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<P>THE ORATION OR SVBSTANCE OF THAT WHICH WAS deliuered before his MAIESTIE <HI>of Great Brittaine, BY</HI> The Emperours Emba&s;&s;ador, the high and ex|cellent Lord, Count <HI>Swarte&s;ienbourge,</HI> at his day of of Audience, being the &s;euenth of Aprill, in the Parliament Chamber.</P>
<P>Tran&s;lated out of the high Dutch, and now pub|li&s;hed by e&s;peciall command.</P>
<P>Imprinted at London for <HI>Thomas Acrher,</HI> and are to be &s;old in Popes head Pallace, ouer again&s;t the &s;igne of the Hor&s;e-&s;hooe. 16. Aprill. 1622.</P>
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<HEAD>THE EMPEROVRS EMBASSADORS SPEECH AT HIS DAY OF AVDIENCE, the 7. of Aprill 1622. before his Maie&s;tie of <HI>Great Brittaine, &amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_MO&s;t high and Mighty Prince KING of Great <HI>Baittaine, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>The Emperors Maie&s;tie, be|ing al&s;o King of Hungaria, Bo|hemia, and my mo&s;t gratious Lord and Ma&s;ter:</HI> de&s;iring of all other things to &s;alute your great and Kingly Maie&s;tie, hath thought it conuenient to manife&s;t and propo&s;e his mo&s;t entire loue, and brotherly Emba&s;&s;ie vnto you, appointing me (though vnwor|thy) to deliuer that in words, and that publickely, which he priuately conceiueth and apprehendeth in his heart, befitting your Greatne&s;&s;e: Wi&s;hing withall both to your Maie&s;tie and your Royall hou&s;e
<PB N="2" REF="4">&s;uch ble&s;&s;ings, as belong to mighty Prin|ces, e&s;pecially happine&s;&s;e in gouernment, health of body, tranquility of minde, loue of your people, and peace withall the World, euen as hee wi&s;heth to him&s;elfe, and his owne e&s;tabli&s;hment, peace being a thing more acceptable vnto him, then his owne pro&s;peritie and greatne&s;&s;e: peace being a thing, which I haue in charge chiefly to in&s;i&s;t vpon, and reque&s;t your MAIESTIE to accord vnto.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> hath im|po&s;ed this taske vpon mee, to pre&s;ent the&s;e letters of credite and iu&s;tification of of his true heart and meaning into your Royall hands, and withall the behalfe of his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> to impart, and further make knowne vnto your MAIESTIE, that from his fir&s;t &s;tep into the Throne, and entrance into his Imperiall dignity, yea at all times &s;ince to this pre&s;ent houre, and as hee hopes to the con&s;ummation of all houres, no one thing hath or can bee more acceptable vnto him, then the entertainement of loue, friend&s;hip, and amitie not onely with &s;uch Princes,
<PB N="3" REF="4">to whom his predece&s;&s;ors haue made profe&s;&s;ion formerly of peace and concord, in contracting of leagues, and combina|tion of couenants, but is al&s;o ardent in his de&s;ire, and would faine expre&s;&s;e the &s;ame by his endeauours towards all other Chri&s;tian Princes and Potentates, though farther remote, as farre as the enlarging his loue, maintaining of friend&s;hip, and kee|ping corre&s;pondency in all things befit|ting their honour, and his dignity. But e|&s;pecially with your MAIESTIE, toward whom hee beareth &s;uch an affectionate loue, and burning zeale, that hee would faine enter into conditions of euerla&s;ting peace, and hold an indi&s;&s;oluble contract of reall, &s;incere, and mo&s;t perfect amity, a ble&s;&s;ing not onely commendable and pro|per for Princes to embrace, being indeed more comly then their ornament of State, but al&s;o mo&s;t requi&s;ite and nece&s;&s;ary for their owne welfare, the good of their &s;ub|iects, the enriching their countries, the en|larging their reuenewes and manife&s;tion of their profe&s;&s;ion of Chri&s;tianity: to illu|&s;trate which with oratory, precept, cautio~,
