lye dead and worke not vpon the affections There might then haue beene a doubtfull disputation of the fact and cause and much might haue bene alleaged too and fro whether he had done well or noe in comming to the feilde in leauing his sheepe in questioning about this quarell as if he ment to intrude him selfe for a party And with the inequallity of his strength to hazard the honor of the whole Army But speaking thus quickly and resolutely by way of interrogation saying What haue I now done is their not a cause Hee by this question putt's all out of question and driue's his brother to see Sect. confess that ther is a cause And me thinke's I see the bloud startle in his face the ruddy youth lookes redder then he had wont that Zeale which afterwards eate vp his hart appeares in his countenance and at length though he purposed to keepe silence his tongue brake loose into these or the like words O Brother is there not an apparant cause requiring mine and yours and all our attentions Is it not past deniall past colouring almost past remeay Truly I admire how you and the rest of these valiant and able men and profest souldiers can so long looke on and heare see the name of God blasphemed and your King scorned and your whole Nation challendged braued and dishonoured with patience I wonder that you being my elder brother doe not leade me one by example and incorage me with applause in this high honorable and holy vndertaking rather then restrayne me by your coldnes and quench my Zeale by your vnseasonable vpbraydings I wonder any man should not be ashamed to reprehende my forwardnes Nay I wonder all of you are so backward when such necessity requires the expression of yours best abillityes It is not seasonable discretion but dulnes and doâ—tishnes that pul's vs back from timely action neither is that temper which can heare and see these things with silence the sober vertue of a man which wee terme PATIENCE But the cowardice or senceles and slothfull stupidttie of an Asse A poyson mistaken for a preservatiue a vice for a vertue Israell had wont to haue Iosuahs and Gedions and Baruchâ—s and Iepthae's and Sampsons who coulde sright a whole hoast of these vncircumsised Philistims Israell had a Deborah who though a wooman had courage enough to daunt a whole Armye of Infidels O then what a shame is it that the King amougest all this multituae should finde never a man to stand betweene him and reproach to hazard his life for th honor of his Prince O what a shame is it that amongest all these brethren of one father of the flesh one father of the faith Abraham there is not one that dare ingage his life for the redeeming of all O what a shame is this that whilst wee call our selues the people of God and say wee alone professe the true religion and serve the true God truly there is not one member in the whole boay that dare present it selfe to stopp the mouth of this blasphemous and vncircumcised Philistine or honor himselfe his family by his endeavour to doe iâ— though with the losse of his owne life After such a manner me thinke's this worthy seemes to expostutate the case with his brother and to wring from him by a kinde of loving violence a confession of the truth of all this discourse he see 's now the necessitye of the case the vertue of his brother and soe David leaue's him to veiwe his owne error to see his owne shame by a silent reflection One valiant man Sect. by his example putts spirit into a thousand as lampes light each other and many Cowards met in a heape infect the whole crowde and by their secure sensuall arguments begett a senslesnes of honour in the harts of their next neighbours The customary beating of a Lyons whelpe make's him as tame as a Lambe and persons naturally valiant may be made artificiall cowards by being brought vp vnder the rodd and taught to swallow base and grosse inuryes without chewing Thus the slaues of Sparta rebelling agaynst their masters and being encountred with bastinadoe's in stead of swords lost that courage which made them take armes and like true slaues submitted themselues to their olde bondage Such mindes feare not the cryme but the punishment and thinke that there is nothing dishonorable but that which disturbe's their priuate peace and that slothfull security wherevnto they are accustomed from youth I cannot but thinke there were valiant men in this Armye It is a great part of valour in a Prince to gather an army Some tyrants dare not trust their owne guard or suffer an assembly of their owne subjects to meet These are possest with such a timorous spirit as the English Poet discribe's Feare ' himselfe to bee whome he bringes in flying away from himselfe whilst no man pursuse's him and affrayde of the clashing of his owne armour Insomuch as that which should keepe him