Cabala, mysteries of state,: in letters of the great ministers of K. James and K. Charles. Wherein much of the publique manage of affaires is related. / Faithfully collected by a noble hand.
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- Cabala, mysteries of state,: in letters of the great ministers of K. James and K. Charles. Wherein much of the publique manage of affaires is related. / Faithfully collected by a noble hand.
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- London :: Printed for M.M. G. Bedell and T. Collins, and are to be sold at their shop at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet,
- 1654. [i.e. 1653]
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- Kings and rulers -- History
- Great Britain -- Politics and government
- James -- King of England, -- 1566-1625.
- Charles -- King of England, -- 1600-1649.
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"Cabala, mysteries of state,: in letters of the great ministers of K. James and K. Charles. Wherein much of the publique manage of affaires is related. / Faithfully collected by a noble hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A78526.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.
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The Preface to the Reader.
HEre is published a Piece, not to be matched in Anti∣quity; a Collection, not so much of Letters, as of the mysteries of Govern∣ment, the wisdom, and manage of Publick businesses in the late Reigns, where the great Ministers of State are presented naked, their Consultations, De∣signs, Policies, the things done by them, are exposed to every mans eye, as they were brought forth by themselves. The most famous of all Modern Historians glories in the helps and advantages he had above all men else to write;
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He came (so he tells us) prepared and furnished from the Cabinets of Princes, * 1.1 be had seri∣ously perused, and sifted their Letters and Orders; the Letters of the Illustrious Persons imployed by them, the private Commands, Dispatches, and Instructions of Embassies; Debates, and Resolutions of Councels, without which all History must be lame and imperfect.
This was the way to make the causes of actions as visible as their effects, and with∣out which all Diligence and Faithfulness else will do little. Much of the History of the last years of King James, and begin∣nings of King Charles may be here read. Here the height of the mighty Favourite the Duke of Buckingham may be taken; The Arts and Subtleties of Spain, of the Conde Gondo∣mar, and the English-Spanish Party are dis∣covered; the Journey into Spain, breach of the Spanish, overtures for the French Match, for the renuing Leagues with the enemies of the
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Spanish Pride and Ʋniversality; the carriage of the Imperialists, French, Netherlan∣ders, and other Concurrents of those Reigns, are exactly Related: with the Practises of our home-Roman Catholicks, and growth of those who were here called Puritans then; the Secrets of the Court and State; without any false glosse to writhe, or streighten, to deprave or extenuate, with more truth and sincerity, then all the Annals can show; where Passion and Interest sway oftentimes too much, and the cleanest hand makes blots and stains, car∣ried away with Love or Hatred, to the side or man. Here are no snares set to catch or inveagle any mans judgment, all things are left clearly to their own worth and Reputation.
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* 1.1
Strada.