20.1. The English heralds message de|liuered by word of mouth.

The English heralds message de|liuered by word of mouth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 _SIr, the king my souereigne lord hath commanded me to say vnto you, that sée|ing the necessitie of peace in the christian religion, as well by reason of the inforce|ments manie yéers past, begun by the great Turke enimie vnto our faith, which by force of armes hath taken awaie from the christians the citie and Ile of Rhodes, one of the principall bulworks of christen|dome, and in Hungarie the fortresse of Belgrad, and part of the countrie there, as also by heresies and new sects, of late risen in diuerse places of christen|dome; and likewise knowing the great warres be|ing kindled in all parts,The report of the herald falleth out iu|stifiable by Guicciardines discourse, lib. 18. by meanes of which all chri|stendome is in trouble, confusion, and maruellous diuision, and not long since by your people and mini|sters and souldiers in your armie, and vnder your capteins the holie citie of Rome hath béene sacked and robbed, the person of our holie father the pope ta|ken prisoner, and kept by your people, the cardinals likewise taken and put to ransome, the churches rob|bed, bishops, priests, and people of religion put to the sword, and so manie other euils, cruelties, and inhu|mane facts committed by your people, that the aire and the land are infected therewith.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 And it is verie like, that God is verrie greatlie stirred and prouoked vnto ire. And to speake after the maner of men, if by amendment it be not paci|fied, innumerable euils and inconueniences shall happen vnto all christendome. And for that the root and increasement of the said warre, proceedeth of the contentions and debates betwéene you, and the most christened king his good brother and perpetuall alie: to make an end of which debates, the king my soue|reigne lord hath sent his ambassadors and others, vn|to the most christened king his good brother, with whome he hath doone so much,The king of England fa|uoured the French king. that for the loue that he hath borne him, he hath made vnto you so great of|fers, and so reasonable, that you cannot, nor ought EEBO page image 901 reasonablie to refuse them, as conditions and offers for his ransome excéeding the ransome accustomed of all kings. And if in this, the consideration of peace had not béene, an euill example might thereof grow for other kings and christened princes subiect vnto the like fortune.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Of which offers and conditions he hath likewise aduertised you by his ambassadours,The herald useth an argu|ment drawne from benefits receiued to mooue the emperour. praied and be|sought you for the honour of God, and the wealth of all christendome, for the benefits and pleasures that he hath doone vnto you diuerse waies, and that in time of your great néed, that it would please you to accept the said offers, and make an end of the said warres, that haue too long endured. Likewise as a christened prince bound to the protection of the pope, and sée apostolike, and consequentlie to the deliue|rance of his holinesse (whom you cannot, nor ought to kéepe prisoner without great offense) that you would restore his holinesse vnto a full and entier li|bertie. Also he hath oftentimes shewed by diuerse ob|ligations, and other meanes, how you are indebted vnto him in diuerse great summes of monie, that he hath giuen and lent you in your necessitie, requiring you to make paiment.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Of all which things you haue made no account from time to time, but deferred it, and held in sus|pense the ambassadours of the king my souereigne, without hauing regard to Gods honour, and the ne|cessitie of all christendome, and the reuerence that ye ought to haue vnto the holie seate and person of our holie father the pope, the vicar of God on earth, or vnto the pleasures that you haue receiued of him, or vnto your faith and promise that you so oftentimes haue made.The herald of England sheweth the emperour what is the king of Eng|lands present determination [...]f his offers be refused. And for this cause the king my said soue|reigne, by honest reason and iustice constreined, by great and ripe deliberation of his councell, hoping for a finall conclusion, hath caused againe to be pre|sented offers more large and to greater aduantage than the others before, to put you in deuoir, and to a|uoid and take awaie all occasion to deferre and dis|semble to come to reason.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Which offers, and the augmenting of the same, haue béene made and made againe, with all demon|strations and honest resons that haue beene possible, And in the end there hath béene made vnto you in|stance for the deliuerie of our holie father, whom you haue restreined or caused to be restreined in place of deliuerie, which is very strange, & against the true estate & dutie of a christian prince. So that the king my souereigne, & the most christian king his brother and perpetuall alie, can no longer indure it with their honours and dutie towards God and the church. And seeing you will not condescend to reason, nor accept the said offers being more than reasonable, nor satisfie the king my said souereigne of the debts by you due, as you are bound, he hath concluded with the said most christened king his good brother & per|petuall alie, & other of his confederats, to doo his en|deuour to constreine you by force & might of armes to deliuer our holie father, & likewise the children of France, whom you hold, in paieng you a reasonable ransome, and to satisfie him of that you owe him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Therefore the king my souereigne lord, as a true and constant prince,The disposi|tion of the king of Eng|land to the pope and the French king. willing to kéepe inuiolablie his faith, which he hath promised vnto the said christian prince and other his alies, and not willing to leaue the person of our said holie father the pope in capti|uitie, as also will not the said christian king: they two doo summon you at this time for all, to accept these last offers, for the deliuerance of the said chil|dren of France, and for the wealth of an vniuersall peace, & to deliuer the person of our said holie father, & also to paie spéedilie and without anie more delaie, the debts by you due vnto the king my souereigne. And if you refuse these finall offers, and also to deli|uer the person of our said holie father, and paie the said debtes, as a good christian prince and louer of peace is bound to doo; the king my souereigne, and the said christian king his good brother, not without great sorrow and displeasure,The defiance intimated to the emperor by the herald of England. doo declare to be your e|nimies, and so hereafter doo hold and repute you for such one, denouncing vnto you warre by sea and land, and defieng you with all their forces.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Neuerthelesse, considering that there be diuerse of your subiects, and great quantitie of their goods in the realmes of England and France, and other lands & lordships of the said princes: likewise there be diuerse of the subiects of the kings of England and France, and of their goods in your kingdomes, countries, lands, and lordships,Libertie gran+ted to the em|perors sub|iects in Eng|land and France to re|turne to their owne coun|tries, and the like demanded on the contra|rie part. the which may re|ceiue aswell of the one part as of the other, great and vnrecouerable hurts and damages, if without aduertisements and monition they should be taken and deteined, the kings maiestie my souereigne, and the most christian king of France his good brother be willing that libertie be giuen vnto your subiects being in their kingdomes, countries, and lordships, for to retire and depart with all their goods and mer|chandize, within fourtie daies after this intimation, so that the like libertie and permission be in like sort granted to their subiects. ¶To this defiance of the king at armes of England the emperours maiestie did answer in these words.

