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A68953	The Reasons which compelled the states of Bohemia to reject the Archduke Ferdinand &c. and inforced them to elect a new king together with the proposition which was made vppon the first motion of the choyce of th'Elector Palatine to bee King of Bohemia by the states of that kingdome in their publique assembly on the sixteenth of August, being the birth day of the same Elector Palatine / translated out of the French copies.		1619 (1619)	STC 3212.5; ESTC S121190	15,875	34

Profession that findes himselfe disquieted for matter of Conscience or in the exercise of his Religion so as euery man may with freedome liue vnder him prouided his conuersation bee honest and good There is none that can accuse him either of precipitation or opinionatiuenes a thing very remarkeable Hee is in good correspondence with those of the Houses PALATINE and of BAVIERS and yet for that reason forsakes nothing either of those rightes or of those Duties belonging to the generall State of the Countrey And howsoeuer hee is a Prince but young and shewes himselfe courteous and sweet towards his people for all that there is neither lightnes dissolutenes nor voluptuousnes seene in him nor any disorder or excesse at all in his Dyet nor any Auarice Prodigalitie or other thing whatsoeuer vnagreeable or contrary to the reputation of a Prince For the assistance the Crowne of BOHEMIA may expect from him it is cleare to euery mans vnderstanding that hee is not onely not in debt and that of his Reuenue hee can lay something vp but also that the King of Great BRITAINE is his Father in Law the King of DENMARKE his neare Ally and likewise the Elector of BRANDENBVRGH the Prince of ORENGE his Vncle the Duke of BVILLON his Ally the States of the Vnited Prouinces of the Low-Countryes his Confederates the King of SWEDEN and the Hanse Townes his Friends and for his Correspondents the Duke of SAVOY VENICE and SWISSERLAND Hee is in good credit with all the Princes Electors and other Princes and States of the Empire more particularly with those of the Vnion Hee hath confederacies and auncient Alliances with FRANCE The Prince of TRANSILVANIA High HVNGARIE beares him affection SAXONIE and BAVIER are in good tearmes with him MENTZ and the neighbour-Countryes doe looke vpon him with Honour and respect Insomuch as the Crowne of Bohemia by his onely meanes may get the Amitie of all those which wee doe now seeke with so much labour and trauaile and by the same meanes wee may bee conserued and Fortified against our Enemies which from any other treated of in the Election can neither bee expected nor hoped for And since it is a certainty that this Prince would not accept of the Election for ambitions sake but onely for the Common good wee may therefore promise our selues that hee will euer continue in the good affection hee hath already showne towards this Crowne by the profitable Councels and assistances which aswell in his owne person as by other wayes according to the occasion hee hath made to appeare when some others for their particular considerations haue greatly prejudized both the States of the Kingdome of Bohemia and the Countries and Prouinces confederate Those Prouinces confederate who are already in good vnderstanding with this Prince haue to consider that they cannot ground the like confidence vpon others who are too much tyed in respect of the House of Austria for the receiuing of a succour in time of their neede And in this case the confederacie might bring them rather prejudice than benefite a thing exceedingly importing this Crowne as may be seene by experience Since then those qualities required are found all to meete in the person of the Prince-Elector-Palatine and that in those of the other Princes spoken of in this Election the Prince of Transiluania excepted who hath his eye vpon another marke though in themselues of great woorth and merit in regard notwithstanding of the constitution of our State there are many abilities wanting as may bee easily showne it will be to purpose therefore no longer to deferre the Election And so much the rather because the Crowne of Bohemia with the Countryes confederate now after the rejection will bee more disquieted than euer and remayning without a Heade wee shall finde no man that will duely vndertake our protection or Defence FINIS To the Reader The Reader may not expect hereof at this time so exact an impression as the subject requireth by reason the Copie out of which it was Printed was written ouer in hast and by a stranger and Printed likewise in hast the Compositors also strangers By reason whereof some escapes may haue passed in the Orthographie the which beeing but Literall may the more easily bee pardoned both to the Printer and the Ouer-seer no ordinary Corrector Vale. Iohn Harrison

plainely seene that it was most dangerous and indeed impossible to enter into any treatie with such a Lord who is not of himselfe who speakes and writes peaceably but harboureth warre and bloodshed in his heart much lesse for the reasons aforesaid receiue him into the Gouernment whereof he hath many wayes depriued himself let vs consider the pernicious consequence that this would haue brought with it 1 First hereby the said treaties with Spaine would haue beene confirmed 2 Secondly the States could not expect of such a Lord any certainty or assurance in point of Religion or State 3 And thirdly without doubt the States must haue payed not onely their owne but their enemies Forces which haue exercised so many Cruelties against them and their good Friends and haue beene constrained to joyne with their enemies and March against their owne Friends which professe their owne Religion 4 Fourthly it would giue occasion to our enemies to blaspheme the name of God and to say alas where is now our God 