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A05410	A discourse of the vsage of the English fugitiues, by the Spaniard	Lewkenor, Lewis, Sir, d. 1626.; Wadsworth, James, 1572?-1623, attributed name.; Scarlett, Thomas, attributed name.	1595 (1595)	STC 15562; ESTC S106916	37,206	82

mightie bribes bestowed vpon the nobles of the countrie as also the charges of a great armie of Rewtiers hee sent his kinsman Maximilian of Austria what by force and what by helpe of the parte which he had gained with his treasures thought to inuest him in the kingdome The successe of which enterprise I wold not write being to the whole world notorious and knowen In the consistorie of Rome hee is faine to entertaine a great number of those hungrie Cardidinals in pension and fee therby to gaine their voices when need requireth which liberalitie of his he cannot by anie meanes withdrawe for in so dooing he should be assured to haue them his enemies and contrarie to his proceedings Lastly for conclusion he maketh at this instant open warres with France England and the Lowe countries What deme you then hereof Hath he not trow you vent for his treasures His father was a better souldier and a greater man of warre than he is and as mightie a prince euerie deale his Portugall Indians only excepted in place of which he quietly inioyed these his Lowe countries which in respect of their great oppulencie abundance of riches conuenientnes of scituation were to them accounted nothing inferior And yet he neuer dared attempt to make warres vpon France alone but he first sought by all possible meanes to assure himselfe in friendship with England giuing to that end great and mightie presents to Cardinal Wolsey and others of the councel that in those daies were with her Maiesties father of worthie memorie K. Henrie the eight whereas his sonne makes war with all the world carelesly at once but the Italians haue a true prouerbe Cum tutto abracci●nes iunque string And so I hope it shall fare with him Now as touching those his mightie and puisant numbers of men which they say he is able to make I take vpon me to know the state of his forces aswel as other and I herein of all other men know him to be most needie and wanting For as for Spain Naples and Lombardie of which his only force consisteth and which are his chiefest store-houses of men it is sufficiently knowen that his drums haue gone a whole yeere beating vp and downe according as their maner is to get together six thousand men and those all shepheardes hedgebreakers and such idle trewantly rogues the most parte of which he is forced to put in garrison for a yeere or two to fashion them before he send thē to seruice I saw about two yeres agone a fresh leuie that came out of Pastrauia who put them presently in the castle of Antwarp drawing out the olde garrison the most silly naked snakes that euer I sawe in my lyfe such as in my conscience a man in deed wold beat ten of them As for Germanie out of the which heeretofore he hath drawen greate numbers and by theyr helpe done great matters before Mastrig in Freisland and those places his vsage hath bene so base and miserable vnto them that the old souldiers are all starued and consumed in his seruice whose calamitie hath so terrified the rest at home that no prince in Europe hath lesse credite to raise men there than hee And though there were no such matter yet they are no waie bound vnto him more than to an other theyr profession beeing to serue onely him that will best paie them best and yet if hee shoulde raise anie of the alliaunces of her Maiestie and the scituation of their Countrie considered it shoulde be a matter of great difficultie to ioyne them wyth his other troups Where are then his innumerable legions with which hee meanes to ouercome the world Alliance he hath none vnlesse it bee wyth the rebellious league of France of them he can receiue no aide nor comfort themselues being miserable and distressed by reason wherof most burdenous vnto him yet there is no man liuing in the world lesse beholden vnto them than he For notwithstanding all his assistance they woulde neuer yeeld to receiue his forces into their townes or fortresses seruing onely their turns on him for the present time As for the pope and the Princes of Italye what fayre weather so euer they doo beare him he both trusteth them and they him and great reason they haue so to doo And withall this malediction hangeth vpon him that as hee is of all forraine nations distrusted doubted and abhorred so both he and the very name of a Spaniard is most loathsome and hatefull to the rest of his owne subiectes Insomuch that in Millaine the young Gentlemen haue a pastime by night which they call Caccia Marran that is putting on a visard on theyr face by night they goe with theyr long rapiers or picked bastinadoes vnder they cloakes out in the Towne to seeke Spaniardes in the stewes or anie other place where they thinke they are lykely to finde anie of them vnto whome they giue as manye stabbes and blowes that they can laie vpon them insomuch that the Spaniards dare not for their eares abide out of the castle after shutting in of the gates As for his dealing in Portugall who knowes not his cruell tyranie and the hatred they beare him But now come to her MAIESTY and you shal find another manner of state of matters her realme plentifully abounding in men of warlike disposition of whom she is loued adored her warres are iust charitable godly defensiue for maintenance of which besides the trust that she reposeth in God who hath hetherto mightily and miraculously defended her she is alied in straight league friendship confederation with the most victorious christian king of France with the kings of Denmarke Scotland with the Switzers and with sundrie princes and states of the Empire al being her