789 / 1060
BooK
V.
Royal
Com1nentaries.
fit,
that they fhould be provided
011t
of new difcoveries, which. is the onely way for them to
gain honour and riches according to
the
ex~mple
of the ancient Conquero11rs,
w_h~refore
r
heartily dejire you to confider thefe matters with
the
underftandmg
of
a good Chri/ltan, and
the worth) mind and intention of a Gentleman, and
of
a wife
and prudent Per/on
and
rvith
that llffeflion and good will which you have alway /hewed to the happinefs and
welfare
ofthis
Countrey, and charity towards the Inhabitants thereof;· giving God and our
L ady
tlJtmkJ,
(to
whomyou are
a
z..ealous Yotary) that thu great and important Affair,
in
which you have
fa
deep!J concerned your
[elf,
hath been
fa
favo11rably interpreted by his Majefty tmd
hy
the
Grandees of
Spain ;
i11ho were pleafed to acquit your aflions
of
rebellion and dijloyalty, and
to ftylc them with the more {oft terms of defendirtg his Majejl/s {ufticc, to which his 11bjeEls
were denied accefl, or to be heard
by
way
of
Petition.
And now
in
regard your King, who
u
a
Catholick._ and a juft Prim:e, hath reftored you
anfl.
every perfon to the'enj0Jme7!t
of
his
own Eftate ttnd Pof{ef!ions in
M
full and
M
ample
a
manner
M
they dejired in their Petition;
It
u
lnft
reafon
that you deal
M
fincerely and
;uft!y
with y our King, by yielding due o!Jediencs·
to him, and compliance with
all
his commands : the which i1 a duty incumbent on
115,
not
<me{y
hy
the L aw1 of Nature, which oblige every Suhjeil to be loyal to his K ing, b1tt alfo
by
the Laws
of
s,ripture
and
Grace, which injqyn·
us,
on the penalty
of
eternal damnation, to
render unto every
man
hi1 due,
and
e.fpecially obedience unto K ings.
And fince your Ance–
jlourJ have mttde themfelves illuftrious
by
their loyalty
and
by
their fervices to the Crown,
which have gained them the Title of Nobles
;
it will now beyour part to Copy out this lej[on
in
the large// charaflers, rather than to degenerate fl"om their lineage and caft
a
hlemifh on
all their atchievemcnts
by
your demerit1 and defeilion from their vertues.
The
~reateft
con–
cernment we have in this world,
next
to the falvation
of
our Souls,
u
our honour, which
u
mo.ftrefplendent
in
perfons who move inyour high fpbere, in which you are capable· to brighten
the lujfre
of
your Anceftou/s glories,
or
othe-t"wife hy irregular aflions to caft a ble:mifh and
an eternal obfctrl"ity upon them.
For whofaever fa/LI from God
by
infidelity, or
fro-m
his
K ing
by
treafon and difloyalty, doth not one{y dijhonour himfelf but
li~ife
cajl-1 a hlemijh
and
infar1J on
hu whole Family: wherefore let me advi{e you to refieCl- hereupon with
a
wife
and a prudent fpirit, weighing well the power ofyour King, whofe Forces you are very unable
t o with/land: bHt left your want of kztowledge and experience
in
hi.r
Court, not having view–
ed
his Armie1, or fathomed the depth
of
hi!
Counfel!, jhould hetray you to an fQZ/er-weening
opinion of your
own
ftrength
;
be pleafed to figure untoyour felf the mighty power and
pt1ij-
fance of the Great Turk._, who marched
in
Perfon at the head
of
above tb-t"ee hundred thou–
fand fighting
men,
which he hrought into the Field againft him, hejides Pioniers and other at–
tendants on the Camp, notwithftanding which, when he
met
his Majefty near
Vienna
he
durft not adventure to
jcryn
Batte! with l?im, hut rather endeavoured a retreat, facing the
Enemy with his H orfe whilft the Infantry marched away and made their efcape,
&c.
T his
Letter
is writ
more
at large by
divers Authours, which we have thought
:fit
to abbreviate, becaufe
it
relates the many ViCl:ories whicli the Emperour gai–
ned upon the
Turk._,
from
whence he
frames
divers
Argumenrs co prove
how
unable
Gonfalo
Pifarrowas to contend with
fo
formidable a Force,
but chat
ra–
ther
he !hould
ind.nehis mind to fubmiffion and obedience: but what his con–
fulcations
an
reflexions
were on this
Letter,
we iliall declare
in
the following
Chapeer.
CHA P~