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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

cruell are not so pernicious as vnfaithfulnesse for if so bee that they intend to assaile any one they will roare and bray before the wracke the sea and tempest will tosse the shippe to and fro Perfidie is the highest mischiefe in mens dealing and before it raynes the cloudes will frowne but vnfaithfulnesse séekes by all subtill and deceitfull meanes and faire shewes to couer the intended mischiefe thereby to draw his allyes into danger There is nothing more perillous then an enemie supposed a friend for we are carefull of our known foes with armes regard watch to preuent them Also courage vnitie inuincible strength asist vs but the enemie who is a supposed friend Embden hath meanes to mischieue vs both night and day Embden is our glasse by which we haue séen what lurketh vnder false friendship Wise is he who by his countries harme is taught foresight 10. THe Spaniards peace are méere lies and deceit It is impossible to make a firme true peace with the Spaniard a very Iudas kisse wherewith they seeke to betray vs yea euen the peace which Ioab gaue Amasa euen so they intend with faire words to ruine vs. Thou that seekest peace giuest vs occasiō to refuse thy peace It appeareth by thy reasons though they are cunningly couered for thou praisest thy prince to be full of mercie that his lappe is open his goodnesse readie But thou sayest presently after If he were cruell and seuere it were no maruell for he hath reason being that we are cause of our owne hurt This is enough we are content but sooner shall heauen and earth be ioyned sooner shall water and fire through arte be mixed together then I will enter into such peace with thee which would in no way be beneficiall vnto vs. He that sees another burne let him beware of ●indging 11. The first proofe The vse of princes THis I proue by the nature and vse of many Princes the olde aduentures and experiences doe also teach the same that they should neuer enter into alliance or make peace vnlesse wee know it to be to their furtherance and profit that also they shoulde not keepe the same no longer without brabling then it shoulde be to their good and profite Machiauell their maister doeth also giue this precept Machiauels doctrine Iulius Cesar that any promise which a prince might haue made he neede not to hold if hee find any damage thereby Iulius Caesar also vsed to say if one may breake a promise or a right against any liuing Lysander one may do it to gouerne or rule This is also Lysanders opinion with bables saith he one deceiues children but those of ryper yeares and iudgement with oathes eyther to reuenge an iniurie or to hinder and repulse the intent might of ones enemy Great trust giues the faithlesse meanes to work mischiefe 12. Iulius Pope IVlius the second of that name Pope of Rome said that neither with Spaniards Dutch or Wallons whom hee named Barbaros he neuer did enter into peace but onely to withdrawe them backe out of Italie Maximillian Phillips grandfather was also wont to say Maximilian that hee neuer made peace with the French but to reuenge his former wrongs which hee supposed to haue receiued Antiochus Illustris deceyued Ierusalem by false peace We find how Antiochus Illustris with a deceiptful intent made peace with the Iewes and immediately after sent his Generall Apollonius who vtterly destroyed and burned Ierusalem the people he made captiues and constrained them to forsake their God Those which circumcised themselues hee crossed murdred the women he strangled and killed the children about their necks Mistrust is the best weapon against tyrants 13. ANtiochus Empator through the counsaile of Lysias besieged Ierusalem and begirt the same with his troupes Antiochus Empator deceyued the Iewes by false peace but perceyuing he should not take the same by force he sought to deceiue them with a false peace makes an agréement with them permits them to vse their lawes and religion with their libertie but hauing entred the citie he neither respected oath nor honor but caused all the walles and fortresses of the Cittie to bee pulled downe Through his command was many a man drowned captiued Alcimus to his owne kindred and murthered Alcimus did great mischiefe in murthering strangling when he desired peace with his owne linage hee being of the Tribe of Aron no harme was suspected in him in somuch that this great trusting hath béene deere vnto the Iewes Tryphon Ionathan Ionathan had neuer béene betrayed by Tryphon had hee not giuen credit to his words but should rather haue prepared himselfe to the combat with him Vnwise is he who by peace expeecteth any good of the wicked 14. THat we haue reason to feare can we farther explain A more particular vse of Princes towardes their subiectes in that a mighty prince or potentate being displeased with his subiects and must fauour them for some occasion cannot wholly depose his wrath but wel dissemble the same for a while insomuch