from feare is the cause of his feare But Saule was soe farr from such base pusillanimity of spirit as he was personally present in this Campe and had before giuen proofe of his valour agaynst the Philistims by single opposition Agayne it is probable that Ionathan was in the Campe with diuers other Worthies of whose valour there was no question I am sure Davids three bretthren were there all likely to be valiant men soe that it is wonderfull that none of these offered themselves to the combat in this quarrell But perhaps one discouraged an other and the backwardnes of some dishartned others and some out of vnseasonable modesty woulde not offer themselues least they should bee thought proude or ambitious or the like poore spirits that will be frighted from good purposes by the scoffes jest's and reproches of sluggards and cowards who dare doe nothing but censure good mens actions and call their owne basenes and trechery loyall discretion Or Tydeus corpore animo Hercules lastly God tooke away there harts and infused a double spirit into David that his power might be seene in weaknes and how he is able to overthrowe the proudest adversarye by babes and sucklings even with weake meanes or without meanes or by contrary meanes David therefore beholding all this with sorrow and seeing such a generall disposition in the whole army to faynt and fly rather then to fight or as beasts are in droues driuen to be butchered when being single and out of the crowde they woulde breake loose he awaken's the sleepy courage of his brother and the rest with this quick expostulation what haue I now done Is there not a cause From the Manner of speaking wee descend to the Matter or subject of Davids speech which in fewe but weightye words containe's the motiue or impulsiue cause of his famous attempt atcheiuement following immediatly after For whilst he sayth Is their not a cause he take'es the cause as
publique service where the losse and daunger or benefit and honour befall's to all alike This is insinuated in the partition of the prey betwixt the souldier that fought Num. 31. 27. and the rest of Israell that stayde at home where though the greatest share befell the souldiar who indured the heat and hazard of the day yet all who stayde at home had thir parts and shares also in the prize or booty and none were excluded that all might be admonished thereby how they had share and common interest in the gayne or losse honour or dishonour of each other Rubenâ— and Gad and the halfe tribe of Manasses were seated vpon the neere side of Iordane toward the wildernes by the way of indulgence yet they were enjoyned to passe over armed to helpe their brethren in the conquest of their portions and not to returne till they were in posession and the church setled in peace For it is a shame for one member to looke on as senlelesse whilest the rest are in such jeopardy And therefore Iud. 5. 15. 16. 23. in that song which Deborah Barach sung after the victory wee heare of great thoughts of heart for the devisions of Ruben and wee heare this curse pronounced against pollitique or rather negligent Meroz who stood Neuter whilst religion was in question Curse yee Meroz saith the Angell of the Lord curse the inhabitants thereof because they came not to helpe the Lord against the mighty Doth God then stand in need of helpe doth the Almighty stand in neede of helpe against the mighty noe surely it were madnes to think soe But because God hath appointed meanes for the effecting of his worke here belowe therefore such as are faithfull offer themselues to his worke knowing it is his will they should doe soe and it is their honour so to be imployed in this service where a crowne of glory is layde vp for the workeman None then will stand Neuter in this case who are perswaded of the truth of Gods promises Such only who seeme indifferent or wholy withdraw themselues who doubt and waver in their faith or like fooles haue sayde in their hearts their is noe God For this cause the Edomits are called cruell and cursed by God because they stood on the otherside aloofe off looking on in the day Obad. 1â— that straungers carried away the substance of their yonger brother Iacob And Gideon after his victory over Zeba and Zalmunnua raced Succoth and Penvell which refused to victuall his army in their passage over or to assist him in those warres taught the inhabitants of those cittyes by bryars and thornes a sensible kinde of instruction what it is to become Neuters when the welfare of the Church and state is in question and how worthily whilst they will take part with neither side they become a prey to both sides It is a shame whil'st Heathens and Idolaters bynde themselues in strict leagues that Abraham and Lot should not helpe each other or that whilst Oreb and Zeb