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A08108	A true coppie of the transportation of the Lowe Countries, Burgundie, and the countie of Charrolois: doone by the King of Spayne, for the dowrie of his eldest daughter. Giuen in marriage vnto the Cardinall Albert, Duke of Austria, vvith the articles and conditions of the same, signed by the King in Madrill. Translated out of Dutch by H.W. Nouember. 1598	Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II); Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.; H. W., fl. 1598.	1598 (1598)	STC 18468; ESTC S113157	16,222	30

SERENISSIMA ISABELLA CLARA EVGENIA INFANTA HISPANIARUM c. The pourtraicture of the most Illustrious Isabella Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain Duchesse of Austria and Burgundie And Princesse of Belgia R E sculpt A true Coppie of the transportation of the Lowe Countries Burgundie and the Countie of Charrolois Doone by the King of Spayne for the Dowrie of his eldest Daughter Giuen in marriage vnto the Cardinall ALBERT Duke of Austria vvith the Articles and Conditions of the same signed by the King in Madrill ❧ Translated out of Dutch by H. W. Nouember 1598. AT LONDON Printed by I. R. for Paule Linley dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Blacke Beare The Coppie of the transport done by his Maiestie to th' Infanta his Eldest Daughter of the Netherlands Burgundie the Countie of Charolois in the yeere 1598. PHILL Rex To all present and to come which shall see or heare these presents greeting WHereas wée haue found to be most behoouefull not onely to our Prouinces of the Low-countries but also vnto all Christendome in generall no longer to delay the marriage of our deere and beloued eldest Daughter th' Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia béeing moued thereunto as well for the conseruation of our House as diuers other good respects as also for the great good affection which we beare vnto our beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin th' Archduke Albert a● this present Lieuetenant Gouernour and Captaine generall for vs in our Netherlands and Burgundy we haue cast our eyes on him and choosing him for the future Husband of our said Eldest Daughter the whole aswel with the consent pleasure of our holy Father the Pope who condiscendeth and graunteth the dispensations thereunto belonging as also with the agréement and consent of the most high excellent puissant Prince our beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin Rodolph the second of that name Emperour of the Romaines together with our welbeloued Sister the Empresse his Mother which beeing considered and to the ende that our saide Daughter might bée furnished with reasonable means such as are required for her great calling and merrits Also to shew and make knowne the loue which we haue and doe beare vnto our sayde Netherlands and Burgundie wee haue resolued to th' aduanncement of the saide marriage to giue and transport all those saide Countries vnto our saide Daughter and all thereunto belonging in the manner which shall be specified héere-vnder The whole with the consent and good will of our deere and welbeloued good Sonne the Prince Phillip our onely Sonne and heire according to the aduertisement which by vs and our sayd Sonne hath béene giuen vnto the principall Lords and Knights of our order Gouernours and Estates of our said Netherlands which are in our obeysance together with those of our Country of Burgundie All the which haue witnessed and declared by theyr aunswer the ioy contentment which they receiued at our so kinde resolution which they knowe and confesse to be for the rest and tranquilitie of our said Netherlands and that it is the true and right course to attaine to a good and firme peace and to bee deliuered from such a troublesome warre which quiet and tranquilitie wee haue alwaies wished vnto them And considering that which vnto all is most manifest the greatest felicitie which may happen to a Country is to be gouerned by the sight and presence of theyr naturall Prince and Lord God is witnesse of the trouble and care which we haue had because we haue not beene able in that sort to do it personally as trulie we well wished if other great and important affaires of our Realme of Spaine had not forced and constrained vs to make a continuall residence therein without moouing anie thing from thence as also at this present they constraine vs. And although the age of our said Sonne seeme more fitte to trauaile then dooth ours notwithstanding it hath béene the pleasure of the Almightie to giue so many other kingdomes and Counteies for the good gouernment of which there will neuer want affaires of great importance for the which also his presence shall heere be needfull Wee haue then founde most conuenient to take this resolution to he end that our said Low Countries be not left in the fore-passed