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A04873	The popish kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus, and englyshed by Barnabe Googe; Regnum papisticum. English	Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563. Agriculturae sacrae libri quinque. Book 1-2. English. aut	1570 (1570)	STC 15011; ESTC S109280	147,386	198

goodnesse vvhat true dealing or vvhat thing agreeing vvith the Apostolike doctrine there is among these Papistes I truelye can not see On the other side it plaine appeareth that our religion is such as the Papistes vvith all their indeuor by faythfull vvitnesse of Scriptures yet hitherto coulde neuer bee able to ouerthrovv VVhither than do they call vs Doe they thinke that vve vvill forsake the truth and follovve falshoode in so cleare a light VVhy doe they call vs Apostatas Is it a shame to forsake vngodlinesse and Idolatrie and other thinges both vaine and foolish That this religion of theirs is none other I intende so brieflye to shovve that it maye appeare as in a Table vvhereby our men maye pacientlier beare the iniuryes and reproches of these fellovves in seeing from vvhat monsters by the doctrine of the Gospell they are deliuered and our aduersaryes not beare their heades so loftie and boast themselues to bee the true Church of Christ beholding the abuses asvvell of their life as of their religion disclosed declared vnto all men I therefore exhort our brethren that they esteeme as their greatest glorie the departing from the Pope and as a singuler blessing of GOD the knovvledge of the Gospell I exhort also and admonishe our aduersaries that they leaue of in time frō slaundering not onely vs vvho in respect are nothing but rather the truth of God and the Gospell of Christ and that they vveigh the matter vvith more diligence and remooue a vvhile from their eyes the consent of numbers of people the aucthoritie of the Pope and his members and the accustomed religion of a fevv hundred yeares for these and such other like are of no force in the confirming of truth but are rather lettes and hinderaunces to the knovvledge thereof and common to the inhabitantes of the vvhole vvorlde vvho by antiquitie continuaunce aucthoritie of Kinges and Princes and the generall consent of people are able to defende their supersticious lavves But other groundes of fayth and religion ought Christians to haue as the consent of the Prophetes and the Apostles the authoritie of the holy Ghost bearing vvitnesse of our Lorde Iesus Christ as vvell in scriptures as in the heartes of men These if they thorovvlye consider and vvithout parcialitie regarde I doubt not but it shall come to passe that clothing themselues vvith Christian shamefastnesse they shall amende and returne vnto more sounder and surer doctrine A great foolishnesse it is to knovve vvhat is best and to follovve the vvorst as many of our aduersaryes for gaine and their bellies sake do In the meane time most excellēt Prince great cause vve haue to reioyce of our selues beholding in hovve great darkenesse errors deceyts and vanities our enimies vvalke and to besech God that it may please him to open their eyes and their mindes that they may beholde the light of the Gospell by vvhich the quietnesse of heart is onely obtayned and that they may seeke for and enioy al things in Christ our alonely sauiour Hovve great a griefe it is to such as trauaile to bee ignoraunt of their vvay or taught amisse by some malicious guide they vvell can tell that haue had experience thereof Neyther doth it anye vvhit auaile to proue many vvayes and yet to bee farre of from the right VVhich commonly happeneth as is vvell knovvne to our enimies For many vvayes they attempt and trie and carefully vvrest their mind hither and thither to obtaine the forgiuenesse of their sinnes and euerlasting life But euery man that is Godly doth see that they striue and trauaile in vaine vvhen the only vvay vnto God is Christ vvho is made vnto vs of God the father vvisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption and there is no other name in the vvorlde giuen vnto men vvhereby they may bee saued but onely the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ This vvay bicause it is plaine and not gainefull the blinde and vvicked guides doe eyther craftily shunne and leade men into thickets or vvildernesses vvhence they neuer can get out or carie the poore creatures to craggie rocks and breake neck mountaines Besides vve ought to account it no small benifite of God that vvee are deliuered from these fellovves and that vvee vnderstand their deuises and deceytes vvhereby vve may continually bevvare of them For this onely intent haue I taken this vvorke in hand that the truth and the brightnesse of the Gospell may the better shine out by setting forth the contrary deuises vvorspippings ceremonies and life of the Papistes that euery man may take heede of these and more earnestly receyue embrace and vvith all their endeuor keepe and defende the other And to you most vvorthie prince haue I dedicated this vvork for many respects all vvhich to rehearse vvere nedelesse Your singuler and gracious fauour tovvards me and liberalitie vvell beseeming a prince deserueth some greater matter and more meete for your highnesse ▪ But I knovv your grace is alvvayes vvoont more to esteeme the minde of the giuer than the gift neyther did I minde to giue your grace this as a