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A10589	A relation of all matters passed especially in France and the Low-Countries, touching the causes of the warre now in Cleueland. Together with such occurrences of note as have happened in Spaine, Italie, England, Germany, Hungarie and Transyluania, since March last to this present, 1614. Translated according to the originall of Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus.	Isselt, Michael von, d. 1597.; Booth, Robert, d. 1657.	1614 (1614)	STC 20862; ESTC S104590	34,365	50

of the holy Supper to be vnderstoode and expounded in the true and right sense with some other Articles as it was reported Some yeeres past and before the Peace made with the confederate States of Holland a Seafaring man of Holland had been taken by the Masters of the Spanish Inquisition and had been condemned to the fire for a Psalme booke onely which was found in his custodie but by some strange deuice hee escaped that danger but afterward returning into the same place againe as being secure from feare by reason of the League hee was againe taken by the Inquisitors and notwithstanding the intercession of the States to the Archduke who writ to the King in the prisoners behalfe hee was condemned and burnt aliue His kinsfolkes haue made many complaints to the States for this crueltie and to reuenge the same haue intreated earnestly that they may haue leaue to saile into the West Indies About the beginning of Aprill was an honourable meeting of the Electors and Princes at Naumburge in Thuring the Elector of Saxony with his brother Augustus the Elector Brandenburge and many other Princes to conclude and aduise of the hereditarie league betweene the noble families of Saxony Brandenburge and Hassia of the precedencie of the houses of Vinaria and Alkenburge and of the doubtfull and controuersed busines touching Gulicke and Iuliers In the meane time ielousies and vnkindnes euery day increasing betweene the Princes of Brandenburge and Newburge many of the Electors and Princes laboured to bring them to accorde But the States of Cleueland assembling together agreed to incline to neither side of the foresaid Princes nor to allow any contribution to them vntill they were assured of their true successor and Master and at once sending their letters to the Archduke Albert to the Elector of Collen to the Estates of the vnited Prouinces of Belgium requested them that they would haue no hand in this busines but that they would leaue it to be determined betweene the Princes themselues to whom the Elector of Collen answered that for the great desire he had of peace hee would be very vnwilling that any warre should arise especially in the Empire and Countries neighbouring vpon him and yet if the Prince of Newburge should haue any wrong done him in his right pretence that by no meanes he might forsake him and sending to Dusseldorpe Reckius his Embassadour exhorted the Princes who were seased of some places to lessen their traine And although they fell to the number of twentie fiue attendants yet the Brandenburgian presently changing his purpose after that the Newburgians laying aside their armes which they carried closely that is Pistols and other weapons which might bee tied vnder their cloakes and walking onely with their swords by their sides answered that he also would willingly condescend to all reason and equity especially in the determining of the question of succession betweene them and forthwith departing to Gocha within the Principality of Cleue hee sent his Embassadours to the Estates of the vnited Prouinces who by all meanes exhorted both the Princes to auoide trouble and to conserue peace But when the Estates vnderstood that the King of Spaine had commanded his souldiers to be in a readinesse they also gaue order to haue Waggons prouided that if necessity required they might carrie their souldiers thither where the Spanish forces should bend Which prouision gaue the Archduke occasion to write to them to this effect That he lately was aduertised by the Estates and Councellors of the Dukedome of Cleue of differences growing betweene the Illustrious Princes George William of Brandenburge and Wolfangus William of Newburge and of the dangers which therby hang ouer the whole Countrey with a request also from them that to his power he would for the conseruation of the common peace meet with these difficulties Therefore that he being moued with the request of them of Cleue and also for that it imported him very much that his neighbours should liue in peace had by his letters aduised the Princes that as louers of peace they would entertaine loue and concord and with all diligence auoide troubles adding withall a protestation that hee in regard of the peace and right hee hath to maintaine ouer those places that he of necessity must bee an enemy to him who is the first author to moue any stirre And although hee doubt not but that they are of the same mind with him and will not suffer that any dore should bee open to so great dangers and troubles yet that hee was willing to desire them that if they thought good themselues would bestow some paines to conserue the publike peace which wil very soone be violated and disturbed in these parts if these Princes should fall together by the eares