that when he finds oportunitie there is no punishment no reuenge so vnmercifull or cruell which is badde inough in his opinion for the former committed offence and although he sweare to keepe inuiolably the peace yet ought one neuerthelesse to feare because who now keep their word so little as princes to their subiectes for they estéeme it a small matter being we sée they seldome make peace with them being in contention vnlesse they be thereto by extreame neede compelled Then followes as they estéeme that any oath taken through compulsion may be broken when they wil. And to verifie this we cannot find any example that a prince who though he haue neuer so solemnely sworne truce But finding oportunitie hath not reueng'd his wrong 15. LOdouicus the seconde King of France Lewes the second was forced to conclude and make a peace with his subiects which had deposed him the which he solemnely swore but yet afterwards hee made them all subtilly away The Duke of Nemours Burgundie and Arminiac lost their liues yea hee was so much bent to reuenge that he poisoned his owne brother Charles A kings crueltie cuts all through The king of Feza and nothing can resist the same The King of Feza being lately besieged by his younger brother was compelled to craue a peace the communaltie obtayned reasonable conditions betweene both whereunto they were sworne The king being escaped this danger his brother comming to embrace him he strangled him caused him to be cast out of the window Many one thinks himselfe secure when he is in most daunger Vnder the greenest grasse lurks the most venomous snake 16. Henry the 6. HEnry the sixt of that name King of England was forced to make an agréement with Rychard Duke of Yorke whereunto he firmely swore promised the said Richard and his heires the succession of the crowne

warre therein following the example of many nations the which had receiued nothing so much iniurie as wee yet haue they exiled and driuen their Princes away neither were they reputed rebels nor yet receiued any damage thereby He doth no bodie wrong who defendes his owne right 38. EDwarde the second Edward ●e second Englandes king through bad counsaile putteth certaine of his Barons to death without eyther reason or lawful cause but the other Peares of the land moued by that cruelty assembled together an hoast of men tooke him prisoner and declared him vnworthy Christern Tarquinius Superbus Caius Caligula Nero. Domitianus C●mmodus Maximus Christern of Denmark was imprisoned after that he was e●led and Tarquinius Superbus for his cruelty was deposed by the Romaines the which hee had plagued and altred their gouernement insomuch that they displeased them Caius Caligula a monstrous tyrant was also therefore murthered by the Romaines Nero for his filthy and horrible factes was declared a foe and his life persecuted and Domitianus Commodus Maximus and more others of like crueltie were vsed accordingly for they that seeke the spoile of the common welth are alwaies seene to buy it deare No Tyrant that euer could escape Gods punishment 39. BEing then that our warre is no rebellion as manifestly appeares and sufficiently proued by true examples and infallible argumentes thou doest vs great wrong to compare vs to rebellious Absolon or to the wicked Israelites for no comparison can be made of it we are in no wise to stand in feare of the punishment which rebels haue endured but since wee put our trust in the almighty God wee will continually expect a good issue of our iust quarrell although thou seekest through thy threates to quench our courages vanting of thy maisters Lyonly téeth with all his forces stedfastly trusting on our God thy threates wee let flie remayning coniunctly in our intent esteeming far better to haue iust warre then a dissembled peace Who so trusts on Gods aide is neuer put to shame 40. 〈…〉 IT séemes that thou hast learned the bragging of thy maister Rapsace who also cryed wherein dost thou relie wherein dost thou trust but what God did and commanded in the next chapter thou hast not read or perhaps but badly remembred hee shall not enter the citty nor endamage the same for I wil defend and kéepe it 〈…〉 for my seruant Dauids sake who trusted in mee I will protect her against the tyrantes pretences Baldeus also boasted before Leidiz that one should sooner touch the starres then the cittie be rescued but God displeased at this blasphemie sent them vnnaturall floodes whereby his pretence was disturbed Thou that through false peace seekest to bring vs in thy net consider the matter for if thou art not blinded through thy wilfulnes thou must of force confesse that our resistance which thou seest is no humane worke God fauoreth our case for the defence of his Christ 41 Assure thy selfe that I trust not so much on the helpe of my neighbores and allies as on the iust and vpright dealing which we dayly vse for when with diligent care I consider the forepassed and ballance the issue thereof it giues mee a great cause of hope that this will