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A01655	A publike declaration· made by the united Protestant princes electors and other princes, states and lords, of the Holie Empire, thereby shewing for what causes and reasons, they are mooued to ioyne together in a straight vnitie and alliance, to aide and assist the princes electors of BrandenBurgh and the Palsgraue: in the possession of the dukedomes, countryes and dominions of Gulike, Cleaue, and Berge. Translated out of the Duch copie, printed at Amsterdam by Michael Colyn, ann. 1610	Protestant Union (1608-1620)	1610 (1610)	STC 11795; ESTC S103058	4,940	12

which if it pleaseth God wee will in time make knowne and manifest to the world so that none that are or haue vnited themselues with vs shall haue cause to dislike of our procéedings but which is more others both of the one and the other Religion shall haue cause to vnite themselues with vs that so all hurtfull distrust hitherto had and entertained may be taken away and good and perfect vnity planted and vpholden But we cannot refraine but must let the Emperours Maiestie and all other Potentates Electors Princes and States both within and without the Land Vnderstand and be aduertised That it is manifestly and openly knowne vnto all men how that after the death of the high and mighty Prince our friendly louing Vncle cousin brother in law brother and gossip of famous memorie Iohn William Duke of Gulick Cleaue and Bergh Earle vander Marcke Rauensburgh and Moers Baron of Rauensten and Christmilder in the right of the wiues of the Electors of Brandenburch and the Palsgraue Philip Lodowicke and of eyther of them by themselues the temporall Possessions of all the aforesaid Duchies Earledomes and Baronies not clam or precario but fréely openly and with the good wil of most of the Countries and Townes is lawfully discended and fallen vnto them and that with manifest protestation and Declaration by them made that it is not done of couetousnesse or wrongfully to with-hold any man from being a Competitor therein if he hath any right thereunto but that both the said heires protest touching the same eyther for any part or for the whole in generall vnto euery man that will not desist from their claime before an vnpartiall Iudge and in such Townes and places where the cause properly and according to the authority of the holy Empire and specially of the Princes Electors belongeth to be heard to yéeld good sufficient and true reasons and answeres vnto them to maintaine their right and which is more if néede be to giue sufficient Cautio de iudicio sisti iudicatum solui to proue their cause And therfore we altogether séeke to foresée and preuent that no man shall hinder nor molest them herein with vnlawfull power and forces contrary to the Ordinances and Constitutions of the holy Empire All this notwithstanding their protestations and lawfull right not once being considered nor respected in the Emperours Court and in the Emperours most Princely Maiesties Name and authority it is euidently and earnestly practised and vndertaken de facto without due course of law and Iustice by power and forcibly to dispossesse and vtterly to expell the said Princes being lawfull heires thereunto from the right and possession thereof To the which end not onely Leopoldus Arch-bishop of Austria and Bishop of Stratsbourgh and Passauwe suddenly and secretly first hath taken and entred into the town of Gulick and the same hitherto holden and kept by force but hath procéeded further and seacute eketh to seaze vpon and forcibly to hold certaine Gentlemens houses vilages and Schonses lying thereabouts and to inuade other neighbour townes and places next adiacent to kéepe the subiects thereof from their due obedience and threatning the Princes Electors the right heires and possessours thereof as also all those that with due obedience and fidelity submit themselues vnto them with the most vndeserued paine and punishment of contempt although in such a case neuer heard of before in the holy Empire if they resist him all to the end as it is manifestly made known and verified vnto vs That these Countries may be vnburthened freed and cleansed ex faucibus hereticorum as the States of the confession of Ausburg e diametro contrary to the religious peace are falsly called In regard therfore that our aforesaid brethren and members with their Adherents according to the force and power of the Lawes and Ordinances of the holy Empire and for the peace of the Lawe haue desired ayde and assistance of vs and therewithall protested that their intent neuer was nor yet is to oppose themselues against the most high and puissant Imperiall Maiesty as being their gratious Lord and soueraigne Prince And we diligently considering all the circumstances cannot otherwise finde nor perceiue but that they séeke and desire the accomplishing of the Ordinances and Imperiall Lawes of the holy Empire as they themselues for the defence of their right in a printed pamphlet haue sufficiently and truely declared whereunto for breuitie sake we referre you We cannot likewise thinke imagine