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The answer to Tom-Tell-Troth the practise of princes and the lamentations of the kirke / written by the Lord Baltismore, late secretary of state.
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Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632.
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Wing B611; ESTC R7851
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england_n king_n henry_n the_o second_o request_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o parliament_n that_o in_o his_o life_n time_n he_o may_v see_v his_o son_n crown_v king_n so_o do_v king_n edward_n the_o three_o solicit_v for_o rich._n 2._o and_o when_o rich._n 3._o be_v elect_v king_n the_o word_n of_o the_o act_n be_v we_o do_v choose_v you_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n and_o king_n ex_fw-la rotul_n parl._n 1._o r._n 3._o therefore_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o election_n do_v not_o exclude_v succession_n but_o succession_n guide_v the_o election_n for_o in_o the_o same_o record_v this_o be_v express_o add_v it_o be_v agree_v by_o the_o three_o estate_n that_o k._n rich._n 3._o be_v lawful_a king_n of_o england_n by_o inheritance_n and_o due_a election_n so_o as_o inheritance_n and_o election_n be_v not_o two_o thing_n incompatible_a especial_o in_o those_o kingdom_n where_o custom_n have_v give_v a_o royal_a prerogative_n to_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o family_n but_o yet_o i_o will_v make_v the_o matter_n clear_a anno_fw-la 1547._o it_o be_v enact_v in_o bohemia_n as_o by_o the_o record_n appear_v that_o according_a to_o the_o edict_n of_o carolus_n quartus_fw-la and_o the_o order_n of_o vladislaus_n and_o to_o the_o literae_fw-la reversale_n of_o ferdinand_n 1._o the_o state_n shall_v ever_o and_o only_o proceed_v and_o no_o otherwise_o and_o the_o state_n of_o bohemia_n can_v now_o claim_v any_o such_o law_n liberty_n or_o custom_n to_o eject_v a_o king_n out_o of_o the_o right_a line_n and_o family_n wherein_o the_o crown_n have_v be_v so_o long_o invest_v special_o till_o the_o issue_n be_v extinct_a for_o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n non_fw-la aliter_fw-la eis_fw-la competeret_fw-la libera_fw-la electio_fw-la and_o whereas_o they_o tell_v a_o tale_n of_o a_o custom_n in_o bohemia_n to_o choose_v stranger_n and_o the_o son_n of_o the_o king_n of_o poland_n eminent_a for_o their_o virtue_n they_o may_v aswell_o tell_v a_o tale_n of_o amadis_n de_fw-fr gaul_n and_o for_o that_o which_o aeneas_n silvius_n report_v of_o carolus_n the_o seven_o of_o france_n sternbergius_n be_v the_o primus_fw-la motor_n of_o that_o to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n to_o avoid_v a_o mischief_n by_o a_o heretical_a intrudor_fw-la who_o desire_v that_o a_o catholic_a prince_n may_v prevent_v george_n podibradius_fw-la a_o hussite_n who_o as_o he_o do_v foresee_v be_v like_o by_o violence_n to_o usurp_v the_o crown_n as_o appear_v by_o dubravius_n l._n 30._o and_o although_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o champion_n of_o this_o cause_n artificial_o lay_v their_o colour_n yet_o can_v they_o not_o make_v black_a white_a but_o as_o juggler_n only_o make_v it_o seem_v so_o to_o other_o for_o this_o my_o last_o argument_n be_v unanswerable_a the_o prince_n elector_n when_o the_o state_n of_o bohemia_n labour_v at_o frankford_n that_o they_o will_v not_o accept_v ferdinand_n as_o a_o elector_n but_o suspend_v his_o voice_n quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la plenarium_fw-la adeptus_fw-la est_fw-la imperium_fw-la they_o reject_v they_o and_o their_o motion_n and_o make_v this_o answer_n to_o the_o bohemian_n that_o ex_fw-la cap._n 7._o auâ—_fw-fr bullae_fw-la