ende wel and that I shal want no meanes while I feele Gods hand his bounty aide and blessing which are the infallablest tokens of a good issue of the vnstedfastnes thereby thou makest a great discourse that it hanges in no mens handes and that it is dayly seene but I know they are stedfast and neuer deceiued any except he displeased God through our great sinne I trust and beléeue assuredlie that they are bound to me as long as I shall with zeale prosecute this iust cause and wil through Gods mercy and in spight of the Spaniarde as a yong bud florish which thou with all thy force shalt not hinder Gods blessing will dwell alwaies fast with the God-fearing 42. ANd finally when thou comest forth with thy Princes power name him with a common name because thou knowest not thy right yet for reasons to your aduantage doe not name him neuerthelesse we perceiue thy deceipt cunningly cloaked there vnder as the Asse of Cuma couered with the Lyons skinne but through his long cares he was knowne so thou also with thy peace masked with a Foxes skinne we perceiue thy intent for thou shewest thy maister in forme of a Lyon of whome wee feare to bée deceiued in the end because wee see many footesteppes inward but none outwarde whereby is seene his malice is not onely to vs but also to them that neuer iniured him out of thy own wordes we construe his meaning and what a happy peace wee should haue we are Lambes thy Lord a Lyon those two kindes neuer agree besides we are nations of diuers humors Contrary humors doe quicklie breake vnitie 43 IF then you our neighbores of the seduced Prouinces so much and so seruentlie desire peace the way is open a good s●… peace is at hand which thou now maist attaine in following our good counsaile it being impossible for you to continue in Peace when you shoulde be contracted vnto God with vs and the proude Spaniarde open thy eyes know thy enemie when thou maist driue him away which through Gods helpe and thy neighbores may easily and in short space bee effected then peace wil yeelde vs traffick welfare and plenty the peace shal be sure without false shew the more since wee are a nation of one kinde and condition who also though to their damage keepe their oath and respect their honors endeauour thou to doe this ridde thy selfe from the Spanish venime trust on Gods mercy and not on thy kinges great Forces He that puts his trust in God neuer comes to shame 44. IF not then you Batauians which haue vndertaken the defence of your priuiledges let not the feare of death daunt your inuincible courages you shal not onely thereby recouer infinite praise but also hereafter an eternal life but if you faint and will seeke to shunne the perils you bring your selues your successors in great disquietnesse wherefore then take courage and for the defence of thy patrimony in recompence that shee hath nourished thee and for your liberty spare neither life nor goods let not any wayes the desire of this fickle life expel the wonted courages from your hartes let not the praise and renowne of the Battauians which hetherto hath continued any way be blemished nor diminished although dangers are at hand shew that this meaning is deepely imprinted in your hartes Farre better to endure a warre that shoulde neuer cease then to be deceiued by a false peace FINIS

after his death but notwithstanding all that hee was afterwardes slaine in the fielde by the kinges procurement Anthonius Caracalla Anthonius Caracalla in reuenge of some flout or mockerie done to him by subtill practices put to death all the youth of Alexandria in a place where they were assembled not doubting of any such mischiefe Ferdinandus of Arragon also broke his oath Ferdinandus and promise done vnto his nobles who had conspired against him for hee caused them all secretly to bee made away although notwithstanding diuers Princes were as sureties vnto the said promise It is bad going as a guest vnder sureties into a Lions denne 17. THe mercy which we are to expect should 100. yeares after the day be bemoaned by our successors An especiall cause why of the Spaniardes we expect neither pardon nor obliuion of our factes for they esteeme vs worse then Iewes heathens or Turkes yea we are all condemned to lose both our liues and goods for we haue rent the yoke of the tyrant from our neckes and haue openly taken armes against him his false idolatry we haue exiled and wholly changed the same according to the scriptures renounced the king proclaimed him an enemie as the cruell Spanish broode which hath sworne our spoile against the Inquisition no meanes haue beene spared and all done what was possible to smother their crueltie Wee haue chosen other Potentates this is treason to his Maiestie in the highest degrée wherefore we assure our selues that all hope of mercy is lost that thou séekest to deceaue vs with thy swéet words He that belieues easily is cause of his owne harme 18. WHat beliefe or faith ought to be held vnto them who haue sinned so grosly An example of his deedes and