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             A discours of the empire, and of the election of a king of the Romans, the greatest busines of Christendom now in agitation as also of the Colledg of Electors, their particular interests, and who is most likely to be the next emperour / by J.H.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
           [7], 109, [17] p.
           
             Printed by F.L. for Charles Webb ...,
             London :
             1658.
          
           
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           Holy Roman Empire -- History -- 1648-1804.
           Germany -- History -- 1517-1871.
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           A
           DISCOURS
           OF
           THE
           EMPIRE
           ,
           AND
           OF
           The
           Election
           of
           A
           King
           of
           the
           ROMANS
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Busines
           of
           Christendom
           now
           in
           
             Agitation
             .
          
           AS
           ALSO
           Of
           the
           Colledg
           of
           Electors
           ,
           their
           particular
           
             Interests
             ,
          
           and
           who
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           be
           the
           next
           EMPEROVR
           .
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           J.
           
             Senesco
             ,
             non
             Segnesco
             .
          
           H.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             F.
             L.
          
           for
           
             Charles
             Webb
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Bores-head
          
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Summ
           and
           substance
           of
           the
           ensuing
           Discours
           as
           it
           is
           divided
           to
           seven
           Sections
           .
        
         
           THe
           proeme
           ,
           shewing
           the
           Motives
           that
           induc'd
           the
           Author
           to
           undertake
           this
           task
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Treats
             of
             the
             first
             
               Rise
            
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Empire
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             sundry
             
             Rotations
             ,
             or
             Retrogradations
             of
             Goverment
             that
             hapned
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Treats
             of
             the
             
               Septemvirat
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Electors
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Empire
             ,
             their
             primitive
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             Power
             ;
             with
             their
             precedence
             ,
             and
             offices
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             third
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Treats
             of
             the
             stile
             ,
             and
             title
             of
             
               Emperour
               ,
            
             or
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             King
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             fourth
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Treats
             of
             the
             Diet
             ,
             or
             Imperial
             Parlement
             ,
             and
             the
             Members
             
             therof
             ,
             with
             the
             Division
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             fift
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Consists
             of
             a
             parralel
             'twixt
             the
             Empire
             pass'd
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             ,
             with
             the
             causes
             first
             and
             last
             of
             the
             declination
             therof
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             sixt
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Treats
             of
             the
             enlargement
             of
             the
             Colledg
             of
             Electors
             ,
             from
             seven
             ,
             to
             an
             
               Octum
               virat
               ;
            
             And
             of
             the
             Contest
             that
             's
             now
             'twixt
             the
             Count
             Palatin
             of
             the
             
               Rhin
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Bavaria
               ,
            
             touching
             the
             Vicarship
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             seventh
             Section
             ,
          
           
             Consists
             of
             som
             reflexes
             made
             upon
             the
             present
             conjuncture
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             political
             Condition
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             with
             a
             conjecture
             who
             is
             likely
             to
             be
             King
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             the
             next
             Emperour
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             A
             Corollary
             .
          
        
         
           Pauca
           in
           multa
           diffundere
           est
           opus
           
             Ingenii
             ,
          
        
         
           Multa
           in
           pauca
           digerere
           est
           opus
           
             Artis
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           DISCOURS
           OF
           THE
           EMPIRE
           ,
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           Sent
           lately
           to
           a
           Noble
           Personage
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Election
           of
           a
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           of
           a
           Western
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           being
           now
           the
           Gran
           Busines
           in
           agitation
           ,
           and
           wheron
           the
           eyes
           not
           only
           of
           all
           
             Christendom
             ,
          
           
           but
           of
           other
           Princes
           (
           as
           well
           
             Turk
          
           as
           
             Tartar
          
           )
           are
           more
           earnestly
           fix'd
           than
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           because
           of
           so
           long
           a
           vacancy
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           demurr
           ;
           As
           also
           for
           the
           opposition
           that
           
             France
             ,
          
           with
           all
           her
           confederatts
           ,
           are
           like
           to
           make
           for
           secluding
           ,
           and
           putting
           by
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           (
           especially
           the
           young
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           )
           wherin
           the
           
             German
          
           Empire
           hath
           continued
           above
           two
           hundred
           and
           odde
           yeers
           .
        
         
           And
           wheras
           that
           after
           som
           loose
           extemperall
           communications
           lately
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           your
           Lordshipp
           desir'd
           much
           to
           be
           inform'd
           of
           the
           present
           estate
           and
           interests
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           power
           and
           primitive
           constitution
           of
           the
           
             Septemvirat
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Colledg
             of
             Electors
             ,
          
           with
           other
           reflexes
           upon
           that
           point
           ;
           Being
           returned
           home
           ,
           I
           fell
           a
           rummaging
           my
           old
           papers
           ,
           and
           such
           remarques
           that
           I
           gathered
           when
           I
           was
           employ'd
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           and
           to
           comply
           with
           your
           Lordshipps
           
             desires
          
           (
           which
           
           shall
           alwaies
           be
           as
           binding
           to
           me
           as
           
             Decrees
          
           )
           I
           have
           digested
           into
           this
           short
           ensuing
           Discours
           ,
           consisting
           of
           seven
           
             Sections
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           first
           Section
           .
        
         
           Treating
           of
           the
           first
           Rise
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           and
           the
           sundry
           Rotations
           ,
           or
           Retrogradations
           of
           Goverments
           that
           hapned
           in
           Rome
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           NOw
           for
           a
           cleerer
           illustration
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           regular
           proceeding
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           amiss
           to
           fetch
           in
           matters
           from
           their
           fundamental
           (
           for
           the
           furthest
           way
           about
           is
           somtimes
           the
           neerest
           way
           home
           specially
           in
           the
           
             reserches
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           )
           And
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           go
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           a
           City
           that
           hath
           
           had
           as
           many
           strange
           traverses
           of
           fortune
           ,
           and
           turns
           of
           Goverment
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           having
           bin
           eight
           several
           times
           ravish'd
           and
           ransack'd
           by
           sundry
           warlike
           Nations
           .
           First
           by
           
             Brennus
          
           the
           bold
           Britain
           ,
           then
           by
           
             Alaric
          
           the
           Goth
           ,
           afterwards
           by
           
             Ge●sericus
          
           the
           Vandale
           ,
           then
           twice
           by
           
             To●ila
          
           the
           Hun
           ,
           after
           him
           by
           the
           Moores
           and
           Saracens
           ,
           then
           by
           three
           Christian
           Emperours
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           by
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           
             Otho
          
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fift
           when
           his
           General
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bourbon
          
           breath'd
           his
           last
           in
           scaling
           her
           walls
           ,
           (
           and
           she
           was
           lately
           like
           to
           receive
           an
           ill-favour'd
           shock
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Parma
          
           )
           yet
           she
           never
           fell
           
             sans
             recource
          
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           or
           was
           ever
           layed
           so
           flat
           upon
           her
           back
           ,
           but
           she
           recovered
           herself
           ,
           and
           rays'd
           up
           her
           crest
           again
           ,
           whence
           it
           may
           be
           inferr'd
           ,
           that
           an
           extraordinary
           Providence
           ,
           and
           Tutelar
           
             Genius
          
           doth
           attend
           that
           
             Citty
             ;
          
           'T
           is
           tru
           that
           the
           translating
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Court
           by
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           to
           
             Bizantium
          
           (
           which
           he
           christned
           afterwards
           with
           his
           own
           
             name
          
           )
           was
           fatal
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           when
           the
           
           glory
           of
           the
           
             Tyber
          
           and
           
             Tyrrhene
          
           Sea
           pass'd
           over
           to
           the
           
             Hellespont
             ,
          
           yet
           a
           
             Spiritual
          
           Head
           preserv'd
           her
           still
           in
           some
           lustre
           ,
           In
           so
           much
           that
           when
           the
           
             Pope
          
           came
           to
           be
           her
           Master
           ,
           she
           might
           have
           bin
           sayed
           to
           have
           bin
           reduc'd
           to
           her
           first
           Principles
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           pass'd
           from
           one
           
             Shepheard
          
           to
           another
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           from
           
             Romulus
             ,
          
           to
           
             Sylvester
             ;
          
           But
           ther
           were
           a
           world
           of
           vicissitudes
           and
           revolutions
           of
           goverments
           interven'd
           ,
           and
           pass'd
           between
           ;
           Her
           primitive
           ,
           and
           original
           way
           of
           Ruling
           was
           by
           Kings
           ,
           but
           ,
           after
           a
           hundred
           and
           forty
           yeers
           continuance
           ,
           she
           surfetted
           upon
           that
           ,
           which
           surfett
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Peeples
           wantones
           rather
           than
           from
           
             Tarquins
             lust
             ;
          
           Then
           ,
           she
           was
           govern'd
           a
           while
           by
           
             Consulls
             ,
          
           so
           call'd
           a
           
             Consulends
          
           carrying
           a
           memento
           of
           their
           duty
           is
           their
           names
           ;
           Then
           followed
           the
           
             Decemvirs
          
           who
           were
           put
           down
           for
           the
           same
           
             vice
          
           that
           destroyed
           the
           
             Kings
          
           After
           that
           ,
           the
           Supremacy
           was
           delated
           to
           two
           
             Tribunes
             ;
          
           Then
           it
           revolv'd
           to
           
             Consulls
             ,
          
           then
           to
           
             Tribunes
          
           again
           ,
           b●●
           
           more
           than
           
             two
             ,
          
           which
           lasted
           a
           good
           tract
           of
           time
           above
           
             seventy
          
           yeers
           ,
           then
           came
           
             Consuls
          
           in
           again
           the
           third
           time
           ,
           after
           that
           Dictators
           ,
           untill
           
             Caius
             Iulius
             Caesars
          
           time
           who
           was
           the
           first
           perpetuall
           Dictator
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           after
           the
           first
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           though
           it
           cost
           him
           dear
           ,
           for
           he
           might
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           
             cimented
          
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           with
           his
           own
           
             bloud
          
           being
           murther'd
           in
           the
           Senat
           by
           small
           contemptible
           tools
           ,
           yet
           it
           remain'd
           in
           his
           progeny
           to
           six
           descents
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           
             Domitius
             Nero
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           after
           so
           many
           rotations
           or
           retrogradations
           of
           goverments
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           cushion
           dance
           of
           several
           kind
           of
           Rulers
           ,
           the
           
             Imperial
          
           was
           Established
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           the
           successive
           Emperours
           were
           us'd
           to
           be
           chosen
           by
           the
           
             Senat
             ,
          
           and
           then
           saluted
           by
           the
           Army
           ;
           But
           afterwards
           the
           
             Legionary
          
           Soldiers
           &
           Pretorian
           bands
           made
           Emperours
           
             sub
             hasta
          
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           
             Galba
          
           was
           the
           first
           who
           was
           chosen
           so
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           
             Senat
             ;
          
           now
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           most
           unpolitique
           act
           that
           ever
           
           the
           Roman
           
             Senat
          
           committed
           ,
           which
           prov'd
           so
           fatal
           to
           so
           many
           of
           the
           following
           Emperours
           who
           held
           not
           their
           
             security
          
           as
           much
           as
           their
           
             lifes
          
           from
           the
           
             Soldiers
             ,
          
           which
           took
           them
           away
           at
           plesure
           ;
           for
           after
           that
           the
           Election
           pass'd
           from
           the
           
             Senat
          
           to
           the
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           ther
           were
           above
           thirty
           Emperours
           that
           were
           put
           to
           
             violent
          
           deaths
           ,
           and
           som
           of
           them
           very
           tragical
           ,
           fower
           murthered
           themselfs
           ,
           many
           also
           of
           those
           that
           were
           adopted
           
             Caesars
             ,
          
           and
           design'd
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           Empire
           were
           untimely
           made
           away
           ,
           being
           
             rays'd
             to
             that
             pitch
             that
             they
             might
             perish
             the
             sooner
             ,
          
           as
           an
           Author
           sayes
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           go
           more
           punctually
           to
           work
           we
           will
           muster
           up
           here
           most
           of
           those
           
             Emperours
          
           that
           came
           to
           immature
           and
           violent
           deaths
           ;
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           was
           assassinated
           in
           the
           
             Senat.
             Octavius
          
           the
           first
           
             Augustus
          
           (
           called
           so
           
             ab
             augendo
             Imperium
             ,
          
           from
           enlarging
           the
           Territories
           of
           the
           Empire
           )
           was
           made
           away
           by
           his
           wife
           
             Livia
             ;
             Tiberius
          
           by
           
             Macro
             ;
             Caligula
          
           by
           
             Cassius
             Chereas
             ;
             Claudius
          
           poyson'd
           by
           his
           wife
           
             Agrippina
             ;
             Nero
          
           and
           
           
             Otho
          
           slew
           themselfs
           ;
           
             Galba
          
           and
           
             Vitellius
          
           were
           done
           away
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           ;
           
             Domitian
          
           by
           
             Stephanus
             ;
             Commodus
          
           by
           
             Letus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Electus
             ;
             Pertinax
          
           and
           
             Iulianus
          
           by
           the
           Praetorian
           bands
           ;
           
             Caracalla
          
           by
           
             Macrinus
          
           command
           ;
           
             Macrinus
             ,
             Heliogabalus
             ,
             Alexander
             ,
             Maximinus
             ,
             Maximus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Balbinns
          
           by
           the
           Soldiers
           ;
           
             Hostilianus
          
           by
           
             Gallus
          
           and
           
             Aemilianus
             ,
          
           and
           they
           by
           the
           Legions
           ;
           
             Valerianus
          
           died
           in
           
             Parthia
             ;
             Florianus
          
           waas
           ccessary
           to
           his
           own
           death
           ;
           
             Aurelianus
          
           murther'd
           by
           his
           own
           meniall
           servants
           ;
           
             Gallienus
             ,
             Quintillus
             ,
             Tacitus
          
           and
           
             Probus
          
           by
           the
           militia
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           that
           which
           heighned
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Soldiery
           to
           such
           infolences
           ,
           was
           the
           largesses
           ,
           and
           encrease
           of
           salary
           ,
           that
           the
           Praetorian
           bands
           us'd
           to
           receave
           from
           the
           new
           Emperour
           ,
           which
           pernicious
           kind
           of
           bounty
           was
           begun
           first
           by
           
             Claudius
             Caesar
             ,
          
           and
           is
           now
           practised
           by
           the
           
             Turk
             :
          
           for
           evry
           new
           
             Sultan
          
           useth
           to
           enhance
           the
           pay
           of
           the
           
             Spahies
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ianizaries
          
           to
           so
           many
           aspers
           more
           for
           fear
           of
           mutinieng
           ,
           which
           in
           time
           may
           be
           the
           bane
           of
           the
           
           
             Ottoman
          
           Empire
           ,
           for
           such
           hath
           bin
           the
           presumption
           allready
           of
           the
           sayed
           
             Ianizaries
          
           of
           late
           yeers
           that
           they
           have
           murther'd
           two
           of
           their
           
             Emperours
          
           in
           lesse
           than
           five
           and
           twenty
           yeers
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           the
           military
           bands
           came
           to
           such
           an
           exorbitancy
           of
           power
           ,
           that
           somtimes
           they
           did
           prostitute
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           Empire
           to
           sale
           by
           publique
           outcry
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           how
           
             Sulpitianus
          
           offerd
           twenty
           
             Sestertiums
          
           (
           which
           are
           neer
           upon
           eight
           pounds
           sterling
           apeece
           )
           to
           evry
           Soldier
           ,
           but
           
             Iulianus
          
           rays'd
           the
           market
           higher
           ,
           and
           out-bad
           him
           ;
           But
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           great
           (
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperour
           and
           a
           
             Britain
          
           born
           )
           found
           out
           the
           policy
           to
           regulat
           ,
           &
           lessen
           the
           Praetorian
           bands
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           he
           quite
           casheerd
           them
           ,
           at
           least
           reduc'd
           them
           to
           such
           a
           nomber
           that
           they
           could
           do
           no
           hurt
           .
        
         
           The
           removal
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Court
           to
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           though
           it
           prov'd
           advantagious
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           had
           the
           Citty
           transferr'd
           unto
           him
           by
           way
           of
           a
           pious
           donation
           from
           
             Constantine
          
           about
           his
           departure
           from
           
             Italy
          
           to
           
           the
           
             Levant
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Church
           Annals
           affirm
           ,
           though
           some
           by
           way
           of
           drollery
           ,
           and
           derogation
           to
           the
           
             Pope
          
           do
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           the
           same
           right
           to
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           as
           
             Venice
          
           hath
           to
           the
           dominion
           of
           the
           
             Adriatique
             Gulph
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           are
           both
           inserted
           in
           one
           patent
           ,
           though
           that
           patent
           cannot
           be
           found
           upon
           any
           record
           ;
           I
           say
           though
           this
           removall
           was
           an
           advantage
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           prov'd
           very
           prejudiciall
           to
           
             Italy
          
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           Western
           parts
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           for
           many
           rough-hewn
           Northern
           Nations
           ,
           that
           desir'd
           to
           come
           neerer
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
          
           took
           the
           advantage
           hereby
           to
           rush
           in
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           harasse
           her
           so
           often
           ,
           but
           like
           so
           many
           fwarms
           of
           Locusts
           they
           cover'd
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           (
           And
           some
           fear'd
           the
           like
           of
           the
           late
           
             Swedish
          
           Army
           ,
           had
           they
           prosper'd
           in
           
             Poland
          
           )
           The
           
             Huuns
          
           took
           such
           firm
           footing
           that
           they
           gave
           the
           name
           to
           
             Hungary
             ;
          
           The
           
             Longobards
          
           to
           
             Insubria
             ,
          
           and
           the
           territoties
           about
           
             Milan
             ;
          
           The
           
             Goths
          
           and
           
             Vandales
          
           piercing
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           
             France
          
           
           overcame
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           denominated
           
             Andaluzia
             ,
          
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           present
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           doth
           acknowledg
           himself
           to
           be
           
             de
             la
             sangre
             de
             los
             Godos
             ,
          
           to
           descend
           from
           the
           Goths
           ,
           wherby
           som
           wold
           inferr
           that
           he
           is
           a
           
             German
          
           not
           only
           by
           extraction
           from
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           but
           also
           from
           the
           
             Gothique
          
           race
           ,
           who
           were
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           
             Teutons
             ,
          
           or
           
             Germans
             ,
          
           taking
           the
           word
           in
           the
           largest
           sense
           ;
           but
           more
           properly
           may
           
             Germany
          
           challenge
           the
           
             French
             ,
          
           and
           
             English
          
           to
           be
           her
           Children
           ,
           the
           first
           comming
           from
           the
           Territories
           of
           
             Franconia
             ,
          
           the
           other
           from
           the
           lower
           Circle
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           wherof
           they
           bear
           the
           names
           (
           
             Saissons
          
           )
           among
           the
           
             Welsh
          
           and
           
             Irish
          
           to
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           from
           the
           main
           subject
           ,
           the
           Eastern
           part
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           bore
           up
           many
           ages
           after
           
             Constantine
          
           with
           som
           lustre
           in
           the
           Levant
           ,
           though
           the
           Northwest
           parts
           suffred
           many
           Eclipses
           ,
           being
           so
           pittifully
           dilacerated
           ,
           and
           torn
           by
           the
           fury
           of
           forein
           Nations
           ;
           Now
           the
           chiefest
           cause
           therof
           may
           be
           ascrib'd
           to
           the
           remotenes
           
           of
           the
           Emperours
           person
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           who
           by
           reason
           of
           so
           incommunicable
           a
           distance
           could
           not
           reach
           a
           timely
           hand
           to
           assist
           them
           with
           auxiliaries
           ;
           But
           about
           the
           yeer
           eight
           hundred
           a
           new
           kind
           of
           auspicious
           star
           appeer'd
           in
           the
           
             West
             ,
          
           which
           was
           
             Charlemain
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           
             Germans
          
           do
           claym
           to
           be
           their
           Compatriot
           ,
           though
           they
           go
           a
           great
           way
           back
           and
           fetch
           him
           from
           
             Pharamond
             ,
          
           or
           the
           first
           race
           of
           the
           Kings
           who
           invaded
           
             Gallia
             ,
          
           and
           by
           way
           of
           conquest
           call'd
           it
           
             France
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charlemain
          
           was
           the
           Gran-child
           of
           
             Charles
             Martell
             ,
          
           who
           being
           
             Maire
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
          
           or
           chief
           Steward
           and
           Surintendent
           of
           the
           Kings
           Court
           gott
           his
           Son
           
             Pepin
          
           to
           be
           crown'd
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           over
           the
           head
           of
           
             Chilperic
          
           his
           liege
           lord
           and
           master
           ,
           
             Martel
          
           giving
           out
           that
           he
           did
           not
           follow
           the
           
             ambition
          
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           but
           the
           
             inspirations
          
           of
           heaven
           in
           this
           act
           ;
           So
           the
           
             Scotts
          
           stories
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           
             Stewards
          
           came
           to
           be
           Kings
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           by
           taking
           their
           Surnames
           from
           their
           office
           ,
           for
           as
           
           
             Charles
             Martell
          
           was
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           so
           the
           first
           of
           them
           was
           
             Steward
          
           of
           the
           Kings
           Court
           in
           
             Scotland
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pepin
          
           though
           a
           little
           man
           did
           great
           exploits
           ,
           for
           he
           cross'd
           the
           
             Alpes
             ,
          
           and
           recover'd
           
             Lombardy
          
           where
           a
           race
           of
           
             Goths
          
           had
           bin
           Kings
           above
           200
           yeers
           ,
           And
           at
           his
           return
           to
           
             France
          
           conferr'd
           the
           
             Exarcbatship
             ,
          
           or
           Vicegerency
           of
           
             Italy
          
           upon
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charlemain
          
           his
           Son
           did
           higher
           achievments
           ,
           for
           he
           clammer'd
           ore
           the
           
             Pyreneans
          
           and
           debell'd
           the
           
             Saracens
          
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           discomfited
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
          
           and
           confirm'd
           the
           conquest
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           so
           that
           he
           was
           solemnly
           saluted
           Emperour
           of
           the
           West
           at
           
             Rome
          
           by
           the
           general
           voice
           ,
           and
           wonderfull
           acclamations
           of
           the
           peeple
           ,
           and
           so
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Popes
           benediction
           (
           
             Leo
          
           the
           4th
           .
           on
           Christmas
           day
           .
        
