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A67880	A speech delivered in the House of Commons, July 7th: 1641. being resolved into a committee, (so neer as it could be collected together) in the Palatine cause. By Sr. Simonds D'Ewes.	D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650.	1641 (1641)	Wing D1253; ESTC R14551	5,502	16

never been reduced had not the French King at that time forgotten the old Maxime of his Predecessors which was to keepe even the ballance of Germanie to which also did most fatallie concurre the Duke of Bavarias ambition betraying his own bloud and the Duke of Saxonies taking of Armes against the Evangelicall partie By this meanes and the advancing of Spinola with the Spanish Armie out of the Nether-Lands was not onely the Kingdome of Bohemia lost in a few monthes but the Palatinate also excepting some few places of strength invested by the Enemie and that poore people left to slaughter calamitie and desolation The correspondence of some ill Ministers of this State abroad with those of Porraine states heere assisted by some fatall instruments at home furthered all this mischeife at the instant putting this state in hope of a Match when supplies should rather have been sent from hence to have preserved at least the Electorall Territories from an invading power It is true that the Spanish Match had been generally treated off some five or six yeares before this fatall fire kindled in Germany being first set on foote by the Duke of Lerma under Philip of Austria the late King of Spaine but now it was effectually advanced and fortified with a conjoyned treatie of accommodating the Palatine cause without effusion of bloud This and much more appeares in the Originall journall bookes of the two houses of Parliament in Anno. 21. Iacobi Regis which I have so far perused as so short a time would give leave and though that matters are there set downe at large especially in the Records of the House of Peers yet I have abstracted it into so narrow a compasse as may well sort with the little spare time of this House to heare it The relation was first made at White-hall during that Parliament in the presence of the greater part of both the said houses on Tuesday Febr. 24. and it was afterwards Reported upon Friday the 27. day of the same moneth next ensuing in the Lords house by the then Lord-keeper and in the house of Commons by Sr. Richard Weston at that time Chancellour of the Exchequer It is ther at large set forth that his Mties. Royall Father having had severall faire promises from the Emperour Ferdinand the 2d. and the King of Spaine of a peaceable restitution of the Palatinate caused not onely such considerable forces as were then remaining in Germanie under the Prince Electors ensignes to disband but procured also some places of strength in the Palatinate it selfe to be surrendered and consigned over in trust to the late Infanta of Spaine But in the yeare 1622. our late Royall Soveraigne King Iames upon his Ambassadors returne from Bruxels having discovered the Emperours intentions to be full of insinceritie and deceit wrote his Princelie Letters bearing date at Hampton Court October 3. 1622. to the then still Earle of Bristow his Maties. extraordinarie Ambassador in Spaine to let him know that he now perceived little sincerity in all the Spanish Kings promises for the peaceable restitution of the Palatinate by whose onely meanes he had suffered the same to be lost to the Emperour and that therefore he should presently presse that King either to give a full and direct answer under his hand and seale for the restitution thereof or else to joyne his Armes with his Matie. against the Emperour for the recoverie of the same But this matter as it further appeares by the Originall Iournall-bookes of the Lords house being either not throughly pressed or notably dissembled So many delaies ensued one upon the necke of another as in the issue it drew his Royall Matie. then Prince of Wales to undertake that dangerous and remote journey unto that Nation which hath bin the long and hereditarie enemy of England This Iourney was cheifly undertaken by so great a Prince to add an end one way or other to that unfortunate treatie and his staie in Spaine so long did causally proceed from his earnest desire to have effected a peaceable restitution of the Palatinate and therefore I doubt not but he shall now live to verifie that excellent and Heroicke expression which he made to the Conde de Oilvarez a little before his comming out of that Kingdom Looke for neither Marriage nor friendship without the restitution of the Palatinate And I assure my selfe that the force and power of great Brittaine which was lately by subtile and wicked instruments divided against it selfe being now Vnited in one again will bee able to effect such great and considerabl● actions as shall render his Majes. Name and Raigne glorious to all posterity The two houses of Parliament at that time received the before mentioned declaration with so much resentment as having first rendred glory to God that had so seasonably discovered the Spanish-frauds and next their humble acknowledgments to their then gratious Soveraigne for requiring their Counsels in a businesse of so great importance they did unanimously advize him to breake off the said two treaties touching the marriage and the restitution of the Palatinate ingaging no lesse then their persons and purses for the recovery of the then Prince Electors ancient and hereditarie Dominions It appeares also in the Originall Iournall-booke of this house De ano. Io. Caroll that this great busines was againe taken into consideration but was finally incombed with other matters of great moment by the fatall and abortive disolution of that Parliament If therefore this great Counsell of the Kingdome did in those two former Parliaments account the restitution of this Illustrious and Princely family to bee of such great necesitie for the preserving of true Religion broad and securing our selves at home as to ingage themselves for an assistance therin certainely wee may vpon much better grounds vndertake the same now when I assure my selfe we may goe as farre with a thousand pounds for the present as we could have done with ten thousand at that time for let vs but take a short view of thee state of Christendome what it was then and what it is now and wee shall easily perseive a great alteration in the ballance thereof In France where Monsieur de Luynes did then rule all being himselfe acted by the Popes Legate that King contrary to the examples of Francis the first Henry the second and of Henry the Great his own Father and contrary to the maximes and interst of that State and his owne safety advanced the formidable power and spreading greatnes of the House of Austria but now the same French Kings eyes have been so opened that shaking off that former vnhappie slumber hee was in hee hath by his armes and power to his immortal honour and glory for divers yeares last past endeavoured to restore againe that Libertie to the Germane Empire in the ruine of which himselfe had so fatallie before concurred The Swedes were then involued in severall warres or iealousies with the Pole and enforced to keepe at home to defend their owne but now have a strong Armie and possesse divers peices of important consequence within the very bowells of the Empire The Episcopall Electors with the other Pontifician Princes and Prelates the sworne enemies the Protestant Religion were then rich and potent but since most of their Countries and Territories have tasted of the same calamities of Warre which they had formerly brought vpon their neighbours so as now they are most of them scarce able to defend their owne much lesse to offend any other The Pseudo-Lutheran Elector of Saxony that is causallie guiltie more then anie other single person living of all those calamities and slaughters which have for so many yeares wasted Germanie and was then so liberall of his Treasure and so forward with his armes to ancillate to the Emperors designes to the almost vtter subversion of the true Religion in Germanie is now after the reiterated temeration of his faith and promises the fatall survivor of the severall devastations of his owne Cuntrie and dominions So as all those vast difficulties and great dangers which might well have retarded the forwardnes of those two former Parliaments the first being held in the 22. yeare of his Maiestes roiall Father and the latter in his owne first yeare being now removed wee have greater encouragements then ever to concurre with our sacred soveraigne in the asserting of this his most iust and princely Manifest For mine owne part I expect no good issue of the present Treatie at the Diet of Ratisbone I know the Duke of Bavarit● ambition too well ever to imagine that he will part with those large revenues and much lesse with the Septem-virall dignitie and suffrage hee hath obtained by the Prince Electors calamitie and misfortune vnles it be extorted from him by force of armes My humble advice therefore is that wee send vp to the Lords to desire a speedy conference with them in which we may aquaint their Lordships how farre we have proceeded in our approbation of his Maiesties most royall Manifest and to move them to concurre vnanimously with vs therein FINIS