Zebah and Zalmunnah joyne in confederacy Succoth and Penvell shoulde not releiue Gideon Much more shame is it that whilst Turkes and Heathens and Idolatrous Papists stand together in one and haue their Catholique leauges to extirpate vs and the truth wee posesse which is and hath beene a maine prime and principall point in all their articles treatyes and transactions concluded betwixt them from the dayes of Charles the Fift to this present such as professe the true faith should for pollitique and worldly respects or perhaps without respect of policy or profit abandon their distressed neighbours and brethren Whatsoever such say in pretence of their backwardnes the true cause is either personall cowardice because they dare not provoke a false enemy nor trust a true God or lukewarmenes in religion because they are indifferent which side prevayle's so their bodyes and temporall estates be safe or slavery whilst they jmagine their is no other honour then to enjoy the vayne and beastly pleasures of this life for a season though vpon the basest conditions that can be â—â— trechery whilst either for golde or some other corrupt bayte which they haue swallowed the safety of Prince of state of religion is cast behinde their backs and they desire change as vermine that haue eaten rats-bane doe fresh water which they drinke till they bur'st with drinking Thus cunning practicioners haue learned their art of the Devill and doe so posesse and bewitch the hearts and eares of Princes as often the better the cause is the worse it is like to speede For they are able to cast aspercions vpon innocence her selfe and to palliate the fowlest cause with fayre and honest pretences So that men knew not well what part to take whilst it is hard to distinguish right and wronge a sunder If the cause be just as they vsually oppose such causes then they perplex it with other knots and questions of doubt If it be vnjust as they commonly take part with error then they lyne and interlay it with a mixture and florish of right that so the appearance of truth may beguile the eyes of the vnwary When such traytors as these beginn to worke they loue like spydars to make the whole webb out of their owne bosomes Neb. 6. 6. and when they entend most mischeife pretend all for the publique good and lay treason to the charge of all honest men whome either they see able or willing to stand in their way Yea with great care they advise Princes and Princes too often follow their advise to avoyde that Councell for wicked which may seene to discover the least part of their wickednes When Haman entende's to worke his maister to destroy the Iewes Hest 3. 8. that amongest them Mordocay might perish he pretends the Kings profit to be the grounde of his Councell It is not for the Kings profit saith he to suffer them Notwithstanding wee must not be discouraged with these encounters but prepare our selues to meet them with greater resolution If Sanballat and Tobiah conspire together to hinder the repayring of Ierusalem they pretende the Kings prerogatiue 〈◊〉 call all those rebels which stand for religiâ—â— This doeth not discourage Nehemiah Neh. 2. 19 but 〈◊〉 him to greater vigilancy Neh. 4. and more 〈◊〉 in the worke So that the people become â—ouldiars and artificers at once holding a swâ—â—de in one hand and a toole in the other Foâ—â—y such men and after such a manner must the temple of God be built and the temple of â—ntichrist pulde downe namely by those that are couragious and diligent And though Sanballat proceede's by plots and practises to hinder the worke and to rayse vp false Prophets like the Iesuits in all Christendome and the Arminians in the vnited Provinces to discourage the Prince and people and to distract and divide them yet resolute Nehemiah resisteth this temptation Nehâ—m â— and breake 's forth into these honorable and holy
VOX DEI. The frontispice explaned TRuth-telling Ramsy Treason doth vvithstand And for the Kinges life liftes his happie hand The Duke kils Briberie bane of Commonweales With fire-brand Faction and so truely deales For Kinge and Kingdome as a man that knowes Vpon one roote their equall vvelfare growes The Prince false Vniversalls doth detest And true of faith is by the true faith blest Hee for the Kinge the Kingdome and the Kirke Like Hercules begins heroick vvorke And sets new pillars on the coast of Spaine To bownd three-bodyed Geryon once againe Who vvith his dooble-headed dog did drawe Backward against divine and humane Lawe Kingdomes and Countries of seduced men Into his darke and Hell-resembling denn The Kinge hedg'd rownd with sweete yet pricking roses And Thistles in securitie reposes His bay-crownde heade vvhilst soe incircled Hee Guarded by these guardes these from tyrannie Iesus from Iesuites and all spirituall