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A15033	The English myrror A regard wherein al estates may behold the conquests of enuy: containing ruine of common weales, murther of princes, cause of heresies, and in all ages, spoile of deuine and humane blessings, vnto which is adioyned, enuy conquered by vertues. Publishing the peaceable victories obtained by the Queenes most excellent Maiesty, against this mortall enimie of publike peace and prosperitie, and lastly a fortris against enuy, builded vpon the counsels of sacred Scripture, lawes of sage philosophers, and pollicies of well gouerned common weales: wherein euery estate may see the dignities, the true office and cause of disgrace of his vocation. A worke safely, and necessarie to be read of euerie good subiect. By George Whetstones Gent. Seene and allowed.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1586 (1586)	STC 25336; ESTC S111678	158,442	230

displeasure of Maurice the Emperour of Constantinople for this vsurpation he sent an ambassadour to ex cuse his act giuing for reasō the besteging of Rome by the Lombards ioyned with the let of passage by means of the outrage of floudes and waters which drowned diuers places about the time of his election the excuse was accepted howbeit the authoritie of the Emperour concerning the confirmation of the Popes in many following elections continued The Pope finding no wished successe in his saucie attemptes sought to bewitch as the Crocadile who by the teares of her eyes disperseth the venime of her hearte so he with hypocriticall shew of holines purchased such reuerence of mightie kings as in tract time Mahomet King of the Turkes and great grandfather of the great Soliman besieged the same with such a power as Constantinus was vnable to resist and so both himselfe and subiectes became feelers of Mahomets vengeance the stately Constantinople his Emperiall seate and as sundry authours witnes the contention betwéene the Popes of Rome and the patriarches of Constantinople for supremacie was the passage of the Turks attempt and the greatest hope he had of good successe and truely his aduauntage was great for after a cruel fight betweene mastie dogges if a Beare appeare although they will all ioyne to wearie him yet t●…eir former bickering will greatly weaken their forces euen so in ciuill contentions although both partes will ioyne to withstand a common enemie yet their strength will be much abated and their enemies courages more increased But whether this or lacke of magnanimitie in their Emperours were the cause all Christendome rueth the losse of so famous a Citie from whome all nations receiued a benefite and by this Conquest her riches is a scourge to all nations which in times past for the renowne of her beautie and riches was of Strabon called illustris of Plinie and Iustin named noble long was she the chiefe seate of the Empire in her were many generall Councilles celebrated and an infinite number of heresies discyphered destroyed and rooted out This Citie is seated in Europe in a most fertile place of Thracia vpon the particion of the sea betwéene Asia and Europe at the entrie of the sea Euxinus called the great sea and therefore Ouid tearmeth her the port of two seas her beautie fertilitie riches were such as Philip father of Alexander the great besieged her with a mightie power to be possessed of her but after long assaulte in vaine an inhabiter of the citie called Lyon came before the King and spake to him in this maner Shew me Philip what iniurie hast thou receiued of Bisance that thou besiegest her with such anger I am prouoked with no iniurie answered Philip but for that she seemeth to be more faire then any citie in Thracia I am inamored of her am therfore come to conquer her amorous kinges replyed Lyon which will be beloued if their louers indeuour to ouercome them with sweet musicke curtesie and not with sharpe warre and crueltie with this floute Philip was glad to rayse his siege without dammage to the Bysanceans but leaue we Constantinople and the Empire of Grecia in the possession of the Turke the capitoll enemie of Christ and Christians to declare the disposement of the Romaine Empire as great a persecutour of either In the yeere 1002. Othon being Emperor and the kinseman of Pope Gregorie the fift an Almaine borne the sayde Pope made a Lawe to priuiledge the Almaines with the election of the Emperor to which he got the consent of Othon which was that from thenceforth three of the cleargie foure of the laitie should be the electours of the Prince which they called Cesar and king of the Romaines to witte the Archbishop of Magonce of Treues and of Colloine the Marques of Brandebourg the Counte Pallatine de Rhene the Duke of Saxonie and the King of Bohemia and their successoures in these dignities and after their election with the confirmation and approuement by the Pope the Prince elected shoulde be called Emperour Augustus see héere a wonderfull chaunge the Emperours of Rome which for many hundred yéeres had the authoritie to approue and confirme the Popes of Rome are nowe become subiects to the approuement and confirmation of their subiects the Pope and his successours well with this chaunge agreeth the presagement