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Chap. 1.

For one hot Afternoon (as being towards the end of June) while we walk'd in the Court before his House: In very obliging Termes he ask'd me concerning my Journey, and the Rea­sons that had mov'd me to it. After I had spoken many things with equal Freedom and Truth, concerning the troubles of Belgia: I told him at last, that howsoever I had pretended another; yet this was the very Reason of my departure. For who, O Langius said I, is there to be found of so flinty and hard a heart; as longer to endure these evils? We are toss'd as you see, for so many Years together in the stormes of a Civil War: and are whirl'd up and down in a Tempestuous Sea with the different Winds of Trouble and Sedition. Doth my temper incline me to ease and quiet? Rh