         
           
             Nicehporus
          
           in
           
             Constantinople
          
           storm'd
           extremely
           at
           first
           ther
           shold
           be
           another
           Emperour
           besides
           himself
           ,
           alledging
           that
           he
           was
           the
           sole
           
             Roman
          
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           us'd
           to
           send
           his
           
             Exarques
             ,
          
           or
           Viceroyes
           
           to
           govern
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           but
           not
           knowing
           how
           to
           remedy
           it
           ,
           he
           complied
           at
           last
           with
           
             Charlemagne
          
           who
           then
           kept
           his
           Court
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           where
           he
           died
           ,
           and
           was
           buried
           at
           
             Aquisgrave
             ,
          
           leaving
           
             Ludovicus
          
           his
           son
           to
           succeed
           him
           ,
           who
           partitioning
           the
           Empire
           afterwards
           twixt
           his
           three
           Sonns
           did
           wonderfully
           enervat
           and
           enfeeble
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           great
           River
           cutt
           out
           into
           many
           armes
           ,
           and
           sluces
           must
           needs
           grow
           weaker
           and
           shallower
           in
           her
           first
           bed
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           though
           
             Charlemain
          
           was
           an
           extraordinary
           heroique
           ,
           and
           a
           Magnanimous
           gallant
           man
           as
           his
           actions
           tell
           us
           ,
           yet
           his
           children
           for
           fower
           descents
           together
           did
           strangely
           degenerat
           ,
           and
           prov'd
           but
           poor
           spirited
           men
           ,
           His
           Son
           
             Lewis
          
           was
           call'd
           the
           
             Gentle
          
           for
           his
           
             soft
          
           nature
           ,
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Bald
           was
           of
           a
           baser
           alloy
           than
           hee
           ,
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           stuttring
           inferior
           to
           both
           ,
           
             Charles
          
           the
           grosse
           the
           last
           Emperour
           and
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           died
           a
           most
           disastrous
           death
           ;
           After
           him
           the
           Empire
           was
           soly
           devolv'd
           to
           the
           
             Germans
             ;
             Charlemain
          
           and
           his
           Dependants
           enjoy'd
           it
           
           118
           yeers
           ,
           then
           it
           came
           to
           the
           House
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           who
           held
           it
           117
           yeers
           ,
           The
           House
           of
           
             Suevia
          
           110
           ,
           other
           families
           (
           wherof
           the
           House
           of
           the
           
             Count
             Palatine
          
           of
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Nassaw
          
           were
           somtimes
           )
           held
           the
           Empire
           112
           yeers
           ,
           untill
           it
           came
           to
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           who
           have
           held
           it
           longer
           than
           any
           one
           
             Family
          
           ever
           did
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           ther
           is
           a
           remarquable
           Tradition
           how
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           came
           to
           that
           comble
           of
           greatnes
           ,
           which
           they
           report
           thus
           ,
        
         
           
             Rodulph
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Habspurg
          
           returning
           homeward
           fromhunting
           one
           day
           overtook
           a
           Priest
           that
           had
           the
           Eucharist
           under
           his
           habit
           ,
           comming
           from
           visiting
           a
           sick
           body
           ,
           The
           Earl
           finding
           he
           was
           tyr'd
           alighted
           ,
           and
           help'd
           the
           Priest
           a
           horsback
           ,
           and
           holding
           the
           bridle
           in
           his
           hand
           wayted
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           lacquay
           till
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           replac'd
           the
           Host
           upon
           the
           Altar
           ,
           The
           Priest
           sang
           an
           extraordinary
           Masse
           (
           where
           the
           Earl
           devoutly
           attended
           all
           the
           while
           )
           and
           pronouncing
           the
           Benediction
           at
           the
           
           end
           ,
           he
           cross'd
           the
           Earl
           ,
           saying
           that
           for
           so
           signal
           ,
           and
           a
           sweet
           Act
           of
           piety
           ,
           His
           
             House
          
           shold
           be
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           ,
           and
           most
           glorious
           Families
           that
           ever
           was
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           which
           prov'd
           tru
           ,
           for
           a
           while
           after
           not
           only
           the
           
             German
          
           Empire
           ,
           but
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           West
           Indies
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Dominions
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           wherof
           some
           are
           the
           tother
           side
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           came
           to
           that
           Family
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           will
           proceed
           to
           the
           
             Septemvirat
             ,
          
           or
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
          
           (
           wherof
           I
           promis'd
           an
           account
           in
           the
           beginning
           )
           whose
           
             Creture
          
           the
           Emperour
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           ,
           for
           t
           is
           their
           breath
           that
           makes
           him
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           second
           Section
           ,
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Septemvirat
           ,
           or
           Electors
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperour
           ,
           their
           primitive
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           power
           with
           their
           precedence
           ,
           and
           offices
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FOr
           two
           hundred
           yeers
           after
           
             Charlemain
             ,
          
           who
           was
           the
           Restaurator
           of
           the
           Occidental
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Monarchy
           (
           which
           had
           bin
           so
           pittifully
           shatter'd
           by
           the
           irruption
           of
           sundry
           barbarous
           peeple
           ,
           as
           was
           sayed
           before
           )
           and
           therfore
           meritoriously
           stil'd
           ,
           the
           
             first
             Emperour
          
           of
           the
           
             West
             ,
          
           I
           
           say
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ther
           was
           no
           certain
           or
           regular
           way
           of
           
             Election
             ,
          
           and
           the
           customs
           was
           that
           the
           Emperour
           regnant
           us'd
           to
           nominate
           ,
           &
           recommend
           his
           Son
           ,
           or
           neerest
           Kinsman
           to
           the
           
             German
          
           Princes
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           yeerabout
           1000
           after
           the
           Incarnation
           ,
           
             Rome
          
           began
           to
           rayse
           up
           her
           crest
           ,
           and
           brussle
           ,
           by
           re-demanding
           and
           challenging
           the
           Election
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           alledging
           ,
           't
           was
           a
           prerogative
           of
           Hers
           
             de
             jure
             antiquo
             ;
          
           The
           raking
           up
           of
           the
           
             ashes
          
           of
           this
           old
           Right
           ,
           was
           like
           to
           
             kindle
          
           a
           great
           fyre
           on
           both
           side
           of
           the
           Hills
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Italian
          
           Princes
           stuck
           to
           Her
           in
           the
           claym
           ;
           But
           
             Otho
          
           the
           third
           a
           prudent
           Prince
           found
           a
           way
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           by
           procuring
           a
           Cosen
           of
           his
           to
           be
           created
           
             Pope
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           fift
           ,
           who
           being
           a
           
             German
          
           born
           ,
           was
           so
           favorable
           and
           indulgent
           of
           his
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           he
           confirm'd
           the
           choosing
           of
           the
           
             VVestern
             Emperour
          
           to
           the
           
             German
          
           Nation
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           with
           some
           
             Italian
          
           Princes
           stomaching
           heerat
           ,
           they
           depos'd
           
             Gregory
             ,
          
           and
           chose
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Placentia
             Pope
          
           in
           his
           place
           ,
           
           by
           the
           title
           of
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           ninth
           :
           
             Otho
          
           took
           this
           in
           so
           great
           indignation
           ,
           that
           he
           suddenly
           rays'd
           an
           Imperial
           Army
           ,
           clammer'd
           or'e
           the
           
             Alpes
             ,
          
           and
           made
           his
           way
           by
           the
           point
           of
           the
           Sword
           towards
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           which
           open'd
           her
           Gates
           unto
           him
           without
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           so
           he
           seaz'd
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           the
           new
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           disoculated
           that
           counterfait
           light
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           plucking
           out
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           replac'd
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           fift
           his
           Cousin
           in
           Saint
           
             Peters
          
           chair
           with
           triumph
           .
        
         
           
             Otho
          
           being
           victoriously
           return'd
           to
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           convoqu'd
           the
           chiefest
           Princes
           ,
           and
           propos'd
           unto
           them
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           inconveniences
           ,
           encumbrance
           ,
           and
           causes
           of
           confusion
           ,
           that
           the
           incertain
           ,
           and
           unestablish'd
           way
           of
           choosing
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           his
           immediat
           Successor
           ,
           was
           subject
           unto
           ,
           therfore
           he
           desir'd
           them
           to
           consider
           of
           a
           more
           regular
           way
           of
           
             Election
             ;
          
           so
           after
           many
           mature
           deliberations
           ,
           and
           bandings
           of
           opinions
           they
           fell
           upon
           settling
           a
           
             Septemvirat
             ,
             viz.
          
           seven
           Princes
           ,
           in
           whom
           a
           plenary
           
           power
           shold
           be
           invested
           ,
           to
           elect
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           his
           next
           Successor
           ;
           Herupon
           the
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
          
           was
           founded
           ,
           and
           constituted
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           be
           all
           within
           the
           
             German
             pale
             ;
          
           Addresses
           were
           made
           to
           the
           
             Pope
          
           about
           this
           business
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           approv'd
           herof
           ,
           but
           was
           ready
           to
           confirm
           the
           Act
           ,
           provided
           that
           three
           of
           the
           sayed
           Electors
           were
           
             Ecclesiastiques
             ;
          
           So
           the
           Western
           Empire
           was
           made
           purely
           
             Elective
             ,
          
           giving
           encouragements
           therby
           for
           Princes
           of
           Vertue
           and
           merit
           to
           aspire
           .
        
         
           Herupon
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Collen
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Tryers
          
           were
           chosen
           for
           the
           three
           
             Spiritual
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             secular
          
           the
           
             Palsgrave
             of
             the
             Rhin
             ,
          
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
             ,
          
           and
           in
           case
           their
           suffrages
           were
           equal
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           (
           made
           about
           80
           yeers
           after
           
             King
          
           )
           was
           chosen
           to
           have
           a
           session
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           nam'd
           of
           those
           two
           that
           they
           had
           elected
           ,
           shold
           be
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           so
           that
           the
           
             Bohemian
          
           might
           be
           call'd
           rather
           an
           
             Umpire
          
           
           than
           an
           
             Elector
          
           in
           these
           transactions
           .
        
         
           This
           great
           Act
           was
           solemnly
           voted
           ,
           and
           enroll'd
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           som
           hundred
           of
           yeers
           after
           't
           was
           ratified
           and
           fortified
           by
           the
           famous
           
             Aurea
             Bulla
             ,
          
           the
           Golden
           Bull
           ,
           who
           regulated
           matters
           more
           punctually
           touching
           the
           Offices
           ,
           the
           Precedencies
           ,
           and
           other
           particulars
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           sayed
           
             Electors
             .
          
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Mentz
          
           was
           made
           High-Chancellor
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           He
           of
           
             Colen
          
           High-Chancellor
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           he
           of
           
             Tryers
          
           High-Chancellor
           of
           
             France
             ;
          
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           was
           made
           
             sacri
             imperii
             Archi-Marascallus
             ,
          
           Lord
           high
           Marshall
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ;
           The
           
             Count
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             sacri
             imperii
             Archidapifer
             ,
          
           Lord
           high
           
             Sewer
          
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ;
           The
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
          
           was
           made
           
             sacri
             imperii
             Archicamerarius
             ,
          
           Lord
           high
           
             Chamberlain
          
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ;
           The
           Duke
           (
           now
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           )
           was
           made
           
             sacri
             imperii
             Archipincerna
             ,
          
           Lord
           chief
           
           
             Buttler
          
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ,
           all
           which
           offices
           are
           contracted
           in
           this
           tetrastique
           .
        
         
           Moguntinensis
           ,
           Trierensis
           ,
           Coloniensis
           ,
        
         
           Quilibet
           Imperii
           fit
           Cancellarius
           horum
           ;
        
         
           Et
           Palatinus
           Dapifer
           ,
           Dux
           portitor
           ensis
           ,
        
         
           Marchio
           Praepofitus
           camerae
           ,
           Pincerna
           Bohemus
           .
        
         
           Thus
           in
           
             English
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Mentz
             ,
             Colen
             ,
             Tryers
             ,
          
           let
           these
           Three
        
         
           Each
           of
           Them
           an
           Arch-Chancellor
           bee
           ,
        
         
           Duke
           ,
           bear
           the
           Sword
           ;
           Count
           ,
           the
           first
           Dish
           take
           up
           ;
        
         
           Marquis
           look
           to
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           
             Boheme
          
           the
           Cup
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           secular
           Electors
           are
           compos'd
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           a
           Duke
           ,
           a
           Marquis
           ,
           and
           a
           Count
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           an
           occasion
           of
           a
           new
           choise
           ,
           these
           with
           the
           Ecclesiastiques
           were
           to
           be
           summon'd
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           to
           assemble
           within
           
             three
             months
          
           time
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           garded
           by
           the
           Countrey
           as
           they
           passed
           along
           ,
           but
           their
           retinue
           was
           not
           to
           exceed
           
             two
             hundred
          
           horse
           ,
           wherof
           ther
           shold
           be
           but
           
             fifty
          
           armed
           .
        
         
           Being
           conven'd
           ,
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Electors
          
           were
           to
           put
           their
           hands
           only
           on
           their
           
             breasts
             ,
          
           the
           
             Secular
             Princes
          
           solemnly
           upon
           the
           
             Book
             ,
          
           to
           choose
           a
           fit
           
             Imperial
             head
          
           for
           Christendome
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           to
           do
           this
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           
             thirty
          
           daies
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           go
           out
           of
           
             Frankford
             ,
          
           or
           the
           place
           where
           they
           mett
           in
           the
           interim
           ,
           &
           
             Iury-like
          
           to
           have
           no
           other
           nutriment
           but
           bread
           and
           water
           after
           the
           expiration
           of
           the
           sayed
           
             thirty
             dayes
             .
          
        
         
           The
           choice
           being
           made
           by
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Electors
           ,
           the
           new
           Emperour
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           tenure
           of
           the
           
             golden
             Bull
          
           the
           
             grand
             Charter
          
           of
           the
           Empire
           (
           so
           call'd
           because
           't
           was
           confirm'd
           by
           
           the
           
             Pope
          
           )
           is
           saluted
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           
             King
          
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           not
           Emperour
           till
           he
           be
           crown'd
           with
           three
           Crowns
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           with
           the
           
             golden
          
           Crown
           representing
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           with
           a
           
             sylver
          
           Crown
           representing
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           with
           an
           
             Iron
          
           Crown
           representing
           
             Lombardy
             ,
          
           which
           ceremony
           useth
           to
           be
           perform'd
           at
           
             Aquisgrave
          
           for
           all
           the
           three
           places
           ,
           But
           he
           is
           not
           to
           be
           call'd
           
             Augustus
          
           till
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Pope
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           Emperours
           Inauguration
           ,
           the
           foresayed
           
             Electors
          
           were
           to
           give
           their
           personal
           attendance
           in
           the
           Emperours
           Court
           ,
           but
           now
           they
           are
           dispens'd
           withall
           to
           do
           it
           by
           proxy
           .
        
         
           Before
           the
           Palace
           Gate
           ther
           us'd
           to
           stand
           a
           heap
           of
           Oats
           to
           the
           breast
           of
           a
           Horse
           ,
           then
           comes
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           mounted
           ,
           having
           in
           his
           hand
           a
           sylver
           wand
           ,
           and
           a
           sylver
           measure
           stood
           by
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           weigh
           two
           hundred
           Marks
           ,
           he
           fills
           the
           measure
           ,
           sticking
           his
           wand
           afterwards
           in
           the
           remainder
           ,
           and
           so
           goes
           to
           attend
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           The
           three
           
             Arch-bishopps
          
           
           say
           Grace
           ;
           The
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
          
           comes
           also
           on
           hors-back
           with
           a
           sylver
           bason
           of
           water
           ,
           of
           the
           value
           of
           twelve
           Marks
           ,
           and
           a
           clean
           towell
           which
           ,
           being
           alighted
           ,
           he
           holds
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           Then
           comes
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           a
           hors-back
           also
           ,
           and
           being
           alighted
           he
           carries
           fower
           dishes
           of
           meat
           ,
           ev'ry
           dish
           of
           the
           value
           of
           three
           Marks
           ;
           Then
           the
           King
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           comes
           with
           a
           napkin
           on
           his
           arm
           ,
           with
           a
           cover'd
           cupp
           of
           twelve
           Marks
           which
           he
           presents
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           precedence
           of
           the
           
             Electors
          
           among
           themselfs
           one
           may
           judg
           of
           it
           by
           the
           maner
           of
           their
           session
           with
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           when
           he
           sitts
           in
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           .
        
         
           The
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Tryers
          
           high
           Chancellor
           of
           
             France
          
           sitts
           over
           against
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           The
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Moguntia
          
           or
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           as
           high
           Chancelor
           of
           
             Germany
          
           sitts
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           The
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Collen
          
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           ;
           The
           King
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           hath
           his
           seat
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           and
           next
           
           him
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ;
          
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           fitts
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           of
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Collen
             ,
          
           and
           by
           him
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           when
           they
           us'd
           to
           go
           in
           procession
           with
           the
           Emperour
           't
           was
           ordain'd
           in
           the
           
             Golden
             Bull
          
           that
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Tryers
          
           shold
           go
           before
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           neer
           him
           on
           both
           sides
           one
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
          
           Electors
           ;
           The
           King
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           was
           to
           go
           alone
           after
           the
           Arch-bishops
           ,
           and
           after
           him
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           with
           the
           naked
           Sword
           of
           the
           Empire
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           having
           on
           his
           right
           hand
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           carrieng
           the
           golden
           
             apple
          
           which
           denotes
           the
           world
           to
           be
           under
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           ;
           And
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           the
           Marquess
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
          
           was
           to
           march
           with
           a
           Scepter
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           then
           followed
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           .
        
         
           By
           what
           hath
           bin
           spoken
           the
           discern
           
           Reader
           may
           judg
           who
           had
           the
           priority
           of
           place
           ,
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           Rhin
           or
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           a
           Contest
           that
           hath
           gravell'd
           many
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           third
           Section
           ,
        
         
           Touching
           the
           stile
           &
           title
           of
           Emperour
           or
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           COncerning
           the
           Character
           ,
           and
           title
           of
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           it
           is
           of
           a
           younger
           date
           than
           that
           of
           
             King
             ,
          
           and
           among
           the
           
             Romans
          
           it
           was
           in
           the
           beginning
           given
           to
           him
           who
           was
           Commander
           in
           chief
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           nor
           was
           it
           neer
           of
           such
           a
           transcendency
           then
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           He
           was
           at
           firstbut
           
             tutoyè
          
           he
           was
           but
           
             Thou'd
          
           when
           he
           was
           
           spoken
           unto
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           in
           regard
           he
           had
           the
           prerogative
           to
           conferr
           honors
           ,
           and
           offices
           ,
           to
           grant
           pardons
           ,
           and
           patents
           of
           grace
           ,
           with
           other
           obliging
           motives
           ,
           the
           Courtiers
           ,
           especially
           the
           
             Churchmen
          
           began
           to
           magnifie
           ,
           or
           rather
           deifie
           him
           with
           sublime
           attributs
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           in
           
             Symmachus
          
           in
           his
           Epistles
           to
           
             Theodosius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Valentinian
             ,
          
           wherin
           his
           stile
           unto
           them
           is
           
             Vestra
             aeternitas
             ,
             vestrum
             numen
             ,
             vestra
             perennitas
             ,
             vestra
             clementia
             ,
             &c.
          
           then
           he
           began
           to
           be
           call'd
           
             Divus
             Imperator
             ;
          
           but
           touching
           the
           title
           of
           
             Majestas
             ,
          
           which
           was
           given
           
             ab
             augendo
             Imperium
          
           (
           as
           was
           touch'd
           before
           ,
           )
           or
           as
           some
           wold
           have
           it
           a
           
             majori
             statu
             ,
          
           it
           is
           an
           attribut
           of
           no
           great
           antiquity
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           found
           among
           the
           old
           Authors
           ,
           and
           it
           came
           not
           till
           
             Henry
             the
             seconds
          
           time
           to
           
             France
          
           who
           is
           not
           us'd
           to
           be
           backward
           in
           assuming
           ,
           and
           applyengtitle
           of
           greatnes
           to
           her self
           .
        
         
           But
           concerning
           the
           dignity
           of
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           as
           heretofore
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           still
           accounted
           the
           
             prime
             potentat
          
           and
           Prince
           
             paramount
          
           among
           Christians
           ,
           and
           not
           
           only
           among
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           next
           himself
           accounts
           the
           
             German
          
           Emperour
           the
           greatest
           Monark
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           esteems
           him
           accordingly
           ,
           which
           appeer'd
           in
           the
           person
           of
           
             David
             Vngnadius
             ,
          
           who
           being
           not
           an
           age
           since
           Ambassador
           in
           
             Constantinople
          
           for
           the
           Christian
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           coming
           for
           audience
           to
           the
           Duana
           in
           the
           
             Seraglio
             ,
          
           the
           
             Perfian
          
           Ambassador
           had
           come
           before
           ,
           and
           got
           the
           chair
           ,
           but
           
             Vngnadius
          
           offering
           to
           go
           away
           ther
           was
           an
           upper
           chair
           put
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           Another
           time
           upon
           the
           celebration
           of
           
             Mahomet
          
           the
           Thirds
           Circumcision
           which
           lasted
           forty
           daies
           &
           nights
           ,
           ther
           being
           then
           in
           
             Constantinople
          
           the
           Legats
           of
           the
           greatest
           Monarks
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           Hee
           who
           was
           Ambassador
           at
           that
           time
           for
           the
           Emperour
           
             Rodulphus
          
           the
           second
           had
           alwayes
           the
           first
           place
           .
        
