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A11788	A true souldiers councel; Experimentall discoverie of Spanish practises.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?, attributed name.; Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 22078; ESTC S114763	30,552	55

this time is apparant by the Kings of Cheley who hath within this few yeares beaten down the Spaniard and wonne from them the Town of Impetial wherin was wont to be placed and maintained one of the greatest Garrisons of the South Sea and not onely razed it to the ground but likewise kild and driven the Castilians quite from them Even so upon the East and North part of the Indies both upon the Coast of Brazil with all the firm land upon the Indies from Parabia to Cartagene the gulfe of Vraba the gulfe of Mexico and all alongst the Coast of Bahana even to their Forts in Florida they are in continuall warres with the Kings and peoples of those lands And surely under your Highness pardon I am confident of this opinion that it hath been a main policy of the Kings of Spain for these many yeares to keep us in continuall warres one with another in these parts or if not to encourage us himselfe whereby being forced to look to our home defences wee might not haue meanes to discover these his invasions abroad wherby he puts a mask before all the Princes eyes of Europe And therfore since he is now laid open and by no Nation so much as by your Majesties subjects of this land I hope for the prevention of future mischeife against this State as for other honourable respects and prevailent Reasons in challenging of that which is your own or at least as much yours as his you will no bee unmindfull which doubtlesse will not tend onely to the enlightning of many soules which to this day haue sate in the shadow of death but likewise lay a ground as before said for the safety and preservation of your States Glorie Person and Posterity in despite of the Spanish treacheries in the time to come which otherwise by no meanes by the wit of mortall man can be prevented as upon my life by circumstances I will make apparant But least this field of reasoning whereinto I haue walked be too tedious unto your Highnesse I will briefly end referring my selfe to Argument with any one against this mischievous and poysonous peace with Spain which I doe see cannot but proue very fatall to your Majestie and Common-wealth And though I bee not called yet considering I am your subject I cannot forbeare in respect of my great and loyall affection to your Majestie the Prince with the rest of the noble Issue and my natiue Country I cannot but presume to speake of such things which I think now fit to be considered especially at this time even as Merca●ie Gata●er Chancellour of Spain did against the peace that was concluded betwixt Francis the first and Charles the Emperour his Master for he seeing that the Emperour was disposed to make peace with the said King and to set him at liberty and that the Viceroy of Naples and all other the Lords of the Councell tended to the same and although he knew as I doe now that his counsell would not be accepted yet failed he not to speak what he thought but likewise refused being great Lord Chancellour of Spain to signe the Articles which he defended with most excellent reasons which reasons are well delivered and with much gravity of speech by Quiccardine in the oration of the said Gataner But this event made it known that the counsell of Gataner was most noble most just and grounded as well upon the high wisedome as great zeale to the loue and good of his Country For as soon as the King was at liberty all the Spaniards wonderfull hopes that they expected of this peace and all the French Kings great promises to them vanished into smoke according to the opinion of that worthy Gentleman And I know no reason most noble Soveraign that I being your subject as hee was the King of Spaines and loving you and my Country as much as ever he did his and hauing a subject of the same quality to fear as he did them although I may well say as much more danger to us by the Spanyards if our peace be not built upon a sure foundation then it could any way be unto them by the French But to speak my opinion make what Articles you will and let them bee guilded over with the fairest shew either they or those of their Faction if you haue any about you can devise unlesse these foure be granted on their part to you you can never make any sure peace with them or at least such a peace as if he haue the minde to breake he will haue the advantage of you And Phillip Comines saith That for the many conclusions that hee hath seen in his time in the affaires of State that it were inexcusable folly for a Prince if he were able for to prevent it to put himselfe under the power of another 1 That your subjects may haue free accesse to the Indies either to traffique or plant where the Spanyards haue neither conquest Seigniorie nor tribute 2 That he doe pull down all inquisition wheresoever your people shall resort in all his Dominions and that the Customes be reduced to an ancient order 3 That he shall never come with a main Army of Ships into these Seas under colour of chastising the Hollanders 4 That it shall be as lawfull for your subjects to serue the States in warres against them as it shall be to serue them against the States these things accorded your peace may be safe otherwise not A short view taken of Great Brittaine and Spaine HIs Majestie now is of more power then any his Predecessours First because our addition of dominion Ireland is reduced to a more absolute state of obedience and increase of revenue then heretofore The footing wee had in France was rather a greatnesse of trouble to us then of strength it was alwaies in division it held us alwaies in continuall fluxe of treasure and bloud we never attempted in the Front but that attempted us in the Rear which did both distract our Armies and aggravate our charge It is a Territory so separate from us by nature as we could not advantage upon it either for offence or reliefe without the accesse of difficulty and charge that a State must undergoe when it runnes the necessity of such an undertaking by sea where the warre was bent upon a great Continent a populous Nation a plentifull Countrey and intire in its selfe and that can be succoured without passing the Seas In these things we found such disadvantage as haue been the undoing of our Expeditions In stead of departure of this broken Dominion we had in France his Majestie hath brought another whole Kingdom to England undevided from us in seate from whence we haue these benefits The back dore that was open in the assistance of our enemies both to offend us and divert our attempts from them is now open to us and his Majestie hath the key of it it saveth us the mony and the men that we were forced to employ

