honor to the vttermost of th aire povver mary in ordine adDeum vsque ad aras so farre fouth as they may in adue order tovvards God and vvith saftie of a rectified conscience More thē this I am sure so good a kinge vvill not requyer Therfore vvhat so euer the sayde practizers for theire pleasures profits doe pretend blovv a broode by vvordes clamours against others for the Catholique kinges priuat or publique designes or for the common cause true it is that suche as findinge thē seliues thus affected to Gods honor safetye of theire consciēces and there vpō vnvvillinge to incouraige the sayd practizers thair cōference are the bolder to speake against bothe as they haue greater reasons more effectuall motiues in vveight measure to dislike boath And that in respect as vvel of the matter as of the manner or forme and of circūstances touchinge theffect that may depend therof or concurre there vvithall accomptinge for matter the lothesome drifts and scoopes vvherunto the sayd conference doth tend for manner forme suche absurd vvayes and meanes as theis cāuassers haue deuised to abuse the vvorld therby to vvork ther feat And for circumstances of effects the feares perills mischiefes inconueniēces thretned not only to the englishe natiō but also to the vvhole Christiē vvorld and eyther necessarilye cōcurringe vvith those cāvasses or occasiōally folovvinge them yea vvayting and attendinge to offer theit seruices The principal scoape dryft first in mynd though last in operation in meane vvhyle dissembled besides the deposīge of the present possessor is to supplant dispossesse disherit the true heire lavvfull successor of the english Crovvn vvith all the ofsprīge to translate and alter the ancient lavves and customes of that Realme and cōsequently to trāsforme the gouernement of that Nation in to a Prouince or at the least to thrust in to the Royall throne against the right course of english lavves a forainer bred borne farr of vvhiche neyther in her ovvne personne nor any braunche of the roote from vvhence theis practizers pretend to deriue hir title vvas auer herde or tho ught of in the memorye of man nor before mentioned in any record of any age to suche effect or purpose as novv is deuised Nay if any such things haue bene spokē of theis smoothe conferers haue practized in time past to suppresseit to beare the garland an other vvay that not longe a goe as heare after shal be declared And for the vvayes meanes to dravv this on they are many but all rovvghe vneauen tedious indirect out of the highe vvaye that may be lead to any good end all things vvell vveighed yet agreable to suche an attempt as in like trouble some interprises it falleth out that odd shifts must be made for tooles to remoue blockes to skovver strets make vvays clearer for crafty surmises vvily insinuations to vvalke more smoothely currātly to the marKe Touchig the scope butte of the booke I vvill speake hearafter generally for the particular mischiefes therof euery true english mā dooth throvvghlye see at the first sight In the meane tyme let vs serche the vvayes to see vvhat monsters lye hydden therin And soe vve shall find theffects like to folovv the practizes of theis conferrers vvhat gloriouse pretense so euer they geue Thersore first to begine vvithall emonge diuers Crafty shifts vvhiche vve finde there is a deuice to make the mattet seeme good by all lavvs as vvell Civil Roman as municipial englishe touchinge Ciuil gouernement and direction of thenglishe nation for guidinge the course of that Crovvne Although the same deuice be opposit to that aunciēt ordonaunce vvhich for abolishinge the force of Cesars Civil lavves our of that Realme for establishinge a municipial lavv there vvas ordained by authoritye of that famous holy father Pope Eleutherius euen in the begininge vvhen Christian Religion vvas first vniuersally plāted in that Iland and vvith the full consent and vpon request as vvell of the Christien Kinge of great britaine Lucius as also of his nobilitye spiritual and temporal lords of that Realme This deuice beinge once set dovvne then tvvo lavvyers the one a gētilmā theother a speciall temporall lavver of englāde must be brought in to represent the persones of all other lavvyers of professions vvith the tongues ofbothe those lavves Thies tvvo vvhiche neuer before agreed in this affayre many other must be novv made fryends or els all vvere marred to conspire vvith certaine Idle troublesome trauailers against the municipial lavves yea cōtrarye to the purpose vvhy bothe those lavves vver made vvhiche is to make peace and against the profession of all good lavvyers vvhiche is to resolue doubts and quarels spetially vvhē dyets are appointed for consultation as the finall cause of this assemblye touchinge suche an affayre vvolde haue bene if it had bene