Sir WIL L1JMG0V0LTH1K, LO%D ARLINGTON

in SPAIN, to my Lord ARLINGTON.
Sir WIL
191
L1JMG0V0LTH1K,
to the
LO%D
ARLINGTON,
Madrid, March the 25th. 1577.
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Month¿ and the
J^Vx trouble of this is only to cover the five
enclofed Papers, which will fhew your Lordíhip
the News of this Court, arid is in Obedience to
your Lordíhip's Command which oughtalways to
be a Law.tome, and íhall pundúally be obferv'd
upon ail Occaíions.
After the Eítablifhment of Don John ofAuftria
in the fírít Míniftry, much endeavours were ufed
by the Queens partiality for her Prefervation near
the King, on her promiie not to meddle with pnblick Affairs, which being altogether repugnant to
the prefent Intereft of the State, and particular
ágreementof the Nobility, who concurred inthe
Union touching the perpetual feparation ofthe
í£ing from his Mother, was not only denied, but
éven the Liberty of her Majeíty's taking lea ve of
the King before her departure from Madrid^which
íhe was much urged to haíten for the clearing of
the Palace in Order to his Majeíty's return thither,
Accordingly on Shrove-Tuefday the 1 ft.lnltmt
8 in the Morning, the Queen with all her Family
went to Aranjuez, the King's Houfe of Pleafure fe*
ven Leagues off, to remain there till the Alcázar
ztToledO) the place of the defigned Retirement,be
fumiíhed and accommodated for her better recepV 1
tion:
292.
Letters from the feveral Amlajfadors
tioa :• T h e difpoíitions whereof are undertaken
by the Cardinal of Aragón
Arch-Biíhop of that
Sec, to whofe Conduét and Counfels the Queen
hath chiefly refignec her felf fince the late revolutions here.
Alcalá,
a City and Univerfity 5
Leagues ofT,where that A r c h - B i í h o p hath the T e m poral as well as Spiritual Jurisdicción, was at firft
chofen for her Majefty's abode, and the Epifcopal
Houfe there fitted in order thereunto, but afterwards it was thought too near Madrid for the intended Separation, altho' that Argument was
qualified by alleaging the unhealthinefs of the A i r
about Alcalá.
Toledo is 11 Leagues from henee,
being about thirty fix Engliíh Miles, and yet I
think the Cardinal would have had more thanksif
hehadadvifed her Majefty to the choiceof fome
remoter place for her ordinary Refidence.
T h e Oífice of htxMayor
domo Maycr,
void fince
the Duke of Infantado^ Deatb,was offered to feveral of the firft Rank, who all refufed it as an Herefie contrary to their w o r í h i p of the Rifing-Sun,
and to avoid the tying of their Fortunes to thofe
of declining greatnefs. This and the manner of the
Queens leaving Madrid,
i n whom fo many linesof
Royal Blood and Majefty concenter, Daughter of
one Eraperor, Sifter of another, Wife of the late
K i n g of Spainfiñd Mother of the prefent,Ten Years
Regent of the Monarchy, without the Refped or
Compliment of one Perfon of either Sex, among
fo many as Flouriíh here from the Bounty of her
Government, toaccompany her out of T o w n , or
vifi.ther lince fnehath been gone, befides thofe of
her Family, was a Spe&aclelmd Document of the
great V i c i í í i t u d e of humane things, and Vanity oí
the higheft condition on Earth.
Oa
in
On
Spain,
to my Lord ARLINGTON.
the 7th. Inftant
293
the K i n g pafied from the
Siten Retiro to the Palace i n publick, Don John fit-
ting next the Horfes, the D u k e o f Medina
Sumiller de Corp¿,and
¿(orno Mayor
theConftable of
Cell
CafiilleMayor
both i n one boot o f the Coach, and
the Conde de Talara
primer deCavallerizo
i n the other.
If Don ]ohn had not been there, thofe two Grandees
WHO crowded together would have fatein his place
over againft the K i n g whence may be noted how
much Diftinétion and Preheminencc THAT Prince
pretendeth to before the r e í r , multitudes of People filling the Streets to fee this Solemnity.
TheVice-Chancellor of Aragón
DonMelchor
Na-
varro is removed from that Charge,by a decree i n
terms of fenfible Mortification to h i m , and the
Cardinal.made Preíident o f that CounciL
The
Prince o
1
Stigliano
was
baniihed to
León,
which the D u k e oí Al va his Father i n Lavv's Intercedí on got to be exchanged into Granada,
for his
better a í t e n d a n c e on a fuit at L a w depending before that Chancellarla
between him and the M a r quis de
Leganes.
The Conde deAnguilar
is commanded not to come
within twent y Leagues o f Madrid,zn
baniíhment are úfoDonAuguftinSpinola
CÍ1 of W a r
and Nazi en da, aüá
Conduítor
of AmbaíTadors.
Secretary of the
Don Pedro de
Ribora
Don jofeph Pac helo
and Eflampilla
is d e p r i -
ved of that Office, and Don John Teran,
one of the
KlngsAyiídas
Pedro Alvarez
Cámara,
d u nd er the like
oí theCoun-
de Gzwer¿,fucceedeth therein.Father
de Montenegro
King'sConfelTour inthe room
is
recalled to be the
oífatlm-GabrielRami-
rez. de Are lian a',má¥dthQY Tho.Carbón
the B i í h o p r i c k oíPlacemia
el,who refufed
under Valenyiclás
Mi-
niffry is NOW named to that OF Sigitsnza, which i t
ís thought HE w i l l accept. Th^Ccndede
Talaro
V 3
executes
3-94
Letters from the feveral Amlaffadors
executes the Office of Cavallerizo Mayor during ¡he
Almirantes baniíhment \ and the Marquis de Algava who had been placed in the fame while Talara was removed, is to have the Government of
Qran,wb,en Don, Iñigo de Tpledo'i term expireth
Marquis de Trucifal is Maeftre de Camp Genera
Sicily, and to be fucceeded in the Government of
Ceuta by Don Diejro de To tugal. The jarquis
Falces is made Captain General of Galicia in the
Conde de Ar•andáis room. Don Tedro de Vlloa
iano of Pamplona the Capitaj of Navarre, his laft
Imployment was the Government ot Cartagena h
the Indies., whenee hereturned on the laft (íaleons,
The Conde de Humanes who was AmbaíFador ih
Portugal 3 Years ago is now to go under the fame
Characler to the Emperor. Don Manuel Coloma
Fifcal oí'the Gouncil of W a r , andBrotherto the
Secretary of State, gocs Envoy extraordinary to
Ge?:ouaj.Yí the roooiof the Marquis de Filia Garcí
named to fucceed .the Marquis de ta Fuente inthe
Embafíy at Venke.
Sr. Taimes Fairbone wriíes, that the Moors pre
upon Tangier to hinder him from fortifying two
Spots of Ground he hath enclofed within the oíd
Unes, but hitherto without erFecf, in fo much as hé
doth not doubt the maintaining of them.
1 reccive much Commendation of hisMajeíty's
two new faíhjoned Gaíly Frigates, which arrived
at Tar/gier in eleven days from Falmouth, out fai
ling by the way threefeveralSquadrons oiArgerines. They write one of them to be m fooc in
theKeele,of 32Guns,42Oares, and 220 Men^and
in cafe of W a r with Argier or Sally, íhe may have
2 7 9
Men, named the Charles and Commanded by
Captain Hamilton. The other called the James is
18 Fcot íhorter in the Keele; of 28 Gunsand
r
.:
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thirty
in
Spain,
to my Lord Arlington.
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thirty íix Oars, Commanded by Captain Canning^
both built after a very Commodious manner betwixt a Frigatf and a Gally, and will certainiyjby
theadvantagc of their Oars, cut do all other forts .
of Ships in any Weather. Thefe were in the bay
oí Cádiz che 7th. Inftant, and two or three days
after Saiied with Sr. Roben Roknfon in the Affhrance
for the Levant;
Captain Trevanion
i n the
"íarmouth
being gone thence 011 the 8th. with divers Merchant-men under his Convoy, and the Swan¡ Captain Cárter, attends rnany others that will not be
ready till about this time. A l l our Engliíh Frígates
which have gone from Cádiz. Northward or Ea;íward íínce the arrival of the Flota laft November,
have carried much Treafure for Englijh, French^
Butch and Italian Accompts, to the very great
Advantage oftheCommanders.
ICE.
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SIR WILL1AMGOfiQ
LTHIN,
T O
the Lord
Madrid,
My
T
CHMBRLAIN.
February the l] 1676.
Lord,
H E Queen Mother
removed from
juez to Toledo the laft o f March,
Aran-
and was met
out of T o w n by Deputies of the City and moft of
anyconfiderableRankthere&condudedthrough^r¿hes much Adorned and Ere&ed on purpofe for the
greater magnificence and reception : Her Majefty
went dire&ly to theCathedral where the Cardinal
,V 4
received
2,96
Letters ¡rom the feveral Amhajfadors
RECEIVED HER ATTENDED BY THECANONS, PREBEND?,
RACIONEROS OÍÉEER'S OF THE CHURCH, AMOUNTING TO
ABOUT THREE HUNDRED PERFONS,AND AFTER TWO HOURS
FPENTIN DEVOTION AND VIEWING THE RICBESOF THE
CHURCH, ÍHE WENT TO Alcázar,FTILLATTENDED BY HIS
EMINENCE. THE KING ON NOTICE OF HER MAJEFTY'S
ARRIVAL THERE FENT ONE OF HIS Mayor donws de Semana TO VIFÍT HER ; BUT AS YET NO OTHER 'FERFON OF QUALITY OF EITHER SEX HATH STIRRED OUTOF Madrid to
MAKE THÁT COMPIIMENT, AND THIS REFERVE IS FO
FTRICLLY MAINTAINED,THAT EVEN THE FATHERS, BROTHERS
AND NEAR REIATIONS OF FUCH AS ARE Damas TO THE
QUEEN, MAKE FCRUPLE OF GOING TO Toledo ABOUT THEIR
DOMEFTICKOCCAÍIONS, TLIROUGH FEAR OF BEING NOTED
BY THE SPIESOF Don John, AND FUFPEÍKD OT MACHINATIONS FOR THE BRINGING AGAIN BOTH THEIR MAJEFTIES
TOGETHER-,WHEREOF HATH OF LATE BEEN CONCEIVED FOME
JEALOUÍIES FROM CERTAIN WORDS THE KING HATH AT
FEVERAL TIMES LET FALL, ASKING HOWRNANYLEAGUES
TO Toledo, AND IN HOW RNANY HOURS HE COULD PUT
HIMFELF THERE, AND IF HIS MOTHCR WOULD NOT BE FURPRIZED ATTHEÍIGHT OF HIM-TOTHE PREVENTION WHEREOF MANY CARES ARE DIREDED, AND AS FOME THINK,
THE FUDDEN REFOLUTION CF THE KING'S JOURNEY TO
Aragón, WHICH IS PUBJIÍTIÉD TO BE THE IATTER END OF
THIS MONTH, FOR HIS SWEARING THE OBFERVANCE OF THE
LAWS AND Fueros OF THAT KINGDOM, ACCORDING TO
THE CUFTOM AND STILEOF HIS ROYAL PREDECEÍFORS.