inconueniences together with the reason that we haue to appoynt the portion of our said Daughter th' Infanta according to her merrits and the greatnes of her birth As also perticulerly that next vnto the said Prince our Sonne vnto whom God confirme with long yeeres prosperitie to his seruice our said eldest Daughter is the first and neerest heyre vnto the said Countries and therefore by vertue of the will and pleasure of our said Son shee may frō this time be constituted in the same The more because we haue chose these meanes hoping that thereby our said Netherlands may returne to their auncient flower rest and prosperitie which heeretofore they haue had VVherefore we make knowne That desiring at this present to put in execution that whereon we haue so ripely considered and in respect of the voluntarie consent which our said Sonne the Prince hath so liberallie giuen thereunto after hee had vnderstood the submission wherewith our said Countries did confirme our will and intention wée haue resolued and decréed to cede and transport to our said Daughter th'Infanta and to the aduauncement of the saide marriage all our saide Prouinces of the Netherlands and Burgundy in the forme manner and conditions heere-vnder expressed I. THE first condition is and not otherwise that our sayde Daughter is to take in marriage th'Archduke Albert in vertue of the dispensations which our holy Father the Pope hath granted to that end that she shall accept for her Dowrie the said Low Countries and the County of Burgundie And in case that the saide marriage were disturbed for any cause whatsoeuer the said donation and cession shall be voyde and of none effect as in such a case at this present we recall and anullate the same II. Item on condition not otherwise that the Children and descendents of the said marriages Males and Females ligitimates and borne in true marriage and not the vnlawfull although by subsequent it were in marriage the Elder procéeding the Younger and the Male the Female in like degrée they shall be Heires from hand to hand of all the said prouinces conioyntly without eclipsing or seperating them declaring that the Sonne or Daughter of the Eldest Sonne or Daughter deceased during the life of their Father the same shall be preferred vnto the Vncles or any other of the collaterall line III. Item on condition and not otherwise that in case which God defend that there were neither Sonne nor Daughter of this mariage or that they should be deceased in the time of the decease of one either of y e sayd Archduke Albert or our Daughter th'Infanta which shal be married The sayd donation and concession shal be from hence-forward voyde of no

it shall be requisite Giuen in our Cittie of Madrill Realme of Castile the sixt day of the Month of May 1598. and of our raigne of Naples and Ierusalem the 45. of Castile Arragon Cicile and others the 44. and of Portingall the 19. Paraphed thus N. D. V. Subsigned PHILLIPPVS And more vnder By the King And vnder written A. de la Loo Approbation Aggreation and the Oath of the Prince of Spayne in the transportation of the Netherlands and Burgundie PHILLIP by the grace of GOD Prince onely sonne and heyre to the Kingdoms Countries Dominions of the King PHILLIP the second of that name my Lord and Father Vnto all present and to come greeting MY saide Lorde and Father hauing resolued to espouse my Lady th' Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia our deere and wel beloued Sister with the Archouke Albert our beloued Vncle and Cosin and that according to the same his Catholique Maiestie hath also determined in our cōmunication and with our consent béeing there-vnto perswaded through great respects of the common good yea to the rest and tranquilitie of all Christendome in generall and perticulerly to the rest and quietnesse of the Netherlands As also to the end that our said good Sister be furnished according to her qualities and highnes of her birth To make a gift vnto our saide Sister of the Netherlands and the County of Burgundy in the forme and manner appearing by the open Letters which my Lorde and Father to that end dispatched signed with his own hand and sealed with his great seale whereof the tenor followeth from word to word Phillippus c. Make knowne that after hauing perticulerly vnderstoode what is aboue saide and mentioned euery point of the matter considering the common good which is lyke to proceede thereof vnto all Christendome Yea the same by reason of the perticuler loue which we owe and beare vnto our beloued Sister th' Infanta through her great woorthines We strengthen approoue and confirme for good by these presents notwithstanding any preiudice which might belong to vs our Successours now present or to come and for the same reasons we consent and agrée by these presents that the said Netherlands and Counties of Burgundy and Charloys shal be ceded transported and giuen