recompence for your goodnesse tovvardes me for that am I neuer able to doe but onely to declare my selfe not vnmindefull of your benifites Moreouer I thought it good to giue this booke vnto you as meetest before all other Princes for your great and singuler trauaile in setting forth of the Gospell for the daungers and miseries that you haue sustained in defending of it vvherin euen to captiuitie and the great hazarde of your lyfe from the vvhich I thanke God and vvith all my heart reioyce that you are at the length deliuered and restored to the seat of your Progenitors most valiantly ye haue striuen and also for the vvonderfull and Princely courage of your heart in so many so great and grieuous temptations and constancie in keeping it You shall here beholde vvhat things they bee although you vvere not before ignoraunt of them vnto the vvhich though by sundrie deuyses assaulted you coulde by no meanes bee brought And on the other side aparantly vvhat maner of religion it is that you furthered hitherto defended and by the mightie helpe of God retayned Certaine there be that are seuere and vnmoueable in keeping their fayth heretofore deliuered them as the Turkes the Ievves and such others but setled vpon no certaine ground nor aucthorised by the vvitnesse of any holy scriptures but only by the inuentions and dreames of men But such constancie or if I may so say obstinacy is to be cōmended that hath hir foundation vpon Gods vvord and can by no meanes bee dravvne or forced to error and vngodlinesse for the vvhich the vvitnesses of Christ haue alvvaies bene vvorthily praysed Therefore bicause I thought this little work vvould not be altogither vnpleasaunt vnto you I presumed to dedicate it vnto your highnesse most humblie beseeching you to beare vvith the simplenesse thereof and to accept herein my vvell meaning minde and to receyue me into your

long ago Brought forth and eke their monstrous pride wherewith prouoked the They much despisde the common sorte and making them to gaze They founde out first these foolish toyes the simple eyes to daze Lyke cerimonies doth he vse while as he doth repayre The shauen sort and fine yong impes doth plant in kingdome fayre As euery one by name is calde togither stande they theare Clad all in Albes for so they terme the vesture that they weare The Bishop doth demaunde if that they good and vertuous bée And whether they are learnde and méete to take this great degrée The Officer doth aunswere strayte with playne and open voyce That learnde and worthy both they are and men of perfite choyse Whom earst before he neuer saw nor of their names hath thought Then strayte vnto the Acoluth from th'aultar downe is brought A Candle and a Candlesticke and here they doe resight How in the Church his office is the Candles still to light And beare about an emptie Cr●●●t put they in his handes Wherewith to giue the Priest his wine whilst at his Masse he standes Yet doth he it not nor place there is where this is lookte vnto Besides eche lay man when he list this holy thing may do Yet for the same his crowne is shorne and heare is cut away Nor weare it in that place of length he euer after may The Coniurer receyues the booke and is commaunded there To learne the thinge conteynde therein and well away to beare And for to cast out Deuils by his powre and force deuine He mindes it not nor of the same doth euer sée a line For claspt it is deliuerd him and claspt from thence againe Vnto the aultar is it borne whereas it doth remaine He driues no Deuils out of men nor dare the matter proue So that this great authoritie doth serue to no behoue The reader then perhaps doth take the Testament in hande To teach the people plaine the word of God to vnderstande He readeth not nor h●ble is sometime nor seekes to be No certaine place appoynted is nor howre him to se The Dorekéeper instructed than what things he ought ●o do When as this office great of waight he there doth come vnto The Church doore keyes in hande he takes and to the doore doth bere A hempen rope with laughter great of all that sée him there Hereby he lea●nes his duetie is to shut with diligence The doores to kéepe the halowed things and driue the wicked thence Yet none of all the same he doth nor suffered thus to stande Yet is there sturre as if there were some wondrous thing in hande When as the new made Priestes cannot their laughter here restraine But most of all the common sorte and foolish people vaine What should I speake of all things now I am ashamed here To weare my pen and spende the time about such foolish gere For all their holynesse consistes in vestures and in bookes And putting stoa●es about their neckes with lewde and apish lookes On all their left handes euery one a labell hangeth downe The Priestes their fingers grease the Bishops hāds thumbs crowne But here there is a great a doe a waightie matter plaine To sée the oyntmentes drop not downe nor on theyr heades remaine Ech Priest with rubbing dryes his handes and after that with sande Or ashes skouring throughly cleane ech finger of his hande Then breade vnto the aultar from the Ouen whote is brought And cut in sundry sippets small in order there is wrought Which on the Bishops greasie pate in solemne sorte they lay And thus dry vp the oyntment there and take it cleane away So carefull are they for these things that are not worth a strawe That neuer an hower doe they leaue for