There was offered to the Emperour about the beginning of Aprill the declaration of Wolfangus William Prince of Newburge his submission in the Mulheme businesse But the Elector of Brandenburge would in no sort submit the businesse to be desided by the Emperours Councell of Court but endeuoured by all meanes that it might bee remitted to the Imperiall Chamber in which behalfe he wrote to the Emperour to this effect In that he had not to this time returned an answere to the Emperours letters touching a new hearing of the busines of Iuliers that he did it not of purpose nor of any intent to delay the matter but for waighty considerations which hindred him But that indeed there are many reasons which hinder that hee may not condescend to yeeld to this treatie of the businesse for that it is euident by the relation of the Count Hoelsoller sent from Erford to the Emperour the last yeere how deceitfully he was dealt withall who hauing nothing but hony vpon their tongue did by all meanes studie to besmeare his face And since this happened by the foresaid Earle who professeth himselfe a kinsman of his house and is by oth obliged to him for his hereditarie Office of the Chamber which hee holds of him that he may easily imagine how farre hee is to trust others in this cause who are not in that place of relation to him And surely that his feare and iealousie is not a little encreased by that same dangerous and most pernicious decree in the businesse of Mulheme which a few daies ago Iohn Ludouike of Vlmes bearing the Chancellors person in the Emperours Court procured to bee intimated to him although in the whole yeere nothing was done to his knowledge in that cause in the Court not so much as by way of ordinary talke Whereby it may easily appeare what affection the Emperours officers carrie towards him Although therefore he hath good reason to looke to himselfe being admonished by these former steps nor to commit any thing that may concerne him to such kind of men notwithstanding passing by all these things to shew his care to yeeld to the Emperour his due respect that hee submits his cause to this treaty

the Lord to turne away the danger which now is at hand and that in the solemnizing of publike prayers they doe premise a generall admoninion in this manner Besides the calamities and manifold punishments wherewith the Lord hath chastised these Countries for their manifold transgressions that now it is greatly to bee feared lest they be depriued of the greatest treasure which they haue in this world that is the puritie of the word of God and that the famine which the Prophet speakes of doe fall vpon these Countries That they all had deserued this punishment thorow their vnthankfulnesse security contempt of the word of God yet is to be hoped that if turning to God with their whole hearts they shall repeate and implore the goodnesse of God and doe present their supplications to him against the dismission of the sincere Preachers of the word of God and the change of religion which wil in time proue hurtful to them and their posteritie it may come to passe that God for the merit and intercession of his sonne and for the glory of his most holy name may repent him of his purpose and may leaue his blessing amongst them that they may yet longer enioy the great Supper of his to which they haue been inuited Therfore to this end that God is to be inuocated with ardent prayers and true groues in this manner O etérnall God c. But when this vnexpected change of Prince Wolfangus Guilielmus bred diuers thoughts in the minds not only of the Courtiers and Councellors but also of the commons of those countries who professed the Augustane and reformed religion the Prince to pacifie them and to hold them within the compasse of their obedience published an Edict wherein he declared that he had no intention to make any disturbance among his subiects in the point of religion that he did not only heare by relation but obserued it himselfe that many of his Officers Councellors and other Ministers as also of his subiects dwelling in cities villages are much troubled and perplexed in regard of his Christian conuersion and publike confession and this his transition to the ancient Roman Church as if by reason of the euident and knowne difference of religions he meant not to maintaine them in the exercise of the religion but in the point of religion would make innouation and force them to embrace the confession of a contrary religion Therefore that no occasion may be taken of alteration and of change of allegeance and dutie due vnto him especially in these touchy and dangerous times And for as much hee neuer intended any such thing that hee thought good by these letters to testifie that he hath resolued not only to depart from the couenants and mutual obligations passed but also with all his power to withstand them who shall depart from the same and to direct all his actions to the glory of God the safetie of his countrie and to the preseruation of iustice which is equally to bee administred to all without any respect of religion And that he hopeth well that all and euery of his Councellors Officers Commanders and subiects wil constantly continue in their due obedience For they who shall doe the contrary and fall away from their dutie and alleagance