our purpose Let such trauailers first hauing libertie to trauaile suruey the best places where those Arts are to be learned as in Germanie all manner of Formers Potters or figulists are to be found in perfection In Italy Architecture Limming Painting Engrauing Imagerie Textorie and weauing and Artes ingenious may be learned So according to euerie Countries seuerall commodities seuerall and peculiar Artes do flourish Lastly let them spend their times so diligently as commoditie and estimation be their reward The Nobilitie as was said were generall or speciall The special were of fower sorts Diuines Souldiers Ciuil Lawyers Physiciās which are so called special Trauailers not in regard such be more excellent or honorable thē others but for that such prescribe vnto thē a speciall thing to be attaind vnto as wel for perfectiō as satisfactiō Of these in order First the Diuines be such as make profession of Diuinitie outwardly in the State wherby they may be imployed in the Ministrie and seruice of God And although all men must account it a chiefe honour vnto them contemplatiuely to make profession thereof yet such may not trauaile but in speciall cases as before hath been alleadged on the pretence of knowledge the same being to be attained vnto within their own Countrie wheras the outward professors that haue the calling of Ministers haue in some cases better warrant Howbeit by our pofitiue law Clearkes are forbid to trauaile for this pretence For in case such may be satisfied and endoctrined in the points they doubt of within their owne Princes Dominions of godly and learned professors I see not how their Trauailes can be lawfull But in case where the Gospel and truth is not preached I iudge it a most happy thing for any whosoeuer to serch the word in other nations but not without licence of the State For no man ought to dispose of himselfe so as his Prince should lose the benefit of his person the which is dispensable in the case of God onely and in case of persecution wherein God is interessed Moreouer it is from the office of Ministers that haue the cure of soules to goe into voluntarie Trauaile for any ordinarie pretense and leaue the same without a right good shepheard and in many cases not then though he leaue in his roome a carefull pastor For this function and vocation is more to be respected then others it being singularly dedicated to the seruice of God Then of such Diuines as may trauaile we obserue foure pretenses two generall and two speciall The generall are either of a generall Councell or Nationall or of some famous Librarie But in case such Councels bee not compounded of worthie and knowen men of learning and iudgement approued by the State whereof men are the profit will be so little as the pretence must cease So is it of the other generall pretence namely the view of some famous Librarie which containeth such famous printed bookes or manuscripts as faithfully discusse of points not yet concluded nor to bee had and procured other where For in case by transscripts or any assured collections men may attaine vnto the pith of those points this pretense should also cease The two pretences are either to haue conference with such famous men whose learning may satisfie endoctrine or else with those naturall Iewes and Grecians whose learning may for the furtherāce of those diuine tongues giue much helpe to the vnderstanding of the Scriptures Yet if so the Gospell flourish already in their owne Countrie and that there be learned men to bee reuerenced in all things to be doubted of if such choose rather to trauaile then to conferre and aske to be resolued of those their Countriemen the pretence of them must also cease For it is a contempt to the Church whereof they are members to trauaile for instruction when men may be well instructed at home without inconuenience especially where there are Vniuersities publike professors of thē It is needlesse to prescribe rules for these in trauailing for the most are sage and prudent men and therefore we will passe to the second sort to weet Ciuilians Ciuile Lawyers haue a lawfull pretence so be it the Ciuile Law be in request in the State whereof such are and cannot be attained in so singular a manner as in those Vniuersities that wholly consist therof and where that law flowrisheth most And although the Law may in some sort by reading and conference in the Vniuersities be for Theorie and iudgement sufficiently gotten in ones owne Countrie yet the liuely expression and Elocution thereof I iudge in other Nations for the common vse may adorne counsaile in the best manner Wherefore as it is the office of Diuines aboue all things to take heed in their trauaile they be not corrupted with false doctrine wherwith other people of other Nations striue to tempt Schollers at this day so let it be the first office of these Ciuilians men for the most part indued with great vnderstanding faculties