         
           Some
           
             Civilians
          
           exalt
           the
           Emperour
           with
           divers
           transcendent
           titles
           ,
           wherof
           one
           is
           ,
           
             Dominus
             totius
             terrae
             ,
          
           the
           lord
           of
           the
           whole
           Earth
           ;
           That
           
             Caesar
          
           is
           
             Proximus
             Deo
             ;
             Caesar
          
           is
           next
           to
           God
           Almighty
           ;
           But
           
           though
           the
           Emperour
           be
           accounted
           the
           sole
           supereminent
           Prince
           in
           Christendom
           yet
           ther
           have
           bin
           other
           Kings
           who
           assum'd
           that
           title
           besides
           him
           ;
           Som
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Spain
          
           have
           bin
           call'd
           
             Imperatores
             Hesperiae
             ;
          
           King
           
             Edgar
          
           whowas
           row'd
           upon
           the
           river
           of
           
             Dee
          
           by
           fower
           Kings
           ,
           wherof
           the
           
             Scot
          
           was
           one
           ,
           had
           this
           title
           ,
           which
           appears
           upon
           good
           record
           by
           this
           bouncing
           Character
           .
           
             Ego
             Edgarus
             Altitonantis
             Dei
             largiflua
             clementia
             Anglorum
             Basileus
             omniumque
             Regum
             Insularúmque
             ,
             Oceanique
             Britanniam
             circumjacentis
             ,
             Cunctarúmque
             Nationum
             quae
             infra
             eam
             includuntur
             Imperator
             ,
             et
             Dominus
             ,
          
           He
           was
           call'd
           also
           
             Albionis
             Imperator
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Edgar
           by
           the
           bountifull
           clemency
           of
           the
           highthundring
           God
           ,
           King
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           and
           Lord
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           ,
           Islands
           ,
           and
           seas
           circumjacent
           to
           
             Britain
             ,
          
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Nations
           included
           therin
           ,
           he
           was
           stil'd
           in
           another
           place
           
             Emperour
             of
             Albion
             .
          
        
         
           Moreover
           the
           Realms
           of
           
             England
          
           was
           declared
           an
           
             Empire
          
           by
           Act
           of
           Parlement
           
             octavo
          
           Henrici
           
             octavi
          
           and
           in
           divers
           
           other
           Acts
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           call'd
           the
           
             Imperiall
             Crown
             ,
          
           and
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
          
           the
           
             Imperiall
             Chamber
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           touching
           the
           respects
           that
           other
           Christian
           Kings
           owe
           the
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           they
           acknowledge
           no
           other
           but
           that
           of
           
             precedence
          
           only
           ,
           though
           
             Henry
          
           the
           second
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           his
           letter
           (
           which
           stands
           upon
           record
           )
           to
           
             Frederique
             Barbarossa
             ,
          
           and
           
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           in
           his
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           6.
           
           Emperour
           ,
           seem
           to
           acknowledg
           a
           kind
           of
           subordination
           by
           way
           of
           Complement
           ;
           but
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           of
           
             England
          
           wold
           not
           kisse
           the
           Emperour
           
             Lewis
          
           of
           
             Bavaria's
          
           feet
           at
           their
           Enterview
           in
           
             Colen
             ,
          
           and
           the
           reason
           he
           alledg'd
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           
             Rex
             inunctus
             habens
             vitam
             &
             membrum
             in
             potestate
             sua
             ,
             &c.
          
           because
           he
           was
           an
           anointed
           King
           having
           life
           and
           limb
           in
           his
           power
           ,
           &c.
           which
           
             Edward
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             German
          
           Annals
           attest
           ,
           
             Ab
             Electoribus
             fuit
             vocatus
             ,
             et
             nominatus
             Vicarius
             Imperii
             ,
          
           he
           was
           call'd
           ,
           and
           nominated
           
             Vicar
          
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           as
           some
           have
           it
           ,
           was
           offer'd
           to
           be
           Emperrour
           ,
           
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           acquests
           ,
           and
           glorious
           Exploits
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           whence
           he
           brought
           the
           three
           flower
           
             de
             luces
          
           upon
           his
           Sword
           ,
           after
           the
           French
           had
           sent
           him
           that
           geering
           answer
           that
           
             la
             Couronne
             de
             France
             n'est
             pas
             liee
             a
             la
             quenoville
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             France
          
           was
           not
           tied
           to
           a
           distaff
           .
        
         
           Add
           herunto
           that
           the
           Emperour
           cannot
           be
           call'd
           so
           pure
           ,
           and
           independent
           a
           Monark
           as
           some
           other
           Kings
           ,
           for
           besides
           that
           he
           is
           but
           Tenant
           for
           life
           and
           govern'd
           by
           
             Diets
          
           which
           are
           Imperial
           Parlements
           ,
           the
           Electors
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           his
           
             Associats
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           a
           share
           in
           the
           goverment
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           by
           the
           ancient
           customs
           of
           the
           Empire
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           answer
           
             in
             causis
             pro
             quibus
             impetitus
             fuerit
             ,
          
           sayeth
           the
           Bull
           ,
           before
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           but
           he
           can
           passe
           no
           Iudgement
           unlesse
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           be
           present
           
             in
             Imperiali
             curia
             .
          
        
         
           Ther
           want
           no
           examples
           that
           some
           Emperours
           have
           bin
           depos'd
           for
           their
           mal-administration
           ,
           an
           instance
           shall
           
           be
           made
           in
           
             Wenceslaus
          
           in
           the
           yeer
           1400.
           who
           was
           formally
           degraded
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Mentz
          
           upon
           a
           publique
           theater
           in
           the
           plaines
           of
           
             Brubach
          
           neer
           the
           river
           of
           
             Rhin
          
           by
           a
           judicial
           sentence
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           worthy
           the
           inserting
           here
           .
        
         
           VVee
           Iehn
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Moguntia
             ,
          
           Prince
           Elector
           and
           Archchancellor
           of
           the
           German
           Nation
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           other
           Princes
           Electors
           ,
           Dukes
           ,
           Landgraves
           ,
           Counts
           ,
           and
           other
           Lords
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           and
           Potentats
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           divers
           dommageable
           interests
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           special
           importance
           of
           all
           the
           Empire
           ,
           we
           do
           depose
           ,
           and
           deprive
           by
           common
           consent
           ,
           and
           Mature
           deliberation
           ,
           
             Wincestaus
          
           as
           negligent
           ,
           unprofitable
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           ;
           We
           degrade
           him
           of
           all
           the
           dignities
           and
           of
           all
           the
           honors
           which
           were
           due
           to
           him
           from
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           we
           publish
           him
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           all
           the
           Princes
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           and
           Potentats
           of
           the
           Empire
           for
           a
           prophane
           person
           ,
           and
           unworthy
           of
           such
           an
           honor
           ,
           and
           dignity
           ;
           Enjoyning
           Evry
           one
           of
           what
           quality
           or
           condition
           soever
           he
           bee
           ,
           not
           to
           yeeld
           him
           obedience
           as
           Emperour
           ,
           prohibiting
           evry
           one
           to
           payhim
           
           any
           kind
           of
           tribut
           ,
           fief
           ,
           or
           forfeiture
           ,
           either
           by
           Right
           or
           by
           covenant
           ,
           or
           any
           office
           appertaining
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           Nay
           ,
           we
           will
           that
           those
           perquisits
           be
           reserv'd
           untill
           God
           doth
           give
           us
           the
           grace
           to
           elect
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           whole
           Empire
           ,
           and
           the
           Christian
           Common-weale
           .
           And
           it
           is
           well
           known
           how
           often
           he
           hath
           bin
           admonish'd
           by
           the
           Princes
           Electors
           both
           in
           publique
           and
           privat
           ,
           and
           particularly
           by
           ev'ry
           one
           of
           our
           Order
           that
           he
           wold
           leave
           his
           unworthy
           deportments
           ,
           and
           carry
           himself
           as
           his
           Dignity
           requir'd
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
          
           it
           is
           but
           a
           modern
           title
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           him
           who
           is
           declar'd
           Heir
           apparent
           ,
           or
           the
           design'd
           Successor
           of
           the
           Empire
           ;
           But
           at
           first
           ,
           he
           who
           was
           so
           chosen
           was
           called
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           and
           it
           was
           the
           Emperour
           
             Adrian
          
           who
           first
           cal'd
           
             AeliusVerus
          
           by
           that
           title
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           family
           of
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
          
           being
           extinct
           in
           the
           person
           of
           
             Domitius
             Nero
          
           who
           was
           the
           sixt
           in
           descent
           (
           as
           afore
           was
           told
           )
           the
           name
           
             Caesar
          
           ceas'd
           to
           be
           us'd
           as
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             family
          
           or
           blood
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           us'd
           as
           a
           name
           meer
           
             honorary
             ,
          
           and
           precedent
           to
           the
           
           Empire
           ;
           Afterwards
           the
           design'd
           Successor
           to
           the
           Empire
           was
           call'd
           
             Despote
             ,
          
           after
           that
           he
           was
           call'd
           
             King
             of
             Italy
             ,
          
           then
           
             King
             of
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           lastly
           
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             Romischer
             Konig
          
           in
           high
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           was
           only
           call'd
           
             Caesar
             Keyser
          
           in
           Dutch
           ,
           wch
           appellation
           continueth
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           
             Charles
             the
          
           5
           who
           introduc'd
           the
           title
           of
           
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
          
           who
           since
           is
           acknowleg'd
           the
           immediat
           ,
           and
           unquestionable
           apparent
           Heir
           and
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           Empire
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           by
           
             Resignation
             ,
          
           by
           
             deprivation
             ,
          
           or
           
             death
             ,
          
           being
           in
           
             proximo
             fastigio
             collocatus
          
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ;
           Nay
           som
           
             Civilians
          
           hold
           that
           the
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
          
           may
           make
           
             Edicts
          
           without
           the
           regnant
           Emperour
           ,
           being
           bound
           only
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           
             Majestatem
             Imperialem
             comiter
             observare
             ,
          
           making
           him
           hereby
           to
           owe
           a
           duty
           of
           
             reverence
             ,
          
           but
           not
           of
           
             superiority
          
           to
           the
           
             Keysar
          
           or
           Emperour
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           4
           Section
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Diet
           or
           Imperial
           Parlement
           ,
           and
           the
           members
           therof
           ,
           with
           the
           Division
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           THe
           
             German
          
           Empire
           is
           divided
           to
           
             ten
             Circles
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Austria
          
           the
           high
           ,
           and
           low
           ,
           
             Franconia
             ,
             Bavaria
             ,
             Saxonia
             ,
             Westphalia
             ,
          
           the
           lower
           Circle
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
             Burgundy
             ,
          
           the
           two
           
             Palatinatts
             ;
          
           The
           goverment
           wherof
           is
           
           
             principally
          
           in
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           
             contractedly
          
           in
           the
           Electors
           ,
           and
           
             diffusively
          
           in
           the
           Diet
           or
           Imperiall
           Parlement
           ,
           and
           other
           Courts
           ,
           wherof
           the
           Chamber
           of
           
             Spire
          
           is
           the
           Supreme
           ,
           whence
           ther
           is
           no
           appeal
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Diets
           ,
           after
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           Princes
           Electors
           are
           the
           prime
           state
           ,
           among
           whom
           the
           
             Prelats
          
           have
           still
           the
           priority
           ;
           The
           second
           state
           is
           compos'd
           of
           
             four
             Arch-bishops
             ,
          
           viz.
           he
           of
           
             Magdenkurg
          
           (
           who
           is
           
             primat
          
           of
           all
           
             Germany
          
           )
           He
           of
           
             Salzburg
             ,
          
           he
           of
           
             Besanson
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Breme
             ,
          
           which
           Archbishoprick
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           have
           had
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           Then
           ther
           are
           one
           and
           thirty
           
             Bishops
             ,
          
           and
           eleven
           
             Abbats
             ,
          
           wherof
           he
           of
           
             Fulda
          
           is
           the
           chief
           ,
           having
           above
           fourscore
           thousand
           
             rich
             dollers
             in
             annuall
             revenue
             ;
          
           Then
           come
           the
           secular
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           wherof
           the
           
             Arch-dukes
             of
             Austria
          
           are
           first
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           divided
           into
           two
           branches
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           of
           
             Germany
          
           and
           
             Burgundy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           Estate
           is
           compos'd
           of
           
             Imperial
          
           towns
           which
           are
           about
           
             sixty
             five
          
           
           in
           nomber
           ,
           som
           wherof
           hold
           soly
           from
           the
           Emperour
           (
           which
           are
           accounted
           the
           most
           noble
           ,
           )
           and
           some
           are
           Relevant
           from
           other
           Princes
           .
           Ther
           is
           another
           sort
           of
           Towns
           call'd
           the
           
             Hansiatique
          
           Towns
           ,
           twixt
           whom
           ther
           is
           a
           strong
           confederacy
           ,
           and
           fraternal
           league
           in
           merchantile
           affairs
           :
           They
           are
           divided
           into
           
             fower
          
           classes
           ,
           or
           Metropolitan
           Cities
           ,
           to
           wit
           
             Lubeck
             ,
             Colen
             ,
             Brunswick
             ,
             and
             Danzick
             ,
          
           who
           have
           a
           solemn
           yeerly
           convention
           at
           
             Lubeck
          
           where
           they
           keep
           their
           Records
           .
           The
           
             Hans
          
           or
           Hansiatique
           Association
           is
           of
           long
           antiquity
           ;
           touching
           the
           
             word
             ,
          
           some
           wold
           fetch
           it
           from
           
             hand
             ,
          
           because
           they
           of
           the
           
             Society
          
           plight
           their
           faith
           when
           they
           enter
           into
           the
           fraternity
           ;
           others
           derive
           it
           from
           the
           word
           
             Hansa
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             Counsell
          
           or
           advice
           in
           the
           
             Gothique
          
           toung
           ;
           Others
           wold
           have
           it
           from
           
             Hander
             see
          
           which
           signifieth
           a
           
             place
             neer
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           and
           this
           passeth
           for
           the
           most
           current
           Etymologie
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           all
           their
           Townes
           are
           so
           situated
           ,
           or
           upon
           som
           Navigable
           river
           leading
           to
           the
           Sea
           .
           The
           Extent
           of
           
           the
           old
           
             Hans
          
           was
           from
           the
           
             Nerve
          
           in
           
             Liefland
             ,
          
           as
           far
           as
           the
           banks
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           comprehending
           about
           62
           
             townes
          
           of
           trassique
           ,
           whereof
           the
           
             fower
          
           great
           Towns
           afore
           nam'd
           were
           the
           several
           precincts
           ;
           The
           Kings
           of
           
             Poland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sweden
          
           have
           sued
           to
           be
           their
           
             Protector
             ,
          
           but
           they
           refus'd
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           not
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ;
          
           They
           put
           off
           the
           King
           of
           
             Denmarque
          
           also
           with
           a
           complement
           ,
           nor
           wold
           they
           admit
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           when
           he
           was
           most
           powerfull
           in
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           though
           afterwards
           they
           desir'd
           his
           help
           when
           't
           was
           too
           late
           ;
           They
           refus'd
           also
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Anjou
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           that
           the
           world
           thought
           at
           that
           time
           he
           shold
           have
           married
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           who
           appeer'd
           for
           him
           in
           this
           busines
           ,
           wherby
           't
           was
           probable
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           recover'd
           their
           old
           priviledges
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           So
           that
           I
           do
           not
           find
           that
           they
           had
           any
           other
           Protector
           (
           unles
           of
           late
           yeers
           )
           but
           the
           great
           master
           of
           
             Prussia
             ,
          
           and
           their
           want
           of
           a
           Protector
           did
           do
           them
           some
           prejudice
           in
           that
           
           famous
           difference
           they
           had
           with
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           The
           old
           
             Hans
          
           had
           Extraordinary
           immunities
           conceded
           unto
           them
           by
           our
           
             Henry
             the
             third
             ,
          
           because
           they
           assisted
           him
           in
           his
           warrs
           with
           so
           many
           Ships
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           they
           pretended
           ,
           the
           King
           was
           not
           only
           to
           pay
           them
           for
           the
           service
           of
           the
           sayed
           Ships
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           vessels
           themselfs
           in
           case
           they
           miscarried
           ;
           Now
           ,
           it
           fortun'd
           ,
           that
           upon
           their
           return
           to
           
             Germany
          
           from
           serving
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           ;
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           Fleet
           was
           cast
           away
           by
           distresse
           of
           weather
           ,
           for
           which
           according
           to
           covenant
           they
           demanded
           reparation
           ;
           Our
           King
           in
           lieu
           of
           
             money
          
           gave
           them
           some
           
             immunities
             ,
          
           and
           among
           other
           acts
           of
           grace
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           pay
           but
           
             one
             per
             cent
          
           custom
           ,
           which
           continued
           till
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           time
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           advice
           of
           King
           
             Philip
          
           her
           husband
           she
           Enhanc'd
           the
           
             one
          
           to
           
             twenty
             percent
             ;
          
           The
           
             Hans
          
           not
           only
           complain'd
           ,
           but
           clammor'd
           allowd
           for
           breach
           of
           their
           ancient
           privileges
           confirm'd
           unto
           them
           by
           long
           prescription
           from
           
             thirteen
          
           successive
           Kings
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           
           which
           they
           pretended
           to
           have
           pourchas'd
           with
           their
           money
           ;
           King
           
             Philip
          
           undertook
           to
           accommodat
           the
           busines
           ,
           but
           Queen
           
             Mary
          
           dieng
           ,
           a
           ltttle
           after
           (
           out
           of
           a
           conceit
           of
           the
           lesse
           of
           
             Calais
             ,
          
           which
           she
           sayed
           upon
           her
           death-bed
           should
           be
           found
           Engraven
           in
           her
           heart
           if
           she
           were
           open'd
           )
           and
           he
           retiring
           hence
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           nothing
           done
           ;
           Complaints
           being
           made
           afterwards
           to
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           she
           answered
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             as
             she
             wold
             not
             innovat
             any
             thing
             ,
             so
             she
             would
             protect
             them
             still
             in
             the
             immunities
             ,
             and
             condition
             she
             found
             them
             .
          
           Hereupon
           their
           navigation
           ,
           and
           traffic
           was
           suspended
           awhile
           ,
           which
           prov'd
           very
           advantagious
           to
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           for
           they
           tryed
           what
           they
           could
           do
           themselfs
           herein
           ,
           and
           after
           som
           adventures
           they
           thrive
           so
           well
           that
           they
           took
           the
           whole
           trade
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           so
           divided
           themselfs
           to
           
             Staplers
             ,
          
           and
           
             Merchant
             adventurers
             ,
          
           the
           one
           residing
           constant
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           the
           other
           stirring
           ,
           and
           adventuring
           to
           divers
           towns
           abroad
           with
           cloth
           ,
           and
           other
           manufactures
           ;
           This
           so
           netled
           the
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           that
           
           they
           devis'd
           all
           the
           wayes
           they
           could
           to
           draw
           upon
           them
           the
           ill
           opinion
           of
           other
           Nations
           ;
           Moreover
           the
           
             Hans
          
           towns
           being
           a
           body
           incorporated
           in
           the
           
             German
             Empire
             ,
          
           complain'd
           to
           the
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           who
           sent
           over
           Ambassadors
           to
           mediat
           the
           busines
           ,
           but
           they
           return'd
           still
           
             re
             infectâ
             ;
          
           Herupon
           the
           Queen
           caus'd
           a
           proclamation
           to
           be
           publish'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Merchants
           of
           the
           
             Hans
          
           shold
           be
           intreated
           ,
           and
           us'd
           as
           all
           other
           strangers
           within
           her
           dominions
           in
           point
           of
           Comerce
           ,
           without
           any
           mark
           of
           distinction
           .
        
         
           This
           nettled
           them
           the
           more
           ,
           therupon
           they
           bent
           their
           forces
           more
           eagerly
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           
             Imperial
             Diet
          
           at
           
             Ratisbon
          
           they
           procur'd
           that
           the
           
             English
          
           Merchants
           who
           had
           associated
           themselfs
           in
           corporations
           both
           in
           
             Embden
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           shold
           be
           adjudg'd
           
             Monopolists
             ;
          
           whereupon
           ther
           was
           a
           
             Comitial
             Edict
          
           procur'd
           against
           them
           that
           they
           shold
           be
           exterminated
           ,
           and
           banish'd
           out
           of
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           which
           was
           done
           by
           the
           activity
           of
           
             Suderman
          
           a
           great
           
             Civilian
             ;
          
           
           Ther
           was
           there
           at
           that
           time
           for
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           Mr.
           
