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Boo~

jit,

that they Jhould be provided out of new difcoveries, which is the onely

Wt!J

for them to

//in honour and riches according to the example of the ancient Conquerours, wherefore

hearti/y dejire you to confider thefe matters with the underjl-anding

agood Chriftian, and

the worthy mind and intention of a Gentleman, and of a wife and prudent Perfon, and with

that a(feél:ion and good will which you have alw41 _(hewed to the happinefs and welfare ofthis

Countrey, and charity towards tbe lnhabitants thereof; giving God 11nd our Lady thank¿,

•(to whom you are

:ualoui -Votary)' t'hat thü great and important )J{fair, in whichyou have

fo deep!J conoerned your

fetf,

-hath,-been fo favourably-interp-,-eted by his Majefty ,and

the

Grandees of

Spain;

who were pleafed to acquitJOUr aél:ions of rebellion and difloyalty, and

·to flyle them with the more

fofr

terms ofdefending 'his Májefty's '1-1tftice, to which his Subjeils:

wer.e denied accefs, or to b.e heard by way of Petitioñ.

Ar.id

now in regard your King, who

a Catho!ick._and a juft Prince, hath rejl-ored you and

ever

y _perfon to the enjoyment of his–

own Ejl-ate and Pof{ejfion.r in

ful/ and

ample a manner

they dejired in thcir Petition;

but reafon that you deal as jincerely and juftly with your King, by yielding due obedience

,to

him~ and ,comptianr;e wi-th al! his ,coinrnt1nds: t-ke which i1r a

duJy

incumbe?Jt on\11-1, not

.one'!J

'hJ

the -Lttw_s of N.atur.e~ -w.hic.h qbtige ev~ry,S,",:ibj,efl 'to,b.e ,lOJaÍ to

his King, bttt alfo by–

·the La~s

Scri:pture rand Grac,e,, which ,injoyn

rHú,

¡on ,the ¡penalty of eternal damvation, to

,render u,nto wery-man ,his ,due, and·'cfpecially obedience •unto Kings.

And fince J,OUr Anee-,

,Jlour<J have malle themfelves il(ujl-r-ious bj their 1/oyalty and

b;;

their fervices to t>he Crown,

which have gained them ,the 'Iitle ofNob,les; it will now beyow part to Copy out thi,s lejfon·

the largeft chanaét-ers, rather ,than ·~o drgenerate from their •lineage and caft a blemifh on

all their atchievementJ by'your demer;ts and defeé'l-ion from th'eir vettues.

'/1;eveateft oon–

ce,rnment we have in this world, next to the falvation of our Souls,

our honour; which

ü·

moft refplendent in pe-,-fons who ,move inyour

high jj,here, in whichgo1,1 are capable to brighten

,the lujl--,,e

your Anceftour's g,lonie-s, ,or othmvife by irregular aéfion; to

caft

a blemifh and

an eternal dbfa11rity ·upon ,them.

Por whofoeiver Jalls {rom -God by ,infidelity, or from his

i[(ing rby;treaf,on and dijlayaltJ, doth not ,one{j difhonour himfelf but li~ewife cafts -a'blemifh

and infamy &n hú whole Family: whenefore

/et

r,;e advife you to ,ref/-eóf hereupon with a

wife·

and a,prudent fpirit, weighing we/l the ¡ower ofyour King, whofe Eorces you a11e.verJ unab!e

to with{l-and: but leftyour want 1of-k.__now!edge and e,;perience i11 his Court, not 'having view-'

,ti

hiJ

Armies, or fathomed ihe ckjrth

1his Counfels, fhould betr"4J you ,to an overrweening

C/pinion of!JOUr own ftrength; be pleafed to figure 1Jt1Jo_your

felf

thelf»ighty power and puif–

fance of ,the Great Turk._,, who marched in Pe-,-fon -at the head of above three ·hundred thou–

fandJighting men, which he brought into the Field againft -him, bejides Pionim and other at-

-tendants on the Camp, notwithftandi,ng which, when he met his Majefty near

Vienna

durft not adventure to joyn Battel with

him,

but rather ,endeavoured a retreat, facing

the

Ene'!') with his Horfe whi{jl- the Ief,antry marched away and made their efoape,

&c.

This Letter ,is writ move at large by divers Aathours., which we have-ch¿ughc

fit

to abbreviace, becaufe

,it

.relal!eS t~e ,many Viétories

whkh

the ,Em_perour ga,i–

ned upon che

·Tur'k._,

from whence he fr~m~ divers. Ari.urnems to prove how

unable

Gonfalo Pi2arro

was to contend

w1oh

Jo formidable a Force,

bue

chat

ra-.

ther he íhould incline

his

mind to fubmiffion

:añd

obedience -: bue

what bis

con–

fultations

and reflexions were-on this LeGter, we

íhall

declare in the

following

~hapter.

¡,

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