of sainte Ierome who saith that the Romaine Empire which holdeth all nations in subiection shall be abased and then shall Antichrist arise the fountaine of all iniquitie That the Pope of Rome is Antechriste regard what is sayd of this monster in the 7. and 13. of the Apocal. Hee shall make warre with the saintes and shall ouercome them Item power is giuen him ouer all kinreds tongues and nations and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipped him that the Pope of Rome warreth with the saintes ouercommeth them becommeth drunke with their bloud his persecution of the true professours of the Gospell through out Europe is a memorable witnesse of which point the reader of the Registers of the reuerende deuine master Iohn Foxe entituled Actes and monuments of the Church may be liberally satisfied that he hath had power of al kindred tongue and nations the subiection of Emperours and Kings witnes the worshippe and the reuerence done vnto him may not be hid in that he will impudently arrogantly challenge vnto himselfe what onely belongeth to God for it is thus registred in the Cannons that he hath power to saue or to damne how that by waggons full loaden he can send soules to hell can condemne to purgatorie and at pleasure fetch men forth againe where the holy scriptures in sundry places assureth vs that onely God forgiueth sinnes That he is that stru●…et attyred in purple scarlet c. mounted vpon the beast with seuen heads c. spoke of in the 17. and 18. of the Apocal. the Angell expoundeth that these seuen heades signifie seuen mountaines or hilles and what authour remembreth any famous City to be builded vpon seuen mountaines or hilles many say that Rome was so builded but none that witnesse of any other citie the names of which mountaines were thus registred more then a 1600 yeeres since the mount Palatin the mount Capilotin the mount Auentin the mount Esquilin the mount Viminal and the mount Quirinal in remembrance whereof there was in auncient time a feast day in Rome called Septimontinalia Virgil in his Georgickes speaking of Rome her beautie saith that within her walles she inuironeth 7. hils euery particular nation in Europe reuealeth her by this large witnes their Princes haue bene drunken with the bloud of many godly martirs haue insatiably drunken of the Popes poysoned cup of abomination To be briefe the most infirmed eyes may see that the Pope is that Antichrist the Apostle speaketh of that he shall sit in the Temple of God and be honoured as God the Pope not

only taketh that place but will thus be called Domine Deus noster Papa O Lord our God the Pope they may perceiue in him a fulfilling of the prophet Daniel that he should place himselfe aboue all things in the worlde that he should distribute lands kingdoms to such as should take him for a God worship him Leauing to write further of this monsters other damnable sinnes which being past number shall purchase him torments wtout end I will in his enuious tyrannies towards such Princes as were not the seruants of his will reueale this prophecie continue my purpose Morrall Esope reciteth a fable of a snake which being nie frozen to death was by a good husbandman pitied and brought vnto the fire but when the fire had giuen strēgth to this viper he forthwith stung the husbandmans children euen so this Apostata or reuolter from Christ did with all the venime he coulde afflict weaken the Emperiall dignitie whose rulers gaue him first earthly promotion and from time to time sustained him in all his troubles Behold how Pope Benedictus the third enuyed the soueraintie of Emperors anointed Kings who condemned for heretiques one Okan and Dant two persons blinded with al his idolatries superstitions saue that they maintained that Emperors helde their Empires of God and not of the Pope this Pope might more properly haue bene adopted Maledictus then Benedictus as one wiped out of the booke of life which it seemeth he little read and lesse regarded for if he had studied the sacred Bible the perfect mirror both of heauenly grace morrall gouernement it is like he might haue light vpon these passages of holy scripture By me kings raigne and Counsailours discerne iustice by me kinges rule and rulers iudge the earth hearken then you kinges c. for power is giuen you of the Lord. Dauid thus saith The Lord teacheth the kings hands to mannage armes and his fingers to war c. the Lord establisheth Kings hath power ouer kingdoms and disposeth them at his pleasure and to whome he please The great King Artaxerxes acknowledgeth that the most great good God gaue him his forefathers their kingdom And briefely to conclude the excellencie of imperiall and regall dignitie there is no superiour power but of God well though the least of these vnreproueable authorities suffice to condemne these tyrannous Popes to hel no wonder that they all stopped not his accursed mouth that pronounced the vniust sentence against these two innocent persons for he the Pope I meane who striueth to matche the Maiestie of God enuyeth the recordes of his power and feareth not what is writte of his vengeance much lesse can endure that Emperors Kings and such potentates should be Gods Lieutenantes on earth his pride bewrayeth the one