only_o he_o who_o be_v the_o lawful_a successor_n of_o mathias_n ought_v to_o be_v admit_v to_o the_o election_n as_o king_n of_o bohemia_n and_o they_o so_o judge_v it_o first_o because_o the_o state_n of_o bohemia_n the_o seven_o of_o june_n 1617._o solemn_o accept_v ferdinand_n for_o their_o king_n and_o confirm_v their_o act_n by_o oath_n therefore_o no_o question_n ought_v to_o be_v make_v of_o his_o claim_n and_o title_n second_o they_o allege_v that_o jurisdictio_fw-la electoralis_fw-la nulli_fw-la competit_fw-la nisi_fw-la regi_fw-la bohemiae_fw-la jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la and_o nemo_fw-la alius_fw-la nisi_fw-la rex_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la unquam_fw-la erat_fw-la vocatus_fw-la three_o they_o say_v king_n ferdinand_n have_v lawful_o receive_v of_o the_o emperor_n mathias_n his_o investiture_n the_o office_n of_o electorate_n and_o the_o chief_n cupbearer_n and_o be_v put_v in_o possession_n thereof_o and_o further_o they_o add_v that_o maximilian_n the_o second_o anno_fw-la 1562._o be_v summon_v by_o the_o name_n of_o king_n of_o bohemia_n and_o elector_n to_o be_v at_o frankford_n to_o choose_v the_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o this_o be_v in_o his_o father_n life_n time_n he_o sign_v the_o decree_n though_o he_o have_v no_o other_o election_n ceremony_n or_o possession_n than_o ferdinand_n have_v and_o the_o like_a they_o avouch_v of_o rodolphus_n therefore_o see_v the_o noble_a judge_n the_o college_n of_o elector_n have_v adjudge_v this_o controversy_n by_o reason_n custom_n precedent_n and_o law_n who_o will_v not_o rather_o obey_v learned_a authority_n then_o be_v mislead_v by_o wrangle_a subtilâ—y_n aâ—_z for_o moravia_n silesia_n and_o lusatia_n which_o maximilian_n the_o second_o do_v hold_v ex_fw-la testamento_fw-la patris_fw-la they_o be_v signory_n descend_v to_o k._n ferdinand_n the_o first_o by_o inheritance_n and_o though_o annex_v to_o bohemia_n yet_o as_o proper_o appurtenant_n to_o the_o king_n and_o not_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n now_o for_o as_o much_o as_o upon_o this_o axis_n uê«t_n the_o suppose_a nullity_n of_o ferdinand_n election_n and_o the_o invalidity_n of_o his_o title_n in_o succession_n all_o the_o motion_n and_o commotion_n of_o bohemia_n be_v carry_v and_o see_v the_o weakness_n of_o that_o axis_n be_v apparent_a that_o it_o can_v bear_v the_o burden_n lay_v upon_o it_o they_o have_v more_o cause_n to_o lament_v their_o error_n then_o to_o defend_v it_o chap._n 4._o for_o the_o title_n of_o the_o palsgrave_n it_o remain_v now_o to_o demur_v upon_o the_o title_n of_o the_o palatine_a quo_fw-la titulo_fw-la ingressus_fw-la est_fw-la wherein_o i_o must_v first_o humble_o pray_v your_o majesty_n that_o i_o may_v speak_v the_o truth_n free_o and_o not_o abuse_v you_o or_o flatter_v they_o he_o only_o and_o bare_o upon_o no_o other_o tiâ—le_a thâ—n_n a_o suppose_a election_n by_o count_n thurn_n some_o of_o the_o state_n and_o the_o director_n by_o who_o the_o crown_n be_v offer_v unto_o he_o and_o he_o accept_v it_o paenam_fw-la pro_fw-la munere_fw-la poscit_fw-la how_o can_v this_o action_n be_v justify_v judge_v you_o how_o can_v a_o second_o election_n and_o contract_n prejudice_n a_o precontract_n solemn_o make_v and_o satify_v with_o all_o ceremony_n and_o which_o be_v no_o small_a disadvantage_n the_o twenty_o of_o march_n mathias_n be_v dead_a 1619._o the_o 25._o of_o august_n king_n ferdinand_n be_v choose_v rex_fw-la romanorum_fw-la and_o emperor_n and_o short_o after_o a_o few_o factious_a subject_n conspire_v together_o make_v the_o count_n palatine_n their_o king_n who_o they_o crown_v the_o four_o oâ—november_n after_o who_o coâ—onation_n be_v no_o more_o than_o raptus_fw-la helena_n and_o