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A18489	The manifest of the most illustrious, and soveraigne prince, Charles Lodovvick, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Prince Electour of the sacred Empire: Duke of Bavaria, &c. Concerning the right of his succession both in the princedome, lands, and estates of the Palatinate: as also in the dignity, voice, session, and function of the electorship-Palatine thereunto annexed. Translated, anno. M.DC.XXXVII.; Manifestum sive deductio. English	Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine, 1617-1680.	1637 (1637)	STC 5046; ESTC S107765	37,055	164

at our entrance Wee can easily imagine that the Ban against Our most honoured Lord and Father the execution of the same together with the translation of Our Electourship which is still detayned by force may be cast into Our way by partiall and cold affected people but We intreate them all to spare their judgements and looke a little backwards upon the Protestations and just Defences which have beene made both in publike writings and assemblies there they shall finde the complaints of the temporall Electours against those unjust proceedings and the nullities of the same to be proved incurable And if need-full it were to enlarge those deductions which are already published to the world We are to know that our said Lord and Father not long before his death caused his just Apologie to bee drawne in writing against those violent proceedings with a purpose to have put it out but that He feared occasion might have beene taken from thence to have hindred some treaties and mediations then a foote since it hath beene suppressed by his untimely death which otherwise had it seene the light would questionlesse have imprinted better opinions in the minds of those who have beene choked with blinde and sinister informations For the present We referre the clearing of those matters to the publike bookes afore mentioned and referre expressely to our selves the defence and vindication of Our most deare Lord and Fathers honour by all lawfull waies against false and calumnious imputations hoping that no living soule can with reason blame this duty in a Christian and obedient sonne But in this passage We cannot conceale the inwardnesse of Our griefe to see the translation of Our Electorall Rights not onely usurped by force of armes but justified and confirmed by the late Treaty of peace made at Prague the 30 of May last under this painted pretext as if forsooth the whole world and in particular the Electorall Colledge assembled in the yeare 1627 had found and charged Our most deare Lord and Father as chiefe Authour of all the broyles happened first in Bohemia and afterwards throughout the Empire whereas the contrary was seriously represented and avouched to the Emperour by the whole Electorall Colledge and Diete at Ratisbone in the yeare 1623 the 30 of Ianuary as appeareth by their joynt relation as followeth That the Palatine was a yong Prince and not being able to Counsell Himselfe was seduced by others That He was not the Authour of the troubles in Bohemia and that others who had no lesse offended His Imperiall Maiesty had beene pardoned Wherefore they all besought His Maiesty to overcome Himselfe by his owne magnanimity and to turne His rigour into gentlenesse whereby the Palatine upon due deprecation might bee admitted to grace and the Empire be refreshed and setled in peace Otherwise if the waies of extremity were still continued nothing could be looked for but effusion of blood vastation of the Empire with new and fearefull combustions This was at that time the opinion of the said Electours which notwithstanding they strangely changed afterwards in the Diete at Mulhausen though they had lesse cause than before Now it is Manifest enough and might easily bee further cleared with what zeale and sincerity Our most honoured Lord and Father laboured to quench that fire which others had kindled and to obtaine the favour and reconciliation of the Emperour together with his owne restitution The many Treaties offers submissions satisfactions cautions made by Our most honoured Lord and Father together with the frequent Ambassages Intercessions Remonstrances of divers Kings Potentates Electours Princes and Estates in this behalfe are so many witnesses of His paines and integrity To passe over the friendly diligences which Our most honoured Lord and Father used to still and appease the first ruptures of Bohemia as also what Hee propounded to the Electour of Saxony and Landgrave of Darmstatt after the battaile of Prague touching His own reconciliation We will onely produce the testimony of some Ambassages in this place which were sent to the Emperour by the Kings and Allyes at the instance of Our most honoured Lord and Father The first was Anno 1621. when the Lords of Rantzow and Wintersheim were