harmes Defendes his Flock vvith his all-mightie armes Treades sinne and Death and Sathan vnderfoote Whilst God the Father puts his blessing to it Then vvho giues back who is on our side whoe Where wordes and Treatyes faile resolue to doe VOX DEI TO THE READER IT may be thought perhaps by some which shall vouchsafe to reade this following discourse that my generall aymes in this publication are to exasperate the humor of the tyme too tart as some thinke already against the Common Adversary and withall to flatter my selfe into favour by needles repetitions of notable by-past actions For the first let such know that neither my minde nor my booke looke higher then the middle Region being both bred and conversing continually in the inferiour where they haue no force to raise stormes of action but to participate in passion with such gufts as fall from aboue I am not so vaine-gloriously apprehensiue as to thinke my selfe able to raise the least dust with any feete but mine owne or to workâ— vpon the judgement of any man with my weake oratory to moue him to a violent course beyond his naturall inclination Yet thus much I say for my selfe and my cause that if I should avme at what they object and should accomplish my aymes I did no more then the greatest wisest devoutest amongst them professe to doe and practise continually against vs praise in others so following their footesteps Witnesse that treatise amongst divers the like which Scioppius a famous Counsellor for the house of Austria hath made against the protestants and intituled Classicum Belli sacri Siue sâ—asoria ad Imperatorem de Christiani Caesaris erga Principes Ecclesiae rebelles officiâ— veris Haereticorum compescendorum rationibis Fdito 1619. A Trumpet of the holy warre wherem by authority of Scripture pitifully wrested and misapplied by reasons of state and policy violently vrged and wrung to force out blood he moues and excites nay as it were inforceth the house of Austria in generall and in particular the Emperour so by consequence the King of Spaine to a merciles massacre of their subjects neigbours round about against whome they may any way pick a quarrell â— for point of Religion And what needes the blood of Austria be heated to this end I am to be blamed with others therfore if my zeale for truth be any whit colder then his for falsehood and I am to be pardoned and excused even by such as are of his opinion if I pursue as eagerly as he doth the side and cause I affect and resist vnto blood where he bloodely assaults my innocency or the innocent truth in me and in others Nay let this worke of his moue all Counsellors and others that haue place about Princes and Power with them to doe their dutyes in a contrary course and whet the edge of authority with all the arguments of their art to shew it selfe sharpe for Christ and his cause against Antichrist and his adherents And let not their goodly discretion and moderation delude the world any longer with vaine expectations and promises as if they were like Iobs faint freindes lob 12. 2. the only people and that all wisedome lived in them and should dye with them least if they dally any longer the axe be layd to the roote of the tree Mat. 3. and they for their fruitles fearnes without sap of sincerity or piety only with a smoake or shadowing of hypocrisy be cast into the vnquenchable fyre of Gods just judgement Assuredly Necessity calls vpon vs to do something in time for our cause and our freindes or to prepare our selves to suffer all thinges from our Enemyes Spaine can easely charme France by the helpe of the Iesuites and Pope to sit still and giue ayme till his foote be vpon the neck of the Vnited Provinces for it wil be made a warre of religion which France as the eldest sonne of the Romane Church is by all meanes to advance If then they can keepe vs back but a while longer either by pretences or promises or gifts or presents or pensions or East-Indian quarrells or treatyes or marriages or threatnings or by any other meanes the goale is gotten and wee must be forced to take the law from them and to admit not only Tâ—lleration but also Alteration of Religion and perhaps the Inquisition also into our land in spite of our hearts though wee our King with vs say NOE never so loud ther will neither heare vs nor beleeue vs nor then admit of our negatiue voyce And I am perswaded all that are not of this minde so ready to take all occasioÌ„s vse all meanes to prevent it are of their minde and wills take all occasions vse all meanes though closely and by degrees to advance it For the second objection made by such as thinke I am out of favour intend hereby to flatter my selfe into grace againe I let such know that as I account the favour of my superiours to be a great blessing so beleeving I never lost it at