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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16302	The true copies of sundrie letters concerning the affaires of Bohemia, as they haue beene seuerally writen in High Dutch, Latine and French, to princes, and other men of account. Newly translated and printed	Saincte Foy, François de.; Christian II, Elector of Saxony, 1583-1611.; Bethlen, Gábor, Prince of Transylvania, 1580-1629.	1620 (1620)	STC 3214; ESTC S121080	17,678	44

of Treasure and impouerisher of Kingdomes For I am sure here was so great remonstrance of abundance that a man would sweare they neyther wanted men nor money To morrow is a preparation to celebrate the Baron of Donaws marriage and the next day an expectation of a Tilting and euerie day an inuitation of iollitie For in truth they that saw the noble customes and princely iollity of King Frederick his Queene his Brother the Duke of Weymar and the rest of the Lords and Ladies more then solemnitie of Prayers and giuing thankes vnto God would little imagine they had such intanglements of affaires abroad or at any time discomforts at home A Letter written by a French Gentleman being in the Armie of the King of Bohemia To a friend and neighbour of his in Poicton vpon the occasion of the Voyage of the Ambassadour of the Emperour Ferdinand sent into France SIR I Haue receiued yours wherein is contained the request of succour propounded by the Ambassadour of the Emperour to our King and hauing communicated it to those of our Nation which are here as I am I doe here represent vnto you the iudgement which wee doe all make of what may and ought to be answered to those who are of opinion to yeeld the succour which is required by an inueterate enemie to France and to the House of our Kings against the King Frederick of Bohemia one of our ancient Allies and one whose House hath deserued so well and so often of the House of our Kings and of France in generall Wee say then that if these Inducers are not more Spanish then French at the least they doe heauily offend against the Principles of our State by a grosse folly by a remarkable basenesse and by a manifest iniustice By folly first in setting themselues against those who serue for a counterpoyse for the State of France to balance it against a power so great as is alreadie become fearefull to all the States of Christendome particularly in this that by the Instrumencie of the Iesuites it pretendeth to be erected into a fift Monarchie by the ruine of other Kings and Princes The second follie were to goe with such facilitie to the succour of them who in the life time of Henry the fourth did refuse his interposition to accommodate the differences risen betweene certaine Princes of the Empire allied and confederated with France one of the principall Officers of the Emperour Rodulph hauing dared to say that the King should trouble himselfe with the affaires of his own State and in the difference now in question while it was yet in termes to bee accōmodated my Lord the Duke of Neuers being then at Vienna and hauing charge from our King to offer his interposition it was neglected and contemned And now after the Turke hath refused to giue them succour sued for at his gate foure seuerall times they come to our King and State against which they haue continually practized during these last fiftie yeares which they haue deuided by ciuill warres and thereunto cōtributed their armes and practises and made vse of our miseries as farre forth as they could This is far from taking hold vpon the occasion which is presented as it were by the hand and conduct of God to regaine Cambray Nauarre and other Demesnes of France vsurped by this House and to take from them the means to vse the like courses hereafter and to ouercome the Allies of France The third folly were out of meere iollitie to intangle our selues in a quarrell to reestablish that which it seemes the will of God is that it should not bee whose workes doe appeare in the sudden consent of so many Nations and the vnanimous cōciliation of so different inclinations all swaying to cast off the yoke of a domination violent and cruell and tending to the ouerthrow of all right both diuine and humane The fourth folly were to drayne the reuennues of the King to weaken him in Men by the diminutions which such warres doe bring and to reduce the harts of the French to the affection of that Stranger from whose faction the preceding Kings haue had pain enough to diuert them and into which they had beene throwne by wicked inducements The fifth were in that our King taking a resolution to beare his Armes against his Allies in fauour of the common enemie it might cause so great an hatred against him that they might grow to accord with this enemie thrust on by an indignation which could not bee in this case but very forcible ioyntly to turn their forces against the State of France which they should find drained of money weakned in men and no way prepared for such an inconuenience Whereas the true Counsell of State were when the Neighbours are in warre to make a stock of money to furnish the frontiers with men and munitions of warre and to keepe our selues on our Gard more then euer So should it likewise be a great ingratitude and basenesse to perswade a most Christian King to render euill for good to those Princes who haue so often so readily and so vsefully succoured him with Men Armes and Money for which hee is yet indebted in sums of very great importance employed for the conseruation of the House Royall and State of France against the attempts and assaults of those who are not now ashamed to demand succour against our Benefactors Herein likewise are they answered that would succour the Emperor vnder hand for that which is naught being done openly is not better by being done in secret and to commit a basenesse in secret is as much as to commit a theft without witnesse Besides that it is vnworthy of the dignitie of our King to counsell him to such actions which haue need to be concealed and yet cannot be being subiect to disaduow and reuocation when hee shall bee required thereto by his Allies Finally there should bee a great wickednesse in such a proceeding and a great iniustice in the maine matter for as to the first who is it that can approue that one should runne vpon his friends vpon the simple report of his enemies Must not both the parties be heard and haue leisure to informe the King of their actions or if you will not belieue them to send vnto the place to know the truth And as for the maine cause it will be found very good on the side of the Bohemians For first the Emperour Ferdinand was neuer chosen neither could be King of Bohemia then when it is pretended that hee was chosen hee was not chosen because the States of Morauia Silesia and Lusatia were not called vnto it and the principall persons of Bohemia had no voice in it but this pretended Election was made by the surprize of certaine Pensioners of Spaine who on the other side could not proceed to a new Election during the life of the Emperour who was also King of Bohemia for hee that liues hath no Heire But supposing the Election of Ferdinand