called in gods name and collected of setled men not of vvan dringe trauailers vvell this nevv reconciliation of auncient aduersaries is novv thovght to be necessarye as in like practizes of innouation hathe been often vsed against truthe Iustice for novv by their agremēt vve must haue not only a trāsfiguration of the shape forme of that common vvealth but a transmutation also or translation at least of the verye matter vvher vpon the true common vvealthe of englande euerye particular mans state doth rest and that is the lavves lavvful customes of that Realme as a speciall meane to haile vs al to the forsay de scope And all this must be contriued through thattonement of this tvvo lavvyers by a more spedy intrusion of Cesars Ciuil Roman lavves thovvgh they are by authentique authoritye longe agoe abolished by continuall silence vvorne out of vse buried vvith a free consent of the vvhole nation in manye ages 1. And amonge manye conclusions agreed vpon betvvene these tvvo one must be that vvhat soeuer the Ciuilien sayeth our tēporall lavvyer must svvere subscribe to it be it true or false and he must up holde the Ciuiliā vvith yea or nay at all assayes that may serue to ouerthrovve the municipiall lavves of englande vvith out respect to the vveightye reasons sage considerations therof deriued from the lavves of God and nature as most agreable to the cōditiōs and qualityes of that natiō 2. An other conclusion is that theis tvvo lavvyers thus prepared for opinions affectiōs must set forvvard so as the Ciuiliā shall lead the vvaye the tēporal lavvyer must folovv the Ciuilian shall goe before not as the angel Raphael vvent before younge Tobye to chase a vvaye murderinge diuels but to call in mischieues vpō mischieues al maner of vvayes by contentiouse spirits not to demande due dets vpō lavv fall spetialties but to make vndue dets bank roupte by playne rauin robbery not to procurre a mariage by order of lavve
those that haue vvriten against popularity vvith infamie of absurd flatterye to blot the names estimations of those men vvhich haue vvritten in the defēce of the sacred state of a kinge against all popularitye It is not to be doubted that either his late Ma. vvisedome vvould be so vnmindefull as to vvink at suche popular presōption or that his most gracious nature vvould permitt the paynes good vvilles of such vvritters to be requited for any scorne full libell put forth vnder the protectiō of his late Ma. specially times standinge as they did then Neuertheles though some haue vvritten in defence of Kinges kingly state geuen them more immunityes priuileges or prerogatiues then good kinges vvil claime or good common vvealths are bovvnde to yelde yet that excuseth not these commen vvealth mē to straye so far forth out of the right vvaye as to engrosse their bad vvays by priuat monopoles franchesies in preiudice of Royall fredome and common good of all for I am sure that many haue vvrittē apologies touchinge that subiect very laudable vpon good assertions and propositions vvith limitations exceptions allovvāces al allovvable by lavv of reason conscience yea most beneficiall to vvhole sovvnd common vvealths but quite opposite to the general pro positions assertions of these lavvyers layd dovvne for the surmised authorities their broken common vvealths suche as they haue exemplified as patternes to be folovved But this proceedinge of these lavvyers is not all that vvas to dislīke the late kīge or this liuing for albeit this author that carieth vpō his shoulders all the parties named in the sayd libel vvoulde make the late kinge beleeue that all tytles being doutfull his force might should beare avvaye the Crovvne of Englāde for him selfe or theinfante his daughter and to facilitat this course made diuerse seminaryes priestes in spayne that vvēt into englāde by threats or fayre meanes to subscribe that in theire conferences there by all possible meanes they should aduaunce the pretence of the sayd infante yet since that tyme some of his dependents vvith his priuitie practized the aduaūcement of the late earle of Darby an hereticke to the Crovvne of Englande vvhich vvrought his vntimelye death as many say besides after this he him selfe vvrotte a discour se vvhich vvas sent into Englande published to many of the best Catholickes there that he vvoulde vvishe aduise them vvhen the commoditie serued that they should make an election of some principall noble Englishe Catholicke to be their Kinge so that the late King might haue seene if he hade liued vvhat affection respect this author caried either to him or his daunghters tytle or ther persons for that as nevve inuentiōs cōceipts came in to his head he vvould frame suche nevv titles covvrses as vvould best fit the marke he shott at for his particular profit aduauncemēt vvhich if the late