<PB N="4" REF="5">or example is to great a worke at this time, and needie&s;&s;e to &s;uch a Princely wi&s;edome and mature apprehen&s;ion.</P>
<P>But that this great care and Princely de|&s;ire did euer appeare in his <HI>Imperiall Maie|&s;tie,</HI> euen from his fir&s;t entrance into the dignity which God be&s;towed vpon him with many other of his owne hereditary kingdomes, and dominions to this pre&s;ent houre, howeuer &s;ome &s;trange winde hath thickned vp clowds of di&s;turbance, which threaten grearer and greater tempe&s;ts. It hath plea&s;ed your MAIESTIE to ratefie and confirm, yea, you haue giuen him great a&s;&s;urance of &s;incere loue, and affectionate friend&s;hip, and this hath not beene bare|ly performed by cur&s;ory letters, or mi&s;&s;iue gratifications, but by magnificent Emba&s;|&s;adors, and &s;umptuous expences, and that diuers times to a&s;&s;ure his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> you did not onely approue of his good in|tent, and purpo&s;es: but de&s;ire the continu|ance and ratification of the &s;ame, &s;till en|deuouring by all meanes po&s;&s;ible to re-e&s;tabli&s;h and re&s;tore the pri&s;tinate con|tracts,
<PB N="5" REF="5">and tranquilitie of the chiefe&s;t Princes, and Potentates of Chri&s;tendome: and whereas now &s;ome vntoward hand had attempted to be-&s;pot the beautifull face of Europe with troubles, or made wrinkles in the &s;ame with fearefull tur|moyles, your MAIESTIE, and none but your &s;elfe, hath endeuoured to make it &s;mooth againe, that it may &s;hew her former han&s;omnes and vnmatchable glo|ry: yea as farre as was po&s;&s;ible' you haue appeared like a ri&s;ing Sunne, to di&s;pell and di&s;&s;ipate the&s;e cloudy vapours and vnto|ward mi&s;ts of di&s;&s;ention, that in &s;teed of tumultuous enmity, and fearefull cla|mours of warre, true contracted friend|&s;hip might &s;tep in, and the &s;weete con|cord of peace &s;ound the comfortable <HI>Di|apa&s;on</HI> of good Mu&s;icke, to plea&s;e the Eares of all good Princes, and cheere the hearts of true and hone&s;t people, wherein as you haue out-&s;tripped other Kinges in the race to high honour, and great renowne, &s;o that your Royall name for extraordinary wi&s;dome, learning,
<PB N="6" REF="6">and moderation of pa&s;&s;ions, hath an extra|ordinary pa&s;&s;age throughout the world for prai&s;e and admiration: &s;o doth his <HI>Im|periall Maie&s;ty</HI> pray, and reque&s;t you to con|tinue the &s;ame motiues, and &s;til and &s;till to &s;et forward the &s;ame practi&s;es, that the Princes of Europe may not onely partici|pate with the benefit of peace by your meanes: but you your &s;elfe a&s;&s;ure vnto your Princely heart the pre&s;ent fruition of all applau&s;es, and the future enioying of immortall fame, and glory.</P>
<P>To the end therefore, that your MAIES|TIE may euidently vnder&s;tand, and iudi|ciou&s;ly apprehend, how much, and how highly his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> doth e&s;timate, and make account of your MAIESTIES loue and affection, and with what embra|ces and amplexure hee would entertaine your friend&s;hip, yea endeauour withal ear|ne&s;t de&s;ire to gratefie the &s;ame, as farre as honourable corre&s;pondency, and recipro|call requitall may extend, he hath thought it conuenient without protraction or am|biguous di&s;puting the matter to &s;end mee as his Emba&s;&s;adour, to acquaint you with