5 And fiftly it came to that that other Potentates and Princes of the Religion had neuer giuen any assistance to the saide States if they had found but the least inclination in them to enter into treaty with the Archduke Ferdinand and other enemies And therefore seeing that for the reasons aforesaid it hath beene sufficiently proued that the Archduke Ferdinand was neuer Elected King of Bohemia by the ordinary course and that hee himself hath depriued himselfe and hath forfeited both the Acceptation and the Coronation which was conditionally conferred vpon him as before by not obseruing either his Letters of Assurance or Oath As also seeing he hath exercised manifest tyrannies in the Kingdome and passed contracts with the House of Spaine without the consent or knowledge of the States For these reasons they vnderstand and finde themselues to bee free from him and not any way tyed vnto him in what kinde soeuer And for the same reasons agreeable both to diuine and humane right with the ayde of the Almighty they haue taken the Freedome to Elect another King as shall bee more fully declared to the world in a Manifestation hereafter to bee published A PROPOSITION made by the States of Bohemia in their Assembly at PRAGVE vpon the Election of a King the 16. of August 1619. being the Birth-day of the Prince Elector Palatine ALbeit the Nomination of a King of BOHEMIA requires a mature counsell and deliberation which ought to precede the nomination in this point neuerthelesse there is not so much difficultie as in the rejecting of a King which gaue a beginning to this and standes in neede both of a good Iustification and of a great Power where the nomination hath no neede of those aydes but but of itselfe followes after the rejection Now therefore since the Rejection as the thing more importing vs is already donne the Nomination will be much the more easie prouided wee stand not vpon such a perfection in the choyse as the whole world cannot yeeld vs. It behooues vs to set apart all particular passions and to haue regard onely to those reasons which are Fundamentall For there are pointes requisite so necessary to bee considered in the Election of a King as it is not for any good Patriot to giue his aduice for the receiuing of one in whome those thinges required are not to bee found But we may with very good assurance conclude for him in whome they meete more than in any other man 1 As in the first place it is needfull that in such a person there be none of these matters to be feared for which King FERDINAND was rejected That is to say that hee ought not either to persequute or aduance any for the respect of Religion nor to exceede in the dependance of his owne Counsellors or of strangers but to joyne himselfe with the States He ought not to bee opinionatiue nor giuen to doe thinges of his owne head but to accomodate the Customes of his House and his to the ordinances and liberties of this Crowne 2 In the second place it is required that hee affect the Estates with an acknowledgement of reputation 3 Thirdly that in time both of Peace and warre hee gouerne his Kingdome by his owne presence worthily and profitably 4 Fourthly that the Confederates may receiue no cause of feare from him either of danger or damage Since then there are Fiue who are inferred into the treatie of this Election that is to say the King of DENMARRKE the Elector PALATINE the Elector of SAXONIE the Duke of SAVOY and the Prince of TRANSILVANIA it will bee therefore to purpose to consider that although there bee not any one of any one of these Princes in his owne particular but is of merite both to bee Praised and recommended there is among them notwithstanding a certaine diuersitie which euery one by himselfe may prudently waigh And forasmuch as it is not permitted vs to iudge liberally of great Princes in this place therefore it shall suffice without offence to any briefly to deduce the reasons for which the Elector Palatine ought to bee esteemed very capable of the Crowne of BOHEMIA and fit to maintaine the present estate of the Kingdome For although he be not yet aboue twenty three hee is a Prince neuerthelesse endued with a great iudgement bred vp from his Cradle in goodnes and vertue holdes continually about him persons of great quality as well for the Field as the State accustomed to Courtesie in himselfe of very plentifull Hopes and at this Age hee will better forme himselfe to the Customes of the Kingdome than if hee were more increased in yeares And God bestowes not wisdome alwayes according to the Age of a man but vpon him that calles to God for it in his feare Hee is a Prince moderate vertuous and resolute in his Actions quicke and sharpe in his Discourse true courteous towards all men well Languaged holdes a faire Court of Earles Barons and Gentlemen Loues and cherishes the Nobilitie imployes euen men of meane condition in his Seruice when hee findes desert in them for it and will let no worthy seruice passe him without his acknowledgement his Subjects and Countrey in part the Frontiers of this Kingdome hee gouernes with Prudence giues estimation to men of Honour holdes a well-ordered Councell frequents the Councell Table in his owne Person takes exact heede to the opinions and propositions of his Councellours giues good cause to haue his owne Iudgement approued and commended in thinges of importance inclines willingly to the informations of other men loues the Common good and therein takes paines with zeale and without feare beares Compassion to the afflicted shewes himselfe laborious and resolued is beloued of his Subjects carries himselfe Peaceably with his neighbours of what Religion soeuer they be and for that winnes respect euen of those of different beliefes For his owne Religion hee is well affected yet there is not any in his Countryes though of another