fayth and christian lawe When as they christen belles that man hath sure a brasen minde That can forbeare to laugh and doth not thinke them Asses blinde Who grudgeth not with all his heart that wickednesse of time For gaine hath brought it vnto this that that most blessed signe Which shewes how we receyued are as seruaunts here of Christ And prest to fight against the worlde as souldiour of the highest Shoulde with a senselesse creature be defilde before our face With such adde and by a man of such a solemne grace The people rounde about resorte on euery side that bée Togither mo●de with one desire this wondrous sight to sée And warned by the wardens of the Church before the day The Godfathers are present in their best and chiefe aray And some there are that so desire this honour for to haue That of themselues they chalenge it and earnestly doe craue Of these the number is not small a hundred shalt thou sée Two hundred yea thrée hundred if the bell so worthy bée Then foorth at last the Bishop comes in all his wonted geare And praying fast he halloweth first with salt the water cleare For without this he hath no powre though in the day time bright A number great of Tapers stande aboute him alwayes light When as he long hath prayed here he willes them downe to fall Vpon their knees and vnto God to praye in generall That he vouchsafe to graunt this bell a happie christendome A lustye sounde to driue away the daungers all that come Annoynted then it is in places such as needefull bée And where the Priest is pleasde for in all partes they not agrée Then biddes he them declare the name for as they children name So name they belles in euery poynt and when he knowes the same He poures on water lustily and thrise he doth it wet And then with holy Chrisme he doth his crosses thereon set ▪ Then straytwayes therevpon he puttes a lynnen Crysome white A vesture such as children weare when first they come to light And now the Godfathers begin to stirre about and toyle To touch and plucke it vp a loft from out the sacred soyle But with their handes they cannot all come néere it now by much Therefore with ropes they hale and hoyse and so farre of doe touch And thinke they haue done sufficiently then giftes they offer all Vnto their christen daughter golde and siluer therewithall Ech one woulde then séeme riche and striues the other to excell Hangde vp in stéeple hie they feast and ioye that this same bell Hath thus receyude hir christendome and all that day throughout They celebrate with drinke and playe and daunsing rounde about With vomiting and oftentimes with brawling and with fight And wanton iestures herewithall and ech vnséemely sight What thing more foolish canst thou tell or hast thou séene before Of great and small committed thus and with religious lore In fine regarde this Suffragan in all his matters hie What thing soeuer he doth it may be laught at worthilie For take from him hys sprinckle and his oyle and iesturs all And that which in the Grecian tongue they Crisma vse to call Thou hast vnarmde him vtterly

great And scarce at howres or masse they sitte thus silent in their seat And onely hearers now they are yea this doth séeme a paine And labour great vnto these men which scarcely they sustaine They rather choose to sit by fyre and talke and chat at will Than for to dull their eares with Psalmes whereof they haue no skill And sauing on the holy dayes the Church they come not at For present there they money haue and none but lyketh that Yet scarcely can they tarie till their money giuen bée Which done they go and leaue the Church to such as hired bée These are the toyles and trauayles great for which of charitie Great giftes they haue fayre houses buylde and maysters called be Besides at home they Parots kéepe and Apes and Munckeys store And Haukes and Houndes with horse that well are furnisht euermore And neuer séekes for to re●●raine the pleasures of their minde A thing that common is almost to all the Popish kinde Besides a people lewde there is a hatefull sorte withall Whome as I heare and vnderstande they Curtisans doe call Who running from their maysters or their parents in dispite Doe come to Rome all ragde and torne in miserable plite And to some Cardnalles stable créepe or to some Bishop great And kéepe their horse themselues y while being almost starued for meat Till after many yeares and many labours past and knowne Their maisters minde to help them there though nothing with their owne For all the Popish court doth loue such seruaunts as doe liue Without wages and alwayes readier are to take than giue They nothing count a thousand Crownes to spende in pompe and pride And grudge their man a coate or cloake n●w halfe with colde destride Such charitie is at Rome therefore according to their guise They make them Priestes after that they haue taught them to be wise They sende them to their countrey strayte with Bulles and licence all Whereas such Prebendes now they take as in some ●outhes doe fall But here they haue heddes alone the Gripe doth not so swiftly snatche The carcase vile nor doth the fire so soone the tinder catche Nor Owle that in the day time here doth happen for to sing With lothsome shape the wondring birdes about hir flocking bring They are straight at hand and 〈◊〉 the mouth vnto the Pope assinde And of their licences doe boast with lo●t 〈…〉 Who so denies is thratned ●ore with law and