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A10672	Vox cœli, or Newes from heauen 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 trecheries to most kingdoms and free estates of 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. VVherunto 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.	1624 (1624)	STC 20946.4; ESTC S122495	52,043	108

Instrument and executioner to cut off the two noble heads of Biron in Paris and D' Albigny in Turin Q.M. Why the Catholique King is the vniversall 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 stratagems and resolutions take effect for those who are obstacles to his will and pleasure his verball friendship shall alwayes prove their reall overthrow and subversion howsoeuer he and his Ministers pretend and make shew of the contrary Q.A. Nay let vs leaue Biron and D'Albigny in their Graves for mee thinkes it is a poore charity to rake vp the ashes of the dead And for our better information let vs take a survey of the courtesie or rather of the cruelty that Spaine hath offered Savoy E. 6. None knowes nor can deliuer the particular truth thereof so well as your Royall Sonne Prince Henry Q.M. But I feare my Nephew will be too partiall in the delivery hereof betweene the King of Spaine and the Duke of Savoy because I haue heard that of the two Princesses their daughters he preferd that of Savoy before this of Spaine H. 8. No no my Nephew Henry is a iudicious and iust Prince therefore I know hee will not wrong Spaine to doe right to Savoy Q. A He resembles King Iames his Father to well whoe will still loue the King of Spaine although therein he hate him selfe therefore speake on fayre Sonne P. H When Great Henry of France my honoured Vncle made warres vpon the present Duke of Sauoy for the recouery of his Marquisat of Saluses then this Phillip King of Spaine vnder the pretence and shewe to ayd the Duke his brother in Lawe against the French sent him many 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 Countreyes of Bresse and Gex ratified and acomplished These Spanish Regiments being quartered in Carbonieres Mountemellion Savillan Pignoroll and other places of Sauoy Piedmont they vpon no reqvest or assommons made them by the Duke would depart thence but being commaunded the Contrary by the Count de Fuentes Viceroy of Millan as he was from the King his Master from Spaine they peremptorily resolued and vowed to keepe firme footing which they along time did vntill at last that wise Valiant Duke being thereunto constrained for the securitie of his estate whose emmynent and vtter subuersion he apparantly sawe before his eyes he very nobly cutt all their throates 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 Pastrama Denia Albecurque Tolleao and all the Counsell of warre of Spaine vowe to haue their reuenge of this affront Q. E. Spaine hath done his woorst to Sauoy alreadie for as long as France loues Sauoy Sauoy needs not feare Spaine at least mine Authors tell me soe who are that famous Captaine the Duke of Dedis guieres his valiant son De Crequy noble Du Termes Q. A. Though this one wronge be one too many yet is these all the wronges that this King of Spaine hath offered this Duke of Sauoy P. H. Noe Madame for although the Duke winke and seemes with father Aubigny to haue the art of forgettfullness yet he well remembers how Don Iuan de Taxis Spaines Ambassadour in France told Lullins Arconas and Alimes his Highnesse Ambassadours at Lyons that the Kinge his master would Contribute towards the Exchange of the marquisat of Saluces conditionally it remayned on that side the Alpes from the French and since how his Catholique Maiestie hath performed nothing He remembers Spaines Plott vpon his Castle of Nice the key not only of his Countryes but of Italy when his Spanish Galleyes lay at Villa franca to bereaue him of his Children He remembers how the Spanish Cardynalls oppose his precedency at Rome with the Duke of Florence and how the Catholike King or his Viceroy of Millan for him was the match and Incendiary to set fire twixt the Duke of Mātoua him for the Marquisate of Montferrad Q. E. Wee may see what a kind brother in Lawe the King of Spaine is and what it is to build vpon his affiance afinity promises and asistance P. H. I am glad the Duke of Savoy 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 swordes Pikes and Lances at Cassall● Verceile and other wheres Q. A. As longe as Savoy loues not Spaine The Marquis of Lullius and Monseur De Gabaleon 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 tyme and the policie and Swords of Spaine cut all donations and rightes in peeces P. H. Savoy hath had warninges enough to beware of Spaine and therefore as I euer loued that generous Duke soe I hope that he and the Illustryous valliant Princes his Sonnes will neuer want armes of steele and heartes of Diamonds to our 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 flourishing Kingdome become a Prouince to Spaine Q. M. Spayne neuer wish't it much lesse attempted it Q. E. Yeares more often then France hath Prouinces or Spayne Cittyes P. H. Why who was the Avthor and Protector of the League but first Spaine then the Pope and next the Devill Q. M. O that was onely to preserue Catholiques and the Catholique Religion and to exterminate and roote out Heretiques and was not this well done of the King of Spaine sith he is the Catholique King E. 6. Nay now the least child in France knowes that Religion was onely the pretext but Empire and Dominion the obiect of that League How else dared Mendoza 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 shee 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 indeede that Kingdome was without a head and then the King of Spaine had reason to