Doctor Fias A SECULAR PRIEFT AND CÚRATE OF a Panul CHURCH AT Zaragoza, WHOM Don John of Auftria HATH OF LATE UFED FOR HIS GONFEFLBR, HATH BEEN
TWICE AT THE CAFTLE OF Con]"negra TOCONFER WITH Don
Femando Valenzuela, FOR THE COGNIFANCE AND D E TERMINA TI 011 OF WHOFE CAUFE THE FOLIOWING JUDGES
ARE NAMED, Don Fernando de Arce, Don Antonio Sevil de Samielkes^ AND Don Gkrtilo val del Corral OF
¡
'
THE
in Spain» to my Lord Arlington.
the Council of Caftíle,
Coimcil of Aragón,
297
Don Pedro Bujados of the
Don Pedro Gamarra
of the
Council of Indies, Don Pedro Sarmiento de Toledo of
the Council oíOrdenes,md
the Fifcaloi
the Coun-
cil of CaflUe Don Pedro de Ledefma, to be alfo Fifcal
of this caufe.
The early Surrender of Valenciennes is much
Refented, fo hath been alfo the lofs of two or
three Veííels,and about four hundred Men, deíigned for the Succour of Stbify: In Cádiz, and the River
of St. Lucar are fitting out three Men of W a r to
Convoy Ammunition and Provifions for that K i n g dom, on which Don Fernando Carrillo
Marquis
de
Villa Fiel is to Embark, being appointed to G o vern the Royal Armada, the Generalíhip not being yet difpofed, ñor the propriety taken from
Don
Melchor
de la Cueva the new Duke of Albu-
(¡uerque, who remaineth Prifoner in Naples where
Procefs is making againft him for his Mifcarriages
in that Charge.
The Marquis de Carpo is ftippofed to be now in
Rome AmbaíTadour from henee to that Court, five
Years having paíTed íince his firft nomination, but
hefound out Artífices to defer his going and linger
on the way in hopes of fome favourable conjunefure here, for his remaining near the King's Pcrfon,in order to his gaining that degree of the King's
Favour, which his Father Don Lewis de Maro had
with the laft: his Family lately Embarked on the
DutchConvoy
in Allicante,Commanded
by Captain
ThomasTobias, fo did alfo the Arch Biihop of Brindis.The laítfrom that Port advife Sir Roben Robinfonh departure thence in the aíTurance for Genoua,
as the Charles Gally and the Lark for Tangier,
and
the late Regiment of Guards, ufually called the
Chambergos, WERE quartered in the Kingdom of
Marcial^
s,9 8
Letters from the feveral Amhajfadors
A f e m ¿ e x p c & i n g fome Spanijh Ships for their Em?
barcation to Italy. From Malaga, Letters fay that
two Ships Arrived there from Zante,who fpeak the
Freneh to be numerous at Mejfma, and to command
fifteen miles from the T o w n , but fo ftreightned for
Provifions, that they are forced to fend Ships to
?
Morca,
Sclavenia, and Barbary to get them, which
muir needs be a great charge. From Cadi^ that the
1 th paft an Englijh Ship of i oo Tuns,fix Guns and
izMen,with Rice from K^'c^bound for the North,
was caft away ofFthat Coaft, the M r . and one Man
3
only drowned,cailed the Hopewell of London,Edwyn
Sandys, C a p t in the fame Storm was alfo loft a fmal
Algerin
Man of war, with feventy Turks and Moors,
whereof about thirty efeaped; lince which hath
been alfo caít away by foul weather on the Coaft of
the.Condado near Guelua,t\iQ great Alex<mder,a Ship
ofabove 6OO Tuns,and 3 6 Guns,Capt. Viles Commander,bound from Galiciaíox Cádiz, with Timber,
the Captain and p more faved,thereft,about 50 periíhed^íhe wasformerly a Datcio Eaft India Ship taken by Sir Richard Manden in the laft W a r » On the
27th paft, the O fend Convoy with four Merchant
Ships Arrived at Cádiz, and about a week before a
great Ship from t h e / / W « r ^ , a t t e n d e d with fheill
fucceís of having lOft her Patache,aná another Ship
that was going from the Havanna to lade there,
alfo being Attacqued by fome French Privateers on
that Coaít. This arrived is very rich, bringing
good ftore of Píate, Indigo, Hides,Cacao and Sarfaperilla. T w o Avifos were bound for the WefiIndies, the one for Tierra
Firme, the other for new
Spain, to carry news that the Flota and Galleons are
both to proceed this Year, thóugh the Commercé
doth not feem willing to have the flota. The laft
bringing had accounts,and this cannot be expeded
SO produce better,
/ *m &c
Sir
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w SPAIN, to my Lord ARLINGTON.
&tWlLLUM
TO MR.SEC RETART
2,9
O
G0V0LPH1N,
COFENtRT.
Madrid, A p r i l the lifi. 1677
Right Hono arable,
A S T Saturdayl Received yours of March 1 pth,
expreíTmg his Majefty's difpleafure at the extravagant proceedingof Don Bernardo de Salinas,
and Manuel Fonfeca the Spanijh Confuí in London^
which had provoked the Meífage delivered to them
by Mr. Secretary Williamfon for their leaving the
Kingdom, and confinement in the mean time to
their Houfe. The day following I had an ordi­
nary Audience of this King to wiíli him a good
Eafier, according to the ftile here, and having
made that complement, 1 asked leave to expofe to
him fomething of buímefs, whereupon he bid the
Grandees and Gentlemen of his Bed-Chamber withdraw, and I then told him that the K . my Mafter,
had commanded me to réprefent unto his Majefty,
the great oftence he had taken at the unworthy
Carriage and Machination of Don Bernardo de Salinas, fent into England by the Duke of filia Her~
tao/#,againít his RoyalPerfonjAuthorityand good
íJrder of his Goveníment, particulariy his infoleut
Accufing of his Majefty to certain Members of
Parliament, by fuggeftions which had no other
foundation than that of Malice and an imprudent
endeavour to fow difcord between the King and
that his greatCouncil,in whofeUnion and good underftanding the Aífairsof Spain are fo deeply Intereífed. Wherefore,that his Majefty moved by a juft
indignation at thofe proceedings, had comman­
ded the faid Salinas to depart his Pominions with-
L
300
Letters from the feveral Amhaffadors
i n t h e t e r m of twenty days, as alfo the Confuí
Fonfeca, who had been deteded in certain workings of the like nature, not doubting but that on
his Return to FUnders the Duke of Filia
Hermofa,
on his own motive, or by his Catholick Majefty's
Command, would refled upon him by fuch demonftrations as may íhew the world his Majefty's
difpleafureat thofe pradices, which ought tobe
fo much the more,by how much the evil example
of them hath been againft the Decoro and Authority of all Sovereign Princes.
But I was to aífure his Majefty this accident
íhould not any way diminiíh the favourable Reception of
the
Count de
BergeicJi, who
was
ear-
neftly expeded, ñor of any publick Minifter whom
his Majefty íhould think fit to fend
mtoFngland,
ñor flacken, the King my Mafter's A d i v i t y in procuring what remedies he can reafonably to the
prefent condition of the
Spanijh Netherlands,
the
confervation whereof imployeth a great part of
his Royal Care. The King's Anfwer was only
that he would coníider of the matter, ñor doth he
ever give any other. Itold him that I would for
hisbetter remembrance put into writing what
I had faid, as Don John of Auflria deíired me to do,
having fpoken to him the night before of the buíinefs, and next morning the i gth, I fent the fame
to D&n Gerónimo de £<j^/^,Secretary of the Univerfal difpatch, and in the form you will fee in the
enclofed Copy. Don John was much furprifed at
the thing, and at firft expreífed himfelf upon it
with lefs then his ufual moderation, being concerned, as I found be fides the matter itfelf, for the
Perfon oí Don Bernardo, whofe Brother is oneof
his Domefticks, but when I aggravated to him
thofe particulars your Letter inftruded me in,
íhewing
h Spain, to my Lord Arlington.
3 Oi
fhewing the infolence of what he had fuggéfted,
without any ground,to feveral Members of Parliament,the dangerous confequence of fuch A&ions,
and particuterly theimpediment they gave to the
Spanijh Interefts in our Court, which obliged me
toa long difcourfe, heconfeífed that what Ifaid
feemed very reafonable. I have alfo fpoken on the
Subjefe to feveral Councellors, and the Secretary
of State, and believe I have left them well fatisfyed.
í have not mentioned Salinas with the Title of his
Cathoíick Majefty's Envoy Extraordinary, which
. it feeins he hath arrogated to himfelf in England-,
becaufe I am aíTured here from fuch as ought to
know, that Chara&er hath been often denyed to
his reiterated and earneft requeft of it.and that his
Credential is only from the Duke of Villa
Hermofa,
which you willbeft diícern by looking back into
it, and, i f it be no other, he can claim no higher degreeof refpect. to his reprefentation, than any one
fent from the Captain General of Tangier to this
King might do ; whereby I do not mean that any
Chara&er whatfoever, tho' immediately from the
King, ought to have defended hirn from the demonftration of his Majefty's difpleafure, under
which he hath fallen, but only to uncover him of
thofe pretences, which thofe who ufe to complain
without reafon may perhaps indifcreetly alleage
onhisbehalf.
The King fet out this Morning towards Aragón,
attended by Don John,the motives of it your honour
will fee briefly in the enclofed Gopy of the Secretary
of State's Letter,advifing me of the fame laft Friday.
Thofe who look neáreft into the Arcana Imprii
Judge variouíly, as well touching the déíigns of the
Joürney, as of the Time his Majefty will remain abroad. My own remarks may trouble you by the
next,
/ am, &c.
