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of the Almighty be not against them, and that hee hath 

 a worke in this place, in stead of Papistrie, to make the 

 sincere light of his Gospell to shine on this people ? 

 The effecting whereof shall bee a royall crowne of ever- 

 lasting remembrance to all other blessings, that from the 

 beginning the Lorde hath plentifully powred on our 

 dread Soveraigne, in an eminent and supreme degree of 

 all perfection. If the Castilians, pretending a religious 

 care of planting Christianitie in those partes, have in 

 their doings preached nought els but avarice, rapine, 

 blood, death, and destruction to those naked, & sheep- 

 like creatures of God ; erecting statues and trophees of 

 victorie unto themselves, in the slaughters of millions 

 of innocents : doeth not the crie of the poore succour- 

 lesse ascend unto the heavens ? Hath God forgotten 

 to bee gracious to the workemanship of his owne 

 hands ? Or shall not his judgements in a day of visi- 

 HerMqjestie. tation by the ministerie of his chosen servant, come on 

 these bloodthirstie butchers, like raine into a fleece of 

 wooll ? Aliquando manifesta ; aliquando occulta ; semper 

 justa sunt Dei judicia. 



To leave this digression. It is fit onely for a prince 

 to begin, and ende this worke : the maintenance and 

 ordering thereof requireth soveraigne power, authoritie, 

 and commaundement. The river of Raleana giveth open 

 and free passage, any provision that the Spaniard can 

 make to the contrary notwithstanding, (for once yeerely 

 the landes neere the river be all drowned) to convey 

 men, horse, munition, and victuall for any power of 

 men that shall be sent thither. 



I doe speake it on my soules health, as the best 

 testimonie, that I can in any cause yeelde to averre a 

 trueth, that having nowe the second time beene in this 

 countrey, and with the helpes of time and leisure well 

 advised my selfe upon all circumstances to bee thought 

 on ; I can discerne no sufficient impediment to the 

 contrary, but that with a competent number of men, 

 her Majestie may to her and her successours enjoy 



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