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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK VI GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND WITHOUT THE PARLIAMENT. TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND
- BOOK VII CONNEXION BETWEEN THE TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND AND THOSE IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE
- CHAP. I Campaign of Charles I against Scotland
- CHAP. II Relations of the English Court with the Court and Policy of France
- CHAP. III Relations of England with the army of Bernard of Weimar and with the Spanish fleet under Oquendo
- CHAP. IV Renewed disturbances in Scotland
- CHAP. V Strafford and the Short Parliament
- CHAP. VI The Scots in England
- BOOK VIII THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND THE KING, DOWN TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR
- BOOK IX THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, 1642—1646
- BOOK X INDEPENDENTS AND PRESBYTERIANS. FATE OF THE KING
CHAP. III - Relations of England with the army of Bernard of Weimar and with the Spanish fleet under Oquendo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK VI GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND WITHOUT THE PARLIAMENT. TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND
- BOOK VII CONNEXION BETWEEN THE TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND AND THOSE IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE
- CHAP. I Campaign of Charles I against Scotland
- CHAP. II Relations of the English Court with the Court and Policy of France
- CHAP. III Relations of England with the army of Bernard of Weimar and with the Spanish fleet under Oquendo
- CHAP. IV Renewed disturbances in Scotland
- CHAP. V Strafford and the Short Parliament
- CHAP. VI The Scots in England
- BOOK VIII THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND THE KING, DOWN TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR
- BOOK IX THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, 1642—1646
- BOOK X INDEPENDENTS AND PRESBYTERIANS. FATE OF THE KING
Summary
It is quite true that Charles I was at this time engaged, as he had been at an earlier period, in carrying on negotiations with the Spanish court which might easily have led to an open quarrel with France.
In the autumn of 1638 a contract was drawn up at Brussels, according to which Spain and England were to unite in order to wrest from the French their conquests in Germany and Italy; indeed it was the great interest which the two crowns had in this object which brought them together. On the other hand the Emperor Ferdinand III was to be induced by the Spanish court to recall the ban which had been issued against Frederick Count Palatine, and to restore the Electorship to the heirs of that prince. King Charles was quite ready to accede to the contract, if only trustworthy security were given to him with regard to the Palatinate.
In the spring of 1639 accordingly the intention of Charles I to take troops from the Spanish Netherlands into his service, as formerly mentioned, was much discussed. The Cardinal-Infant asked a question on the subject in Spain.
A third point on which negotiations took place was still more urgent. The Spanish monarchy was once more collecting all its resources to send a great fleet with troops and the necessaries of war to the Netherlands. The Spaniards indeed boasted that they desired to chastise the insolence of the Dutch and French: but in fact they were conscious of the superiority of their adversaries.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 157 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1875