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whereby it is evident that Lopez had cast his reckon 

 ings upon the supposition of the fact done. 



Thus may appear, both how justly this Lopez* 

 is condemned for the highest treason that can be 

 imagined ; and how, by God s marvellous goodness, 

 her majesty hath been preserved. And surely, if a 

 man do truly consider, it is hard to say, whether 

 God hath done greater things by her majesty or for 

 her: if you observe on the one side, how God hath 

 ordained her government to break and cross the 

 unjust ambition of the two mighty potentates, the 

 king of Spain and the Bishop of Rome, never so 

 straitly between themselves combined : and on the 

 other side, how mightily God hath protected her, 

 both against foreign invasion and inward troubles, 

 and singularly against the many secret conspiracies 

 that have been made against her life ; thereby 

 declaring to the world that he will indeed preserve 

 that instrument which he hath magnified. But the 

 corruptions of these times are wonderful, when that 

 wars, which are the highest trials of right between 

 princes, that acknowledge no superior jurisdiction, 

 and ought to be prosecuted with all honour, shall 

 be stained and infamed with such foul and inhuman 

 practices. Wherein if so great a king hath been 

 named, the rule of the civil law, which is a rule 

 of common reason, must be remembered ; &quot; Frustra 

 &quot; legis auxilium implorat, qui in legem committit.&quot; 

 He that hath sought to violate the majesty royal, in 

 the highest degree, cannot claim the pre-eminence 

 thereof to be exempted from just imputation. 

 * Lopez was executed 7th June, 1594. 