nor once be perswaded that the Emperours Imperiall Maiestie taketh any pleasure in or is content to permit any such disorderly and vnlawful procéedings to haue their course against the said Princes specially being well enformed of the equity of the cause considering that their capitulation specifieth and containeth in it that his Maiestie is bound in all cases and by all the meanes hée can to maintaine not onely all the Princes Electors but also all Princely members of the holy Empire and all other Princes and States in their dignities honours rights priuiledges powers and forces and to suffer them fréely to holde possesse and inioy them and for his owne part not to doe any thing to the contrary nor yet to suffer nor endure the same to be done by any other whatsoeuer And also if his Maiestie or any other whatsoeuer had any thing to say vnto the Princes Electors Princes and States aforesaid or any intent to doe any such thing that to cease all vprores contentions and other Controuersies in the holy Empire to maintaine peace and vnity therein he should suffer and permit them altogether euery one particularly to be heard and haue their causes adiudged before lawfull Iudges and in open Courts of Law but by no means to permit them in any such or other causes vnder any pretence or any mans name whatsoeuer whrein they may haue Iustice and offer and submit themselues thereunto to be robbed taken ransomd burnt fought withall besieged exposed or in any waies ouer-run spoiled and forcibly handled Therefore we haue thought it our dueties according to the faiths and fidelities whereby one Territorie in such like case is bound and obliged to another and by the force and power of the foresaid Ordinances of the holy Empire to aide and assist our brèthren and fellow members as obedient Princes Electors of the Empire but in no other maner but that euery one may lawfully procéede in his right touching the principall matter without hinderance and that they procéede not vnduely with vnlawfull power against the aforesaid capitulation and Ordinances of the Empire but that they may be suffered peaceably in their possession and to enioy the benefite of the Law for the due procéeding therein as also without it according to all equity they ought to haue Therefore our friendly request and motion vnto all Christian Princes and Common-wealths but specially to all the Princes Electors Princes and States of the holy Empire is not to take this our defensiue and naturall due assistance and ayde giuen at this time as procéeding from Christian loue fidelity and commiseration and of it selfe being reasonable and very necessary in any euill part much lesse to hinder the same but rather to shew all further ance and assistance therein and to put too their helping hands to the end that all the aforesaid troubles may be ended and a better truer and vprighter concord be held and maintained among the States of the holy Empire Which we in generall and euery one by himselfe according to his estate in particular in the like cases and oceasions will requite and acknowledge to our powers FINIS

A PVBLIKE DECLARATION Made by the Vnited Protestant Princes Electors and other Princes States and Lords of the HOLIE EMPIRE Thereby shewing for what causes and reasons they are mooued to ioyne together in a straight Vnitie and Alliance to Aide and Assist the Princes Electors of BRANDEN BVRGH and the PALSGRAVE In the Possession of the Dukedomes Countryes and Dominions of Gulike Cleaue and BERGE Translated out of the Duch Copie printed at Amsterdam by MICHAEL COLYN Ann. 1610. LONDON Printed for IOHN BVDGE and are to be sold at his shop in Britanes Bursse 1610. REASONS MOVING the vnited Protestants Princes Electors and other Princes Lords and States of the whole Empire to ioyne together to assist the Prince Elector of Brandenburg and the Palsegraue in the possessions of the Dukedomes and Dominions of Gulicke Cleaue and Berge WE the vnited Protestant Princes Electors others c. send gréeting with all obedience offer of seruice friendship fauor and grace first to the Romane Emperours Maiesty our most gratious Lord and soueraigne and to all other Christian Potentates Electors Princes Prelates Earles Lords Knights Cities Townes and to euery man both within and without the Dominion and Country of Germany of what estate quality or condition soeuer they be certifying the said Emperours royall Maiestie and all and euery one of them according to their estates and qualitie That although in this our natiue Countrey of Germany by the consent and agréement of the head and particular members thereof many wholesome good and profitable ordinances and among them also a common and religious peace is established and for the better obseruation and maintenance thereof hereafter openly published and proclaimed to this end specially that not onely iustice as the foundation of good Gouernement but also inward loue peace and vnity might be vpheld and maintained wherein the Emperors Maiestie as well as all Princes Electors Princes and members of the holy Empire openly and faithfully promised and bound