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meane reſiſtance made, to giue impediment to the reſt tillche 111 paſſe, their diuided forces may more eaſily be de-feated. a i a 5

Againe, it is no ſmall time that is requiſite to land anArmie with horſe, Carriages, Ordinance, Munition, andVictuals, without which an Jauador ſhall neuer be able toa And then if any meane reſiſtance be made at the

anding, it much prolongeth the ſame time. So as anyſtorme happening, the Winds, Tides, Shelues, Rocks,Bars and Seas figliteth for vs, wholly in our fauour and tothe ruine of our Enimie. And therefore I vtterly diſallowthat opinion to giue the Enimie leaue quietly to land andthen by deuiſe to temporiſe afterward. Farther if ſuch areſolution ſhould by the Prince and State be talen thatthe inuading Enimie ſhould be ſuffered to land quictly, toſpoile and Purne at their pleaſure, and the inward forcesofthe Countrey not permitted, euen at the firſt landing tocome to their reſcue, it would cauſe no doubt all the inha-bitants of the Coaſt to abandon their Townes, aid leauethe frontiers deſolate, which the wiſe Kings and graueCouncellors of this land haue euer ſought to male popu-lous by granting many Priauileges and Iamunities, to al-lure Inhabitants on the Frontiers.

But touching driumg or carying away of victuals, andleauing the Countrey waſte, thereby to famiſh our landedEnimie, it is a thing more caſily wiſned than performed.Tconfeſſe in Trelaud, where moſt of their ſubſtance conſi-

teeth of Kyne, it is eaſily done, but in this rich and weal-thy Countrey of England, it is not poſſible but that theEnimie if he 5 once landed with all his forces ſhall findehouſes full of prouiſion, and barnes full of all kinde of for-rage and corne all the Countrey ouer vnleſſe our Princeould commaund all to be waſted with fire, Which Prece-dent we ſee ſeldome or neuer put in vre, neither in theſe

late warres of France aud Flaunders, nor in any former in-uaſions