Sir
30I
Letters from the feveral Amlaffacfcrs
Sir
W. GO DO LP
H/M,
TotheLord CHAM<BE%L A IN.
Madrid, May ^th. 77.
My
Lord,
I
Hope my late feveral Pacquets have come fafe
to your Lordfhip's hand,this is only toaccompany the enclofed Copies of what I fend to M r .
Secretary Covemry, with confiant prqfeffion of be­
ing ever with gratitude and true refpecl.
Yours, &c.
Sir IVILLIAM
GÚDOLTHIN
Letters o f Advice
T o the Lord ARL
Madrid,
My
T
1NGTÚN.
May the
5th,
1677.
Lord>
H E King fetout from this Court towards
Aragón the 21 ft laft month, in order to his
Sweáring unto the Laws and Fueros of thatKingdom, having been invited and preíTed earneftIy to this Journey by Deputies which carne from
thence in a very folemn manner laft September')
and we hear his Majefty is fafely Arrived at Za­
ragoza, received there, as every where elfe on the
way, with loud Acclamations of the People, and
much variety of entertainments for the Royal
divertifement: his Majefty hath carried with him
a Hender and limitted Train in cpmparifon of
what his Anceftors were wont to do on fuch occafions, the Council of State and all the other Counfels and Tribunals remaining in Madrid, as likewife all the AmbaíTadors and Foreign Minifters,
there
ín Spain, to my Lord Arlington.
3-0
there being no other alteration in the method of
Aífairs by this abfeaceof the King, then during his
ufual Retreat to Aranjuezpr the ¿/c-«r/^/,ExpreíTes
going every night henee with the Confuirás, &c.
of the feveral Councils wmich arrive at Zaragoza
in two days, whence others return as regularly
with the Refolutions and Decrees. Befides Don
John, the Principal Perfons waiting on the King,
are the
Duke of Medina
Confiable ofCaflille
Celi fumiller de Corp,
Mayor domo Mayor,
de Talara firft Cavallerizo,
who
the
during the
the
Conde
Almi»
rantes baniíhment performs the Office of Cavallerizo Mayor,
the two
ancienteír. Gentlemen of
the Bed-Chamber were only named for the Journey
viz.
the
Conde''s de
Monterey, and
Los
Arcos,
but divers others of that Charge follow alfo by
the King's permiílion, as the Conde de Propefa,
Duke of Paft ana, & c , The Gonítable of Caftille
féll fíck by the way at Sigaenfa, but is now on his
recovery.
Don Melchor Portocarrero, Don John
ofAuftria'i
chief Favourite, and Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber, is made of the Council of W a r , and Commifarie General of Spain,'m theroomof the Marques de Ontiveros lately deceafed. Don Gonzalo de
Cordoua, who hath been thefe íix years pa'l Preíldent of the Contra&ation Houfe of Seville, hath
taken poíTeífion of the Preíidentíhip of Hazienda»
and fome fay that his Predeceífor Don Lope de los
RÍOS íhall be Arch-Biíhop of Granada,
Din John de
IdiaquezTfafi is made Conductor of AmbaiTadors,
in the room of Don Pedro Rivera, who hath been
baniíhed from Court thefe two months, this Office is in the interim only, Don Manuel Lyra Envoy mHolland
having the propriety, Don
Gerónimo
de Velafco goeth to be Governour of the Canary
3 04 Letters from the fe vera/ Ambaffadors
lilands, in the room of Don Jofeph de Tapia, who
having Embarked to Pafs into the lilands was
beaten back by contrary weather to Gibralter
and there died. Mean while Don John de Balboa
the laft Governour ha.ving notice that Tapia was
ready to Sail from CW^Freighted an Englijh Veffel and carne away without expeclation of his SucceíTors A r r i v a l , which the Councel of W a r hath
highly refented, forbidding him to approach near
Madrid and itis thought he will be fent Prifoner
to Oran.
The Conde de Ernanunnez, is gon to E m -
bark for Sicily, with thequality of General de BataiUe, the
Conde de Villa- Alonzo
Widow Condefa de Alvadelifte
Caftilles
Sifter ;
and
the
is Married to the
the Conftable of
Conde de
Benavente,
within fifteen days after the death of his fírft
Lady to Donna Emanuela
de Zunniga,
the Duke
of Bejars Sifter, a young Lady actorned with
great Beauty and rare endowments of.Mind,
having been educated under the iníluences and
example pf a Mother of very admirable qualifications.
They write from Tangier the \ \ paft, that altho' they could not maintain the ground taken
in for want of Palifadd's, to fupply the room
of thofe the Enemy took away by Night, ha­
ving for that purpofe Aflembled the whole
Country, yet the Moors had demanded a Ceffation of Arms, and the Governour of ^/c*• tar^ impowered by King Muly Jfmael, fent i n
two confíderable Moors, and a Jew to Treat \
whofe Propoíitions being refufed they returned , and afterwards the faid Governour fent
in a Jevo with eaíier Propofals and Aífurances,
that i f Sir Palmes Faireborn would fend a Gentleeman to Treat at Alcázar,
there was no doubt but
$n Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. yo$
that they íliould come to an Agreement, where
upon Captain James Lejly was fent ouc with one
Mr- Cutbart for his Secretary, who had wrktea
to Tangler the civil Recepción they had found,
promiíing to themfelves a good IíTüe.
From Malaga, that on the z6ih paft, Captain
Rujfel i n the Referve, and Wyborne i n the Pcarl,
returning from having Convoyed the Bacallaos
Ships to Legorn, failed thence towards Tangicr,
in company oí the James Gally.
From
Cádiz,,
T h a t Don Feliz, Nieto de
Silva,
Governour o f that Place, was commanded to
retire to EJixa till farther O d e r , the ground o f
his Difgrace not yet declared.
T h e Conde Por­
tulano, Governour of St. Lucar, being appointed
to govern Cádiz, in the interim. That a fmall
Englijh VeíTel, newly arrived there from Bojion i n
New-England, in íix Weeks time, jaden wirh Baccallao and Pipe-St aves, reported, Sir John
Berrj,
with three Ships more, to be fafe arrived at the
Port of Frapabanack in Virginia, where he ianded
i j o o Soldiers, to íiibdue the late Infurrectíons
there.
From Álllcante,
That the Prince o f Piombino,
with his Lady and Family, were come thither
from Italy, intending for Madrid; and that the
Plague was again very hot in Argier. T h e Mar­
quis de lache hath, at iengeh, enteted on his Embaífy at Rome, where he arrived the i yh o f
March, and had Audience of the Pope the next
Day.
The Countrymen i n feveral Parts o f this
Kingdom, have raifed C o r n of late, and Bread
to double the Valué, on a Rumour fpread about,
that Gold and Silver would fall i n Price. I know
not yet what ground there is for the Report,
X
but
loé
Letters from the feveral Amhajfadors
b u t i t is probable é n o u g h t h a t f o m e f u c h t h i n g
is i n deíign.
I am, & c .
Letter of Advice.
To M r .
RICHARDS,
Madrid, May 19. 77.
•SIR,
On Pedro de Aragón being appointed by His
Majeíty to preílde the Cortes of Aragón,
began his joarney thither on Wednefday the nth
D
Enftant, paffing through the principal Street in
this T o w n wich great State, in the manner foll o w i n g ; T h e Cardinal, his Brorher, led the
way,
accompanied, in his own Coach, by the
Duke of Arcos and his two Sons, che Duke of
Torres Novas, and Don Gabriel; immediateiy after
the Cardinal went two Trumpeters, ciad in very
rich Liveries o f green Velvet and Gold Lace,
which were foílowed by fifty A^múlas, covered
wicK as many rich íiitnpter Cictlics of red Veivet,
with Don Pedros Arms embroidered-on them in
Silver and .Gold, &c. Every ñfth Azemilas being led by a Footman. Thefe were foílowed by
fifceen Lacquies on Mules, ciad ir. the fame L i very with che Trumpeters ; then feüowed Pon
Pedro in his richeft Coach, wherán he was accompanied by the Marquis of yííwga. and Buke
of
ih-Spún, to the Lord Arlington, &c.
OF Veraguas ; AFTER THIS WENT FIX PAGES, and FOUF
Anuidas de Cámara on HORFEBACK, ALL CIAD iri THE
FAME LIVERIES; NEXT TO THEFE FOLLOWED TWO OTHER
COACHES of Don Pedro, FULL OF HIS GENTLEMEN;
AND, TO BRING UP THE REAR, FIX OTHER Azemilas LADEN WITH THE NECEÍTARIES FOR THE KITCHEN.
THE CONFIABLE OF Gaftile, RECOVERED OF HIS INDIFPOFITION WHICH DETAINED HIM AT Siguenza FOME
D.iyj, is finca ARRIVED at Zaragoza.
The PLAGUE IS RENEWED AC Cartaxena, WHERE
ÜPON the GUARDS are FO LIKEWIFE THROUGHOUT THIS
KINGDOM, PROHIHITING ALI CORREFPONDENCE WITH
THAT CITY,
THE MARQUIS de Máncera, FOMETIME ÁMBAFLADOR IN Gtrmany, AND ÍINEE THAT VICE-ROY OF NtwSpain IS GONE TO REÍIDE AT Toledo, BEING MAD
¿iajor-Domo, MAYOR TO THE QUEEN.
THE Advices WE HAVE OF HIS MAJEFTY'S FREGATES in thefe SEAS ARE, THAT on THE FECOND IN-
ÍFANT, THE Dragón, SIR Rogar Strickland; THE
ferve, CAPTAIN Rufiely THE Portfmouth, CA
Storj 1 THE Pearl, CAPTAIN Wjborne ; THE S
,G|PTAIN 'Harmany, THE Charles.-Gally, CAPTA
milton ; THE James- Gally, CAPTAIN Canning
ín the BAY OF Cádiz,; AND, ON THE yth, SIR Éokrt
Rob'mfon, IN THE Affurance, PAFFED BEFORE M
TOWARDS Tángkr. THE 7/I INFTANT FAILED from
Cádiz THREE RICH Englifh Turhj SHIPS HORNEWAR
WORTH ABOVE THREE HUNDRED THOUFAND POTMDS Ster-
Ung, vizj. THE Scipio ú\Q Thomas AND William
THE Britton. THE French ARMY GATHERETH in C
r
luna, AND FEEMETH TO IHREATEN THE SIEGE of Rozas
WITH the AÍÍTFTANCE of CERTAIN FREGATES and GALLIES¿
which ARE FAID TO APPEAR BEFORE THAT PLACE ; THE
PRINCE OF Parma, VICE-ROY OF THAT KÍNGDOMY
THO' INDIFPOFED IN HIS HEALTH, VYAS HAFTNING FROM
' % %**
'
fiar-
308 Letters from the feveral Amhaffadors
Barcelona to the F r o n t í e r ; the Generáis of the
Spanijb Cavalry and Artillery refufing to obey
íhe Orders of the Duke of Bournonville, Maeflre de
Camp General: The SpaniJÍ) Forces there fcarce
amount to two thoufand Horfe and three thoufand Foot.
