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         Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
      
       
         
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             A letter to Monsieur Van. B---- de M---- at Amsterdam, written anno 1676
             Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
             Beuningen, Koenraad van, 1622-1693.
          
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           A
           Letter
           to
           Monsieur
           
             Van.
             B
          
           —
           de
           
             M
          
           —
           at
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           written
           
             Anno.
          
           1676.
           
        
         
           
             Dear
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           great
           Conclusion
           
             Solomon
          
           made
           from
           all
           those
           wise
           Reflections
           of
           his
           ,
           upon
           things
           under
           the
           Sun
           is
           ,
           fear
           God
           and
           keep
           his
           Commandments
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           the
           whole
           of
           Man
           ,
           his
           whole
           business
           and
           his
           whole
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           therefore
           you
           and
           I
           shall
           always
           agree
           ,
           that
           our
           first
           and
           great
           Duty
           is
           the
           Love
           and
           Service
           of
           our
           great
           Lord
           :
           and
           the
           second
           is
           like
           unto
           it
           ,
           the
           Love
           and
           Service
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           circumstances
           of
           our
           times
           are
           ,
           these
           things
           can
           hardly
           be
           separated
           or
           distinguished
           ,
           but
           are
           included
           one
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           which
           serves
           his
           Country
           must
           needs
           at
           the
           same
           time
           serve
           God.
           
        
         
           Now
           the
           present
           Mischiefs
           that
           are
           upon
           our
           Country
           ,
           do
           not
           (
           as
           to
           their
           second
           Causes
           )
           arise
           meerly
           out
           of
           the
           common
           spring
           of
           boundless
           and
           restless
           ambition
           ,
           but
           an
           implacable
           malice
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           hath
           had
           a
           principal
           hand
           in
           the
           Effects
           
             Europe
          
           is
           now
           groaning
           under
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           danger
           is
           common
           to
           us
           both
           ,
           and
           doth
           not
           less
           threaten
           
             England
          
           then
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           though
           more
           remotely
           .
           For
           the
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           in
           growing
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Naval
           strength
           ,
           may
           be
           reasonably
           apprehended
           to
           have
           his
           Eye
           upon
           
             England
             ,
          
           when
           he
           shall
           have
           subjugated
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           which
           it
           may
           be
           he
           meant
           when
           he
           said
           upon
           some
           occasion
           ,
           that
           hereafter
           he
           would
           bring
           his
           Men
           to
           a
           place
           where
           there
           were
           neither
           Gates
           nor
           Bars
           ;
           success
           makes
           Men
           bold
           as
           well
           against
           God
           ,
           as
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Greatest
           and
           Wisest
           Men
           are
           not
           always
           so
           guarded
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           their
           Gayeties
           their
           future
           Intentions
           drop
           out
           of
           their
           Mouthes
           ,
           and
           Wicked
           Men
           do
           not
           only
           express
           their
           Natures
           in
           their
           Wicked
           sayings
           ,
           by
           which
           Men
           may
           take
           warning
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           live
           after
           their
           Deaths
           in
           those
           sayings
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           at
           this
           time
           discourse
           to
           you
           a
           little
           more
           particularly
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           but
           two
           very
           strong
           Kingdoms
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
             France
          
           and
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Reason
           of
           their
           strength
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           great
           in
           Territories
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           piece
           and
           compacted
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           
             Europe
          
           may
           be
           considered
           in
           three
           Parts
           ,
           
             France
             ,
             England
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           confederated
           against
           
             France
             ,
          
           which
           being
           a
           strength
           made
           up
           of
           many
           pieces
           and
           different
           Interests
           ,
           will
           always
           be
           found
           too
           weak
           to
           be
           opposed
           against
           the
           Uniform
           Force
           of
           one
           great
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           which
           reason
           the
           League
           will
           come
           naturally
           so
           dissolve
           it self
           ,
           and
           fall
           in
           pieces
           ,
           unless
           
             England
          
           cast
           the
           Ballance
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           it
           is
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           roundly
           ;
           for
           Neutrality
           in
           this
           Case
           is
           both
           foolish
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           as
           being
           
           against
           all
           Reason
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           case
           ,
           he
           that
           obligeth
           none
           ,
           disobligeth
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           Conqueror
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           pursue
           his
           revenge
           against
           the
           Rival
           Prince
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           there
           are
           three
           Characters
           in
           Hystory
           ascribed
           to
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           the
           first
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Gauls
           their
           Predecessors
           by
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
             ,
          
