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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08435	A relation of sundry particular wicked plots and cruel, inhumaine, perfidious; yea, vnnaturall practises of the Spaniards Chiefly against the seuenteen prouinces of the Netherlands: yea, before they tooke vp armes. Gathered and translated out of seuerall Dutch writers, as that reuerend diuine Gulielmus Baudaitius, in his Morghen Wecker, and Emanuel de Miter, by S.O. a louer of truth and equity, and an vnfeigned hater of oppression and tyrannie, the bane of common-wealths.; Adjoyner of sundry other particular wicked plots and cruel, inhumane, perfidious; yea unnaturall practises of the Spaniards	Ofwod, Stephen.	1624 (1624)	STC 18756; ESTC S121681	13,204	18

A RELATION OF SVNDRY PARTICVLAR WICKED PLOTS AND CRVEL inhumaine perfidious yea vnnaturall practises of the Spaniards CHIEFLY AGAINST THE SEVENTEEN Prouinces of the Netherlands yea before they tooke vp Armes GATHERED AND TRANSLATED OVT OF Seuerall Dutch Writers as that Reuerend Diuine Gulielmus Baudaitius in his Morghen Wecker and Emanuel de Miter by S. O. a louer of truth and equity and an vnfeigned hater of oppression and tyrannie the bane of Common-wealths EXOD. 1.8.9.10 The new King ouer Egypt said vnto his people concerning the Israelites Gods people Come on let vs deale wisely with them lest they multiply PSALM 2.4.5 He that sitteth in heauens shall laugh the Lord shall haue them in derision Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure Printed Anno 1624. To the wel-affected indifferent Reader GEntle Reader there being so much spoken as thou maist perceiue by the fore-going Treatise touching the cruel inhumane treacherous perfidious yea vnnaturall practises of the Spaniards in these parts and elsewhere which may sufficiently delineate him in his deserued colours that whosoeuer beholds him may mourne to see this Hazael so to tyrannize ouer the innocent and that the Lord should permit and the earth beare such an vnheard of monster yet notwithstanding much more might be added in sundry other particulars as the Dutch Chronicles mention and other Writers haue well set out amongst which although I my selfe be a stranger by Nation to them yet since the time of my abode here hauing attained some vnderstanding in the Language I haue thought fit to adde some further particulars which in my reading I haue obserued and could adde many more but my purpose being onely to annex a few things I will not enlarge lest I adde another Treatise But before I come to what I intend I haue thought fit hauing some oversight in the publishing of this Treatise aforegoing to note by the way the ill translating of one word in the 21 folio it is touching the Princesse of Parma the Translator termes her a crafty Queene whereas the word beares no such sence in the Dutch but signifies one that hath a sharp wit to deceiue as is said of the serpent that beguiled Eue. Beside The Dutch word Ghesante signifieth indifferently Embassadour or Messenger that that is translated Embassadour speaking of such as were sent from the States to the King I conceiue to be more fittingly rendred Messenger First thou art to vnderstand gentle Reader that the King of Spain was louingly receiued here in the 17 Prouinces and a solemn oath was taken on both parts the King for his part swore to maintaine all their Lawes and Priuiledges and they to him all due homage and allegance He presently demanded of them summe of mony whereupon the States did assemble and collected for him 40 millions of Florines of Brabants money to be paid in nine yeares and they paid it into his Exchequer and although it was more then they had paid before to his predecessours yet vpon this he did take great displeasure against them and as they write he for this did hate them to death But he pretended this to be the cause of his wroth because he saw that there were some among them that did defie the Pope and all his Religion but that could not be for the Citie of Aelst was as superstitious in that Religion as Rome is selfe for they did persecute the Reformed Religion euen vnto death and yet for all that both they and 170 faire villages that belonged vnto them were by them plundered and spoyled of all their goods and many of them wounded and tormented for to confesse where their money was and many were killed Thus much by the way My scope and chiefe intent is to shew the first and iust cause of the warres in the Netherlands whereby the diligent Reader not partially affected may clearely vnderstand that the Netherlands did not rebelliously take vp Armes against a lawfull Prince as some ignorantly thinke and speake but iustly and religiously defend themselues against a perfidious Tyrant who sought their ruine by all possible meanes he could and the