Frlday the laft of April, about eight in the '
Morning, his Catholick Majefty arrived at the
Palace cailed the Alxaferia, z Musket-íhot from
the City of Zaragoza, where he was faluted with
the Acclamations of an infinite number of Peo­
ple, that had concurred on the News of His M a ­
jefty's approach. His Cuftom, on the way, was
to rife at Five a Clock moft Mornings., for his
more convenient TravelUng.
The Towns of
greateft note he entred in Coach, the others
on Horfeback. I n Alcalá he faw the Body of
St. Diego; and in Dar oca hapened a Circumftance
worthy obfervation: for a Woman, amongft a
great Crowd of People, without knowing what,
had paíTed, and out of native fimplicity, cried
out fo, that the K i n g and all heard her, Where
t
was
the Queen, and
ivhy his
Mother carne not with
him ; which was faid to make fuch impreííion on
His Majefty, that in lome time he recovered not
the ufual Chearfulnefs of his Countenance. As
foon as he arrived at the Alxaferia he repofed
fome time, and after Dinner entertained himfelf
in mounting feveral of his Horfes, and feeing the
Houfe. About five in the Afternoon he began
to give Audiences to thofe which carne to Complement His Majefty on his Arrival, which were
the Magiftrates of the City, the Councils, the
Governour, the Archbiíhop, the Dignities, and
Canonsof the Metropolitan Church, thejuftice
of Aragón, the Reprefentatives o f the Kingdom,
the
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c.
309
the Univeríity and the .Affembiy of St. Jobn.
Thefe Ceremonies being ended, His Majefty retired, and about ten at Night went privately to
viíit the Church of our Lady del Pilar, accompanied by Don Jobn of Aujlria, and in the Chap-
pel of our Lady he performed his Devotions,
whilft the Salve was fung, where it was obfervabíe, that beíides the ordinary Prayer belonging
to that Office, they added that of the Mafs,
which is for the Kings, faying, Tro Rege noftro
Carolo, & pro principe noftro Joanne. The next
Day,
Saturday the firft of May, was fdefigned for his folemn Entry into the City, in order whereunto,
the Streets thro which His Majefty was to pafs,
was richiy hung and adorned with Tapiftry, and
many Arches of exquiiite Contrivance, with Fi­
gures and Inferíptions fuitable to the occafion ;
and about five in the Afternoon His Majefty
mounted on Horfeback, in a Pearl colour'd Suit,
with Gold and Silver Embroidery, and was re­
ceived at his enrrance into the City under a rich
Canopy, born by feveral of the Magiürates, all
of them in their Gowns of red Damask fringed
with Gold: Before the King went four of the
7
Jurados, and at each Stirrup the Jurada in Cap,
and Zalmedina Judge in ordinary of the City, the
firft on his Righc-Hand, the other on his Lefc,
holding both of them a Cord oí Silk which hung
from the Bridie of che Hdife, the Grandees and
Nobility followed the Canopy, and the Duke of
Hífar carried the naked Sword, as Chamberlain
of the Kingdom : In this order they proceeded
co the Church of Se. Salvador, where the Ceremony of the Oath was to be performed; and be­
ing met at fome diftance by the Archbifhop and
Chapter in their richeft Veftments, the King aX 3
ligheed,
3io
Letters from íhe feveral Amhaffadors
lighted, and was condueted into the Church by
the Archbiíhop and Prieft on.each H a n d of His
Majefty, vvhere the Te Deum was fung ; and K i s
Majefty being feated en an Emincnce ereded íbr
that purpofe between the Quire and the grer.c
Altar, aíter the reading to him the Fueros and
Laws of that K i n g d o m , he fwore the obfervance
of them ; the Oath being adminiftred to him in
Prefence of the eight Deputies, Jurados of íhe
C i t y , and Counáis, by the Lieucenant, who is
the Sénior o f the Council, of the Chief juflicc of
Arragon, the new Chief Juftice, Don Ltwis de Axea,
not having been then fworn himfelf into that Of­
fice, but he was pre'fent at the Ceremony, which
being compleated, the K i n g was condueted to
the Palace by a pair of Stairs, which correipond
from the Chappel of our.Lady, where Don John
waired for His Majefty, who had not appeared
in the Entry and Solemnity, notwithftanding he
contended for the firft Place next the K i n g , be­
ing convinced by the Examples of the Infantes
Don Fernando, and Don Carlos, who, when Phil
the Fourth entred Barcelona, had no Place near
their Brother, and faw the Ceremonies of his Re­
cepción from a Baicone. D u r i n g the fun&ion
of the King's Oath there happened an unlucky
Accident, for the Guardian o f the Capuchins in
that C i t y feeing theSoiemnity from a fecrec-place
on the t p of the great Altar, fell t o t h e G r o u n d ,
and inimtdiately died. T h e reft o f that EvenIng was folemnized with the running of feveral
BuSls before the Palace, and the N'ighc with Pires
of Joy. Surahy the fecond o í May, the K i n g
..ciad in ;iía-'k, accompariied by his Highnefs, went
to the filar, and in the Eyening was a Büll run­
ning on the River-ilde, and at NighcLuminaries.
Mun-
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. i±x
Munday the third in the Morning His Majefty
was Incógnito at the extracción of Deputies of the
Kingdom, which was done in St.G^rge's-Hall,
and at Night. had the divertifement of a Mafquerade on Horfsback, performed by two hundred
Merchants of the City, who, with Flambeaux in
their hands, made feveral Carien two by two on
the River-fide, before the Windows oí the Pa­
lace.
I am &c.
3
T O MY
Lord C H
A M B E R
L A I N I
Madrid, June 3, N . S. 77,
My Lord,
Uft as I was making my Difpatches for the
Nortb, late at Night, I receiv'd a Pacquet
from Don Jobn of Aujlrias Secretary, from Zara­
goza, bringing me the enclofed for your Lordíhip
írom his Highnefs, which I have only time to
cover, and with my humble Thanks to your
Lordíhip fcr the honour of yours of the fifth of
April, which carne to my hand three Weeks af­
ter its ordinary courfe, and by which Ifindmy
felf very ufefuliy Inftructed, as I hope the effeéts thereof to the advantage of His Majefty's
Service íhaü íhew very íhortiy, afcer Don Jobn's
return to Madrid, which we expeci ten days henee»
í remain, with conftant Gratitude,
J
Yours, &c.
X
4
Lee-
^zz
Letters from the feveral AmhaJJado
Queen, my Mifirefs, wrote in the Jame Stile
Moft Chri/lian King and Queen, and received
turn of Vous from them. He faid the refentme
not at the Word Vous, but that Alteíte appeare
no part of the Letter ; and that it had been ta
way after once given, which he thought the
King had not done from the Duke of York. I in
ated to him, that during the Rebelliom Times
land, while the King was abroad, there migh
have been perhaps ¡o much Order in His
Secretaria asfincehis Return : That whatever m
fajs in thoje Times of Confufion, I did not thi
John of Auñria had reafon to complain tha
King my Majhr gave him not AlteiTe, jo long as
His Majefty gave it not to the Duke of Orlea
which I could not ajjirm pofitively, but with
Months time I would befully infirufled ; and
fcre humbly beg His Majejifs Commands he
becaufe I verily believe this Matter hath l
in Don Jolina Heart everfincehe received Hü
jefty s Letter. It will be convenient that no Publick Notice be taken of this, not to Burgomain
unlefs he advanceth it himfelf, for more reafons
than I can now explain, being advertifed that
the Poft is juft ready to depart, obliging me abruptly to íubfcribe my felf
Yours, &c.
Jo
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, @V, 3 ¿ i
To Mr. Richards.
Madrid
3
Aug. 2 5-. S. N , 7 7 .
S I R ,
llave received your Caution about the Barón
will be ufeful to me. Our
News here you will have in the enclofed C o l leétion of this Day, and in the Copy which accompanieth it, of mine, to M r . Secretary Coventry
by the laft Poft, both which, I pray, communicate to my Lord Chamberlain, with my humbie
Duty.
Í </e / %««?, which
;
I
am
3
Scc,
Letter of Advice to Mr. Yard
Madrid\
¿ug. 2$y 7 7 ,
SIR,
T
H E Inconveniences that have been experlmented from the Pra&iee of entrufting M i Htary Charges to the Young Nobility of this
Country, at the firft: going unto the War, have
produced lately a Decree from his Cathoíick Ma*
jefty to that Council for prevention thereof, the
Tenour whereof is as followeth, tranüated out of
Spanijh,
Y %
Amongft
114
Letters from the feveral Amhaffadors
Amongfv the Ahúfes in Military Affairs, which
quire a Reformation, not only for the general
of my Service, but even the particular concern
as difire to emfloy themfelves in this noble an
able Profcjfion; one is the facility wherewith
to ferve in have been hitherto obtained, it hav
reduced to a certain precife Regulation, accord
Rank of Perfms, with the falfe Perfwafions, tha
difhonourable to leave_ their Houfes whh ¡ut
fortknable to their Blood, or inherited Merits
either of thofe Qualliies were fuff.cient of them
infaje the praclical' Scjence of War, without h
feen it ; tho at the fame time it be certain, t
cholee ¡f Blood, which excites to án imitatlon
Anceftors, dpth much contribute that Perfons
thefe Qualiúes be fooner cap able of Charges,
to whom they are wanting. From henee doth
great prejudice to.my Service in Military Funclio
no lefs to thofe who by unfeafonable Prom
lain under íhe obligation of direcling them in p
in whole, not having the leaft know'edge of
a defttt which cannot he fupplied by inferior
tho' neverfo good\ an unexperienced ardour co
the limits of Obligation, without difeerning the
there is between the extream of Temeriiy, a
great Prudence ; in the moderation whereof a
Ccurage attains its moft proportionable efteñs.
