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seemeth to be an opportunity &quot;ccelitus demissa.&quot; 

 And to the same purpose nothing can be more fit 

 than a treaty, or a shadow of a treaty of a peace 

 with Spain, which methinks should be in our power 

 to fasten at least &quot; rumore tenus,&quot; to the deluding of 

 as wise people as the Irish. Lastly, for this point ; 

 that which the ancients called &quot; potestas facta rede- 

 &quot; undi ad sanitatem ;&quot; and which is but a mockery 

 when the enemy is strong, or proud, but effectual in 

 his declination ; that is, a liberal proclamation of 

 grace and pardon to such as shall submit, and come 

 in within a time prefixed, and of some farther reward 

 to such as shall bring others in ; that one s sword 

 may be sharpened by another s, is a matter of good 

 experience, and now, I think, will come in time. 

 And percase, though I wish the exclusions of such a 

 pardon exceeding few, yet it will not be safe to con 

 tinue some of them in their strength, but to trans 

 late them and their generations into England ; and 

 give them recompence and satisfaction here for their 

 possessions there, as the king of Spain did, by divers 

 families of Portugal. To the effecting of all the 

 points aforesaid, and likewise those which fall within 

 the divisions following, nothing can be in priority, 

 either time or matter, better than the sending of 

 some commission of countenance, &quot; ad res inspicien- 

 &quot; das et componendas ;&quot; for it will be a very signifi 

 cant demonstration of her majesty s care of that 

 kingdom ; a credence to any that shall come in and 

 submit ; a bridle to any that shall have their fortunes 

 there, and shall apply their propositions to private 