and his enuie dayly discouereth the other The Chronicles of euery christian common wealth are testimonies that since Princes became the subiects of this proude Pope their kingdomes were neuer free from curses excommunications nor Kinges cleare from depriuement of kingdomes their subiects free from priuie seditions nor their countreyes vnoutraged with open rebellions if his worde gouerned not the sworde and his will stood not in steade of law so that it is a question whether his hypocrisie haue wrought more mischiefe in the West or the Turkes open tyrannies in the East Upon some enuious suggestions Gregory the ninth and Innocentius the fourth Pope of Rome did depose the Emperour Fredericke the second excommunicated and banished his faithfull and obedient subiects absolued the rest of their othe and furthermore graunted great indulgences and pardon to such as would rebelliously rise to confound him yea after he had with an hundred and twentie thousand markes redeemed himselfe from this excommunication he was notwithstanding that once againe banished and accursed The perfect histories of Fraunce witnesse that Pope Vrbane the fourth about the yeere of our Lord 1264. violently did depose Conradus of his kingdome of Scicilia being his right inheritance and gaue the same to Charles Earle of Angion and brother to Lodouicke the French king to frustrate which gift Pope Nicholas the thirde about the yeere 1268. caused Peter king of Arragon to come out of Italie to depriue the said Charles and to possesse him thereof hee wrought a practise that in one night all the French both men women and children within the Iland of Scicilia were murthered by the inhabitants thereof In remembrance of which crueltie to this day there is a worde called the Scicilian euensong Pope Boniface the eight enuiyng the maiesty of the Emperour Adelphus de nassan predecessor of the Prince of Orenge for challenging to be the Popes superiour stirred vp Albert the first Duke of Austriche of that name and race to take armes against the Emperour for the imperiall seate and assisted him with the secreat councell and strength of Gerrard Archbishop of Maience in which battaile the Emperour was slaine and Albert succéeded in the Empyre In so much as puffed vp with pride for the lucky successe of his vngodly practises this vngratious Pope in his Iubile caused two swoordes in triumph to be carried before him making the bearer of the one to cry O Christ see there the Vicar on earth And the other O Peter see there thy successour In so much as the French king called Philip le Bell hating his pride refused to acknowledge him for his superiour For which contempt he pronounced the recited Albert king both of Rome and Fraunce whervpon the said Phillip secreatly in the night vnder the conduct of Sarra Colomna sent out 400. horse men tooke the Pope at Anagnia and from thence ledde him prisoner to Rome To whom the king in this scoffing maner wrote Sciat fatuitas vestra c. and after his beastlye death which shortlye followed his arriuall at Rome he was long remembred with this reproch Intrauit vt vulpes regnauit vt leo morritur vt Canis Sée what large coates Pope Gregorye the 7. cut of other mens cloath because he could not make the Emperour Henry the fourth the vassaile of his will he firste excommunicated the sayde Emperour and cursed all his adherentes and after gaue Ralphe Duke of Swaben his kingdome with an imperiall crowne bended with this trim verse Petra dedit petro petrus diadema Radulpho A diadem the rocke gaue Peter and his race And Ralph receaued a royall crowne from Peters holy grace But although the Pope were prodigall in his gift yet his holines nor power could shield the vnfortunate Ralphe from the vengeaunce due vnto traitours who shortly after was pitifully slayne who hauing his handes first cut off lamentablye exclaimed before the bishops that through the Popes their prouocations he and his confederates were accursed for rebelling against his owne lord supreme head Not long after this succéeded pope Paschalis the seconde who excōmunicated the emperor a freshe

in this long disquiet realme in the 24. yéere of his raigne he peaceably called this noble king Henry vnto his heauenly kingdome and as a visible signe that he blessed the ioyninge of these two kingly houses in one hee gaue vnto this noble king by Quéene Elizabeth his wife sundrye goodly children of which as the vndoubted heyre of the kingdome by both titles was crowned the victorious king Henry the eight CHAP. 4. A sommarie of the royall vertues of king Henry the eight THe most victorious king Henry the 8. sonne of king Henry the 7. beganne his triumphaunt raigne the 22. of Aprill 1509. whose inuincible courage was feared and admired through al Europe He was a moste bountefull Prince towardes well descruing subiectes the magnanimity of his countenaunce kept them in a louing obedience In the 5. yéere of his raigne a fore presagement that he should clymbe aboue the Pope of Rome The Emperour Maximilian the Popes lawfull soueraine and all the nobilitie of Holland Braband and Flaunders receaued wages vnder king Henries banner whose puissaunce discomforted and abashed the whole power of Fraunce This royall king besides that he was