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 No ooner was King James come to the Crown, but all the Reputation we had acquir'd in her glorious Reign was eclips'd, and we became the corn of all Nations about us, contemned even by that State we had created, who inulted us at Sea, eiz'd Amboyna, Polcroon, Seran, and other Places in the Eat-Indies, by which they that mot profitable Trade of Spices; fih'd upon our Coats without paying the cutomary Tribute, and at the ame time prevail'd with the King to deliver up the Cautionary Towns of Brill, Ramekins, and Fluhing, for a very mall Conideration, tho' there were near fix Millions Arrears. He quandred the public Treaure, dicountenanc'd all the great Men who were rais'd in the glorious Reign of his Predeceor, cut off Sir Walter Raleigh's Head, advanced Favourites of his own, Men of no Merit, to the highet Preferment; and to maintain their Profuenes, he granted them Monopolies, infinite Projects, protituted Honours for Money, rais'd and Loans without Authority of Parliament. And when thee Grievances were complain'd of there, he committed many of the principal Members without Bail or Mainprie, as he did afterwards for preuming to him againt the Spanih Match. He pardon'd the Earl of Someret and his Wife for Sir Thomas Overbury's Murder, after he had imprecated all the Cures of upon himelf and his Poterity; and it was  thought becaue the Earl was Acceary to the poioning Prince Henry. He permitted his Son-in-law to be ejected out of his Principalities, and the Protetant to be run down in Germany and France, while he was bubbled nine Years together with the hopes of the Spanih Match, and a great Fortune. Afterwards he made a dihonourable Treaty of Marriage with France, giving the Papits Liberty of Concience; and indeed, as he often declared, he was no otherwie an Enemy to, than for their depoing of Kings, and King-killing Doctrine. In Ireland he gave them all the incouragement he durt; which Policy has been follow'd by all his ince to this preent Reign, and has erv'd 'em to two purpoes: One is, by this they have had a pretence to keep up Standing Armies there to awe the Natives: and the other, that they might make ue of the Natives