In.confiderationwherecf, l have refolved, as
ducing to my Service, that the continúame of
be avouhd. Leí it be fo underftcod' in' the Co
War ; and in ex-catión whereof no Perfon, of
Rank foever,fiiaUbe confulted to me. for any
Charge, who hath notfirftJerved in the Wat
thii Rule Jhall be indiffetfably obfer-ved,
The
in SPAIN, to the Lord ARLINGTON, &c. 325
The Remove of the Duke of Offuna from the
prefidentífiip of Orders, hath been many Days
talked of, and feveral Complaints made againíf
the manner of his Excellencies managing that
Charge $ but he having been one of the principal
Inífruments of bringing Don John of Aujtrla into
the Government, care hath been taken to invent
¿ s eafie a fai! for him as is poffible; wherefore
His Majefty hath named him to be Mafter of the
Horfe to the Queen his future Confort, and by
that nomination made void his place oí Preftden£
which is beftowed on the Duke of Seffa, who
hath of late retired in the Country, on the i i l
fuccefs of his Pretentions at Court : He is a Perfon of great Honour, and this Ele&ion generally
approved. The cloíe Siege of Orm by the Moors
hath not pro ved true ; fome Algerim
Frigates
happening to cruife before the Place for two or
three Days, when the Governour had notice of
Bolba Hajfens being abroad with a confiderable
Army to the Landwards, concurring at a time
of the Plagues raging within the Garrifon, and
having deftroyed the greateft part thereof great
want of Provifions, &c. magnified their apprehenfions of danger, which thofe within reprefented hither to Spain, with the utmoft exaggerations: But fince it hath appeared that their
chief diftrefs hath been the Plague, and want of
People; the A r m y byLand keeping at adiftance,
and the Frigates having been no more feen, infomuch as feveral Spanijh Saetías have paífed thither and back again without oppoíláon. Great
care hath besn taken here to furniih that Place
with Recruits of Men, and all fort of Proviíions;
Y 3
to
326
Letters from the feveral Ambaffadors
to which effeá:, on the $tb Inftant, two Gallies
failed thitherwards from Malaga, and on Board
them the Malflre de Camp General, Don Jeronym
Guiñones? commanded to pafs thíther and affift
the Governour Don Iñigo de Toledo, againft all Ac
cidents. On the iori the Portugués Armad*, fi
Men of War, and an Avifo, appeared off Cádiz,
bound for the fuccour of Oran ; and next Morning three Bifcay Frigates joined them, they faiied
together. Thefe carry all fort of Munition and
Supplies of Men, which had been raifed with fo
great difficulty as the Governour of Cádiz was
Forced to plant a Gallows in the Plaza of that
City, to compel the People unto the faid Expedition ; but the diforders of the Commonalty
thereupon were fo great, as he was forced to pulí
it down again ; the Biífiop mediating the Matter,
to prevent a general Revolution, which was
threatned.
The laft Letters from Tangier fay, that Muly I
mael had fubdued Morocco, which had been f
long defended by his Nephew Muly Hamet, with
whom he had compounded on certain Conditions; the latter retiring to the Kingdom of Taffilet, where he is to lead a private Life; and for
TmacVs punclual performance of Arricies he had
given him one of his Sons in Hoftage. He cut off
fome few Heads of the principal Rebels in Moroao,
and put out fome Eyes, a barbarous Cuftosn amongthat People. But yet the faid Letters bring
a Poftfcripr, that íince the writing thereof freíh
Advice was come thíther from Alcázar, of Muly
Hameth being again Revolted, and at the Head
of a conliderable Army; alfo that Santa Cruz was
revolted»
x
•
>
Our
5 - F?
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. ; 27
Our laft Letters from Argier FPEAK THAT PEOPLE
to encreafe the NUMBER OF THEIR SHIPPING, HAVING
this laft Year LAUNCHED FIX, AND ASRNANYAT PRE­
fent upon the STOCKS: THEY HAVE FORTY SAIL OF
good SHIPS, BEÍIDES THREE GALLIES AND FEVERAL BRIgantines; BUT THEIR ill FUCCEFS AT SEA THEFE TWO
YEARS HATH fo IMPOVERÍÍHED THEM, THAT THEY ARE
READY to EAT one ANOTHER.
All the French INHABITANTS OF Cádiz, AND Fort
St. Manes, AS WELL THE NATURAIIZED AND MARRIED
TO Spaniards AS OTHERS, WERE COMMANDED THE LATter END OF LAFT MONTH TO LEAVE Spain, OR RETIRE
TVVENTY LEAGUES within THE COUNTRY FROM ANY
SEA-PORT, WHICH HATH EXPOFED them TO GREAT LOFFES AND EXTREMITIES; FOME EMBARKING FOR France,
OTHERS FOR Tangier, OTHERS to Portugal, MOFT OF the
POORER FORT HAVE retired WITHIN THE COUNTRY.
HIS MAJEFTY'S SHIPS THE AJJurance, Dragón,
Charles, James, AND Portfmouth WERE IN Cádiz, BAY
THE i)th INFTANT, NEWIY ARRIVED FROM Tangier,
WHERE THEY LEFC ALL WELL, WHICH IS A GREAT MERCY ;
THE OTHER SEA-TOWNS OF THE Barbary COAFT BEING
generally MUCH INFECTED WITH THE PLAGUE.
CONFUÍ Maynard WRITETH THE iyth INFTANT FROM
Lubor,) THAT a SHIP HAD BROUGHT THITHER LATELY
FROM London, NINE EnglifJ) MEN FROM Cclchefter, TO
TEACH THE Portugueze TO MAKE BAYS, SEARGES, AND
OTHER STUFFS; AND TWO WOMEN to TEACH THEM TO
SPIN THE Englijh WAY, WHICH WILL be A DEADLY
BLOW TO our Englijl) MANUFACFORY in ALL PARTS OF
Spain, as WELL AS Portugal; FROM WHENCE the Spa­
niards WILL foon GET THAT ART. THEFE PERFONS
were fent over by THE Portugaeze AmbaíTador in
London, who contrafted WITH THEM FORfiveYEARS,
to Uve and WORK at their TRADE in Portugal, and
take Apprentices. It is hoped that fome way
Y 4
WILL
}I8 I Letters from the feveral Amhaffadors
WILL B E F O U N D I N
England
FOR T H E R E C A S S I N G THEFE
PEOPLE.
I am, & C .
W .
GODOLPHIN.
Letter of Jdvice to Mr Richards.
a
Madrid, Oclob. 21. N . S. 77.
SIR,
T
H E KING WILL REMAIN AT THE Efcurial TILL
AH-Sauls-Daj; HE WENT THITHER THE LAFT OF
September, AND HATH ENTERTAINED HIMFELF IN VIÍITING
the NEIGHBOURING PLACES, AND FREQUENT HUNTING,
TO THE FATIGUE OF HIS FOLLOWERS, AND CHIEFLY Don
John of Aufiria, WHO FTILL GOETH ABROAD WITH HIM,
AND REVENGETH HIS DIVERTIFENIENTS OF THE DAY BY
A confianT APPÜCATION TO BUÍINEFS AT NIGHT, APp e a r í í ' g INDEFAÍIGABLE IN BOTH ATTENTIONS, TO­
WARDS the KING'S PERFON and GOVERNMENT, WHEREOÍ the MARKS are daiiy MORE LEGIBLE IN HIS COUNTAFTKAIICEÍ FOMEWHAT BROKEN OF LATE, AND REPREfenting THE VARIETY OF CAFES WHICH POIFEFS HIM. .
Don John de la Fuente, A CANON OF Toledo, LATE
PREFIDENT OF THE Chancelarla in Valladolid, HATH PRElided i n í h e COUNCI! OF CapilleFINCETHE FECOND OF
the LAFT MONTH, WITH THE TITLE OF GOVERNOUR
o n l y , though WITH THE EFFECL: AND PREHEMINENCE
of PREFIDENT, One WHEREOF HATH WONT TO BE THE
AÍFUMING PRIORITY OF PLACE IN THEIR OWN HOUFE,
before AÜ THEIR SUBJE&S, EXCEPT THE ROYAL BLOOD,
OF WHAT RANK FOEVER; WHICH AMBAIFADORS AND
GRANDEES NOT CONFENTING UNTO, THE PREFIDENT
HATH
in Spain, to the Lord ARLINGTON, &c. 3X9
batb been wont to receive thofe Degrees ín B e d ,
but the Popes Nuncio coming to vific the prefent
Governour, this latter, either not knowing, or
not remernbring the Expedient, endeavoured to
maintain his pretended Prerogative wherein the
Nunm nimbly prevented him, taking the Hand
and upper C h a i r from him ; which, after the ordinary Compiiments had pafc'J, la Fuente reproaching him with, as having intruded upon
the Piace due to his Office, juftified his own Precedence, as due to his Charaiter and Reprefentation, with the Circumftances o f the other, being an Ecclefiaftick, and in that refpecl: his Subjeci, and fo left him, but accompany'd by the
Governour out o f the Viíit. The Nunáo's Aótion is applauded, and the other condemned.
The Marquis de Montealcgre fince his Difeharge
from thePrefidentíhip,frequenteth ftill the Council of State, which fome thought he would not be
permitted to do
The Confiable of Colona Duke of Talacofa, a
Román; but by his Eftates in Naples fubjeél to
this Crown, and a G r a n d e e , is made Vice-Roy o f
Arragon.
His Dutchefs the Condeftablefa, whofe
Fortunes, as thofe of her Sifter the Dutchefs
Mazar in, are publiíhed i n the Memoirs of their
own writing, remaineth ftill here, with purpofe
of re-entring into the Convent of Santo Domingo,
from whence it is boped her Affairs with her
Husband may be moft advantageouíly accommodated in his coming into Spain.
The Conde de
Monterey is made Prefident of the Council of
Flanders,
void by the Prince of Stigleanos Removal, the moft honourable Way of taking him
from Cataluña,
the Frontier of which Countrey
requiring a M a n of anocher kind of Spirit. T h e
AcHons
Letters from the feveral Ambafjadors
Ac\ions of his Brother the Marquis deLkhe, Ambaííador i n Reme, are not more approv'd than
the Condes i n War.
The Conde de Ernanuner General of the Artill
ry of Skily, is newly arriv'd from thence, full
of lamentable Stories touching the Lofs and
indefenfable Condition of that Kingdom.