Alexander in fielde he was a Philosopher in the Uniuersity And in his great learning blessed his subiectes with the fruites of this olde Prouerbe happy are those people whose king is a Philosopher And doubtlesse where the Prince is learned the people are peaceably gouerned Science which containeth all duties with varietie of examples so liberallie instructeth the louers and followers of her lore In the thirtéenth yeare of his raigne the King wrote with his owne hand a booke against Martin Luther for which the Pope named him Defender of the faith but little fore-feared he that God would make him the capitall offender of the Romish superstition Saule breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lorde receiued a speciall charge from the high Priests for the persecution of all sort of Christians at Damasco but God whose wisedome iudgeth the determinations of men wrought a wonderfull change in Saule for of a persecutor he made him a faithfull Apostle and chiefe strengthener of the Gentiles Euen so gratious●…ie dealed God with this most noble King whereas the Pope imagined to haue by this title made him the sustainer of hys Idolatrie God by his holie spirit moued him to vse the same to the first capitall disgrace of Antichrist the Pope But as the good Father Latimer certified his Maiestie the title Defender of the faith simplie considered was more then was due to any earthly prince whē his holy word deliuered by his Ministers both fostered and defended the same But in as much as it was Gods good will that vnder this kings and his offsprings authoritie the same should haue the most visible protection it may be lawfully thought that it was his will that the Pope should so intitle him as foreséeing by his wisedome that this prince in his séed should ouerthrow the Popes vsurped authoritie the most publike enimie of the true auncient and Apostolike faith Many interprete this prophesie of Esdras ecce leo concitatus de sylua rugiens c. loe a Lyon hastely running out of the wood roring who with a mās voice reprooued the saucie and misproud Eagle to figure thys noble prince Henry the 8. The rauening Eagle that had the victory ouer the foure beasts which God would haue had rained in the world that troubled the méeke c. is likewise interpreted to be Antichrist the Bishop of Rome The Armes of Rome which is the Eagle and the actions of the Pope wel approueth their interpretation Now who is more like to be this Lion that came roring out of the wood and shewed the rauening Eagles villanies to all the princes of the earth then King Henry the eight who euermore stoutly defied the Pope who euermore plainely painted his murthers deceits and abhominations then King Henry the 8. nay who first catched him by the throte but King Henry the 8. When all christian princes stood in awe of his curse he banished all his authoritie out of England when the meanest Bishops in other realmes would checke their Kings in his cause he caused the whole Cleargy by his learned Councell to be iudged in a premunire for mainteining the power legantine of Cardinall Wolsey who being called by processe into the Kings bench were glad by submission to pray pay á hundred thousand pounds for remission When other princes feared to murmur against the Pope secretly King Henry in the name of himselfe and his Nobles wrote a booke against the counsell appointed by the Pope at Mantua signifying to the whole world that the Pope had no more authoritie then an other Bishop and how that the appointment of Counsels only appertained to the Emperour and other Princes of Christendome What Lion was euer so bold with the Eagle of Rome as this Lion of England What Lion is so like to come roring out of the wood as the Lion of England The Lion of Vennice commeth out of the water The Lion of England is proper passant bowes and arrowes which are his strength commeth out of the wood I would the Popes english fauourers would wey this prophelie with the pride enuy outrage both of diuine humane blessings setled in the hart and séene in the actions of this Emperious Pope and then by allegorie they would peraduenture repute him to be this ambitious Eagle signified by the armes of his sea capitol city Rome And on the contrary part if with the like regard they would behold the wonderful disgraces that this noble king by himselfe princely children hath daily giueth this enuious Pope they should haue large cause to beléeue that our Lion signified by the armes of England with his mans voice should set this misproud Eagles head aw●…y should vanish his wings weaken his kingdome in fine set his whole body of fire If they had any sence they might féele that our Lion in the name of the Lord thus saith hence thou misproud Eagle appeare thou no more neither thy horrible wings thy mischeuous heads thy rauening clawes nor thy hollow body cōpact of vanities The cause straight foloweth that thou once gone the earth may be refreshed that thy kingdome once fallen men may returne to freedom c. I demād what reckning they cā make of the egles 12. wings that ouerspread the earth by Gods appointment since our Lion first shoke him vp or as the text saith since the wind K. Henries thūdring voice spread abrod his wickednes Sée if Englād be not shronk frō him Scotlād denieth him Hol and Brabant and Flanders delieth him Germany paints him as a mōster Denmark is parted frō him France is deuided Polland is indifferent if Spaine Italy be constant they be well paid for their frendship The Eagle the Pope that sometimes was capitalis dominus as well as summus pontifex

