398 James, I, Naval Expeditions , Ac. of the English, Book III,
1603. " Command, and as Conditions, with-
" out which they should not be admit-“ ted into the House. This was di-“ rectly striking at the Commons," whose Privilege of deciding the Va-“ lidity of Elections had never been“ questioned.” To this I stiall add a-BiJhoplSux- mother general Observation of Bishopof bis own Burnett, viz. “ 1 hat from the YearTime, P.J.‘< 1606. to his dying Day, he continu-p. i2- " ec j a l wa y S vvriting and talking against
" Popery, but acting for it.
But it is Time to return to our Na-val Transactions.
Sir Richard Levifonh and Sir WilliamMonsonb Expedition into the NarrowSeas.
The Ships and Commanders nominat-ed for this Expedition were.
Ships.
The Repulse ,Mary Honor a,Defiance,Warspight,Rainbow ,Dreadnought,Quittance,Lion’s Whelp,The smaller Ship
Commanders.
Sir Richard Levifon.Sir William Monson.Captain Gore.
Captain Seymour.Captain Trevor.Captain Reynolds.Captain Howard.Captain Polewheele.s are again not named.
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" Sir William Monson returningwith his Fleet, in November , therewas a Resolution to furnish anotheragainst February , which should besupplied with Ships, Men and Victu-als in January, Sir Richard Levifon toCommand the former Fleet, and SirWilliam Monson the latter; For theQueen (who was yet Living, whenthis Disposition was made) held itboth secure, and a profitable Course,to keep a continual Force upon theSpanish Coasts, from February to No-vember, at Time of greatest Peril toPier Majesty. She was the ratherencouraged thereunto, by the SafetyShe found the last Summer, and theWealth she enjoyed of her Enemy’s.The Complaint of the ill furnishingher Ships in other Voyages, made itmore carefully to be look’d unto now,and there was better Choice of Victu-als and Men, then usually had been;But, in the mean Time, it pleasedGon to visit her Majesty with Sick-ness, which made a Lingring, tho’no absolute Stay, or Dissolving of the
“ Fleet; And as Her Danger was per- 1603.
" ceived to encreafe, the Ships were PuT 011 tbe „" hastened to Sea, holding it a Point of" Policy of State, to keep our Seas the Ships" guarded, from Fear of any foreign hastened to" Attempt, untill His Majesty should ^ ea ’
" be peaceably seated in England.
“ This Fleet departed from Qpeen- jp e p ar „" borough, the twenty-second of March, sure of the" and arrived attheDowns, the five and Fleet -“ twentieth of the fame, being the“ Day after Her Majesty’s Death.
“ The News hereof, and the Com-“ mand to proclaim King James, the" Sixth, of Scotland, our lawful right" Inheritor to the Crown, arrived both“ together, which put us unto two" contrary Passions; The one of Grief, ,,
" the other of Joy : Grief, by the Loss“ of the Queen ; and Joy, in accepting“ the King, and in that peaceable Man-" ner, that it made a Happiness to all" Men, against Expectation, either at" home or abroad.
" As the Part and Office of this Fleet They visit" was, to guard and defend the Coasts, Foa fi s °f" from any Incursion that should be ryZther™“ made out of France, or the Low Coun- Day. \tc tries, so the Commanders were as vigi-" lant to appear upon the Coasts, once" in two Days, to dishearten them, if" they had any such Thought; But it" was far from their Abilities, whatfo-
everwas in their Hearts, to put a Stop“ to His Majesty’s Proceedings; Andtc because the Archduke would make" it appear more evidently to the World,
“ he called in his Letters of Reprizal" against the English, and published an" Edict of a free and lawful Traffick Traffick“ into Flanders, so that then our Mer- withWtm,
“ chants might trade peaceably into ders re F°’
“ those Parts, from which they had red ’ "
" beendebarred, during the Continuance" of eighteen Years Wars.
“The King finding that France nei- upon a Pro *“ th er called His Right in Question, nor spe&of" gave any Jealousy, by the Raising of Peace >
" an Army, and that the Archduke“ made a Demonstration of his Desire
of Peace, His Majesty did the like,
" acknowledging His League with those" Princes, with whom the late Queen“ had Wars; For Wars betwixt Coun-
jjul turn-
mes are nqc Hereditary ; _
“ monly end with the Deaths of their" Kings - Wherefore he commanded" His Ships to give over their Southern Z-mnttr 6“ Employment, and repair unto Chat-Zllded.
ham, giving manifest Testimonies,
* e that His Subjects should recover that
" Wealth