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           Fight
           they
           were
           more
           than
           Men
           and
           afterward
           less
           then
           Women
           ,
           and
           however
           it
           be
           true
           the
           present
           
             French
          
           inherit
           the
           same
           
             Genius
             ,
          
           yet
           by
           discipline
           which
           hath
           a
           wonderful
           force
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           we
           see
           they
           have
           brought
           even
           their
           Infantry
           for
           the
           most
           part
           to
           Fight
           well
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           their
           Actions
           they
           have
           justly
           acquired
           the
           Reputation
           of
           a
           very
           War
           like
           Nation
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Character
           is
           that
           they
           are
           a
           People
           ,
           Light
           ,
           Inconstant
           and
           Faithless
           .
           3.
           
           That
           they
           are
           of
           an
           aspiring
           
             Genius
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           dangerous
           to
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           as
           the
           object
           they
           have
           ●●●t
           upon
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           no
           less
           than
           to
           Erect
           an
           Universal
           Monarchy
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           a
           thing
           that
           can
           never
           be
           brought
           to
           pass
           ;
           yet
           for
           all
           the
           Observation
           we
           make
           of
           other
           Men
           ,
           we
           dayly
           commit
           the
           same
           Errors
           ,
           to
           this
           we
           may
           add
           ,
           that
           the
           Course
           of
           the
           present
           
             French
          
           King
           is
           full
           of
           Rapid
           Violence
           and
           high
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           Ambition
           will
           make
           Men
           wade
           through
           a
           World
           of
           Blood
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           vain
           ends
           ;
           yet
           this
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           two
           or
           three
           such
           Kings
           should
           immediatly
           succeed
           one
           another
           in
           
             France
          
           ;
           they
           would
           in
           Reason
           swallow
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           if
           at
           the
           same
           time
           one
           weak
           and
           Insufficient
           Prince
           should
           succeed
           another
           in
           
             England
          
           ;
           but
           the
           Ballance
           of
           the
           World
           is
           kept
           up
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           strong
           Nations
           joyning
           with
           the
           weaker
           against
           stronger
           than
           they
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Interchangeable
           distribution
           in
           succession
           of
           strong
           and
           weak
           Princes
           in
           the
           same
           Kingdome
           ,
           through
           the
           promiscuous
           dispensation
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           which
           is
           irresistable
           ,
           for
           he
           must
           leave
           all
           his
           Work
           to
           the
           Man
           that
           shall
           be
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           who
           knows
           whether
           he
           shall
           be
           a
           Wise
           Man
           or
           a
           Fool
           ,
           what
           a
           Wise
           Man
           gets
           a
           Fool
           looses
           .
        
         
           Now
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           our
           Country-men
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           a
           middle
           
             Genius
          
           between
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           your
           Country-men
           ,
           are
           as
           warlike
           as
           any
           ,
           but
           grave
           ,
           plain
           ,
           and
           honest
           .
           I
           know
           that
           our
           Country-men
           will
           be
           always
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           now
           as
           strong
           as
           ever
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           always
           been
           an
           overmatch
           to
           
             France
             ,
          
           we
           have
           made
           Two
           Conquests
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           one
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           3d.
           and
           another
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             H.
          
           the
           5
           
             th
             ,
          
           but
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           is
           either
           Proper
           or
           Comparative
           ,
           Proper
           ,
           respecting
           their selves
           ,
           or
           Comparative
           ,
           respecting
           their
           Neighbors
           .
           Now
           if
           it
           should
           be
           granted
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           not
           true
           )
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           now
           as
           strong
           as
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           yet
           if
           
             France
          
           (
           which
           is
           true
           )
           be
           three
           times
           as
           strong
           as
           they
           were
           formerly
           ,
           than
           
             England
          
           must
           needs
           be
           three
           times
           weaker
           Comparatively
           ;
           
           
             England
          
           being
           so
           far
           from
           holding
           proportion
           to
           