his_o agent_n proci_fw-la alienae_fw-la sponsae_fw-la here_o be_v first_o to_o be_v consider_v what_o pretence_n can_v be_v allege_v to_o dispossess_v ferdinand_n and_o divorce_v he_o and_o the_o realm_n second_o who_o they_o be_v and_o by_o what_o authority_n â—he_fw-mi do_v elect_v frederick_n the_o count_n palatine_n in_o his_o declaration_n print_v 1619._o cur_fw-la regni_fw-la bohemia_n regimen_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la suscepit_fw-la allege_v certain_a cavil_v and_o unmaterial_a pretence_n for_o the_o same_o first_o that_o leges_fw-la regni_fw-la fundamentales_fw-la evertit_fw-la and_o privilegia_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la quas_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjugare_fw-la voluit_fw-la cum_fw-la liberae_fw-la erant_fw-la electionis_fw-la his_o suppose_a oppression_n of_o their_o liberty_n be_v a_o scarecrow_n a_o show_n without_o substance_n and_o already_o confute_v and_o reject_v therefore_o two_o other_o heinous_a crime_n and_o cry_v sin_n they_o charge_v he_o with_o for_o which_o he_o ought_v to_o forfeit_v his_o claim_n to_o the_o crown_n tyranny_n and_o depopulation_n 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be_v more_o than_o a_o heir_n apparent_a for_o they_o can_v not_o undo_v that_o which_o they_o have_v do_v and_o dispense_v with_o their_o oath_n no_o more_o than_o henry_n the_o second_o of_o england_n can_v unking_v henry_n his_o son_n though_o he_o take_v arm_n against_o he_o because_o he_o be_v create_v king_n by_o order_n and_o authority_n beside_o after_o this_o election_n by_o the_o emperor_n investiture_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o electorate_n of_o bohemia_n it_o stand_v as_o real_a livery_n and_o seisin_n of_o his_o right_n honour_n and_o jurisdiction_n which_o no_o man_n can_v avoid_v or_o defeat_v and_o furthermore_o there_o be_v extant_a one_o letter_n from_o the_o state_n and_o two_o from_o the_o director_n themselves_o write_v in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o mathias_n which_o be_v send_v to_o king_n ferdinand_n wherein_o they_o all_o give_v he_o the_o title_n of_o king_n of_o hungaria_n and_o bohemia_n and_o call_v he_o their_o good_a lord_n and_o prince_n and_o moreover_o they_o all_o promise_v to_o provide_v he_o a_o crown_n fit_a for_o their_o king_n and_o lord_n so_o soon_o as_o god_n shall_v take_v to_o his_o mercy_n the_o emperor_n mathias_n therefore_o if_o the_o state_n only_o have_v absolute_a power_n to_o elect_a their_o king_n then_o be_v ferdinand_n orderly_o general_o and_o free_o elect_v and_o if_o they_o have_v not_o such_o power_n how_o have_v they_o power_n afterwards_o to_o create_v another_o how_o can_v the_o power_n serve_v the_o turn_n for_o frederick_n and_o be_v defective_a for_o ferdinand_n chap._n 3._o that_o the_o crown_n of_o bohemia_n be_v not_o only_o elective_a but_o because_o camerarius_fw-la and_o plâ—ssen_n the_o unhappy_a advocate_n of_o a_o evil_a cause_n labour_v to_o defend_v a_o paradox_n that_o the_o king_n of_o bohemia_n be_v only_o elective_a which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a do_v not_o prejudice_n ferdinand_n who_o the_o state_n have_v elect_v and_o the_o palatine_n own_o declaration_n print_v 1619._o cur_n regn_v bohemia_n regimen_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la suscepit_fw-la why_o he_o usurp_v the_o title_n of_o king_n of_o bohemia_n allege_v that_o ferdinand_n leges_fw-la regni_fw-la fundamentales_fw-la ever_o iâ—_z and_o privilegia_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la quas_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjugare_fw-la voluit_fw-la velut_fw-la bare_fw-la tarias_fw-la cum_fw-la libera_fw-la erant_fw-la electiones_fw-la the_o which_o assertion_n be_v