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A71313	Vox cœli, or, Nevves from heaven Of a consultation there held by the high and mighty princes, King Hen.8. King Edw.6. Prince Henry. Queene Mary, Queene Elizabeth, and Queene Anne; wherein Spaines ambition and treacheries to most kingdomes and free estates in Europe, are vnmasked and truly represented, but more particularly towards England, and now more especially vnder the pretended match of Prince Charles, with the Infanta Dona Maria. Whereunto is annexed two letters written by Queene Mary from heauen, the one to Count Gondomar, the ambassadour of Spaine, the other to all the Romane Catholiques of England. Written by S.R.N.I.	Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650.; Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 20946.8; STC 22096A; ESTC S114764	52,214	72

States doe but are still armed and ready to march and followe their colours Q. E But there is no Warre would be so acceptable and pleasing to them as vp to Millane or downe to the free Country Brabant and Heynault if France Sauoy and Uenice would command them the first and England France and Holland ordayne and giue way to the second Q. A. What is not past is yet to come Q. M. Yea but the Councell of Spaine hath policy enough to insinuate and temporize with all these Princes and States and so to diuert their Designes and frustrate their resolutions if they were bent that way P. H. It hath indeede hitherto proued so by Spaine for their policy and treachery hath purchased and gotten them more Countries then either their valour or swords Q. M. These easie Conquests are still sweet and pleasing to Spaine P. H. Yea but they are neither honest nor iust E. 6. But hath not Spaine 〈◊〉 with the Swissers for their confines and limmits Q. E. Yes two wayes next Germany by Leopoldus and betwixt Losanno and Gray in the free County by the Archduke Albertus Q. M. Yea the King of Spaine will angle so long till he take Q. E. But hath not Spaine attempted by his Ambassadours and Agents to sowe discention and discord amongst these Heluetian Cantons to oppose them one against the other and so to debauch and withdraw them first from the French Kings seruice and then to his owne P. H. Yes many times but that tricke of Spaine is now growne olde and thrid-bare so as the Swissers vowe to remedy the first and the French Kings to preuent the second Q. M. But the Catholique King will watch those Swissers a good turne and if the Ephinaerides of his en●…ie ambition and greatnesse faile him not either his Spinola or his Pedro d●… Tol●…do shall one of these dayes dine with him at Berne Friburg or Soleurre ere their Table-cloathes be layed Q. E. But Sister you are deceiued in the Swissers for their Table-cloathes are alwayes nayled to their Tables yea they haue so great a quantity of Swords Pikes and M●…skets in a readinesse to giue any Enemy of theirs a bloudy banquet th●…t if Phillip King of Spaine dare assault them they doubt not but to vse him as they haue formerly done Phillip Duke of Burgundy whom they ouerthrew in three seuerall pitch'd battels at Gra●…son Morat and Nancy where he losed his treasure his men and his life The Grisons H. 8. BVt how stand the Grisons affected to Spaine E. 6. Spaine through the vicinity of Millane doth so often knocke at their doores that if they keepe them not fast shut they know or at least feare that he will shortly enter by the Uoltaline and Chiauena Q. M. O though of late they made a shew of resistance yet the gold of Spaine the neighbourhood of Millane the Fort Trents but chiefly their owne credulity and security hath almost brought them to the King of Spaines lure Q. E. This people were both warlike and wise P. H. But Spaine will briefly make them fooles and cowards if they will hearken vnto him Q. M. As how Nephew pray be not bitter against Spaine P. H. Why fi●…st Spaine will 〈◊〉 them vp in peace and security till matters be ripe or else he will engender factions and sowe discords among themselues either ●…or Religion or ranke or betwixt them and their dearest friends the Swissers and so when hee sees all things ready and the Iron hot then he will march and strike and not faile to vnite and annex the Cantons of the Grisons to Millane as he hath already done Millane to Spaine H. 8. If the Grisons at any time lose the Swissers friendship or their owne vigilancy and generosity it will not be long ere they shake hands with their liberty and liues Q M. So Spaine hopes for if warre cannot worke and effect it they make no doubt but peace shall Q. E. If the Grisons hearken to the Charmes of Spaine they are halfe lost Q. M. If they hearken not to Spaine they are wholly vndone but if they listen to Spaine all will be well H. 8. Yea Daughter I beleeue for the Spaniards but not for the Grisons Q E. To trust to Spaine is to rely on a broken staffe and to harbour a serpent in our owne bosomes P. H. To trust to the promises of Spaine is to commit our selues to the mercy and protection of a Lyon who will deuoure vs. Q. M. The Grisons will see and say the contrary E. 6. So will I say if I see the contrary till when I feare the Grisons will buy their peace as well with teares as bloud Sauoy H. 8. BVt how doth Sauoy brooke Spaine for I take it this present Duke Charles Emanuell married this King Phill. 