             France
          
           in
           its
           growth
           ,
           that
           is
           is
           much
           weaker
           now
           than
           it
           was
           20
           Years
           ago
           .
           And
           this
           among
           other
           things
           may
           shew
           you
           the
           weakness
           of
           our
           Councils
           ,
           in
           sitting
           still
           while
           the
           
             French
          
           make
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           and
           then
           as
           to
           its
           proper
           strength
           we
           must
           come
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           for
           he
           that
           does
           not
           distinguish
           well
           can
           never
           Judge
           well
           ;
           I
           say
           then
           the
           People
           are
           strong
           but
           the
           Government
           is
           weak
           ,
           from
           whence
           this
           Consequence
           may
           be
           drawn
           ,
           that
           a
           People
           may
           be
           weak
           under
           one
           form
           of
           Administration
           ,
           and
           strong
           under
           another
           ,
           to
           prove
           which
           ,
           there
           will
           need
           no
           other
           Instance
           then
           the
           Regiment
           of
           these
           three
           last
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Parliament
           interposed
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           more
           clearly
           appear
           to
           you
           when
           we
           come
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           Government
           it self
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           Kingdome
           in
           Story
           that
           I
           remember
           ,
           in
           and
           about
           which
           so
           much
           Blood
           hath
           been
           shed
           as
           
             England
             ,
          
           except
           
             Sicily
             ,
          
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           hath
           always
           been
           to
           Fight
           in
           small
           Armies
           ,
           without
           regarding
           the
           Number
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           who
           were
           sometimes
           (
           as
           in
           the
           first
           Conquest
           of
           
             France
          
           abovenamed
           )
           above
           six
           to
           one
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           
             English
          
           have
           not
           oftner
           been
           brought
           to
           contend
           against
           Forreign
           Force
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           carried
           away
           the
           Victory
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           every
           Battle
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           Issue
           of
           the
           War.
           Therefore
           when
           
             Matchiavil
          
           labors
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Common
           Doctrine
           in
           the
           Politicks
           ,
           that
           Money
           is
           the
           Sinews
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           he
           says
           is
           not
           true
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           is
           true
           as
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Holland
          
           where
           you
           have
           a
           small
           Territory
           ,
           and
           your
           Foundation
           is
           Trade
           ,
           Money
           ,
           and
           Industry
           ;
           which
           produceth
           no
           
             Martial
             Genius
          
           in
           the
           Natives
           ,
           nor
           permits
           leasure
           ,
           and
           where
           your
           Armies
           consist
           of
           Mercenaries
           ,
           which
           will
           ever
           be
           found
           much
           weaker
           than
           the
           Native
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           there
           Money
           may
           be
           the
           Sinews
           of
           War.
           
        
         
           The
           Union
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
          
           is
           a
           mighty
           Accession
           of
           strength
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           besides
           that
           
             Scotland
          
           was
           always
           a
           dangerous
           Back-door
           to
           
             England
             ,
          
           that
           mischief
           is
           not
           only
           removed
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           Member
           added
           ,
           as
           by
           reason
           of
           Vicinity
           naturally
           compounds
           one
           entire
           Body
           of
           a
           great
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           this
           strength
           would
           better
           have
           appeared
           if
           it
           had
           at
           any
           time
           since
           the
           Union
           ,
           fallen
           under
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           
             Martial
             Genius
             ,
          
           as
           in
           time
           to
           come
           it
           will
           fall
           under
           a
           Vigorous
           Administration
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           make
           what
           I
           said
           to
           you
           above
           more
           clear
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           weak
           ,
           I
           will
           a
           little
           discourse
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             England
          
           then
           is
           a
           Government
           Compounded
           and
           mixt
           of
           the
           three
           Principal
           kinds
           of
           Government
           ,
           A
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Sovereign
           ,
           qualified
           and
           limited
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           three
           Estates
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           compounding
           the
           Aristocratical
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           the
           
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           with
           an
           Absolute
           delegated
           power
           ,
           making
           the
           Democratical
           part
           ;
           the
           Legislative
           Authority
           is
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           three
           Estates
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           leavying
           Money
           in
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           the
           Executive
           power
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           administred
           by
           Ministers
           sworn
           and
           qualified
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Reason
           of
           those
           two
           grand
           Maximes
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           
             England
          
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           always
           a
           Minor
           ;
           and
           secondly
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Foundation
           this
           Government
           was
           first
           built
           and
           stood
           upon
           ,
           was
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Lands
           ,
           and
           
             England
          
           being
           a
           Kingdome
           of
           Territory
           not
           of
           Trade
           ,
           it
           always
           was
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Lands
           is
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Government
           ;
           and
           this
           Maxim
           of
           the
           Ballance
           is
           to
           the
           Politicks
           ,
           what
           the
           Compass
           is
           to
           Navigators
           ,
           the
           Circulation
           of
           Blood
           to
           Physitians
           ,
           Guns
           to
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           Printing
           to
           Learning
           .
        