welnéere of all Italy is cleane shut out of the kingdom of Naples the Dukedom of Florence Ferrara Mantua Millaine Parma Vennis the state of Genua c. so that to come to his segniorie of Bologna he is driuen to the lower way by Rac●…onati Maddona de Loreto Ancona and by exchange with the Duke of Vrbin patcheth a passage so that in respect of her ancient limits this proud Eagle is welni●…h brought into the case of Platoes cocke with neuer a feather on her back the end of this Eagle shall be confusion the text so saieth the lion shal rebuke her vnrighteousnes rent her asunder shal deliuer the rest of the people of trouble make thē ioifull The Lion of England euen King Henry the 8. and his posterity hath made a faire reuealement of this prophesie the godly expect that the Eagle shall vanish to nothing with the thundering blasts that the English Lion hath shal storme vpō her she feareth the same therfore bendeth all her secret forces to disquiet the Lion S. Augustine long ago séeing certaine english boies to be sold as slaues in Rome thus prophesied bene vocantur angeli quia nitent vt angeli in quo regno euangelium dei florebit they are properly called English-men because they shine as Angels in which kingdome the Gospell of Christ shall floorish The learned Doctor Erasmus writing a paraphrase of the foure Euangelists dedicated the first to the Emperour the second to the french King the third to the noble King Henry and the fourth to the Emperours brother the Pope was wiped out of his trauell as one not destined to haue the protection of this pretious iewell To King Henry the eight he dedicated his paraphrase of S. Luke and in his Epistle wrote that he had sent him Luke the Physition by circumstances reputed his Maiestie through his godly and religious procéedings to be the spirituall Physition that by the working of the holy Ghost purged the soules of many from the grosse errors of Antichrist I leane not so much to these moderne prophises although there be a common Prouerbe Vox populi vox dei the Scriptures giueth light sufficient that from these partes the Gospell of our Sauiour should be visibly reuiued In the fourth Chapter of Cantica Canticorum be these words Vp thou north wind and blow vpon my Garden that the smell thereof may be caried on euery side yea then my beloued may come into his Garden and eate of the sweete fruite that growe therein This winde is vp at the Almighties call his commission is well blasted abroade This noble King Henry as it is interpreted this Lion this winde ordained and sent of God first shooke the wicked tyrant of Rome first blewe the blast that hath almost blowne his authoritie out of all Christendome The Pope in his quarrell almost armed all Christian princes against this Lion but they feared or failed to do him hurt In the Popes quarrell many seditions were sowen in England in fearing the communaltie that the King would begger them with impositions The Northerne men openlie rebelled and the whole realme was in armes readie bent against their proper intrailes but God frustrated the deuisers counsels and preserued vs from the wilfull murther of our selues When the kings power and the rebels were ready to méete he parted the armies with a suddaine swelling of the water while after a parle the Rebels were willing to acknowledge their faults and with the kings gratious pardon departed to their owne houses a wonderfull prouidence of God that would not haue the rebels perish in their ignorance nor the good subiects murthered in so vnnaturall a battaile The vngratious Cardinal Poole stirred a great power in France but the french were more afraid to venter then was king Henry in his aged daies that they woulde enter into England His mind was inuinsible and euen of God all his procéedings were blessed their happy successe testified no lesse who in the 37. yeare of his triumphant raigne ended his life in peace whose death made England vnhappy in that the most toward and godly prince Edward the sixt his only sonne and heire of the Crowne was of so tender age CHAP. 5. A sommarie of the most excellent gifts of King Edward the sixt THe godly and most toward yong Prince King Edward the sixt being but of the age of nine yeares began his raigne the 31. of Ianuarie 1546. This prince in his tender age was indued with such towardnesse wisedome learning and all goodly gifts as Europe seldome or neuer fostered the like By reason of his tender yeares the Duke of Somerset his vncle was made Protector both of the King and his Realme who for the discretnesse of his speach the wisedome of his behauiour and vertue that accompanied all his actions was worthely reputed to be better able to gouerne at tenne then many princes at thirtie yeares of age There wanted no gift of nature learning or education that might renowne a good King but that mightely grew in his yong yeares as the vndoubted heire not only of the crowne but of all the vertues of his most noble father He aduanced the Gospell to which by Gods holie spirit his godly father gaue frée passage in England whose deuout zeale witnessed that this heauenly blessing was no lesse planted by his Grace by his godly councels and wisedome By his especiall request and letters the Citizens of London erected thrée néedefull Hospitals viz. for the sicke and aged they erected S. Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke for the fatherlesse child and infant they erected Christes Hospitall and for the sturdy vagabond they erected Bridewell by his godly meanes this charitable worke was sowne His wonderfull victory against the Scots may not be forgotten where was slaine 13000. Scots and but 60. Englishmen And truly if his subiects would haue béen imitators of his pietie charitie temperance and other christian duties their enuy ambition crueltie and other gréeuous sinnes had not so highly moued Gods wrath as that his vengeance would not suffer vs in any perfect yéeres to enioy this right gratious King Edward sample of all goodnes and by his death for a time reaued vs of the fruition of the Gospell the foode of our soules and in place of both to further punish our vnthankefulnesse he sent vs a prince that held a hard hand ouer vs that not only stopped the passage of the Gospell but persecuted the godly professors thereof euen Quéene Mary good King Edwards sister part of whose actions followeth CHAP. 6. An abstract out of the proceedings of Queene Mary LADY Mary the eldest daughter of king Henry the eight began her raigne ouer the realme of England the sixt of Iuly 1553. Touching her naturall disposition she was vertuouslie and well giuen but by reason that her bringing vp was vnder Papists and her youth throughlie instructed in the superstitions of Papistrie anone after that she was setled in her

dwelleth in heauen shal laugh them to scorne the Lord shall haue them in derision and where the Pope by his proude authoritie thought to haue strayghtned the passage of the Gospell as it is set downe in the same Psalme God gaue vnto his sonne the heathen for his inheritance and the outmost partes of the earth for his possession Yea he gaue visible authoritie and reuerence vnto his Gospell either by publike obedience or priuate profession vniuersally through the world The counsell of the same Psalme might haue perswaded the Pope and his confederates To haue serued the Lorde in feare but they would not kisse but kicke against the sonne and so they perished from the right way The Pope although his pompe were brused with an yron rod and his kingdome broken like a potters vessell Yet his pride and furie abated not and by Gods prouidence knowing his capitall disgrace procéeded first from Englande he practised by his worst mallice the destruction and ouerthrowe of her prosperitie as followeth Pius the 4. hauing no great good successe of his counsell of Trent Pius Quintus who succéeded tooke a more sharpe course against her Maiestie and happie gouernment his principall enemie in whose ouerthrowe as he supposed consisted the newe raysing vp of his kingdome and in truth her prosperitie is the visible comfort of his vniuersall enemies He first began with her Maiestie His roring Bull shewed his mallice but his short hornes had small power to hurt her which Bull is declared in these worde Pius Quintus the greatest Bishop of the fulnesse of the Apostolicall power declareth Elizabeth to be bereaued or depriued of her pretended right of her kingdome and also of all and whatsoeuer dominion dignitie and preuileadge and also the Nobles subiectes and people of the sayd kingdome and all others which had sworne to her any manner of wayes to be absolued for euer from such oth and from all debt and dutie of feealtie Doctor Morton with a commission or ambassage from the saide Pope Pius to the like effect stirred the rebellion in the North. 1569. He blasted his commission and had soone moued Thomas Persy Earle of Northumberland Charles Neuel Earle of Westmerland and other Gentlemen of account in the North vnto rebellion They began their power by raising of men in the Quéenes name and with all left a warning to lessen the strength and authority of stronge papists to get fauour of the people whereof a great part fauored the old Romish religion they had a Crose and a Banner of the fiue wounds borne before them by Richard Norton They tore the English byble the Communion booke and such like at Dyrham and hauing gotten a strength of 4000. footemen and 1600. horsemen which number they could not excéede they in rebellious manner withstood all her maiesties procéedings But behold good reader how peaceably these northerne rebels were vanquished who are naturally men of fierce courages and howe like a bubble the Popes bull vanished which in times past feared mighty Emperours Kings Before the Noble Earle of Warwick was come with the Quéenes power the stout earle of Suffex the Quéenes Maiesties Liuetenant generall in the North whose vertues appeared in my booke of his life and death armed himselfe with so many of the Quéenes friends as he could get neare vnto that seruice and with all speede made towards the rebels The knowledge of his comming and the brute of the