The Conde Baños, one of the firft Nobility in
this Countrey, aged 75- Years, fome time FkeRoy of New Spain, after having made himfelf famoos for having never deny'd to himfelf any
Pleafures of this World within his Reach, made
himfelf not lefs fo, about a Year ago, by his E n trance into the Order of the bare-footed Carmelite Friers, where having paffed his Noviceihip, he celebrated the High-Mafs laft Friday;
to which Funclion concurred all the Nobility of
this Gcurt, at the Invitation of his Son the
young Conde de Baños, one of the King's Mayor
Domos; and the Speclacle engag'd all the Tendernefs of the People, who had been acquainted
with the oíd Man's former Life. Quantum muíalas ab illo J
Yon have heard of Sir John Narborougtis A r r i za 1 at Tangkr the Sth of the laft Month, N . S.
and of his having in poífeííion on the nth two
Argerine Ships of War, the Date-Tree and the Orange-Tree; this of Twenty two Guns, and the
other of Eighteen : fince which, Captain Harman attempting another, loft unhappily his L i f e ;
as did alfo the Captain and about Thirty others
of the Turk with whom he fought; which A c count was brought afterwards to Tangier, by A
VeiTei arrived there with Tanas for the M o l e ;
who falling among a Squadron of Argerines,
learnt the whole Matter from them, who were
in S p a i n , to the Lord A R L I N G T O N , & c . 3 3 1
fo tender of being guilty of a Breach with us,
that, notwithftanding the Hoftility on our fide,
DURA not detain the Engli'íh man, telling h i m ,
that what had hapned, was doubtlefs a drunken
Quarrel between the two Captains.
O n Friday the %th inftant N . S. Captain Story
in the Tortjmouth about the Height of Gibralter,
gave Chace to an Algier M a n o f War called the
Golden Rofe, of 36 Guns, 2 6 $• M e n , Commander
Banjrais, a Etoc¿> Renegade; and it being a
ftrong Levant, forc'd him out of the Streights
before the W i n d , firing continually after h i m ;
by which Sir John Narbrough and his Frigates in
'íangier were alarm'd ; and íüpping their Cables,
had the good Fortune to meet the faid Furk near
the Streights M o u t h , where after a very ftout
Defence, in the midft of our Frigates, receiving
feveral of their Broad-fides, and having his Foremaft íhot by the board, he was taken by them \
Both our Galley-Frigates were principally engaged in this A d i o n , Captain Canning of the
James unfortunately lofing his Life by a Musket
Shot : The Turkijh Captain was alfo kiiled, and
near a hundred O F his M e n , feveral of which
fell by his own Hands FOR oífering to yield,
This Succefs hath alfo coíi us fome M e n , belides the faid Captain, who is generally laoiented.
J am,
&C,
p
3 2 z Letters from thefeveral Ámlaffadors
fo My Lord Arlington.
Madrid,
My
December ¡ , 77..
r
Lord,
A
L L the Expe&ation here of Peace or War,
feem to depend now on the Refolutions
taken in England between his Majefty and the
Prince of Orange.
The Enclofed is a Copy of
mine this Day to Mr. Secretary Coventry, whereunto craving Leave to refer your Lordíhip.
I hope the Seafon of the Year will excufe the
Addition of my hearty Wiíhes that your Lordíhip and Famiiy may enjoy a merry Chrifimas,
and Succeflion of many new Years with all
Happinefs, and whatever your Heart can defire, remaining with all true Gratitude and
Refped,
Toars, & C .
fo Mr. Secretary Coventry*
Madrid,
December
ifo'jJ*
Right Honourable,
lnce my receiving yours of OBober the twenty fecondj and the enclos'd Papers about the
taking and Plunder of Sta. Martha
by French
and
S
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. 333
AND ENGLIÍH PRIVATEERS, AND BRINGING THE BIÍHOP
OF THAT SEE TO Jamaica,
AND ABOUT THE AD:
TRANFMITTED THENCE OF PARDON TO FUCH AS ÍHOULD
WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME RETURN TO THEIR OBEDIENCE; I HAVE HAD MUCH CONFIDERATION OF THE
MATTER, AND EXPE¿F A LOUD COMPLAINT; BUT AS
YET NEITHER HAVE THEY FAID ANY THING TO ME HERE,
ÑOR í TO THEM: ÑOR CAN I THINK IT EXPEDIENT
TO BEGIN an ACCUFATION OF OUR FELVES, BUT RATHER TO fee firít after WHAT MANNER THEY WILL
FORM THEIRS, AND THEN TO EXTENÚATE AND EXCUFE
WHAT HATH PAÍF, AND EXPOMULATE ON THE NECEFFITY OF FUCH AN A¿T OF INDÉMNITY, FOR THE
XNVITATION AND DIFARMING OF THOFE WHO WOULD
OTHEIWIFE BECOME DEFPERATE, AND PREVENTION
OF FUTURE MIFCHIEFS, IN THE BEÍT MANNER we
CAN : FOR THE WHICH YOUR FAID LETTER LAYETH
DOWN PRUDENCIAL AND CONVINCING REAFONS, AS
WELL REGARDING OUR OWN, AS OUR FRIENDS SECURICY ;
IT BEING CERTAIN THAT THE CREW OF Jamaicajners
UFED TO THE PRIVATEERING TRADE, AND THEREINA MORE
JOVIAL AND FPEEDY WAY OF REAPING THEIR FRUIT,
THAN BY THE DUE PATIENCE OF PIANTING, IF DRIVEN BY DÉFPAIR OF RETURNING HOME, TO A DePENDAN CE ON THE French, WILL MAKE LITTLE DILFIN¿HON OF PREY BETWEEN Englijh AND'
Spaniards,
RECKONING THAT" ONLY THEIR COUNTREY, WHERE
THEY CAN BE FAFE; AND ALL THOFE IN THE NUMBER OF
THEIR Enetrúes, WHO CLAIM A TITLE TO THEIR LIVES.
I HOPE THE NARRATIVE OF THE FA¿T, AND
Bijhofs
'LETTER, WHICH YON WANTED, WILL FOON ARRIVE TOME
OTHER WAY. ÍT WILL BE VERY CONVENIENT TO GET A
COPY OF THE LETTER, TO FEE IN WHAT TERMS HE
REPREFENTETH THE MATTER as TO THE ENGLIÍH PART,
AND WHAT JUDGMENT HE MAKETH OF IT, WHEREUNTO
THE COUNCIL OF THE Indies HERE, WILL HAVE MUCH
re-
3 3 4 Letters from the feveral Ambaffadors
REGARD. IC IS NOT MY OPINIÓN THAT GENERAL
PARDONS OF THIS NATURE, OUGHT FREQUENTLY TO BE
REPEARED ; BUT YET THE ART OF GOOD GOVERN­
MENT RENDRETH THEM FOMETIMES PRECIFELY REQUI­
nte, FOR THE QUIETING OF MENS MINDS TOWARDS A
BETTER COURFE OF LIVING : AND THE PREFENT CAFE
FEEMING ONE OF THOFE, I THINK HIS MAJ:FTY MAY
COMPLY WITH HIS OWN REAIBN OF STATE, IN CONFIRMING THE Aék,
WITHOUT CONFULTING THE REVENGEFUL NATURE OF THEFE PEOPLE, WHO WILL ÍCARCE
AÍFORD THEIR FNARE OF THE MERCY, WITHOUT FELLING
IT FOR AN OBLIVION OF THE INJURIES THEY HAVE
DONE US IN THE Indies ÍINCE THE PEACE OF America,
WEEREOF WE HAVE ÍÉVERAL COMPLAINTS DEPENDING,
AND NO APPEARANCE ©F EITHER REFTITUTION, OR
PUNIÍHING THE OFFENDERS; INFOMUCH AS IT WILL BE
EAFIER TO INDEMNIFIE THOFE OF Jamaica BY EXAM­
PLE OF THE Spaniards, THAN BY THEIR CONFENT.
I HAVE CELEBRATED WITH UNFPEAKABLE JOY, THE
GOOD NEWS OF MY LADY Marfs MARRIAGE WITH
THE PRINCE OF Orange, AND THE HAPPY BIRTH OF
A YOUNG PRINCE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNEFS, AND TO
ALL OUR HOPES. O F THIS LATTER, MANY HERE HAVE
GIVEN ME THE Enora buena ; BUT I FIND THEM MORE
PERPLEXED THAN PLEAFED AT THE MARRIAGE, AS TOO
FURE A BOND OF UNION BETWEEN THE ROYAL INTEREFTS IN England, AND THOFE OF THE PRINCE IN
Hoiland, WHICH THEY APPREHEND WILL GIVE MORE
STRENGTH TO BOTH, THAN MAY COMPLY WITH THEIR
FUNDAMENTAL MAXIMS OF DIVIDING, WEAKNING,
AND DIMINIÍHING THE OTHER POWERS OF Europe, IN
ORDER TO THE RENDRING THEM LEFS FORMIDABLE, AND
MORE FUBFERVIENT, TO THE AÍFAIRS AND WILL of
THIS CROWN.
THEY APPREHEND THE PRINCE of
Orange NOW FAFER FROM THEIR REVENGE, AND FROM
THE MURMURS OF THE Dutch AGAINFT his AUTHOII-
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. 3 2 ^
ty, and confequently under a greater Indifference of pleafing or offending them, and they
have much the fame Opinión touching the K i n g
our Maíter, which will cercainly beget in them
more reverend Thoughts c f his Greatnefs, and
Alliance, it being a certain Note of the Spanijh
Humour, that they apply themfelves heartily and
íeriouíly, to conferve no Friendíhip, but of fuch
only whom they dread ; and that the Impreffions of Fear do more eífedually negotiate with
them than the Offices of Kindnefs.
Sir \John Narbrcugh was the '^th paft at Altea
very well received by the Governour, feven
Leagues to the Eaftward of Allicante, there be­
ing a good River, and more commodious Watering than at Allicante.
M y Difpatch to him,
giuing an Account of the Orders I had procured to the refpedive Governours of the Mediterranean Ports for the good Reception of
our Frigats, reached him that Day, to his great
Relief from the Pain and Uncertainty he was
in before touching the matter, from the Cami­
ón I had given him.
The .Ships then with him,
were the Plimouth, Woolwich,
Portland,
Newcafile,
Charles-Galley, James-Gaüey,
Pearl, Saphire, two FireShips, five Sloops, two Englijh Prizes retaken from
the Algerines and their Frigates, pin, the Goulen
Marygold, Orange-Tree and Date-Tree,
which he
had viétualled out of his Provifions, and placed
able Men to command. With thefe he was ready to fail to Algier, in order to a Confirmación
of the Peace on honourable Terms i f poffibie,
though many think they will be very obftinate to
any Reftitution, having tafted the Sweet of fe­
veral of our Merchantmen taken by them thefe
laft two Months. There were on board the
; .