20.2. The emperours answer to the English heralds oration.

The emperours answer to the English heralds oration.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 _I Doo vnderstand that which you haue de|clared, and I cannot thinke that if the king of England were throughlie ad|uertised of things as they haue passed, and of the reason to which I haue yéelded, he would not saie that which you haue said, and therefore mine intention is to aduertise him. As to that which you spake of the pope, I was neuer consenting to his destruction, which was neuer doone by my comman|dement: & I giue you to vnderstand, that he is deli|uered, and I am sorie for the harmes that were doone at the time when he was taken, of the which I take my selfe not to be in fault, as I haue told the king at armes of France, And as to the deliuerance of the French kings sons, where means haue béene made for their deliuerance, I haue béene readie to giue eare thereto, and the fault resteth not in me, for that the peace hath not beene concluded.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now that you tell me that the king your mai|ster will force me to deliuer them,The empe|rors modesti [...] in this point notable. I will answer thereto in other sort than hitherto I haue doone, and I trust to kéepe them in such wise, that by force I shall not néed to deliuer them: for I am not accusto|med to be forced in things which I doo. As to the debt which the king of England hath lent me, I haue ne|uer denied it, neither doo I denie it, but am readie to paie it as right requireth, as I haue caused it to be de|clared vnto him, and I my selfe haue shewed no lesse to his ambassadors, and deliuered my saieng by writing, and I cannot beleeue, that for such things (which I refuse not to accomplish) he will make war against me, and if he will so doo it will grieue me, but yet I must defend my selfe: and I praie God that the king your maister giue me not greater occasion to make him war, than I haue giuen him. You shall deliuer me in writing, that which you haue said, to the which I will answer by writing particularlie.