<PB N="7" REF="6">his gratious intent, and a&s;&s;ure you, that he doth no le&s;&s;e affect the common good of Chri&s;tendome, then your Princely &s;elfe, or any king in Europe: but e&s;pecially the welfare and pro&s;peritie of your MAIES|TIES hou&s;e, though there hath bin cau&s;e of di&s;plea&s;ure and di&s;content, yea it is part of his care, and &s;tudy to labour out the meanes, and giue way vnto all occa&s;ions, that may rai&s;e vp againe the decayed and brui&s;ed peace, which hath bin &s;o vnfortu|nately pa&s;hed downe to the ground, and as I may &s;ay trampled vnder feet, and no que&s;tion long &s;ince &s;ome gentle hand had lifted her to better firmne&s;&s;e, or brought her within the &s;trength of &s;upportation, if as vngentle armes had not gone by force, and violent cour&s;es to worke their owne ends, and affects their de&s;ignes, wherein they haue without que&s;tion &s;tarted out of the &s;mooth and euen path of your great wi&s;edome, and iudicious Councell, &s;aue|ring all princelines, charity, loue and religi|ous care to run into the by-wayes of their owne wilfulne&s;&s;e, and ambitious proiects, &s;o that whereas you like a faire mouing
<PB N="8" REF="7">planet haue &s;till kept one acceptable cour&s;e toward peace and tranquillity: they like turbulent Meteors and prodi|gious exhalations haue violently runne forward to the vexing of them&s;elues, and di&s;turbing of others, whereby their vn|iu&s;tifiable actions may truely, and &s;uffi|ciently be &s;ayd to haue bin the cau&s;e of &s;o much blood-&s;hedding, and fearefull de|&s;truction both of countries and people: &s;o that his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> is willing to ac|knowledge, and withall the world to confe&s;&s;e that the&s;e kinde of violent procee|dings, or if you will, vnkinde cour&s;es, haue beene greatly di&s;plea&s;ing vnto your MA|IESTIE, and &s;o farre di&s;ta&s;ting, that from time to time out of mature iudgment and regal piety, you haue endeuored to di|uert the mi&s;chiefe, and turne the &s;treame as it were of the&s;e vnkinde ouerflowings: nor hath this beene barely done by running me&s;&s;engers, mi&s;&s;iue letters, polliticke en|treaties, charitable wi&s;hes, or &s;uch like &s;howes of goodne&s;&s;e, but by mo&s;t honou|rable Emba&s;&s;adors, &s;incere affection, extra|ordinary charge, and vnmatchable Prince|line&s;&s;e,
<PB N="9" REF="7">and all as well for the generall good of Chri&s;tendome, as the particular re-e&s;ta|bli&s;hing the peace of Germany, which hi|therto hath beene torne a peeces by the cruell hands of reuolters, and vnkinde &s;natches of tumultuous di&s;&s;ention, and and therefore is not onely to be wi&s;hed to be recouered, but endeuoured by all po&s;&s;i|ble meanes to be brought to true and per|fect reformation.</P>
<P>And wheras I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e, his <HI>Imperial Maie&s;ty</HI> hath vnwillingly taken arms, &amp; rai|&s;ed his forces for his owne defence, and maintaining his honour and renowne, a thing wherein far inferior Princes would haue bin &s;tartled, and could performe no le&s;&s;e: he will as willingly be enduced to lay them downe againe, and be as &s;peedily in|treated to de&s;i&s;t from ho&s;tilitie, and violent pro&s;ecutions, if others without rea&s;on, &amp; true or iu&s;t intimation do not &s;hew them|&s;elues peruer&s;e and ob&s;tinate, to which hee is que&s;tionle&s;&s;e the more tractable, be|cau&s;e your MAIESTIE can &s;o nobly act his part; not onely in defending the dig|nitie of Kings, and the prerogatiues of