least by desert I professe sincerely not to seeke it with any corrupt or ambitious thought If what I write offend not it is the yttermost extent yea crowne of my happinesse here being for the rest contented and holding it a thing indifferent to liue in any ayre and to be buryed in any soyle Since I liue by faith and expect the resurrection of the just But the truth is that as those who looke on doe often see what the Gamesters over-see And as those who stand in a direct lyne against the mouth of the Cannon cannot discerne the danger comeing swifftly vpon them soe well as those that staÌ„d a-loofe off and obliquely soe wee that stand removed from the steeple heare the noyse of the bells distinctly and where they jangle and where they ring round and where they vary with musicall and delightfull changes which such as stand vnder cannot so perfectly judge And wee thinke wee saw the danger coming and were more sensible of it then many seemed to bee that stood
Churches in generall when his Highnesse with the Duke of Buckingham set out about this businesse by his Majestyes commandement and what opinion wee and all others of the best affected both strangers and natives had of that jorney and of the persons that vndertooke it All Germany was then in combustion as if it had beene a generall fire prepared and kindled at the Romane Catholique cost for the true professors who were to become Apostates or Martyrs The Palatinate lay prostituted vnder the beastly and bruitish command of three insulting Enemyes who satisfied or at least served their vnsatiable lust by turnes vpon the fattest and fayrest parts of it as the Soâ—omits would haue vsed the Angells Gen. 19. 5. or as the men of Gibeah Iud 19. 27 did vse the Levits wife The Hanse Townes trembled like a quarry in the foote and began to treate of their comming in The Vnited Provinces saw the whole bent of the warre vpon them that they were by vs deserted and by the enemy swallowed in expectation The Protestants in France put their confidence in flight as their last refuge which they were ready to take had God left them a place in the world whether they might haue fled with safety in that vniversall Deluge The Papists in England and Yreland began to take posession of the Chaire and Pulpit and durst be so bould as to share out our honors and punishments to designe some of their owne to the helme and all of vs to the barre and to the block to the treeâ— to the stake Thus stood the world or worse For the persons and mens opinions of them and the actions vnder their handes First for the Duke they tooke him to be vnsetled in religion but wholy devoted to the service wherein he was imployed A younge man vnfit for lack of experience to manage great affaires or to incounter single the Grandees of Spanye and Rome with the Iesuites at their elbowes And though they conceived him to be best affected yet even that best of his administred occasion of suspition what then should they thinke of other Ministers who had no meanes to build vp their ambitious fortunes but by this fatal overture Great Counsells passe through the handes of many Agents and though wee had beene resolued of the ability of this one as wee were of his ingenuity yet the mixture of others more reserved and corrupted might taint him or turne the worke intended to our ruine Wee sawe his power with his Majesty and the Prince wee knew who was his wife who was his mother and all wee could then see of him made vs suspect and tremble the more the more we saw it Secondly for the Prince wee looked vpon him as vpon a most obedient child to a father who knew how to command with loue to lead gently where he could not driue conueniently Wee sawe him of a sweete nature and for that the easier to be abused wrought vpon by art as his royall father of farre more experience had beene Wee saw him such as wee could haue wished in all respects but in this MATCH but there wee wondered the whole world could not afford him a bewty wherevpon to fixe his affection but that one whome none of his truest hearted servants could affect as knowing it both in being Spanish and Romish to be fatall to him to the State and Church Could there come therefore such a crosse to vs as this was like to proue that Death should rob vs of our first hope a worse enemy then Death of the second Even such an enemy as professedly sought the subversion of Church and State such an enemy as exprest loue to the brother only by seking the vtmost of hate malice to his best-beloved and only sister such an enemy as was not satisfied with the spoile of the body fortune and State except also it could accomplish the destruction of the soule which with a vaine glorious zeale it ambitiously hunted after I say could there come such a crosse I should haue sayd could there