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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11787	A Second part of Spanish practises, or, A Relation of more particular wicked plots, and cruell, in humane, perfidious, and vnnaturall practises of the Spaniards with, more excellent reasons of greater consequence, deliuered to the Kings Maiesty to dissolue the two treaties both of the match and the Pallatinate, and enter into warre with the Spaniards : whereunto is adioyned a worthy oration appropriated, vnto the most mighty and illustrious princes of Christendome, wherein the right and lawfulnesse of the Nederlandish warre against Phillip King of Spaine is approued and demonstrated.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.; Verheiden, W.; Strategia e organizzazione (Firm)	1624 (1624)	STC 22078.5; ESTC S1714	34,814	46

seruice in maintaining the Romish Religion and subuerting of heretikes Howbeit that his chiefe son I mentioned exceeding this man of sin in the sin of cruelty as if he would verifie himselfe to be ten-fold more the child of Satan then his father the Pope thinkes not so well of it his name is Vergas the President of this bloudy Inquisition for going shortly after into Spaine he told the King that he and Duke d' Alua did marre all in the Netherlands by shewing so much mercy to those people Concerning this Duke d' Alua of whose outrage and cruelty so many haue felt and perfidious dealing which many haue found by lamentable experience whereby may easily appeare of what stamp his excessiue mercies are euen such as the Wiseman speakes of Pro. 12.10 the tender-mercies of the wicked are cruell In which he prids himselfe These words he spake at a banquet as he sate at the Table reioycing he had done the King so good seruice boasting he had slaughtered eighteen thousand and sixe hundred in form of iustice in six yeares times and ten times so many he and his Souldiers murthered otherwaies And many more would he doubtlesse haue murthered had not the Lord restrayned and limited him for his desire herein was as hell that cannot be satisfied Witnesse the purpose of his proceeding against the Magistrates of Bruxels because they did not collect the tenth peny so as he desired He sware that he would haue it and before he would let it fall or remit it the Sunne and Moone should leaue their shining so he went to Brussels and commanded the executioner to prepare ladders and ropes to hang vp that night in their doores 70 of the citizens Anno 573 1 April 1. I haue instanced but 4 or 5 towns but there were scarce any town escaped their cruell pillaging except they had bribed their Commanders with exceeding large 〈◊〉 and gaue them his warrant in writing what they should be But God in his prouidence preuented this his cruell purpose in that there came newes that the Graue of Mark had taken in the Brill so the tyrant did not goe forward with his bloudy enterprises Thus hauing giuen you a taste of some of those many things I haue obserued concerning the intolerable oppression and worse then sauage cruelty of the Spaniards exercised vpon the people which they endured and laboured vnder the space of sixteene yeares I wil now leaue these cruell tyrants to the Lord for iudgement and address my selfe to speak somewhat further concerning this Earle of Mark who had those Gentlemen with him that fled Before this hee had laine with his shipping in England but the King of Spaine sending his Embassadour to our Queen who was then in peace with him to desire her that she would not suffer his subiects to haue their harbour in her land and that she would not giue them or suffer them to haue any reliefe whereby they should make head against him and hereupon the Queene sent and commanded them out of her harbour and she commanded that they should not be suffered to haue any prouision in her coasts so that now they had no other meanes but onely God who did in his mercie prouide for them better then they expected For they were purposed to haue gone for the Tassel and to haue taken some towne about that part but when they came neere that part they had the wind contrary that they could not come there so they went for the Malse and came with their ships before the Brill and there they went presently and tooke it yet the Duke of Alua had his forces in the towne neere so many as they were whom they presently killed and chased out of the towne and out of the Iland The Prince of Orange being in France and hearing what had happened he sent them souldiers with as much speede as could be out of France And within one moneth after Duke Alua sent certaine companies to Vlishing to keepe that place strong for himselfe and many of the Commanders were come into the towne So the Magistrates commanded the citizens to come presently vpon the Statehouse so they told them they must lodge the Spaniards in their houses and they knowing how they had vsed the Citizens in all places where they came they told the magistrates they would not haue the Spaniards in their towne The Magistrates asked them which of them it was that did refuse to receiue them They said All of them So the Magistrates seeing them so earnest against the Spaniards they ioyntly tooke their Armes and killed and tooke prisoners all them that were ●n the town Hee had appointed those to be executed because they were they were the chiefe that stood against the payment of the tenth peny with their Ordnance they shot at his ships where the Spaniards were and they made away And of those that were taken there were the names of about 80 that they had in writing from Duke Alua that dwelt in the Iland that they should put to death So those of the Bril sent their souldiers with speed to help thē And shortly the Prince of Orange came with forces and defended them and some other townes seeing the crueltie of the Spaniards forsooke the Spaniard and ioyned with them and took the Prince of Orange to be their Protector yet the States notwithstanding did remaine in obedience to the King some seuen yeares after Againe it is further worthy to be noted that these Prouinces did three times send to the King their Noblemen but could obtaine no mercy and many more times they went to the Princesse of Parma and made their humble petition for redresse of their oppression but could not obtaine any fauour then they made friends to the renowned Queene of England and to the Princes of Germany and to the Emperour who did earnestly entreat by their Embassadours for them The King of Spaine answered their Embassadours with these words he bad them tell their Masters That they should meddle with their owne subiects and not with his for he knew well enough how to rule his subiects without their counsell Now when our Queenes Maiestie found his vnreasonablenesse and cruelty then and not before she assisted them with Armes Ann. 1575. His owne sonne Prince Charles did intreat for them that it would please him to let them haue their Lawes and Priuiledges and that they might not be so oppressed Marplam in his Chronicle an 1567. and withall hee told his father that those Countries did belong to him and that they were giuen him at his Baptisme for the which his father sent him to prison and he neuer came out againe If the Lord would not haue forgot what Amalek did long after for smiting the weakest hindmost of his people how may we in equity forget the infinite murthers and spoiles this cruell Tyrant hath executed where-euer hee hath preuailed And who can forget in speciall that bloudy attempt against