to be well grounded in their Religion before and consequently faithfull secret honest to their Coūtrie hauing a vigdant eye that they be not misseled by the subtilties of other Nations many of their vnsound positiōs in their law Canon frō the sinceritie of their Religiō the Gospell the which shall adorne them when they returne more then all their learning and obseruations For by how much men of wit and vnderstanding stand firme in the truth puritie of Religion by so much shal their learnings and honesties be had in recommendation with whom they conuerse afterwards the same in Trauailers voluntarie being a rare matter Moreouer let them be careful to make obseruance for the rights customes statutes ordinances proclamations decrees particular lawes and priuiledges liberties prerogatiues of places and persons where happily they shal come Lastly whensoeuer they trauaile into forreine States where there are Vniuersities and where there are degrees to be taken let them labour to attaine to the same For to men of desert it is reputed a dishonor to returne without them in case they freely may be attained vnto For otherwise the pretence of their trauaile wil in the mindes of men cease the degree being the Crowne of their vocatiō which to professors is most necessarie For other things we referre them to such obseruations as to the generall Voluntaries are prescribed afterwards The Souldiers follow The profession of these voluntarie Trauailers is armes and warrefare athing much approued of euerie Common weale And although none should so binde himself to that vocation as all his life time to liue by the same but rather in peace and tranquillitie afterwardes yet the pretence of young men of able bodies to endure hardnesse for the aduancement of their Countries weale and discipline is honorable carying a more sensible le liking of the State thē the former two And although by
season and verie needefull in speciall cases Neuerthelesse there bee many verie pertinax in this opinion that Though a State shall inflict for good causes a greater punishment on malefactors for such and such crimes then the lawes of God or of Nature doo yet they are ignorāt by what warrāt of like policie any State may abbridge the rigor of the law of God in capitall offenses For such lawes say they are both iudiciall and eternal by which policie no doubt States may bee best gouerned for proofe whereof the abbridgers say they of such laws are by the heathē people that haue not the written law of God conuinced taught how to rule in like cases Of humane and positiue lawes there is a variable consideration according to the vse and titles that euery Countrie and State holdeth peculiarly almost As generally heere in England wee tearme our law by the name of Common law it being a peculiar law to this State and members So the Romans in times past called their law the Ciuile law Though indeed all good lawes as Iustinian himselfe confesseth may wel enough be tearmed Ciuile lawes yet for distinction sake let it bee taken heere whensoeuer wee shal name Ciuile lawes for those that were refined by the Emperor Iustinian and set foorth by him the which at this day are vsed in most of the ciuile States and Nations of Europe either in part or altogether From whence let Trauailers make this obseruation Whether the lawes of the Countrie wherein they trauaile be lawes prerogatiue or positiue For there are some Countries gouerned by lawes meerely prerogatiue of which wee will first expound to such as intende for to trauaile These kinde of Lawes be for the most part vnwritten and therefore require the more care to be searched out and into for their vncertaintie Moreouer let Trauailers obserue how farre the prerogatiue of Princes and States doth stretch ouer their Subiects For there are some so absolute and sole tyrannous that all things are gouerned according to the will of the Prince and euerie commoditie of the Countrie stands at the Princes pleasure Such is the Tartarian and great Cam. Others there are halfe tyrannous whose displeasure and will hath no law to curbe the vnrulinesse thereof such is the Turke the Muscouian and the Pope Others there are according as they are religious and fearers of the true God and Princes of ciuile and religious States whose prerogatiue is much but yet in ciuile and honest actions being free themselues from punishment of their lawes in some sorte and may from time to time dispense with and chaunge their lawes constituting new as is expedient for the good of the Common-weale Neuerthelesse some there are that haue of these also greater prerogatiue then others according to their gouernment and state of policie For better discouerie the law prerogatiue is to be searched either in the person of the Prince or in the Magistracie which hath his power from the Prince on State The Prince or State if it bee an Aristocracie hath absolute power not controulable to