ADVICE TO SIR GEORGE VILLIERS. 43 I 



munition of all sorts be provided and stored up, as 

 against a day of battle ; let the ports and forts be 

 fitted so, as if by the next wind we should hear of 

 an alarm ; such a known providence is the surest 

 protection. But of all wars, let both prince and peo 

 ple pray against a war in our own bowels : the king 

 by his wisdom, justice, and moderation, must foresee 

 and stop such a storm, and if it fall, must allay it; 

 and the people by their obedience must decline it. 

 And for a foreign war intended by an invasion to 

 enlarge the bounds of our empire, which are large 

 enough, and are naturally bounded with the ocean, 

 I have no opinion either of the justness or fitness of 

 it; and it were a very hard matter to attempt it 

 with hope of success, seeing the subjects of this 

 kingdom believe it is not legal for them to be en 

 forced to go beyond the seas, without their own con 

 sent, upon hope of an unwarranted conquest; but to 

 resist an invading enemy, or to suppress rebels, the 

 subject may and must be commanded out of the coun 

 ties where they inhabit. The whole kingdom is but 

 one intire body ; else it will necessarily be verified, 

 which elsewhere was asserted, &quot; Dum singuli pug- 

 namus, omnes vincimur.&quot;] 



14. Our strict league of amity and alliance with 

 our near neighbours the Hollanders is a mutual 

 strength to both ; the shipping of both, in conjunc 

 ture, being so powerful, by God s blessing, as no 

 foreigners will venture upon ; this league and friend 

 ship must inviolably be observed. 