         
           The
           Proportion
           this
           Ballance
           held
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           was
           formerly
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           Nobility
           above
           two
           Thirds
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           People
           not
           one
           Third
           :
           So
           that
           if
           we
           divide
           the
           times
           of
           this
           Government
           into
           two
           General
           parts
           (
           as
           it
           naturally
           divides
           it self
           )
           from
           the
           
             Norman
          
           Conquest
           to
           the
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           7
           
             th
             .
          
           and
           from
           
             Henry
          
           the
           7
           
             th
          
           to
           the
           present
           time
           ;
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           Strength
           of
           the
           Government
           lay
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           or
           Aristocratical
           part
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           a
           King
           must
           be
           supported
           either
           by
           a
           Nobility
           or
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           the
           two
           extreams
           which
           are
           the
           King
           and
           People
           (
           of
           which
           extreams
           a
           Government
           can
           never
           be
           compounded
           to
           live
           long
           )
           were
           secured
           by
           the
           middle
           ,
           for
           the
           Nobility
           not
           only
           supported
           the
           Throne
           ,
           but
           shadowed
           the
           People
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Princes
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           give
           you
           a
           clear
           evidence
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           ,
           both
           that
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Government
           was
           in
           the
           Aristocratical
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           kept
           the
           Ballance
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           I
           need
           only
           observe
           that
           all
           the
           Civil
           Wars
           that
           we
           ever
           had
           in
           
             England
          
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           were
           ever
           made
           against
           the
           Princes
           by
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           for
           their
           encroachments
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           they
           always
           prevailed
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           
             Henry
          
           the
           7
           
             th
             .
          
           who
           was
           a
           dark
           and
           suspicious
           Prince
           ,
           and
           an
           entertainer
           of
           fortune
           by
           the
           day
           rather
           than
           of
           any
           great
           fore-sight
           (
           as
           my
           Lord
           
             Bacon
          
           observes
           of
           him
           )
           observing
           upon
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           how
           great
           an
           over-Ballance
           the
           Nobility
           had
           been
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           made
           way
           by
           Laws
           ,
           and
           other
           means
           for
           the
           Nobility
           to
           make
           alienations
           of
           their
           Lands
           ,
           and
           so
           in
           seeking
           to
           cure
           one
           mischief
           he
           procured
           a
           far
           greater
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           did
           not
           shew
           it self
           presently
           ,
           yet
           in
           short
           time
           after
           it
           began
           to
           shake
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Throne
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           time
           the
           Lands
           began
           to
           come
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           times
           that
           followed
           served
           well
           to
           increase
           this
           beginning
           ;
           for
           
             Henry
          
           
           the
           8
           
             th
             .
          
           dissolving
           Abbies
           ,
           and
           Monasteries
           ,
           all
           those
           Lands
           which
           were
           very
           great
           came
           by
           degrees
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Antient
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           now
           held
           above
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           whole
           Lands
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           And
           rherefore
           this
           consequence
           will
           be
           clear
           ,
           that
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Government
           is
           now
           in
           the
           Democratical
           part
           ,
           and
           to
           confirm
           this
           to
           you
           by
           example
           .
           There
           hath
           been
           one
           Civil
           War
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           since
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           who
           made
           that
           War
           ?
           the
           Barons
           ?
           No
           ,
           the
           People
           made
           it
           ;
           then
           it
           is
           clear
           not
           anly
           that
           the
           People
           are
           the
           strongest
           part
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           able
           to
           make
           War
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Church
           ;
           also
           if
           there
           should
           be
           another
           Civil
           War
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           it
           would
           not
           only
           be
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           whosoever
           be
           the
           beginners
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           People
           will
           prevail
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           human
           Reason
           can
           foresee
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           least
           you
           should
           think
           the
           compliance
           of
           this
           Parliament
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           a
           contradiction
           to
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           I
           will
           discourse
           it
           to
           you
           before
           we
           go
           farther
           touching
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           Parliament
           was
           chosen
           in
           the
           year
           1661
           ,
           and
           came
           in
           with
           a
           change
           of
           Government
           ;
           now
           in
           all
           changes
           of
           Government
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           violent
           concussion
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           always
           pass
           from
           one
           extream
           to
           another
           ,
           without
           being
           able
           to
           stay
           in
           the
           middle
           ;
           