A TRVE SOVLDIERS COVNCEL ANNO 1624. THE motiue of this Discourse most renounmed Soveraign which at this time I intend to handle for that it hath relation to two ends or periods to wit peace and warre the one much to be preferred before the other as well by divine as human Arguments yet for that the time agreeing with the necessity we are in regard of the feare of the Spanish greatnesse hereafter which undoubtedly he will attain unto by the innumerable masses of his Indian treasures which are the nerves and sinewes of all martiall intendments by which fair opportunities offered unto the greatnesse of his desire for the enlargement of his state glory and renoume and that there may be no object that may impediment the let thereof but onely a determination in himselfe not to offend his neighbours I shall hardly beleeu that he will so much differ from his Progenitors I mean Ferdinand Charles and Phillip who raised not the fame of the Spanish Monarchie by just noble and laudible warres but by cruell bloudy and treacherous invasions especially against Princes of their own bloud who under pretence of relieving or giving them aide against the oppression of others haue made these passages unmoueable assurance for the obtaining of the lands Crowns and liues of their neerest Allies which giveth me no cause of hope of his good dealing towards your Highness and the States who are neither allied unto him by bloud as these former Princes were nor tyed unto him by offices of Confederacie wherby for former good turns received he might let you liue in peace but contrarily we being onely the stop of the Spanish fury of this part of the world and a Nation who haue not onely given him infinite disgraces as well by open battell as sundry invasions and incursions made upon his frontier Townes and Territories to the irrecoverable dishonor of the Spanish people and unmasking his former forces to all men which indeed are but a meer shew and frighting them onely knowing their Greatnes depends with filling the world with an imagination of their Mightiness For the Spaniard may well becompared to a drumme or empty vessell that being beaten upon makes a great and terrible noise but come neerer them break them and look into them and there is nothing within can hurt you Or rather like the Asse that wrapt him selfe in the Lyons skin and marched a farre off to strike terrour into the hearts of the beasts but when the Fox drew neer hee not onely perceived his long eares but likewise discovered him and made him à jest to all the beasts of the Forrest So that I inferre most gracious Soveraign that unlesse he now prevail with you and by that means gain a peace to make himself more strong for a fitter time to hunt you and your neighbours his forces at this time in respect of you and your Confederates are so weak and resistable as it may well appear unto your Highness that his Monarchy is rather maintained by Opinion then Might as it hath ever stood since the losse of the low Countries if it had been with judgment exquisitely looked into rather by giving out greater rumours of power and by secrecie then by the greatnesse of their own forces So as to make this Shadow a Substance wherby not onely his Indies should be sure but all the world tremble at his greatnesse What oath is it that he would keep What condition that he would not break Or what opportunity that he would let slip for the accomplishment thereof if therby he might assure himselfe of the I le And therfore though I commend peace before warre yet if the Country cannot obtain a good peace without a warre I think it consequently follows that it is necessary for you to make a warre with your enemy whilst you haue the advantage in your hands wherby you may lay a foundation of a sure peace for your Selfe Posterity and State for after ages rather then to dream of a peace which shall no longer hold then he is able by breaking to revenge For doubtlesse in the preservation of Kingdoms it is no injurie to doe that to your enemie which he would doe unto you if he could And therfore those Princes States or people whosoever that shall build so firmly upon the condition of peace to be kept by the enemie the breach wherof may turn to his or their great danger or destruction that Prince State or people in my opinion haue either little judgment of themselues or are ill advised of the Councell Securitie of their own estates or too much fidelity to others haue not onely been the destruction of many families but likewise of great and potent Kingdoms Provinces and Towns And therfore to this day there could never be found so great safety to private men or publique States as mistrust as appeareth by Demosthenes in his second to the Athenians against Phillip of Macedon There are quoth hee devised many strengths and defences for the maintenance of of Cities and Townes as Trenches Walls Ram-parts Dikes Bulwarkes and such like the which are made by mens hands with great cost and charge but nature saith he hath given to all wise men a common defence and safegard the which as it is profitable to all men particularly so it is a most wholesome and sure hold and fortresse to all Countries and Cities against all manner of tyrannie and what fortes to mistrust that which if it be well and truely kept it will preseru and keep you all And therfore to prevent danger in a convenient season and to provide in time against the worst is a thing most wholesome necessary and worthy of greatest commendations For as foresight makes men wary so confident suspicion helpeth judgment and bringeth to light many hidden practises and those that doe not fear the complots of their enemies nor regard of forces preparations against them are doubtlesse neer some dissastrous fortune or extrem ruin of their estates and fortunes How prejudiciall their treatise of peace haue ever been to such Princes or States with whom they haue contended is most evident as well to us as other Nations as appeares by their Armado in 88 who came with fire and sword to cut the throats of the people of this land had not God prevented their treacherous resolutions At the selfe same time they had entertained us with a main shew of a desire of peace and our Commissioners being with them for the same purpose As also when Ferdinand of Aragon the last and Phillip Archduke of Austria were in treaty of marriage of Madam Stawdii of France with Charles the fifth and after was concluded sworn and confirmed at Blois the King of France being Lewis the twelfth his Lieftenants mistrusting nothing in respect of the promises the Spaniards set upon them defeating two French Armies the one at Calabria under the conduct of the Lord D' Aubigney the other at Cernigola led by the Duke of Nemuers by