Kinge had liued vvould haue bene a sufficiēt vvarnīge to him for euer beinge abused by the sayd author any more no doubt vvill brede the same effect vvith the kinge present his sister the infante vvhen they shall knovv thus muche And as youe may herby see playnly vvith vvhat reasō the kinge of spayne all monarches in generall are to finde them selues greeued vvith these lavvyers for the litle respect they haue to Regall kingly authoritye vvhich kinges are for their saftie to prouide for soe is there none more toched to the quicke by thies lavvyers aucthor then the kings Ma. of Scotland nor vvhome they desire to be more defaced touching his persone Right then he for then they doe as it vvere assure them selues that all their drifts practises vvould haue suche issue as they vvish vvith outlet or empeschement VVherin first their malice is greatly to be taxed that seake to ruyn ouerthrovve a king that neuer did any of them hurte but contrarivvise hath so far fauored somme of the authors function that in deliuering them from daunger of their liues he hazarded him selse for the same as the partyes them selues can not denye if they be asked besides the fauour that he hath shevved to some Catholickes hath neuer vsed persecution against anye vnelest it be against somme verye fevve that haue bene discouered to deale in some practises vvhich he thought might be daūgerous at that tyme to his person state Secondely their arrogancy is great in that they vvill determine vvhere the right of the Crovvne of englāde avvght to be vvoulde haue euery one to folovv the same vvhen they dare not auouche their names being ashamed to iustifie their ignoraunce in the common lavves of the realme Crovvne of Englande Genealogies bi the vvhich the right is to be tried if there vvere any doubt of the kinge of Scotlandes yet neuerthelesse they vvoulde haue theire sayinges courses to disanulle anichilate the manifest knovven Right afore all others vvhiche The kinge of Scottlande hath to the Crovvne of Englande due to him first by the quiet possesiō his Ancesters for diuerse hūdrethe yeares haue had frō vvhēce he is first liniallye discended next for that he is in the first place also by the same meane vvayes that the pretendors vvhome this libeller setteth dovvne vvoulde aduaunce them selues if neede be can lavvfully iustly deriue him selfe a title long tyme afore them all to the Crovvne of Englande And lastly for confirmatiō of the same kinges right to be the truest perfectest of all other vvithout exceptiō Sr. Nicolas Saunders that vvas lorde Cheefe Baron of thexchequer in Englande Sr. Antonye Brovvne that vvas lorde Cheefe Iustice of the commen pleas Mr. Carell called the father of the Iavve attorney for the Queens Ma. of the Duchye Mr. Edmonde Ployden vvhich vvere very vertuous vvise most famous mē for their knovveledge in the lavves of the realme Crovvne of Englāde as the like hath not bene for manie yeares did vvith out doubt difficultie sincerely playnely resolue and determine that the late Queene of Scotlāde vvas next heire apparent to the Realme and Crovvne of Englande vvho vvas his Ma. Mother so consequētly she diinge her heires vvere to succeede vvho debated this point vvith the aduise of the best Heraults of Englande that could be fovvnde had also the opinions of the vviser skilfuller sorte of the Realme that did accorde vvith them yet notvvistanding all this this ignorant author lavvyers vvithout name neither vnderstanding the lavves of England nor skilfull in genealogies vvoulde haue their friuoulous and rediculous reasons to be of more ualour and credit then theis a fore rehersed Lastly thies lavvyers other are to be noted of great presumption disobedience that vvith out the authoritie or vvarrant of their superiou's specially of his holinesse others his predecessors vpon vvhō they ought chefly to relye dare ouerthrovve and make kinges forme
vvith due respect to proximitye of blood but to breed a deuorse of frēdship in kinred by disturbinge the lavvfall liniall course of consanguinitye prouided by lavves for passaige of th inheritance successiō that in suche a sorte as hath not bene allovved by Iudgement of lavv to passe in englande though by violence some suche enormities haue bene intruded and bolstered for a vvhyle to the horrible ruyne of manye noble families not recouerable The temporall lavvyer also for his part must folovv as an echo not betvven tvvo hills or like place vpon stoppage of breathe for modestye or feare but in playne fields not subiect to rebovvnds boldly vvithout blushinge to correspond not caringe if all true englishe men of all sorts degree doe vvonder after him yea he must folovv not as the litle kinde Dog folovved yong To bye to serue his right master but as the mastyue folovveth the Tinker for his ovven commoditie