Chap. LXIL
during the Reign of §lyeen Elizabeth.
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.. ^Elizabethmakes a newTreaty withthe Dutch,very muchto the Ad-vantage ofEngland.
Camden.The Deathof King Phi-lip II. Kingof Spain.
to do the same ; or that, is She did suf-fer Herself to be prevailed upon to con-tinue the War, it was solely out osFriendship to them, and for the Preser-vation of their Liberties: And that,therefore, it was but reasonable as wellas necessary, that they should treat anewupon that Supposition. This Artificesucceeded to the Queen’s Wish, andthe States readily granted all She de-sired. They wisely considered it • wasmore eligible to submit to Her Terms,than be forced to make a Peace, bywhich at that Juncture, they must ne-cessarily have lost, or at least very muchendangered, their Liberty, their Religi-gion, and the Fruits of thirty Years pastLabour. For the Articles of this Trea-ty I shall refer to the Foedera, or Mr.Tindal’s Extract from them in Rapin.
This Year, likewise, died Philip II.King of Spain, Elizabeth's constant andmortal Enemy, who during his longbut unsuccessful Reign, of two and fortyYears was continually projecting grandDesigns to extend the Bounds of his Do-minions. His Ambition led him to hopeand attempt the Conquest of England,France and Portugal. He succeeded in-deed in the latter; but then he lost theseven United Provinces of the Nether-lands, which might very well be bal-anced with the new Kingdom he hadacquired.
I sh a ll take Notice of but two morePassages of the History of this Year: One
is the Haughtiness and Pride of the Earl 1598.of EJfex, who presumed, so much upon Haughtinesshis Mistresses Favour, as to treat Herwith Rudeness and Undecency in Coun-cil,, to such a Degree, that She gavehim a Box on the Ear, and bad him begone and be hanged : And the other, Death of thethe Death of that great States Man, Mi- CordTrea-nister and worthy Favorite of the Queen’s^i^ Bur ~William Cecil, Baron Burleigh.
One Instance, among a great Num-ber which might be given, will sufficeto convince the Reader, that he justlydeserved this Epithet. This great Manhad the Honesty as well as the Couragefrequently to tell the Queen ;“That the" Treasury was not her ownMony,but“ committed to herCare,for theSafety of" her People ; and therefore it was not" to be spent in useless Ways, or in sa-" tisfying the Avarice or Knavery of<c her Ministers, but for the Benefit and" Welfare of the State ; and that the" best Thing which could possibly bees done by any Person, was to do that" which tended to the Good of his" Country. ” To this I shall add aCouple of remarkable Sayings of his,mentioned by Camden, viz. " That he“ never cared to fee the Treasury swell" like a disordered Spleen, when the" other Parts of the Common-wealth" were in a Consumption. " And ,
" That nothing could be for the Ad-" vantage of a Prince, which makes" any Way against his Reputation.
CHAP. LXII.
Account of a Fleet sent out under the Command of the Lord Thomas Howard,which, however, went no farther than the Downs, and then returned ; Withsomeother Occurrences of the Tear, 1599.
j A S I find very little Mention made
Sir William /-% of this Expedition, if I may beMonson'i -*• allowed to call it so, except byMss in Bibl. Sk William Monfon, I shall give theCotton. Reader his Account of it, in his ownWords.
The Ships and Commanders were asfollows:
Ships fitted Ships.
with The Elizabeth-Jonas,f Comman- Ark-Royal,
Q ers Names. Triumph ,
Mary-Honora,Repulse ,
Commanders.
The Lord T. Howard.Sir Walter Raleigh.
Sir Fulk Grivell.
Sir Henry Palmer.
Sir Thomas Vavasor.
Ships.
The Garland,Defiance,Non-pareil,Lion ,Rainbow,Hope,Foresight,Maxy-Rofe,Bonaventure,Crane,
Swift sure,
Tramontane,
Advantage,
Quittances
5 B
Commanders.
Six William Harris. 1 599*
Sir William Monfon.
Sir Robert Cross.
Sir Richard Levifon.
Sir Alexander Clifford.
Sir John Gilbert.
Sir Thomas Sherley.
Mr. Fortefcue.
Capt. Throughton.
Capt. Jones.
Capt. Bradgate .
Capt. Slingsby.
Capt. ffore, (in hisprinted Tracts , White.
Capt. Reynolds.
These