Report and Answer to the Bavarian-Anhalt Secret Chancellery

reputation and good name, they have so far published nothing in public print (except for what appeared very recently in certain small tracts and writings, such as the Forerunner original: Prodromus and the Spanish Chancery original: Cancellariâ Hispanicâ, albeit briefly and incidentally original: breviter & incidenter, yet quite forcefully and appropriately original: nervosè & appositè, and later somewhat more extensively in the Mystery of Iniquity original: Mysterio iniquitatis). Regarding this, those who had the opportunity and could use printing presses term: Typographias — printing houses or establishments. for their benefit will no doubt have their significant concerns and reasons.

The Palatine people Refers to the subjects and officials of Frederick V, the Elector Palatine, whose lands were seized by Catholic forces early in the Thirty Years' War., however, as is known, have been scattered by the hostile and violent occupation of the Upper and Lower Palatinate, so that those who found themselves outside of Heidelberg were not in control of any printing house to publish their necessary defense; furthermore, whatever was intended for or sent to or from Heidelberg was subject to hostile interception original: interceptioni hostili.

But because it is feared that a long-lasting silence original: silentium might generally be taken and interpreted as a silent confession or as a conviction original: pro tacita confessione, aut pro convictione, and might give the Roman The Catholic party. party a great advantage while causing an irreparable prejudice term: præjudicium — in a legal sense, a preliminary judgment that causes disadvantage or harm to a later case. and disadvantage to the members of the Union, indeed to the whole Evangelical term: Evangelical — at this time, a general term for Protestants (Lutherans and Calvinists). cause, it has been deemed an unavoidable necessity to prepare the present brief, well-founded report on the principal chapters original: Capita, passages, and points of the aforementioned Bavarian Chancery.

The intent is to get somewhat closer to the specifics original: ad speciem and the public individuals, and to provide this as a sample and a test that this Bavarian book is not based on solid demonstrations and clear proofs original: solidas demonstrationes, vnd claras probationes, as the author in the preface would like to persuade people. Rather, it is filled throughout with fallacies, false reasonings, distortions, mutilated citations original: fallaciæ, paralogismi, detorsiones, mutilatæ allegationes, and in short, many clever legal and political tricks and artifices original: artificia are mixed in. One also publicly declares that they intend to apply moderation and modesty, to abstain from all insults original: convitiorum, and to show everyone the proper respect due to their status and character. On the other hand, it is also expected that what is set forth above, and with...