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A16302	The true copies of sundrie letters concerning the affaires of Bohemia, as they haue beene seuerally writen in High Dutch, Latine and French, to princes, and other men of account. Newly translated and printed	Saincte Foy, François de.; Christian II, Elector of Saxony, 1583-1611.; Bethlen, Gábor, Prince of Transylvania, 1580-1629.	1620 (1620)	STC 3214; ESTC S121080	17,678	44

THE TRVE COPIES OF SVNDRIE LETTERS Concerning the Affaires of Bohemia as they haue beene seuerally writen in High Dutch Latine and French to Princes and other men of account Newly translated and printed M. D. C. XX. The Contents of that which orderly followeth in this Booke 1. A Letter from Prague April 1. 1620. concerning the Christening of the young Prince borne there 2. A Letter sent into France concerning the Emperour Ferdinand his Ambassage into France to desire ayde of the French King 3. A Letter written by Christian Duke of Saxony to the Emperor Matthias by way of friendly admonition not to beleeue the Iesuites shewing how hee ought to carrie himselfe towards those of Bohemia and the other incorporate Prouinces 4. A Letter from Gabriel Prince of Transiluania to the Emperour Ferdinand 5. A Letter from Gabriel Prince of Transiluania to Christian Prince of Anhalt 6. Another Letter from the said Transiluanian Prince to the Prince of Anhalt 7. A Letter from Gabriel Prince of Transiluania to the Duke of Bauaria A Letter written from Prague the first of Aprill 1620. concerning the Christning of the Kings Sonne borne at Christmas last AFTER the King by way of Embassie had intreated the Prince of Transiluania to Christen his Childe the young Prince I meane borne so auspiciously in Prague about the end of December 1619. to the vnexpressable comfort of all the Kingdome and confederate Prouinces hee made a iourney to Proslaw the principall towne of Silesia the effect whereof tended to this purpose that by his personall appearance amongst them he not onely corroborated their good opinions of him but rectified certaine disorders and from that excellent diuision of Commutatiue and distributiue Iustice opened a larger hand of bountie to such as stood in need of his fauour and shewed a stronger arme of Maiestie to those that neglected his power But vnderstanding that the Transiluanians were alreadie on the way toward Prague hee hasted thither and by the middle of March was welcommed with many happie relations of seuerall victories both in opening the passages and defeating the Emperours armie as if Philip of Macedon should haue newes at an instant that the Spartanes were subiugated Olympia bare him a Sonne and his seruants carried away the games of Hercules So that to make him more way to his ioy about the end of March Count Henricus Turzo with other Noble-men in the name of Bethlem Gabor came to bee God-father to the young Prince there were diuers Lords of Hungarie in his companie and thirtie Hussaros as they call them exceedingly wel mounted six Caroches each of them drawne with sixe Horses and an hundred horses besides with good equipage and well appointed Notwithstanding such was the pleasure of the King to keepe correspondencie with his owne magnificence that he sent them twelue Coaches more with diuers officers of the Crowne among whom was principall the high great Steward the Baron of Lobcowitz a man grateful vnto them as hauing formerly been in Hungarie and now of sufficiencie to put an equall recompence in the other scale against many fauours by them extended toward him In this manner they came to the great Citie and the verie next day had audience wherin as an ouer plus to their embassie they assured his Maiestie that about the 1. of May which was the Diet of Newsnak the Crowne of Hungarie would be determined and those forces he had requested accelerated vnto him When the day of solemnitie approached wherein I passe ouer the concourse of people and many remarkable accidents tending to the expatiating the Bohemian glorie his Maiestie sent his owne Caroch by the Baron of Buslwitz the better to accommodate the Earle to the Court and so the King with Count Turzo the Duke of Wittenbergh and the Prince of Orange his Ambassador who were the other God-fathers went to the Church with the Lords of the States of the Countrey and the Ambassadors of the incorporated Prouinces Doctor Scultetus did preach taking his Text out of the 15. of Iohn I am the Vine And when the Sermon was finished other religious ceremonies began the yong Prince being brought into a place of sequestration yet publique enough for the satisfaction of the people by the greatest Ladie in the Land called Ouerburgrauen who supplied the place of Godmother and had on her right hand his Maiesties brother and on her left the Duke of Weymar The Lords and Officers went before them and the Ladies and Gentlewomen followed behind At euerie entrie or change of places the trumpets sounded and the drummes beate till they came vp to a stately marble table whereon a bazon of Gold stood seruing in steed of a Font to dip the Child in The Count Turzo held him in his armes all the Christning time and gaue him the name of Robert as intimating that the first Roman Emperor of his Maiesties Family was