             Gilpin
             ,
          
           as
           nimble
           a
           man
           as
           
             Suderman
             ,
          
           and
           he
           had
           the
           Chancellor
           of
           
             Embden
          
           to
           countenance
           and
           second
           him
           ,
           but
           they
           could
           not
           stop
           the
           
             Edict
          
           wherby
           the
           society
           of
           
             English
          
           Merchants
           adventurers
           were
           pronounc'd
           a
           
             Monopoly
             ;
          
           yet
           
             Gilpin
          
           played
           his
           cards
           so
           well
           that
           he
           wrought
           under
           hand
           that
           the
           sayed
           Imperial
           
             Ban
          
           shold
           not
           be
           publish'd
           till
           after
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           
             Diet
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           the
           
             interim
          
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           shold
           send
           an
           Ambassador
           to
           
             England
          
           to
           advertise
           the
           Queen
           of
           such
           proceedings
           against
           her
           Merchants
           ;
           But
           this
           made
           so
           little
           impression
           on
           the
           Queen
           ,
           that
           the
           sayed
           
             Ban
          
           grew
           to
           be
           rather
           ridiculous
           than
           formidable
           ;
           for
           the
           town
           of
           
             Embden
          
           harbour'd
           our
           Merchants
           notwithstanding
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           the
           town
           of
           
             Stode
             ;
          
           but
           they
           ,
           being
           not
           so
           able
           to
           protect
           them
           against
           the
           Imperial
           
             Ban
          
           removed
           ,
           and
           settled
           themselfs
           in
           
             Hamburgh
             ;
          
           After
           this
           the
           Queen
           commanded
           another
           proclamation
           to
           be
           publish'd
           ,
           that
           the
           
           
             Hansiatique
          
           Merchants
           shold
           be
           allowd
           to
           trade
           into
           
             England
          
           upon
           the
           same
           
             conditions
          
           and
           payments
           as
           their
           own
           Subjects
           did
           ,
           provided
           that
           the
           
             English
          
           Merchants
           might
           have
           the
           same
           privileges
           ,
           to
           reside
           ,
           and
           trade
           peaceably
           in
           
             Stode
          
           or
           
             Hamburgh
             ,
          
           or
           anywhere
           else
           within
           the
           precincts
           of
           the
           
             Hans
             ;
          
           This
           incens'd
           them
           more
           ,
           therupon
           endeavours
           were
           made
           to
           cut
           off
           
             Stode
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hamburgh
          
           from
           being
           Members
           of
           the
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           but
           they
           suspended
           this
           dessein
           till
           they
           saw
           what
           successe
           the
           great
           
             Spanish
             Armada
          
           shold
           have
           which
           was
           then
           preparing
           in
           the
           year
           88
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           not
           long
           before
           made
           their
           addresse
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           which
           had
           done
           them
           som
           good
           offices
           ;
           Wherfore
           to
           this
           day
           King
           
             Philip
          
           and
           his
           Councell
           were
           tax'd
           of
           a
           great
           oversight
           ,
           that
           ther
           was
           no
           use
           made
           of
           the
           
             Hans
          
           towns
           in
           that
           great
           Expedition
           against
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           finding
           that
           they
           of
           the
           
             Hans
          
           were
           not
           contented
           with
           that
           
           
             Equality
          
           she
           had
           offer'd
           to
           make
           twixt
           them
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           put
           out
           a
           Proclamation
           that
           they
           shold
           transport
           neither
           corn
           ,
           victuals
           ,
           arms
           ,
           timber
           ,
           masts
           ,
           cables
           ,
           metals
           ,
           and
           any
           other
           materials
           ,
           or
           men
           to
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           or
           
             Portugal
             ;
          
           And
           after
           ,
           the
           Queen
           growing
           more
           redoubted
           ,
           and
           famous
           by
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Fleet
           in
           88
           ,
           The
           
             Hans
          
           began
           to
           despair
           of
           doing
           any
           good
           ;
           Add
           herunto
           that
           another
           disafter
           befell
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           taking
           of
           60
           
             Sayles
          
           of
           their
           Shipps
           about
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           River
           of
           
             Lisbon
          
           by
           the
           
             Queens
          
           Shipps
           ,
           that
           went
           laden
           with
           
             ropas
             de
             contrabando
             ,
          
           or
           goods
           prohibited
           by
           her
           former
           Proclamations
           into
           the
           Dominions
           of
           
             Spain
             ;
          
           And
           as
           these
           Shipps
           were
           ready
           to
           be
           discharged
           ,
           she
           had
           intelligence
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           Assembly
           at
           
             Lubeck
             ,
          
           which
           had
           purposely
           mett
           to
           consult
           of
           means
           to
           be
           reveng'd
           of
           her
           ,
           therupon
           she
           made
           absolute
           prize
           of
           the
           sayed
           60
           Shipps
           ,
           only
           two
           were
           freed
           to
           bring
           home
           tydings
           what
           became
           of
           the
           rest
           ;
           Herupon
           
           the
           
             Pole
          
           sent
           a
           ranting
           Ambassador
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           who
           spake
           in
           a
           high
           tone
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Queen
          
           herself
           did
           suddenly
           answer
           him
           in
           a
           higher
           .
        
         
           These
           premisses
           being
           well
           considered
           ,
           it
           prov'd
           an
           advantagious
           thing
           for
           
             England
          
           that
           this
           clash
           fell
           out
           betwixt
           Her
           and
           the
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           for
           ever
           since
           the
           
             English
          
           Merchants
           have
           beaten
           a
           peacefull
           and
           an
           un-interrupted
           trade
           into
           
             High
             and
             Low
             Germany
             ,
          
           with
           their
           Manufactures
           of
           Wool
           ,
           the
           Golden
           fleece
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           found
           also
           a
           way
           through
           the
           
             White
             Sea
          
           to
           
             Archangell
             ,
          
           and
           
             Mosco
             ,
          
           which
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           been
           the
           chiefground
           of
           that
           encrease
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           Mariners
           ,
           and
           Merchandising
           which
           she
           is
           come
           unto
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           ther
           is
           one
           passage
           in
           this
           relation
           observable
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Hans-towns
             ,
          
           do
           not
           tie
           themselfs
           to
           obey
           the
           
             Bans
             ,
          
           and
           Edicts
           of
           the
           Imperial
           
             Diet
          
           no
           further
           than
           it
           conduceth
           to
           their
           own
           interest
           ,
           as
           it
           appeer'd
           by
           the
           examples
           of
           
             Embden
             ,
             Stode
          
           and
           
             Hamburgh
             ,
          
           
           in
           the
           traverses
           of
           this
           busines
           ,
           which
           towns
           stuck
           stil
           to
           the
           
             English
          
           Factories
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           publique
           transactions
           &
           prohibitions
           of
           the
           
             Diet
          
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           hath
           a
           memorable
           critical
           saying
           of
           the
           
             German
             Diets
          
           when
           he
           sayeth
           
             omnes
             Germanorum
             Dietas
             esse
             valde
             faecundas
             ,
             et
             quamlibet
             in
             ventre
             habere
             alteram
             ,
             Ac
             credible
             est
             quia
             faemineum
             sit
             nomen
             libenter
             impregnari
             ,
             pietas
             est
             parturire
             .
          
           All
           the
           
             German
             Diets
          
           are
           fruitfull
           ,
           in
           regard
           ev'ry
           one
           hath
           another
           commonly
           in
           its
           belly
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           credible
           because
           
             Diet
          
           is
           of
           the
           Faeminine
           gender
           she
           is
           more
           willing
           to
           be
           got
           with
           Child
           ;
           wherunto
           alluded
           also
           the
           saying
           of
           (
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fift
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           the
           
             German
             Diets
          
           were
           like
           vipers
           ,
           for
           as
           these
           destroy
           their
           Damms
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           Decrees
           of
           
             Diets
          
           destroy
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           dwelt
           longer
           upon
           this
           particular
           ,
           than
           my
           propos'd
           brevity
           requir'd
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Hans
          
           being
           that
           part
           of
           the
           
             Empire
          
           with
           whom
           
             England
          
           hath
           most
           
             correspondence
          
           in
           
           point
           of
           negotiation
           and
           comerce
           ,
           I
           suffred
           my self
           to
           be
           transported
           till
           my
           pen
           came
           to
           a
           full
           period
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           fift
           Section
           .
        
         
           A
           parallel
           twixt
           the
           Empire
           passd
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           ,
           with
           the
           causes
           of
           the
           declination
           therof
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THough
           by
           the
           tru
           rule
           of
           proportion
           ,
           no
           parallel
           canbe
           made
           'twixt
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           'twixt
           an
           
             Eagle
          
           and
           a
           
             Wren
             ,
          
           yet
           because
           comparisons
           and
           examples
           conduce
           much
           to
           the
           elucidation
           of
           things
           ,
           somthing
           shall
           be
           said
           to
           that
           point
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Roman
             Monarchy
          
           when
           she
           was
           at
           the
           highest
           altitude
           of
           greatnes
           ,
           and
           
           glory
           ,
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           had
           no
           horizon
           ,
           while
           she
           sate
           upon
           her
           
             seven
             Hills
          
           she
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           
             overlook'd
          
           the
           World
           ;
           She
           was
           once
           
             fifty
          
           miles
           in
           circuit
           ,
           and
           
             five
             hundred
             thousant
          
           free
           Citizens
           were
           computed
           to
           be
           within
           her
           Walls
           ,
           by
           that
           famous
           cense
           which
           was
           made
           that
           
             Vopiscus
          
           relates
           ;
           The
           
             Roman
          
           Eagle
           fix'd
           his
           talons
           upon
           the
           Banks
           of
           
             Euphrates
             Eastward
             ,
          
           on
           the
           
             Nile
          
           South
           ,
           on
           the
           
             Danube
          
           and
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           Northward
           ,
           and
           flew
           West
           as
           farr
           as
           the
           
             British
          
           and
           
             German
          
           Seas
           ;
           Her
           annual
           revenues
           were
           then
           computed
           at
           a
           
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             millions
             ,
          
           wherof
           the
           salary
           of
           her
           
             legionary
          
           Soldiers
           amounted
           to
           above
           twenty
           Milions
           ;
           some
           of
           her
           Generals
           usually
           brought
           ten
           thousand
           talents
           into
           her
           
             aerarium
             ,
          
           her
           
             Exchequer
             ,
          
           at
           their
           return
           from
           abroad
           ,
           and
           
             Gabinius
             twenty
             thousand
             ;
          
           Som
           of
           her
           
             Emperours
          
           are
           recorded
           to
           have
           strew'd
           the
           Amphitheater
           with
           
             gold
             sand
          
           in
           their
           publique
           spectacles
           ,
           &
           triumphs
           ,
           so
           she
           might
           well
           have
           taken
           then
           the
           5
           Vowels
           for
           her
           symbole
           
             A
             ,
             E
             ,
             I
             ,
             O
             ,
             V
             ,
          
           which
           signified
           ,
           
           
             Aquila
             ,
             Electa
             ,
             Iustè
             ,
             Omnia
             ,
             Vincit
             .
          
           But
           she
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           shrunk
           since
           from
           a
           
             Giantess
          
           to
           a
           
             Dwarf
             ,
          
           Insomuch
           that
           he
           who
           hath
           the
           Empire
           now
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           have
           an
           
             Eagles
          
           feather
           only
           in
           his
           Capp
           ,
           for
           he
           must
           have
           somthing
           of
           his
           own
           to
           support
           the
           sacred
           
             Caesarian
          
           Majesty
           ,
           els
           he
           may
           be
           put
           to
           live
           upon
           Alms
           ;
           Take
           all
           the
           tributes
           of
           the
           free
           Towns
           ,
           they
           come
           but
           to
           
             five
             thousand
          
           Crowns
           a
           yeer
           ,
           but
           for
           any
           tru
           
             fundum
             ,
          
           or
           Real
           estate
           ther
           's
           none
           ;
           He
           depends
           meerly
           upon
           the
           plesure
           of
           the
           
             Diet
          
           for
           all
           publique
           pecuniary
           erogations
           ,
           and
           taxes
           ;
           And
           wheras
           we
           read
           that
           
             Charles
             the
             fift
          
           had
           once
           
             ninety
             thousand
             foot
             ,
          
           and
           
             thirty
             five
             thousand
             effectif
             horse
          
           against
           
             Solyman
             ,
          
           and
           above
           that
           nomber
           against
           the
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           most
           of
           those
           were
           leavied
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           patrimonial
           Territories
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           if
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Eagles
           were
           not
           imp'd
           with
           
             Austrian
          
           feathers
           they
           wold
           be
           as
           bald
           as
           a
           Coot
           .
        
         
           Yet
           
             Germany
          
           or
           
             Almain
             ,
          
           as
           the
           knowing
           statists
           have
           delivered
           their
           opinions
           ,
           
           is
           a
           continent
           of
           that
           large
           expansion
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           peepled
           ,
           that
           take
           the
           whole
           bulk
           together
           she
           is
           able
           to
           rayse
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           effectif
           men
           ,
           and
           maintain
           them
           by
           a
           general
           unanimous
           contribution
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           know
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           so
           great
           an
           alteration
           and
           decay
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           ,
           ther
           were
           many
           causes
           concurr'd
           therunto
           ,
           the
           main
           cause
           was
           touch'd
           before
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           translation
           of
           
             Caesars
          
           Court
           from
           
             Rome
          
           to
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           wherby
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Western
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Empire
          
           were
           left
           obvious
           and
           as
           a
           prey
           to
           other
           Nations
           ;
           Add
           herunto
           the
           dismembring
           of
           the
           
             Empire
          
           into
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           with
           other
           accidents
           pointed
           at
           before
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           declination
           of
           the
           
             Occidental
          
           Empire
           founded
           by
           
             Charlemain
             ,
          
           ther
           was
           a
           greater
           concurrence
           of
           caufes
           ;
           First
           the
           unhappy
           partition
           that
           
             Lewis
             the
             Gentle
             Charlemains
          
           Son
           ,
           made
           of
           the
           
             Empire
          
           to
           find
           a-pannage
           and
           portions
           for
           his
           Sons
           ,
           wherof
           he
           had
           three
           ;
           Adde
           herunto
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
           Empire
           came
           to
           be
           within
           the
           
             German
          
           pale
           ,
           and
           
             Italy
          
           became
           but
           a
           
             Province
          
           to
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           being
           to
           be
           dispos'd
           of
           by
           the
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
             ,
          
           They
           who
           aspir'd
           to
           be
           Emperours
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           their
           Sons
           to
           succeed
           them
           us'd
           to
           prepossesse
           ,
           and
           oblige
           the
           
             Electors
          
           by
           donatifs
           ,
           and
           indeed
           no
           lesse
           than
           bribes
           ,
           as
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fourth
           to
           make
           his
           Son
           
             VVenceslaus
          
           capable
           to
           succeed
           him
           ,
           offer'd
           them
           a
           
             hundred
             thousand
             Florins
             apeece
             ,
          
           as
           
             Aeneas
             Sylvius
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           but
           having
           no
           ready
           money
           to
           satisfy
           them
           ,
           he
           transferr'd
           ,
           and
           pass'd
           over
           som
           
             Imperial
          
           townes
           unto
           them
           ,
           wherof
           the
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           had
           three
           for
           his
           share
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           
             viz.
             Openheim
             ,
             Inquelien
             ,
          
           &
           
             Keyserlausen
             .
          
           It
           is
           recorded
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Annals
           that
           
             Gerardus
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Mentz
          
           was
           call'd
           
             pro
             pola
             Imperii
             ,
          
           the
           Hucster
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           having
           conspir'd
           with
           others
           of
           his
           Complices
           against
           
             Albert
          
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           design'd
           to
           elect
           another
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           sayed
           
             Gerardus
          
           having
           a
           hunting
           horn
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           potent
           popular
           man
           ,
           he
           winded
           
           out
           these
           words
           
             In
             hoc
             cornu
             complures
             gesto
             Caesares
             ,
          
           In
           this
           horn
           I
           carry
           many
           
             Keysars
             ,
             viz.
             Caesars
             ;
          
           The
           Empour
           taking
           this
           in
           indignation
           ,
           by
           the
           speciall
           benediction
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           was
           quit
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           confederats
           afterwards
           ,
           by
           making
           them
           carry
           
             doggs
          
           about
           the
           Countrey
           so
           many
           miles
           ,
           which
           is
           acccounted
           in
           
             Germany
          
           the
           disgracefullest
           and
           most
           opproprious
           kind
           of
           punishment
           that
           can
           be
           inflicted
           upon
           a
           
             Nobleman
             ,
          
           or
           
             Gentleman
             ,
          
           wheras
           a
           
             Boore
          
           or
           
             Plebean
          
           is
           condemn'd
           according
           to
           the
           quality
           of
           his
           offence
           to
           carry
           only
           a
           
             Chair
          
           from
           one
           County
           to
           another
           ;
           such
           a
           peculiar
           punishment
           ther
           was
           of
           old
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           for
           wheras
           ther
           was
           a
           law
           call'd
           
             la
             loy
             de
             la
             chevelure
          
           that
           none
           shold
           wear
           long
           hair
           but
           the
           
             Nobles
             ,
          
           he
           who
           had
           committed
           any
           degenerous
           offence
           was
           adjudg'd
           to
           have
           his
           
             hair
          
           cutt
           off
           before
           the
           tribunal
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           degraded
           from
           being
           a
           
             gentleman
             ,
          
           his
           
             honor
          
           going
           away
           with
           his
           
             hair
             ,
          
           and
           so
           made
           a
           
             Roturier
          
           or
           
             Yeoman
             :
          
           The
           story
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Emperour
           
             Frederique
             
             Barbarossa
          
           made
           
             Hermannus
          
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           and
           ten
           Counts
           more
           to
           carry
           
             doggs
          
           above
           one
           
             German
          
           mile
           ,
           for
           the
           praedations
           ,
           and
           ill
           balancing
           of
           dollars
           ,
           with
           other
           insolences
           they
           had
           committed
           while
           he
           was
           in
           
             Italy
          
           warring
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           against
           whom
           we
           read
           he
           had
           twelve
           pitched
           battails
           .
        
         
           Such
           another
           clash
           the
           Emperour
           
             Conradus
          
           had
           with
           
             Guelphus
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
             ,
          
           who
           bore
           up
           a
           good
           while
           against
           him
           ,
           at
           last
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           recruting
           his
           Army
           with
           
             Italian
          
           Auxiliaries
           ,
           shut
           up
           the
           Duke
           in
           
             VVinsberga
             ,
          
           and
           beleagred
           him
           so
           close
           that
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           famish
           ;
           And
           the
           Emperour
           having
           bin
           provok'd
           so
           farr
           that
           he
           had
           vow'd
           to
           put
           all
           to
           fyre
           and
           sword
           ,
           The
           Duchesse
           being
           a
           comely
           couragious
           Lady
           went
           through
           the
           throng
           of
           the
           army
           into
           the
           Emperours
           tent
           ,
           and
           made
           such
           a
           flexanimous
           speech
           which
           so
           melted
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           he
           publish'd
           a
           proclamation
           ,
           that
           for
           her
           sake
           all
           the
           Women
           of
           
             VVinsberga
          
           shold
           have
           safe
           conduct
           
           to
           depart
           and
           carry
           away
           upon
           their
           backs
           as
           much
           of
           their
           most
           precious
           wealth
           that
           they
           could
           bear
           .
           Herupon
           the
           Dutchesse
           took
           the
           
             Duke
          
           upon
           her
           back
           ,
           and
           evry
           wife
           by
           her
           example
           her
           husband
           ,
           mayds
           and
           unmarried
           women
           took
           up
           their
           brothers
           ,
           and
           kindred
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           marched
           out
           ;
           The
           Emperour
           being
           much
           taken
           with
           this
           witty
           peece
           of
           humanity
           ,
           publish'd
           a
           generall
           act
           of
           
             Amnestia
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           Duke
           was
           redintegrated
           into
           his
           favor
           .
           This
           memorable
           story
           I
           couch'd
           once
           into
           
             verse
             ,
          
           being
           a
           task
           impos'd
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           Epigram
           runns
           thus
           .
        
         
           Tempore
           quo
           Bavarum
           superârat
           Roma
           Guëlghum
           ,
        
         
           Seria
           festivo
           Res
           fuit
           acta
           joco
           ;
        
         
           
             Conradus
          
           victor
           VVinsbergam
           oblesserat
           Vrbem
           ,
        
         
           Hinc
           fame
           ,
           Deditio
           facta
           ,
           premente
           ,
           fuit
           ;
        
         
           Matribus
           at
           miserans
           Bavaris
           ,
           sponsaeque
           Guelphi
           ,
        
         
           Induperator
           iis
           tale
           Diploma
           dedit
           ;
        
         
           Quaelibet
           ut
           Mulier
           tuto
           cum
           Rebus
           abiret
        
         
         
           Quas
           humeris
           posset
           sustinuisse
           suis
           .
        
         
           Cum
           reliquis
           Comitissa
           novo
           Diplomate
           nixa
        
         
           Inde
           viros
           portant
           ,
           pondera
           grata
           ,
           suos
           .
        
         
           Pendebant
           collo
           nati
           nataeque
           lacertis
        
         
           Sic
           abiit
           licita
           Faemina
           Virque
           fugâ
           ;
        
         
           Hac
           delectatus
           
             Caesar
          
           pietate
           ,
           pepercit
        
         
           Omnibus
           ,
           atque
           novum
           cum
           
             Duce
          
           faedus
           init
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           where
           we
           left
           ,
           another
           cause
           of
           the
           
             Empours
          
           decay
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           being
           often
           reduc'd
           to
           som
           exigents
           for
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           they
           us'd
           to
           have
           recours
           to
           the
           richest
           
             Imperial
             towns
          
           for
           a
           supply
           ,
           who
           us'd
           to
           lend
           them
           
             money
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Emperours
           payed
           them
           their
           
             money
          
           back
           with
           
             immunities
             ;
          
           Many
           towns
           in
           
             Italy
          
           got
           their
           necks
           out
           of
           
             Caesars
          
           yoak
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           som
           of
           them
           very
           cheap
           ,
           as
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           for
           it
           cost
           her
           but
           
             six
             thousand
             Crownes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Luca
             ten
             thousand
             ;
             &c.
             