3. his second sister the Infanta Katherina Michaela P. H. Sauoy loues Spaine as it hath deserued of it for the noble and generous Duke thereof cries out God de●…end me from such a brother in law as King Philip. Q. M. I beleeue if the Catholique King offered that Duke any vnkinde office it was nothing but because hee was so neere a neighbour to Geneua as he and the Pope suspected his Highnesse would turne Caluinist Q. E. Alas that good Citie of Geneua why all the world knowes the Dukes loue to it and its Religion witnesse the Barron of Attigna●… and his Consorts as also Terraill and Bastide but if there were once a Spanish Garison in this Citie Sauoy would soone know how to distinguish betweene good and bad neighbours E. 6. But it is the laughture of the world to say that Spaine hates Sauoy because he loues the Religion of Geneua P. H. Yet this is as true as many other of Spaines Colours pretexts and euasions when he hath a purpose and plot to vsurpe Q. M. Why wherein hath the King of Spain abused or wronged the Duke of Sauoy P. H. First in being himselfe the chiefe cause and subiect and then m●…king him the Instrument and executioner to cut off the two noble heads of Biron in Paris and D'Al●…igny in Turin Q. M. Why the Catholique King is the vniuersall King and therefore it is not strange if in all Countries of the world hee haue his farre fetch'd policies Agents and Instruments to make his stra●…agems and resolutions take effect for those who are obstacles to his will and pleasure his verball friendship shall alwayes proue their ●…eall ouerthrow and subuersion howsoeuer hee and his Ministers pretend and make shew of the contrary Q. A. Nay let vs leaue Biron and D'Albigny in their Graues for me thinkes it is a poore charity to take vp the ashes of the dead And for our better information let vs take a suruey of the courtesie or rather of the cruelty that Spaine hath offered Sauoy E. 6. None knowes nor can deliuer the particular truth thereof so well as your Royall Sonn●… Prince Henry Q. M. But I feare my Nephew will be too partiall

in the deliuery hereof betweene the King of Spaine and the Duke of Sauoy because I haue heard that of the two Princesses their daughters hee preferd that of Sauoy before this of Spaine H. 8. No no my Nephew Henry is a iudicious and iust Prince therefore I know he will not wrong Spaine to doe right to Sauoy Q. A. He resembles King Iames his Father too well who will still loue the King of Spaine although therein he hate himselfe therefore speake on faire Sonne P. H. When Great Henry of France my honoured Vncle made warres vpon the present Duke of Sauoy for the 〈◊〉 of his Marquisat of Saluses then this Phillip King of Spaine vnder the pretence and shew to ayde the Duke his brother in Law against the French sent him may troopes and Regiments of Spanyards for the preseruation of his State when the Peace being made betwixt the King and the Duke and the exchange for Saluses with the Countries of Bresse and Gex ratified and accomplished These Spanish Regiments being quartered in Carboneres Mountemellion Sauillan Pignorall and other places of Sauoy and ●…iedmont they vpon no request or assummons made them by the Duke would depart thence but being commanded the Contrary by the Count de Fuentes Vice-roy of Millan as he wa●…●…rom the King his Master from Spaine they peremptorily r●…solued and vowed to keepe firme footing which they long time did vntill at last that wise and Valiant Duke being thereunto constrained for the securitie of his estate whose eminent and vtter subuersion he apparantly saw before his eyes he very nobly cut all their throats H. 8. Beleeue me his Highnesse of Sauoy did well for it was an act most worthy of his iudgement and generositie Q. M. But the King of Spaine the Dukes of Lerma Pastramae Denia Albecurque Tolledo and all the Counsell of warre of Spaine vow to haue their reuenge of this affront Q. E. Spaine hath done his worst to Sauoy already for as long as France loues Sauoy Sauoy needs not feare Spaine at least mine Authors tell me so who are that famouss Captaine the Duke of Dedisguieres his valiant son De Crequy and noble Du Fremes Q. A. Though this one wrong be one too many yet is these all wrongs that this King of Spaine hath offered this Duke of Sauoy P. H. No Madame for although the Duke winke and seemes with father Aubigny to haue the art of forgetfulnesse yet he well remembers how Don Iuan de Faxis Spaines Ambassadour in France told Lullius Arconas and Alimes his Highnesse Ambassadours at Lyons that the King his Master would Conttibute towards the Exchange of the Marquisat of Saluces conditionally it remained on that side the Alpes from the French and since how his Catholique Maiestie hath performed nothing He remembers Spaines Plots vpon his Castle of Nice the key not only of his Countries but of Italy when his Spanish Galleyes lay at Villa franca to bereaue him of his Children Hee remembers how the Spanish Cardinals oppose his precedency at Rome with the Duke of Florence and how the Catholike King or his Vice-roy of Millan for him was the match and Incendiary to set fire twixt the Duke of Mantoua