<PB N="10" REF="8">Monarchies, but in expropriating the ti|merous proceedings of &s;ubiects, or any o|ther that &s;hall take vp tumultuous armes to di&s;turbe the peace of prouinces. For al|though at fir&s;t it may carry a &s;how of glo|rious enterpri&s;es and heroicke actions: yet when the mi&s;erable effects of the be&s;t warre are con&s;idered, nothing will proue &s;o fearefull and lamentable, nor is their a|ny thing that I know of in the world, that drawes on repentance, and compunc|tion of &s;oule &s;o &s;odainly, as vniu&s;tifiable ho&s;tility, and vncon&s;cionably practi&s;es.</P>
<P>I mu&s;t and will forbeare at this time to importune your MAIESTIE to this at|tonement by vn&s;ea&s;onable repititions of precedent occurrences, rai&s;ing the cau&s;es of vnkindne&s;&s;e out of the circle of other mens di&s;tempred humours, or turbulency of &s;pirit, it is &s;ufficient that all the world may know; how contrary the&s;e procee|dings haue beene to your whole&s;ome ad|uice, iudicious Councell, and pious incli|nation, &s;o many wayes and times publi|&s;hed, and made knowne to all Chri&s;ten|dome: &amp; as for his Imperial Maie&s;ty they
<PB N="11" REF="8">haue cro&s;&s;ed his intents, oppo&s;ed his of|fers, and made him &s;ad againe to thinke there &s;hould be &s;uch occa&s;ions of di&s;plea|&s;ure. I will therefore onely in&s;i&s;t vpon this that your MAIESTIE may be a&s;&s;ured and confident, that his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> hath an ab&s;olute worthy intent toward you, and re&s;olueth &s;incerely, really, royally, and without cunning or fraud, to treat with you about the&s;e affaires, and &s;o compa&s;&s;e bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, that all tractates betweene you may be firmely ratified, and faithfully performed, wherin he doth but onely giue away vnto that, which your MAIESTIE formerly de&s;ired, and in all Princeline&s;&s;e wi&s;hed, as is apparant by your &s;euerall let|ters, and magnificent Emba&s;&s;ie, and becau&s;e it plea&s;ed his Maie&s;tie of <HI>Spaine</HI> to appre|hend the &s;ame, and manife&s;t his earne&s;t willingne&s;&s;e to this pacification. From his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> I haue a charge to giue you notice or as much, which when it plea&s;eth your MAIESTIE to vouch&s;afe the hearing, I &s;hall at large impart vnto you, &amp; make knowne with what readine&s;&s;e both their Maie&s;ties will hearken to your pro|po&s;itions,
<PB N="12" REF="9">and as you &s;hall thinke conue|nient tractate about the &s;ame: nor make they any que&s;tion, but that the worke be|ing generally &s;o good and charitable, and particularly &s;o effectuall and profitable to all the Prouinces of Europe, will come to as happy an end, or period con&s;idering no|thing is ment but truth, &s;incerity, and the hope of indi&s;&s;oluble amity whereby God &s;hall be glorified, all your Maie&s;ties hono|red, the countries ble&s;&s;ed, and people re|comforted, who&s;e hearts are now &s;added, as much with the feare of future mi&s;ery, as the endurance of pre&s;ent clamity.</P>
<P>Thus humbly be&s;eeching your Maie&s;tie to beleeue, that his <HI>Imperiall Maie&s;tie</HI> will endeauour by all po&s;&s;ible meanes to giue you a&s;&s;urance of his loue and re&s;pect to|ward you. I am the bolder to warrant the &s;incerity of his intent, and that there is no|thing propo&s;ed but truth, faith, and good meaning. In which re&s;olution he wi&s;heth vnto your Maie&s;tie the happine&s;&s;e of your Kingly e&s;tate, and the pro&s;perity of a long, and ble&s;&s;ed raigne, with the encrea&s;e of ma|ny yeeres, health, honor, contentment, and felicitie.</P>
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