Squa*
3 3 ó Letters from the feveral Ambaffado
^quadron 30.0 Turks and Moors, befides forry Iefc
at Tangier, which had been aii taken out of their
Prizes O f thefe,in cafe a Peace íhould ñor be conciuded,Sir John intended to hangall the Renegadoes for the faving Provifions, and to fell the
reír. He very much deíireth that Provifions and
Stores be lodged at Tangier, for the Supply of
Ships that íhall cruife in thofe Parts, and that
m\>:e Fire- Ships be fent to accompany Ships that
%ó Convoy, which will be as good as Frigates
in Company with a Frigace; and indeed our
Merchantmen are now fo numerous, as they
will need much Convoy. O n the laft of Novembcr fixty three Sail of them were in the Bay
of Cádiz, whe:eof nine feeking Freight, 37
bound for the North, and two for Lisbon, under íhe Convoy of the Ajfurance, Sir Robert R
bín fm, fifteen for the Levant, which would be
con voy ed by ú\QVort[mouth, Leopard, and G
fey, thefe two iatter coming in there ten Days
before with the Fire-íhips, whereof feveral have
fallen into the Turks Hands, by an over-hafty
Greedinefs to gain the firft Market. This is the
laft Account I have of all our Frigats in thefe
Seas.
M y laft from Lisbon mentioneth the Arrival there of the Brafil Fleet, though the leaft
that hath been known for this many Years, confiíiing only of twenty eight Ships, whereof one
Englijh; which-Defeift hath not been for want of
Sugars or Veífels, twenty thoufand Chefls of
Sugar remaining in that Countrey, and about
twenty five Sail of Ships, which through the
Peevííhnefs of the Governours, have been forced to abide there till the next Year for
Freight.
On
in SPAIN, to the Lord ARLINGTON, &c. 3 2 7
On the loth Inftant the new Venenan Ambaffador Frederico Cornaro, made publick Entry tp
ins firft Audience of this King. The Count
of Monterey, who expecled a Cali to the Council of State, is appointed to finiíh his Triennial
Vice-Royalty ofCatalunna.
Don Francifco Franque
General of the Artiller.y there, to be General of
the Horfe in Slclly, in the room of Don Diego
de Bracamente recaíled, and Don Gerónimo de
Quiñones late Mae[t're de Camp General in Flanders,
and of the Council of War here, who conducted laft Summer the Succours to Oran,
is
to fucceed the Marquis de Monroy in the G o vernment of Malaga,
to which Choice I have
been luckily inftrumental, having obferved in
him much Devotion to the King our Mafter,
and Kindnefs to our Nation, whereof thofe at
Malaga will experiment the Effeéts,
I wiífi
to your Honour a merry Chrifimas,
and remain
Yours, & c .
To my Lord
Arlington.
Decemher 25, 7 7 .
My Lord,
T
.
Hough I confirmed to the Barón deVicqa'é
the Title your Lordíhip had given him to
my utmoft Affiftance, his long Services and
known Merit here, placing him beyond the Ufe
•of me, hath deprived me of that Satisfacción,
Z
which
138 Letters from the feveral Ambaffadors
which I ought to feek i n every thing thatbeareth your Lordíhip's Recommendation: But I
fear the Succefs OF his private Pretentíons have
had too much Refemblance to the Publick OF
this Crown, wnich I lament for both their fakes;
and now returning, he will better explain, and
give your Lordíhip a more particular State of Affairs, than I can do by any Writing, leaving me
only the Part of rendring your Lordíhip many
Thanks for the Acquaintance you have given me
with this Gentleman, whofe Refpeéi, and honourable mention OF your Lordíhip onallOccafions,
hath not been lefs pleaílng than his other C o n verfations very ufeful to me, and to his Maje­
fty's Interefts in this C o u r t ; under which Charaérer I now difmifs him, and íhould be glad it
may pafs through the Favour of your Lordíhip's
Hand unto his Majefty's; becaufe í have no cther way of requiting him. By the laft Poft I
wiíh'd to YOUR Lordíhip a merry Cbriftinas and
profperoib New Year, with a Succeffion of ma­
ny others; and this being the folemn and happy
Day, I again repeat the lame, remaining with
all poffibleRefpea,
in SPAIN, to the Lord A R L I N G T O N , (Se % 59
Sir WILLUM
GOVOLVHIÑ
TO
lo the Lord Arlington,
Madrid,
January
i z yl.
r
My Lord,
T
Hough I hope your Lordíhip's Health enabling you to be conftant at the Gommittee
for Foreign Affairs, rendreth this part of my O bedience to your Commands needlefs of fending
to your Lordíhip fometimes Copies of what I
write to Mr. Secretary; yet againft all Accidents,
I would not omic the making your Lordíhip Partaker of what I write this Day to him in Cypher,
fince perhaps it may give Light to concurrent A d vices ÍVom other Parts, or be neceífary tofuture
Difcoveries. The great Expectation here at prefent, is from our Parliament, which they hope
will now at this Meeting be animated by the King
himfelf to fome brisk Refolution in their Favour,
But as yet I fee nothingof Security from henee to
encourage his Majefty to fo great an Undertaking. God Almighty infpire his Royal Breaft
with Wifdom from above, and make him happy
in the united Councils of his People, and your
Lordíhip's Enjoyment of your Heart's Delire j
which malí eyer be the Prayer of
Tour, ÚQ¿
^ 40 Letters from the feveral Amhajfadi
Jo
Mr, Secretary
Coventry,
Madrid, Jan. 12. 167^.
Right Honourable,
* | ^ H r e e Days ago I reeeived your Honour's of
X the 8 tb paft, with the enclofed Copies of
the Biíhop of St. Marthds Letter, and Sir Richard
Lloyd's Certifícate. O n the fubje¿t of the former
I have had Difcourfe with Don John cf Auftria,
and left him convinced of our Mafter's fincere
íntention to keep inviolable the Peace of America,
as of the neceííity of inviting and reducíng, by
an A<5t of Indemnity, the Englijh Privateers,
who rove up and down in thofe Seas, fometimes
alone, and fometimes in conjunction with the
French, to their due Obedience, and compliance
with His Majefty's Orders for maintenance of
the fame. T o which Argument your Difpatch
of Otlober 22. abundantly furniíhed me. He defired me to give a brief Memorial thereupon to
the Secretary j for tho'himfelf was fatisfied, yet
the Counciis of State, and Indies muft be fo likewife ; but I did not promife, ñor can yet refolve to give any fuch, for the reafons memion'd
ín mine of the 1 ftb laít Month, efpecially not
until I have an Anfwer thereunto, or hear to my
new Memorial about the ShipVirgin, which I now
again receive your Commands upon, remitted to
the Council of Indies, to be there examined and
confulted unto the K i n g ; however, I will in the
mean time, by Difcourfe, pofíefs the Minds of the
Coun-
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. 341
Counfellors, with the convenience of the faid
indemnity ; ánd ib manage it, as themfelves
may think this Crown more obliged to us for
uíing this Method towards the prevención of future Robberies, than we to them for their confent. The Certifícate of our Admiralty, touching the Adjudication of Prizes in that Court,
during our laíf War with Holland, will be ufeful to me, not only in the Expoíiulations with
thofe who appear in behalf of the Ofienders (who
clamour here by their Agent againft the Orders
fent to the Duke de Villa Hermofa, for the obliging
them to give fatisfadion to our Merchants, and
I am promifed íhall be reinforced) but alfo in a
mukitude of ocher concentious Caufes, which
His Majeíty's Subjecrs from all Parts of this Monarchy, are engaged in before thefe Tribunals,
and every Day cali for my Defence. Our Commerce throughout thefe Kingdoms having lain
under fome Diforder, íince the Caution given
them from Bourgomaims Threats in England, of
feizing their Effects, on my reprefenting the Inconvenience of fuch a poíture of Affairs, Don
Jobn gave me aífurance, that no fuch thing was
intended, caíting the blame of that Alarm on
certain Miniíters in the Nortb; whereupon I have
written to our feveral Faetones, that they might
profecute their Affairs with openefs and freedom
from their former Jealoulies.
The rejeding in Trance of the Project for «a
Peace, carried by the Earl of Feverjliam, and our
Maíter's retrading his Refolution touching the
Adjournment of the Parliament, from April the
4tb, to the 1<¡thInítant, hath fpread exceeding
Confolation among thefe People, conceiving
-thofe Accidents to be íteps towards a Breach beZ 3
tween
3 4 i Letters from the feveral Ambaffado
tween England and France, which, with their A l
iies, they "have fo long laboured for, as the only
remedy to the general diíf refs of their
Affairs, "without much taking to Out of
Heart the confequence to ours ; but Cypher.
while you are ífrugling with a very
difficult Crifis there, í muft relate what Don
" fohn of Auftria told me laft Thttrfday, being
" Difcourfe with him on the prefent Conjun" dure, wx. That he had very newly, by a
" Private Hand, received Propofitions of Peace
from France, in fubftance thefe, that this King
íhould furrender up to the French the remainder
of the Spanifl} Netberlands, leaving alfo un
his Dominion the County of Burgundy, which
he at prefent poííeífed by right of W a r : That
on the other fide France íhould yield up to Spain
the County of Rojfilicn, Mejfma, and othe
" Places in Sicily ; and pay down to this King,
" in ready Money, tweive Millions of Livres;
certain Places in Alfatia and Fribourg to be reftored to the Emperor, Thilipsbourg to remain
' wtth him, and Lorrain reílored to the Duke ;
' adding thefe, among other Motives to have
í been for the embracing this Overture, that
hereby all Pretentions of the French Queen to
thofe Provinces and Claims of Devolution
55 would be extinguiíhed, thofe Treafures faved
that muir be expended in defence of them;
that His Cathoíick Majefty had a valuable
Coníideration offered, for what, in all probability, he would lofe without any, i f he rejeéted it ; that with the tweive Millions, and
" eafe under which his Monarchy would reíí fpire after this Concord, he might reftore his
Foreign and Domeftick Affairs to a better Po« fture,
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fture, and in time think of rejoining Portugal
to his Crown ; concluding with this, that why
would the King of Spain hazard the other parts
of his Empire, and expend his Treafures to
defend a Country which ferved only for a
Barrier to the United Provinces and England,
And fpeaking with him again laft Monday, he
repeated to me the fame, with this Addition 5
And fince I laft fpoke with you, faid he, they
have offered me four Millions of Livres for my
felf, to facilítate the Bargain. Judge you how
capable I am of fuch a Bribe: I do affure you,
i f we had but one Foot of Ground remaining
in Flanders, it íhould never be yielded up by
my confent; the King's Will ( meaning his
Father, Philip the Fourth ) which I ought to
be a Religious obferver of, declaring expreíly
againft it. By what Hand or Means this O verture hath paft, I will endeavour to learn.