             England
          
           therefore
           was
           then
           in
           a
           sick
           distempered
           condition
           ,
           now
           it
           hath
           recovered
           its
           just
           Temper
           ,
           and
           is
           restored
           to
           Health
           ,
           (
           as
           strong
           Bodies
           will
           work
           out
           the
           Poyson
           they
           take
           by
           degrees
           .
           )
        
         
           Now
           this
           Parliament
           represented
           the
           humors
           and
           distempers
           of
           the
           times
           wherein
           they
           were
           chosen
           ,
           and
           consequently
           their
           Actions
           were
           violent
           ,
           and
           they
           did
           many
           things
           afterward
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           had
           they
           done
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           a
           designing
           and
           Parsimonious
           Prince
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           taken
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           Hearts
           to
           have
           undone
           
             England
          
           ;
           for
           what
           with
           that
           great
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           most
           mighty
           Aids
           they
           have
           given
           him
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           made
           so
           great
           a
           Bank
           ,
           and
           annexed
           so
           great
           a
           Revenue
           of
           Lands
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           maintained
           an
           Army
           ,
           over-ballanced
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           have
           Reigned
           without
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           brought
           
             England
          
           into
           the
           same
           condition
           with
           
             France
             ,
          
           but
           these
           times
           are
           over
           ,
           and
           not
           like
           to
           return
           ;
           I
           am
           without
           all
           doubt
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           profuseness
           ,
           and
           inadvertency
           of
           the
           King
           hath
           saved
           
             England
          
           from
           falling
           into
           destruction
           under
           this
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           this
           Parliament
           represented
           the
           sickly
           times
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           were
           chosen
           ,
           when
           the
           Pople
           of
           
             England
          
           were
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           Delirium
           or
           Dotage
           ;
           so
           a
           New
           Parliament
           would
           represent
           a
           People
           restored
           to
           their
           Wits
           ,
           cured
           of
           the
           Evil
           ,
           and
           steadily
           pursuing
           the
           great
           Interest
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
         
           Wherefore
           our
           Court
           has
           got
           a
           new
           Maxime
           ,
           never
           heard
           of
           in
           the
           World
           before
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           their
           Grand
           Arcanum
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           and
           this
           Parliament
           must
           never
           part
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           the
           Government
           is
           dissolved
           :
           A
           Maxim
           they
           will
           keep
           to
           ,
           and
           was
           first
           beaten
           into
           their
           Heads
           by
           
             Clarendon
          
           and
           
             Monk
             ,
          
           but
           the
           true
           reason
           of
           that
           Maxime
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           never
           dare
           call
           a
           Parliament
           to
           represent
           the
           present
           state
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           having
           enough
           to
           do
           with
           the
           present
           ,
           who
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           daily
           fomentations
           of
           Court
           E●●edients
           ,
           would
           even
           themselves
           revert
           back
           to
           the
           
             English
          
           Interest
           .
        
         
           In
           former
           times
           we
           had
           two
           grand
           Maxims
           in
           our
           Government
           ,
           one
           was
           that
           we
           should
           always
           keep
           the
           Ballance
           of
           
             Christendom
          
           equal
           and
           steddy
           ,
           
             England
          
           only
           having
           the
           natural
           advantage
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           and
           this
           grew
           up
           with
           us
           from
           the
           
