Englands command on the seas, or, The English seas guarded.: Wherein is proved that as the Venetians, Portugals, Spaniards, French, Danes, Polands, Turks, the Duke of Tuscany, and the popes of Rome have dominion on their seas; so the Common-wealth of England hath on our seas. : Wherein the Dutch unjust procuration and prosecution of war against England is also described.
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- Englands command on the seas, or, The English seas guarded.: Wherein is proved that as the Venetians, Portugals, Spaniards, French, Danes, Polands, Turks, the Duke of Tuscany, and the popes of Rome have dominion on their seas; so the Common-wealth of England hath on our seas. : Wherein the Dutch unjust procuration and prosecution of war against England is also described.
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- Lupton, Donald, d. 1676.
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- London :: Printed for Jos. Blaik-lock in Ivie-lane ...,
- 1653.
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"Englands command on the seas, or, The English seas guarded.: Wherein is proved that as the Venetians, Portugals, Spaniards, French, Danes, Polands, Turks, the Duke of Tuscany, and the popes of Rome have dominion on their seas; so the Common-wealth of England hath on our seas. : Wherein the Dutch unjust procuration and prosecution of war against England is also described." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A88649.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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To the Right Ho∣nourable the Council of State.
Grave Senators,
Presents are accepted, not for their bulk, but for their Virtue; those smaller Offerings from mean per∣sons were under
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the Law; not on∣ly appointed, but approved off by God himself; the Intention not the person commends the Gift: the grea∣ter may be more Specious, the lesse more precious; E∣ven the Widdows two mites, were not only not rejected
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but received and commended by Christ himself.
Vpon these I gathered courage and confidence to Offer this small Tract to Your Noble Protection: who have suffici∣ent Ability to De∣fend it from In∣jury.
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And I hope Your Honours will be willing to afford it your Ac∣ceptance; It spea∣king but what's true, and needfull at this present; It shews what other Nations have done, and to their utmost uphold, what this Land hath in former
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times rightly and powerfully per∣formed by our vi∣ctorious Navies at Sea; and as tis ho∣ped and expected will be as resolute∣ly and powerfully Continued and Augmented by Your solid Wise∣dome, Your hap∣py and successeful Government. It
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layes open those subtile and Inva∣ding Enemies the Dutch; with their unjust attempts a∣gainst us of this Nation, together with the manifold miseries our Land will be subject un∣to in a short time, if our Seas be de∣barred us by that Insolent people.
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So praying that God would speci∣ally Assist and al∣wayes Direct you in all Your Hono∣rable and Weigh∣ty Consultations, I crave Pardon and Humbly
Am, Your Honours Servant, Donald Lupton.