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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11800	Symmachia: or, A true-loues knot Tyed, betvvixt Great Britaine and the Vnited Prouinces, by the wisedome of King Iames, and the States Generall; the kings of France, Denmarke, and Sweden, the Duke of Sauoy, with the states of Venice being witnesses and assistants. For the weale and peace of Christendome.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.	1624 (1624)	STC 22089; ESTC S116960	20,946	37

with Spaine and the restitution of the Palatinate which in this Parliament haue beene cleerely discouverd and layed open vnto vs and withalll what humble aduice with one consent and voyce wee haue giuen vnto your Maiestie to dissolue those Treatyes which your Maiestie hath beene gratiously pleased to our exceeding joy and comfort fully to yeeld vnto and accordingly haue made your publique declaration for the reall and vtter dissolution of them by meanes where of your Maiestie may be happilie ingaged in a sudden warre wee in all humblenesse most ready and willing to giue vnto your Maiestie and the whole world an ample testimonie of our dutifull affectons and sincere intentions to assist yow therein For the maintenance of that warre that may heere vpon ensue and more particularly for the defence of this your Realme of England the secureing of your Kingdome of Ireland the assistance of your Neighbours the States of the vnited Provinces and other your Majesties friends and allies And for the setting foorth of your Royal Nauie wee haue resolued to giue for the present the greatest ayde which euer was granted in Parliament to be leiued in so short-à tyme And therefore wee doe humbly beseech your Maiestie c. Thus yow see in the body of our Lawe the State of the vnited Provinces is specially nominated and ranged in vnion with his Maiesties Kingdomes of England and Ireland and the gift limited for the defence especially of those three Which though selfconceited eyes ouersee yet is argues much respect and loue neyther doe I beleeue they haue giuen or receiued the like acknowledgement before to or from any other State nor can wee redely finde in Historie the like interchange of loue betwixt forteigne people recorded 2. Obserue the most excellent Prince of Wales his forwardnes and extraordinarie diligence to accomplish this worke I dare not say whatsoeuer I thinke that the whole frame was first of his composure but I am sure he was a principall Agent in the happy conclusion 3. Obserue his Maiestie how readely and gladly he grāted when it cam to the vpshot soe that he seemed to hold off before for politique respectes First to beget a feeleing in our friends of their owne estate who did not in his Maiesties judgement seeme sensible enough for a long tyme eyther of their owne danger or of this his royall fauoure and benefite Secondly to make his owne subiectes the more eager and earnest by the delay and so giue them tyme to debate the businesse to vnderstand the charitie and vtilitie of the worke and to open their purses the wider Thirdly to secure the Enemye by this meanes till all were ready that so wee might reflect vpon them by a thinne and slight shadow the open and grosse iniuryes they had done vs before vnder the couerture of treatyes and trust Now for the better vnderstanding of his Maiesties minde in all pointes proportionable to this description I haue inserted his privy Counsels letter to the Lords Lifetenants of Sheeres in England for the assistinge of the Earls and Commanders in rayseing men within their seuerall Countyes and that by his Majesties speciall direction for the ayde of the Vnited Provinces AFter our harty commendations to your good Lordshippes whereas the States Generall of the united Provinces haue by theyr Ambassadors humbly solicited his Maiestie as wel to renewe the anciant defensiue league betweene his Kingdomes and their Provinces as also to permit them for the better confirmation thereof to rayse some good number of voluntary souldiers within his Dominions to be imployed in theyr service in these hazardous times when the Emperour and the Romish Catholique league are preparing and drawinge downe towards theyr Countreyes divers great and threatniug Troopes to joyne with those Armies that allreadie lye vpon theyr frontiers ready to take the first opportunitie of advantage against them And that his Majestie in a constant pursuite of the good amitie and correspondentie with those Provinces hath treated and concluded a league vvith theyr Ambassadors and giuen way and permission for the raysinge of six thousand voluntary souldiers for theyr service and assistance for theyr better strength and defence against those forces of the Emperour and Romishe Catholique league Which his Maiestie hath the rather assented to in regard of his owne interest both for the security of his owne Dominions and the great part his sonne in Law his onely daughter and his grand children haue in the preservation of the Vnited Provinces where they now remaine as refugers And because the time of the yeare is so farre spent as it will be requisite to vse all possible expedition in the raysing and transportation of these men We haue thought it requisite to giue your Lordshippes this intimation of his Maiesties good pleasure and assent for the levyinge of the sayde voluntaryes to the end you may not onely permit and further our very good Lords the Earles of Oxford Southampton and Essex and the Lord Willoughby appointed Collonels and for that purpose deputed by the States Ambassadors and such other Captaines and officiers vnder them as they shall substitute to leavy and take vp such voluntary souldiers as sball be vvilling to goe ouer in theyr company but that withall you affoord them your best direction assistance and furtherance therein and giue notice of this his Maiesties pleasure to the deputie Lieutenantes Iustices of peace and other his Maiesties Ministers within the precinct of your Lieutenancy To which we doubt not but you will all readily and effectually apply your selues both in respect of the generall cause and for the ease and benefit the Countrey will finde in being disburthened of many vnnecessary persons that now want imployment and liue lewdly or vnprofitably in the Countrey And if any of those voluntaries shall after they haue accepted impresse money and so ingaged themselues into the service withdrawe themselues or runne away from theyr Captaines or Conductor his Maiesties pleasure is that vpon any such complainte you yeeld your best assistance for the apprehendinge and recoueringe of those fugitives and them to comit to prison vntill they submit themselues or otherwise punish them as is vsuall in such cases And so we bid your Lordshippes hartly farewell 20 of Iune 1624. 4. Obserue the Peoples willingnes generally to offer themselues to this seruice and the expression of extraordinarye ioy assoone as they heard the Drummes beate and that the intent of their intertaniement was published to serue the States of the Vnited Provinces against the King of Spaine and the Arch-Duchesse soe that these wordes were forced to be altered by command for present respects of State 5. Obserue the Nobles and those none of the meanest striueing for imployment in this warre not for the gaines of these poore and in comparison of them petty places but to honor their Nation to shew the world amongst what people they were nobles to defend religion and that State which ioynes with our owne to defend it