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AN APOLOGIE OR DEFENCE, OF MY Lord the Prince of Orange, Countie of Nassau, of Catzenellenboghen, Dietz, Vianden, &c. Burch∣graue of Antwerp, and Vicount of Bezanson, Baron of Breda, Diest, Grimberghe, of Arlay, Nozeroy, &c. Lord of Chastel∣bellin, &c. Lieutenaunt generall in the lowe Coun∣tries, and Gouernour of Brabant, Hol∣lande, Zeeland, Vtrecht, and Frise, and Admiral, &c.
Against the Proclamation and Edict, published by the King of Spaine, by which he proscribeth the said Lord, whereby shall appeare the slaunders and false accusations, conteyned in the saide Proscrip∣tion.
THis is the thing which I haue al∣waies praied vnto God for (my Lords) & desired withal my hart, that he would graūt it me, frō the time that I vowed my person, & all the meanes that I haue in the worlde, for the recouering of your libertie, & the safetie of your persons, goods, and consciences: if I saie, I should at any time haue preferred, that which respecteth my self particularly, before your health & wealth generally, that I niight in this behalf, beare an eternal punishmēt, which I shuld haue drawē vpon my self, by myne own good wil and accord: But on the other side, if that which I haue done heretofore, hath bin by me attempted & takē in hand, only for the preser∣uatiō of your estate: and that I haue borne, a great parte of the burthen of this present warre, onely for the cōmon safegarde of the countrey: and that the hatred conceaued by certeine wicked persons, against the countrey, against godly people &