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.

What miseries & inconveniencies, our Nation will in short time suffer, if we do not uphold our power at sea against all In∣vaders or oppo∣sers what soever Dutch, Danes or French.

ANd first a generall de∣cay of Trading and

Merchandise, which as it is one of the sinews of our Land, so 'tis as advantageous there's, none so ignorant, but knows the inestimable be∣nefit that our Nation al∣wayes hath had by forreign traffick, how have thou∣sands, and ten thousands been enriched, and made great by it? what famous sea Captains, and seamen hath it maintained alone? what infinite summes of Treasure hath it brought into our land? how doth it keep millions of people in honest labour, and helps to the maintaining thousands of Families, and for certain the decay of it alone will

quickly be felt through the whole Land; for this there∣fore, if there was nothing else to incite all English men it behoves us to our utmost to keep up our power at sea.

Secondly Invasion by for∣reign foes to be feared, especially at this present, All our Neigbour Nations are up in Armes, great Navies daily at sea, we are the people that are the most hated and envyed, and opposed, how would the Dutch and Dane, and Scots, and Irish and French, with others rejoyce to see us rui∣ned by Invasion, and certain it is our safety at Land con∣sists

in our power at sea, what calamities and deso∣lations would not an Inva∣sion bring in with it? all our just Rights and priviledges would be cancelled, our Laws abrogated, our Towns and Cities plundered and fired, our Castles destroyed, our Liberty lost, our wives and children and our selves made slaves or butchered forthwith, all our precious things devoured by stran∣gers, and enemies: and therefore, 'tis good for us to maintain our forces and ships at sea, liberally and willingly, and we are all bound to crave Gods bles∣sing and protection to be

for ever with, and over them.

That therefore the Hol∣landers and Zealanders base∣nesse and injustice may be unmasked, and all good people of the Land satisfied and settled in their minds concerning our maintain∣ing our war against them, and any other, who shall combine with them, for there be thousands who mutter at the businesse, and seem to bear affection to their cause, though indeed without cause; we wish them to consider these fol∣lowing Arguments against the Dutch fighting with us and for own seas.