His Observations in his Travailes Upon the State of the XVII Provinces as they Stood Amno Com. 1609. The Treatie of Peace being then on Foote.
Printed MDC.XXVI, First edition. ESTC S113538; STC 18903. In 1609 courtier and poet Thomas Overbury (1581-1613) traveled through the Low Countries and France and wrote this essay about the equilibrium of power between France, Spain and England that would guarantee their mutual preservation. This would become known as the "balance.....