subuersion of the whole State A long while they patiently vnderwent his cruell oppressions and intollerable vexations as the Histories clearly manifest till there was no helpe but either they must become flaues in soule and body worse then that of Israel in Egypt they and theirs for euer or else be butchered by mercilesse executioners of a cruell Tyrant This Tyrant hauing a purpose to innouate all things to roote out the ancient inhabitants and to frustrate all the Lawes Customes and Priuiledges which himselfe had sworn to maintaine knew not how better to effect his euill ends then by raysing a bloudy Inquisition to set ouer them for their gouernment The inquisition was here 4 years before which said Inquisition raised in Spaine concluded and pronounced certaine Articles the tenth pr February 1568 which were confirmed by the King the 16 following Now because it may appeare I doe them no wrong in this charge I will lay downe the Articles themselues verbatim The most sacred Office of Inquisition so often attempted in the Netherlands by his Maiestie and hindred vntill this time shall bee instituted and aduanced in this manner which is most expedient 1 They must perswade the Emperour being gone astray and wickedly confederated with heretikes that hee resigne his Kingdomes vnto his Sonne with the whole administration of the Netherlands 2 That the Emperour with his two sisters hauing giuen ouer all affaires leauing the Netherlands shall retire into Spaine vnto Vs being assured that they shall neuer returne more to doe any harme 3 These being dispatcht we must also draw the king to vs keep him for euer that he part not and not suffer any Flemmings to haue accesse or conference with him 4 That the King write vnto and command the Clergie of the Netherlands that with the Inquisition they should accept of 15 new Bishops the which should be free from all secular iurisdiction yea in cases of treason 5 The subiects of the Netherlands through their malice and waywardnesse will reuolt and moue seditions and tumults pleasing to all but to our companie 6 The Princes and Noblemen heads and authours of those factions with the subiects must be taken away and the others reduced vnto reason 7 They shall hire at our charge theeues and spoilers of Churches and Images whose offences shall be by all the world imputed to Rebels by some subtill meanes and so we shall vanquish them 8 That all Comerce Negotiation Liberties and Priuileges shall be rooted out and that all be reduced to extreame pouertie whereby the realme shall be permanent for Vs. 9 No man of all those Countries except he be of our faction shall be held worthy to liue and finally all to be rooted out and all Goods Possessions Arts and Trades and all Orders to bee taken away vntill there may bee

a new Realme and a new people 10 In this action the wise and valiant Duke Alua shall be imployed in person whereas any other were he of the blood Royall or a Prince shall be of no esteeme so as being suspect yea in the smallest matters they must be dispatcht 11 No Contracts Rights Promises Donations Oathes Privileges and solemne Assertions of the Netherlands shall bee of any force for the inhabitants as being guiltie of high treason 12 But aboue al we must haue an especial care that in these matters of so great weight and moment wee proceed not violently but by meanes by degrees and that discreetly to the end the Princes Nobilitie and inferiour subiects may mutinie amongst themselues so that one may persecute yea execute the other vntill at last the hangman be executed himselfe For in all Christendome there is not a Nation more foolish and indiscreet and whose leuitie and inconstancie may sooner be deceived then these Netherlanders and God punisheth them accordingly There were other Articles found in President Vergaes chamber at Antwerpe and there Printed and those are more cruel then these By these articles and vnlimited power of these lawlesse Inquisitors noman had any assurance of life or goods for a day but were In danger continually to be called in question either for the law of their God or for some worke of mercie which either religion morall equitie or the bond of nature called for or else if they had colour for none of these they would impose such vnreasonable taxations which if the Cormorants had not their gorges cramed full they would make prey of all whether by right or wrong it mattered not But my purpose being to avoyd prolixitie and to passe by impertinences and needlesse repetitions I will come to tnat I intended In the yeere 1565 match was concluded for the Prince of Parma and the nuptials were solemnized at Bruxels whither all the Nobilitie and Gentry of the Countrey were inuited and accordingly there met of them about foure hundred who like faithfull Moses being grieued to see the dayly oppression