          
           In
           so
           much
           that
           the
           liberties
           of
           most
           of
           the
           free
           Citties
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           much
           more
           of
           
             high
             and
             low
             Germany
             ,
          
           sprung
           out
           of
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           
           Emperours
           ,
           wherby
           their
           power
           as
           well
           as
           their
           glory
           did
           daylie
           decline
           ;
           Adde
           herunto
           that
           the
           Bishopps
           of
           
             Rome
          
           feather'd
           their
           nests
           from
           time
           to
           time
           with
           the
           
             Eagles
          
           plumes
           ,
           specially
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           for
           besides
           the
           City
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Countreys
           adjacent
           ,
           such
           was
           the
           high
           reverence
           the
           
             Church
          
           had
           in
           those
           daies
           that
           many
           other
           territories
           were
           given
           to
           the
           
             Apostolical
          
           See
           ,
           and
           since
           ,
           by
           well
           devoted
           Princes
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           the
           
             Pope
          
           is
           grown
           herby
           to
           he
           a
           great
           
             temporal
          
           Prince
           ,
           for
           the
           state
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           extends
           above
           
             three
             hundred
             miles
          
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           
             about
             two
             hundred
             miles
             in
             breadth
             ;
          
           It
           contains
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           
             Ferrara
             ,
             Bologna
             ,
             Romania
             ,
          
           the
           Marquisat
           of
           
             Ancona
             ,
             Sabina
             ,
             Perugia
             ,
          
           with
           a
           part
           of
           
             Toscany
             ,
          
           the
           
             Patrimony
             of
             Saint
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           
             Latium
             ;
          
           in
           these
           there
           are
           above
           50
           Bishopricks
           ;
           He
           doth
           signorize
           also
           over
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           
             Spoleto
          
           and
           the
           
             Exarchat
          
           of
           
             Ravenna
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           the
           Towns
           of
           
             Benevento
          
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Naples
             ,
          
           and
           the
           County
           of
           
             Venisse
          
           in
           
             France
          
           call'd
           
             Avignon
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           title
           good
           enough
           to
           
           
             Naples
          
           also
           herself
           ,
           and
           
             Calabria
             ,
          
           but
           rather
           than
           incurr
           the
           diplesure
           of
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             Spain
          
           his
           Champion
           ,
           and
           chief
           supporter
           of
           his
           Chair
           ,
           he
           is
           contented
           with
           an
           annual
           heriot
           of
           a
           white
           Mule
           with
           a
           pursfull
           of
           pistols
           about
           her
           neck
           ;
           He
           pretends
           also
           to
           be
           Lord
           paramount
           of
           
             Sicily
             ,
             Urbin
             ,
             Parma
             ,
          
           and
           
             Masseran
             ,
          
           as
           also
           of
           
             Norway
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
          
           and
           
             England
          
           since
           King
           
             Iohn
          
           did
           prostrat
           our
           Crown
           at
           
             Pandulpho
          
           his
           Legats
           feet
           :
           His
           Dominions
           reach
           from
           one
           Sea
           to
           another
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           from
           the
           
             Tyrrhene
          
           to
           the
           
             Adriatique
             ,
          
           and
           these
           Territories
           run
           through
           the
           center
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           which
           enables
           the
           
             Pope
          
           to
           do
           good
           or
           harm
           to
           the
           Princes
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           makes
           him
           capable
           to
           be
           an
           
             Vmpire
             ,
          
           or
           a
           potent
           
             Enemy
             ,
          
           his
           authority
           being
           mixt
           twixt
           
             secular
          
           and
           
             spiritual
             ,
          
           for
           he
           can
           use
           the
           sword
           ,
           and
           thunder-bolt
           of
           Excommunication
           at
           plesure
           ;
           And
           (
           to
           return
           to
           our
           chief
           subject
           )
           most
           of
           the
           Countreys
           pointed
           at
           before
           being
           feathers
           of
           the
           
             Eagle
          
           did
           much
           decrease
           her
           strength
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Church
           did
           
           this
           way
           impair
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           so
           the
           
             Reformed
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           the
           difference
           of
           Religion
           in
           
             Germany
          
           did
           much
           enfeeble
           it
           ;
           For
           those
           Princes
           who
           turn'd
           
             Lutherans
          
           daylie
           encroach'd
           upon
           ,
           and
           impropriated
           the
           demeans
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           which
           was
           a
           great
           support
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           being
           more
           devoted
           to
           
             him
             ;
          
           than
           to
           the
           secnlar
           Princes
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           go
           a
           little
           more
           particularly
           to
           work
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           rove
           in
           
             Asia
          
           and
           
             Afrique
          
           where
           so
           many
           mighty
           parts
           of
           the
           Continent
           fell
           from
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           ,
           nor
           will
           we
           look
           so
           farr
           back
           in
           Europe
           as
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           defection
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
             France
             ,
          
           and
           
             Great
             Britain
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           first
           Province
           that
           fell
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           though
           indeed
           
             Rome
          
           may
           he
           sayed
           to
           have
           fallen
           first
           from
           
             Her
             ,
          
           being
           not
           able
           by
           reason
           of
           warrs
           she
           had
           in
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           to
           protect
           the
           
             Britains
          
           against
           the
           
             Picts
             ,
          
           as
           
             England
          
           sayes
           now
           in
           point
           of
           
             Religion
          
           that
           she
           had
           never
           fallen
           away
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           unlesse
           
             Rome
          
           had
           fallen
           from
           her self
           ;
           I
           say
           we
           will
           not
           look
           so
           fart
           back
           ,
           but
           
           come
           to
           more
           modern
           Times
           since
           the
           Empire
           came
           within
           the
           
             German
             pale
             ;
          
           The
           
             Suisses
          
           were
           one
           of
           the
           last
           that
           revolted
           ,
           who
           being
           summon'd
           to
           the
           Imperiall
           Chamber
           at
           
             Spire
             ,
          
           they
           sent
           a
           rough
           hewn
           Ambassadors
           totell
           the
           Imperial
           Councel
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Domini
             confaederati
             Heluetii
             vos
             vicinos
             suos
             salvere
             jubent
             ,
             mirantur
             verò
             quod
             tam
             crebris
             citationibus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           Lords
           Confaederats
           of
           
             Switzerland
          
           do
           greet
           you
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           they
           wonder
           that
           by
           your
           so
           frequent
           citations
           you
           wold
           disquiet
           
             Them
             ,
          
           therfore
           they
           pray
           and
           
             exhort
          
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           no
           further
           molest
           
             Them
             .
          
           In
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fifts
           time
           the
           
             Livonians
          
           fell
           off
           ,
           and
           He
           summoning
           them
           to
           their
           obedience
           ,
           and
           menacing
           to
           reduce
           them
           otherwise
           by
           force
           ,
           they
           sent
           him
           a
           geering
           Answer
           ,
           
             That
             they
             beleev'd
             his
             Horse
             wold
             tyre
             before
             he
             could
             reach
             the
             skirts
             of
          
           Liefland
           ,
           as
           
             Thuanus
          
           hath
           it
           .
           A
           
             German
          
           Author
           hath
           it
           upon
           record
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           reign
           of
           
             Rodolph
          
           the
           first
           ,
           above
           two
           hundred
           States
           and
           Princes
           have
           un-membred
           ,
           and
           emancipated
           
           themselfs
           from
           the
           
             German
          
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           were
           us'd
           to
           obey
           his
           summons
           ,
           &
           make
           their
           apparance
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           Touching
           
             Germany
          
           it self
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           huge
           Continent
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Princes
           ,
           which
           make
           som
           compare
           her
           to
           a
           Firmament
           spangled
           with
           
             Stars
             ;
          
           Others
           compare
           the
           
             Emperour
          
           to
           a
           great
           Luminary
           incircled
           with
           the
           seven
           Planets
           ,
           meaning
           the
           
             Septemvirat
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
             ,
          
           and
           not
           improperly
           ,
           for
           this
           agrees
           with
           the
           
             Caesarean
          
           Arms
           ,
           which
           are
           
             Sol
             ,
             Saturn
          
           arm'd
           ,
           and
           crown'd
           
             Mars
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Eagle
           displayed
           with
           two
           heads
           ;
           yet
           ,
           though
           therby
           the
           Emperour
           be
           call'd
           
             Rex
             Regum
             ,
          
           these
           Princes
           are
           prejudicial
           to
           his
           greatnes
           ,
           wherof
           
             Ibraim
          
           Ambassador
           to
           
             Solyman
          
           the
           great
           
             Turk
          
           gave
           a
           hint
           by
           an
           ingenuous
           Fable
           which
           was
           thus
           ;
           When
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           second
           was
           chosen
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           foresayed
           
             Ibraim
          
           was
           then
           at
           
             Frankfort
             ,
          
           who
           having
           bin
           a
           Spectator
           to
           the
           ceremony
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           what
           great
           Princes
           attended
           the
           Emperour
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           being
           told
           that
           som
           of
           
           them
           could
           rayse
           an
           Army
           of
           them selfs
           ,
           and
           maintain
           it
           against
           any
           power
           ,
           The
           Ambassador
           smilingly
           sayed
           ,
           That
           he
           doubted
           not
           of
           the
           puissance
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           but
           he
           observ'd
           that
           the
           Minds
           and
           Actions
           ,
           the
           Counsels
           and
           Interests
           of
           the
           
             Germans
          
           were
           like
           a
           beast
           with
           many
           heads
           ,
           and
           tayls
           ,
           which
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           being
           to
           pass
           through
           a
           hedg
           ,
           and
           ev'ry
           head
           seeking
           to
           find
           a
           particular
           hole
           to
           pass
           thorough
           ,
           they
           were
           a
           hindrance
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           ev'ry
           head
           drawing
           after
           his
           own
           fancy
           ,
           and
           so
           hazarded
           the
           destruction
           both
           of
           all
           the
           heads
           body
           &
           tayls
           :
           But
           the
           Empire
           of
           
             Solyman
          
           his
           great
           Master
           was
           like
           a
           beast
           with
           many
           tayls
           ,
           yet
           she
           had
           but
           one
           head
           ,
           which
           head
           being
           to
           get
           thorough
           or
           over
           any
           passage
           ,
           without
           any
           confusion
           ,
           or
           difference
           of
           fancy
           ,
           all
           the
           tayls
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           body
           follow'd
           smoothly
           after
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           fatallst
           cause
           of
           the
           decay
           of
           
             Caesar
          
           was
           the
           monstrou
           ;
           successes
           of
           the
           
             Mahumetan
             ,
          
           whose
           
             half
             Moon
          
           
           fill'd
           out
           of
           the
           
             Wane
          
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           both
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           It
           being
           a
           sad
           saying
           ,
           that
           whersoever
           the
           
             Turks
             horse
             sets
             once
             his
             foot
             ,
             ther
             's
             no
             Christian
             grasse
             will
             ever
             grow
             there
             again
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           sixth
           Section
           ,
        
         
           Of
           enlarging
           the
           Colledg
           of
           Electors
           from
           seven
           to
           an
           Octumvirat
           ,
           And
           the
           Contest
           that
           is
           now
           twixt
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           Rhin
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bavaria
           touching
           the
           Vicarship
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
           THe
           attempting
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           by
           
             Frederiqne
          
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           as
           it
           prov'd
           unsuccessfull
           unto
           himself
           and
           Family
           ,
           so
           it
           prov'd
           fatal
           to
           all
           Christendom
           besides
           (
           as
           
           the
           preceding
           
             Comet
          
           did
           foretell
           
             An.
          
           1618.
           )
           for
           directly
           or
           collaterally
           it
           hath
           bin
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           warrs
           that
           happen'd
           ever
           since
           in
           Christendome
           ,
           which
           made
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           bin
           
             Prophet
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Prince
          
           to
           say
           unto
           his
           privy
           Councell
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           tydings
           which
           were
           brought
           him
           that
           his
           son-in-law
           was
           gone
           to
           
             Prague
             ,
          
           My
           
             Lords
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             sad
             busines
             ,
             and
             the
             youngest
             man
             amongst
             us
             shall
             not
             live
             to
             see
             the
             end
             of
             it
          
           which
           prov'd
           tru
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Bohemian
          
           Crown
           was
           first
           offer'd
           by
           the
           Revolters
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           but
           hee
           out
           of
           a
           political
           prudence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           out
           of
           the
           fidelity
           and
           alleageance
           he
           ow'd
           the
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           declin'd
           it
           ;
           Then
           they
           reflected
           upon
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           as
           a
           Prince
           that
           might
           be
           
             par
             negotio
             ,
          
           and
           able
           to
           go
           through-stitch
           with
           it
           ,
           In
           regard
           of
           his
           powerful
           alliances
           ,
           The
           King
           of
           great
           
             Britain
          
           being
           his
           Father-in-law
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           his
           Onckle
           ,
           the
           states
           of
           
             Holland
          
           his
           confederatts
           ,
           and
           
             Maurice
          
           Prince
           of
           
             Orenge
          
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bovillon
          
           (
           who
           
           was
           call'd
           the
           old
           
             Ardenian
             fox
          
           )
           being
           also
           his
           Oncles
           ,
           which
           
             last
             three
             ,
          
           incited
           him
           first
           unto
           that
           great
           Attempt
           ,
           though
           he
           paus'd
           a
           good
           while
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           resolv'd
           twice
           to
           decline
           it
           ,
           till
           his
           
             lady
          
           seem'd
           to
           reproch
           his
           pusillanimity
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           
             Had
             you
             Sir
             ,
             the
             courage
             to
             venture
             upon
             a
             King
             of
             great
          
           Britains
           
             sole
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             will
             you
             not
             venture
             upon
             a
             Crown
             when
             't
             is
             offer'd
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           Count
           Palatin
           then
           was
           look'd
           upon
           as
           one
           of
           the
           fortunatst
           Princes
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           Having
           the
           best
           
             lady
             in
             his
             bed
             ,
          
           the
           best
           
             stable
             of
             horses
             ,
          
           the
           best
           
             library
             of
             Books
             ,
          
           the
           best
           
             cellar
             of
             wine
          
           of
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           old
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
             ,
          
           stuck
           close
           to
           the
           
             Emperour
          
           in
           this
           quartell
           ,
           for
           by
           his
           assistance
           and
           conduct
           an
           army
           of
           25000.
           was
           routed
           by
           lesse
           then
           
             fifteen
          
           thousand
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           of
           
             Prague
          
           with
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           was
           recover'd
           for
           the
           
             Emperour
             ;
          
           On
           the
           otherside
           by
           the
           arms
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           and
           the
           conduct
           of
           
             Marquis
             Spinola
          
           the
           
             Palatinat
          
           was
           conquer'd
           ,
           though
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           
             Vnion
          
           had
           
           an
           Army
           of
           forty
           thousand
           effectif
           men
           under
           ,
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Ansback
          
           and
           others
           to
           defend
           it
           ,
           but
           't
           was
           sayed
           that
           
             dolus
             versabatur
             in
             Generalibus
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Generals
           were
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           acquest
           was
           made
           more
           by
           
             Spanish
             pistolls
             ,
          
           than
           by
           
             Spinola's
             Sword
             .
          
        
         
           Herupon
           at
           a
           solemn
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Electors
           at
           
             Ratisbon
             Anno
          
           1623
           ,
           the
           
             Electorship
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Archidapifership
             ,
          
           with
           all
           the
           prerogatives
           ,
           and
           perquisits
           ,
           the
           authorities
           and
           enfranchisements
           ,
           and
           honors
           annexed
           therunto
           was
           conferr'd
           upon
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           for
           term
           of
           life
           ;
           But
           in
           another
           Assembly
           1628
           ,
           which
           was
           five
           yeers
           after
           at
           
             Prague
             ,
          
           this
           great
           Grant
           was
           not
           only
           confirm'd
           unto
           him
           during
           his
           own
           life
           ,
           but
           entayl'd
           upon
           his
           Heirs
           to
           Perpetuity
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           the
           upper
           
             Palatinat
          
           was
           transferr'd
           unto
           him
           ,
           with
           the
           
             County
             of
             Cham
          
           in
           consideration
           of
           his
           expences
           in
           the
           wars
           ,
           which
           amounted
           to
           
             thirteen
             million
             of
             Dollars
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           in
           the
           Treaties
           at
           
             Munster
          
           and
           
             Osnabrug
             Anno
          
           1652
           ,
           fower
           and
           twenty
           yeers
           after
           ,
           this
           Grant
           was
           qualified
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           the
           
             Gulihelmian
          
           line
           which
           is
           the
           House
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           did
           fayl
           without
           Masculine
           issue
           ,
           the
           
             Electorship
             of
             the
             Rhin
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             Archidapifership
          
           and
           all
           the
           prerogatives
           therof
           shold
           revert
           to
           the
           
             Rodulphian
             line
          
           which
           is
           the
           
             Palatin
             ,
          
           being
           the
           elder
           House
           of
           the
           two
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             Gulielmian
          
           or
           
             Bavarian
             line
          
           ther
           are
           but
           4
           living
           ,
           wherof
           two
           are
           Churchmen
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Colen
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Frizing
             ,
          
           which
           can
           leave
           no
           issue
           behind
           ;
           Then
           is
           ther
           the
           now
           Duke
           of
           
             BAVARIA
          
           and
           his
           Brother
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           also
           likely
           to
           get
           issue
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           Tradition
           in
           
             Germany
          
           goes
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           former
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           having
           maried
           the
           last
           Emperours
           Sister
           who
           was
           young
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           being
           old
           and
           crazy
           having
           5
           issues
           then
           about
           his
           body
           ,
           ther
           were
           some
           Jesuitts
           that
           brought
           such
           a
           prolifical
           cordial
           from
           
             Italy
          
           that
           enabled
           the
           old
           Duke
           
           to
           get
           children
           ,
           but
           those
           Children
           shold
           be
           impotent
           and
           barren
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           hitherto
           prov'd
           tru
           ,
           insomuch
           the
           
             Palsgrave
          
           is
           in
           fair
           hopes
           to
           get
           the
           Electorship
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           again
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           eighth
           Electorship
           must
           be
           extinguished
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           
             publicae
             tranquillitatis
             causa
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             Instrumentum
             pacis
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           for
           setling
           a
           firm
           and
           general
           everlasting
           peace
           in
           
             Germany
          
           which
           had
           bin
           so
           miserably
           depopulated
           and
           torn
           by
           the
           late
           wars
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           only
           scratch'd
           her
           face
           ,
           but
           rent
           her
           very
           bowels
           ,
           for
           about
           thirty
           yeers
           together
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           diremption
           of
           all
           strife
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           The
           Count
           
             Palatin
          
           was
           created
           the
           
             eighth
             Elector
             ,
          
           which
           is
           term'd
           in
           the
           Instrument
           by
           a
           new
           coynd
           Epithet
           or
           logical
           term
           
             simultanea
             Investitura
             ,
          
           a
           joint
           or
           contemporary
           Investiture
           ;
           And
           because
           ther
           's
           an
           office
           annexed
           to
           ev'ry
           
             Electorat
             ,
          
           he
           was
           made
           
             Arch-treasurer
          
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           which
           he
           executed
           at
           the
           Election
           of
           the
           last
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           the
           coronation
           of
           the
           Empresse
           at
           
             Ratisbon
             ,
          
           
           by
           throwing
           Medaills
           some
           of
           Gold
           ,
           some
           of
           Sylver
           among
           the
           peeple
           ;
           under
           this
           notion
           he
           hath
           a
           session
           and
           suffrage
           in
           the
           Colledg
           of
           Electors
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           content
           to
           sitt
           last
           of
           all
           ;
           Moreover
           by
           the
           said
           Instrument
           of
           Accommodation
           at
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           he
           was
           to
           renounce
           all
           right
           
             pro
             tempore
          
           not
           only
           to
           the
           upper
           Palatinat
           ,
           and
           the
           County
           of
           
             Cham
             ,
          
           but
           he
           was
           to
           part
           with
           the
           
             Bergstrad
          
           (
           one
           of
           the
           best
           parts
           of
           the
           lower
           Palatinat
           )
           and
           re-deliver
           it
           to
           the
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           who
           had
           oppignorated
           ,
           and
           pawn'd
           it
           to
           his
           Ancestor
           
             Anno
          
           1463
           for
           a
           sum
           of
           money
           ,
           but
           
             cum
             pacto
             perpetuae
             reluitionis
             ,
          
           with
           a
           proviso
           that
           it
           might
           be
           redeem'd
           at
           all
           times
           .
        
         
           The
           Emperour
           
             Ferdinand
          
           the
           third
           ,
           being
           not
           long
           since
           dead
           ther
           arose
           a
           contest
           ,
           which
           continues
           still
           undecided
           ,
           'twixt
           the
           Elector
           
             Palatin
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Cosen
           ,
           and
           Co-elector
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           about
           the
           
             Vicarship
          
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Empire
           ;
           And
           to
           illustrat
           this
           point
           the
           better
           it
           must
           be
           understood
           that
           by
           the
           fundamental
           laws
           of
           the
           
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           exemplified
           in
           the
           
             Aurea
             Bulla
             ,
          
           it
           is
           enacted
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           the
           Emperour
           (
           who
           was
           us'd
           oft
           in
           former
           times
           to
           crosse
           the
           Alpes
           to
           
             Italy
          
           )
           or
           after
           his
           death
           during
           the
           vacancy
           or
           Interregnum
           ,
           ther
           were
           two
           
             Vicars
          
           or
           Imperial
           Deputies
           appointed
           to
           manage
           the
           affaires
           of
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
          
           to
           witt
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           for
           the
           jurisdictions
           of
           
             Franconia
             ,
             Svevia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Country
           about
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           And
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           for
           those
           large
           Territories
           that
           lay
           within
           that
           
             Circle
             ;
          
           The
           
             Bavarian
          
           alledgeth
           that
           this
           prerogative
           of
           Vicarship
           appertain'd
           unto
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ratione
             Electoratus
             ,
          
           by
           vertu
           of
           the
           Electorship
           ,
           &
           the
           office
           of
           
             Archidapifer
          
           or
           chief
           Sewer
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           produceth
           the
           
             Golden
             Bull
          
           both
           in
           the
           Original
           Latin
           ,
           and
           also
           translated
           into
           
             Dutch
             ;
          
           Hee
           takes
           also
           the
           great
           Instrument
           of
           
             Munster
          
           for
           his
           
             buckler
             ,
          
           wherin
           the
           sayed
           
             Electorship
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           and
           the
           ofice
           of
           
             Archsewership
          
           with
           all
           the
           prerogatives
           ,
           perquisits
           ,
           and
           appendixes
           
           therunto
           belonging
           ,
           wherof
           the
           
             Vicarship
          
           is
           the
           chiefest
           ,
           is
           totally
           transferr'd
           uuto
           Him
           and
           his
           Issue
           Male
           to
           perpetuity
           .
        
