sap. XXV.

during the Reign of §tyeen Elizabeth.

He likewise made a Shew of being an-gry with Ri char dot, who denied that hehad ever let fall any such Expressions.So treacherous were the Spaniards inthis pretended Treaty, which w;as de-signed only to amuse the Englijh, 'tillthey were ready with their Fleet. , • ■.

Count Ar emberg, Champigny, Ri-chardot, Maes , a Doctor, and Gamierbeing appointed the Duke’s Delegates,to treat with the Englijh Commissioners,they had their first Meeting, on thetwelfth of April, in Tents, near X)fiend. ^The Spanish Delegates voluntarily gave

the Englijh Corn.missioners,th r e Preceden-cy and Upper Hand, botffin Going andSitting. 'But: the Time was ,'spent and. squanderedj f from Day to Day,

]ssi arguing about ad Truce, to no Pur-pose, / and upon the Place lor Treaty,which at Length, was appointed to beat Bronckburg, in Flanders.

. . 0 The Demands and Oilers made bythe, Englijh Commissioners, with theAnswers to them, from the Spanijh De-legates, werp, according to a Manu-script, in the C.ottonian Library , as fol-low. . A'"', , s.

Binr. CoTTON. JuL VI. 23. Fol. 51. b, ;

An AbjlraB of the Propoftions made by The Spani fa pommijfiynerf Answers^ ,Her Majejly's .Commissioners, to those ’ . [ ' ' ;

of Spain. v. T j - -...

I. To fee the Power and Commissiongiven unto the Duke of Parma, by theKing of Spain.

II. Cessation of Arms.

III. All Treaties between Englandand Spain to be renewed; And all thosethat will, to be comprehended therein.

IV. The Withdrawing of the Stran-gers. (a).

V . To treat sincerely.

VI. The Confederacy which washeretofore between England and Portu-gal, (JS) to be continued.

VII. Liberty of Conscience, (t)

VIII. The Inquisition not to be usedthere.

IX. All Kind of Governours to benatural, (d)

X. To have Restitution of such Mo-ny as She had disbursed in the War.

XI. Of fers to restore the CautionaryEowns. (e)

XII. To assist the King in the subdu-ing of his Rebellious Countries.

XIII. What Assurance they wouldor could give for the Keeping of theTreaties.

I. They Ihewed it (Tho’’ Camdenfays, the Commijfioners could never get aSight of its)

II. They had declared before, theycould not.

III. He will do what shall seem con-venient to be done, on his Behalf.

IV. All their Neighbours being inArms, they cannot strip themselves.

V. It is their only Desire.

VI. The King is no less affected un-to that Kingdom, than his Predecessors.

VII; Th e King supposes the Queenwill set no Laws in his Countries, sinceHe did not intermeddle with Hers..

VIII. The King had never any suchIntention.

IX. The King cannot be prohibitedfrom employing such as he himself didbest like.

X. The Debt h^not been made athis Request; And, therefore, he wasnot bound to pay the same.

XI. No more than Reason, that suchPlaces, which were unjustly detainedfrom him, should be restored.

XII. They desire to have some bet-

ter and more ample Declaration of thisPoint. ’ !

XIII. He knew no other to give,than his Royal Word and Seal, toge-ther with the Duke’s, as it was accustom-ed to be done in all other Provinces.

With

(et) By this Article was meant, that the Spa-niards and other Foreign Troops, should be re-moved out of the Netherlands.

{ b ) This is a Mistake in the Manuscript, itshould have been Burgundy-, instead of Portugal;And so I find it in some Authors,

(c) That is, in the Netherlands, and the famemust be understood of the following Article.

\d\ Natural-born Subjects of th ^Netherlands.

(<?) On Condition that all the foregoing Arti-cles were complied with, the Queen offered tocome to .reasonable Conditions on that Head. ,

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