nature Granada what pardon we shold haue God be praised we know it is a mockerie that thou tellest vs our offences shall be pardoned by them who are more inclined to reuenge then pardon we remember how pittifully Granada was vsed the inhabitants exiled and the countrie planted with Castilians their goods confiscated and themselues made slaues going with a marke burnt in their foreheades Arragon Also how he handled Aragon against the lawes and priuiledges of the same wherunto he was sworne he condemneth the right slayeth it as a foe as soone as hee had got the lande in his possession marke but the couenantes whereunto the countrie had sworne him and how they were performed to many a ones griefe he that will not learne by all these examples let him prepare himselfe to die or to be made a slaue A reuengefull harte respecteth not honor nor oth to haue his will 19. HE that most will seeke to know the kings kinde let him sée what seruants he vseth and let him call their valiant déeds to mind and what commissioners of his haue beene in this country Granuelle Vergas Roda and the Duke D'Alba their maister in crueltie Don Ian with Escouedo and others which were not to be glutted with blood and were without faith truth or honor prompt to spoile robbe burne and destroy Don Ian said that a king were fitter to inherit woods trées mountains beasts water or other sencelesse things then to be Lord of a mightie countrie wherein he should suffer so much as one rebell or any one of contrary religion which at his pleasure hee might not put to death The Marquisse of Kisbrooke had rather flowen with his to the Diuel then to leaue persecuting the Heretikes that they had such intents they were not ashamed to shew not onely in this country but through all the world The man doth purpose but God doth dispose 20. THe West Indians much commend the Spaniard in 〈◊〉 it appeares by the countrie which was wont like an Ant 〈◊〉 to abound in people which now by the Spaniards bloody handes are all murthered falling on them without reason or occasion within these few yeares they strangled murthered aboue 180. times hundreth thousand liuing soules In Castile are not by the thousand part so many bloodthirstie roagues as in the lande guiltlesse haue béene smothered who euer heard of more horrible crueltie no tongue so learned that can fully set forth the same He that desireth to know further hereof let him reade Bartolomeus de las Casas who writes that they haue rent the infants from the breasts of their mothers taking them by the legs dashed out their braines against the stones cut in péeces and throwne to the dogges many hundrethes haue béene by the dogges deuoured many rosted sodde inhumanely deuoured The commemoration hereof would wound a stony heart 21. IF yet thy king estéeme his honor aboue reuenge yet in his religion he will neuer budge His religion which concludes as by the counsayle of Constance was decréede whereon wee ought to consider that one néedes not kéepe any oath vnto Heretickes this giues vs occasion enough to mistrust for though the king had sworne vnto vs a thousand oaths An. 1080. when it pleaseth the Pope on whom more then on God they trust he may be discharged of his oath Pope Gregorie the 7. was the first that made this law against the Emperour Henry the fourth who displeasing him hee put him in the banne The Bishops of M●nts and Cullin and egged and incited Rodolphus of Swaben against him after he had giuen him a dispensation of the oath which the saide Rodolph had done to the Emperour But so it happened that in the conflict Rodolphus lost his right hand wherefore he said vnto the Bishops his counsaylors Lo there Gods iust punishment wee not respected There lies now the hand which swore homage vnto Henry my true Lord. It is lost labour to seek to deceyue God 22. Tom. 3. Consil fol. 860. THe counsaile of Constance not onely concluded to keepe no faith vnto Heretickes but moreouer constrained and commanded to breake rent and annullate the sworne oath It appeareth by the Emperour Sygismundus who was very loath so shamefully to breake his oath done to the king Laodislaus Iohannes Hus Ieronimus de Praga Eccius in Lutherum counsailes the Emperour to breake his oth in putting thē to death Hus Prage contrary to and against his safeconduct were throwne in the fire Eccius practised also to vse those tricks against Luther in Worms as aboue is said maintaining these decrées very stoutly to the Emperours preiudice that hee shoulde retire his giuen conducte yea more that he was bound to do it by the councles decrée if he would be reputed a true sonne vnto the holy Church The Spanyard is named thus as in pardons are séene hee being very obedient to worke after that order One refraines often from euill through diligent consideratiō 23. BY this Constantish and holy fathers decrée Iulianus was the Cardinal Iulianus sent into Hungarie to giue knowledge vnto Iohannes Huniades that he might break the truce betwéen the Turks from which thing he woulde fayne haue