command anything action or person whatsoeuer carrieth semblance of good to the State or that cōtrarieth not the law of God of Nature Moreouer to forbid controule anything persō or actiō whatsoeuer of like nature whether by word of mouth whether by letters proclamatiōs edictes or such like means as Princes or States vse And lastly by cōmission to authorize other to reward and punish according to the offence done euerie fault that is not encountred by the Law positiue alreadie perseruing the life members and speciall liuelyhood of the delinquents The prerogatiue of the Magistracie may be discerned as in our Countrie in the high Court of Parliament in the authoritie of the Councell in that of the Starre Chamber in the Lord Chancellor Lorde Treasurer Lord high Counstable Lord Mareschall Lord Admirall in the principal Secretarie in the chiefe Iustices and iudges of the Land in each Maior and Towne Corporate and lastly in euerie high Commissioner and speciall Officer that the Prince of this Land deputeth to vndergoe any charge at home or abroad So is it in all other States and Countries The which being cōsidered by Trauailers they shal be able to discerne the authoritie royall of the Prince and State as well in Politicall as in Ecclesiasticall giuing making of Lawes Touching the lawes Positiue they bee either Political or Ecclesiastical The Political are either ancient Maximes of perpetuall obseruāce or Modern mutable The ancient are such as the Romanes called the Ciuile lawes in speciall such as the French their law Salique such as we the Common law The Moderne are all those lawes which goe vnder the name of Statutes Decrees Ordinances Edicts and such like being in all Ciuile States put into print the which are by so much the easier to bee attained vnto by Trauailers wherin they may at leasure discouer euerie thing as in a glasse either cōcerning the nature of the people or the State of the Countrie The Politicall lawes are changeable according to the standing of things that the State may grow to perfection The Ecclesiasticall are tradicions lawfull or vnlawfull The vnlawfull bee such as are contrarie to the lawe of God and tha◠in no sort tend vnto edification of which crue a Trauailer shall meete within most States But let him bee carefull to collect the best wheresoeuer the which hee shall discerne by their coates namely if they crosse not Gods word or destroy not more then they edifie The lawfull tradicions be rules or Canons of doctrine of manners of rites and Ceremonies pertaining to godlines that consent with the holy word of God and tend to edification Touching the rules of doctrin the Apostles inspired with the holy Ghost haue left many the generall and prouinciall Synodes of godly and honest minded men haue set foorth others the which are for the vnderstanding of the holy Scriptures verie profitable And lastly euerie lawfull State and Church hath absolute power without the consent of the Pope or any other forraine approbation to doe the like gathering euermore their constitutions rules form the word of God Touching those of manners and of Ceremonies euerie lawfull State and Church hath absolute power to decree that which shall be most agreeable with the nature of the State yet so as all those Constitutions tend to edification and bee so neerely drawen from the holy Scriptures and the best discipline of other Churches as neere may be These bee the exacte rules for to make discouerie wherby three commodities shall redound to Trauailers First they shall be able to iudge whether the Countries leane by their lawes to this or that religion Secondly whether the people be nourished in the right or wrong and lastly they may gather thereby the most sincere and vpright orders for the perfecting of their owne Countrie and informing themselues For when such are well seene
will the libertie whereof resteth in the hands of God only to dispose of then of all men those are most free that ground their Religion vpoÌ„ the word of God which only is able to enfranchise and giue an assured hope of standing vnto the sincere professors thereof making mens actions holy and warrantable euerie where Hence the subiects of a nation that persecuteth the Gospell of Christ establisheth lawes derogatorie from the true worship of God coÌ„manded onely in the holy scriptures haue their Supersedeas authenticall For which cause hath God least his seruants should make shipwracke of their faith and conscience whom he hath not fitted to be Martyrs made a way in the hearts of Princes that they may trauell into other Nations peaceably and there abide till the Lord shall remooue the rodde of persecution from his Church Of which wee haue singular testimonies both in the dayes of Queene Marie and contrariewise in the blessed reigne of Queene ELIZABETH Who granted to seuerall Nations within her Dominions freely to exercise their Religion and that in distinct formes in