neighbors dominions vnited with hers and thereby ready to assist aid succor one another in all such occasions as shall or may happen Al this then considered tell me I praie you what occasion of feare or misdoubt you haue If you thinke the English valor not to be compared with that of the Spaniard reade but the Chronicles and you shall finde how much you are deceiued you shall finde that a smal armie of English-men vnder the conduct of that worthie prince of Wales eldest sonne to Edward the third passed in despight of them thorough Cauarre into Spaine and there in the middest and bowels of their owne countrie ouerthrew at Nadres their vsurping king Henry the bastard of whose rase this man is descended by his grandmother being accompanied with the nobilitie of the countrie and 60000. of the brauest fighting men in Spaine so vtterly ouerthrew him that they erected king in his place Don Pedro their iust lawfull prince of that kingdome whom by maine force they constrained all their cities and noble men of the country to receiue Read besides the valerous conquestes atchieued by Iohn Duke of Lancaster brother vnto the sayd prince in Gallicia against Don Iohn

sonne of the sayd Henrie the vsurping bastard besides the chronicles of Portugal are full of the materiall prowesse of the English glorious victories obtained in seruice of their king to whose aide they were called against the saide king of Castile But what need I run backe into the passed ages to seeke examples Looke but into the incounters that haue bene of late daies betweene them and vs either by sea or land and you shall finde that they haue alwaies carried the blowes As by land at the encountering of Grane and that of Sutphen where the honor of the world and ornament of England sir P. Sidney by his aduenturous valor was slaine besides many other bickerings and skirmishes of lesse moment needles to recite Of sea matters I account it bootlesse to speake so greatly and aboue measure glorious is the same bruited through the world of the worthie voiages of sir F. Drake sir I. Haukins sir M. Frobisher C. Raiman and the rest of the braue and couragious Gentlemen who for the benefit of their countrie haue not spared to make aduenture of their liues and fortunes But if you desire one example of all let that then serue of his huge late fleet with which Golyas like hee threatned heauen and earth with which he thought to haue circumuented and surprised at vnawares her Maiestie whilest falsely wickedly and abusiuely hee entertained her Graces Commissioners in Flanders with a treatie of peace To which her Highnesse lyke a Christian princesse and for to auoide the effussion of Christian bloud was verie vnclinable But God as he hath alwaies done so at this time did hee miraculously protect her Maiesty in such sort that through the great careful and exceeding valorous resolution of that most worthie and renowmed Gentleman the Lorde Admirall of England of whose couragious behauiour and terrour with which he amazed them the verie enemy himselfe though agaynst his will makes worthie mention They were with a small number of English so fiercely and vigorously encountered that their resistance not preuailing them they were scattered chased and vtterly discomfited in such sorte as the whole world knoweth so that Lucans verse me thinkes may verie fitly bee applyed vnto them Territa quaesitis ostendunt terga Britannis Besides what better triall can you haue of the valour of their nation than this being thirtie thousand the creame of all theyr forces and aboute the assembling of which he had bene three yares busied yet when they came vpon the coast of England dared not to lande a man whereas wee the nexte yeere following with a little Nauie containing not aboue eleuen thousand men vnder the conduct of the two most renowmed Captaines sir Iohn Norris and sir Frances Drake landed in Spaine burnt his shipping put his people to the sword his townes to the fire and coasted thence along into Portugal and there landing marched in his countrie euen to his gates of Leisbone with drums sounding and ensignes displayed from whence wee returned vnfought withall by anie of his forces either by sea or land These things well considered me thinkes you haue greater reason to hope one daie to see English Ensignes displayed in Madrill together wyth the vtter ruine of that proude tyrant of Spaine and his holy Father the pope with all their rabble than anie waie to feare him or his proceedings And yet there is one point besides all the aboue rehearsed out of which we may receiue singular comfort as that of which all other most deepelye vexeth and afflicteth his cogitations and which no doubt before it be long wil giue vs a great aduantage against him and that is the contention which hee seeth to spring vp in his owne house of which I will briefly discourse vnto you the occasions because you shall vnderstand the same the better Hee hath by seuerall wiues three children liuing two Daughters and one sonne the Sonne young of yeeres sicklie of bodie pale and weake of complexion of wit poore and vnfurnished in a manner a very idiot His eldest daughter whom they cal La Infante of Spaine a woman as by birth great so proud exceedingly haughtie minded and aboue measure aspiring prudent in her speeches maiesticall in her countenance and actions couragious her he hath alwaies norished vnder his own wing acquainting her euen from her cradle with matters of state and gouernment In which now by reason of her long traine and experience therein shee is exceedinglye practised and ripe With her what waightie matter so euer hee vndertaketh hee participateth the same before demanding her aduice and counsell spending sometimes whole halfe daies they two in communication together Vpon her the youths weaknesse simplicitie of the yong