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AN APOLOGIE, 1598
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certain Scotch gentleman, named Mr. Ogilby, whom Cecill
accuseth and argueth of great disloyaltie and misdemean1'3 in
matters of State, but how iustly and injuriously I meane not
at all to dispute, because the matter dependeth, and Mr. Mr. Ogilvy.
Ogilby abideth still his triall, in Spaine, but his accuser has
gone.1 The second part doth conteine certeyne infamous asser¬
tions against the K. of Scotland, whose honor and vertue by
Gods assistance I will mainteyne and defend by both my penne
and launce to the last end of my life.
In defence.
It is easie to euynce the cause that is not contradicted, and
the pursuer oftentymes preuaylleth throughe the non appar-
ence of the defendant. So, Mr. Cecill, I hope if you have anie
victorie in this cause, It must needs be of this kynd; and surely
this kind of victorie hath but small triumphe, because it
inclineth somewhat to fellonie and thefte. But feare not, Mr.
Cecill, I meane not to call you a theife, in plaine termes,
although you go about to steale the honor of a Prince. And
first of all behold Mr. Cecill his emest cause, the dishonor of a
Prince. Marke his mayne^conclusion. The K. of Scotland is an
impious and dishonorable Prince : he is an obstinate heretick :
The fathers of both the nations cannot convert him to the
Catholicke faith : Noble Princes haue entreated him : he hath
ben tempted wth rich presents. Therefore there is no hope at
all of his conuersion. A braue demonstration, when both the
antecedent is false secundum quid, and the consequent hath no
necessitie. For although the K. of Scotland hath ben taught The King not
and trayned up from his tendre yeares in the errors of his owne ^r°^tinate
countrie, and hath not yet had the fauor of God to taste the
heauenlie founteynes of the Catholiq® faith, he doth not ther-
fore merite the odious name of an obstinate hereticke : Neither
is it true that the Jesuit fathers of both the nations haue
importuned his conuersion: for it is notorious to the societie
in Flanders, Spaine, and Italie, what hath ben done by anie of
1 ‘ I protest before God ’ (says Cecil) ‘ I knew not of Ogilbie’s imprisonment
till I came into Scotland, nor ever heard of Doleman’s name or book till Fury
had his dispatch in Toledo ’ (fol. 9).
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certain Scotch gentleman, named Mr. Ogilby, whom Cecill
accuseth and argueth of great disloyaltie and misdemean1'3 in
matters of State, but how iustly and injuriously I meane not
at all to dispute, because the matter dependeth, and Mr. Mr. Ogilvy.
Ogilby abideth still his triall, in Spaine, but his accuser has
gone.1 The second part doth conteine certeyne infamous asser¬
tions against the K. of Scotland, whose honor and vertue by
Gods assistance I will mainteyne and defend by both my penne
and launce to the last end of my life.
In defence.
It is easie to euynce the cause that is not contradicted, and
the pursuer oftentymes preuaylleth throughe the non appar-
ence of the defendant. So, Mr. Cecill, I hope if you have anie
victorie in this cause, It must needs be of this kynd; and surely
this kind of victorie hath but small triumphe, because it
inclineth somewhat to fellonie and thefte. But feare not, Mr.
Cecill, I meane not to call you a theife, in plaine termes,
although you go about to steale the honor of a Prince. And
first of all behold Mr. Cecill his emest cause, the dishonor of a
Prince. Marke his mayne^conclusion. The K. of Scotland is an
impious and dishonorable Prince : he is an obstinate heretick :
The fathers of both the nations cannot convert him to the
Catholicke faith : Noble Princes haue entreated him : he hath
ben tempted wth rich presents. Therefore there is no hope at
all of his conuersion. A braue demonstration, when both the
antecedent is false secundum quid, and the consequent hath no
necessitie. For although the K. of Scotland hath ben taught The King not
and trayned up from his tendre yeares in the errors of his owne ^r°^tinate
countrie, and hath not yet had the fauor of God to taste the
heauenlie founteynes of the Catholiq® faith, he doth not ther-
fore merite the odious name of an obstinate hereticke : Neither
is it true that the Jesuit fathers of both the nations haue
importuned his conuersion: for it is notorious to the societie
in Flanders, Spaine, and Italie, what hath ben done by anie of
1 ‘ I protest before God ’ (says Cecil) ‘ I knew not of Ogilbie’s imprisonment
till I came into Scotland, nor ever heard of Doleman’s name or book till Fury
had his dispatch in Toledo ’ (fol. 9).
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| Description | Contents:The library of James VI. In the hand of Peter Young, his tutor, 1573-1583 / G.F. Warner -- Documents illustrating Catholic policy in the reign of James VI., 1596-1598 / Thomas Graves Law -- Twenty-four letters of Sir Thomas Hope, ... 1627-1646 / Robert Paul -- Civil war papers, 1643-1650 / H.F. Morland Simpson -- Thirty-four letters written to James Sharp, ... 1660-1677 / John Dowden -- The diary of George Turnbull, minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657-1704 / Robert Paul -- The Masterton papers, 1660-1719 / V.A. Noël Paton -- Accompt of expenses in Edinburgh by Alexander Rose of Kilravock, 1715 / A.H. Millar -- Papers about the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 / Henry Paton -- General index -- Index to the library of James VI. |
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