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A declaration of the iust causes moouing Her Maiestie to send a nauie, and armie to the seas, and toward Spaine
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England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I); Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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1597
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STC 9208.2; ESTC S399
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A DECLARATION OF THE IVST CAVSES MOOVING HER Maiestie to send a Nauie and Armie to the Seas and toward Spaine Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie Anno Dom. 1597. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT A Declaration of the iust causes moouing the Queenes Maiestie to send a Nauie and Armie to the Seas and towards Spaine ALthough the Queenes Maiestie as a Soueraigne Prince and Queene is not for respect of any person bounde to make accompte or declare to the world the causes for iustification of any her publike actions yet least any sinister or doubtfull interpretation should be made by the diuersitie of opinions either of Strangers or of her owne naturall Subiects of her present preparations of a Nauy and an Army nowe committed to the Earle of Essex as her Generall with diuers Noble men and other persons of credite and reputation to serue with him both by Sea and Land Her Maiestie would haue it vnderstood for a very trueth that shee is mooued hereunto onely for defence of the State of her owne Kingdomes and people against the apparant preparations of great Forces put in readinesse by the King of Spaine to offend her Maiestie sundry wayes and specially to inuade her Realme of Ireland In which desseigne he was so farre proceeded in the beginning of this last Winter that he had amassed together as great a number of Ships to serue in the said action as he could furnish from all partes of his Dominions or could recouer by imbarging all other Ships of seruice which came for trade into Spaine or Portugall And yet such was the prouidence of God contrary to that Kings hope and intention by hastning of his Enterprise in a time vnlooked for to surprise some place in England or Ireland before her Maiestie could haue had her owne Force in readinesse shee still prouiding but that shee is dayly prouoked to haue liued in Peace which shee professeth to wish both to her selfe and all Christendome as it pleased him who from Heauen with Iustice beholdeth all mens purposes condemning the tyrannous disturbers of the worlde and comforting such as for Peace withstand violence suddenly and most strangely to drowne and make vnseruiceable diuers of his best Ships of warre being vnder sayle comming from Lisbone and very neere to the destined Hauen of Ferroll with destruction of no small numbers of souldiers and Mariners Amongst which many of those Irish Rebels of all sortes of professions both tituler Bishops and other Irish people that were entertained in Spaine to haue accompanied either that Nauie or some part thereof into Ireland were also cast away By which manifest acte of Almighty God that Armie was so weakened as the same coulde not put to the Seas according to his former desseigne and yet neuerthelesse as it manifestly hath appeared the King of Spaine not being warned by this iust punishment by Gods ordinance without resistance by any outward Force but forgetting howe by the fauour of Almighty God his proud Nauie in the yeere eightie eight was ouerthrowen by our Forces and notwithstanding his losse at Cales by her Maiesties Armie which shee was in like sort constrained for her safetie to defeate all being but the preparatiues to some dangerous action against her such is still his malice although he finde that both by God and man he is impeached in his iniust pretences as he hath hastened to make all maner of new preparations of Shipping and of men and victuall and munitions greater then all Spaine and Portugall coulde yeeld therefore hath sent into Italie and to the East Countreyes for all things necessarie to repaire his Armie at Ferroll to pursue his former purpose and in the meane time hath sent certaine Captaines in sundry small Vessels with a remnant of some Irish Fugitiues into Ireland to animate the Rebels to be obstinate in their Rebellion vntill hee might send them succours not onely feeding the Principals with hope of vaine Titles and Dignities but plainely auowing the vsurpation of the whole Realme for himselfe to the depriuation of her Maiesties Crowne and State of that Kingdome a matter so farre knowen and prooued as besides that it is most notorious that his Army was in October last on the high way towards their iourney the Capitall Traytour Tyrone himselfe hath sent to her Gouernour of that Realme a letter signed with the King of Spaines owne name to the purposes aforesaide Nowe then that these the King of Spaines actions and purposes are manifestly knowen the reparation of his Nauy dayly laboured and an Army newly leuyed with all necessaries of Victuall and Munition brought to Ferroll fit for such an enterprise so as his sending to the Seas assoone as those difficulties are ouercome is dayly expected and so publikely diuulged without giuing colour for any other purpose And seeing her Maiestie doeth finde the Rebels in Ireland persist still in generall expectation to be relieued with a Spanish Nauie Her Maiestie of her Princely prouidence for the safetie of both her Kingdomes doth appeale to all the world whether shee be not necessarily inforced to send out this Army to the Seas to resist diuert all Acts of Hostilitie which that Army of Spaine might nowe this Sommer time attempt against either of her realmes of England or Ireland her Nauy being compounded of a competent number of her Maiesties owne Shippes of warre without burdening of her Subiects for seruice with their Port ships as in former times but retaining the Admirall of her Kingdome in readines with the rest of her Royall Shippes to withstand all other accidents that might appeare dangerous in these parts neere her To all which courses her excellent Maiestie being thus prouoked this her purpose may and ought not onely to be allowed but fauoured furthered by all Christian Princes States and people the same being so affected generally by her owne Subiects as she is iustly moued to denie the sutes of great numbers of her Nobilitie valiant Gentlemen who hauing importuned her for leaue to serue as Voluntaries in this Voyage shee hath stayed great part of them to doe her seruice at home And therefore little doubteth but by continuance of Gods fauour whereof shee hath hy sundry speciall and notable blessings had singular demonstration to preserue her Kingdomes by her Forces thus timely prouided and shadowed vnder the fauour of Almighty God who hath hitherto and will hereafter see these Spanish proude and vniust attempts made frustrate whereby the King may by the chastisement of the Almightie God of Hostes bee induced to liue in Peace with his neighbours which all iust Princes propound for an ende of all their Martiall actions