prince considered are the eies of all men throwen vppon her depend the nobilitie gentilitie and commons and innumerable troupes of sutors into whose harts she hath so insinuated her selfe that they doo beare an exceeding loue and reuerence towards her many mighty men haue bin offered her in mariage as the Empe●our Rodolph the king of Scotland and diuers other but she vntil she see what wil become of her father whom shee seeth olde oppressed with infinit cares and not likely long to liue vpon whose death her actions and manner of life doth assuredly shew that shee is not of mettall sufficient to giue place to the yong idiot her brother but at least shee meanes to part stakes with him In Spaine she knowes there is no lawe Salike to bridle her ambitious thoughtes but women maye succeed as men for so grandmother Iouina did Ferdinando her father Hauing these examples before her eyes she feedeth her minde with high ambitious desires of which she hath made so cleere and euident demonstrations that her Father to preuent this mischiefe that hee feareth was forced this last yeere to assemble the whole estates of Spaine to make them sweare to be true vnto his sonne whom he presently caused to keepe his Court apart sending him sundrie of his councell and commanding the nobilitie to be attendant on him acquainting him as much as in them lyeth with ma●aging of matters of waight estate and gouernment Besides it is heere bruited for certaine among vs that the president of Artois Richardol whō the Duke of Parma had sent into Spaine to make his excuses and iustifications against certaine pointes of treason of which he was by the Duke of Pastrauia and prince of Ascoly accused to the king is now returned with commission to assemble the nobles states of these Countries and to cause them to take the like oath to his sonne therby to preuent as well his daughter as the Duke of Parma of their conceiued hopes But now to come to his second daughter whom he hath long sithence bestowed in marriage vpon the Duke of Sauoy with absolute promise solemn vow between him and her to leaue her a kingdome for her dowrie She is a princesse in ambition and high desire nothing vnequal to her

sister but in wit courage far her inferior she her husband both alreadie take vppon them in their manner stile and vsage a state and title far beyond their dignitie conuenient onelye vnto kinges Altessa is the meanest phrase they will be spoken in vnto refusing any letters that are not so intituled for such is the will and pleasure of the king her father Naples the Dutchie of Millaine they haue alreadie deuoured in their hopes which if her Father at his death leaue not quietly vnto them they will be so bold as strain curtesie with his son to get them perforce if he can On the other side the states of Italy like not such a mightie neighbor amongst them and therefore to preuent both him and his father in lawes desseignment haue made a most straight secret league alliance among themselues tearming the same Ragoyne de Stato in which are comprised the pope the Venetians the Duke of Florence the Duke of Parma the Dukes of Vrbin Mantua and Ferrara the duke of Parma dared not to enter in among them but is forced though none more agreed to dissemble and temporize than he for a while he knoweth that the king hath bene exceeding ielous and seeketh though slily and dissemblingly his life honour reputation But aboue all the dissention of Portugall to which hee perswadeth himselfe to haue right as in truth his title is better than that of the king of Spaines sticketh deep in his stomacke Manet alta monte repostum and wee doubte not but one daie when occasion shall serue hee will make the worlde witnesse of his discontentment which the king well knoweth and greatly feareth but he must haue patience for he can hardly remedie it vnlesse the duke will wittingly ouerthrow himselfe especially hauing these meanes in his handes which hee hath not onely to worke his owne securitie but to crie quittance also when time shall serue But hauing now exceeded the limits of a letter it is time I refraine my pen hoping that these alledged demonstrations shall if not to worke the good effect which I desire in you other Gentlemen of my countrie yet at the least to manifest the dutifull zeale loue I beare vnto the state of my Country as to all faithfull members thereof in participating vnto them such things as by painfull and dangerous experience I haue gathered and do thinke necessarie to be knowen wherein I haue vsed such truth that I hope no man liuing shall be able to disproue me though I doubte not but the same shall bee by some malitiously censured and my selfe subiect to abide the brunt of their mallice being assured that I shall not auoid the poisoned rancor of their infamous defaming tongues and pens For seeing they spare not in their traiterous speeches infamous pamphlets princes noble men counsellors men of great authoritie vertue it were folly for me to looke to scape scot-free But such is the ioye I conceiue in my good meaning that I shal receiue comfort thereof as a thing greatly redounding to my credit of such men as they are to bee ill spoken of Now lastly for conclusion whereas you write that if there were no other benefite to be gotten in these partes but attaining the languages of foreine nations with the knowledge of militarie discipline and affaires of matter of state wherein you heare my selfe others your country-men haue in these parts greatly profited themselues it were a motion sufficient not onely to make you leaue your countrie for a time but to hazard your selfe to any dangers in forain parts I haue thought good therein to let you vnderstand that albeit I must confesse that I haue in those thinges profited more perchaunce without ostentatiō be it spoken than others of our nation