shall no longer enioy their commodities and priuiledges which either they receiued of their ancestors or haue obtained by couenant and mutuall obligation These letters being published the 14. of Iune when it was giuen out that the Prince of Brandenburge went about to bring in the reformed religion he also by his Proclamation professed that euery man shall enioy his religion and that none vnder his gouernment shall suffer any trouble for his conscience sake Now for the extinguishing of the vnkindnesse growne betweene the Princes of Brandenburge and Newburg and to compose all controuersie in a friendly manner there was a meeting appointed the 10. of Iune at Wesel whether the Elector of Collen and the vnited Estates sent their Embassadors Who when they perswaded the Newburgians that they should within three daies dismisse their souldiers at Dusseldorpe both the garison souldiers and the mustered also and that they should forbeare to fortifie the towne The Newburgians wondring at this their Order answered that if Gulick were restored into her former estate that they would bee readie to doe what lay in them but rather then they would yeeld consent to the diuision of the countrie they would first trie all manner of extremitie Therefore when neither part would yeeld from their right that meeting was frustrated The Newburgians returning home when the Prince vnderstood the demands of the vnited Estates to shew himselfe inclinable for his part conceiued in writing certaine Articles by which hee supposed a composition might be made and caused it to be presented to the Estates That the whole treatie at Wesel consisted in this that the Vnited Estates did hold that the army mustered by the Duke of Newburge should be dismissed on the contrary in the behalfe of the Prince it was declared not onely for what reasons that army was leuied but also how necessarie it was that the army should be withdrawne from Gulick and that towne to be reduced to his former estate Therefore when as the Estates themselues haue by their letters declared that they gaue warrant to their Commissioners to compose by way of prouision at the least al controuersies betweene the Princes and to prouide that as well their subiects as neighbours should be preserued from al danger and trouble Notwithstanding that ielousies and distrust haue not a little growne by this that against his priuitie and consent and otherwise then he had deserued of them he was dispossessed of the Castle of Gulicke and his garrison souldiers put out of it which possession and detention hath been hitherto continued vnder a pretence of a common benefit to both the Princes whereby it is no hard matter to conceiue what suspitions are like to arise thereby in the Empire especially with the Emperour himselfe who is chiefe Lord of the Fee and other Electors and Princes pretending any title to those countries that he should be so disturbed in a possession purchased with such danger charge and trauell and the sequestration before time so much misliked by the Estates of the low Countries and with many reasons oppugned against the Arch-duke Leopalde should there so easily be allowed Seeing therefore there is danger lest those that loue not the Prince should draw this innouation into suspition and make that construction that it should be thought that more respect was giuen to the Estates of the Vnited Prouinces then to the Emperour himselfe whom the Prince doth acknowledge the chiefe Magistrate and Lord of the Fee but also would offend the Emperour and prouoke him to enter into a new Processe against the posseding Princes and so would draw into danger a possession hitherto procured with great trauell and charge to the great preiudice of the

Prince the which notwithstanding the Prince is loth to conceiue of the Estates vnited since by many letters they haue abundantly declared their good affection toward him therefore that the Prince doubteth not but that the Commissioners deputed by the Electors and Estates vnited to compound this businesse considering these reasons wil do their best endeuour that restitution maybe made of the castle of Gulick and of all the appurtenances thereto For first of all that the Prince of Newburg will not refuse if the Prince of Brandenburge will doe the same at the first before any restitution made to bind himselfe by his hand and seale and to promise in the word of a Prince that he will attempt nothing against the Prince of Brandenburg either now or hereafter but in all points will keepe the conditions agreed vpon and will be a faithful and equall keeper of the castle of Gulicke as also of the castles townes skonces and cities of these countries without any mans preiudice for the behoofe and vse of him who shall be the lawful successor and possessor that hee will deliuer them to no third person whosoeuer hee bee that hee will not vsurpe no more power ouer them then the Prince of Brandenburge but will gouerne and moderate all matters as before in an indifferent course of friendship euen vntil the controuersie be finally decided But to take away the difficultie which may happen about the placing of an indifferent Gouernour in the castle that the Prince of Newburge shall be well contented that by the full consent of the Princes or of the Estates of the country a