to beare the burdē lest his master ouer labored could not attaineto his Inne hym selfe should leese his bayte for it appereth demonstratiuely that the Ciuilians credit for this matter in the sight of all true english mē vvould be litle vvorth is the temporal lavvyer vvere not present to contenance the same And if the Ciuilians plea be reiected the temporall lavvyer must seeke his meat in the myre for he deserueth to be casten ouer the barre as an ambidexter Neuerthelesse he can not stād this vvaye also in any great stead at theende vvhen the matter commeth to hammeringe by right tooles 3. A third conclusion of this accord is that theis tvvo lavvyers must cōforme them selues somevvhat to the manners and conditions of those troublesome tribunes the paires or couples of pensioners among the states of the lovve Countryes so as by treadinge the steps of popularitie thei maye Imprint a fauorable opinion liking of this purpose in the phāsies conceits of people vvho euer delyghte in change and loue muche to haue suche houlde on the brydle as thei maye cōptreol their Soueraigne or ouerthrovve hym out of the sadle vvhen they lyst Therfore a popular doctrin must be published as a lavv ther vpon must folovve a difinitiue sentence indifinitlye that th inheritāce succession of the Soueraigne gouernement in that Realme doeth depēde vpō a multitude so as at theire pleasure they maye pike a quarell sufficient to disthrone theire lavvfull kinge and vvhen they lyst to cal for an election of a nevv kinge because their pleasure must stand for a lavv in this case And this multitude forsothe must beare the name of a commō vvelthe vvhen they comme to gither though often tymes it falleth out to be a common mischiefe or vniuersall confusion yea assembled onely or principally by aCanuasse practize ofsome one or other popular personne malcontent seditiouse or ambitious vvhich by a gracious opinion among the people is hable to bringe the may game home to his ovvne or frynds houze for hovv and by vvhat authoritye that multitude is to be assembled other circumstances most expedient and necessarye thies lavvyers neyther define nor regarde It is suficient at this tyme in their bookes and for theyr purpose if theire assemblye beare a shevv of a common vvealth by somme presence of the nobilitye commons any thinge or matter that by thes tvvo lavvyers is expressed to the contrarye notvvithstandinge And this sentence thus generally set dovvne is to be made good allovved and ratiffied by pretēce of sōme principals maximes or assertions of Ciuil lavve or lavvyer suche as though in speciall cases for some singular respect in a priuat sence vpon due circumstances and necessarye occasions to speake onlye touchinge designements ordinances of a true vnfeigned cōmon vveth and not other vvyse may be true haue somme grovvnde in the Ciuill lavve yea in common reason maye also stand vvith thenglish lavves yet neuerthelesse to serue these mēs turnes in pleasinge the multitude they must be made generall vvith out exception to ouerrule the municipial lavves of englande And this sentence must also be confirmed by exāples and patterns of practizes executed in colorable common vveathes or rather disordered multitudes beinge no common vvealthes in deed but prodigious monsters of manye heads vvith out a good foot to stand vpon and in materiall points for temporall affayres agreable to that of Holande and Zelande at this daye Soe as those most seditiouse rebels shal be hable to auouche this popular doctrin by authoritye of thies tvvo lavvyers to vvarrāt their rebelliōs against their most lavvfull Soueraigne Therfore by the vvaye a man may note vvhat good feruice thies conferers haue done by this popularitye to that most renoumed kinge Catholique in geuinge to his Ma. a colourable pretence of title to an other kinges Crovvne to minister matter of vvarrant for a rebellious rout to thrust him selfe fourth of his ovvne Crovvne 4. Besydes this popular Doctrine vve must haue an other deuis to leade the multitude vnder a penthouse in the shadovve of a lavve more nearer the mark novv shot at against the lineal course of inheritance in cases os feesimple Therfore other allegations must be brought in to the court by the Ciuilian as principels and maximes deriued from his lavv vvhiche in deede are no other thē fansies or opiniōs of theone side of a controuersie vvherunto it liketh novv this Ciuiliā to subicribe neuer set dovvne in the corpsof that lavv but fovvnd in comments gloses of lavvyers as notes or memorials of exercises or of allegations vpon sutes passed on the behalfe of some cliēt neuer defined authentiquelie by comon cōsent but remaine as letigious apliable like the rules of lesbos to the diuersities of mēs opiniōs grovvinge vpon affections or other irresolute concepts Neuerthelesse