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one and twentieth year of the king, which they call 

 &quot; intercursus malus.&quot; In this treaty, there was 

 express article against the reception of the rebels of 

 either prince by other; purporting, That if any 

 such rebel should be required, by the prince whose 

 rebel he was, of the prince confederate, that forth 

 with the prince confederate should by proclamation 

 command him to avoid the country : which if he did 

 not within fifteen days, the rebel was to stand pro 

 scribed, and put out of protection. But nevertheless 

 in this article Perkin was not named, neither perhaps 

 contained, because he was no rebel. But by this 

 means his wings were dipt of his followers that were 

 English. And it was expressly comprised in the 

 treaty, that it should extend to the territories of the 

 duchess dowager. After the intercourse thus re 

 stored, the English merchants came again to their 

 mansion at Antwerp, where they were received with 

 procession and great joy. 



The winter following, being the twelfth year of 

 his reign, the king called again his parliament ; 

 where he did much exaggerate both the malice and 

 the cruel predatory war lately made by the King of 

 Scotland : That the king, being in amity with him, 

 and no ways provoked, should so burn in hatred 

 towards him, as to drink of the lees and dregs of 

 Perkin s intoxication, who was every where else de 

 tected and discarded : and that when he perceived it 

 was out of his reach to do the king any hurt, he had 

 turned his arms upon unarmed and unprovided 

 people, to spoil only and depopulate, contrary to the 



