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A08108	A true coppie of the transportation of the Lowe Countries, Burgundie, and the countie of Charrolois: doone by the King of Spayne, for the dowrie of his eldest daughter. Giuen in marriage vnto the Cardinall Albert, Duke of Austria, vvith the articles and conditions of the same, signed by the King in Madrill. Translated out of Dutch by H.W. Nouember. 1598	Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II); Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.; H. W., fl. 1598.	1598 (1598)	STC 18468; ESTC S113157	16,222	30

SERENISSIMA ISABELLA CLARA EVGENIA INFANTA HISPANIARUM c. The pourtraicture of the most Illustrious Isabella Clara Eugenia Infanta of Spain Duchesse of Austria and Burgundie And Princesse of Belgia R E sculpt A true Coppie of the transportation of the Lowe Countries Burgundie and the Countie of Charrolois Doone by the King of Spayne for the Dowrie of his eldest Daughter Giuen in marriage vnto the Cardinall ALBERT Duke of Austria vvith the Articles and Conditions of the same signed by the King in Madrill ❧ Translated out of Dutch by H. W. Nouember 1598. AT LONDON Printed by I. R. for Paule Linley dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Blacke Beare The Coppie of the transport done by his Maiestie to th' Infanta his Eldest Daughter of the Netherlands Burgundie the Countie of Charolois in the yeere 1598. PHILL Rex To all present and to come which shall see or heare these presents greeting WHereas wée haue found to be most behoouefull not onely to our Prouinces of the Low-countries but also vnto all Christendome in generall no longer to delay the marriage of our deere and beloued eldest Daughter th' Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia béeing moued thereunto as well for the conseruation of our House as diuers other good respects as also for the great good affection which we beare vnto our beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin th' Archduke Albert a● this present Lieuetenant Gouernour and Captaine generall for vs in our Netherlands and Burgundy we haue cast our eyes on him and choosing him for the future Husband of our said Eldest Daughter the whole aswel with the consent pleasure of our holy Father the Pope who condiscendeth and graunteth the dispensations thereunto belonging as also with the agréement and consent of the most high excellent puissant Prince our beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin Rodolph the second of that name Emperour of the Romaines together with our welbeloued Sister the Empresse his Mother which beeing considered and to the ende that our saide Daughter might bée furnished with reasonable means such as are required for her great calling and merrits Also to shew and make knowne the loue which we haue and doe beare vnto our sayde Netherlands and Burgundie wee haue resolued to th' aduanncement of the saide marriage to giue and transport all those saide Countries vnto our saide Daughter and all thereunto belonging in the manner which shall be specified héere-vnder The whole with the consent and good will of our deere and welbeloued good Sonne the Prince Phillip our onely Sonne and heire according to the aduertisement which by vs and our sayd Sonne hath béene giuen vnto the principall Lords and Knights of our order Gouernours and Estates of our said Netherlands which are in our obeysance together with those of our Country of Burgundie All the which haue witnessed and declared by theyr aunswer the ioy contentment which they receiued at our so kinde resolution which they knowe and confesse to be for the rest and tranquilitie of our said Netherlands and that it is the true and right course to attaine to a good and firme peace and to bee deliuered from such a troublesome warre which quiet and tranquilitie wee haue alwaies wished vnto them And considering that which vnto all is most manifest the greatest felicitie which may happen to a Country is to be gouerned by the sight and presence of theyr naturall Prince and Lord God is witnesse of the trouble and care which we haue had because we haue not beene able in that sort to do it personally as trulie we well wished if other great and important affaires of our Realme of Spaine had not forced and constrained vs to make a continuall residence therein without moouing anie thing from thence as also at this present they constraine vs. And although the age of our said Sonne seeme more fitte to trauaile then dooth ours notwithstanding it hath béene the pleasure of the Almightie to giue so many other kingdomes and Counteies for the good gouernment of which there will neuer want affaires of great importance for the which also his presence shall heere be needfull