certaine number of the Noble men of the countrie fit for such a businesse should be deputed and from that time after that the Gouernours Commanders Lieutenants and other officers bee chosen by lot such as may yeeld to each Prince their due obedience and may afterwards submit themselues to him to whom the succession shal be adiudged in the meane time that they do their seruice to both the Princes and to the whole countrie and be maintained by them taking diligent heed that no forrein souldiers come in amongst them or that their forces be increased without the priuitie of the Princes a a law certaine also to be made which should be obserued in admitting either of the posseding Electors and Princes Therfore whatsoeuer either of the foresaid Princes shall reciprocally promise one to the other that the Deputies of the Princes Electors and of the Vnited Prouinces should not onely subscribe and confirme with their seales but should promise to procure that the same shall be allowed and receiued of the subiects of their Principality the letters of ratification and allowance being sent to each partie mutually within the next moneth after the transaction and agreement concluded Furthermore that the Emperours consent also as the Lord Pararamount is to be entreated and the Kings of France and Britanny to be requested not onely by the Archbishop of Collen and the estates of the vnited Prouinces but also of both the Princes besides the neighbour Electors and Princes that they would hold this transaction firme and stable and would defend each part and maintaine against all vniust force That the Counsellors of each part bee admonished that they rest vpon this transaction and attempt nothing against it Besides a Parliament to bee summoned and that both the Princes should earnestly endeuour that the Estates of the Countrey be bound to the cōseruing of this transactiō in euery respect and to impugne and withstand by all means that partie that shall violate the same When as therefore by this meanes not only the vnited Estates but also all others may be assured that the Castle of Gulicke in the recouery whereof as they so also the Kings of France and Brittany the vnited Electors and Princes yea euen the posseding Princes themselues haue been at great charge shall neuer come into the possession of any third person and the Prince of Newburge openly testifie that during this treaty his meaning is to vse the souldiers lying at Dusseldorpe onely for the security of himselfe and of the place and so soone as the transaction is finished will dismisse them and enter into accord with the Prince of Brandenburge that in himselfe hee may receiue some place for these most equall conditions that he would beseech and admonish the deputies that thus sundry grieuances and complaints taken away there may be a reconciliation of the parties procured a course may with all speed bee taken for the speedy determination of the controuersie and that in the meane time all things may bee administred with an indifferent hand according to the tenour of the former couenants But if the Commissioners either all or some of them haue not warrant to condescend to these most equal cōditions but shall thinke it necessary that this treaty should bee adiourned for two or three weekes vntill they may consult with their principals by whom they are sent and know their mindes and that afterwards the same shall againe bee renued peraduenture also with the assistance of both the Kings who are not to be left out in this businesse that the Prince will not be against it so as they vndertake that no matter of hostility shall be attempted on either side And that he doth hope that the Commissioners will vse that care in the debating of the businesse that they may with the more facility arriue to their intended end that is to the restitution of their ancient confidence and the conseruation of peace and tranquillity The King of Spaine when he vnderstood what was done touching the Castle of Gulicke moued the Archduke Albert to assist the Prince of Newburge and to that end gaue order for the leuying of forces and for money which he sent into the Low Countries Therfore Albert calling backe the Captaines and other Officers whom hee had before sent away and declared the Marques Spinola Generall of the army to execute vpon the Cities of Aken and Mulheme the sentence of proscription which the Emperour had made against them who leuied diuers Companies of horse and foot and prouisions of al kinds for the warre which was carried to the Maze On the other side the Estates of Holland laded three ships with artillerie and drew to Schenke Skonce great forces that is 70. Companies of foot and 18. troopes of horse besides 1500. Waggons for carriage of their prouisions In the meane time the Prince of Newburge tooke diuers places in the Dition of Bercke as Machem Mandaue Ellersfield and Burgh which he also fortified with men and munition and bearing himselfe as lawfull successor intending alone to interre the body of the dead Prince without the priuity of the Prince of Brandenburge who had withdrawne al his forces and stuffe from Dusseldorpe to Cleue but hee was deterred from that purpose by the perswasion of the Estates vnited Some few yeeres a goe there was set forth a booke at Collen with this title