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Scæa. 5a.

Enter Orange; Bredero: Vandort William [Henry]: Lords.
Table.
—A Bar brought in
Vand.
Let him be sent for presently: he shall know,
were he ten times more popular, his Frends
and flatterers Centuple, the Sword of Iustice
shall fall on him, as on the meanest man
since he deserves it.

—Enter Prouost, Captaines & Guard wt h Barnauelt
Pro.
Make roome for the Prisoner:

Bar.
My dutie to Yor Highnes, and theis Princes.
and an increase of wisdome to Yor Lordships
for wc h the world admires you, I wish to You:
Alas, what troble do's a Weake old man
(that is being out of all imployment, vseles,
the bag of his deserts too, cast behind you)
impose vpon this Senat? my poore life
(wc h others envy makes you Instruments
to fight against) will hardly be a Conquest
worthie such great performers.

Vand.
Mounseiur Barnauelt
'tis no mans envy, that hath brought vs hether
to sitt as Iudges on You, but yor owne
your owne late Actions, they haue raisd a War
against yor former merritts, and defeated
what ever then was ranckt for good, and great,
for wc h your Enemies, those that you thought Frends,
triumph, not wee.

Bre
We rather wish you could
acquitt yorself of that, for which we haue
too evident prooffes, then labor to intrap you.

Bar.
I must beleeue, and suffer whatsoever
yor Lordships charge me with: yet would gladly heare
what my faultes are.

Vand.
read the Confessions
of Leidenberch, and Taurinus.

Bar.
Leidenberch?

Officer
reads.

First, that the Arminian Faction (of w
c h Sr Iohn Van + Olden Barnauelt, late Advocate of Holland, and West Frizeland
and Councellor of State, was w
t hout contradiction the head) had resolued, and agreed, to renounce, and break, the
generallity, and vnitie of the State.

Secondly Change, and alter the Religion: and to that end,
w
t hout the Consent of the generall States, had raysed vp and dispeirsed 3000. Arminian Soldiers,

Thirdly. To degrade the Prince of Orange.

Fourthly. To massacre the people of the Townes, w
c h were their greatest Enemies; or offered resistaunce.

Fiftly yf that fayled, to take in assistaunce of some forreigne
Potentates, as Spaine, or Brabant, delivering vnto them
Vtricht, Nimweghen, Bergen op zone, and the Brill.

Bar.
and that, with others this was Barnauelts purpose
for so yor Lordships take it.

Bred.
with good reason.

Vand.
too many, and strong prooffes invyting vs
to creadit it

Bar.
yf you will haue them such
all truth I can bring to dyvert You r Lordships
from your determinate opinion that way
will not remove them: yet 'tis strange that man
should labor to devide those generall States
that had no weak hand, in vnyting them,
That Barnauelt, (a name you haue remembred
when you haue thought by whom you were made happie)
That Barnauelt (alowd I dare repeat it)
Who, when there was Combustion in the State,
yor Excellence, Graue William, and Count Henrie
taking Instructions for your Com̄aunds
from one that then ruld all: the Prouinces
refucing to bring in their Contributions
and arguing whether the West Frizelander
and Hollander had powre to raise such Tribut,
when many of the Governor s stood ill
affected to you; all or Garrisons
not sworne then to the Generall States, but others,
wc h the promiscuous multitude gladly followed:
when Graues & Vendloe, were held by the Spaniard
and Nimweghen wt h violence assaulted,
Confusion wt h one greedy gripe being ready
to seaze on all; then, when the Sluice was lost,
and all in muteny at Midleborough:
who then rose vp, or durst step in before me,
to doe theis Cuntries service? who then labourd
more then the now suspected Barnauelt
t'appease seditions, and compound all Quarrells?
who pacifide the Malcontents? who taught you
to stand vpon yor Guards, and trust your selves?
Ô you forgettfull, all this I performd,
and in the golden fagot of faire Concord
bound safely vp those strengthes, which Mutenies,
Corruption, and home-bred Traitorr s scatterd.

Vand.
this is a point you often choose to treat of:
and yet some part of theis good services
none will deny you.

Or.
but to ingrosse all,
would argue me yor ward, should I give way too't,
and theis grave Lords, yor Schollers.

Bar

[Vand.]
[You take leave]
[to speak of that, which you so oft haue told]
[that 'tis the talk of Children.]