Wee haue then founde most conuenient to take this resolution to he end that our said Low Countries be not left in the fore-passed inconueniences together with the reason that we haue to appoynt the portion of our said Daughter th' Infanta according to her merrits and the greatnes of her birth As also perticulerly that next vnto the said Prince our Sonne vnto whom God confirme with long yeeres prosperitie to his seruice our said eldest Daughter is the first and neerest heyre vnto the said Countries and therefore by vertue of the will and pleasure of our said Son shee may frō this time be constituted in the same The more because we haue chose these meanes hoping that thereby our said Netherlands may returne to their auncient flower rest and prosperitie which heeretofore they haue had VVherefore we make knowne That desiring at this present to put in execution that whereon we haue so ripely considered and in respect of the voluntarie consent which our said Sonne the Prince hath so liberallie giuen thereunto after hee had vnderstood the submission wherewith our said Countries did confirme our will and intention wée haue resolued and decréed to cede and transport to our said Daughter th'Infanta and to the aduauncement of the saide marriage all our saide Prouinces of the Netherlands and Burgundy in the forme manner and conditions heere-vnder expressed I. THE first condition is and not otherwise that our sayde Daughter is to take in marriage th'Archduke Albert in vertue of the dispensations which our holy Father the Pope hath granted to that end that she shall accept for her Dowrie the said Low Countries and the County of Burgundie And in case that the saide marriage were disturbed for any cause whatsoeuer the said donation and cession shall be voyde and of none effect as in such a case at this present we recall and anullate the same II. Item on condition not otherwise that the Children and descendents of the said marriages Males and Females ligitimates and borne in true marriage and not the vnlawfull although by subsequent it were in marriage the Elder procéeding the Younger and the Male the Female in like degrée they shall be Heires from hand to hand of all the said prouinces conioyntly without eclipsing or seperating them declaring that the Sonne or Daughter of the Eldest Sonne or Daughter deceased during the life of their Father the same shall be preferred vnto the Vncles or any other of the collaterall line III. Item on condition and not otherwise that in case which God defend that there were neither Sonne nor Daughter of this mariage or that they should be deceased in the time of the decease of one either of y e sayd Archduke Albert or our Daughter th'Infanta which shal be married The sayd donation and concession shal be from hence-forward voyde of no

amity the which their Fathers vntill now haue held This is the summe of that which by vertue of the said credence we desired to declare you and we shal be very glad with the first to receaue your Letters of aunswer as wel to his saide Maiesty as to the saide Prince to the end they may be sent them and that therof may be double and triple Coppies to shun the perils which are abroad to y e end that they be not lest by the way And héere we beseech God deere and welbeloued to haue you in his protection In Brussells the 5. of December 1597. Paraphed R. i. c. h. V. And subsigned Albert. The Letter OF THE KING DEere and welbeloued you often haue béene able to perceiue the good wil and affection which wee alwaies haue borne to our patrimoniall Netherlands and vnto each Prouince of the same through the great care we haue alwayes had and incessantly beare for the welfare quiet and tranquilitie of the same and also through the paines and troubles which therefore wee haue vndertaken moreouer the great costs and charges which we haue béene at to maintaine them without sparing any thing to defend the same against our enemies and to bring vnder our subiection and obeysance those which withdrew themselues from you rebelling against vs theyr naturall Prince All which shall yet more at large bée manifested vnto you through the kinde resolution which wee haue taken for your proper welfare the which our good Brother Nephew and Cosin Albert Archduke of Austria shall make knowne vnto you Vnto whom wee desire and commaund you to giue beliefe and assurance as vnto our owne person sith it is a matter which toucheth you so much and likewise the common good And assuring our selues that you will doe it accordingly and that you shall reape pleasure and contentment in that which hee shall declare vnto you wee will not say any thing more thereof But deere and welbeloued the Lord take you in his holy protection From S. Laurens the tenth of September 