themselues together That none of them of what estate or quality soeuer they were for any cause whatsoeuer nor vpon any outward shew or ground that might be made or deuised should or would make warre trouble molest vex robbe spoile ransacke besiege nor secretly conspire or make aliances or compacts against any others of the said State and holy Empire And also that no man should by force of armes dispossesse or violently take from any other any of their possessions hereditary or committed vnto them in custody whether they be Townes Castles Villages Churches Cloysters Cluysen Tinsen Reuenues Tenths moueable or vnmoueable goods Royalties Jurisdictions Rights Signeories Lordships Toles Waters Medowes or any other their propertie and lawfull Dominions none excepted nor once moue nor stir their Tenants and Subiects to rise vp against them in armes or to shew them any vnnaturall disobedience But that euery man should suffer each other to enioy and possesse his owne peaceably and quietly without any molestation or trouble and by no meanes to endure that any man submitting himselfe to law and iustice should by force be put from his right nor any wayes impeached in his honour priuiledge and fréedome although there is sufficient prouision made by former lawes concerning the points aforesaid against all those that shall in any wise whatsoeuer doe contrary to the same That then the townes of the holy Empire should ioyne together and by force of armes ayd assist helpe defend and maintaine the parties or Townes c. in their right and withstand the violence and oppression by such parties vsed as seeke to doe contrary thereunto But for that within certaine yeares forepast as experience sufficiently sheweth such Statutes of the holy Empire which truely in themselues are very commendable and made to a good end and purpose and especially the penalties therein set downe for the execution thereof are partly hardly taken and misconstred and partly obstinately and wilfully broken and not obserued and that the parties grieued and oppressed are neyther aided assisted comforted nor relieued how earnestly submissiuely and publiquely soeuer they haue sued and complained whereof hath ensued that such oppressions and misdemeanours in the holy Empire the longer the more haue encreased whereby vnlesse prouident care be specially had therein if we should any longer wincke thereat and by Gods helpe by our Assemblies and méetings together not take some good and spéedy orders to stay and preuent the same in the end certainely there would ensue an vtter ouerthrowing and subuersion of all such wholesome Statutes and Ordinances and of the common peace and tranquility of the holy Empire We therefore in the name of Almighty God for the maintenance and aduancement of his godly Maiestie the vpholding of iustice and the furtherance of peace and vnity haue already for certaine yeares vnited and ioyned our selues together thereby to intertaine a greater néerer and faithfuller combination and contract of friendshippe and that in no sort nor by no meanes to the hinderance or molestation of the Romane Emperours Maiestie our most gratious Lord and Soueraigne to whom we are lawfully bound to shew all dutifull and submissiue obedience nor of any members of the Empire that shew themselues conformable vnto the Statutes and Ordinances aforesaid whereunto we all together and euery one in particular with all friendship fauour grace and neighbourely good will are bound and obliged nor also to any man in particular and much lesse to the breaking of any of the Constitutions of the said holy Empire but much rather for the maintenance thereof and for the more assured vpholding of better peace quietnesse and vnity in such manner and forme as the like contracts and combinations of amity haue heretofore beene made and obserued by our auncestors and forefathers of famous memory in regard of the great loue and affection which they beare vnto their naturall Countrey Therefore wee most humbly require and beséech the Emperours Soueraigne Maiestie and all other Kings Princes Electors Lordes Knights c. in generall and euery one in particular if it perchance as we vnderstand his Maiestie or they should be already perswaded by the meanes and deuises of turbulent enuious and vnquiet persons or hereafter might be seduced to beléeue that such our Assemblies and méetings were made done or tended to the contempt or dispising of the Imperiall Maiestie or for the suppression of the Romish Religion or specially for the disanulling subuerting and present oppugning of ancient Iurisdictions to the great hinderance of Knights and Gentlemen to whome the benefite and properties thereof haue vntill this time belonged and appertained to take and draw them from them and to put and turne them to their owne proper vses That it would please them not to giue any credite vnto any such false and vntrue suggestions and slaunderous calumniations but rather to assure themselues that it is done by vs onely of méere and déere fidelity loue and affection to our natiue Country and for the maintenance of a peaceable estate