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in his own text, defining of the just causes of a war, 

 doth leave it upon very general terms : &quot; Requiritur 

 &quot; ad bellum causa justa, ut scilicet illi, qui impug- 

 &quot; nantur, propter aliquam culpam impugnationem 

 &quot; mereantur :&quot; for &quot; impugnatio culpae&quot; is a far more 

 general word, than &quot; ultio injurise.&quot; And thus much 

 for the first proposition, of the second ground of a 

 war with Spain : namely, that a just fear is a just 

 cause of a war ; and that a preventive war is a true 

 defensive. 



The second or minor proposition was this ; that 

 this kingdom hath cause of just fear of overthrow 

 from Spain. Wherein it is true, that fears are ever 

 seen in dimmer lights than facts. And on the other 

 side, fears use, many times, to be represented in such 

 an imaginary fashion, as they rather dazzle men s 

 eyes than open them : and therefore I will speak in 

 that manner which the subject requires ; that is, 

 probably, and moderately, and briefly. Neither will 

 I deduce these fears to present occurrences; but 

 point only at general grounds, leaving the rest to 

 more secret counsels. 



Is it nothing, that the crown of Spain hath en 

 larged the bounds thereof within this last sixscore 

 years, much more than the Ottoman s ? I speak not 

 of matches or unions, but of arms, occupations, in 

 vasions. Granada, Naples, Milan, Portugal, the East 

 and West Indies ; all these are actual additions to 

 that crown. They had a mind to French Britain, 

 the lower part of Picardy, and Piedmont ; but they 

 have let fall their bit. They have, to this day, such 