of their brethren by the hard task-masters of the Inquisition who not onely robbed them of their goods but also by inhumaine cruelty and vnnaturall but chery depriued them of their liues who daily led them as sheepe unto the slaughter The consideration hereof they ioyntly layd to heart and hereupon being met vpon this occasion they resoved to present all petition to the Princesse of Parma which they did the 5 of Aprill next followings The Earle of Breedrod deliuering the petition humbly requested fauourable answer Three dayes after they receiued this answer viz. they should send two of their Noblement to the king by whom she would write in their behalfe The Lord of Barlaymont being present after their departure said like a flattering Courtier they were a company of Rascals and Beggars It was concluded that the Marquesse of Bargen and the Lord of Mountigny should goe into Spain who humbly presented their suite to the King but could get no answer in 16 moneths after The 26 of August anno 1566 the Princesse of Parma sent for the Gentrie telling them she had receiued letters from the King containing promise that all should be well and that the Inquisition should cease And for the Proclamations they should not be of force but his Maiestie would take such order as they and the State should like well of The Princesse also gaue them toleration for their Religion on condition they should not deface nor breake downe the ornaments of the Churches for there had beene before this time vilde and lewde persons that freequented the meetings of the Reformed these went into the Papists Churches stole their siluer and what was worth carrying away and brake downe their Images but the Reformed suspected that this was done by the appointment of the Princesse neither was their suspition without good ground Emanuel de Miter saith that in Flanders they tooke 50 of them at one time and hanged 22 and 〈…〉 the rest for it is to be seen in the kings letters Art 7 that she had order to hire this raskall company to doe this villany which fact was imputed to the Protestants to the end that they might not onely be odious there but also seeme guilty euen in the iudgement of other Nations howbeit the offenders were punished with imprisoment yea with death euen by the Reformed themselues who ioyntly confessed the action vnlawfull and were so farre from giuing occasion of offence in this nature that Papist Burgers themselues offered good security that no such thing should be attempted by them Who then can make any doubt that they were free from hauing any hand in those outranges layd to them the very opposites in Religion being Iudges who as appeares were willing to vndertake for them now as their saithfulnesse brought so good effect for their persons so did the Lord worke that the truth of Religion found many friends likewise the Lord wondrously prospering the course of Reformation in so much that in short space they had in Flanders 60 Assemblies some Churches they themselues builded but were by Duke d' Alua soon cast downe who errected gallowses of them and hanged them vpon them The Princesse of Parma also began to entertaine souldiers with pretence to apprehend the Church-robbers but intended indeed to take away the ancient Liberties and Priuiledges of the Netherlanders wherefore sending certaine companies to Valencyn the inhabitants denyed them entertainment who for that were proclaimed Rebels the 14 of December soone after they were besieged sacked and many of them put to death But before they of Valencyn denyed entertainment to the souldiers the Nobility had received letters out of Spain He pretended it for Religion but his aime was to get their lands and goods from the Marquesse of Bargen shewing that the King was exceedingly incensed against the Netherlands that he had in the presence of many vowed to be fully reuenged of them though it were with the hazard of all his Countries that he would make them an example to all the world and would inuite the Pope and Emperour to assist him in this quarrel Vpon the receit of the letters the Nobility assembled at Dortmond to consult what were best to be done but concluded not any thing some iudging it safest to ioyne and make head to resist his tyrannicall furie other seeking rather to escape by flight Now was the Inquisition againe brought in contrary to the Lawes and Liberties of the Countrey which the King was sworne to maintaine for execution whereof there were appointed 12 Inquisitors commanding them to receiue the Councell of Trent these were called The bloudy Councell and so they were indeed which Rome well knew refusing it anno 1559 when as they fell vpon the Inquisitors house set it one fire wounded the chiefe of them brake open the prison and set at liberty the captaiues and would haue burned a Cloyster that belonged