I am, &c.
Sir WILL1AM
GODOLTHlK's
Letter of Advice
To Mr.
RICHARDS.
Madrid,
Jan. yi.
1673.
SIR,
P
Rince Alexander Farnefe, of Parma, who hath
lain thefe Months paft in the Country, under Difcontent at his Remo val from Catalunna,
X 4
hath
344 Letters from the feveral Amhaffadors
hath lately appeared at Court, and having asked
of thé King to be made Gentleman of the Bedchamber, the fame is granted, and the Prince
hath taken the ufual Oath for that Place. When
he was dtfmiífed from the Vice-royalty ,the Charge
of Teniente General del Mar (void fince the Death
of the Duke of Albuauere¡ue)
was beftowed on
him ; but he could not think it an equal fatiffadtion to be removed from an aétual Command
in War, to the empty Title only of a Charge,
that of Lieutenant* General of the Sea being no
other.
The Marquis de Leganez,,
General of the
Horfe i n Catahmna,
is newly arrived here (it is
faid) upon a difguft he hath taken at the Viceroy Conde de Montereys
reforming rnany of the
principal Officers of the Cavalry, without previous Communication with him, who alleageth
the faid Reformed Officers to be the moft experienced of the Army.
Letters from Oran o f the z^d paft, give A c count of feveral Rencounters the Spaniards have
had with the Moors in that Neighbourhood,
wherein the former (affifted by fome who are
Tributarles to that Garrifon) have been very
fuccefsful, kiiiing and making Captives rnany of
the Infidels; but the moft confiderable Booty
hath been a great quantity of C o r n , which they
feized, afcer having puc the Enemy to flight,
bringing with them to Oran, about three thoufand Loads, befides rnany Horfes, and other
wariike Ammunitions, which the Turks had provided, in order to infeít the Jurifdi&ion of that
Place.
They
in SPAIN, to the Lord ARLINGTON, &c.
345
They write from Alicante, December the ioth
that the Vortfmouth, Kingsfijher, and
Emfwortb
Sloop, who went from thence to Argier, and
not finding Sir John Narbrougb, ñor any cf his
Fíeet thére, ñor in tormentera,
were returned
back thither that Evening, the faid Sloop being
feparated from them in a Storm, which biew
hard at N. N. E. and that Sir William Tool, with
the Newfoundland
Ships was aifo juft then í m ported there. Letters of the ijth from the fame
Place advife, that the Genoua Convoy was then
there ; and that Sir John Narbrough had been in
Argier Bay about twenty Days before, where
they íhot at his Boac with the Flag of Truce^
but afterwards had fome parly with him, without any hopes of Reconciliation, they having
fold all the Englijh Ships, Goods, and Men
which they had taken
That the Guernfej, Captain Harman,
was feparated from Sir William
Tool the Night they failed out of Malaga,
and
coming alone, on the \i$th, near Alicante,
the
White-Hcrfe
of Argier carne up with him, boarded him twice, and put him hard to it, yet he
brought the Turk by the Lee, and doubtlefs did
him much hurt. O n board the Guernfey were
killed nine M e n , and feventeen wounded, whereof fome are fince dead ; and amongft them the
Captain ( a very hopeful young M a n , aged 22
Years only, Sir John Harmans Son ) who received three Musket-íhot, and a Wound by a
Cannon-Bullet, but always performed his Office,
till he fell down fencelefs, dying three Days after, and was buried in the Sea off that Port, the
24^ of December.
The Turk had forty four Guns,
tweive Pedreros, and y o o M e n ; the Fight lafted three Hours, and Sir William Pool hearing the
y
Guns,
24Ó Letters from'the feveral Ambafjadors
Guns. made towards them, but the Turk ieft the
Guernfey before he arrived. Th^Kings-Fi[ber
Pink
was gone over the fecond time to the Coaft of
Argier, in queft of the F l a g ; but Sir John was
fuppofed to have betaken himfelf to Legom, for
a fupply of Provifion, which he could not well
find elfe where. The drgerim are grown very
bold, and will attempt any good Ship, being
fenfible that ours go weakly manned, which animaceth them. The Guernfey had only n o Men,
and 26 Guns. In the aforefaid Engagement
were left on board her three Turks, and an Englijh
Captive.
I am &c.
s
Sir W.
GOVOLTHIK
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My Lord
ARLINGTON.
Madrid,
My
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Lord,
Ou Lordíhip allowing to me the liberty of
giving you fo metí mes our News here, by
Copies or what I write to M r . Secretaiy, I
trouble Your Lordíhip with the four enclofed,
whereof three are Papers that paífed between
me and Don John of Aujlria, about the yielding
Oftend to our Mafter, in cafe of a Rupture with
France;
and the Marquis de Bourgomaims
untoward dealing with His Majefty. The fourth is
what
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington,
347
what I this Day write to M r . Secretary Coventry.
I íhould be forry to fee His Majefty hurry'd
into an unequal League with. this Crown, and
much more with all the Branches of the Confederacy, without neceffary Precautions, or at
leaft reciprocal Conditions. But the Spanijli M i nifters in the North write to thefe here, that the
Stream is fo poweríul in England for a War
with France, as that they need not give themfelves the trouble of purchafing what will unavoidably happen of it felf. The Marquis de
Bourgomaine
contended very earneftly for the
Chara¿ter of Embaffador i n England, which was
intended him, and the principal Caufe of ftopping the Marquis de la Fuente; but I gave feveral Reafons to Don John, not only againft the
advancing him in England, but for the recalling
him thence, which 1 think will not be till the
Count of Egmont be well enough introduced.
La Fuente is added to their Plenipotency at Nimeguen as an honourable put oíf.
I remain, with all poffible Refpect, and true
Gratitude,
My
Lord,
Your Lordjhifs,
&C.
2 4 8 Letters from thefeveral Ambaffadors
To Mr, Secretary Coventry.
Madrid,
Right
March {], 167^.
Honourable,
I
Have yours of February g and £}¿ continuing
the Complaints of Bourgomaine's
untowardly
Troceeding,
and enclofing* two Papers, the one
being the Duke of Villa H&rmofa's Anfwer February
1 yh to Monfieur Dickfelt the Dutch Deputy i n
BruJJels, againft the Delivery of Oftend to our
Mafter ; the other Vapher of Bourgomaine's, which
be ftileth his Overture for a Treaty of Alliance;
and are fo newly in my Hand, as I have had time
to decypher them, and admire that fo filly Papers
íhould be given on Matters o f fo great Importance. " For that of Villa Her mofa is reduc'd
" to this, that he cannot gratifie the K i n g in the
" Point of Oftend;
but that the Troops, with
" their Ammunition, Proviíions, and Equipage
o f War, which his Majefty may think fit to
fend to the Succour of thofe Provinces, íhould
" be receiv'd into their Garrifons always fubjecl:
" to Spanijh Governours, profeffing this to be
" the moft íincere and real Mark of his high Re" gard to his Majefty and the Common Caufe,
" which he could poííibly give, as of his eameft
" Defire to remove all the Obftacles which might
" obftrucl: the vigorous Refolutions of our Court.
A ftrange Exaggeration to a Paper o f Denials
and right Spariijb way o f giving thanks, by magnifying the Franknefs of their admitting Troops
Í C
c <
fent
in Spain, to the Lord Arlington, &c. 349
Fent to defend them, as if they were more bountiful in receiving his Majefty's Protección, than
the K i n g himfelf in giving it. Burgomaine'í
Paper is ten times more rídiculous. S
Out of unequal and extravagant aPlan for a De
Cypher. five and OjfenfiveAlliance,I think was nev
in earnefi propojed. Don Juan of Auf
hath fummoned me to a Conference this Evening, when I intend to expoftulate with him on
this and the other Particularsof your laft Difpatch,
Whereof my next will give an Accou
and perhaps by Mr. Smith, who chufet
return by Sea ; and apprehending tha
going through France, without a Paffp
from thence in this Cenjuntíure, may fubjecl h
fiopt and rified.
In the mean time I frefume that whatever
mination our Mafter may be brought unto for
fijlance of Spain, his Majefty will diftinguijh t
Acls of Generofity and Capitulation, leaving th
mer (for which only he muft expecl Thanks)
freely without the Fetters of the other, and bi
felf to nothmg that may not return a valuable C
ration, if not in the fame kind which perhaps
Crown of Spain is not capable of, yet by fom
way of Recompence, which it may líberally a
And if things jhould come to the Extremity of
ture, which will certainly expoje his Majefty's
to great Trouble and Hazards, his Dominions a
and abroad to be invaded by Foreign Enemies
fturbed by civil Dijfentions, which the Reveng
France will by all pojfible Artsftirup and fom
bejides the Lojs of our Trade with that Kingdo
danger of what we maintain to the Levant, in
Projpecl of theje• andrnanyother Difficulties. I
Out of
Cypher.
3
it a very feafonable Queftion to inquire what
Con-
3^0 Letters from the feveral Amhaffad
Conceíííons will this Crown make to our Mafter
for ballancing the Detriment and Prejudices that
will accrue to his State, Revenue, and Commerce
of his People, by changing the Tranquillity of
bis Realms, and the Fruits of Peace, under which
they now flourifh, into the hazardous Events of
War. Confiderations which had no place in the
Ideaof Bourgomainé's'Pwjeá, not to mention
other Abfurdities of it, which certainly are the
Oífspring of the fame Spirit that hath dióf ated
to fome of thefe Counfelíours, Advices of fo im­
placable an Animofity in England towards a War
with France, that the King will be forced to come
into it againft his own Delire, for the Gratification of his People : Which being the Opinión and
Intelligence of Villa Hermofa and Bourgomain
it doth interpret, fo I fear it will juftifie here the
Extravagance of the Papers above-mentioned, of
the one and the other.
Order will go by this Poft to the Count of
Egmcnt for his immediate Paffage into England
under Quality of Embaííador Extraordinary,
without waiting for Equipage, which íhould fol~
low him ; Don Juan telling me that this Expedient had been taken in Complaifance to the King
my Mafter, on the Reprefentations I had made againft Bourgcmainé.
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