         
           The
           Count
           Palatin
           utterly
           denies
           that
           ,
           and
           positively
           affirmeth
           that
           this
           office
           and
           prerogative
           of
           
             Vicariat
          
           was
           conferr'd
           upon
           him
           and
           practis'd
           by
           his
           progenitors
           before
           ever
           the
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
             ,
          
           and
           the
           subsequent
           
             Aurea
             Bulla
          
           was
           constituted
           ,
           which
           
             Bull
          
           or
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           of
           the
           
             German
          
           Empire
           was
           not
           the
           
             Donor
          
           but
           confirmer
           only
           of
           that
           great
           
             Ancestrial
             prerogative
          
           which
           
             inconcussa
             consuetudine
             ,
          
           by
           an
           unshaken
           custom
           belong'd
           to
           his
           family
           ;
           Avouching
           further
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           
             Annexum
             inseparabile
             Comitatus
             ,
          
           That
           it
           is
           an
           Heirloome
           of
           the
           
             County
             Palatin
          
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           in
           which
           County
           he
           was
           formally
           and
           plenarily
           reinvested
           in
           the
           yeer
           1652
           :
           He
           excepts
           likewise
           against
           the
           translation
           of
           the
           sayed
           
             Aurea
             Bulla
          
           into
           the
           
             Teutonique
             ,
          
           or
           High
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           alleadging
           it
           is
           erroneous
           in
           many
           passages
           ;
           And
           lastly
           concludes
           that
           his
           Progenitors
           enjoyed
           
           this
           prerogative
           of
           
             Vicariat
             ,
             ratione
             Comitatus
             ,
          
           not
           
             Electoratus
             ,
          
           as
           may
           be
           inferr'd
           out
           of
           the
           politicall
           reason
           why
           that
           office
           was
           conferr'd
           upon
           his
           Ancestors
           wch
           was
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           position
           of
           their
           ditions
           &
           Territories
           which
           lye
           apposit
           &
           proper
           to
           have
           the
           goverment
           of
           those
           Countreys
           of
           
             Franconia
             Svevia
             ,
             &c.
          
           because
           they
           are
           situated
           neer
           ,
           &
           som
           of
           them
           conterminant
           with
           the
           
             Rhin
             .
          
           This
           controversy
           remains
           still
           indecided
           ;
           In
           the
           
             interim
          
           the
           
             protestants
          
           of
           those
           parts
           make
           their
           addresses
           to
           the
           
             Count
             Palatin
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Catholiques
           to
           the
           
             Bavarian
          
           as
           their
           occasions
           require
           ,
           either
           for
           renewing
           or
           letting
           of
           leases
           ,
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           Felons
           goods
           ,
           the
           protection
           of
           Idiots
           ,
           and
           Lunatiques
           ,
           &c.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           seventh
           Section
           .
        
         
           Some
           Reflexes
           made
           upon
           the
           present
           Coniuncture
           of
           Things
           ,
           and
           the
           political
           condition
           of
           Germany
           ,
           with
           a
           Coniecture
           who
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           next
           Emperour
           .
        
         
           HAving
           allready
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Succinct
             ,
          
           but
           I
           hope
           ,
           some
           
             Satisfactory
          
           way
           treated
           of
           the
           
             German
          
           Empire
           ,
           
           of
           the
           
             Octumvirat
             ,
          
           or
           Colledg
           of
           
             Electors
             ,
          
           with
           other
           matters
           Concident
           ,
           and
           homogeneous
           with
           this
           subject
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           wind
           up
           this
           small
           bottome
           ,
           and
           conclude
           with
           some
           glances
           upon
           the
           present
           Estate
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           particular
           
             Interests
          
           therof
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordship
           hath
           read
           before
           that
           the
           Office
           of
           
             Emperour
             ,
             in
             statu
             quo
             nunc
             ,
          
           is
           meerly
           a
           Title
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           feather
           in
           one's
           capp
           ,
           whosoever
           undertakes
           it
           must
           have
           pillars
           of
           his
           own
           to
           support
           it
           ;
           Now
           among
           the
           Princes
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           next
           after
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           is
           thought
           to
           be
           best
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           three
           Imperial
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           late
           Emperours
           death
           he
           began
           to
           be
           much
           spoken
           of
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           an
           Observing
           gentleman
           ,
           who
           came
           lately
           thence
           ,
           told
           mee
           )
           all
           the
           peeple
           that
           are
           under
           his
           subjection
           did
           rise
           up
           ,
           and
           with
           open
           mouth
           protested
           against
           it
           ,
           cryeng
           out
           that
           they
           wold
           put
           themselfs
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           another
           Prince
           ,
           if
           he
           wold
           be
           the
           
             Keysar
             ;
          
           
           Now
           ,
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Saxe
          
           were
           Emperour
           ,
           he
           must
           of
           necessity
           enhance
           their
           tolls
           and
           taxes
           to
           support
           the
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           since
           he
           hath
           bin
           invested
           in
           the
           upper
           
             Palatinat
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             County
             of
             Cham
             ,
          
           is
           grown
           very
           considerable
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           able
           to
           counterpoise
           the
           
             Saxe
          
           in
           power
           ,
           their
           yeerly
           revenues
           amounting
           to
           above
           a
           million
           of
           rich
           dollars
           apeece
           ;
           Besides
           ,
           the
           
             Bavarian
          
           Sylver
           mines
           have
           wonderfully
           thriven
           of
           late
           yeers
           both
           for
           the
           purenes
           ,
           and
           quantity
           of
           
             Bullion
             ;
          
           And
           if
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           former
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
          
           could
           lay
           out
           thirteen
           millions
           for
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           in
           consideration
           wherof
           he
           had
           at
           first
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Territories
           of
           
             Austria
          
           hypothequ'd
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           the
           upper
           
             Palts
          
           and
           the
           County
           of
           
             Cham
          
           transferr'd
           unto
           him
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Electorship
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           in
           full
           and
           valuable
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           said
           13
           millions
           ,
           I
           say
           if
           the
           former
           Duke
           was
           so
           powerfull
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           well
           inferr'd
           that
           the
           present
           Duke
           is
           much
           more
           ,
           
           by
           the
           new
           acquests
           he
           hath
           made
           ,
           and
           so
           might
           be
           capable
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           but
           notwithstanding
           that
           the
           
             French
          
           is
           sayed
           to
           spurr
           him
           on
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Colen
          
           be
           his
           Oncle
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           not
           probable
           he
           will
           make
           any
           competition
           with
           his
           Cousin-germin
           the
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           his
           peeple
           like
           them
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           being
           also
           very
           averse
           therunto
           ,
           though
           his
           peeple
           be
           in
           a
           surer
           way
           of
           subjection
           and
           vassalage
           unto
           him
           ,
           than
           other
           
             Germans
          
           are
           ,
           ther
           being
           no
           great
           ones
           in
           his
           Dominions
           to
           clash
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
             ,
          
           though
           he
           be
           great
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Teutonique
          
           Order
           ,
           and
           hath
           such
           spacious
           and
           large
           Territories
           that
           he
           can
           go
           upon
           his
           own
           demeans
           above
           500
           miles
           from
           
             Cleve
          
           to
           the
           furthest
           parts
           of
           
             Prussia
             ,
          
           yet
           is
           he
           thought
           to
           be
           inferiorto
           the
           other
           two
           in
           revenues
           ,
           &
           wealth
           ,
           therfore
           the
           lesse
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           
             German
             Empire
             ;
          
           Adde
           herunto
           that
           of
           the
           eight
           Electors
           ,
           
             five
          
           are
           still
           
             Roman
          
           Catholiques
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           improbable
           ,
           a
           
             Protestant
          
           shold
           be
           
           chosen
           ,
           for
           ther
           are
           such
           ceremonies
           to
           be
           perfotm'd
           that
           are
           incompatible
           with
           a
           
             Protestant
             ,
          
           besides
           the
           
             Pope
          
           wold
           never
           
             confirm
          
           such
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           without
           his
           confirmation
           no
           Emperour
           can
           be
           call'd
           
             Augustus
             .
          
        
         
           Touching
           the
           King
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           though
           he
           be
           capable
           of
           the
           Empire
           being
           a
           kind
           of
           
             German
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           Kings
           and
           peeple
           hath
           bin
           rather
           to
           
             preserve
          
           what
           they
           have
           than
           to
           
             extend
          
           their
           Country
           further
           ;
           Moreover
           the
           present
           King
           is
           ingag'd
           in
           an
           open
           war
           against
           the
           
             Swed
             ;
          
           Ther
           is
           also
           a
           late
           clash
           'twixt
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           town
           of
           
             Hamborough
          
           about
           the
           
             Huldygen
             ,
          
           which
           is
           an
           Inauguration
           to
           be
           her
           Protector
           ,
           as
           his
           Father
           was
           :
           for
           
             Hamborough
          
           was
           built
           upon
           ,
           and
           stands
           still
           upon
           the
           King
           of
           
             Denmarks
          
           ground
           ;
           yet
           she
           refuseth
           to
           
             Huld
          
           him
           ,
           alledging
           that
           she
           bought
           him
           out
           for
           great
           summes
           of
           money
           ,
           And
           so
           pretends
           to
           be
           now
           an
           
             Imperial
          
           free
           Town
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           soly
           from
           the
           
             Keyser
             ;
          
           Wheras
           others
           averre
           that
           she
           is
           meer
           
             Hansiatique
          
           within
           the
           Verge
           of
           
             Lubeck
          
           her
           Neighbour
           ,
           
           which
           is
           the
           chiefest
           of
           the
           first
           Precinct
           of
           the
           old
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           as
           was
           touch'd
           before
           .
        
         
           Adde
           herunto
           that
           the
           last
           King
           of
           
             Denmark
          
           hath
           some
           particular
           obligations
           to
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           his
           great
           Gran-mother
           having
           bin
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fifts
           Sister
           .
           Besides
           ,
           when
           General
           
             Tilly
          
           was
           like
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           human
           reson
           with
           a
           Veteran
           victorious
           Army
           to
           overcom
           all
           
             Holsteyn
             ,
             Ferdinand
          
           this
           King
           of
           
             Hungaries
          
           Gran-father
           made
           a
           friendly
           ,
           and
           favourable
           peace
           with
           
             Christian
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           who
           had
           invaded
           
             Germany
          
           with
           a
           considerable
           Army
           ,
           but
           with
           little
           successe
           ,
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           his
           Nephew
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Swed
          
           mought
           have
           bad
           fair
           for
           the
           Imperial
           
             Golden
             Apple
          
           had
           he
           took
           firmer
           footing
           in
           
             Poland
             ,
          
           and
           succeeded
           in
           his
           notable
           designs
           further
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           his
           Army
           being
           compos'd
           of
           Soldiers
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           might
           still
           by
           new
           recreuts
           as
           they
           push'd
           on
           their
           hopes
           ,
           have
           prov'd
           in
           time
           as
           formidable
           ,
           and
           fatal
           to
           the
           test
           of
           Christendome
           as
           
           their
           Ancestors
           the
           
             Goths
          
           and
           
             Vandales
          
           were
           of
           old
           ,
           who
           pierc'd
           the
           very
           center
           of
           Europe
           to
           find
           warmer
           habitations
           .
        
         
           Nor
           was
           the
           
             Swed
          
           altogether
           incapable
           to
           have
           stood
           for
           it
           in
           regard
           of
           those
           Territories
           which
           
             Gustavus
          
           got
           ,
           and
           annexed
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Sweden
          
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           
             viz.
             Pomerland
             ,
          
           and
           
             Breme
             ;
          
           But
           the
           
             Dane
          
           entring
           into
           a
           new
           warr
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
          
           deserting
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           the
           
             Pole
             ,
          
           the
           
             Moscovit
          
           his
           actual
           enemies
           besides
           ,
           't
           is
           thought
           his
           hopes
           are
           blasted
           for
           enlarging
           his
           dominions
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           well
           if
           he
           can
           now
           secure
           
             Sweden
          
           it self
           ,
           much
           more
           the
           new
           acquests
           aforesaid
           in
           
             Germany
             ;
          
           specially
           his
           friends
           
             (
             viz.
             England
          
           and
           
             France
             )
          
           being
           so
           remote
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           enemies
           so
           neer
           about
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           
             French
          
           King
           ,
           though
           I
           beleeve
           he
           be
           in
           despair
           to
           have
           it
           himself
           ,
           he
           being
           
             Exterus
             &
             non
             Germanus
             ,
          
           a
           Scranger
           and
           no
           
             German
             ,
          
           and
           
           ther
           being
           a
           fundamental
           Law
           that
           no
           Forrener
           be
           Emperour
           ,
           as
           ther
           is
           a
           Sanction
           in
           the
           Conclave
           among
           the
           Cardinals
           ,
           that
           no
           
             Tramontane
             ,
             viz.
          
           one
           born
           this
           side
           the
           
             Alps
          
           can
           be
           Pope
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           looks
           not
           for
           it
           himself
           ,
           yet
           he
           spends
           all
           the
           interests
           he
           hath
           ,
           and
           is
           like
           to
           employ
           all
           the
           power
           he
           can
           with
           all
           the
           Artificies
           besides
           to
           cajoll
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           
             corrupt
          
           the
           Electors
           for
           the
           secluding
           of
           the
           young
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Empire
          
           shold
           not
           be
           alwayes
           a
           prostitut
           to
           one
           
             Family
             .
          
           But
           
             France
          
           they
           say
           hath
           few
           real
           Friends
           in
           
             Germany
          
           among
           the
           Princes
           ;
           'T
           is
           true
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Tryers
          
           being
           perpetual
           Arch-chancelor
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           hath
           always
           bin
           ,
           and
           is
           still
           
             Fleurdelizè
             ,
          
           he
           is
           Flowdeliz'd
           and
           Frenchified
           all
           over
           ,
           and
           
             France
          
           alwaies
           sticks
           to
           him
           also
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ;
           't
           was
           about
           
             him
          
           that
           ther
           was
           such
           a
           counterbuff
           'twixt
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           thirteenth
           ,
           and
           
             Gustaphus
             Adolphus
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           invaded
           part
           of
           his
           Territories
           ;
           't
           was
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           besides
           the
           still
           growing
           greatnesse
           of
           
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           that
           this
           present
           warr
           was
           denounc'd
           by
           sound
           of
           Herald
           against
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           by
           the
           last
           French
           King
           :
           Moreover
           ,
           't
           is
           tru
           that
           the
           Marquis
           of
           
             Brandenburg
          
           while
           he
           lately
           adher'd
           to
           the
           
             Swed
          
           was
           devoted
           to
           
             France
             ,
          
           but
           since
           he
           hath
           accommodated
           matters
           with
           the
           
             Pole
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           chang'd
           his
           interest
           ,
           and
           is
           like
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           general
           league
           they
           speak
           of
           to
           be
           made
           between
           the
           
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           Empire
           for
           preserving
           the
           common
           peace
           of
           
             Germany
          
           against
           all
           that
           shall
           attempt
           to
           disturb
           it
           ;
           And
           besides
           the
           
             Electors
          
           themselfs
           ,
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Brunswick
             ,
          
           Prince
           of
           
             Anbalt
             ,
             Luneberg
             ,
             Lawenburg
             ,
          
           the
           
             Landgrave
             of
             Hesse
             ,
             Darmstad't
             ,
             Baden
             ,
             Newburgh
             ,
             Wittemburgh
             ,
          
           though
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           other
           smell
           rank
           of
           the
           French
           interest
           ,
           yet
           to
           prevent
           a
           new
           warr
           in
           
             Germany
          
           they
           are
           like
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           foresayed
           
             Patrial
          
           league
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           Imperial
           and
           Hansiatical
           Towns
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           
             Palsgrave
             ,
          
           or
           Prince
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
             ,
          
           't
           is
           tru
           that
           ther
           hath
           bin
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           intimacy
           ,
           and
           
           reciprocal
           leagues
           twixt
           his
           Progenitors
           ,
           and
           
             France
             ,
          
           but
           the
           last
           Emperour
           and
           his
           Son
           the
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
          
           oblig'd
           him
           (
           and
           his
           brother
           Prince
           
             Rupert
          
           )
           by
           many
           recent
           civilities
           ;
           At
           the
           Treaties
           of
           
             Osnabrug
             ,
          
           and
           
             Munster
          
           the
           Emperour
           wold
           have
           
             his
          
           busines
           to
           be
           dispatch'd
           first
           ,
           and
           was
           very
           indulgent
           of
           him
           all
           along
           the
           while
           ;
           The
           fower
           hundred
           thousand
           dollars
           which
           were
           assign'd
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           portions
           and
           apennages
           for
           his
           younger
           brothers
           ,
           the
           twenty
           thousand
           dollars
           that
           were
           awarded
           the
           Lady
           
             Dowager
          
           his
           mother
           
             pro
             victalitio
             ,
          
           and
           the
           ten
           thousand
           dollars
           which
           were
           assign'd
           for
           dowries
           to
           evry
           one
           of
           his
           Sisters
           ,
           were
           all
           granted
           as
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Instrument
           run
           
             pro
             benevolo
             suae
             Majestatis
             Caesareae
             affectu
             ergo
             domum
             Palatinam
             ,
          
           for
           the
           benevolent
           affection
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           bore
           to
           the
           family
           of
           the
           
             Palatin
             ,
          
           which
           summes
           the
           Emperour
           punctually
           payed
           ;
           Moreover
           at
           the
           coronation
           of
           the
           Empresse
           ,
           and
           the
           creation
           of
           the
           last
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           
           the
           
             Prince
             Palatin
          
           officiated
           in
           person
           ,
           and
           ther
           were
           many
           Endearments
           pass'd
           twixt
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           him
           ;
           In
           so
           much
           that
           't
           is
           thought
           he
           will
           be
           no
           back
           frend
           to
           his
           son
           the
           now
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           when
           the
           busines
           of
           Election
           comes
           to
           be
           canvas'd
           .
        
         
           These
           Premisses
           ,
           &
           particular
           interests
           being
           well
           considered
           ,
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           all
           humane
           probality
           't
           is
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           last
           Emperours
           son
           
             Leopoldus
             Ignatius
             ,
          
           now
           King
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           and
           
             Hungary
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           being
           one
           of
           the
           Electors
           himself
           ,
           and
           chiefest
           of
           the
           
             Temporals
             ,
          
           is
           like
           to
           be
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           fourtinth
           Emperour
           of
           a
           direct
           
             Austrian
          
           line
           ;
           And
           they
           who
           think
           thus
           ,
           ground
           their
           conjectures
           upon
           divers
           reasons
           deduc'd
           from
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           because
           the
           Iunta
           ,
           or
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Princes
           Electors
           is
           stil
           deferr'd
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           till
           the
           sayed
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           be
           come
           to
           his
           Majority
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           
             German
          
           law
           in
           this
           point
           is
           at
           eighteen
           yeers
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           be
           in
           
             Iune
          
           next
           ;
           then
           being
           out
           
           of
           his
           bassage
           ,
           or
           minority
           ,
           he
           is
           capable
           both
           to
           be
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           a
           suffrage
           among
           the
           Electors
           as
           he
           is
           King
           of
           
             Bohemia
             ,
          
           and
           Archbuttler
           of
           the
           sacred
           Empire
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           if
           the
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           have
           the
           canvas
           ,
           and
           be
           rejected
           ,
           ther
           will
           be
           an
           inevitable
           warr
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           which
           she
           will
           avoyd
           if
           possible
           
             she
          
           can
           ,
           having
           had
           not
           only
           her
           face
           scratch'd
           ,
           but
           her
           very
           entrails
           rent
           asunder
           for
           so
           many
           yeers
           by
           a
           cruentous
           lingring
           warr
           ,
           and
           the
           deep
           wounds
           she
           receav'd
           thence
           are
           not
           yet
           consolidated
           in
           som
           places
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           because
           ther
           is
           no
           Prince
           so
           potent
           and
           proper
           to
           bear
           the
           weight
           of
           this
           great
           burden
           than
           the
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           or
           to
           keep
           out
           and
           encounter
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           witt
           ,
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           as
           
             Hee
             ,
          
           for
           he
           hath
           not
           only
           most
           of
           the
           Dominions
           of
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           but
           two
           Kingdomes
           besides
           situated
           on
           the
           confines
           ,
           and
           serving
           as
           ramparts
           against
           him
           by
           land
           ,
           as
           the
           Republique
           of
           
             Venice
          
           doth
           by
           sea
           ;
           Insomuch
           that
           both
           the
           
             danger
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
           
             security
          
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           is
           involv'd
           with
           the
           Empire
           it self
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           all
           
             Europe
             .
          
           Now
           we
           shall
           find
           all
           these
           Countreys
           in
           the
           title
           of
           the
           last
           Emperour
           ,
           which
           runns
           as
           followe's
           .
        
         
           
             Ferdinandus
          
           tertius
           divinâ
           favente
           clementia
           electus
           
             Romanorum
          
           Imperator
           ,
           semper
           
             Augustus
             ,
          
           Ac
           
             Germaniae
             ,
             Hungariae
             ,
             Bohemiae
             ,
             Dalmatiae
             ,
             Croatiae
             ,
             Slavoniae
             ,
          
           &c.
           Rex
           ,
           Archidux
           
             Austriae
             ,
          
           Dux
           
             Burgundiae
             ,
             Bragantiae
             ,
             Stiriae
             ,
             Carinthiae
             ,
             Carniolae
             ,
          
           &c.
           Marchio
           
             Moraviae
             ,
          
           Dux
           
             Lucemburgiae
             ,
          
           ac
           superioris
           &
           inferioris
           
             Silesiae
             ,
             Wittemburgiae
             ,
             &
             Teckae
             ,
          
           Princeps
           
             Sveviae
             ,
          
           Comes
           
             Haspurgi
             ,
          
           &
           
             Gloritiae
             ,
          
           Langravius
           
             Alsatiae
             ,
          
           Marchio
           sacri
           Imperii
           
             Romani
             ,
             Burgaviae
             ,
          
           ac
           superioris
           ,
           et
           inferioris
           
             Lusatiae
             ,
          
           Dominus
           Marchiae
           
             Slavonicae
             ,
          
           portus
           Naonis
           ,
           &
           Salinarum
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           this
           accumulation
           of
           eight
           and
           twenty
           titles
           ther
           are
           but
           two
           that
           he
           had
           from
           the
           Empire
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           stile
           of
           
             Emperour
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ring
             of
             Germany
             ,
          
           all
           the
           rest
           are
           appendixes
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
             ;
          
           And
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spaiu
          
           
           who
           is
           of
           the
           elder
           House
           hath
           many
           more
           ,
           being
           great
           granchild
           to
           the
           Emperour
           
             Charlesle
             Quint
             ,
          
           who
           made
           a
           spontaneous
           Resignation
           of
           the
           Empire
           to
           
             Ferdinand
          
           his
           second
           brother
           ,
           though
           as
           a
           privat
           Author
           hath
           it
           ,
           the
           
             second
             day
             after
             his
             resignation
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             day
             of
             his
             repentance
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           rayse
           up
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           to
           this
           altitude
           ,
           six
           of
           the
           greatest
           Families
           of
           
             Europe
          
           concentred
           in
           one
           ,
           viz.
           