their seuerall tongues for the better entertainement of their consciences Nowe to auoyde the inconueniences of this libertie that many vpon blinde zeale and offended consciences may pretend such Trauailers must obserue these Rules following or the like First that all subiects before they enterprise trauaile in this kind are to consider with themselues whether there be not some other licentious affectes that spurre them forward For though men vpon other grounds of affectes haue libertie to trauaile by licence or flight yet is their iournying altogether displeasing to God and disparageable with men much more in the case of religioÌ„ For it is made changeable and turneth soone into hypocrisie Secondly such are to ponder well whether the ReligioÌ„ which they professe and would gladly exercise be that which by Christ was instituted and by his Prophets and Apostles contained in the Canonicall scriptures wherein all ceremoniall and olde blind sacrificing worshippe all humane traditions that consent not with the faith and to edification all idolatrie and politicall gouernement that derogateth from GODS glorie is forbiden as thinges damnable From hence are all perigrinations and pilgrimages to any place for the performance of vowes or sacrificings for sinnes impious and vaine Thirdly howbeit for the nourishment of that true and righte Religion men maye bee iustly mooued to trauaile yet it is the office of all so trauailing to weighe and consider with themselues first whether the same bee not professed alreadie in their Countrie or libertie permitted for such to exercise the same For if there be an exercise thereof there or a toleratioÌ„ though in a priuate sort a subiect only for this ought not to trauell nor forsake his owne Land Countrie parents brethren and that Church whereof he is a member for any other vaine perswasion or fancie Fourthly if so be ther be neither publike exercise not priuate toleration and in case ther bee Lawes prohibitiue for trauelling it is the dutie of euerie subiect to mooue the Prince or Magistrare to whom authoritie is comitted to grant licence the which if it can not bee obtained it is better to venture flight and shunne persecution then to abide it vnlesse such an one can find in his hart the motions of strength and courage to suffer persecution for the truth of the Gospell without wauering Yet of the two it is better to flie from persecution then being come into it to saint so leaue their hope faith in ieopardie Lastly let not such stand indifferent whether they goe so they may be prouided for for if there be any choice the best is euermore to be elected And therfore considering in outward shew that is best where the Gospell is flourishing yet in other cases daÌ„gerous I presuppose three kind of places to trauaile into for this kinde of people and only one free from danger The first a State which is enemie to their Countrie The second a State neerely linked in many respects to their Countrie The third a State which is indifferent I meane such a State as is neither fast friend nor apparant enimie To peece out our discouse about these it is needelesse being apparant vnto all men that the newter or free state is least daÌ„gerous to be trauailed into for this kind of people Their offices now in trauaile offer themselues First considering they are now become separates from the world their courses must be so much the more spirituall that the prouident hand of God may not be remooued from them and that hee may receaue them as members of his Church into fauour againe Wherefore let them serue God truely in those places wherein they shall be dispersed that they may cause euerie nation fearing God to tender their estates and to relieue their necessities Secondly let them demeane themselues euerie one according to his estate and abilitie answerable to the Lawes customes of those places wherein they shall happily abide that no hatred or mislike befall on such And in case the number of those shall be so great as to make a congregatioÌ„ by themselues hauing humbly obtained the same of the Prince or Magistrate in a place conuenient it behoueth such a Congregation to institute that Order of discipline which may best sort with the Magistrats pleasure that no iarres or dissension arise therein or other policie be established then that which consenteth with other godly Churches vnlesse it shall be left vnto their owne election to sample their discipline after the most reformed and esteemed Churches about which if controuersie arise let the appointment thereof be referred to the Magistrate or Prince of the State And in case the same be thus once considerately established wherein no iust offence to any may arise though in euerie politicke bodie there are some weake members that are scandaled at things indifferent the same ought to bee continued without alteration least dissension and displeasure creep in a thing most