Earle of Warwicks approch with a farre greater power so amased the rebels as the two Earles of Northumberland and Westmerlande with some of their principall Gentlemen sodainly and secreatly in the night left their associates and fledde vnto Herlan in Scotland and thus without any resistance the Northerne rebels were discomforted ouerthrowne and the greatest number of them taken and many of the principall were executed and the rest were saued by the Quéenes exceeding mercie A victorie that promised great happinesse and glorie to her Maiesty in which the blood of the offenders was onely shedde and a generall rebellion was as séemeth in the beginning suppressed for the said Earles were borne in hand by Doctour Morton that all the Catholickes woulde assist them with strength as appeareth in Doctour Saunders visible Church Monarchie particulared in a treatise Intituled The execution of Iustice c. And certainly although the heads of this rebellion escaped the present vengaunce of Iustice yet neither of them escaped the worthy punishments dewe vnto traitours The Earle of Northumberland two yeares after was peaceably deliuered into the possession of her Maiesties Iustice and being by act of Parliament before attainted of treason was beheaded at Yorke The lingering myserie of the Earle of Westmerland in Spaine the low Countries and other places of his wilfull vanishment vnto a Noble minde could not but be more gréeuous then death his greatest intertainment being scarce able to sustaine the allowance of a man and a page and which was more gréeuous he was driuen to beare with the arrogant disgraces of euerie rascally Spaniard and to say the trueth not onely the Earle but all other the English fugitiues labour out such a long and a myserable life in respect of their callings if they had liued in the obedience of good subiectes as they rather deserue to bée pitied then enuyed of their worst enimies This peaceable ouerthrow in the North touched the Pope to the quicke and least that delay should cut him to the heart he by his threatning Bull published open warres against her Maiestie In May following the rebellion in the North this terrible Bull was hanged vppon the Byshoppe of Londons gate but the hornes which should haue gored her Maiesties good subiectes grew to a paire of gallowes to hange his instrument Felton in the place Felton hanged vp the Popes Bull secreatly and as a ranke traytor was himselfe hanged headed and quartered openly the Popes holinesse could not make him walke inuisible neither yet could his pardon protect him at his triall this ill successe had the Pope in his English attemps from the first houre of her Maiesties raigne the wished euents followed the procéedings of her maiesty both against the Pope and other her enimies whatsoeuer If her Maiesties and prudent Counsels searching wisedome discouered not trayterous conspiraces while they were a bréeding yet God euer more gaue grace to some of the confederates to discouer the mischiefe in a seasonable time The vengeance of Enuie was now broched and the venime thereof swelled many busie heades euen vnto their owne confusion The same yeare a daungerous conspiracie in Norfolke by Throgmorton Applearde Brooke Kete Redman and others was practised against strangers But Kete discouered the matter before the mischiefe was ripe By which reuealement an insurrection was peaceably defeated and for example of diuerse of the conspirators that were condemned onely Throgmorton Broke and Redman were hanged drawen and quartered The bloudie conspiracie of Madder and Barlowe was shortly after

deathes of any of their enimies certainly if the forward Gentleman Master Iohn Cheeke had not receiued his death more of voluntary then néedful boldnesse it had béene in reckoning as well as reputation a right mayden victory This ouerthrow dismayed the Pope and brake the hearts of the English fugitiues whereupon the seconde supplie was stayed and the souldiers were dismissed I was in Rome when Rome was occupied with other news the first made not the Englishmen so Iocund as the second made them pensiue they honge downe their heads and had not as the prouerbe goeth a word to speake what mine owne eyes behelde I boldly set downe to their shame Thus the daungerous intention of the king of Spaine the Pope the Duke of Guise her Maiesties forraine enimies which tended to the inuasion of England Ireland and Scotland 1580. to the glory of God and great honour of her Maiestie was peaceablie defeated and since this Chapiter chiefely concerneth the action of Ireland to diswade others from rebellion I thinke it necessarie to shewe the easie confusion of the Irish Traitours that tooke the Popes part Iames Fitzmoris death is alredie showne Not long after this sound ouerthrowe of the Popes forces in Ireland which was Malum omen to all his confederates The Earle of Desmond after that he had secreatlie wandred a season without sucker like a myserable beggar was in his Caben taken by one of the Irishrie and in an Irish sort after his accustomed sauage manner his head was cut from his shoulders an ende due to such an Archrebell Doctor Saunders the Popes Irish legate in the like extremitie wandring in the mountaines in Ireland without sucker