1597. Paraphed N. D. V. Signed PHILLIP And more vnder A. de la Loo The Letter OF THE PRINCE DEere and welbeloued as I haue endeuoured and endeuour my selfe to follow and imitate the greatnes and excellencies vertues and pathes of my Lord and Father in like sort I haue also reformed my selfe in the inclination and loue towards you for the welfare and contentment which I wish vnto you as the effects shal cléerely manifest the same by that which shal be declared vnto you in my behalfe by our good Vncle and Cosen Albert Archduke of Austria vnto whom you shal giue full beléefe and trust or assure your selues on him gouerning and vsing your selues according to that which he shal declare vnto you wherein ouer and aboue the pleasure you shall doe me you shal your selues gather the chiefest fruites therof Heerewith déere and welbeloued our Lord take you in his holy kéeping From S. Lawrance the tenth of September 1597. Paraphed W. V. S. Signed PHILLIP And more vnder A. de la Loo A coppie of the Kings Letter to the Archduke of Austria MY good Brother Nephew Cosin at the returne of the poast Frans vanden Berghe I aduertised you by my Letters of the 17. of March last past how at his arriuall were receiued certaine pacquets with Letters of aunswere the which the Lords and Knights of the Order Counsellors and Gouernours as also the Estates of the Prouinces which are vnder my obeysance haue respectiuely rendred and giuen vp vpon my Letters of the month of September the yéere past according to the matter therein touched the which I sent ouer to be declared vnto thē to your assurance And afterwards to haue confessed by theyr sayde aunswere the great ioy and especiall content which each one of them saith to haue receiued of my kinde resolution I haue béene yet mooued and occasioned to procéede further without forgetting to further that which I haue so ripely intended in making a gift cession transportation to my beloued Daughter the Infanta of all my Netherlands and County of Burgundie but haue moreouer the sixth of this Month in presence of my beloued Sonne the Prince with his expresse consent and aggreation and through the acceptance of my good Daughter beeing present passed the dispatches of the thrée patents which by these I send you to the end you may be particulerly informed of all what they containe in fauour of the marriage of the saide Infanta my good Daughter with you And by vertue of her procuration sent vnto your own person the which you shall find enclosed with the three patents you may seise in her name and in her behalfe the whole enteere possession of the said Countries and euery Prouince of the same in the forme as the said procuration containeth putting the same to effect at what time and when you please or thinke good And to the end that this my intent may come to his full effect and that all this may be doone with great content of my vassailes and subiects on the other side so in generall as in perticuler I write againe to the said persons and estates as also dooth my beloued Sonne in the substance as you shall sée by the coppies ioyned here-vnto by reason of the aunswere they haue made respectiuelie on the said my first Letters And although vntill this time no aunswers haue béen receiued of the Gouernour Parliament nor from the thrée Estates of my Countie of Burgundie vpon my Letters sent them in the said month of September in the yeere past I haue found good to send them others the which with the coppies you shall finde in this pacquet It shall be very agréeable vnto mee to bee aduertised by the first commoditie the receit of all the aforesaid Letters and in what sort you shall haue dealt therein and how all the matters on the other side will passe Heerewith my beloued Brother Nephew and Cosin the Lorde take you in his holy keeping From Madrill the last of May 1598. Paraphed M. D. V. Subsigned Your good Brother Nephew and Cosin Phillip And more subscribed A de la Loo The superscription was To my good Brother Nephew and Cosin The Archduke Albert Lieuetenant Gouernour of the Low Countries and Burgundie THE KING DEere and beloued by the contents of your Letters of the xxi of December the last yeere past we were reioyced to haue vnderstood the great ioy contentment which you receiued at our kinde resolution touching the matter the which in our behalfs was caused to be declared vnto you by our good Brother Nephew and Cosin the Archduke Albert by vertue of our letters of credence And because our intent dooth tend onely to the reducing of the Low Countries to a peace and tranquilitie through the marriage which we haue appointed betweene our deerely beloued Daughter the Infanta and our good Brother Nephew and Cosin we therefore haue thought good as to the furtherance