come to Italy to see how Spaine is beloued or feared of the Italians and how he hath behaved himselfe there E. 6. In Italy the King of Spaine is nayled to the Pope as most of the Colledge of Cardinalls and all the Iesuites are to him yea he hath the greatest and richest territories thereof as the Kingdome of Naples the Dutchy of Millane and the Island of Cicily and in a manner the Marquesse of Monaco and Finall the Dukes of Montova Parma and Vrbin the Princes of Massa and Piombino with the free States Genova and Luca doe all march vnder his banner and call onely on his name yea he hath so incircled the Pope as hee is rather his prisoner then his spirituall Father for if his patrimony of St. Peter be the Temple his Naples and Millane is the Cloyster to impall it so as hee hath no impeachment or obstacle from making himself sole Lord of Italy but the great Duke of Tuscany and the prudent and potent Seignorie of Venice Q.M. O but the Pope need not feare the King of Spaine for Spaine is the Popes hand so the Pope is Spaines tongue For the Catholike King is his Holinesse Champion and his Holinesse the King of Spaines Oracle E. 6. I had thought that the Popes alwayes loved the King of France better then those of Spaine Q. E. O no there is reason to the contrary for Spaine hath receiued Romes hellish and bloody Inquisition and France is so wise and couragious as it reiecterh and disdaines it P. H. Nay there is another reason likewise for although the former Kings of France were brave and victorious yet king Lewes that now is feares the Pope and loves him not whereas king Phill. of Spaine loves him but feares him not Q.M. If the Popes had not loved Spain they would neuer haue given him Naples Cicilly nor permitted him to inioy that rich populous Dutchy of Millan which is the patrimony of the house of Orleans and is now fallen to the right of France Q.E. Surely there is a great Vnion betweene the Popes and the Kings of Spaine for Spaine makes the Pope ride on his pontificall Chaire and the Pope makes Spaine flie in Phaetons Chariot about the foure corners of Christendome P. H. But the Pope loued not Spaine so well to giue him either the Marquisat of An●●nitana or the Dutchy of Ferrara when he begged it of him by his Ambassadours H. 8. But did Spaine seeke Ferrara and the Marca of Ancona of the Pope Q.M. Yea and vpon good grounds and solid reasons too for that lay commodious for Millane and this for Naples and both would serue as Bridges to passe into that braue and proud State of Venice The State of Venice Q.E. NOw you speak of the grave and Noble Venetians as they haue long since pull'd off the Maske of Spaines itching desire to deflowre their beautifull Adriatike Sea Nimph so they haue resolved no more to trust Spaniards For of late notwithstanding their prudent decree to the contrary grounded vpon some priuate reasons of State they both thinke in their hearts and know in their soules and consciences that it was only the ambition double Pistols of Spaine that laid the foundation of the last treacherous and execrable attempt against their Citie and consequently against their whole State notwithstanding that some perfidious Frenchmen degenerating from the honour of their Country and Ancestors were corrupted and seduced by the gold and flattering promises of Spaine to bee the chiefest Agents and forlorn Hope in that damnable attempt and to make this as cleare and apparent as the Sunne That Illustrious and wise Senate well knowes that at that very instant and nick thereof the Duke of Ossuna Vice-roy of Naples hovered with his Fleet and Land forces to lay hold and embrace that occasion Q.M. Sure Sister you wrong the Duke of Ossuna and in him king Philip his Maister for I haue heard that the said Duke did then Arme vpon newes of a great Fleet of Gallyes comming from Constantinople to Rhodes vpon the irruption of intelligence betwixt the great Turke and the French King for the eseape of the Polonian Prince Coreski for the which the Barron of Sancy the French Ambassadour was at least confined if not imprisoned at Constantinople and that therfore for the safety of the kingdom of Naples it behoved the said Duke to fortifie his Ports of Apulia Ottranto and Calabria as well with Fleets as Regiments P.H. The King of Spaines Ministers never want pretexts and evasions for their designes but if the Duke of Ossuna for affirming hereof should sweare Botta Dios and par la Sanctissiam Virgina till he were damn'd yet that wise Senate especially the Councell of Tenn will never beleeve him Q.E. O but Ossuna and the King of Spaine his Master shall give me leave to joyne in opinion with the prudent Venetians and therfore I highly praise their foresight and applaude their generosity in keeping a brave Navall Army on their Seas and strong Garisons in their Castles and Cities for the security of their State as also for keeping of their Exchequer rich and their Arsenall and Magasins aboundantly stored and furnished H. 8. But hath Spaine offered the Seignory of Venice no other wrongs and offronts but this Q.E. O yes for although that prudent State say little yet they remember and will not forget how busie his Ambassadour and Agents were at Rome to give fire to the quarrell betweene Pope Paulus Quintus and themselues about banishing the Iesuites from their State and for imprisoning the Chanon of Vincensa as also how readily and earnestly they proffered the Pope that a great Spanish and Neopolitan Army should instantly enter their State and put all to fire and sword P.H. And they likewise remember how the King of Spaine that thereby his Regiments mought fish in troubled waters