come such a curse to our Land His Highnesse being the hope of our land for the future when he went forth the whole continent seemed soule-les recovering the swound wee sought him whom our hearts loued and found him not wee were beaten for seeking him and might not complaine Hee seemed to turne his back vpon vs as if he had desired a new loue contemning our desires teares prayers Our hearts were fild with jealousy and indignation even to that height that we were tempted by fraylety and fury to reject him that had wholy cast vs of But loue and duty would none of these breaches his loue our dutyes awaked and wept and were soone reconciled Hee returned alone and shewed by his single returning alone that he loued vs and found none abroad soe loving him as wee did Wee welcomed his returne with the joyfull shout that attends a Prince from the mouthes of his faithfullest servants and this was still the foote of our songe of thanksgiving God be praysed that he is come home ALONE Doubtles had he not come home alone he should haue had but halfe this hearty welcome the curtesy and custome of the land must needes haue devided it betwixt the Partners nay I am verely perswaded they would not then haue had the halfe to devide betwixt them Thirdly for his Majesty wee beheld him with that awefull respect as men that hung vpon his lips and counted his words oracles When wee read his writings they spake nothing but what might secure our feares informe our ignorance resolue our doubts for point of Religion Wee wished Rome might once be soe happy as to haue such a learned and judicious Pope then wee doubted not but he would cast the triple crowne of Antichrist at the feete of Christ and renouncing his vsurpations be a leader of others to reformation scâ—â—â—ing any longer to be a base spirituall â—ander for the house of Austria in generall and of Spayne in particular But when wee behâ—ld for all these hopes strengthned with serious and solemne promises often iterated for procureing free passage to the Gospell and the advancement of the true â— reformed religion grounded therevpon that notwithstaÌ„ding a retreate was made both out of Bohemia and the Palatinate which gaue way and roome for superstition and Idolatry to enter and reigne that his Majestyes children were abandoned and such freinds as stuck to them dishartened that it was disclaymed to be a warre of religion on our side when the adverse partyes profest it for such by their league as if they gloryed in falsehood though wee seemed to be ashamed or weary of the protection and defence of truth notwithstanding it were an office appertaining to our stile that the enemy made his Majestyes authority the Vsher to giue easy entrance and the Bridge to giue ready passage to all his purposes of conquest that at home the lawes were silent and such silenced as
Prince and people and from God to the Prince and people in exhortation instruction and information when wee all seemed no other then beasts in a market to be bought and sould and must not be acquainted with the price and condition of our owne captivity nor know to what butcher wee should be delivered when wee sawe the great intertainement his Highnesse found at least in print though I prayse God for it as wee thought so it fell out for truth that the Pen-man had more of the Painter and Poët in him then of the History ô grapher knew better what should haue beene done then what was When wee sawe the Chappell building here for Baal and the Priests and Iesuites filling every corner of the streetes whilst they were pulling downe the Churches of God in the Palatinate and whilst his Highnesse Chaplaynes were enjoyned silence in Spayne when wee saw every pocket stuft with popish pamphlets and that the dore began to waxe narrow at which the Protestants sent out and let in their labours for the presse when wee saw a gag for the Gospell like a Giant might walke abroad with liberty in the sunneshine when a Protestant Pismire might scarce creepe in a darke corner without question when wee saw a clogd dispensation beg'd A clogd dispensatioÌ„ so cald cheefely because it is a perpetuall clog to the conscience of the receiver thoug an Antichristian Ape may weare it with ease for fashion sabe or dearely bought at the handes of Antichrist for the best of vs and dispensations freely given by vs to vnclog the worst of his when wee saw articles solemnely agreede on for the freedome of superstition and idolatry without soe much as a thought or touch for the advantage of truth and that in the presence of God who abhorred such sacrifice and vowes when wee heard and read the title and stile of Holynes conferd vpon Antichrist and more strong and powerfull reasons given to moue the King and Clergy of Spayne to consent that the match might proceede with