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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08107	The second admonition, sent by the subdued prouinces to Holland thereby to entice them by faire-seeming reasons, groundlesse threates, and vnlike examples to make peace with the Spaniards. With the Hollanders aunswere to the same. Translated out of Dutch into English by H.W.; Second admonition, sent by the subdued provinces to Holland.	Netherlands.; H. W., fl. 1598.; United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal. aut	1598 (1598)	STC 18467; ESTC S105504	22,492	34

refrained as vnlawfull for hee resisted the same a great while but was by the Councell forced wherefore he refused the Turkish peace The Hungarians began the warres very stoutly but the Turkes greatly displeased with that faithlesse déede assembled a mighty hoast with which they fell in Hungarie like hungry Wolues beating al the Christians wholly out of the field There died the Cardinall and Laodislao here it appeared that vnto them not vnto God their faithlesse behauiour is a pleasure for hee that brake the sworne truce trusting on his strength in stead of hoped victory they had a shamefull discomfiture Vntruth and pride neuer remaine vnpunished 24. SEcondly this is a Maxime of the Papall doctrine that one may do euill if good procéed thereof The second part of his religion Iesuites especially if it be to the furtherance of the holy Church and enterprised to that end the Iesuites those murtherers of Princes say and affirme that one may bereaue kings princes and Lords of their liues dissemble any manner of way to deceaue the Heretickes that any euil is good so it procéed of a good intent Thirdly the Popes authoritie Thirdly such might is giuen to the Pope that he can binde and vnbinde any thing which is in the compasse of the worlde that is hee may cast downe or raise Empires and kingdomes and discharge or keepe oathes the Pope is all aboue all hee may alwaies aboue and against right doe what hee will hee hath the right of the king of kinges for no man how great soeuer may say The Canon why doest thou so The Pope with you is no man but a God on earth 25. The faithlesse neuer wants occasion FInally the perfidious when hee espies oportunitie to reuenge his wronges whereunto they are generally addicted wantes no excuses and occasions to breake his oath They will kéepe their oathes in small matters to the ende that when time serues they may through their dissimulations worke their will the better this was shewed vnto Scipio Africanus by Fabius saying didst thou not once trust to Syphacius The counsell of Fabius and Numidis let it be a warning vnto thée not to be deceaued againe for the trothlesse keeps his word and oath in small thinges thereby the better to attaine the good opinions of euery one by the which he may with lesse perill more profite worke his treason Hee then that refuseth Gods manifest aide against the sword must be seene to bee deceyued with the Oliue branch and faire shew of peace Once deceyued one hath the more cause alwaies to mistrust his foe 26. OVt of these aboue written examples and reasons is to bee perceyued that Holland and her allies are well informed and resolued not to enter into peace so vnaduisedly with the proud Spaniard but continually mistrust his wonted treacherie the more hauing considered that many nations haue been through their easie belieuing and too much trusting deceiued and almost spoyled others to the contrarie mistrusting and by their diligent foresight haue eschued their approching perilles preserued their libertie and defended their common wealth it is bad to stand at anothers mercie especially of his enemies whō one hath iniured Magdenburge and Rochel Magdenburge Rochell chose rather to dye in the desence of their libertie then to trust to those which are wicked by nature whereby they haue preserued themselues who else were now ouerthrowne Through stedfastnes the Crown of victorie is wonne 27. THe Admirall of France had he not reiected the many aduertisementes and counsels giuen him The Admirall of France trusting to the many oathes of the king was with many thousands pittifully murthered Parthes Artabanus he had not beene so pittifully murdred the dissimulations of Charles the 9. had not beene so hurtfull vnto him at Paris had not happened such a massacre where the streets were strawed with murthered bodies of 10000. Protestantes besides many thousandes in other Cities Who would not abhorre such crueltie and rather choose an honorable war before such treacherous agreements Had Artabanus not put too much confidence in his enemie the Parthians had not béene by Bascianus Caracalla so cruelly murthered had hee not geuen consent to the match of his daughter hee had protected the people from that destruction for when Caracalla more like an enemie then a frende with his men came for his bryde the Parthians comming in amiable sort weaponlesse to receiue him hee in a moment fell with his men vpon them Artabanus hardly escaped he saw his people massacred The vnexperienced must often times learne to their damage 28. THe plagues which thou preposest vnto vs which thou sayest fel vpon these which scorn peace we neyther expect nor feare thē because that the estates nor causes of such as thou namest are not to be compared to ours the example which thou shewest vs of Iulius Caesar is without sence and not any way to the purpose Iulius Cesar Example shewing also that the greatest potentates ought to keep themselues within their owne limmits and to know God for Caesar sought through ambition to be chiefe of Rome thereby to bercaue them of their former libertie he sought thereby to transport at his pleasure the armies into Italie to bring his paternitie to slauerie yet in the end he bought it with his life wherefore the example is in our behalfe and shewes vs in that as Iulius Caesar bought his paternity in slauery euen so hath done the king of Spaine seeking to suppresse these countries yet God punisheth his pride by that little Prouince which he little doubted insomuch that his punishment is no lesse then Caesars As the deede is so deserues it like punishment 29. Carthage CArthage did often make peace with Rome but they broke it againe setting aside al honor and oathes whereat the Romaines being iustly moued because they esteemed their oath so much and yet were vsed contrarily they made towards Carthage with all their powers and recompenced them for their treachery the deede deserued no lesse for falsenesse and periury are commonly requited with losse and that thou comparest vs vnto Mithridates that hath no resemblance neither any way Mithridates intendes to subuert Asia and Europe vnder his subiection Mithridates murthers many Romains yea wil ouer●●●ow Rome it selfe for which cause the Romaines with a great host resisted him vanquished and punished him accordingly Phillip like Mithridates meant to ouerrunne al the earth and become a Monarche shall if it please God finde like fare For they that couet all commonly loose all 30. Iugurtha EVen as Iugurth wrongfully ruled ouer the Numedians so haue Phillips Predicessors against all right tyranized ouer many kingdomes as Cicilia Naples the Indies and such like but they shall yet with right withdrawe themselues from him yea through Gods iust iudgement rise vp all against him as we with reason haue abandoned him for as it is wonne so it will thriue Sehon As the