so called but questionlesse this was the direction of both the Councels and a policie of the Prince of Transiluania to induce the people to conceiue or apprehend that there might once againe be Emperours from their now Bohemian King After the Prince was named he was deliuered to the rest of the Ambassadors there present and so the deputies of the three States of the Crown the Lords of Silesia Morauia the higher and lower Lusatia with many other Ladies of estimation had the sight of him by turnes and blessed him extraordinarily euen in his cradle But time is the determiner of all things and so in time after some accomplishment of ceremonie they returned in order as they came except the King and some speciall Lords and Ladies who followed by themselues making as it were another shew of State but it should seeme the reason of the Kings protraction was to entertaine a present which the Count Turzo offered at the going out of the Church a verie faire and well shaped Turkish Horse richly caparisond the saddle and all things appertaining were pounced with floures of Gold-smiths worke interlaced with many precious Stones the verie couering was richly embroydered and the Horse as if he had knowne his owne glorie grew want only proud againe to shew his brauerie to the companie The royall dinner was solemnised in a great Hall builded on the Riuer for that purpose some call it the Mew some Moldan and some Moldauia as it maketh seuerall windings thorow the Cities The Feast lasted so long that that night they could doe no more but retyre into a house of pleasure scituated in the priuie Garden and for this purpose made as it were to shew a new countenance with great varietie of refreshing as guilding painting and vnvsuall pargetting He 's here They passed the residue of the time with musicke dances and another banquet The next day the States of Bohemia presented a gift to the young Prince of 2000. pounds in valuation and the other Ambassadors and Lords offered verie largely so that a man may well crie out of the warres as a consumer

of Treasure and impouerisher of Kingdomes For I am sure here was so great remonstrance of abundance that a man would sweare they neyther wanted men nor money To morrow is a preparation to celebrate the Baron of Donaws marriage and the next day an expectation of a Tilting and euerie day an inuitation of iollitie For in truth they that saw the noble customes and princely iollity of King Frederick his Queene his Brother the Duke of Weymar and the rest of the Lords and Ladies more then solemnitie of Prayers and giuing thankes vnto God would little imagine they had such intanglements of affaires abroad or at any time discomforts at home A Letter written by a French Gentleman being in the Armie of the King of Bohemia To a friend and neighbour of his in Poicton vpon the occasion of the Voyage of the Ambassadour of the Emperour Ferdinand sent into France SIR I Haue receiued yours wherein is contained the request of succour propounded by the Ambassadour of the Emperour to our King and hauing communicated it to those of our Nation which are here as I am I doe here represent vnto you the iudgement which wee doe all make of what may and ought to be answered to those who are of opinion to yeeld the succour which is required by an inueterate enemie to France and to the House of our Kings against the King Frederick of Bohemia one of our ancient Allies and one whose House hath deserued so well and so often of the House of our Kings and of France in generall Wee say then that if these Inducers are not more Spanish then French at the least they doe heauily offend against the Principles of our State by a grosse folly by a remarkable basenesse and by a manifest iniustice By folly first in setting themselues against those who serue for a counterpoyse for the State of France to balance it against a power so great as is alreadie become fearefull to all the States of Christendome particularly in this that by the Instrumencie of the Iesuites it pretendeth to be erected into a fift Monarchie by the ruine of other Kings and Princes The second follie were to goe with such facilitie to the succour of them who in the life time of Henry the fourth did refuse his interposition to accommodate the differences risen betweene certaine Princes of the Empire allied and confederated with France one of the principall Officers of the Emperour Rodulph hauing dared to say that the King should trouble himselfe with the affaires of his own State and in the difference now in question while it was yet in termes to bee accōmodated my Lord the Duke of Neuers being then at Vienna and hauing charge from our King to offer his interposition it was neglected and contemned And now after the Turke hath refused to giue them succour sued for at his gate foure seuerall times they come to our King and State against which they haue continually practized during these last fiftie yeares which they haue deuided by ciuill warres and thereunto cōtributed their armes and practises and made vse of our miseries as farre forth as they could This is far from taking hold vpon the occasion which is presented as it were by the hand and conduct of God to regaine Cambray Nauarre and other Demesnes of France vsurped by this