             Austria
             ,
             Burgundy
             ,
             Castile
             ,
             Aragon
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             Portugal
             ,
          
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           palace
           six
           stories
           high
           ,
           (
           though
           as
           Emperour
           he
           hath
           not
           a
           house
           to
           hide
           his
           head
           in
           )
           
             Austriacûm
             Domus
             Armipotens
             sex
             fulta
             columnis
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           because
           the
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           hath
           the
           good
           wishes
           of
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Iesuitts
             ,
          
           who
           underhand
           do
           good
           offices
           for
           him
           ,
           though
           the
           Pope
           dare
           not
           appeer
           publiquely
           in
           the
           busines
           for
           fear
           of
           giving
           any
           distaste
           to
           
             France
             ;
          
           For
           he
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           hold
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           
             Portugal
          
           
           also
           ,
           as
           one
           doth
           a
           Dog
           by
           the
           ears
           ,
           fearing
           they
           shold
           run
           away
           from
           him
           to
           Patriarks
           of
           their
           own
           making
           ;
           Nor
           hath
           any
           King
           in
           Christendom
           a
           greater
           temptation
           to
           fall
           away
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           the
           
             Gallican
          
           Church
           ,
           by
           a
           late
           computation
           which
           was
           made
           ,
           hath
           above
           three
           hundred
           and
           forty
           millions
           of
           liures
           in
           annual
           revenue
           ,
           which
           ,
           shold
           he
           renounce
           the
           Pope
           ,
           wold
           devolve
           most
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           this
           Gentleman
           told
           me
           that
           the
           Electors
           ,
           with
           the
           Princes
           and
           Cities
           of
           Empire
           ,
           are
           more
           and
           more
           sensible
           to
           find
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           shold
           appeer
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           as
           som
           write
           ,
           intrude
           himself
           into
           this
           busines
           ,
           by
           sending
           Ambassadors
           with
           such
           gawdy
           trains
           ,
           whose
           rich
           liureys
           are
           like
           to
           be
           worn
           out
           before
           the
           Election
           day
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           needed
           to
           have
           brought
           a
           Lantern
           and
           Candle
           with
           them
           comming
           so
           long
           
             before
             day
             ,
          
           as
           one
           made
           a
           Pasquill
           of
           them
           in
           
             Frankfort
             ,
          
           who
           with
           som
           difficulty
           did
           open
           her
           Gates
           
           unto
           them
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           ancient
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           that
           none
           shold
           be
           admitted
           to
           lodge
           in
           the
           Town
           where
           the
           Election
           is
           to
           be
           held
           ,
           but
           the
           Princes
           Electors
           themselfs
           and
           their
           train
           ,
           which
           come
           to
           nere
           upon
           two
           thousand
           horse
           ;
           But
           the
           
             Germans
          
           are
           more
           sensible
           and
           startled
           ,
           that
           the
           
             French
          
           shold
           draw
           such
           forces
           to
           their
           Frontires
           as
           to
           
             Metz
             ,
             Philipsburg
             ,
          
           and
           
             Brisack
          
           (
           for
           
             Brisack-bridg
          
           makes
           now
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Germany
          
           one
           continued
           piece
           ,
           )
           as
           if
           ther
           wer
           a
           design
           hereby
           to
           controul
           the
           Electors
           in
           their
           choice
           ,
           and
           embroyl
           
             Germany
          
           again
           in
           a
           warr
           ;
           which
           puts
           the
           young
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
          
           to
           extraordinary
           expences
           ,
           of
           making
           new
           levies
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           he
           will
           have
           by
           the
           next
           Spring
           ,
           as
           they
           write
           ,
           an
           Army
           of
           50
           thousand
           effectif
           men
           ,
           to
           confront
           the
           
             French
             .
          
        
         
           But
           indeed
           it
           may
           be
           wondred
           ther
           shold
           be
           any
           ambition
           at
           all
           ,
           of
           aspiring
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             German
          
           Empire
           
             in
             statu
             quo
             nunc
             ,
          
           it
           being
           but
           an
           ayrie
           bare
           shadowy
           title
           ,
           or
           a
           Skeleton
           of
           
           part
           of
           the
           old
           
             Roman
          
           Monarchy
           ,
           Therfore
           a
           late
           
             German
          
           Author
           confesseth
           ,
           
             Quod
             nobis
             est
             magnum
             momentum
             politicum
             ,
             Exteris
             est
             magnum
             deridiculum
             ,
          
           That
           which
           we
           make
           to
           be
           of
           so
           high
           political
           a
           consequence
           ,
           seems
           to
           Forreners
           to
           be
           but
           a
           thing
           of
           laughter
           ,
           alluding
           to
           that
           adoe
           ther
           is
           us'd
           about
           the
           election
           of
           an
           Emperour
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Venice
          
           to
           creat
           a
           
             Doge
          
           who
           in
           point
           of
           power
           is
           no
           other
           than
           
             tecta
             di
             legno
          
           a
           head
           of
           wood
           .
        
         
           Nor
           are
           those
           who
           live
           under
           the
           Empire
           tyed
           to
           so
           strict
           an
           obedience
           ,
           ther
           is
           not
           that
           exact
           relation
           ,
           and
           reciprocation
           of
           subjection
           ,
           and
           protection
           'twixt
           the
           Emperour
           and
           his
           Vassals
           ,
           as
           useth
           to
           be
           'twixt
           Prince
           and
           Peeple
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Liegeman
          
           is
           bound
           to
           submit
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Liegelord
          
           is
           bound
           to
           defend
           ;
           Touching
           the
           later
           ,
           he
           spoke
           like
           a
           Statist
           ,
           that
           sayed
           ,
           
             Defendere
             subditos
             est
             attributum
             naturale
             inhaerens
             visceribus
             Regiminis
             ,
             est
             qualitas
             infixa
             ossibus
             ,
             et
             indivisibilis
             ,
             ita
             utregimen
             ,
             &
             protectio
             unum
             &
             idem
             judicatur
             indivisible
             .
          
           Defence
           of
           the
           
           Subject
           is
           a
           natural
           attribut
           inhaering
           in
           the
           very
           bowels
           of
           Goverment
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           quality
           infix'd
           in
           the
           very
           bones
           therof
           ,
           Insomuch
           that
           Protection
           and
           Goverment
           is
           adjudg'd
           to
           be
           the
           self
           same
           indivisible
           thing
           :
           'T
           is
           not
           so
           in
           the
           
             Imperial
          
           Government
           ,
           wher
           ther
           is
           a
           looser
           kind
           of
           Clientele
           ,
           and
           Protection
           ;
           Nor
           is
           the
           submission
           of
           the
           
             Liegeman
          
           so
           absolut
           ,
           for
           an
           Imperial
           Ban
           is
           not
           so
           much
           obey'd
           there
           as
           an
           
             Edict
          
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           a
           
             Prematica
          
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           a
           
             Proclamation
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Placart
          
           in
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           wher
           ther
           is
           a
           more
           punctual
           obligation
           'twixt
           Prince
           and
           Peeple
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           obey
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           defend
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           maintain
           their
           privileges
           ;
           Though
           som
           do
           hold
           ,
           that
           a
           Country
           giving
           her self
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           what
           privileges
           soever
           the
           peeple
           reserve
           to
           themselfs
           by
           contract
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           lost
           when
           they
           enter
           into
           subjection
           ,
           which
           by
           its
           nature
           makes
           a
           man
           subordinat
           to
           another
           without
           any
           exception
           ,
           whensoever
           the
           publique
           good
           is
           concern'd
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           
           privileges
           by
           the
           sayed
           subjection
           pass
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           concessions
           of
           Princes
           afterwards
           ,
           which
           they
           may
           stretch
           ,
           restrain
           ,
           or
           revoke
           according
           to
           the
           urgency
           of
           their
           publique
           occasions
           ;
           And
           when
           ther
           is
           a
           necessity
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           the
           Peeple
           are
           not
           allow'd
           to
           revolt
           ,
           or
           right
           themselfs
           by
           violence
           ;
           'T
           is
           tru
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           privat
           particular
           Treaties
           the
           unobservation
           of
           the
           Conditions
           ,
           acquitts
           the
           parties
           from
           the
           Obligations
           of
           the
           contract
           ,
           but
           this
           doth
           not
           reach
           to
           Soverain
           Princes
           ,
           when
           the
           Peeple
           have
           once
           chosen
           them
           for
           their
           advantage
           ,
           and
           security
           .
           But
           to
           return
           to
           our
           chief
           matter
           ,
           the
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Towns
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           though
           they
           acknowledg
           the
           
             Keyser
          
           for
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           not
           oblig'd
           in
           that
           strictnes
           of
           obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           their
           own
           peeple
           are
           to
           them
           ;
           These
           Princes
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           rather
           his
           Collegues
           ,
           and
           
             Associats
          
           in
           governing
           rather
           than
           
             Snbjects
             ;
          
           It
           being
           a
           Rule
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           that
           
             Quilibet
             Imperii
             status
             in
             suo
             Territorio
             tantum
             possit
             ,
             quantum
             Imperator
             in
             toto
             Imperio
             ,
          
           Ev'ry
           
           state
           of
           the
           Empire
           within
           his
           own
           Territory
           ,
           may
           do
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Emperour
           in
           the
           whole
           Empire
           ;
           They
           have
           power
           of
           life
           and
           death
           ,
           they
           may
           coyn
           money
           ,
           send
           Ambassadors
           abroad
           ,
           and
           make
           confederacies
           ,
           and
           leagues
           with
           forren
           Princes
           ,
           with
           other
           
             Territorial
          
           prerogatives
           ;
           But
           that
           power
           of
           making
           leagues
           was
           restrain'd
           in
           the
           late
           Treaty
           at
           
             Osnabrug
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             Instrument
          
           sayes
           ,
           
             Ius
             faciendi
             faedera
             liberum
             esto
             ,
             Ita
             tamen
             ne
             ejusmodi
             faedera
             sint
             contra
             Imperatorem
             ,
             &
             Imperium
             ,
             pacemque
             ejusdem
             publicam
             ,
          
           Let
           it
           be
           free
           to
           make
           confaederacies
           ,
           provided
           that
           the
           sayed
           confaederacies
           be
           not
           against
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           the
           Empire
           ,
           with
           the
           publique
           peace
           therof
           ;
           Nay
           further
           ,
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           have
           such
           a
           latitude
           of
           power
           that
           they
           write
           
             se
             regnare
             Dei
             gratiâ
             ,
          
           that
           they
           Raign
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           And
           that
           within
           the
           verge
           of
           the
           Empire
           the
           Princes
           Electors
           are
           not
           to
           give
           precedence
           to
           any
           other
           forren
           Prince
           ,
           or
           potentat
           whatsoever
           ;
           Therefore
           when
           
             Charles
          
           King
           of
           
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           was
           a
           few
           yeers
           since
           at
           
             Frankfort
             ,
          
           the
           Count
           Palatin
           of
           the
           
             Rhin
          
           sent
           him
           word
           that
           he
           desir'd
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           a
           visit
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Empire
           he
           was
           not
           to
           give
           priority
           of
           place
           there
           to
           any
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           
             Imperial
          
           Town
           ,
           but
           if
           his
           Majesty
           wold
           please
           to
           come
           to
           any
           of
           his
           own
           Territories
           he
           wold
           then
           respect
           his
           Majesty
           in
           that
           point
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           The
           states
           of
           the
           Empire
           have
           also
           a
           territorial
           authority
           ,
           to
           change
           their
           Religion
           at
           plesure
           ,
           by
           a
           late
           Constitution
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           sayed
           ,
           
             Religionis
             mutatio
             est
             sequela
             Territorialis
             Iurisdictonis
             ,
             ac
             inhaeret
             Territorio
             sicut
             nebula
             paludi
             ;
          
           The
           alteration
           of
           Religion
           is
           a
           sequele
           of
           Territorial
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           and
           is
           inhaerent
           in
           the
           Territory
           as
           a
           clowd
           in
           a
           pond
           .
           By
           what
           hath
           bin
           spoken
           it
           appears
           what
           a
           small
           extent
           of
           power
           the
           sacred
           
             Caesarean
          
           Majesty
           hath
           over
           those
           that
           professe
           obedience
           to
           him
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           when
           ther
           is
           a
           King
           of
           the
           
             Romans
          
           't
           is
           a
           question
           who
           hath
           the
           greater
           power
           the
           Emperour
           or
           Hee
           ;
           For
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           King
           of
           the
           
           
             Romans
          
           may
           be
           sayed
           to
           be
           like
           two
           Sunnes
           in
           one
           Firmament
           ,
           the
           one
           declining
           ,
           the
           other
           rising
           ,
           and
           the
           later
           hath
           more
           eyes
           upon
           it
           than
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           By
           those
           particulars
           that
           have
           bin
           pointed
           at
           in
           this
           Section
           ,
           a
           conjecture
           may
           be
           made
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           judgment
           ,
           who
           stands
           fairest
           to
           be
           the
           next
           Emperour
           ;
           But
           they
           who
           harbour
           some
           doubts
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Hungary
             ,
          
           have
           one
           shrewd
           argument
           that
           he
           may
           go
           without
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           late
           encrease
           and
           amplitude
           of
           power
           ,
           for
           he
           hath
           not
           only
           the
           large
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Bohemia
          
           with
           the
           great
           Territories
           annex'd
           therunto
           now
           as
           hereditary
           by
           way
           of
           conquest
           ,
           but
           ther
           is
           an
           ovverture
           ,
           if
           not
           an
           offer
           and
           privat
           Treaty
           a
           foot
           that
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             Poland
          
           will
           be
           entayl'd
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           successors
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           Though
           this
           augmentation
           of
           power
           be
           good
           for
           the
           Christian
           Common-Wealth
           in
           general
           ,
           because
           it
           enableth
           the
           Emperour
           to
           bear
           up
           the
           better
           againgst
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           yet
           not
           
           only
           the
           Electors
           ,
           but
           some
           other
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           conceave
           some
           jealousie
           of
           this
           enlargement
           of
           the
           Imperial
           power
           ,
           not
           without
           some
           apprehensions
           of
           fear
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Eagle
           shold
           ranew
           his
           bill
           ,
           and
           have
           his
           
             feathers
             come
             home
          
           to
           make
           his
           wings
           
             full
             summ'd
          
           again
           ,
           hee
           might
           seaze
           upon
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           prey
           of
           sundry
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Territories
           which
           divers
           of
           the
           sayed
           Princes
           hold
           from
           the
           Empire
           but
           by
           crazy
           weak
           titles
           ;
           Nay
           it
           putts
           a
           flea
           in
           the
           
             Venetians
          
           ear
           also
           ,
           who
           have
           bin
           alwayes
           jealous
           of
           the
           
             Austrian
          
           greatnes
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           contiguity
           of
           Territories
           they
           both
           have
           in
           
             Dalmatia
             ,
             Croatia
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           well
           expected
           that
           the
           
             Princes
             Electors
          
           will
           rather
           look
           upon
           the
           
             generall
          
           good
           and
           incolumity
           of
           the
           Christian
           Common-Wealth
           ,
           as
           their
           Oath
           doth
           bind
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           astringent
           ,
           and
           conjuring
           kind
           of
           Oath
           as
           possibly
           the
           witt
           of
           man
           can
           
           draw
           ,
           or
           devise
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           transported
           by
           any
           
             Pact
             ,
             Price
             ,
             Promise
             ,
          
           or
           
             Prayer
          
           in
           the
           Election
           .
           Which
           Oath
           runns
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Solemn
                   Oath
                   that
                   's
                   administred
                   to
                   the
                   Princes
                   Electors
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   meet
                   for
                   choosing
                   a
                   KING
                   of
                   the
                   ROMANS
                   ,
                   the
                   Spiritual
                   having
                   their
                   hands
                   upon
                   their
                   breasts
                   ,
                   the
                   Secular
                   upon
                   the
                   book
                   all
                   the
                   while
                   .
                
                 
                   EGo
                   
                     R.
                  
                   Sacri
                   imperii
                   Princeps
                   Elector
                   ,
                   juro
                   ad
                   sancta
                   Dei
                   Evangelia
                   ,
                   
                   heic
                   praesentialiter
                   coram
                   me
                   posita
                   ,
                   quod
                   Ego
                   ,
                   per
                   fidem
                   qua
                   Deo
                   ,
                   &
                   sacro
                   Romano
                   Imperio
                   sum
                   astrictus
                   ,
                   secundum
                   omnem
                   discretionem
                   ,
                   &
                   intellectum
                   meum
                   ,
                   cum
                   Dei
                   adjutorio
                   ,
                   eligere
                   volo
                   Temporale
                   Caput
                   populo
                   Christiano
                   ,
                   id
                   est
                   ,
                   Regem
                   Romanorum
                   in
                   Caesarem
                   promovendum
                   ,
                   qui
                   ad
                   hoc
                   existat
                   idoneus
                   ,
                   in
                   quantum
                   discretio
                   ,
                   &
                   sensus
                   mei
                   me
                   dirigunt
                   ,
                   &
                   secundum
                   fidem
                   praedictam
                   ,
                   vocemque
                   meam
                   ,
                   &
                   votum
                   sive
                   Electionem
                   praefatam
                   dabo
                   absque
                   omni
                   Pacto
                   ,
                   Stipendio
                   ,
                   Precio
                   ,
                   seu
                   Promisso
                   ,
                   vel
                   quocunque
                   modo
                   talia
                   valeant
                   appellari
                   ,
                   sic
                   me
                   Deus
                   adjuvet
                   ,
                   &
                   omnes
                   sancti
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     IR
                     .
                  
                   Prince
                   Elector
                   of
                   the
                   Sacred
                   Empire
                   ,
                   do
                   
                   swear
                   by
                   the
                   holy
                   Gospell
                   of
                   God
                   put
                   here
                   before
                   me
                   ,
                   That
                   I
                   by
                   the
                   Faith
                   wherin
                   I
                   am
                   bound
                   to
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   holy
                   
                     Roman
                  
                   Empire
                   ,
                   will
                   choose
                   according
                   to
                   all
                   my
                   discretion
                   &
                   understanding
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   help
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   a
                   Temporal
                   Head
                   for
                   Christian
                   Peeple
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   a
                   King
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Romans
                  
                   to
                   be
                   promoted
                   to
                   be
                   
                     Caesar
                     ,
                  
                   one
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   idoneous
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   according
                   as
                   my
                   discretion
                   &
                   senses
                   shal
                   direct
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   
                   according
                   to
                   my
                   foresayed
                   Faith
                   I
                   shall
                   give
                   my
                   Voice
                   ,
                   and
                   Vote
                   ,
                   or
                   forenamed
                   choice
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   Pact
                   ,
                   Stipend
                   ,
                   Price
                   ,
                   or
                   Promise
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   what
                   names
                   soever
                   such
                   things
                   may
                   be
                   call'd
                   ;
                   So
                   help
                   me
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   his
                   Saints
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           This
           tremendous
           Oath
           is
           pronounc'd
           in
           
             Latin
             ,
          
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           Empire
           in
           all
           Negotiations
           with
           forein
           Princes
           ;
           though
           the
           
             Electors
          
           be
           enjoynd
           by
           the
           Great
           Charter
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Constitutions
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Golden
             Bull
             ,
          
           
           to
           speak
           the
           
             Teutonique
          
           or
           High
           Dutch
           ,
           the
           
             Italian
             ,
          
           and
           
             Slavonique
          
           Languages
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           COROLLARY
           .
        
         
           THus
           have
           we
           cast
           the
           Roman
           
             Monarchy
          
           as
           it
           were
           into
           the
           Eagles
           egg
           again
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           recorded
           that
           Homers
           
             Iliads
          
           were
           once
           put
           into
           a
           Nuttshell
           ,
           and
           as
           Falconers
           observe
           the
           Eagle
           can
           lessen
           her self
           into
           a
           Lark
           by
           her
           high
           
             Soaring
             ,
          
           so
           we
           may
           say
           the
           
             Roman
             Monarchie
          
           hath
           lessn'd
           her self
           by
           her
           
             stooping
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           this
           small
           volume
           is
           not
           unsuitable
           unto
           Herin
           point
           of
           proportion
           as
           the
           case
           stands
           with
           Her
           now
           ,
           being
           shrivell'd
           
           a
           large
           
             Folio
          
           to
           a
           
             Decimo
             sexto
             ,
          
           and
           mouldred
           away
           from
           a
           Castle
           into
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           or
           rather
           from
           a
           Mountain
           to
           a
           Mole-hill
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           Method
           of
           the
           all-ruling
           
             Providence
          
           with
           whom
           the
           greatest
           Kingdomes
           are
           but
           as
           Kittlepins
           which
           he
           tipps
           down
           at
           pleasure
           .
           