             Norman
          
           Conquest
           ,
           for
           above
           Six
           hundred
           years
           since
           ,
           the
           other
           was
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           always
           make
           our selves
           the
           Head
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           a
           Maxim
           that
           we
           took
           from
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           shew'd
           the
           World
           in
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           time
           ,
           how
           we
           have
           kept
           to
           these
           two
           Maxims
           of
           entring
           into
           a
           League
           ,
           to
           subvert
           and
           destroy
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           the
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           remove
           the
           Land-marks
           of
           States
           and
           Kingdoms
           will
           sufficiently
           declare
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           we
           have
           a
           Maxime
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           cannot
           last
           longer
           than
           the
           King
           lives
           ;
           for
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King
           is
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           one
           thing
           you
           may
           observe
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           vigorous
           times
           bring
           forth
           strong
           Maxims
           ,
           but
           the
           principal
           use
           we
           are
           to
           make
           is
           this
           ,
           if
           according
           to
           our
           Maxim
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           and
           this
           Parliament
           must
           never
           part
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           dye
           together
           ;
           then
           this
           Government
           seems
           to
           be
           calculated
           only
           for
           the
           Kings
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Protector
           
             Cromwel
          
           was
           for
           his
           ,
           and
           must
           a
           little
           time
           after
           suffer
           a
           Dissolution
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           mixt
           Government
           as
           ours
           is
           ,
           where
           one
           of
           the
           extreams
           comes
           so
           far
           to
           over-ballance
           the
           other
           ;
           I
           cannot
           see
           but
           the
           Government
           must
           dye
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           natural
           Bodies
           ,
           when
           one
           humour
           is
           over
           all
           the
           rest
           in
           to
           great
           disproportion
           .
        
         
           In
           every
           sound
           and
           healthful
           Government
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           steadiness
           of
           proceeding
           by
           good
           means
           to
           good
           ends
           ,
           which
           is
           called
           Conduct
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           sickly
           state
           ,
           as
           many
           Emergencies
           arise
           ,
           so
           new
           Medicines
           and
           Expedients
           must
           be
           applyed
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Government
           may
           be
           called
           a
           Government
           of
           Expedients
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           is
           ours
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Art
           and
           Cunning
           in
           this
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           such
           an
           Issue
           as
           is
           expected
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           Expedient
           ,
           and
           Expedients
           never
           hold
           ,
           they
           only
           serve
           a
           turne
           ;
           Cunning
           and
           Tricks
           in
           States-men
           ,
           argue
           them
           to
           be
           Mountebanks
           in
           the
           Politicks
           ,
           and
           weak
           Governments
           must
           always
           have
           a
           care
           of
           evil
           Accidents
           and
           Occasions
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           Causes
           of
           their
           dissolution
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Ravishment
           of
           
             Lucretia
          
           was
           not
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Introducing
           a
           Common-wealth
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           it
           was
           only
           the
           occasion
           ;
           if
           any
           notable
           occasion
           fall
           out
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           Insurrection
           ,
           or
           Arming
           of
           Papists
           ,
           Invasion
           by
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           or
           such
           like
           that
           shall
           give
           the
           People
           opportunity
           to
           Arme
           ,
           the
           Government
           is
           gone
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           you
           should
           ask
           what
           are
           the
           causes
           of
           this
           weakness
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           I
           answer
           principally
           two
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           change
           of
           the
           ballance
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           before
           .
           2.
           
           A
           Succession
           of
           Three
           weak
           Princes
           together
           ,
           where
           Two
           sufficient
           Princes
           succeed
           together
           ,
           they
           do
           great
           things
           ,
           but
           where
           Two
           or
           Three
           weak
           Princes
           succeed
           one
           another
           ,
           the
           Government
           can
           hardly
           stand
           ,
           and
           indeed
           if
           a
           weak
           Prince
           immediately
           succeed
           a
           wise
           ,
           he
           may
           do
           well
           enough
           ,
           for
           the
           Virtue
           of
           the
           wise
           Princes
           Government
           ,
           runs
           through
           the
           Veins
           of
           that
           of
           the
           Foolish
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           great
           while
           before
           the
           defects
           of
           his
           Government
           come
           to
           discover
           themselves
           ;
           and
           I
           say
           that
           we
           never
           before
           (
           for
           above
           Six
           hundred
           years
           )
           had
           a
           succession
           of
           Three
           ,
           either
           sufficient
           or
           weak
           Princes
           together
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Parliament
           had
           not
           been
           interposed
           in
           the
           middle
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           the
           Government
           must
           have
           sunk
           ere
           now
           ;
           for
           save
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           taken
           one
           true
           stop
           ,
           nor
           struck
           one
           true
           stroke
           since
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           great
           truth
           no
           doubt
           ,
           that
           foolish
           Princes
           ever
           had
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           have
           foolish
           Councellors
           ,
           for
           
