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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

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

in their Declaration are sufficiently iustified against this accusation Finally To omit nothing which may carrie any speciousnesse with it there is proposed the feare lest the Turke may make vse of this diuision But on which side hath he beene alreadie inuited but by the Emperour Ferdinand who hath not onely caused the King of Spaine to sue to him for peace but hath caused his Ambassadour to make exceeding great instance foure seuerall times to the great Lord at his gate to giue him succour which hauing beene refused him he comes now to our King out of despaire of all other assistance But if this apprehension be seriously taken it is that that should inuite the other Princes of Christendome to leaue Bohemia in Peace and to order the grieuances done vnto the Empire and vs not to exasperate against France in all the allies kindred and friends of the King of Bohemia who are neither so few nor so weake but that they ought to be taken into consideration See here Sir What is our iudgement concerning this vndue request made of succour to our King by his inueterated enemies against the most certaine and vsefull allies of his House and Crowne Wherein we esteeme that all his good and faithfull subiects will agree with vs and that they will call to minde the meanes vpon which the State of France our common Countrey is founded and hath subsisted for so many yeares not to permit that a new Counsail which among the Iesuites they call of Conscience should not onely taxe all other Counsellers as if they had no Conscience but vnder this pretence doth ouerthrow all order both diuine and humane For I pray what would haue become of the State of France during the warres of the League when these Inducers of Counsels of Conscience did rage against our Kings did pursue their ruine Let them remember that by such Counsels and Counsellers there hath hitherto arriued all misfortune to those Princes which haue hearkned to them and beene serued by them The King of Poland for his part could tell how hee came to lose Swethland so could the house of Austria it selfe speake of the Low-Countries many yeares since and that which is now to be seene in respect of the realmes of Bohemia and Prouinces incorporated Hungarie and Austria This is enough to cause other Princes to beware at the least henceforward And I pray God with all other good French-men to giue our King the grace both to testifie in the view of all Christendome which hath her eyes vpon him the stedfastnesse of his word to his good friends and allies against their common enemie for their protection and the repose of his subiects and his iust indignation against those who doe counsaile him to the contrarie I am SIR Your seruant Neighbour and faithfull friend François de Saincte Foy. From Prague this 20. of Ianuarie 1620. An Aduertisement written in forme of a Letter by the late deceassed Prince Christian the Second Elector of Saxony to Matthias King of Hungarie Archduke of Austria and afterwards Romane Emperour Translated out of high Dutch into Latine out of Latine into French and lastly out of French into English CHristian Elector of Saxonie greeteth you happily We receiued your Letters most illustrious King dated at Vienna the 27. of September of this yeare present Wherein according to your accustomed manner of friendly imparting your selfe vnto vs by Letters you giue vs to vnderstand that the happie euent of cheerefull homage yeelded vnto you by the States of Morauia the twentieth of August in the Citie of Prin putting you in liuely hope of the like successe from the people of the lower Austria you haue notwithstanding found the quite contrarie that is to say you finde there is no pressing the States of this Countrie to any oath of fidelitie before their iust complaints be heard and their ancient rites and priuiledges confirmed although your Maiestie had many times promised to redresse their agrieuances according to the equitie of their cause as the custome in this case is On which bare promise the Inhabitants beyond the Ens would not relie but perseuered constantly in the former resolution And therfore you require that wee would not giue credit to those which go about to settle some sinister opinion in our mind but rather that we should perswade them to lay aside their obstinacie and so to come vnder the obedience which they owe vnto you with the surplusage of all that which is further comprehended in the same Letters Your Maiestie certainely may be assured that you are no waies deceiued in the good opinion you entertaine of our fidelitie towards you in that from our first entrie made vpon the Electorship we may confidently auerre without any vaine boasting that all our Counsels aimed at the preseruation of the greatnesse reputation and authoritie of the house of Austria in maintaining the securitie thereof against all their enemies And therefore we cannot without singular discontentment apprehend the discommoditie accrewing thereby to you which daily augmenteth in euerie mans sight and other affaires proceeding continually with the same contrariety seeme further to threaten you with worser successe And though it no waies beseemeth vs to prescribe you vnlesse of an happie and fortunate reigne notwithstanding you manifesting daily the great amitie and confidence you repose in vs we will not feare to deliuer vnto you freely our opinion and aduice touching this matter humbly intreating you to take it in good part whereof we assure our selues from your accustomed humanitie and clemencie And first of all who knowes not how the house of Austria hath hitherto beene eleuated aboue all other Princely Families vnder the sacred Empire with how many seuerall dignities it hath beene augmented to euerie mans satisfaction and contentment so that many persons both of high and meane calling haue voluntarily come vnder her tutelage and protection being verie well entreated and with all wished clemencie But there is no man how faint a louer of truth soeuer he be which must not needs confesse how your Family of long time hath met with no more violent aduersaries then the Court of Rome and Sect of Iesuites together with those that adhere vnto them with their turbulent and immoderate Counsels which the States of the Empire neither could nor can any wayes support Your Serenitie otherwise conceiues that no other reason mooued the so many goodly Prouinces of the Netherlands to shrinke from their hereditarie and naturall Lord then these so intemperate and precipitant courses which haue planted such irradicable defiance between Subiects and their Princes and Magistrates that no Treaties can remoue or supplant the same As in verie truth all those consulted Treaties could neuer confirme those Estates in any setled peace Furthermore what hath so extenuated and dishonoured so many renowned victories obtained by the sacred Imperiall Maiestie against the Turke as Belioyeuse by a secret instinct out of the Iesuites Schooles For the common enemie being

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