             Ludit
             in
             humanis
             divina
             potentia
             Rebus
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           He
           who
           transvolves
           
             Monarchies
             ,
          
           tumbles
           down
           Empires
           ,
           and
           cantonizeth
           them
           into
           petty
           Common-wealths
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Pagan
           Philosopher
           seem'd
           to
           allude
           when
           being
           asked
           what
           
             Iupiter
          
           did
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           He
           answered
           
             Magnas
             
             ollas
             rumpit
             ,
             et
             ex
             frustis
             earum
             parvulas
             componit
             ,
          
           He
           breaks
           great
           potts
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Fragments
           makes
           little
           pitchers
           ;
           And
           remarkable
           it
           is
           how
           symbolizing
           in
           point
           of
           sence
           and
           similitude
           ,
           the
           Holy
           
             Psalmist
          
           is
           with
           the
           
             Philosopher
          
           herein
           ,
           when
           he
           sayeth
           
             Tanquam
             vas
             Figuli
             conteres
             eos
             ,
          
           Thou
           shalt
           bruise
           them
           in
           peeces
           (
           
             viz.
          
           the
           Potentates
           of
           the
           Earth
           )
           like
           a
           potters
           vessel
           ,
           which
           shews
           the
           brittlenesse
           ,
           the
           Lubricity
           ,
           and
           unfixednesse
           of
           all
           sublunary
           things
           as
           well
           
             Political
          
           as
           
             Natural
             ,
          
           so
           that
           to
           find
           out
           a
           stability
           ,
           and
           permanence
           ,
           we
           must
           travel
           beyond
           
             Trismegistus
          
           circle
           ,
           and
           seek
           it
           in
           the
           other
           World
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           having
           thus
           cast
           a
           few
           glances
           upon
           the
           
             Ro.
             
             German
          
           
           Empire
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           My
           Noble
           Lord
           ,
           it
           will
           suffice
           to
           quitt
           me
           of
           that
           obligation
           I
           owe
           to
           your
           
             commands
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           be
           alwayes
           to
           me
           as
           
             Favours
          
           and
           I
           look
           upon
           your
           
             Favours
          
           as
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           my
           Happines
           ,
           which
           makes
           me
           delight
           so
           much
           in
           the
           Character
           of
        
         
           
             
               Holborn
            
             
               Calendis
               Ianuarii
               1658.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             most
             obedient
             and
             ever
             ready
             Servant
             ,
             Jam.
             Howell
             .
          
           Infantium
           cerebri
           Quadragessimus
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           An
           Index
           of
           the
           Principal
           Matters
           contain'd
           in
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           
             A
          
           
             THe
             Arms
             of
             the
             Empire
             
               Fol.
            
             64
          
           
             
               Alarick
            
             the
             Goth
             sacks
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             An
             extraordinary
             providence
             watcheth
             over
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             
               Austrian
            
             family
             enjoy'd
             the
             Empire
             more
             than
             any
             that
             ever
             was
             .
             16
          
           
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
               Mentz
            
             Prime
             Elector
             and
             Arch-Chancellor
             of
             
               Germany
               .
            
             21
          
           
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
               Colen
            
             Arch-Chancellor
             of
             
               Italy
               .
            
             23
          
           
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
               Triers
            
             chief
             Chancellor
             of
             
               France
               .
            
             23
          
           
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
               Magdenburg
            
             Primat
             of
             all
             
               Germany
               .
            
             39
          
           
             Arch-duke
             of
             
               Austria
            
             chief
             Prince
             of
             
               Germany
            
             after
             the
             Electors
             .
             39
          
           
           
             A
             maga
             animous
             Speech
             of
             the
             Lady
             
               Elizabeth
               .
            
             69
          
           
             
               Augustus
            
             a
             Title
             soly
             given
             by
             the
             Pope
             .
             81
          
           
             The
             
               Austrian
            
             House●
             six
             stories
             high
             ,
             and
             how
             .
             90.
             
          
        
         
           
             B
          
           
             
               BRennus
            
             the
             Britain
             first
             ransack'd
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             
               Bourbon
            
             breathed
             his
             last
             in
             scaling
             the
             Walls
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             
               Bohemian
            
             King
             chief
             Butler
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             23
          
           
             A
             Ban
             against
             the
             
               English
            
             pronounc'd
             by
             the
             Imperial
             Diet
             ,
             and
             not
             obey'd
             .
             45
          
           
             Boores
             carry
             Chairs
             ,
             and
             Noble-men
             Doggs
             for
             a
             punishment
             in
             
               Germany
               .
            
             56
          
           
             
               Brandenburg
            
             hath
             spacious
             Territories
             .
             80
          
           
             
               Bavaria
            
             and
             the
             Palatin
             of
             the
             same
             line
             ,
             this
             the
             
               Rodulphian
               ,
            
             the
             other
             the
             
               Gulielmian
               .
            
             71
          
           
             The
             
               Bavarian
            
             Duke
             grown
             very
             potent
             of
             late
             years
             .
             79
          
           
           
             
               Brisack
            
             Bridge
             makes
             
               France
            
             and
             
               Germany
            
             one
             continued
             peece
             .
             92
          
        
         
           
             C
          
           
             
               CAesars
            
             issue
             enjoy'd
             the
             Empire
             for
             6
             Descents
             .
             7
          
           
             Consulary
             Goverment
             thrice
             in
             
               Rome
            
             by
             Retrogradation
             .
             6
          
           
             
               Claudius
               Caesar
            
             first
             began
             the
             pernicious
             way
             of
             enhancing
             the
             Soldiers
             pay
             .
             9
          
           
             
               Constantines
            
             policy
             to
             the
             Soldiers
             .
             10
          
           
             
               Constantin
            
             gives
             
               Rome
            
             to
             the
             Pope
             .
             10
          
           
             
               Charlemain
            
             the
             first
             Western
             Emperour
             .
             13
          
           
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             and
             his
             Story
             in
             brief
             .
             13
          
           
             
               Charlemains
            
             exploits
             .
             14
          
           
             
               Charlemain
            
             proclaim'd
             Emperour
             in
             
               Rome
            
             upon
             Christmas
             day
             .
             14
          
           
             
               Charlemains
            
             issue
             degenerated
             .
             15
          
           
             The
             Civilians
             exalt
             the
             Emperour
             by
             high
             Titles
             .
             31
          
           
             The
             Crown
             of
             
               England
            
             called
             an
             Imperial
             Crown
             by
             Act
             of
             Parlement
             .
             33
          
           
           
             The
             Crown
             of
             
               France
            
             not
             tyed
             to
             a
             Distaff
             .
             34
          
           
             The
             Comparison
             of
             
               Germany
            
             to
             a
             Firmament
             spangled
             with
             Stars
             .
             64
          
           
             Count
             Palatin
             of
             the
             
               Rhin
            
             Arch-Treasurer
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             eighth
             Elector
             .
             68
          
           
             The
             Count
             Palatins
             Interests
             .
             85
          
        
         
           
             D
          
           
             THe
             distance
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Emperour
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             declination
             in
             the
             West
             .
             13
          
           
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
            
             Lord
             high
             Marshal
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             22
          
           
             Duke
             of
             
               Brandenburg
            
             Lord
             Chief
             Chamberlain
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             23
          
           
             Electors
             how
             they
             precede
             one
             another
             .
             26
          
           
             
               Domitius
               Nero
            
             the
             last
             of
             the
             race
             of
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
               .
            
             36
          
           
             The
             division
             of
             
               Germany
               .
            
             36
          
           
             The
             Diets
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             or
             Imperial
             parlement
             .
             39
          
           
             Dutchesse
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             a
             couragious
             Lady
             .
             67
          
           
           
             Duke
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             at
             present
             impotent
             of
             getting
             Children
             ,
             and
             the
             reasons
             thereof
             .
             71
          
           
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
            
             a
             potent
             Prince
             .
             78
          
           
             Divers
             reasons
             why
             the
             young
             King
             of
             
               Bohemia
            
             is
             fittest
             to
             be
             Emperour
             88
          
           
             Of
             the
             King
             of
             
               Denmark
               .
            
             81
          
        
         
           
             E
          
           
             THe
             Empire
             of
             
               Rome
            
             put
             often
             to
             sale
             by
             the
             Soldiery
             .
             10
          
           
             The
             exorbitances
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             militia
             .
             10
          
           
             
               English
            
             and
             
               French
            
             descended
             of
             the
             
               Germans
               .
            
             12
          
           
             The
             Eastern
             Empire
             .
             12
          
           
             The
             Exarchat
             of
             
               Italy
            
             given
             to
             the
             Pope
             by
             King
             
               Pepin
               .
            
             14
          
           
             The
             Empire
             devolv'd
             to
             the
             
               Germans
               .
            
             15
          
           
             Electors
             first
             constituted
             .
             21
          
           
             Emperours
             but
             
               Thou'd
            
             at
             first
             .
             29
          
           
             The
             Emperours
             next
             to
             God
             Almighty
             on
             Earth
             .
             32
          
           
             
               Edgar
            
             an
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             his
             high
             Titles
             .
             32
          
           
           
             
               Edward
            
             the
             third
             of
             
               England
               ▪
            
             Vicar
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             &c.
             33
          
           
             
               Embden
            
             a
             great
             friend
             to
             the
             
               English
               .
            
             45
          
           
             The
             
               English
            
             declar'd
             Monopolists
             in
             
               Germany
               .
            
             45
          
           
             The
             Empire
             now
             but
             a
             feather
             in
             ones
             Cap.
             55
          
           
             The
             Emperours
             Titles
             .
             89
          
           
             The
             Empire
             an
             airy
             Title
             
               in
               statu
               quo
               nunc
               .
            
             92
          
           
             The
             Electors
             bound
             to
             learn
             to
             speak
             
               Dutch
               ,
               Italian
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Slavonique
               .
            
             105
          
        
         
           
             F
          
           
             
               FRance
            
             and
             
               Portugal
            
             like
             to
             make
             Patriarks
             of
             their
             own
             .
             91
          
           
             Furthest
             way
             about
             is
             the
             nearest
             way
             home
             in
             the
             researches
             of
             truth
             .
             4
          
           
             A
             facetious
             comparison
             of
             the
             
               German
            
             Dietts
             .
             49
          
           
             A
             facetious
             tale
             of
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
               Mentz
               .
            
             55
          
           
             A
             facetious
             answer
             of
             the
             
               Lieflanders
            
             to
             
               Charles
            
             the
             fift
             .
             63
          
           
           
             The
             famous
             siege
             of
             
               Winsberga
               .
            
             57
          
           
             The
             Title
             of
             Emperour
             but
             an
             Eagles
             feather
             in
             ones
             Cap.
             78
          
        
         
           
             G
          
           
             
               GEnsericus
            
             the
             Vandal
             sacks
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             
               Galba
            
             the
             first
             Emperour
             chosen
             by
             the
             Soldiers
             .
             7
          
           
             A
             geer
             upon
             
               Rome
            
             and
             
               Venice
               .
            
             11
          
           
             Of
             the
             Goths
             and
             Vandals
             .
             12
          
           
             
               German
            
             Princes
             do
             carry
             Dogs
             for
             their
             punishment
             .
             17
          
           
             
               German
            
             Princes
             feather
             themselfs
             with
             the
             Eagles
             Plumes
             .
             61
          
           
             
               Germany
            
             able
             to
             raise
             200
             thousand
             electif
             men
             .
             54
          
        
         
           
             H
          
           
             
               HUngary
            
             took
             name
             from
             the
             
               Huns
               .
            
             11
          
           
             
               Henry
            
             the
             second
             in
             
               France
            
             had
             the
             first
             Title
             of
             Majesty
             .
             30
          
           
             The
             high
             power
             of
             the
             King
             of
             the
             
               Romans
               .
            
             37
          
           
             
               Hans-Towns
            
             whence
             derived
             .
             42
          
           
             How
             
               Hamburgh
            
             first
             receiv'd
             the
             
             
               English
            
             staple
             .
             46
          
           
             A
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             millions
             the
             revenues
             once
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Monarchy
             .
             54
          
           
             How
             the
             Imperial
             Towns
             got
             out
             of
             
               Caesars
               yoak
               .
            
             59
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             
               IUlius
               Caesar
            
             cimented
             the
             Empire
             with
             his
             blood
             .
             7
          
           
             
               Iulianus
            
             bought
             the
             Empire
             of
             the
             Soldiers
             .
             10
          
           
             Imperial
             Towns
             .
             42
          
           
             Immunities
             payed
             for
             monies
             to
             the
             Towns
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             59
          
           
             
               Ibraim
            
             the
             
               Turks
            
             Ambassador
             his
             witty
             Parable
             .
             64
          
           
             King
             
               Iames
            
             his
             prophetique
             saying
             .
             68
          
        
         
           
             K
          
           
             KIngs
             continued
             in
             
               Rome
            
             140
             years
             .
             7
          
           
             King
             a
             more
             antient
             title
             than
             Emperour
             .
             29
          
           
             Kings
             of
             
               Spain
            
             sometimes
             called
             Emperours
             .
             32
          
           
             King
             of
             
               Denmark
            
             Arch-bishop
             of
             
             
               Breme
            
             39
          
        
         
           
             L
          
           
             THe
             late
             
               Swedish
            
             army
             like
             to
             have
             prov'd
             such
             another
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Goths
             and
             Vandals
             of
             old
             .
             11
          
           
             
               Lombardy
            
             freed
             of
             the
             Goths
             by
             King
             
               Pepin
               .
            
             14
          
           
             Lutherans
             a
             great
             cause
             of
             the
             decay
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             62
          
           
             The
             latitude
             of
             power
             which
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             have
             .
             96
          
           
             The
             lubricity
             of
             political
             bodies
             as
             well
             as
             natural
             .
             108
          
        
         
           
             M
          
           
             THe
             
               Moors
            
             and
             
               Saracens
            
             sack
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             electing
             an
             Emperour
             .
             25
          
           
             Majesty
             and
             other
             high
             titles
             how
             they
             began
             .
             30
          
           
             
               Maximilian
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             takes
             
               Prague
            
             from
             the
             
               Palatin
            
             with
             a
             lesser
             army
             .
             69
          
           
           
             
               Marq-Spinola
            
             takes
             the
             Palatinat
             .
             69
          
           
             The
             
               Mahumetan
            
             Moon
             fill'd
             by
             the
             wane
             of
             the
             Christian
             Empire
             .
             65
          
           
             Of
             the
             Marquis
             of
             
               Brandenburg
            
             his
             interest
             .
             85
          
        
         
           
             N
          
           
             THe
             names
             of
             divers
             of
             the
             Emperours
             that
             were
             put
             to
             violent
             deaths
             .
             9
          
           
             A
             notable
             saying
             of
             
               Charles
               Martel
               .
            
             13
          
           
             The
             names
             and
             offices
             of
             all
             the
             Electors
             .
             21
          
           
             Nothing
             so
             unlike
             as
             the
             present
             Empire
             and
             the
             old
             .
             53
          
           
             A
             notable
             story
             of
             a
             
               Bavarian
            
             Dutchess
             57
          
           
             The
             notable
             symbolisation
             of
             sense
             'twixt
             the
             Psalmist
             and
             a
             Pagan
             philosopher
             .
             108
          
        
         
           
             O
          
           
             ONe
             of
             the
             cause
             that
             may
             oververthrow
             the
             
               Turkish
            
             Empire
             .
             9
          
           
             The
             new
             
               Ottoman
            
             Emperour
             must
             encrease
             
             the
             
               Ianizaries
            
             pay
             .
             9
          
           
             
               Otho
            
             the
             third
             the
             first
             Establisher
             of
             the
             Electors
             .
             20
          
           
             The
             Offers
             of
             
               Wenceslaus
            
             to
             the
             Electors
             to
             make
             his
             Son
             Emperour
             .
             55
          
           
             Of
             the
             
               Swed
               .
            
             82
          
           
             The
             tremendous
             Oath
             the
             Electors
             take
             .
             103
          
        
         
           
             P
          
           
             THe
             present
             King
             of
             
               Spain
            
             a
             Goth
             by
             descent
             .
             12
          
           
             
               Pepin
            
             a
             little
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             great
             Conqueror
             .
             14
          
           
             Pope
             
               Iohn
            
             the
             ninth
             ,
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             his
             eyes
             pluck'd
             out
             .
             20
          
           
             
               Palatin
            
             of
             the
             
               Rhin
            
             Arch-sewer
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Empire
             .
             22
          
           
             Parallel
             'twixt
             the
             Empire
             pass'd
             ,
             and
             present
             .
             51
          
           
             
               Palatin
            
             of
             the
             
               Rhin
            
             adjudg'd
             to
             carry
             a
             Dog
             for
             his
             punishment
             .
             57
          
           
             The
             Pope
             a
             great
             Temporal
             Prince
             .
             60
          
           
             The
             poor
             revenues
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             53
          
        
         
         
           
             Q
          
           
             QUarrell
             'twixt
             
               Rome
            
             and
             
               Germany
            
             for
             choosing
             the
             Emperour
             .
             19
          
           
             Quarrel
             'twixt
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Hans-Towns
            
             .
             43
          
           
             Quarrel
             'twixt
             the
             Count
             Palatin
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             touching
             the
             Vicariat
             of
             the
             Empire
             .
             74
          
           
             Quarrel
             'twixt
             the
             King
             of
             
               Denmark
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hamburgh
               .
            
             81
          
           
             A
             thing
             like
             a
             quarrel
             'twixt
             the
             King
             of
             
               Scots
            
             and
             the
             
               Palsgrave
               .
            
             97
          
        
         
           
             R
          
           
             THe
             Rise
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Empire
             .
             5
          
           
             
               Rome
            
             eight
             times
             ravish'd
             and
             ransack'd
             .
             5
          
           
             The
             
               Roman
            
             Emperours
             held
             their
             lifes
             from
             the
             Army
             .
             8
          
           
             The
             
               Roman
            
             Monarchy
             shrunk
             from
             a
             Giantess
             to
             a
             Dwarf
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             the
             King
             of
             
               Hungary
            
             is
             likeliest
             to
             be
             Emperour
             .
             88
          
           
             The
             revennues
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             Church
             300
             millions
             of
             liures
             and
             20.
             91
          
        
         
         
           
             S
          
           
             THe
             several
             kinds
             of
             Goverments
             in
             
               Rome
               .
            
             7
          
           
             The
             Stewards
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             
               Charles
               Martel
            
             of
             
               France
            
             had
             the
             same
             beginning
             .
             13
          
           
             The
             
               Septemvirat
            
             or
             the
             seven
             Electors
             .
             18
          
           
             Staplers
             their
             first
             rise
             .
             43
          
           
             The
             
               Suisse
            
             one
             of
             the
             last
             that
             fell
             from
             the
             Empire
             ,
             &c.
             63
          
           
             The
             
               Spaniard
            
             the
             Popes
             Champion
             .
             61
          
           
             The
             small
             power
             of
             the
             Emperour
             .
             53
          
           
             A
             sad
             saying
             of
             the
             
               Turks
               .
            
             66
          
           
             The
             
               Spaniard
            
             comes
             from
             the
             elder
             House
             of
             
               Austria
               .
            
             90
          
           
             The
             several
             Interests
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             
               Germany
               .
            
             85
          
        
         
           
             T
          
           
             
               TOtila
            
             the
             
               Hun
            
             sacks
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             The
             translation
             of
             the
             Empire
             to
             
               Constantinople
            
             fatal
             to
             
               Rome
               .
            
             5
          
           
             Thirty
             Emperours
             put
             to
             violent
             deaths
             by
             the
             Army
             .
             8
          
           
           
             Two
             
               Turkish
            
             Emperours
             kill'd
             in
             less
             than
             25
             years
             .
             9
          
           
             A
             Tradition
             remarkable
             how
             the
             House
             of
             
               Austria
            
             came
             to
             be
             so
             great
             .
             26
          
           
             The
             
               Turk
            
             gives
             place
             to
             the
             Emperors
             Ambassadors
             above
             all
             other
             .
             31
          
           
             The
             Titles
             of
             the
             Heirs
             apparent
             to
             the
             Empire
             from
             time
             to
             time
             .
             37
          
           
             The
             Territories
             of
             the
             Pope
             300
             miles
             in
             length
             .
             60
          
           
             The
             Pope
             pretends
             to
             be
             Lord
             Paramount
             of
             
               England
            
             by
             King
             
               Iohns
            
             Grant
             .
             61
          
           
             Titles
             of
             the
             House
             of
             
               Austria
               .
            
             89
          
        
         
           
             V
          
           
             THe
             Vastnes
             of
             the
             old
             
               Roman
            
             Monarchy
             .
             54
          
           
             The
             vast
             circumference
             of
             
               Rome
            
             in
             
               Vopiscus
            
             time
             50
             miles
             compass
             .
             54
          
           
             A
             very
             witty
             embleme
             of
             the
             
               Turks
            
             Ambassador
             touching
             
               Germany
               .
            
             64
          
           
             A
             very
             witty
             devise
             of
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             
             
               Bavaria
            
             to
             preserve
             her
             husband
             .
             58
          
           
             The
             Vicarship
             of
             the
             Empire
             challeng'd
             by
             the
             Count
             Palatin
             ,
             and
             his
             reasons
             .
             74
          
           
             A
             very
             witty
             way
             found
             by
             a
             
               Iesuitt
            
             to
             make
             the
             old
             Duke
             of
             
               Bavaria
            
             get
             Children
             .
             71
          
           
             The
             Upper
             
               Palatinat
               ,
            
             the
             County
             of
             
               Cham
               ,
            
             with
             the
             Electorship
             conferr'd
             upon
             the
             
               Bavarian
               .
            
             79
          
        
         
           
             W
          
           
             THe
             wantones
             of
             the
             peeple
             more
             than
             the
             
               Tarquins
               ,
            
             cause
             of
             the
             expulsion
             of
             Kings
             .
             6
          
           
             A
             weak
             Act
             of
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Senat.
             7
          
           
             The
             
               Welsh
            
             and
             
               Irish
            
             have
             no
             other
             name
             for
             an
             
               English
            
             man
             ,
             but
             
               Saisson
            
             or
             
               Saxon.
            
             12
          
           
             
               Wenceslaus
            
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             depos'd
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             how
             it
             was
             .
             35
          
           
             Why
             
               England
            
             fell
             from
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Pope
             .
             62
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Were
           not
           the
           Imperial
           Eagles
           imp'd
           with
           
             Austrian
          
           feathers
           they
           wold
           be
           as
           bare
           as
           a
           Coot
           .
        
         
           Gloria
           Honorque
           Deo
           saeclorûm
           in
           saecula
           sunto
           .
           
             Chronogramma
             .
          
        
      
      
  