for the most part haue done yet as the time now serueth and the case now standeth at this present there is no possibilitie that you or anie other may in farre longer time than I haue spent attaine to the like and if you could yet the dangers that in aduenturing the same you shoulde indure were farre greater than the benefites you could possibly reape might in any wise counteruaile were they such as might answere you expectation In which respect I praie you first consider that when I came first ouer hether the wars then here vndertaken seemed were in apparance to all the manner sort of men in the worlde But intestine warres betweene the prince and his subiects such as no other foraine prince and most especially our most noble Queene Soueraigne was then nothing interessed whereas since it hath ben made manifest to the world that these wars and iniuries offered by the king of Spaine to those of the Low countries whose laws customs and priuiledges he hath most violently tyranously wrongfully and periuredly broken whereby hee hath freed them from his subiection yoake and tyranie and iustly and deseruedly for euer lost al such preheminences prerogatiues authoritie and iurisdiction as he pretended ouer them as more amply appeareth in the ancient records of the priuiledges of these nations which both he his predecessors at their entrie of gouernment into these prouinces haue solemnly vowed and sworne to maintaine all in generall and euerie in particular inuiolate vppon that couenant and condition they haue reciprocally sworn to him due fidelitie and obeisance he fayling in the one they to be exempted from the other Noreouer her Maiestie seeing the lamentable and most pittifull cause of her distressed neighbours and allies finding no other possible meanes by laborers sutes messages sundrie Embassadors which she most honorably sent to the king of Spain for pacifieng the sayd troubles and reconciling the sayd king and those sometimes his sayd subiectes haue bene inforced to take pittie and commiseration of their most miserable and afflicted estate and distresse and for their reliefe to her excessiue almost importable charges to vndertake a most iust godly and charitable defensiue warre against those that daily seeke the bloud liues goods lands and liberties of the inhabitants of the sayd distressed nations Since which being published I thinke it not onely vnlawful but also a most hainous and capital crime and offence for any her Maiesties subiectes to serue on the contrarie part Besides it shal be good for you all other good subiects of her Maiesties to remember that consideration being had by her Maiestie and her most honorable prudent councell of the loosenes of many of her subiects and small respect they had to her Highnes countrie as litle to their owne safety hir Maiesty hath caused to be published set forth diuerse lawes ordinances proclamations and inhibitions whereby all her subiectes except knowen marchants and strangers are straightly forbidden to passe the seas into anie forraine partes without especiall lisence of her Maiestie at this time Therefore if you or anie other her Graces subiects shall nowe attempt to passe the seas without lawfull lisence there is no reason why you shuld expect anie other than the rigor of the lawes iustice to be holden guiltie of cases capitall especiallye such as shall serue vnder so open and professed an enemie to the crowne and state Further I praye you to haue in consideration that when I came ouer hether the case so stoode as all Gentlemen of anie quality or merit were gratefully receiued and emploied in good honorable seruices whereas since the Spaniard hath professed himselfe open enemie to her Maiestie and the state of her realme he hath had all English-men in verie base account beeing ielous extremely suspitious of those that be most inwarde with him who for his sake haue made shipwrack not only of their honor and credit but also of their loialty dutie and alleageance to her Maiestie and their natiue Countrie Examples whereof are infinit and partly touched in my Discourse before set dowue Besides there is of late crept into that nation a viperous brood of Iesuits and priests most dangerous malitious enemies to her Maiestie and to their owne countrie vile and pernitious instruments of the pope and his adherents who daily as it is manifest to them that haue knowledge and experience of them their actions seeke nothing more than the vtter ruine pulling downe and destruction of her Maiestie and theyr countrie which bred and nourished in them al true professors of the Gospell and christian religion thoroughout christendome he therefore that thinketh to liue amongst these pernitious people in anie credit or account let him as he worthily doth deserue bee accounted besides his wits or els disobedient and traiterous to God her Maiestie his countrie As for my part seeing the impietie of this place and the wicked and detestable end whereto their drifts practises are directed I haue long since retired my self liuing aloofe from them abandoning and vtterly reiecting the merit of my long seruice all such hopes and prefermentes which I might as well as anie man else of my qualitie of my nation haue pretended and should haue as soone obtained And haue euer since by all possible meanes as well by my selfe as by my friends laboured with her Maiesties most honourable priuie councel about my returne which by the speciall grace benignity of my Soueraigne I am in comfort shortly to obtaine desiring to spend my poore talent and the residue of my life in the seruice of her Maiestie my most honorable princesse soueraigne Ladie whom God of his euerlasting goodnesse blesse with many yeres endles prosperity to the ioy of hir subiects and all faithfull christians dispersed throughout the whole world Finis