very_o frivolous_a see_v ferdinand_n hold_v bohemia_n by_o election_n aswell_o as_o by_o inheritance_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o all_o law_n custom_n record_n and_o history_n of_o that_o country_n that_o since_o bohemia_n be_v a_o kingdom_n the_o crown_n and_o electorate_n have_v pass_v not_o by_o election_n only_o but_o also_o by_o inheritance_n and_o succession_n and_o all_o antiquary_n have_v derive_v and_o draw_v from_o vratistâ—vius_n primus_fw-la anno_fw-la 907._o by_o eight_o descent_n the_o inheritance_n of_o that_o realm_n succeed_v in_o one_o line_n and_o family_n and_o therefore_o as_o we_o deny_v not_o a_o form_n of_o election_n so_o can_v camâ—rarius_n deny_v the_o verity_n of_o succession_n again_o when_o vratislavin_n the_o second_o be_v create_v king_n by_o henry_n the_o four_o emperor_n the_o dominion_n continue_v still_o in_o the_o same_o race_n and_o blood_n for_o many_o descent_n jure_fw-la successionis_fw-la et_fw-la electionis_fw-la and_o when_o philip_n the_o emperor_n create_v primislans_fw-la othocarus_fw-la king_n of_o bohemia_n and_o crown_v he_o at_o mentz_n an._n 1197._o when_o for_o a_o time_n the_o title_n of_o a_o king_n have_v be_v suspend_v the_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n continual_o remain_v as_o incorporate_v into_o that_o stock_n and_o family_n for_o many_o year_n after_o moreover_o carolus_n the_o four_o be_v both_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o bohemia_n and_o from_o he_o and_o his_o issue_n the_o crown_n descend_v to_o vladislaus_n since_o who_o time_n the_o kingdom_n have_v ever_o remain_v by_o succession_n in_o that_o family_n without_o discontinuance_n oâ—_z interruption_n except_o when_o podilradius_fw-la a_o hussite_n by_o practice_n sedition_n and_o forcible_a entry_n usurp_v the_o crown_n but_o to_o omit_v other_o reason_n woman_n and_o daughter_n have_v often_o inherit_v the_o crown_n and_o be_v it_o not_o probable_a that_o they_o have_v it_o by_o election_n only_o but_o admit_v bohemia_n ever_o heretofore_o have_v be_v elective_a yet_o be_v the_o state_n of_o that_o country_n restrain_v by_o law_n never_o to_o elect_v a_o strange_a king_n but_o when_o theâ—e_n be_v none_o of_o the_o blood_n royal_a leave_v in_o remainder_n and_o that_o i_o prove_v by_o a_o authentical_a record_n the_o decree_n of_o carolus_n the_o four_o wherein_o it_o be_v say_v electionem_fw-la regis_fw-la bohemia_n in_fw-la casu_fw-la et_fw-la eventu_fw-la auntaxa_fw-la quibus_fw-la do_v geneal_n gia_fw-la progenia_fw-la aut_fw-la pros_fw-la pâ—a_fw-la regali_fw-la bohemia_n masculus_fw-la vel_fw-la femella_n superstes_fw-la legitimus_fw-la nullus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la oriundus_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la avertat_fw-la vel_fw-la er_fw-mi quemcung_a all_o um_o modum_fw-la vacare_fw-la contigerit_fw-la dictâ—m_fw-la regnum_fw-la ad_fw-la praelatos_fw-la deuce_n principes_fw-la and_o barones_fw-la nobiles_fw-la et_fw-la communitatâ—m_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la et_fw-la pertinentiarum_fw-la e_fw-la usdem_fw-la decernimus_fw-la rite_n and_o legitimè_fw-la in_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la pertinere_fw-la so_o here_o be_v grant_v a_o power_n of_o election_n but_o limit_v by_o a_o duntaxat_fw-la to_o make_v that_o free_a election_n only_o when_o all_o the_o branch_n of_o the_o tree_n be_v fall_v and_o none_o remain_v of_o the_o stock_n and_o let_v no_o man_n object_n that_o ancient_a custom_n can_v be_v alter_v by_o imperial_a constitution_n for_o here_o the_o emperor_n interpret_v the_o privilege_n of_o former_a emperor_n and_o declare_v in_o what_o sense_n they_o be_v give_v exponit_fw-la non_fw-la 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