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The States General accuses Spain of breaking agreements

RUDOLF II, Holy Roman Emperor, and the STATES GENERAL.
Brief des Keyserlijcke Majest. van Duytslandt, aende E. Mogende Heeren Staten vande Gheunieerde Provintien gheschreven. Op 't stuck vande Nederlantsche Vredehandeling Midtsgaders d'Antwoort vande voornoemde Heeren Staten ...

With a woodcut device on the title-page.

With a woodcut device on the title-page.



(Amsterdam?), 1608. Small 4to. Disbound. With a woodcut device on the title-page. (8) pp.

A letter from the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, to the Dutch States General, dated 19 October 1607, concerning the peace negotiations with Spain, with the States General's undated answer (in fact from 7 January 1608, and longer than the Emperor's letter). The Emperor notes that King Philip of Spain and his governor in the Netherlands, Archduke Albert have already recognized the United Provinces as a "Free Republic", regrets that the negotiations for peace have stalled and implies that the States could do more to facilitate progress. The States General's reply to the Emperor says that King Philip and Archduke Albert, have not fully informed him, and that the Spanish have continued to attempt to undermine the United Provinces by violence on land and at sea contrary to the agreements reached in Cologne.
The pamphlet went through two editions, which were issued with all three editions of the Nederlandtsche Bye-Korf between April and August 1608. It was one of the few Bye-Korf pamphlets that was not banned, so that it was again reprinted in the expurgated Bye-Korf after that time. Tiele suggests that this is the second printing, but the order is not certain.
Especially interesting for the States General's quite detailed reply.

Very good copy.- (With minor tears on or near the fold of the outer bifolium, not approaching the text, and slightly browned).
Asher 26, 27 or 28/33; Knuttel 1513; Simoni G 43; Tiele 716; OCLC WorldCat (5 copies).

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Low Countries  Pamphlets  Politics  Religion  Spain 

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