Observations uppon the state of the seaventeene provinces as they stoode Anno Domini 1609 the Treaty of Peace being then on foote, and first uppon that of the Provynces united [manuscript], ca. 1609.

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Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613. Observations uppon the state of the seaventeene provinces as they stoode Anno Domini 1609 the Treaty of Peace being then on foote, and first uppon that of the Provynces united [manuscript], ca. 1609.

Observations uppon the state of the seaventeene provinces as they stoode Anno Domini 1609 the Treaty of Peace being then on foote, and first uppon that of the Provynces united [manuscript], ca. 1609.

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"Observations" were made during a trip to France and the Netherlands in 1609, when Overbury was 28, during negotiations for what would be the Twelve Years' Truce during the Dutch revolt against Spanish occupation. Less a travel journal than a series of notes on government, economy, military capacity and society, it is divided into sections on the United Provinces, the "Arch-Dukes Contrey" [the Spanish Netherlands], and "France . . . under Henry 4th," actively compared and contrasted as a "Commonwealthe," a "Province" or colony, and a "Monarchie, one of the most absolute of these parts."

16 leaves ; 21 x 16 cm.

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