displeasing in the church of God and to strangers in a strange Nation most dangerous But in case the numbers of such be so small and the place will not permit a distinct Church then ought such to be conformable vnto the discipline of that place auoyding also all publike and priuate mislike of the discipline or gouernement there vsed Aâ—d though that State retaine in their policie many things which were better left out then commaunded yet strangers are to followe the doctrine and not externall things as Ceremonies and orders For the intermeddling therewith sauoureth not of Christianitie and knowledge Thirdly in case such be depriued of maintenance or if the custome of that place wherein they liue doe accompt it requisite let euerie one in his calling bend himselfe to some honest Science or mechanicall trade that they may not only get their liuings honestly but may bee also reputed good members of
Souldiers and of Ecclesiasticall persons As touching the three first of these the lawes of most States will discouer howe they bee gouerned But as concerning the Nobilitie and Ecclesiasticall persons they assume in most States much libertie Of whome let it be sufficient for our Trauailer to note how they liue and what they are enclined vnto And as concerning Stipendarie Souldiers if the State afford any let it be considered how they are disciplined and by whom their number their priuiledges and lastly their entertainment Now the last point to be considered in the gouernment concerneth the common and speciall policie or instruments whereby the gouernors conuey nourishment vnto the gouerned to vphold the cōmon health of the State or to plucke the same vpon the knees These speciall policies or instruments may be surueyed of Trauailers in three things First in the goodnesse or illnesse of the Coūtries laws and customes Secondly in the accidents that moue the soueraigne Power for the presēt standing of things to cōstitute and decree timely and broche such policies as may encounter cure and remoue any disease surfaite or distemperature growen or growing in the bodie politick till by a law those inconueniences may be preuented The contrarie will chaunce where such defect reigneth Lastly in the due execution of such lawes as are enacted and in force the which vnite or disioyne the bodie most firmely or in piecemeales so as there cannot but arise from the one a sweet and tuneable harmonie of gouernment and from the other all iarres and discordes the which shall minister to Trauailers plentie of matter to plot policies vpon Thus much of the policies The sixt and last point of knowledge now remaineth which is of the Secretes of the State where men trauaile The singular point that ennobleth a Trauailer aboue the home-politician the foundatiōs of momentall policies The Secrets are those things which are neither noted nor learned of the vulgar sort of people they are notwithstanding common and accidentall the which doe oft change one into another The Common Secretes rest in two points in the intelligence of such as are forreine friends newters or enimies to the Countrie wherin one trauaileth And in the knowledge of the ordinarie strength of the State of the Countrie in which men trauaile The first of these considereth friends newters and enimies Out of which though there be seuerall secrets to be extracted yet we will for breuitie giue our Trauailer a release of them in the discouerie of friends since the rest may either è diuerso or conuer so be displaied Of friends therefore in this kind namely political there is a triple regard First by bloud and neerenesse of kinne Secondly by religion and profession of one and the same faith Lastly by meere politicall coniunction of friendship confedracie alliance and league to settle secure c. each others State in peace safetie Now since all these friends in matters of State are euer neerest to themselues running the straightest course for the good of their owne estates few can be found so honest firme as their friendships are neuer disioynable Howbeit we might see a rare example twixt France and Scotland in times past And thoughe Religion bee the streightest conioyner of States yet when Ambition or couetousnesse or selfe-loue inuade a body politicke sildome the friendshippe of such continue longer then they will aide and cherish those greedie appetites Enuy and feare of ouermuch greatnesse making the one an hypocrite to hunt with the hounde and runne with the hare according to the prouerbe From the politicall cōiunction of friendship we gather two sorts of friends to euerie State namely the pleasurable who for commodities marchandise are chiefly retained for friends to enrich their States in times of peace accommodate them with things needefull mutually Hence we behold the lawfulnesse of Christian States to traffick with Pagans and Infidels For contractes of peace and entercourse of commodities may be betweene