[Bar]

Or.
pawse I beseech you,
and while you gather breath to fill the Trumpet
of your deserts, give me leave to deliuer
a litle for the States, and mine owne honor,
We haue heard a glorious Catologue of your vertues,
but not one vice, or slip of yours, remembred:
but I will help yor memory: who was he
that gave intelligence of my sodaine com̄ing
to surprize Antwerpe? they that brought the Letters
were knowne, and but from you could haue no notice
of any such design«.»: who hinderd me
from rescuing of Rhinberch in the last Seige?
who warranted the yeilding of it vp
wt hout necessitie to the Governor?
who was the cause no greater powre was sent
against the Enemie, when he past the Rhine,
and tooke the Townes of Oldensell, Lingen, Groll?
To thinck of this, would give a litle vent
to the windy bladder of you r vanitie,
which you have blowne to an vnlymitted vastnes.
your Insolence to me, before the Battaile
of Flaunders, I forget.

Bar.
[You shall not Sir,]

[Bar:]

[I was not there,]
[but what in Councell freely I deliuerd]
[before 'twas sought, yor Grace must graunt was honest:]
[you were in person there and pro«ui»dent]
[nor tax I that: 'tis fit a Generall:]

(Marginal note by Scribe)

['twas when your Highnes too much providence]
+ [(«fo»r willingly I «wou»ld not say yor feare)]
[«l»ed you to doubt the hazard of a battaile,]
[and said the fortune of the Prouinces]
[was put vpon the Rapiers point, there I]
[(for since you vrge me, I will speak it boldly)]
[stood vp, and offerd if that you refusd«e»,]
[to take the Charge myself]

[Vand]
+ [but well assurd]
['twould not be graunted«.»]

Bred
[and for all the boast]
[staid till the day was won, safe at Ostend«.»]

Or.
[I was in person there—]

Bar.
[and yet you clayme]
[as litle in the victory as I,]
[that then was absent: I was in Ostend,]
+ [you with three troopes of horsse were on the hill]
[and saw the battaile fought, but strook no stroak in't.]
[I must confes 'tis fitt a Generall]
[should looke out for his safetie: and you therefore]
[are to be held ex«cu»sd: But that great day,]
[that memorable day in which or honor s,]
[or lives, and liberties were at the stake,]
[«we owe to» the dir«e»ct«i»on and the vallor]
[of those vnparalelld paire of warlike Brothers]
[the ever-noble Veres: and who takes from them]
[vsurpe on what is theirs.]

Vand.
[doe we sitt here]
[t'arraigne this insolent man?]

Bred.
[or stands he there]
[to Condempne vs?]

William
[to robb you of yor honor,]
[& you sitt patient?]

Henrie.
[turne back theis base slaunders]
[into the Traitor s throat.]

Or.
[no; let him rayle]
[I can contempne his Calumnyes, and convince him]
[wt h truthes shall shake his prowdest confidence]
Call in Modesbargen

Bar.
he a prisoner too?
then I am lost

Or.
ha? do's that startle You?

Bar.
I must collect myself

—Enter [Captaine]/[prouost] wt h Modesbargen Captaine
Or.
you shall heare more.

Modesb.
ô Mounseiur Barnauelt, do wee meet thus
I am as sorry to behold you there
as know myself a Prisoner: Now you perceive
to what a desperate state yor headlong Counselles
and rash designes haue brought vs; to stand out now
were to no purpose for, alas, they haue
too pregnant prooffes against vs.

Bar.
you that feele
the horror of fowle guilt, in you r falce bosom
confes yorself soe: my strong Inocence
to the death stands constant:

Or.
take Modesbargen in.

—Ext
Vand
This is an impudence, I neuer read of:
But now wee'll show thee, miserable man
such further prooffes, as would call vp a blush
vpon the devills cheeke: looke vpon this
signd by the Gouernor, Chauncellor, and Counsell
of Gilderland, and Zutphen; who, here name thee
the roote, and head of the late Schisme:

Bred.
and this
sent from the Lords of Vtrecht, Where 'tis prou'd
that the new Companies, were raisd by you,
and to what purpose.

William
to subvert Religion
to deface Iustice, and to break the vnion
and holly league betweene the Prouinces.

Henry.
The Proclamations are allowd by you
sent forth against the Protestants: and here
yor resolution to degrade my Brother
and then dispose of him, as you thought fitt

Vand.
yor plott here to withdraw all the old Soldiers
from the Com̄aundement of the States, and wyn them
to serve for yor ends, in a Civill war.

Bred.
to raise vp Cittizen against Cittizen,
stranger 'gainst stranger: Soldier against Soldier,
and Maiestrates, against the Maiestrates

Or.
to waste the Land within, that with lesse danger
the forraigne Enemy might make his entraunce,
yf then, this be not treacherie beyond
all presidents of Traitor s.

Bar.

—Exeunt