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A67880	A speech delivered in the House of Commons, July 7th: 1641. being resolved into a committee, (so neer as it could be collected together) in the Palatine cause. By Sr. Simonds D'Ewes.	D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650.	1641 (1641)	Wing D1253; ESTC R14551	5,502	16

A SPEECH DELIVERED In the House of Commons Iuly 7th 1641. being resolved into a Committee So neer as it could be collected together In the Palatine Cause BY Sr. SIMONDS D'EWES Printed in the yeare 1641. A SPEECH DELIVERED BY Sr. Simonds D'Ewes Iuly 7th. 1641. in the Palatinate cause c. Sir WEE have during this Parliament fallen upon the debate of the greatest and most important affaires concerning our owne good and welfaire at home that ever were agitated and discussed at one meeting in the house of Commons And we are at this present by the gratious invitation of his Royall Maje. expressed in his most just Manifest read unto us resolved to take into consideration the most sublime and most difficult busines of the Christian World abroad which hath for the space of above twenty yeares last past drawen all the Kingdomes and States of Europe into an immediate or mediate ingagement In which there have beene twenty pitch't Battles fought a Million of Men Women and Children destroyed by the Sword by the Flames by Famine and by Pestilence and that sometimes populous and fertile Empire of Germany reduced to a most extreame and calumitous desolation I have in those few spare-houres I could borrow yesterday from the publike service of the House recollected some particulars which may conduce to the clearing of this great cause being drawn out of the Autographs themselves or out of our Records at home or out of the Writings of our very Adversaries and others abroad I shall therefore beginne at the Originall it selfe of the never enough to be lamented losse of the Prince Palatines Domino●s and Electorall dignity that so wee may take along with us in our intended disputes not onely our affections but our consciences It is therefore very manifest to all that are but meanly verst in the Cabinet affaires of Christendom that the Iesuites have consulted for many yeares last past as well before as since the furious Warres of Germany by what meanes to ruine the Evangelicall Princes and partie there Their cheife aime hath beene so to divide the Protestant Princes amongst themselves as they might be made vse of each against other for the ruine each of other The first occasion that offered it selfe within our memories was the pretences of severall competitors to the Dukedomes of Cleve and Iuliers and they sailed but a very little to have executed their intended designe upon that occasion But their hopes failing in it they apply themselves integrally to Ferd●nand of Austria Duke of Gratz a Prince not long since so poore and of so meane a consideration to adde the waight of but one graine to the down-ballancing of the affaires of Christendome as his name was scarce heard off They find him a fit subject for them to worke upon having from his Cradle been bredd up in an extreame hatred of the Protestant par●y who professed the truth They resound nothing into the eares of the old Emperour Matthias but his Cousin Ferdinands high merits so as hee passing by his owne naturall brothers and the head of his house the Spanish King adopts Ferdinand of Gratz for his sonne so to prepare a way to make him the successor of his Scepter Crown and Purple Then were the sacred Dyets of the Empire the ancient meanes to reconcile differences and prevent jealousies as often dissolved abortively as called insincerely Rumours were spread of practices and designes against the Protestant Princes and Citties And that those rumours might not vanish in smoake the Liberties of the great and ancient Citie of Stratsburgh were opprest The Protestant Princes seeing materials and engins on every side prepared for their ruine were necessitated to meete at Heilburn and there to conclud an union amongst themselves This gave the Iesuites an assured hope of making Germany speedily miserable by a calamitous Warre for not onely the Pontifician Princes tooke the opportunitie to settle a Catholike league as they call'd it amongst themselves but also the Elector of Saxony like a true Pseudo-Lutheran neither Protesttant nor Papist shewes as good an affection to the Catholike league as the Evangelike union The old Emperour Matthias begins now to act his part and the Iesuites spurre on their ready Scholler Ferdinand of Gratz to ascend the bloody Theator they had so long designed him Through the old Emperours intercession abusing the Bohemian Protestants credulity with Sugred flatteries and large promises he is admitted to the Crown of that rich Kingdome which soone after made way for him unto the Crowne of Hungary also The Iesuites and the Spaniard did now onely want a faire occasion to begin a Warre in Germany The Emperour Matthias labours with the Protestant Princes to dissolve their Vnion which not taking effect the Bishop of Spiers is encouraged under hand to pick a quarrell with the Prince Elector Palatine and to build a strong Fortresse upon his nighbours Territories pretending hee had right to that plott of ground upon which the said Fortresse was raised but an higher providence did not suffer this Sparke to set Germany on fire though it had been kindled at the Prince Electors own doore to affront and provoke him for he by an incredible celerity did cause the said Fortresse to be demolished before the Enemy could sit and furnish it for his intended use which made him sit still and studie for a new occasion which that it might not be long wanting the Liberties and Priviledges of the Protestants in Bohemia contrarie to their new King Ferdinands oath were temerated and by that meanes in the Yeare 1619. the greater part of the Estates of that Kingdome were necessitated after mature deliberation to abdicate him and to elect Frederick Prince Elector Palatine for their King And thus are wee arrived at that sadd period of time upon which so many fatalities have ensued in which we may see evidentlie that the Prince Elector Palatine was not causallie guilty of any part of that Ocean of bloud that hath beene since spilt in Germany as the Pontifician side pretend he was The Scene was long before prepared by the enemies of the Truth and the Kingdome of Bohemia was filled with armes and hostilities diverse monthes before his accepting of that Crowne when himselfe laboured by an earnest Mediation to have given a peaceable issue to those bloudie beginnings It was the Honour and greatnesse of that matchlesse Princesse that he gained heere and the considerable succours they expected from hence that especially drew the Bohemians to that choice It therefore concernes us now at length to provide that the Prince Elector himselfe and the other Princelie Branches of that great Familie being the second without question if not the first and most Ancient of the Empire extracted by their last match from the Royall line of Great-Britaine should not under couler of their Fathers accepting that Crown to which they now pretend no title be for ever despoiled of their ancient inheritance Electorall dignitie to which calamitie they had