17th century

**SwordsMaster** · 12-29-2006, 18:31

Originally Posted by Franconicus

Philippe,

my messages did not make it to you. Can you clear your mailbox please?

Sorry. I believe the King's new secretary has sorted the problem. The old one is rowing on a galley off the Berbery coast if i am not mistaken.

**SwordsMaster** · 12-30-2006, 19:05

First, several announcements of the King of all the Spains:
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The King wishes to welcome to Spain to all engineers, mathematicians, artillerists, seamen, officers, and colonists of christian faith that wish to start a life in Iberia. They will be granted jobs either in Spain or the colonies and will be treated according to their position.
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Also, works to embellish the city of Madrid have begun, to mark this new age of economic prosperity.The King wishes to send word to the best sculptors of christendom to come to the city and participate in a project that will grant them fame and fortune.
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The King also suggests to the cities in Northern Italy to accept spanish rule to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, and wishes to reassure Venice that Spain has no intention of attacking her.

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His Catholic Majesty will also offer asylum to the Holy Roman Emperor should he wish to abandon his country, and will support a catholic Emperor in the future. As much as the King does not share the Emperor's policy, he does not forget the ties of blood and faith that join our two houses.

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The King's troops will commence a campaign to rid Spanish Africa of pirate strongholds.

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OOC: Happy New Year to all! May it be creative and productive, and above all, interactive (pun intended

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**Rodion Romanovich** · 12-30-2006, 20:07

Official statement from Denmark:

The King of Denmark invites the Protestant Coalition to another meeting to discuss the future of the Coalition, and it's plans in the nearest future. The meeting will take place in the autumn of 1614.

In the meantime, Denmark condemns the Polish actions towards Brandenburg and advices the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to withdraw their troops and pay money corresponding to the upkeep of 5,000 mercenaries for a year to allow Brandenburg to repair the damages made. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth should also hand over the prisoners they took outside Königsberg and Memel to Brandenburg authorities. Prussia is the property of the elector of Brandenburg, as a vassal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and he has been a loyal vassal of Poland. If the leader of the Commonwealth sees it fit to attack one of his vassals, what keeps him from attacking his other vassals?

Denmark also wishes to announce that she will use her entire fleet to clear the sound straits and the North Sea from pirates.

Finally, the King of Denmark wishes the new year to be a great year that sees success and prosperity for our friends, and the destruction of our foes!

**IrishArmenian** · 12-30-2006, 20:51

How can Poland massacre Prussians while holding of a Russian Uprising?
A most intriuging paradox, yes, Sigismund?
Lord of Prussia and Brandenburg, Sigismund must react to this, for if he goes in with both, we will both have victory immediatley. If he commits, he risks the karge chance that the ost able of us will attack the Poles with unheard of ferocity while he has his whle army fighting the other. Sigismund's only true option is to make peace for the safety of his people, most notably his women, from my troops!

**Marshal Murat** · 12-30-2006, 21:13

Statement from King Sigismund

The Commonwealth has the full right to bring a vassal back into line while they forment rebellion and war. The use of Polish vassal lands to train, equip, and provide troops for a war that Poland has NO INVOLVEMENT IN, it is tantamount to revolution. We are offended that the Branenbrugian Elector has used this land for his own goals, and not alerted the King and Sejm about this outlawry. We are neutral, and not one part of our land will be used for either Protestant of Catholic sides.
As such, we are disgusted that Denmark would suggest that Poland is somehow reponsible for this outlawry and bias that is not in the Commonwealth. Our nation is one that is not involved in this conflict. We approve of Calvinist, Protestants, Catholic, Russian Orthodox, and Muslims. We are not favoring any one religion over another.

As such, we formally protest the Protestant Coalition's obvious bias against our accepting society. We have Protestants here in the Commonwealth, and we ask that the Coalition accept an ambassador from the Commonwealth so that any issues that concern Protestants be addressed by the Commonwealth's ambassador and resolved.

**Franconicus** · 12-30-2006, 22:50

The Marechal de France declares:

The French King has decided, that the differences between the Polish King and the Duke of Prussia are an internal affair. He will not care about it as long as no side asks for his moderation.

The French King also declares the Polish heir the rightful Tsar.

The French King has decided that France will not participate in the Danish meeting. He asks His Dutch neighbors to be agent for the French interests and to report Him after the meeting.

**Rodion Romanovich** · 12-30-2006, 23:59

Official statement from Denmark:

It's widely known that the very legal noble revolt in the year of the Lord 1605 against the rule of King Sigismund was directed against his attempts to reduce the influence of the Sejm. To speak of having a right to "bring a vassal back in line" for no reason, if anything, must be taken as an indication that he is making the same mistake again. At first the attack was presented as a war on a Protestant, then the King declares acceptance of all religions, and suddenly the attack on one of our allies is presented as an attack on a vassal accused of some unspecified crime, rather than a war against the Protestant faith. Will you now, when you return to the Sejm, withdraw that statement and again tell them that it was in fact an attack on the Protestantism?