House and to take from them the means to vse the like courses hereafter and to ouercome the Allies of France The third folly were out of meere iollitie to intangle our selues in a quarrell to reestablish that which it seemes the will of God is that it should not bee whose workes doe appeare in the sudden consent of so many Nations and the vnanimous cōciliation of so different inclinations all swaying to cast off the yoke of a domination violent and cruell and tending to the ouerthrow of all right both diuine and humane The fourth folly were to drayne the reuennues of the King to weaken him in Men by the diminutions which such warres doe bring and to reduce the harts of the French to the affection of that Stranger from whose faction the preceding Kings haue had pain enough to diuert them and into which they had beene throwne by wicked inducements The fifth were in that our King taking a resolution to beare his Armes against his Allies in fauour of the common enemie it might cause so great an hatred against him that they might grow to accord with this enemie thrust on by an indignation which could not bee in this case but very forcible ioyntly to turn their forces against the State of France which they should find drained of money weakned in men and no way prepared for such an inconuenience Whereas the true Counsell of State were when the Neighbours are in warre to make a stock of money to furnish the frontiers with men and munitions of warre and to keepe our selues on our Gard more then euer So should it likewise be a great ingratitude and basenesse to perswade a most Christian King to render euill for good to those Princes who haue so often so readily and so vsefully succoured him with Men Armes and Money for which hee is yet indebted in sums of very great importance employed for the conseruation of the House Royall and State of France against the attempts and assaults of those who are not now ashamed to demand succour against our Benefactors Herein likewise are they answered that would succour the Emperor vnder hand for that which is naught being done openly is not better by being done in secret and to commit a basenesse in secret is as much as to commit a theft without witnesse Besides that it is vnworthy of the dignitie of our King to counsell him to such actions which haue need to be concealed and yet cannot be being subiect to disaduow and reuocation when hee shall bee required thereto by his Allies Finally there should bee a great wickednesse in such a proceeding and a great iniustice in the maine matter for as to the first who is it that can approue that one should runne vpon his friends vpon the simple report of his enemies Must not both the parties be heard and haue leisure to informe the King of their actions or if you will not belieue them to send vnto the place to know the truth And as for the maine cause it will be found very good on the side of the Bohemians For first the Emperour Ferdinand was neuer chosen neither could be King of Bohemia then when it is pretended that hee was chosen hee was not chosen because the States of Morauia Silesia and Lusatia were not called vnto it and the principall persons of Bohemia had no voice in it but this pretended Election was made by the surprize of certaine Pensioners of Spaine who on the other side could not proceed to a new Election during the life of the Emperour who was also King of Bohemia for hee that liues hath no Heire But supposing the Election of Ferdinand

shall purchase immortall glorie and endlesse exaltations both amongst Strangers and the Princes of the Empire obtayning further from God all blessings both of bodie and soule and the same God will daily amplifie you with new dignities and most wished euents Contrariwise if you suffer the Iesuites and their Locusts so to abuse your bountie and clemencie which will not sincke into our perswasion Let it suffice that we innocently protest that all our reiterated Admonitions aymed at no other end but to preuent the House of Austria from those perils and dangers which threaten it and any vnexpected accidents falling out to the contrarie we are exempted herein from fault blame And thus in sincere equitie we hope to be excused by God and Men the which out of our affectionate loue and zeale wee did not thinke good to conceale from your Highnesse Dated the 6. of Octob. 1608. at Dresden To the Reader THe late Elector of Saxonie Christian the second by name who was elder Brother to him that now possesseth the Electorship and who in all times held good correspondence and amitie with Archduke Matthias afterwardes King of Hungarie and Bohemia and not long since late Emperour Defunct seeing this good Prince much grieued for the ill counsell and aduise which hee had followed in the managing of his affaires implicitely threatning himselfe and the House of Austria to lose the said Kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungarie with the Prouinces thereunto annexed hee resolued to write vnto Matthias this Letter in the Moneth of October 1608. which is to say twelue yeares since which being truly prophetical in that which afterwards ensued it hath beene thought of good importance and sufficiently deseruing to bee translated into Latine French and lastly into