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The Dvtch vsurpation, or, A brief view of the behaviours of the States-General of the United Provinces, towards the kings of Great Britain with some of their cruelties and injustices exercised upon the subjects of the English nation; as also, a discovery of what arts they have used to arrive at their late grandeur, &c. / by William De Britaine.
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De Britaine, William.
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1672
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Wing B4804; ESTC R6761
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Sec Thurloe Sr Thes Gentlemen have a Petition for you to deliuer to the Council of State Hugh Peters Paulus Van der Parre The Humble Petition of the States Generall of the United Provinces Allard Peter Iongstall William Nieuport Hieronymus van Beverningk A Sherwin The DVTCH Vsurpation OR A Brief Vievv of the Behaviour OF THE STATES-GENERAL Of the United Provinces Towards the Kings of Great Britain With some of their CRUELTIES and INJUSTICES Exercised upon the Subjects of the English Nation AS ALSO A Discovery of what Arts they have used to Arrive at their late Grandeur c. By WILLIAM de BRITAINE Et genus humanum Mortalia temnitis arma At sperate Deos. Virg. LONDON Printed for Jonathan Edwin at the Three Roses in Ludgate-street MDCLXXII To His Royal Highness THE Duke of YORK SIR COuld I but use my Pen as You Your Sword I 'd Write in Blood and kill at every Word The Hogans then my Muse's Pow'r should feel And find my Verse as fatal as Your Steel But sure Great Prince none can presume to Write With such Success as You know how to Fight Who carry in Your Looks th' Events of War Design'd like Caesar for a Conquerour The World of Your Atchievements is afraid While Neptune's Watry Kingdoms You Invade And that much-courted Mistress th' Ocean 's now Not by th' Venetian-Duke Espous'd but You. And now Great Prince may You Victorious be Your Fame and Arms o'er-spreading Land and Sea May You our haughty Neighbours overcome And bring Rich Spoils and Peaceful Laurels Home Whilst They Their Ruine or Your Pardon meet Sink by Your Side or fall before Your Feet THE Dutch Usurpation THe Dominion of the Belgick Provinces being devolv'd to Philip the second King of Spain who designing to Himself the Western Monarchy and the best medium to that end was to reduce those Provinces to a Kingdom But they being fortified with great priviledges and many of them inconsistent with Monarchy 't was adjudg'd by sober persons ' twoud prove a work of great difficulty and that He would never effect that he aim'd at Besides the reformation of Religion which then began to grow to some strength mov'd the King to reduce them back to the Church of Rome by the power and terrour of the Inquisition Which when the people violently oppos'd the King then resolv'd to bring them by Spanish Rhetorick that is by Sword and Cannon to obedience To that end King Philip sends the Duke of Alva an old and expert Captain with a puissant Army to be his Vice-Roy amongst them No sooner was he settled in his new Government but he establish'd the Bloet-rod as they term it a Council of Bloud made up most of Spaniards Anno 1567. He took off the Heads of the Counts of Horn Egmont and of divers other persons of quality Citadels were erected and Taxes impos'd upon the people to support them The Political Government of the Countrey in many things altered and the people spoyl'd not of their priviledges only but of their liberties Amongst the reform'd he brought in the Inquisition and therein behav'd himself very tyrannically This powred Oyl on the fire formerly kindled and put all into a combustion about five thousand Families quitted their Countrey some flying into Germany others into France and most into England where they were received with all kindness and civility Churches were appointed them they being of the reform'd Religion and many Noble and great priviledges were bestowed upon them During those Troubles the Prince of Orange and Count Lodowick his Brother were very active and gave Duke Alva imployment All Holland except Amsterdam follow'd the Fortune and side of the Prince together with all the Towns of Zealand except Middle-burg Anno 1573. Duke Alva was recall'd afterwards Don Lewis of Requisens was appointed Governour After him the Prince of Parma who brought the Hollander into worse case then ever Yet Anno 1581. they declare that Philip of Spain was fallen from His Government they renounce and abjure Him for their Sovereign they break his Seals change the Oath of Allegiance and took a new Oath of the people never to return to the Spanish Obedience This done the States for so they call'd themselves ever after chose Francis Duke of Anjou to be their Prince during whose unfortunate Government the Duke of Parma prevailed in all places especially after the death of William Prince of Orange who was traiterously slain Anno 1584. Now were the Hollanders truely miserable desperate of pardon from their inraged Prince and having no person of courage to head them none of power to protect them but such as were likely to regard their own profit more than their Interest England was the only Sanctuary they had now left to which they sue offering the Queen the Soveraignty of their Provinces But that Heroick Queen not intending to Her self any thing saving the honour of relieving Her distressed Neighbours Anno 1585. took them into her protection and concluded amongst others of these Articles That the Queen should send them five thousand Foot and a thousand Horse into the Netherlands to fight for them That they should pay Her Ten Pounds per Cent. for all sums of money She should lend them or disburse for them And Interest upon Interest And likewise five pounds for every English Gentleman or Officer which should dye in their service All which sums of money were to be paid unto the Queen at the end of the War And that for the reimbursing of the said monies the Briel Flushing and Castle of Ramekins were to be delivered unto the Queen as Caution and Pledges The Queen in performance of Her Agreement sent them 5000 Foot 1000 Horse Money and a Governour The Earl of Leicester and had the Cautionary Towns delivered unto Her The renowned Sir Philip Sidney was the first Government of Flushing who died in their service Casimir also the Elector Palatines Son drew down to the assistance of the States an Army of fifteen thousand Horse and Foot at the instance and great charges of the Queen When the Earl of Leicester came to wait upon the Queen at his going over to be their Governour She strictly commanded the Earl that he should have a regard of the English Souldiers and that they served God and demean d themselves religiously Which they did with such exemplary zeal that a sober man might have thought that the United Provinces then stood in Christendom And that pious Queen did therein well for the Christian Religion was first planted in Holland Zealand and Friesland by Willibroad an English man the first Bishop of Vtretcht whence by degrees it gain'd on the rest of the Countries But since by the ill practices of some amongst them they are much fallen from the purity of it The Queen now resolveth to set all the Royal Signatures of Her favour upon the United Provinces and give them the most eminent demonstrations