vnto our beloued Sister th' Infanta in the manner as my aforesaid Lord and Father hath done it and as it may best continue and for the more security coroboration and assurance of what his Maiesty dooth dispose and ordaine in the fauour and furtherance of our beloued Sister Euen so doe wee dispose and ordaine there-vnto if so it be néedefull by these presents also in fauour of the same in the same forme and manner in all the whole procéeding of our owne free will without that wee haue any way there-vnto béene incited compelled either by deceite falshoode nor any respect of paternall reuerence nor any feare or other but iustly and truly being our intention that the said Countries shal belong and appertaine to our deere and beloued Sister th' Infanta Isabell Clara Eugenia and her Successours in the forme of the saide disposition of the King my Lord and Father And to the end that all may haue his full enteere effect and perfection and remaine for euermore faster and more stabler we haue renounced and renounce by these presents in fauour of our said beloued Sister for vs and our Successours all Benefices which may or might be by right giuen or assigned vnto vs or them which might contrary vnto these nor although it were by right of restitution in Integrum in the which we haue likewise renounced and by these presents doe renounce For our concluded and determined will is that no manner of things shall haue any force or power against this donation concession and transport which is done of the Netherlands in the forme and manner before written Wherefore we haue done and giuen our oath vpon the holy Euangilan Gospel which we haue touched with our hands to hold and obserue maintaine and accomplish and to cause to be held obserued maintayned and accomplished all what is aforesaid without euer to bring there against any manner of excuse or exception nor to suffer that any shall bring them in our name the which we affirme and promise with princely words and that we wil giue any ayd assistance to the fulfilling of what is said Such being as is said our earnest will and desire In witnes wherof we haue dispatched these present open Letters the which wee haue subsigned with our owne hands and caused to be contrasigned by the Secretaries infrascripts of the estates of the King my Lord and Father in the said matters of the said Lowcountries and Burgundy and caused them to be sealed with the great Seale of Armes of his said Maiesty hanging at a golden string being present and as witnesses ther-vnto requested Don Gomes de Auila Marques of Velada our Gouernour and great Steward Don L. H. t. a p. de mora Earle of Castel Rodrigo G tand Commander d'Alcantara Gentleman of the Kings Chamber and Cup-bearer to our owne person Don Iehan d'Iiaques great Commaunder of Lean al thrée of the Counsaile of Estate and Messire Nicholas d'Amant Knight likewise Counsailour of Estate and Keeper of the Seale of his Maiesty in the matters of the afore-said Netherlands and Burgundy and Chauncelour of his Countrey and Dukedome of Brabant Giuen in the Cittie of Madrill the Realme of Castile the sixt day of the moneth of May in the yeare of grace 1598. Paraphe N. e. r. t signed Philippus And more vnder By order of my Lord the Prince subsigned A de la Loo and the saide Letters were sealed with the great Seale of Armes of his Maiesty in redde waxe hanging at a golden string Procuration of th'Infanta to her future Spouse to receaue the Netherlands in her name ISabell Clara Eugenia by the grace of God Infanta of al the Kingdoms of Spaine Dutches of Burgundy Lorrayne Brabant Limborch and Artoys Countesse Pallatin of Haynault Holland Zealand of Namen and Zutphen Marquesse of the Romish Dominion Lady of Freesland of Saliues and Machelen of the County Citty and Country of VVtrecht Oueryssel and Groeninghen To all present and to come which shall see or beare these Presents KNow that as well for the welfare of Christendome ingeneral as the perticuler of the Netherlands and for other good considerations it hath pleased the King my Lord and Father for the furtherance of our future marriage by the dispensation of our holy Father the Pope with our beloued Cosen the Archduke Albert and with the consent agréeation and agréement of the high and puissant Prince our déere and welbeloued Brother to make vs a gift concession and transportation of all the Netherlands and Burgundy by the open Letters thereof dispatched and respectiuely subsigned by their owne hands she sixt day of this present moneth of May with other open Letters touching the acceptation of the transport and donation to the