             Matchiavil
          
           concluded
           well
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           never
           takes
           beginning
           from
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           but
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Council
           always
           from
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           should
           ask
           me
           now
           whether
           the
           K.
           of
           
             England
          
           will
           effectually
           assist
           you
           since
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           not
           only
           addressed
           him
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           has
           promised
           him
           sufficient
           supplys
           for
           the
           doing
           thereof
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           no
           ,
           the
           reasons
           whereof
           are
           not
           to
           be
           rendered
           by
           way
           of
           Ratiocination
           ,
           there
           being
           little
           of
           reason
           in
           any
           thing
           we
           either
           do
           or
           say
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           K.
           will
           not
           ,
           the
           Will
           is
           the
           Mistriss
           of
           the
           Love
           ,
           and
           a
           man
           is
           either
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           as
           his
           Will
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           antipathy
           between
           the
           Genius
           of
           our
           Court
           ,
           and
           the
           Genius
           of
           
             Holland
             .
          
           2.
           
           We
           are
           wholly
           addicted
           to
           the
           
             French
          
           humour
           and
           interest
           ,
           we
           cannot
           forbear
           expressing
           our
           joys
           upon
           any
           Victory
           of
           theirs
           .
           3.
           
           The
           
             D.
          
           of
           
             York
          
           who
           does
           ,
           and
           every
           day
           will
           weigh
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           the
           way
           of
           all
           those
           good
           intentions
           the
           K.
           might
           otherwise
           have
           ,
           is
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           from
           affecting
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           little
           esteem
           for
           his
           own
           Countrymen
           ,
           in
           his
           nature
           affecting
           none
           but
           
             French
          
           and
           
             Irish
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           he
           seems
           to
           have
           a
           Sympathy
           of
           Genius
           ,
           and
           how
           strangely
           strong
           Wills
           ,
           and
           misplaced
           Affections
           may
           transporr
           Men
           of
           weak
           judgments
           is
           easie
           for
           you
           to
           apprehend
           .
           4.
           
           Our
           Ministers
           of
           State
           are
           against
           you
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           to
           end
           this
           long
           Letter
           ,
           what
           conclusion
           shall
           we
           draw
           from
           all
           these
           Premises
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           your
           prudence
           will
           instruct
           you
           to
           make
           a
           far
           better
           than
           any
           I
           can
           offer
           ,
           however
           I
           will
           say
           something
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           but
           to
           occasion
           you
           to
           think
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           and
           People
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           a
           mighty
           Affection
           to
           your
           state
           ;
           these
           are
           the
           shapes
           of
           our
           Court
           and
           our
           People
           ,
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           I
           can
           present
           them
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           your
           State
           can
           never
           in
           time
           to
           come
           be
           better
           secured
           against
           shaking
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           friendship
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           The
           Parliament
           would
           send
           over
           an
           Army
           sufficient
           to
           engage
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           and
           pay
           them
           to
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           ground
           to
           think
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           in
           my
           poor
           opinion
           ,
           the
           natural
           result
           might
           be
           ,
           that
           the
           States
           should
           by
           an
           effectual
           Declaration
           Remonstrate
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           growing
           greatness
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           mischievous
           consequences
           it
           draws
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           upon
           
             England
          
           as
           the
           Head
           of
           all
           Protestant
           States
           for
           their
           assistance
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           late
           address
           ,
           and
           the
           measures
           the
           Court
           shall
           take
           thereupon
           will
           naturally
           tend
           ,
           only
           the
           time
           of
           such
           Declaration
           cannot
           well
           be
           determined
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           the
           States
           have
           a
           President
           yet
           fresh
           in
           Memory
           ,
           when
           they
           publickly
           offered
           to
           the
           State
           their
           differences
           with
           the
           Court
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           gave
           the
           Parliament
           occasion
           to
           Recognize
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           admirable
           and
           speedy
           effect
           that
           produced
           ,
           cannot
           yet
           be
           forgotten
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

