ABSTRACT
TRUEMAN. Sir, the packet from Genoa is arriv’d. [Gives letters.
THOROWGOOD. Heav’n be praised, the storm that threaten’d our royal mistress, pure religion, liberty, and laws, is for a time diverted; the haughty and revengeful Spaniard, disappointed of the loan on which he depended from Genoa, must now attend the slow return of wealth from his new world, to supply his empty coffers, e’er he can execute his purpos’d invasion of our happy island;13 by which means time is gain’d to make such preparations on our part, as may, heav’n concurring, prevent his malice, or turn the meditated mischief on himself.
