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A03492 The acts of the diet of Regenspurgh: held in the yeeres 1622 and 1623 Containing these seuerall treatises. 1 Sixe propositions made by the emperour. 2 The consultaes of aduices of the princes vpon the first three of them. 3 The emperours replica to their aduices. 4 Their answer to his replica, with a relation also. 5 Their answer to the three last imperiall propositions. 6 The emperours finall resolution concerning the whole businesse. Holy Roman Empire. Reichstag.; Holy Roman Empire. Emperor (1619-1637 : Ferdinand II) 1623 (1623) STC 13613; ESTC S117344 20,105 41

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THE ACTS OF THE DIET OF REGENSPVRGH Held in the yeeres 1622 and 1623. CONTAINING THESE SEVERALL TREATISES 1 Sixe Propositions made by the Emperour 2 The Consultaes or Aduices of the Princes vpon the first three of them 3 The Emperours Replica to their Aduices 4 Their Answer to his Replica with a Relation also 5 Their Answer to the three last Jmperiall Propositions 6 The Emperours finall Resolution concerning the whole businesse LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Butter 1623. The propositions of his Imperiall Maiestie in the Diet of Regenspurg made in the presence of the two Arch-bishop Electors of Mentz and Cullen of the Dukes of Bauaria and Newburgh and the Landtgraue of Darmstadt the Bishops of Wartzburgh and Salisburgh as also of the Ambassadors of the absent Electors of Triers Saxony and Brandenburgh with diuers others as here followeth THe Roman Emperour c. our gracious Lord doubts not but that the Electors and Princes here personally assembled and the Ambassadors of these that are absent haue by the Imperiall Summons dated the 29 of Aprill the last yeere sufficiently vnderstood how necessarie his Maiestie iudged it to call this Diet of Regenspurg and in it to consult with their wisdomes about the present dangers of the Roman Empire But how the warres and other difficulties haue formerly hindred this meeting his Imperiall Maiestie hath by his Letters made apparent to some of the Princes Electors And for that the Electors and Princes haue vpon the foresaid Summons assembled here at this time his Maiestie returnes them all most hartie thankes for their prompt obedience herein showne vnto Cesar To come to the purpose for which this present Diet is assembled his Maiestie holds it not necessarie to rip vp the occasions which haue brought the Empire into this distresse for none here can be ignorant of the diuers assemblies of the Princes and States of the Empire made in the reignes of Rodolphus and Mathias our predecessors all which and the constitutions of them haue to the great scandall of the Empire the hinderance of the ordinarie Processe of Iustice in the Imperiall Chamber of Spyers beene disobeied and neglected In which calamitie of the Empire diuers turbulent Spirits sometimes vnder colour of Religion and sometimes vpon other pretexts haue so farre interposed themselues that the tumultuous Subiects of other Princes haue beene taken into Protection Leagues made with forem States To make good which Protestations and Transactions haue beene passed and warlike preparations made not without the great contempt of the Roman Empire And after those troubles of Bohemia long in plotting had broken out in the yeere 1618. Of which the Count Palatine pretending still That he would haue nothing to doe in that businesse with the Roman Emperor but with the Archduke of Austria only hath showne himselfe the chiefe protector their Seconds also were so strongly drawn in that his Imperiall Maiesties Subiects of Hungarie did after the Bohemian example elect the Prince of Transyluania to be their King also which two acts haue been the occasions of the warres euen brought home vnto vs in our owne Austria and in sight of our Imperiall Citie of Vienna Whereupon certaine of the Electors and Princes of the Empire perceiuing their Lord in danger of losing his Kingdomes of Bohemia and Hungary c. had in March last 1620 in their meeting at Mulhausen in Duringen resolued the Emperour that he might take any lawful course to recouer his Estates as their ioint Letters dated the 20 of that March can still testifie yet neuerthelesse did his Maiestie herin follow their aduice also that he first wrote his Letters seuerally vnto them exhorting them all to desist from medling with any thing that was his Maiesties present and due possession But how little these exhortations and threatnings also euerie where in the Imperiall Proclamations dated April 20 1620. affixed haue preuailed you well perceiue for the warres not only after this encreased but the Turke hath also by the mediation of Bethlem Gabor beene sollicited for his aid and assistance Seeing therefore that the Roman Emperour for his owne safetie could stay no longer nor doe no lesse he hath at last by the aid and valour of those Princes who approued of the Constitutions of the Diet of Mulhausen aforesaid and principally of the Elector of Saxony the House of Burgundy and the Duke of Bauaria not only recouered his owne possessions of Bohemia c. but for the recompensation also of the great charges of the warres seased vpon the greater part of both the Palatinates For which great atchiuements obtained by the aid of the Princes aforesaid his Imperiall Maiestie in his owne Name and in the Name of the whole Illustrious House of Austria returnes them most heartie and condigne thankes with promise that his Maiestie is likewise as readie to requite their loues euen with the expence of his life and fortunes And seeing after these victories the warres had not as it was hoped that they would a finall end his Maiestie was enforced to set out the Imperiall Ban against Frederick the Count Palatine and the rest of his partakers And although the Vnion of the Protestant Princes which was at first contriued by those of Heidlebergh was about the same time dissolued and the Palatine thereby left to himselfe whereupon followed the mediation of other Princes for a perfect peace and reconciliation yet did not he thereupon lay downe Armes but Mansfield still kept the frontiers of Bohemia and Iohn George the Elder who writes him Marquesse of Brandenburg and who for abetting and ayding the Palatine was also proscribed with him ceased not to infest those of Silesia and to detaine some places in Bohemia also the Palatine in the meane time making into Holland from thence to returne to the warres againe with greater earnestnesse For which reason therefore hath his Maiestie proceeded in this course of seasing vpon the Inheritances and Dignities of the Palatine that so the head of the Faction being disabled he might reigne thenceforth more securely and get in also his moneys and charges disbursed vpon the wars against him But to all these courses did the Palatine aforesaid mainly oppose his whole power both by himselfe and his great Captaines Mansfield Brunswick and Durlach by whose Armies diuers Bishopricks and Countreys about Strasburgh Spyres and Alsatia especially were infested and in the Archbishoprick of Mentz and other places also in the Circles of Westphalia the Rhyne and the Landtgrauiate of Darmstadt wherein they so long proceeded euen vntill they were finally beaten out and vtterly vanquished But how much his Imperiall Maiestie hath euer desired to restore sweet peace to his deare country the Embassies for such a treatie dispatcht vnto the meeting of Brussels and vnto the King of England may sufficiently witnesse Which how much the more he vrged by offering a present Cessation of Armes so much the further off were his enemies from giuing ouer but giuing out rather that