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A79538	Two manifesto's, or declarations; the one by the King of Denmarke, the other by the Queene of Sweden, both concerning the present warres.	Denmark. Sovereign (1588-1648 : Christian IV); Sweden. Sovereign (1632-1654 : Kristina)	1644 (1644)	Wing C3936; Thomason E45_7; ESTC R23311	11,644	16

TWO MANIFESTO'S OR DECLARATIONS THE ONE By the King of Denmarke THE OTHER By the Queene of Sweden both concerning the present Warres CHRISTIAN the Fourth by the Grace of God of Denmarke Norway of the Gothes and Vandals King Duke of Holstein Shleswigk Stormarn and Ditmars Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst c. To his Roman Imperiall Majestie all Christian Kings and Princes as also to all and every one of what quality degree and dignitie soever hee bee Greeting Making withall knowne how and in what manner Wee by an unexpected hostile invasion of the Swedish Army under the command and conduct of Fieldmarshall Leonhard Tostensohn first into our Principalities of Shleswigk Holstein and Dominions belonging thereunto and thereupon into our Province of Iutland immediately belonging to our Crowne of Denmarke inevitably are compelled to put to the view of all and every one by this Manifestoe the Injustnesse of this wrong and action and to the better manifestation hereof to draw in briefe hither those Agreements that have beene made betwixt our Kingdome and the Crowne of Sweden whereby not onely all Controversies are fully laid up a perpetuall peace concluded but also how in future time if any nighbourly errours should come to passe it should be carried was provided and agreed upon Whereas now in the yeare 1560. when Ericus King of Sweden the 13th of that Name sought all manner of pretences against our Father King Frederick the Second of happy memory and thereby gave occasion to a long during bloody Warre b●● the same by the mediation of the Emperour Maximilian of the Kings of France and Poland as also of the Elector of Saxony in the yeare 1570. being composed by their mediation the aforesaid perpetuall Peace was concluded which both Kings and their Successours and Heires together with their Kingdomes by their Royall Honour Faith and troth should be bound to keep upon paine and forfeiture of a million of gold It was also agreed upon namely that if so any errours should come to passe the decision thereof by the appointed Counsellers of State of both sides and if so be they could not agree upon a finall certaine conclusion because that one side had as many voyces as the other it should be put to an Arbitratour But if so be that one of the Kings would not stand to all what was concluded in such a case the Counsell of State and the Subjects should be discharged of their Oath and dutie and should not be bound to follow and obey the King so long till he hath consented to it as appeareth at lage by the Copie Lit. A. And the same agrement have beene confirmed againe anew betwixt Us and the deceased King Gustavus Adolphus Lit. B. of happy memorie in the yeare 1612. and in the yeare 1624. some errours which then would arise by the appointed Counsellers of State were compounded and laid by Wee have also thereupon kept and maintained good and neighbourly correspondence with the aforesaid King Gustavus Adolphus all the dayes of his life and afterwards with the moderne Queene and State and We had no other opinion of the Crowne of Sweden but that it would doe the like And it appeareth most clearly by that that for those many yeares together we have endeavoured with much zeale and care to take off from the same the heavie burden of warre in the Roman Empire and to settle the same in Peace and tranquility Whereas if any bad talentum or mistrust had beene in our heart against that Crowne We had justly suffered the same to ly under such burden and according to common practise Per vicinorum discordias bella sought peace and security of our Kingdome and Dominions But being no contrary intention against the same as also no ill suspition of the same sticked with us So therefore no such Counsells could find place with Us but rather strived to procure for the same a true and firme Peace as Wee can testifie with God and a pure conscience that thereby we sought with an upright heart and minde no prejudice to the same but the good and welfare of both contending and fighting parties To which end also in the yeare 1629. presently after the agreement betwixt the Roman Imperiall Majesty and Us Wee desired His Imperiall Majesties consent of an amiable Treatie betwixt Him and the King of Sweden and how we have received thereupon a desired answer and the King of Sweden also thereupon accepted our interposition and appointed a Dyet at Dantzigk in the beginning of the year 1630. where the Roman Imperiall Majestie had his Ambassadour a Burgrave of Donaw but no Treatie was taken in hand because no body appeared there in the name of the Crown of Sweden However wee did therefore not suffer our good intention to sinke but caused presently after the King of Swedens death the reassumption of so commendable work further to be sollicited and desired of the Counsell of State or rather of the Rixchancellour Oxenstern who was at that time Plenipotentiaerius in Germanie who also according to his letter Lit. C. to our Counsell of State bearing date Collen on the Spree the fourth of Febr. 1633. accepted it with much thankes and that therefore the Crowne and Princesse was much obliged to us for it but especially at that time was faine to confesse that Our peaceable minde about former commendable actions was more then enough known unto Him And repeated that same also afterwards upon another occasion as appeareth out of the Extract Lit. D. to Us his Letters bearing Date at Franckeford the 17. of May in the same yeare Afterwards also Wee have sent Our Ambassadour at great charges to Breslaw which Embassage hath likewise been in vain and fruitlesse Then We urged stil further the propounded Treatie for a happy Peace till at last after many teadious long during and many times fruitlesse employed paines and endeavour Wee by Gods gracious permission brought it so farre that the Potentates and Princes that have interest in this so long continuing bloody war in Germany after a long and teadious Treatie fully agreed in Praeliminaribus and therupon with the consent of all sides a meeting for the treaty of a generall Peace was appointed to bee at Osnabrugge When the Imperiall and Swedish Ambassadours had already met there with Our Ambssadours the King of France also had given notice of the comming of His Ambassadours And the King of Spaine also were neere at hand so that every one stood in good hope that now at last the long desired Treatie would goe on and produce some prosperitie and happinesse by the reduction of a generall Peace and Wee in a speciall manner directed onely Our thoughts and Counsell that way how by Gods gracious assistance this worke so well begun we might further and thereby deserve thankes of whole Christendome as Oxenstern himselfe in the above said Extracts declares Notwithstanding Wee were faine to see and heare with our griefe and sorrow that upon a