any Nations since the partition wall is broken down it being a rule of charity for one State now to entertain relieue another with such commodities as the one either standeth in neede of or excelleth the other in Neuerthelesse in leagues alliances and confederacies for war it standeth otherwise twixt Christian and Pagan Princes That other sort of friends are the profitable who for the politicall defence and offence are collegued and allianced or cōfederated with either to be relieued for iniurie and wrong receiued or to be defended against oppression and violence or in policie only for feare of sensiblenesse and feare of the worst Moreouer it is not sufficient for a Trauailer to note thus who be pleasurable profitable friends to that Countrie wherein he trauaileth but to weighe also by all meanes the power and strength or weakenesse of those friends Newters or enimies to that Countrie The which may be discouered to our Trauailer in foure points As first in the populousnesse of them or defect of people and in the well disciplining of them or sufferance to liue ad libitum and without any Martiall gouernment For from hence ariseth one maine secreat to our Trauailer That those Coūtries so strengthened may be presumed vpon for great friends and contrariwise So the second resteth in the neere neighbourhood or fitnesse of such friends to impeach an enimie The third may bee noted in the commodities of those friends to aide and succour that State in cases of necessitie with victuall munition Armes horses shipping and money which are the arteries veines sinews and muscles of bodies politicke in forreine troubles Of which this secret riseth That such friendes so well furnished must euermore bee well and euenly dealt with considering they are daungerous enemies or neuters the rather in regard before a State can be sensible of their enimitie they can suddainly offend Neuerthelesse let Trauailers in this point consider what care those States take to reteine from trafficke munition offensiue For it is a weaknesse and danger to tolerate the trafficke of munition offensiue to friend or neurer the which in time may beard ones selfe and speake terrour in the eares of the first owners The fourth and last concerning the strength of friendes remaineth that Trauailers prie into the reuolution of those States in three things as in the Religion of those States in their Warlikenesse and in their Freedome Of these briefly And first let vs treate of their religion whether those friends hold the same religiō that the State whereof they are friends doth or whether of a contrarie profession the one yeelding euer a more steady loue than the other And in case of contrary religion such friends are soone lost and soone presse a people to be mortall enemies From whence flowe infinite secrets of this kinde familiar to good States-men Touching the warlikenesse of friends that may be considered either in their good discipline at home or
into the lawes of other Countries and expert in those of their owne Nation they haue well purchased a goodly Mannor and trench of Land to build policies vpon Moreouer it is verie expedient for Trauailers to marke not only how many distinct kinds of Lawes the Countrie vseth to gouerne their people by but in speciall what are geâ—â—â—â—ll what particular lawes pertaining to seuerall diuisions of the Countrey as those of shires and Seigniories of townes places and persons c. And lastly if in regard of the time of trauailing such be able to take degrees for the approbation of their knowledge in the Vniuersities no doubt the honour and the commodity wil be very great For the title of a degree so atchieued wil celebrate more their worth than any other meanes by getting credite to their learning and iudgement and making them capable of preferment hauing authoritie to be imployed in the seruice of the Common-weale Thus much concerning the lawes the which a Trauailer may referre vnto three heads if he please To Things to Persons to Actions The Customes now follow Customes they are certaine vses of the Prince State or people of the countrie vnwritteÌ„ for the most part that doe prescribe or stand in force as lawes chiefly if they bee good and profitable for the Common-weale whereof there are three â—â—nkes that Trauailers must consider them in Generall Particular and Regall By the Generall Customes are meant the ancient vse and ordering of all things according to the ancient nature thereof Of which let Trauailers first note their alterations These may be discerned in the giuing of Lawes in ensample whereof wee haue at this day a more exact and ful order of the three states concerning forme than in former times Secondly in the Princes priuate State and houshold Lastly in Religion in diet in apparell and in the externall order of things and persons In all which Customes most Common-weales differ Whereof we will ensample onely to our Trauailer