dispatched to Vienna from the King of Denmarke reiterated againe Anno 1622. by the Lord Bogwisch of Haslow seconded with the Letters and intercession of the Electour of Saxony The second sort are those Ambassages which were imployed to the Emperour by the late King of Great Britaine Our Grandfather of blessed memory namely by the Earle of Carlile 1619. by Sir Henry Wotton 1620. by Sir Edward Conway 1621. and Sir Richard Weston in the same yeere by the Lord Digby 1621. by the said Sir Richard Weston at Bruxells besides all those Treaties in Spain and elsewhere negotiated by His other Ambassadors The third sort are partly Letters sent to the Emperour by the said King of Great Britaine before the translation of Our Electorall Dignity under the date of 12. November 1621. Wherein divers Conditions were propounded to the advantage of the House of Austria and partly the conference at Colmar in Iuly 1627 with the Dukes of Lorraine and Wirttenberg who were admitted as Interposers by the Emperour himselfe together with our Offers and Declarations which were there made upon the foure Articles propounded in the Emperors name by the Prince of Eggenberg The fourth sort are those two solemne Ambassages which the King of Great Britaine our most Royall Vncle sent by Sir Robert Anstruther to the Emperour and Electors assembled at Ratisbone 1630. and to Vienna to the Emperour apart 1631. And lastly We referre our selves to those diverse writings and letters which Our most honoured Lord and Father sent abroad to Kings and Princes but especially to those two which He wrote with his owne hand unto the Emperour By all which though barely recounted as passing by it plainely appeareth that Our most honoured Lord and Father omitted no possible meanes to seeke and sue for his reconcilement preferring alwaies the publike peace before His private interest and what He could not doe by himselfe or his Ministers by reason of the Ban against Him He laboured to effect by the mediation of great Kings and Princes His Allyes ever willing to submit himselfe to reason which doth not onely discharge Him of those wrongfull imputations as though He by his practises stubbornenesse and rejection of all equitable meanes had beene the chiefe cause of these miserable warres and ruines in the Empire but also discover that the fault is to be truely imputed to them who disdainefully waving these many offers instances and intercessions of peace have driven all things to extremities to glut the covetousnesse and ambitions of their hearts But who will looke into the letters of his Imperiall Majesty written with his owne hand the 14 15. of October 1621. to Don Balthazar of Zuniga one of the Councellers and Grandees of Spaine shall there find other reasons indeed the true

the most Illustrious Count Palatine of the Rhine by vertue of the Electorate and Princedome Palatine shall administer the affaires thereof in place of King of the Romanes over all the Countries of the Rhine Suevia and Franconia True it is that Ludo vicus the Bavarian Emperour having banished and dispossessed his elder brother Rodolph Electour Palatine because He had given his voyce and assistance to Frederick the faire Arch-Duke of Austria against himselfe he laboured to impose upon the children of the said Rodolph restored after his death such a covenant of alternation but as it was attempted without right or reason so it never had effect for the Bavarian Line cannot produce one sole example that ever executed elective power and all their pretentions were fully rejected and nullified by the Golden Bull whereas in the Palatine House the said Right and Dignitie hath remained without any interruption having for the space of three hundred and odde yeeres assisted as Electours and high Truckcesse at the Elections and Coronations of thirteene Romane Emperours one after another And here the occasion offereth it selfe to remember without boasting the merits of our Predecessours and Palatine House not onely in the Empire and all Christendome but especially towards the House of Austria which hath beene oftner exalted to the Imperiall power and great nesse by our Ancestours than any other though many times to their owne disadvantage The example of Rupert Count Palatine King of the Romanes showeth with what zeale and courage He governed the Empire and pacified the trouble thereof Philip and Frederick II. Anno 1530. valiantly defended the City of Vienna against the Turkes neither sparing their Estates nor their lifes Particularly the said Frederick did diverse great and usefull services to Charles V. and his brother Ludovicus was the chiefe cause that anno 1531. Ferdinand the first was elected Emperour at Colen notwithstanding that Iohn Electour of Saxe protested against it for his sonne Rodolph of Haburg might next to God thanke Lodowick Electour Palatine by whose meanes Hee was