they must no vv be all defined as true certein on that syde vvherunto it liketh thies lavvyers to leane And if they happē to stumble vpon a certayn rule either in the bodye of the Ciuil lavv or in the note bookes monuments of Ciuilians that must either haue suche constructiō as pleaseth this Ciuilian to enforce or els it must be sayd to stand certayn cleare also for english affayres be preferred before the most currant ru les most certeine maximes of our english municipiall lavvies hovv opposit so euer they be to thēglish forme of la vufull gouernement And a accordinge to this Ciuiliās rules must the inheritāce succession of the english Crovvne be squared for the covvrse therof to runne as pleaseth this Ciuilian to vphold the same vvith the bolster of a frē ticke multitude seduced by a conterfaited temporal lavvyer for euerye factious assemblie if it once take place and cary all vvay cleane must be accompted for a common vvealth in thies mēs books be they neuere so often assembled in one yeare euerye one opposite to the other in all extremities And by the practizes gests procedings
hovvrely remouable from his ovvne opinion nor may examine the matter priuatli before or after he come to conferr therof or els their admission is not sufficient by this rule of theirs More ouer thes tvvo lavvyers and all those trauailinge conferers in this supposed assembly at Amsterdame are by this rules condemned beinge all priuat persones for entermedlige thē selfes vvith this matter of successiō touchinge the title of a kinge Fourthly the state of monarchie vvhiehe thies tvvo lavvyers do confesse acknovvledge to be of al other formes of gouernement most excelēt perfect in it selfe must needs be most contemptible vnperfect infamous of all other because the Ciuilian so esteemeth the tenure of a Crovvne to be most irreguler most extraordinarie for the Ciuilians opinion is the sentence of all thies conferrers to be irreagler and extraordinarye is to be vnder no rule nor order vvher vpon consequētly the kinge holdeth his Crovvne by no rule nor order is of hiselse irregular not subiect to rule or order And if the comō vvealth be theonely Iudge ouer the kinge to cōptrol him as thies men teache vs none is by theire Doctrine appointed nor allovved to comptroll the common vvealths sentēce thē it must needs folovv that the common vvealth in this case is also vnder no vvill nor order no meruail for a multitude vvithout a head or of manie heads none good vvhat is it but a chaos confused masse ovvt of al order Thus vve are taught that the vnrulie must rule the vnruly if an irregular disordered multitude must gouerne the most irregular exrraordinarie Crovvne as theis men terme it Nay by this doctrine an vsurper disseizer intruder impious tyrant or infidel once admitted by the cōmon vvealth must not be deposed Again a possession onely must guide the right as the most materiall point to lead thin heritance succession of a Crovvne tvvo assertiōsneuer allovved for good plees in any lavv spiritual or temporal Diuin or humain most vvorthie of ovvt claps vvith hisses vvhistles yet they must both be allovved maīteined vnder this generall maxime of admission And so all enormities must be streight rules vvronges must be rights violence must be lavv bad must be good good must be bad if thies be allovved admitted by a multitude dravven to gether any vvaye to represēt beare the name of a republick or comon stat vvhiche for cleanelye conueyhance of a fovvl thinge in a fayre hand kerchife thies men doe call a common vvealth a speciall fallacie to abuse the simple besides euerie lavvfull king is deposible for or vvithout cause if the common vvealth dislike him euery quarel is a sufficiēt cause to depose a kinge if the cōmon wealth so esteme it euery kinge shal be accompted a tyrant an hereticque an infidel or incapable othervvays vnfit consequētly deposible because the publick state here called a cōmon vvealth holdeth him so to be is theonlye Iudge of all causes in this case of a kings state of all cōmisions that must procede from a kinge for no other Iudge is appointed in thies mens text A plaine contradiction to their ovvn Doctrin an error that thies lavvers vvill not stand to if they be pressed to ansvvere by authoritie authentique More ouer it must folovv vpon thies mens Doctrin that euerye multitude so incorporated as they got the style tytle of a publick state in their ovvn consceit by pretence may rightly be called a common vvealth habled by lavv to inioye all the preuileges before mentioned though they vvant a head yea thovvgh no vvelth nor commoditie commō or priuat be by them maintened And that euery publick stat or suche common vvealth as they haue allovved may at their pleasure alter chaunge innouat the caur se of inheritance succession to the Crovvn so as