the Princes priuate estate and houshold which we cal the Court Wherein what ordinary attendants and dependants and what ceremonies orders and customes are appertaining to the person of the Prince or to the place it selfe wheresoeuer the Court shal be or to the Nobility are the rather to be learned of Trauailers that they may not be ignoraÌ„t of the proper cariage of euery Court to enforme themselues of behauiour In Tartarie this custome is vsed that no stranger of what quality or degree soeuer dare put himselfe in the Kings presence to negotiate with him before hee hath beene purged with their fire Neither is it permitted to any stranger to set his foote on the threshold of the Cams lodging or where any of his Princes or Lieutenants dwell on paine of death And in our ciuill States we see no forreiner dare present himselfe to the presence of the Prince but by permission or in speciall cases and at special times Hence moreouer ariseth our great respect to our Princes in honouring and saluting them whereas the French are little vncouered and nothing so respectiue Some countrey people do kneele in the presence of their Prince others gaze in their faces onely others cast downe their heads and lookes and some as the inhabitants of Baccalaos or of the new Land fish haue a custome when they reuerence their King in his presence to rub their noses and stroking their forehead with their hand vnto the necke the which the King accepteth as an honest and due office and seruice turning his head eftsoones to his left shoulder which is a note of singular fauour and gratefulnesse of the King to honour his Subiect The which customes or the like though they be strange and not regular yet doe they become well enough the bounds of euery nation In like sort the customary phrase of writing and speaking of action of body of reuerencing and such such like are so to be pondered of Trauailers that they introduce not them into their owne Country vnlesse those customes be of a more ciuill carriage then such as their Countrey vseth For that is a fowle and irregular tricke of common Trauailers to innouate new fangles of fashions in their Countrey when they returne though they iudge theÌ„ to be of better esteem This is a common staine and delight of Ilands But as it is a shame for ciuill States to be variable in the custome of diuersitie of fashions wondring at the customes of other lesse ciuill graces and behauiours so as needes those must bee put in practise by them so a Trauailer that innouateth forreine peculiar customs of other Courts in his Countrey where either more ciuill or as good are vsed swarueth from the guise of completenesse in Trauailers requirable The Particular Customes concerne the members of the State as Countreys Dukedomes Principalities Counties Seigniories Domaines Cities Towns Corporations Castles Cittadels Fortes and such like which require also in regard of their excellencie to bee looked into so farre foorth as by discourse and discreete wayes may bee of Trauailers followed after The third and last Customes are Regall which properly are the maiesticke prerogatiue of the Countrey of the Prince and Nobilitie aswell within their precinct as in and vnder the iurisdiction of another power Whereof first let it bee regarded what preeminence the Countrey claimes to haue in and ouer other Countreys not tributary or subiect to the same Secondly as concerning the Prince let it be noted what titles of Custome he is inuested with as the French King to be the most Christian King which in those dayes was well arrogated from other nations As the King of Spaine to bee called the most Catholike King which title in those dayes was proper to him I speake as a Romist for he was Maximus bellator professor Romanae Catholicae ecclesiae And as our Souereigne King of Great Britaine by like custome now and with better title may most rightfully challenge to be the greatest and sincerest Defender of the faith of Christ thorow the world euen so was it a title in those dayes when it was reassumed and acknowledged of his Ancestor of proper attribution though the Pope had another slie and slouenly meaning and fetch of policie in the bequest For within a little after that most vndanted King Henry the eight whom for perpetuall honor sake I thought good to name by the good pleasure of God became the onely stout Defender of the faith of Christ singularly in shaking off the Popes supremacie and withstanding his displeasure Whereunto also let a Trauailer learne what place of Custome the Prince hath amongst other Princes and how farre the souereigntie of Princes stretcheth and of States The which souereignty is discernable in foure points The first is to haue power absolute to giue lawes to al in generall and in particular without controlment as Priuiledges Liberties Franchisedomes Honors and such like regalities to places or persons The second note of Souereigntie is