get firme footing in their Country hath often incens'd this Emperour Ferdinand then Duke of Gratz to invade their frontier Townes in Friull and the Trevisan Q·E. But Nova Palma Brescia Pescare and Verona are obstacles and stops to the Designes both of the Emperour and King of Spaine yea that wise State is so watchfull and vigilant that in time of peace they make their greatest preparations for Warre And it were a blessed happinesse and a safe felicity for most Kingdomes and Estates of Christendome if herein they would emulate and imitate the example of these wise and noble Venetians which is neither to trust much lesse to feare Spaine Q.M. But as wise and as strong as the Venetians are as their Church and Pallace of St. Marke was not built in a day so are not all the Designes and resolutions of the King of Spaine and therefore a time may come but I say no more Q. A. O I gesse at your minde you would have the State of Venice made a Province to Spaine that thereby he may finde a way for his Fleets to convey his Armies into high

and lowe Germany And if Spain thinke so Contareno the Venetian Ambassadour resident with the King my Husband and since him Donato likewise tolde me that herein Spaine is deceived in the Arithmetick of his ambition and vsurpation and thus to reckon is to reckon without his Hostesse and without God Swisserland H. 8. BVt how do the warlike Cantons of Swissers trust the King of Spaine Q. A. As they doe the Emperour Ferdinand his brother Leopaldus and the rest of the Austrian Princes for they know his ambition and their malice and so neither feare him nor love these Q. M. But they love the double Pistols of Spaine doe they not Q.E. Yes but they say the French Crownes of the Sunne are farre purer and truer gold and therefore passe currenter with them E. 6. The Austrian Princes and the Swissers I haue still heard are from Father to Sonne hereditary and irreconcilable Enemies P. H. Yea the Swissers draw good vse and benefit hereof for by this meanes they live not in security as some other States doe but are still armed and ready to march and follow 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 County Brabant and Heynault if France Savoy and Venice would command them the first and England France and Holland ordaine and give 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 divert their Designes and frustrate their resolutions if they were bent that way P.H. It hath indeede hitherto proved 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 just E. 6. But hath not Spaine cavill'd with the Swissers for their confines and limmits Q.E. Yes two wayes next Germany by Leopaldus and betwixt Losanna and Gray in the free County by the Archduke Albertus Q. M. Yea 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 Helvetian 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 prevent the second Q.M. But the Catholique King will watch those Swissers a good turne and if the Ephinaerides of his envie ambition and greatnesse faile him not either his Spinola or his Pedro de Toledo shall one of these dayes dine with him at Berne Eriburg or Soleurre ere their table-cloathes be layed Q. E. But Sister you are deceived in the Swissers for their Table cloathes are alwayes nayled to their Tables yea they haue so great a quantity of Swords Pikes and Muskets in a readinesse to give any enemy of theirs a bloudy banquet that if Philip King of Spaine dare assault them they doubt not but to vse him as they haue formerly done Philip Duke of Burgundy whom they ouerthrew in three severall pitchd battels at Granson 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 hee will shortly enter by the Voltaline and Chiavena Q.M. O though of late they made a shew of resistance yet the gold of Spaine the neighbourhood of Millane the Fort Fuentes 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 to him Q M. As how Nephew pray be not bitter against Spaine P. H. Why first Spaine will nussell them vp in peace and security till matters be ripe or else he will engender factions and sowe discords among themselues either for Religion or ranke or betwixt them and their dearest friends the Swissers and so when he sees all things ready and the Iron hot then hee 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 lives 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 own 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 devoure 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 blood Savoy H. 8. BVt how doth Savoy brooke Spaine for I take it this present Duke Charles Emanuell married this King Philip 3. his second Sister the Infanta Katherina Michaela P.H. Savoy loves Spaine as it hath deserved of it for the noble and generous Duke thereof cries out God defend mee from such a brother in law as King Philip. Q.M. I beleeve if the Catholique King offered that Duke any vnkinde office it was nothing but because hee was so neere a neighbour to Geneva as hee and the Pope suspected his Highnesse would turne Caluinist Q. E. Alas that good Citie of Geneva why all the world knowes the Dukes loue to it and its Religion witnesse the Barron of Attignac and his Consorts as also Terraill and Bastide but if there were once a Spanish Garison in this Citie Savoy would soone know how to distinguish betwixt good and bad neighbours E. 6. But it is the laughture of the world to say that Spaine hates Savoy because he loves the Religion of Geneva P. H. Yet this is as true as many other of Spaines colours pretexts and evasions when hee hath a purpose and plot to vsurpe Q.M. Why wherein hath the King of Spaine abused or wronged the Duke of Savoy P.H. First in being himselfe the chiefe cause and subiect and then making him the