of thys good worke to giue cede and transport to our saide Daughter all our sayde Netherlands and Burgundie according to the open Letters which there-unto belonging were sent to our good Brother as likewise those of the aggreation and cōsent of our deerely beloued good Sonne the Prince and likewise of the acceptance of our saide Daughter Whereof wee assure our selues you will rest contented And moreouer acknowledge the loue and affection which wee alwayes haue borne the sayd Countries as the same shall be more manifestly showne by Gods grace by meanes of the sayde marriage and the sending ouer of our said Daughter thether as soone as time shall suffer it As also through the assistance which we shall continue to doo to the sayd Countries at all occasions being needfull since our intent is not any wise as some vndiscreet might construe it to abandon them but to the contrary to succour and defend them as of old we haue doone vntil such time as they shall be by peace or otherwise secure Deere and welbeloued remaine in the Lords keeping From Madrill the 31. of May 1598. N. D. V. Signed Phillip And vnder A. de la Loo The superscription was To our beloued the Sherieffe and other Magistrates and Counsellors of the Cittie and County of Machlen THE PRINCE DEere and welbeloued your aunswere of the xxi of December the last yéere vpon my Letters of the precedent Month of September in credence of that which in my behalfe my good Vncle and Cosin hath caused to be declared vnto you haue giuen me full satis-faction and content such I also expect according to the obedience you beare to the good will of the King my Lord and Father And because the intent of his Maiestie referreth it selfe on the great good which shall happen to the Countries of the other side the same seruing for the furtherance and conclusion of the future marriage of my deerely beloued good Sister the Infanta with the saide Archduke with my interuention expresse consent and aggreation vnto the gyft and transport which his Maiestie intended of the said Countries as more at large you may vnderstand it by his Letters Moreouer hee will continue his affable and fauourable affection which at all times you haue felt and his said Maiestie shall not nowe cease the same but at any neede proffer his assisting and defending hande for the said Countries vntill such time as by meanes of a sure peace they shall finde themselues wholy assured the which of my side I will likewise procure for the sayd causes Deere and beloued our Lorde haue you in his keeping Madrill the tenth of May. 1598. N. D. V. Signed Phillip And more vnder A. de la Loo FINIS Demonstration of the Estates of the Prouinces to his Altere 1. INprimis the first Article containes of the Aggreation of the transport and gift of the Netherlands and of the marriage 2. Secondly to receaue the Prouinces and to doe his oath 3. That his Altera shall shewe and manifest within seauen moneths the accomplishment of the marriage 4. That his Maiesty shall giue an Act that the twelueth Article comprehended in this transport shall not be hurtfull to these Netherlands Viz. that which is written touching the feesle and Reere-seeffe 5. That all contributions lodging of Souldiours and other charges shall be taken away and that hence-forward his Altera shall helpe himselfe with the Domaynes and loanes 6. That the Strangers from hence-forward shall remaine to the charge and payment of his Maiesty and that they shall be imployed in the field on the borders of the Enemy 7. All Souldiours Germaynes and such like of the Country shall be maintayned and paide of the said Loanes as much as shall be possible and the rest shall his Maiesty pay 8. That all Offices and Gouernances of the Prouinces Citties and Fortresses at the furthest within one yeare shall be set in the hands of the naturall Lord of the Country 9. All extraordinary Counsailes shall be reformed set on their auntient foote That likewise the Prouinciall Counsaile of Machelen as also that of Brabant and the Counsaile of Estate shall be replaced by men of these Countries 10. That all the Prouinces Countries and Citties shall be mayntained in their old Priuiledges 11. His Altere shall endeuour himselfe to returne to these Netherlands within the next May now next comming 12. His Altere shall set in his place during his absence a Gouernour of his blood who shall be bound to sweare to all what his Altere hath sworne 13. That it shall be lawfull to the Generall Estates through interuention of his Altere to ioyne in communication with those of Holland and Zealand to make peace 14. And sith that the Countries are furnished with naturall Lords there shall be three deputed to goe with his Altera to Spayne to the end to thanke his Maiesty 15. That his Altera shall be bound to keepe all what is aboue said and that he in his returne with th' Infanta in all Prouinces shall doe the vsuall oath 16. That all Gouernours Captaines and men of warre shall not enterprise any new thing during the absence of his Altera 17. That his Altera after his returne shall be bound to assemble the Generall Estates to the end to gather to labour to bring the matters of the Netherlands in a good estate FINIS