they may barre the right true title all redye cast vpon any persone by the lavves of the same state though the same persone be no member of the same state nor subiect ther vnto by nature submissiō or other lavvful meanes Consequently that the kīge of spaine is bovvnde to setle his consciēce not impugne the ordinance of the novv English common vvealth hovv iust so euer his title be for the present or future tyme nor to examine any others title allovved admitted by the same common vvealth if that negatiue pregnant foisted in to the margent touching priuat men can not be hable to cōptroll the text vvhich bindeth euery man vvithout exception or difference of priuat or publick And last of all it is sett dovvn in plaine termes that euery kinge holdeth his Crovvne by the good vvill of his common vvealth as by the onely lavvfull good tenur of a Crovvne A playne contradiction to the state of inheritance and an absurditie vvorthie to haue all manner of scorne moquerye neuer auuoched for any plea neuer mentioned in any booke rol or record or vvritting of vvise mā nor admited in to the thought or imagination of any lavve maker lavvyer or other mēindued vvith common sence in Englande and an hiperbolical fictio against the state of Regall Ma. yet vve must beleaue it because the Ciuilian saith so vvho by al thies trauailinge opinions must be allvvayes allovved Thus vve see that by the Ciuiliās lavve his Ma. tenur vvherby he boldeth his Crovvne must be irregular extraordinarie though he be admitted by his comon vvealthe once setled in his state therfore not remouable yet that vvill not serue if he holdeth his Crovvne as tenant at vvil of the cōmon vvealth vvho may reuoke their admissions vvhē thei vst to finde suche cause as they thinke sufficient consequently he hath no state of inheritāce nor succession vvhat vvould the king Catholicke say to this thīke yovv if he vvere vvel informed of this particular Nay vvhat they of holande and zelande vvil presume here on to thīke say for hardeninge theire harts mainteyninge theire actual rebellions euery man seeth his Ma. can not be ignorāt Therfor it is not like that he vvas priuie to the contents of this book so farre as to allovv of it here his Ma. may behold the blinde presūptiō of thies statists vvho dare thus confront his Ma. in the chiefest point of his Maiestical state vvith such indignities by abusinge all regall dignitie so lovv as to make it the vassal of eueri arrogant rovvt of any vnlavvfull assembled multitude that can by hook or crroke vvile or guyle flaterye or violence catche snatche the visard of a common vvealth for more credit to their excessiue speache also vse his Ma. as a bolster to leane vpō vnder cloak of a licēce to roue freely through his Ma. Dominions vvhere it ruleth and comaundeth Yea these bold aduenturers do raūge so farre farther as by colour of his Ma. authoritie they dare attempt to stoppe the mouths and pennes of all
standinge to loue all though vpon the matter it is like to fallout that thei loue none but them selues theire correspondants nor them neither if the euent be not ansvverable to their desires Therfore vvhat course so euer thieslavvyers vvith their aduocats proctours atturneys solicitours porsuyuants apparetors vvolde seeme to take tovvardes God or the vvorld in vvords and vvhat faulte so euer they vvold impute to others touchinge the sayd kinges priuat designes or a common cause It is in very deed more then probable that they them selfes by there busy heades vvith their brablinge discources in suche an impertinent conference haue doen ill offices to bothe and are not like to gaine so great thankes as thei looke for at eythers handes but muche blame reproof vvhen all reckeninges are made and all accompts casten by iust skillfull auditors Novv then for so muche as cōcerneth the king many vvise men of diuers natiōs hearinge the māner of proceeding in this conference are persuaded that thies lavvyers and their trauailinge companions by their rashe attempts so impertinētly in suche a vveightye cause haue preiudiced his Ma-many vvayes As amonge the rest none is greater nor more contagiouse daungerouse domageable to his persone and Ma. Royal then is the platforme of the sayd popular Doctrin first layde in Scottland after sent a lost in the lovv Corenttyes attempted in Arragon and ready to be raysed rooffed builded vp in all nations Therfore vvhat speciall fauour so euer thies men aboue all others vvould protest tovvards the kīges deseignes all vvise men maye perceaue that they seeke their ovvne priuat hough very vnprouidētly more thē the Kinges aduan̄cemēt in honor Ma. orother vvays for if their principall intention touchinge their ovvne priuat had relyed vpon suche substanciall meanes in praynge the Kings ayd as vvere expedient most agreable to his Ma. dispositiō