the vtmost speede because it tende alltogether to the advancement of the Roman-Catholique cause what should wee thinke poore ignorant soules what could wee jmagine but that we were almost miserable people hated of those wee loued most and cast away by those wee trusted most yea wee thought that God had determined to scourge vs for our pride and ingratitude and to this end had taken wisdome from the wise and caused that they should haue eyes and not see eares and not heare hearts and not vnderstand but that the Lord intended to bow downe all our backs because wee relyed too much vpon man and gaue not the glory to God as wee ought Thus were wee in a kinde of Hell vpon earth full of anxiety perplexity feare nothing but sighing weeping hanging downe the head as persons confounded and drowned in despayre But loe on a sodaine the sunne arose and with it our comfort Heavinesse may indure for a night but wye comes in the morneing His Highnesse returnes ALONE ô words of comfort Psa 30. 5. as choosing rather to dye a Virgine and liue an Angell then to be marryed by Antichrist and now God begins the first worke and giues the Omen the onset to the rest that followes beating downe the Black-fryars whilst the Chayre was vsurped by a bolde and famous factor for Antichrist surrounded with a rabbement of his superstitious and forward followers who would needes haue the VAN or right hand file in his restitution and with a VENGANCE they had it After this a Parliament is summoned wherein the King ingenuosly confesseth the injuryes receiued where he least suspected them and where he deserved most gratitude and here he vnmasketh all the mysteryes hid before in the cloudes of concealemeÌ„t dealing faithfully with his people as a Prince that had found and expected to finde faith in them againe towards him and his He restores vnto them their wonted lawfull libertyes and freedome of speech knowing that where there is not liberty there can be no fidelity and where there is sreedome of the tongue there can be no danger of the heart or hand And here begins that first Act which changeth the black and tragicall Scenes into triumphant furniture promising a more happy harmonious close and conclusion by Gods omnipotent arme miraculously turning the hearts of Princes as the ruiers of water then wee could otherwise ever haue hoped for had not these narrow straights and difficultyes proceded For hereby Popish-Spanish policy which is nothing but Hypocrisy are stript starke naked the faithfull vnfaithfull servant distinguished the truth revealed wee forewarned and so I hope armed our King and Princes honor ingaged for vs to fetch off with loyall and zealous services aud Gods mercy both in discovering preventing these traynes traps of perfidious Enemyes magnifyed He that sits in heaven langhes them to scorne That this may appeare more to the life let vs see the Heroick Persons acting their owne parts severally and joyntly And first for the Duke He in Spayne dischargeth the trust reposed in him by the King attending faithfully vpon the Prince and vsing all indeavour to search out vnlocke and discover the secrets of the Spanish Cabinet Comming home he vseth his best art and credit with his Majesty to resolue him of the Spanish fraude and falsehood and of the loyalty and fidelity of his owne flock He take's care to let the world see he had learned to abhorre the idolatryes of Rome and to loue the true Church better by beholding the follyes fylthines of that gaâ—â—â— strumpet the great Bawde of Babylon He presents plainely to the Parliament the hard passages his Highnesse had past in Geryons denne whereinto he was drawen backward How he was set by policy vpon the rack of loue to torture him from his religion or at least to betray him by his owne and cause him to deny his master and maker with his mouth In detestation of which foule fact his Majesty saith most excellently and like himselfe That he who dissembles with God iâ— not to be trusted with men Take truth from the mouth of a Prince towards his people and faith from his heart towards God and you dismantle him disrobe him of all his regall honors and ornaments and make him a beast like Nabuchodonozor Dan. 4. 27 28. 29. 30 and of the jmage of God cause him to carry the jmage and stampe of Sathan He presents also that foule plot and conspiracy of theirs to demaund such conditions of his Majesty as they intended should not advance the marriage but as they hoped would stirre vp a rebellion and then they kindly proffessed to send home his Highnesse with an Army to massacre his owne innocent lambes O perfidious people whome do you tempt thinke you a brest harbouring any such base and bloody thought can be hatched any where but in Spayne or be of any blood but the ancient Moriaâ— Austrian or Ottoman