made Emperour who was the first that beganne to advance his house and transmit the Dutchy of Austria to his posteritie The same Lodowicke stood alone against Adolph Count of Nassaw who by all the rest was chosen Emperour and mightily laboured to bring in Albert of Austria sonne of Rodolph Rodolph Electour Palatine chuse Fredericke Duke of Austria Emperour against Lodowick of Bavaria his owne brother which cost Him as is said his Dignities and Estate And it is well knowne that the late Emperours Maximilian the I. Charles V. Ferdinand I. Maximilian II. Rodolph II. and Matthias have received no small assistance and good offices from the Electours Palatines our Predecessours to attaine the Crowne Here also may not bee forgotten how true and sincerely Our most honoured Lord and Father dealt with the present Duke of Bavaria not onely visiting Him in person at Munchen Anno 1618 using all free communication with Him but also not long before His journey into Bohemia recommending to his trust his Countries and Estates as to one in whom hee had most confidence who also at that time promised all kind of good neighbourhood and to doe no displeasure as appeareth by their mutuall letters But especially when Our said Lord and Father to make him feele his intire affection gave him his Electorall voyce to be King of the Romanes Anno 1619. in these words Having ever in Our heart desired to see Right and Iustice duely administred in the Empire all disorders and oppressions removed and the causes of forraigne warre prevented We have among all the Potentates Electours and Princes fixed our thoughts upon the Duke of Bavaria as upon a Prince wise peacefull full of experience governing His owne Estates in quiet and not engaged in any warre which We propound not out of disaffection to any of the forenamed much lesse to the House of Austria which hath often felt and found the good offices of our Electorall House but only as we conceive the course of the present affaires and that according to Our oath And therefore in the Name of God We give Our voyce to the said Duke of Bavaria All which being in it selfe cleere as the day we cannot but thinke it very strange that without taking notice of the aforesaid demonstrations the proceedings against our deare Lord and Father our Selfe Brethren Blood and Agnation have beene carried with such rigour and animosity taking from Vs without all forme of justice what God Our birth and Right hath given Vs. But that which grieveth Vs most of all is That not contented with those exorbitant and dangerous innovations the pretended Translation of Our Electorall Voyce Place and Function with all that thereon dependeth hath againe beene ratified and confirmed upon the descendents of the Duke of Bavaria and his brothers and upon the whole Line of Duke William their father deceased Notwithstanding that it was granted to the said Duke for the terme of his life as the Electours of Saxe and Brandenburg were assured who gave their assent for no longer time By which violent and peremptory proceedings that which at first was but oppression and might have vanished with time will now put on the face of Law and be made perpetuall Whereby We Our brethren blood and Agnation may be for ever deprived in Our spotlesse innocence of all the ancient and inherent Rights of Succession Reversion and simultancous Investiture inseparable from Our House And that without all bounds of Iustice or forme of Law unaccused unheard without the knowledge and assent of the Electoral Colledge and to the infinite prejudice of all Electorall and Princely Houses who may reade their owne story in Our Oppression Indeed our most honoured Lord and Father was in His life time advertised that the perpetuation of Our Electorate in the Line of Duke William had beene long agoe projected and more specially in the late Electorall Diet at Ratisbone Wee have also heard That hereditarily an Investiture was promised under Seale to the Duke of Bavaria and that to dispose the Electours of Saxe and Brandenburg the more easily to consent the peaceable enioying of the Ecclesiasticall goods would be granted to them for fourty yeeres But these things being so directly contrary to the former assurances to the declarations of His Imperiall Maiesty to the protestations of the two temporall Electours to the reversalls of the Duke of Bavaria to the Golden Bull to the fundamentall Lawes and to all Right and equity Wee did forbeare along time to give any credence to them Till in the last Treaty of Prague betweene the Emperour and the Electour of Saxe We finde the Translation of Our Electorall Dignity with all the dependances to bee setled and entailed upon the Line of Duke William for ever and to be received and approved by the two said Parties Treating as an Article of Peace and a Case cleerely decided The Case in Law that the Electourship can neither be