sudden the Swedes had all things overthrowne againe For when Wee by reason of the alledged Agreement and Confederacie could expect no ill from them and to Our knowledge also have not offended them or if so be they had to pretend any offence they should have turned it over to the aforesaid and oftentimes repeated confirmed and practised Decisions and agreements yea when they shewed all love and amitie towards Us and had our ordinary Resident with them and theirs againe with Vs and then further their Ambassadour appointed for the treatie of Peace conferred almost daily with Our Ambassadours as appointed Mediatours and pretended every where nothing else but neighbourly love peace and concord Then they cause by their Generalls in a hostile manner Our Countries and Dominions about 60 leagues at length from the utmost Frontiers of our Principalities to be invaded and taken till they may come into our Kingdome which they then easily could performe because Wee feared no Hostility but under the pretence of amitie with any foregoing being usuall with all honest Nations denouncing of warre upon a sudden surprised the Countries that the Subjects saw them in the midst of them before they could heare any thing of their comming so that for 30. leagues together they found no man in armes excepting 50. men in a Fort neere the East Sea which by night time they skaled and tooke it imprisoned the Governour and detaine him still Yet in the meane time our Rix-Marshall in our absence guarded our Frontiers with some horse and for their defence began to raise a Sconce and withall sent a Letter to the above-said Swedish Generall to learne and know the reasons and motives of such an invasion what further We had to expect from him as the Copie Sub Lit. E. shewes more largely But the aforesaid Generall kept the Trumpeter that was sent with him and left the Letter unanswered till he fell againe upon a sudden without any forewarning with his whole strength of horse and foot and Artillerie upon Our horse and drove them their number being much lesse then his into the aforesaid Sconce where he presently begun to batter with his Cannon the aforesaid Sconce being not yet finished and continued it for 4. dayes together But when the rest of his Infantry and the great Cannons that he expected came to him he answered the aforementioned Letter wherein hee imputed the reasons of his taking quarters in Holstein and other neighbou ing Countries to necessitie but that he pursued the gathered troopes and without summoned the aforesaid Sconce Hee pretended to be for his owne securitie as sub Lit. F. is to be seene And being they lay onely in garrison there some of the Trained Bands and the same also as aforesaid was brought to no perfection hee tooke it presently forced the souldiers to lay downe their armes insomuch that whole Iutland he ruinated and wasted the Principalities with intollearable Contribution and Plundering and to passe by other enormites Our Officers of the State and Gentry hee caused to be detained prisoners and shewed themselves farre worse then Christian enemies And it is easie what of the aforesaid most prejudiciall and proud Letter may be judged and concluded and moreover that by this so hostile invasion and proceedings he aimed not meerely at some Provinces nor at a meere recruting of the Armie which however he ought not to seeke in our Countries without Our consent but rather that it is intended meerely out of a hostile proud and haughtie purpose and hope to destroy Vs our Kingdomes Countries and People The true and proper cause of this so hostile resolution against us is as yet unknowne unto us but wee can easely guesse that the hate against us and the envy to the florishing peaceable condition of our Kingdomes and Countries together with the moderne occasion of their having in their hands a brave German Army and our security wee have put in thire friendship hath principally moved them thereunto And we are assured that not any other cause that according to all Divine and humane right is sufficient to such an unforwarned hostility can iustly be produced And though there were some that might have given them occasion to this spilling of blood yet modus procedendi can never bee iustified neither before God nor men For the most high God hath no delight in the iustest and most necessary warre How should hee then approve of such unnecessary warres whereunto no cause was given And as he hath sworne by his truth that he will bring the Covenant upon which he hath given his hand and afterwards broken it upon his owne head So without all doubt will revenge in due time this uniustnesse and wrong that hath beene done to confederats and fellow members of the same saith under the pretence of Friendship contrary to e●ected contracts covenants and agreement Neither will it bee approved by any man that ever hath loved honesty and vertue because according to the Lawes and customes of all Nations to a lawfull warre not onely weighty reasons but also that the same before they come to extremities be made kowne to the Adversary party are required Which is counted also so much seeming to the naturall right and common equity that the adversary party hath allwayes beene held dishonest and injust especially when by publicke contracts it is provided that otherwise ought not bee done It may bee there will be pretended that on the Swedish side that what hath passed with thire ships in the sound is alledged to bee a lawfull cause of this warre against us But wee doe not doubt when all impartiall men doe first know how to the arresting of the Swedish Ships by reason of so manifold kowne and discovered deceitfullnesses wee have beene compelled and how farre wee have procceded with particular merchants not de facto but meerely secundum justitiae norman that if there hath beene made complaint of the first sentence that was given in the first instance wee our selfe to testifie the more our desire to impartiall iustice together with our Counsell of state have reassumed the hearing of the cause that then no man for using our right will condemne us especially when by us in such a hearing more was seene upon the preservation of neighbourly friendship then what the law required Where now for the staying and arresting of three or at most foure ships so bloody a warre may presently begin amongst Christians wee let the whole world judge And principally by the rising of any grievances there should have beene followed the way that is prescribed in the contracts and agreements then if the matter had not beene remedied the way to extremities had yet still beene open to which end our Counsell of State have sufficiently declared themselves and offered nothing else but a firme peaceable intention and that in the like differences that should happen the aforementioned ancient contracts and agreements should be followed albeit the aforesaid Swedish Government hath no