English for a Caueat and Instruction to all Princes and States that they neuer fall into the like inconuenience To the Emperours most Sacred and Royall Maiestie Most gracious Lord AT what time wee sate in Counsell with our Princes and Nobilitie moued by the vrgent occasions of the renowned Kingdome of Hungarie I did at once receiue one answer from your Maiestie vnto both my Letters sent by the Illustrious Gentleman Stephen Haller as my Letters occasions so requiring were two so hauing obtained an answere which agreeable to the weight of the affaires consisted of two parts the matter was maturely deliberated by the Counsell and perceiuing present danger in delay I would not deferre to sollicite your Maiestie the more earnestly about the last declaration of your Highnesse gracious pleasure And whereas I perceiue your Maiestie doth simply and absolutely vnderstand my declaration of the truce in this sense that during the time of League no ayde may be sent by the Hungarians to the Bohemians and the rest of their Confederates the retexing of which question will much illustrate both parts of the present answere your Royall Maiestie may please to vnderstand the whole course of the matter in this sense and not otherwise In the Polonian Assembly there haue beene three contracts made with me only and in those many transactions and that for diuers respects confirmed First Truce and Conditions of Peace with your Imperiall Maiestie Secondly with the Bohemians and the other Confederate Prouinces Thirdly with the Peeres and States of the Illustrions Kingdome of Hungarie And I confesse that I seemed in the opinion of many so entangled by that parley contrarie almost and opposite in diuers passages vnto it selfe that deserued and promised equitie could not possibly bee obserued towards both parties but the one must either bee something neglected or iniuried by me which so sinister conceit of mee that I may speedily remooue from the mindes of men especially if your sacred Maiestie or Counsellors haue entertained it pleaseth it you to be informed of the certaine truth and diuerse conclusions The Hungarian Nation hath confirmed a perpetuall league with the Bohemians and we haue promised mutually by oath to liue and dye together in withstanding all enemies so as to make peace or warre with any not aduertizing the other is vnlawfull for either part This agreement and couenant betwixt vs tooke place when by notice giuen them and their consent I ratified the peace which I now haue with your Maiestie But since the second Article I being silent doth oblige your Maiestie expresly to grant the same peace vpon demand to our Complices and Confederates the Bohemians and the other Prouinces which you haue granted vs and that your Maiestie is bound to harken after my motions which doe but seeke that the cessation of Armes vpon iust and equall conditions should bee on euery side granted If I shall perceiue your Maiestie to satisfie in no part this solemne protestation but contrarily with renewed forces to sound the alarme and put your Souldiers in Armes to suppresse vs if I obserue your Maiestie as daily complaints informe contrary to the hope and expectation of all good men to swerue alreadie which be farre from you from this agreement who can bee ignorant that my selfe is no longer neither the Hungarian Nation obliged to you Nay if wee aide not without delay our friends whose protection we vndertake we shall vnworthily bee accused by them of disloyaltie I doe therefore abundantly satisfie the Bohemians and others in soliciting your Maiestie for their truce like our owne which if I obtayne of you as due by couenant or if I discerne their suspected and dangerous estate by vaine lingrings and delayes neither your Maiestie nor any other shall euer accuse mee or the Hungarian Nation of promise breaking if wee finde our most bitter enemies whom obligation tyed to league and peaceablenesse Wherefore your Maiestie is not otherwise to vnderstand my declaration of the truce placed expressely in the second Article then the writing it selfe witnesseth that this our league with the Bohemians is not neither can bee made simply common as if together at the same time and in all kindes of league wee were tyed to each other Neither are they so neglected and forsaken of vs that there is no profit procured vnto them by our confederacie Moreouer I requiring it and fauouring iust and equall conditions your Maiesty is by couenant bound to grant like truce vnto them as to vs which if you doe not we are no further to contend in the matter with words and pen. Let truth ouer sway all things Since I labour and sweate now the third time in solliciting your Maiestie in our Confederates and Friends cause and that with obtestation Thus much concerning the Intreaties had with your Maiestie and the Confederate Princes COncerning the Articles concluded in the Consultations past at Polonia the distinction is manifest enough in them both of the truce confirmed with your Maiestie and the league established and concluded by the Confederates The inward administration and gouernment of the Subiects of the Kingdome vntill the truce is expired or till the next following and proclaymed generall Assembly of State howsoeuer prescribed by the