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The copy of a paper presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty by the Spanish embassador, the third of May, 1661
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Wing C6184; ESTC R218178
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The Copy of a Paper Presented to the KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY BY THE Spanish EMBASSADOR The third of May 1661. SIR THe 28th of March the Spanish Embassador delivered unto Your Majesty a writing representing the dangerous consequence of the Poâ—tugâ—es Marriage proposed to Your Majesty as also the solid Advantages which Your Majesty might obtain from Spain in this present conjuncture with Peace Tranquility and Commerce abandoning the Chimerical Propositions made by the Portuguâ—s who offers nothâ—ng but doubtful things not having any lawful possession of them and cannot serve but to occasion a War between England and Spain he not being able to assist Your Majesty to maintain it neither can he ever of himself make any Wâ—r against England though Your Mâ—jâ—s ty should abandon him and embrace the Interest of Spaiâ— whereby you shall receive an infallible benefit instead of those vain Offers made by the other not having reallity in them And in regard the Embassador hath not yet received any answer notwithwithstanding Your Mâ—jesty hath often assured him he should receive it he finds himself obliged to put your Majesty in remembrance thereof and to demonstrare to Your Majesty according to the last Order that he hath received from the King his Master That over and above the Offers which he hath already made for the Princess of Denmark and for the Princess of Saxony or any other Princess that may seem pleasing to Your Majesty He doth now propose the Princess of Oâ—aâ—ge whom his Catholick Majesty will adopt and endowre with the same Advantages which have been proposed with the Princess of Denmark and Saxony in case that she be more pleasing to your Majesty and with those very same Advantages and Conditions which Your Majâ—sty desired with the Princess of Parma when Your Majesty thought that that Marriage would be convenient for You being he believes that that with the Princess of Orange will be of great satisfaction to Your Majesties Kingdoms for several Reasoâ—s of great consideration and in particular for the nearness and neighbourhood of that Princess especially all Your good Subjects desiring nothing more then to see Your Majesty speedily married and which cannot be elsewhere but with many delaies and those exposing the Conclusion to many Chances and Accidents which may render it ineffectual Moreover it is represented that your Majesties marriage with the Portugues doth not stand with the continuance of the Peace and Commerce between Spain and England the which is even supposed in that Pamphlet written in favour of Portugal where the Author concluding a breach with Spaâ—n endeavours to perswade that the Commerce with that Nation is no way profitable to England but his Reasons are as weak and as false as those which are alledged in another Pamphlet set out to authorize and make good the Duke of Braganza's Usurpation of the Crown of Portugal and as the Reasons in the latter Pamphlet be evidently false so if it please your Majesty to command the Committe of Commerce or any other person understanding that Commerce to consider the Reasons alledged in the former where he insists to make it appear That the Commerce with Spain is not absolutely necessary to England his Discourse will be found weak groundless false and proceeding from ill intentions unto both Kingdoms And for what belongs to the Dowry which some of your Maiesties Ministers have looked on whether it be sufficient or proportionable to Your Maiesty the Embassador saith That it is the same which hath been demanded and with which other great Kings have been contented But if Your Majesty instead of the ordinary Dowry doth desire at present other things more proportionable to Your conveniency Your Mâ—jesty may please to declare them being it is certain that Your Majesty ought not to doubt of obtaining from the good Will and Power of the Carholick King much greater Advantages and those real ones and to be enjoyed in peace and quietness then those that Portugal doth offer and from which no benefit will ensue but rather engaging Your Majesty in a War which ought to be avoided for the good of Your Kingdoms being that which the Catholick King proposeth is without hazard and with all the Advantages that Your Majesty can desire for the good of the Subiects of both Crowns