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It is to be well conſidered, of what great value the wiſe and happie gouernement of his Maieſtie hath been; his enemies being conſtrained to confeſſe, that it is to be wondered at, and vntill this time vnknowen, hauing in leſſe than two moneths trauailed eight-ſcore leagues, with ſuch a great Armie at his, troubled with a great deale of Ordinaunce, manie Switzers, and other ſtrange Nations; and in this time taking the Suburbes of Paris, made fiue or ſixe notable ſieges, taken fourteene or fifteene notable towns, hauing cleared the Prouinces of Vandoſme, Tourain, Aniou, and Maine, of all that his enemies helde: and not onelie recouered the Townes, but the hearts and affections of thoſe that moſt hated him. All his exploites being done by the force of his armes, and preſence, and terror of the ſame; without practiſes of treaſons, murders, monopoles, or fraudes: leauing thoſe guiles, vnto thoſe that deale with vniuſt actions, aſſuring himſelfe his cauſe to bee ſo iuſt, that it was able to ſupport it ſelfe without the helpe of anie thing of a contrarie nature, hauing alwaies this commendable maxime in regard, that euil can neuer ſerue to anie good purpoſe.
Is it poſsible that God hath ſo condemned the poore inhabitants of Towns, that he wil ſuffer them anie longer to be ſo blinded in ſpirit and bodie, as not to conſider of the miſchiefes wherin they haue plunged themſelues, and how thoſe vnto whome they giue themſelues ouer, and receiue for friendes, become immediatelie the cruelleſt enemies they can haue: who after they haue ſucked from them al that they can drawe, while they are with them, and bylittle