Denmark wishes to keep peace and order in the region, and since we have had good relations with the Commonwealth previously, and played - and still play - a crucial role in enabling the Commonwealth to sell their goods abroad, we deserve an explanation for why one of our allies (that we are acting as the protector of) was attacked for seemingly no reason. In this conflict so close to our homelands, it will be difficult for us to be netural, and we will soon be forced to take sides. The question is - which side should we choose? The side that was attacked and begs us for our help, or the side that attacks our ally, but has apparently forgotten what a problematic situation it puts us in, forcing us to choose sides between two countries that should both be our friends. The side that also abandoned us while we were at war, and made separate peace with our common enemy Sweden. That enemy is now our friend, but is still the enemy of the Commonwealth.

In the meantime while we await your response, Danish ships will assist Brandenburg in supplying the civilian Protestants in Königsburg and Memel and ensure their safety and upkeep stability of trade in the region. Denmark also offers Protestant refugees from Prussia to settle on Danish soil until the matter has been resolved.

**Marshal Murat** · 12-31-2006, 01:00

B]King Sigismund of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Concerning Prussia and Brandenburg[/B]

Prussia is a vassal of Poland. He is a vassal and has to submit to the rule of the King and the Sejm.
As such they are under our jurisdiction. This isn't a fight against Protestants, it is a fight against the use of Polish lands for a war that Poland considers outside of the realm of combat. We don't care if the Holy Roman Empire wins or loses this war, or if the Protestants are destroyed. We are concerned about our territory being used by any nation as a training ground for this war.

Some Brandenburg troops under training

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This statement in the course of the war has revealed that the Brandenburg elector has used the vassal of Prussia as a training ground, far from the Holy Roman Empires control and jurisdiction.
Denmark, we aren't asking you to attack us, or defend us. We are asking that you provide for the war that you signed up for. Do not think that Brandenburg is a white sheep, and that we attacked them without reason. We have had information from honest Poles, stating this treasonous act against the Commonwealth.
I present to the Sejm, and the world, my report on the situation.
I was presented with information that the Elector of Brandenburg has used Prussia as a training ground for his soldiers in a war against the Holy Roman Empire. This war, a regrettable incident, has not involved Polish soldiers. We are not taking sides in this conflict, we are preserving the sanctity of Poland. If we allowed this use of land for a war that we consider beyond our needs or wants, then I consider this illegal. My quote...

War in Prussia
The invasion of Prussia is the right of the king to prevent the Protestants from using Polish territory to train troops to fight in this European war. We are disgusted that Brandenburg would use the land and peoples there-in for a highly suspicious and religiously driven war.

I am preventing the Polish nation from having to chose sides in this suspicious conflict. I am not declaring any religion false or bad. I am saying that the Protestant use of Prussia for military campaigns in Germany is something that the Crown doesn't want to occur. If the Holy Roman Empire tried to use a vassal in Poland for training, then we would have done the same.
Prussia is mine, a vassal nation that has been raped of her resources for a war that we aren't interested in. I am protecting my nation from the turmoil and religious conflict that has highlighted the recent months.
Do not believe that I will watch as parts of my Commonwealth are drawn into this war, piece by piece. We are neutral.
If the Protestant Coalition decides that this act of bringing Prussia back to the fold, and taking her resources from the war that Poland doesn't support, then we will be forced to reply in kind.
We do not want to kill Danes, Swedes, French, Dutch, or other nations over a purely internal matter. If Brandenburg had kept the war to her own territory then we wouldn't have this problem. I am disgusted and appaled that Brandenburg has considered this a war against Protestantism, and drawing in outside forces to combat my troops. This is a war to preserve Polish neutrality in this conflict.
I do not want Bradenburg to control this province and abuse her resources again. As such, I ask Prussians to lay down their arms and avoid further bloodshed. In Memel and Koeingsburg, we ask the citizens to open the gates to the Poles. Your neutrality in the conflict of Europe is assured, and you will be free to worship as you please. I am not forcing this war on Prussia and involving the nation in this conflict.
I state again that this war is an internal matter. We are preserving Polish neutrality and the citizenry from the harsh situation of war.

**Randarkmaan** · 12-31-2006, 02:10

Official statement from his most illustrious majesty, Ahmad I, Sultan, Caliph and ruler of Constantinople:

"All jews and muslims who may remain in Iberia and who face religious persecution as an every day event, are welcome to come to the Ottoman Empire, here you will have sanctuary against the repressive despot residing on the Spanish throne."

Also he wishes all monarchs, who celebrate the New Year as according to the faulty Gregorian calendar, a very happy New Year!

**IrishArmenian** · 12-31-2006, 05:17

Originally Posted by Marshal Murat

As such they are under our jurisdiction. This isn't a fight against Protestants, it is a fight against the use of Polish lands for a war that Poland considers outside of the realm of combat. We don't care if the Holy Roman Empire wins or loses this war, or if the Protestants are destroyed. We are concerned about our territory being used by the Protestants as a training ground.

I apologise, good Sigismund, did you just contradict yourself in the same paragraph?
Indecision probably runs in your family, I can tell Russia's new Tzar-elect will be able

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Good King of France, why do you forsake me? The Boyars were bought out, and you hide as soon as the winds shift? At least the Sultan is still my brother.