and him For the Marquisat of Montferrad Q. E. We may see what a kind brother in Law the King of Spaine is and what it is to build vpon his alliance affinitie promises and assistance P. H. I am glad the Duke of Sauoy and the Princes his children haue now purchased the length of Spaines foote E. 6. They haue reason to haue it for they were all enforced to take it with their Swords ●…ikes and Lances at Cassallo Uerceile and other-wheres Q. A. As long as Sauoy loues not Spaine The Marquis of Lullius and Monseur De 〈◊〉 told me it needes not feare it Q. M. O but as long as Spaine Knockes at the Gates of Sauoy and Piedmond he may at last enter Q. E. Sauoy hath reason to enter Millan not Spaine Sauoy Q. M. But time and the policie and Swords of Spaine cut all donations and rights in peeces P. H. Sauoy hath had warnings enough to beware of Spaine and therefore as I euer loued that generous Duke so I hope that he and the Illustrious and valiant Princes his Sonnes will neuer want arme of steele and hearts of Diamonds to out-braue Spaine who with such ambition and malice seekes to out-braue it France H. 8. But what sayes France of Spaine Q. M. My honoured Father all the world knowes that Spaine hath euer loued France well Q. E. Yea too too well and so well as France will neuer loue Spaine much lesse trust it in requitall Q. M. Why hath not Spaine reason to ballance and counterpoise the power and greatnesse of France P. H. Yea but not to seeke to make that famous and flourishing Kingdome become a Prouince to Spaine Q. M. Spaine neuer wisht it much lesse attempted it Q. E. Yeares more often then France hath Prouinces or Spaine Cities P. H. Why who was the Author and Protector of the League but first Spaine then the Pope and next the Deuill Q. M. O that was onely to preserue Catholikes and the Catholike Religion and to exterminate and root out Heretickes and was not this well done of the King of Spaine sith he is the Catholike King E. 6. Nay now the least childe in France knowes that Religion was onely the pretext but Empire and Dominion the obiect of that League How els dared Mendoz●… Spaines Ambassadour in Paris seeke the Crowne of France for the Infanta of Spaine or how els dared the Iesuites his Ministers in their seditious Sermons and pernicious Pamphlets aduance her right to the Crowne and Kingdome when God and the world knowes she had none to it Q. M. Why it was when God had caused that good Fryer Iames Clement to kill that bad King Henry the third at Saint Clou and when indeed that Kingdome was without a head and then the King of Spaine had reason to aduance his Daughters Title to France in right of her mother Elizabeth that Queene of Peace notwithstanding the fundamentall power of the Salique Law to the contrary H. 8. You are deceiued daughter for it was a good King and a bad Fryer or rather a Diuell in a Fryers weed to set handes on the Lords anoynted but this arrow came out of the quiuer of Spaine and Hell for that bloody and execrable murther was no sooner perpetrated but then instantly followed the proposition of the Infantaes Title to France which apparantly makes the murther to be Spaines Q. M. It was the Dukes of Mayene Mercu●…ur who drew the King of Spaine to assist the League and in it France Q. E. No no contrarywise it was the King of Spaine that debouch'd and drewthese two Dukes and with them almost all the Nobillitie to f●…rge and contriue this League and in it to ruine France for already France was almost Spaine and the Infanta had vndoubtedly borne the Crowne

VOX COELI OR NEWES FROM HEAVEN OF A CONSVLTATION THERE HELD BY THE HIGH and mighty Princes King HEN. 8. King EDW. 6. Prince HENRY Queene MARY Queene ELIZABETH and Queene ANNE wherein SPAINES ambition and treacheries to most Kingdomes and free Estates in EVROPE are vnmaskd and truly represented but more particularly towards ENGLAND and now more especially vnder the pretended match of Prince CHARLES with the Infanta DONA MARIA Whereunto is annexed two Letters written by Queene Mary from Heauen the one to Count Gondomar the Ambassadour of SPAINE the other to all the Romane Catholiques of ENGLAND Written by S. R. N. I. Printed in Elesium 1624. TO THE ILLVSTRIOVS AND GRAVE ASSEMBLY OF THE HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT The fruition of all Temporall Blessings The felicitie of all Spirituall Blessings LORDS KNIGHTS BVRGESSES TO you who are the re-presentiue body of England and the Ep●…tomie and Compendium of this great Volume of our Estate To you who are assummoned by our King and sent vp by our Country to obay the first with your best Fidelities to serue the second with your chiefest Zeale and endeuours and to affect and honour both with your most religious Prayers and wishes To you from whom God for his glory our Soueraigne for his honour and safety and our Church and Common-weale for their flourishing well-fare and prosperity doe expect much by your transcendent and honourable imployments To you I say and to no other doe I present this Consultation termed VOX Coeli to your consideration and dedicate it to your protection And because in point of integrit●…e and duty I hold my selfe bound ●…o bring the truth neerer to your knowledge or rather home to