dyed in a phrensie The fourth man of singular note was Sir Iohn of Desmond brother to the Earle a very bloodie faithlesse traitour and a notable murtherer of his familyar friends who also wandring to séeke some pray like a Woolfe in the woods was taken and beheaded after his owne vsage being as he thought sufficiently armed with the Popes buls and certaine Agnus dei and a notable ring about his necke sent from the Popes finger as it was said but he saw these saued not his life The Pope may well perswade that there are much vertue and strength in holy presents but his myserable instruments féele that their onely strength is in bringing of themselues to confusion This yere 1580. Iohn Stow Crownacleth that the 17. day of Iune in the parish of Blamsdon in Yorke-shire after a great tempest of lightning and thunder a woman of the age of 80. yeares named Ales Perin was deliuered of a straunge and hidious monster whose head was like vnto a sallet or head peece the face like vnto a mans face except the mouth which was like vnto the mouth of a Mouse the fore part of the body was like vnto a man hauing eight féete and not one like vnto another and a taile of halfe a yard long which monster saith he brought into the world no other newes but an admiration of the deuine workes of God but certainly Almightie God who since the comming of his sonne in whose sacred Gospel whatsoeuer is necessary for mans saluation is contained hath left familiarly to talke with men as in the time of the Prophets yet he sendeth prodigious signes to acquaint the worlde with some offensiue matter to his diuine Maiestie which his vengeaunce not long after for the most part punisheth and in my opinion leauing the knowne trueth to God and euery mans censure to himselfe this monster is a right figure of the Popes estate who being the Whore of Babylon in her old age and wane of her glorie hath brought foorth a visible monster The heade which resembleth a helmet sheweth his malitious desire to vpholde his kingdome by Paules sworde synce that hée findeth no strength in Peters Keyes His mouth that was wont to feare all Christendome with threateninges and cursing by the symilitude of a Mouses sheweth that for all his mallice hée hath no more might then a Mouse His eight Legges not one like another s●…eweth as I before haue showen that his kingdome is now in the case that Mahomets was in the beginning sustained by the Atheist Traitors Murtherers and discontented persons of all Nations The tayle which is naturall to a beast sheweth that his Murders and barborous impieties declare him to bée a visible beast and monster and that hée thus appeared in the North is a faire warning vnto those people howe they bée seduced by his painted and hypocriticall deuises for from those partes hée expecteth great sucker which God defende him from and open the eyes of all her Maiesties subiectes vnderstanding that they may deserne the truth from falsehood and then next the diuell they shall vnderstande him to be the father of all lyes whom shame and confusion followeth as also those that are associates in his vnrighteousnesse CHAP. 12. The daungerous and seditious practises of Edmond Campion and other English Iesuites by Gods prouidence frustrated their worthy confusion and their apparant slaunders of her Maiestie and godly gouernement reproued AMong a number whose iudgementes reach no farther then their eyes and opinion is setled that Campion and his fellow Iesuites by reason of their peaceable profession were executed with too seueere Iustice and charged with treason vnpossible for them to compasse as ciuill rebellion and forraigne inuasion it is set downe in a booke published by authoritie which effectually maintaineth the Iustice of England that Persons and Campion had faculties graunted by Pope Gregorie the 13. the 14. of Aprill 1580. That the Bul of Pius quintus should alwayes binde Queene Elizabeth and the heretikes but the Catholikes it should by no meanes bind Who so shal herein consideratly way the pollicy of the Pope and the diligence of his traiterous instruments may plainely sée a great likelyhood of rebellion and a wonderfull daunger by Gods prouidence preuented To draw men from obedience towards her Maiestie they had this large warrant from the Pope which figuratiuely imported a blessing to those that would strengthen their rebellion and with this Pope holy colour if you ioyne the hypocritical subtill and alluring feaches of these Iesuites you shall easily perceiue that they came rightly armed for rebellion and in their schollers habit procured more daunger to her Maiesties person than could an armed Armie with twentie thousand Launces The multitude as Sophocles saith is a monster with many heads and euery head gréedily followeth alteration of Gouernment If they be in prosperitie they grow insolent if in pouertie they murmure a religion that pleaseth their eye is far more welcome than that which instructeth their soule they beare a naturall enuy vnto their superiours and easily beléeue all the slaunders that are raised of their Prince and principall Maiestrates To deceiue the ignorant with a painted holynesse some of these seditious Iesuites tooke Geneua in their way and arrogantly offered to