touchinge the comō cause they vvoulde neuer haue sovvght to set vvyde open so large gappes doores and vvindovves for rebellious multitudes to enter and clayme authoritie ouer their lavvfull Kinges Soueraigne vnder pretenses of glorious styles titles of cōrnon vvealths stats of a Coūtrye For vvhat other instrument then this enormious rule of lefbos had that monstruouse minister of Scottlād GEOVGE BVCKHANNAM to euer throvv the most noble Queene of Scotlande the commonvvealth thereof by seducinge the nobles commōs of that Realm yet not all neither nor the most part to be accompted in vveight measure though enough to many in nomber for maKīg of a party to geue a shovv of a comō vvealth hable to vvage battaile in open field against their lavvfull Queene to thrust her in to prison after to expell her for the of her ovvne dominions and finally to practize her death in a foreing Countrie a most barbarouse fact suche as against it thies lavvyers haue in tymes past exclamed mightilie vvith mouth penn Neuerthelesse if the Doctrine vvhich thies men allovve be true as it pleaseth them to deliuer it vve must also allovv this fact as good and imitable being doen by a common vvealth And vpon vvhat other grovvnd thē this did those madd ministers in Scottlāde snacthe the brydel in to their ovvne handes in most malepert māner presumed to thret ten their kinge that he shal be sent after his mother if he vvill not mainteine the Covvrse that they had begon meaninge their hereticall practizes against his mother his mothers friēdes and allovv their fantasticall and irreligious covvrses as if he vvere but a Kinge made of clouts not framed nor formed by order of lavv to succede in a course of inheritāce but to be let in put ovvt at their pleasur by authoritie of a cōmon vvealth of their ovvne making suche a one as neuer God nor good mē haue seen read or heard of a vvorse and suche as no vvise discrete kinge can or vvill endure Euen so did not that vnnatural vvicked traiter Antonio peres by help of the sayd Doctrin procure a rebellion in Arragō against his natural Soueraign vvhich had raized him out of the dyrt in to the rāk of nobilitie had he not therby preuailed so farre by all likelyhode as to haue his practize to be accompted an imitable stratageme of a common vvelth if God vvolde haue permitted suche malice to raigne in that coaste I could exemplify vvhat mischiefe the same doctrine hath vvrought in Englande but I passe it ouer to an other place in meā tyme I praye yovv vvhat shal vve say of that prodigiouse republicke or colourable commō vvealth in Holand Zeland framed and cloke togither in a hochepot vvith the basser sorte of a rovvt rable of artificers handy crafts men vnder a glorious style title of stats haue not they also a vvarrant by our lavvyers Doctrine to auoūche mainteine for la vvful all theyr ovvtragious malipert rebellions and enormities more then hethenish against their Soueraign against the sovvndest part of the nobilities commons vnder a cloak of a commō vvealthes authoritie yes vvithout dovvbt And vvhat so euer glosse or comment our sayd lavvyers vvill make for excuse certein it is that their ovvn text as they haue delinered it to he vvorld in vvord and exēplified it by deeds forth of this late cōferēces vvil serue those vnstatlye states to make a commoditie for seruice against their Soueraign vvhē our tvvo lavvyers haue sayd doen vvhat they cā for there hath not come many yeares amonge that vnbridled people a Doctrine more plausible thā this vvhich so largelye liberally aduaunceth the authoritie of their cōmō vvealth at least as they doe may take it And vvilbe sure to take fast holde of it yea the rather for that it rouethat libertie vvithī the countryevvhere the kinge cōmandeth and vvith his Ma. priuitie licence too as theye alledge vpon no light presumption the lavvyers thē selues vvith their adherants doe confesse though no vvise men of indiferēt affectiō vvill beleaue it to be true that his Ma. is priuie as hereafter shal be declared Neuerthelesse to returne vvhere Ileft the disseruices of thies tvvo lavvyers come novve to be more agruated by presuming to publish or to offer suche a scandalovvse Doctrin to be published or printed vvithin his Ma. dominions vvere it set foth vvith his licence or no As I verilye thīk it vvas not or ifitvvere at the least vvith out his Ma. priuitie For though sins the publishing of it the auctor by him selue or frīds haue geuē out by bare vvordes that it vvas prīted put forth vvith the late kinges or this liuīg theire priuities licence cōmandement authētiklye yet no suche thing is auouched expresselye in the front of that booke but generally it is sayd to be printed vvith licence at N. so muche to saye as at no place Iustifiable And though it maye be suffred to passe vvith an ordinaire