your vnderstanding May it please you to be informed that about some three yeares since at the first sitting of the last high Court of Parliament when our King was so earnest in proposing the match of our Noble Prince his Sonne with the Infanta of Spaine When the King of Spaine coulourably presented though not really intended to be d●…epely affected to entertaine and embrace the said motion When Coun●… Gondmar his Ambassador made shew to be a zealous solicitour and a most actiue and officious stickler for compassing and finishing it When our Romish Catholiques became passionately and insultingly confident of the free tollera●…lon of their Religion and in the skie-reaching mountaines of their ambitions and superstitious hopes were already preparing to erect their Groues and Altars to set vp their Idols and Images and consequently to introduce their Pope and his Masse in the Temples of our God when all Prisons were vnlocked and open to all pernitious Priests and dangerous ●…esuites and that many others 〈◊〉 Caterpillers and Vipers came flocking and swarming from diuers parts of Europe to poison and eate cut the soules of our people with their Idolatrous doctrine of Antichrist and to with-draw their hearts and consciences from their Alleagiance and Fideli●…ie to their naturall Prince and Countrey purposely with 〈◊〉 treachery then Religion to subiect them to a forraigne power and iurisdiction When the Emperour had beaten the King of Bohemia from Prague and the Duke of Bauaria with the assistance of the Swords Soulders and Treasure of the King of Spaine had in a setled truce assaulted and taken many Townes in the Palatinate contrary to their promises to our King and of his Maresties to the Prince his Sonne in Law and contrary to the Publique peace of Germany aend Christendome Then then it was that to pull off the Maske of Spaines ambition and malice who with the fire of this match sought to set England all flaming in a mournfull and miserable combustion thereby to bury her glory in the dust and her safety in the cinders of her subuersion and ruines that as Prometheus fetch'd fire from heauen so the fire of my zeale to the good of my Prince and Country likewise fetch'd from thence this Royall consultation for the discouery of our apparant and imminent dangers and in knowing them to know likewise how to preuent them Which resoluing to m●…ke publiq●…e because it solely re●…ded to Englands publique 〈◊〉 and prosperitie I contrary to my expectation but not to my feares saw my hope●… nip●… in their blossoms and my desires stis●…ed in their births because the Seas of our Kings affection to Spaine went so loftle and the winder were so tempestious that it could not possibly be permitted to passe the Pikes of the Presse When albeit my zeale and fidelity againe and again infused new audacitie and courage to my resolutions to see it receiue the light yet it was imposible for mee or it to bee made so happy because I sawe Allureds honest letter Scots loyall Vox Populy D. Whiting D. Euerard and Clayto●…s zealous Sermons and others suppressed and silenced as also Wards faithfull picture which yet was so innocent as it onely breathed foorth his fidelity to England in silent Rethorique and dumbe eloquence Wherevpon inforced to take a lawe from the iniquitie of the time with much reluctation and more greife I bushed vp my said Consultations in silence because I could not serue my Prince and Countrie in that Booke of mine I therfore then renewed my constant resolution and zeale to serue them in my most seruent prayers and my most religious and zealous wishes the which I haue euer since faithfully and constantly performed Sitting thus to behold the constant inconstancie of the World Which presents as many different accidents to our knowledge as obiects to our eye and being Iealous Vigelant and attentiue to that which did or which might any way appertaine to my Soueraigne and his Princely posteritie to his Dominions and Subjects I was enforced to see O that I had beene so happie as not to ban●… seene the perfidious progresse of Spaines now trecheries and vsurpation vpon many countries of Europe for first his Cousen Leopaldus hath deuoured the Dutchy of Cleaues and Iulleirs then he and his forces haue taken many other free Townes and whole Bishoprickes in the Countries of Luxembourg and L●… Marke as also in the frontiers of Swisserland and Loraine Then he and his factor the Duke of Bauaria for him hath finished his absolute Conquest of the Pallatinate that dainty rich and fertile Prouince of Germany the dowry of our onely Princesse the inheritance of the Prince her Husband and the Patrimonie of their Royall issue wherein the honour of our King and his three famous Kingdomes doe most extreamely suffer I saw him conquer the chiefest Cities Forts and Passages of the Grisous and hath brought their liberties and liues to their last gaspe and periode yea to the mercilesse mercy of his not generous but bloody sword which being vnder the protection of the French King doth likewise cast a wonderfull stay●…e and blemish on the lustre of his honour and Crowne if he speedily take not his reuenge thereof by leauing these his honest 〈◊〉 as free as he found them and as great Henry his