowing howe much that ceremony would preiudice her succession to effect his purpose To this she was also greatly incited by the clergie who to make sure their particular by that mean cared not to hazard the generall state of the realme But the Lords who by an ancient policie had greater interest in matters of gouernement hauing more cause to regard the reputation of their houses likely to diminish by his neighbourhood then the Prelats their momentanie dignities withstood it as a matter dangerous and not without common perill This purpose being ouerthrowne by their prouidence he taketh occasion by tumults happening about that season to perswade his wife to new matter seeming not only profitable but also necessarie for both alledging that he often departing this realme for the affaires of his own countries could not without danger performe the parts of a louing husband towards her the blockhouses standing which might prohibit his returne and the want of common fauor remaining For greater credit whereof he cited a late act then of the valorous Baron the Lord VVilliam Howard of Effingham high Admiral of England who being sent to conduct him with the nauie brought the kings ship in perill by deliuering some great shot for that he wouldnot as the custome is strike saile by which ceremonie he was to acknowledge the Queenes soueraigntie in these seas I was said PHILEMON at that time in the shipping of our country with the Spanish fleete and know that to be the onely cause why that noble Baron was after remoued from his romth but proceed EPOENETVS This motion said I returning where I left seeming iust was forthwith effected and what lets soeuer to his returne either rased or translated into his seuerall countries vnder colour of furnishing him for the warres of France so that for atchieuing his intention hauing the fauor of his wife and Prelats he wanted litle more then time we being in a manner disarmed to be made absolute to apply the significant posie of the golden fleece PRETIVM NON VILE LABORIS to the order of our George Garter which perhaps being toucht in conscience with the honorable deuice and meaning of our order HON Y SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE he would haue refused These proceedings were then suspected as tending to disbranch the naturall cions to ingraffe him selfe which he had in nearer sort attempted had he not bene tript by the death of his wife And notwithstanding that he had therby lost many occasions of time and place and that his pray readie to be deuoured was by that meane taken from betweene his teeth he yet desisted not to take occasion by the forehead when and wheresoeuer he met her for which cause and to impresse an opinion in all nations of his right to our countrey he ioyned manie yeares after her Maiesties happie enterance to the Royall seate the title of England with that of his own dominions which could not be with any good meaning or without great preiudice to her Maiestie her heires lawfull successors These things are well knowen to manie yet liuing neither will the Spaniards by colour of the authoritie they had gotten amongst vs deny it as a thing vniust considering that the limitation of tyrants consisteth in things they can not get but if these good bodies should appealing to the fauor of malcontents complaine they are sclandered let vs enter into a scrutiny of times and we shall find them charged with the munition artillerie and other abillements of warre which could not be embezeled to any other end then the increase of their empire But if they denie the hauing of it or that they had it to any such vse I will ioyne with them in issue for both If they had it not let them they running through the store of the realme accompt how it was bestowed For Henrie the eight being one of the victorious kings of that age stil in action with France and Scotland the least of which is able to abate the high thoughts of a proud enemie could not in respect of his conquests be vnfurnished of prouision to withstand the power of so great aduersaries Agayne the time betweene this triumphant king his daughter Mary was in regard of our expectatiō but short in which there was no diminution of any thing within the realme as might appeare as well by the victories of that good king Edward being the hope of Europe as his bettering of the gold and siluer coines But how great her Maiesties charges grew by a new prouision of all thing immediatly after her royall entrie no man is ignorant no not strangers the dukes Memorancie and Cassimer greatly praising vpon their view only of her store in the Tower her carefull and most wise prouidence which they would not haue done had they knowen any part thereof not to haue bene of her Maiesties cost Now the question is to be asked of these temperat persons our warlike furniture being at that time their king maried with her Maiesties sister Mary comparable with any of the greatest Princes of the west part who eloigned the same I must answere for them they being occupied in hastening the fift monarchie euē they who haue vowed to make desolate our country and to murder a most sacred and Christian Princesse The seisure of armour treasure and munition with the rasure of places defensiue vpon conditions of peace is an old stratageme and vsed by the Turke in the times of his frēdship with them whō he mindeth to subdue which if any would excuse in the Spaniard