cruell strife And court of Rome where Popish ayde and fauour still is rife Who so will here to trouble bring himselfe and losse withall Who so will wast for Charters vaine and smacke such popish gall And go to Rome about the cause to seeke vncertayne shiftes And thinke for to repeale the graunt for money and for giftes When right hath no prerogatiue this surely were the part Of one that had his purse at will or else a lustie hart The Patrone here amazed standes repyning secretly To be depriued of his right and take such iniury Such as are good and learnd giue place and dare not here contend With Monsters such nor go to Rome to trie the finall end Yet are they not content with one the value being great But seaze vpon some other such with fraude and like deceat Aswell vnto their maisters vse as to their owne behoue That they may shew what thankfull minds they haue how they loue Such preetie Begles haue these Bishops still in euery place That hunt out Prebendes fatte for them and follow fresh the chace And some of them hereby augment their liuing verie much And fill their Coffers many tymes by bringing in of such But resident these Courtiers are and many times there dwell Sometime againe forsaking all their benifice they sell And home to Rome they runne as fast and graunts they purchase new Of Prebendes such as other Monthes doe happen to be due Sometime reseruing nothing to themselues they secretly Do sell and put them all away not fearing Symony For lawes they wey not here a rushe they care for nothing than And no man feare but rather fearde they are of euery man. In Rome they onely put their trust and for the place alone They think men must be fearde here they count themselues at home Some others get these Prebendes by a straunge and wonderous way Their grauntes obtaynde and month well markde they chaunge their own aray And coūterfeyt the countriman or else some beggers state Till that the Church doore open stande or else the Prebend gate And on the aultare streight they leape eche man amazde to sée What monstruous act shall there be shewed or pageaunt played be And tell the people there that by the Popes aucthoritie They holde the Prebend longing to that Church and aultar hie Desiring both the Patrone and the people all and some They trouble him not nor rashely deale least that they come to Rome That of the Popes bequestes they there will thus possession take What would you more the derie name doth make them all to quake The Patrone straight giues place and he to whome he ment the same The Sea of Rome doth make them all to tremble at the name They list not striue so farre from home nor would they cited bée And both consume their goodes and tyme with men of no degrée Thus enter they into the house as men that make no doubt Commaunding such as there doe dwell to get them straightwayes out And to deliuer vp the keyes according to their will For shamelesse fortune alwayes helpes such lustie fellowes still Perhaps thou thinkst they learning haue and can sufficiently Both guide and teach whereby the people haue no harme thereby Thou art deceyude but few are learnde The greatest part that bée Scarce vnderstand a learned worde nor can their A.B.C. As men that late from rubbing of a horses héeles are brought And neuer came in companie where Grammer rules are taught Some scarce doe know the vulgare speach nor can the peoples tongue That all men hate them worthily and both the olde and yong Doe cursse the orders fonde of Rome that thus deuised arre As things that trouble all the worlde and all estates doe marre There Parsons also are that in the villages remaine And in the townes that iustly doe their offices obtaine Some part of them are learnde and good and some vnlearned bée And farre vnméete for to attaine vnto so hie degrée Their dutie is to preach vnto the people earnestlye And minister the sacraments and other matters hye If any profite of the popishe sort might come vnto The people ●urely these were they that should the matter do Nor should they ydlely liue at home but must their bookes apply Except they would be counted blinde and laught at commonly But since the Pope subuerted hath all right in generall And hath with lothsome poyson stuft and staynde his members all These also teach no doctrine pure but all with poyson drest And

begge at all Ne shoulde such ignoraunce of truth vpon the people fall But with the Popish kingdome truth can neuer well agrée Of falshoode it is framde and without falshoode cannot bée Wherefore it deadly hates all those that mutter here of Christ And séeke by truth to please the Lorde and to content the highest And vseth these as instrumentes the knowledge to oppresse Of Christ and for to driue away all perfite godlynesse And not alonely in this case this kingdome they mainetaine No Primate Prince nor king there is but one of this same traine He to his ghostly father takes to whome he doth confesse The secrets of his heart and all his sinnes and wickednesse The which for sundrie endes is to this kingdome profitable For by this practise and these meanes he euermore is able To traine the Primates as him list but chiefely to defende The Popish sea and to resist all such as doe contende Who if they stackering chaunce to stande and wauering doubtfully Then with their sinnes they feare them sore and pardon doe denie Then which no thing more dreadfull is nor hurtfull to the blinde By this besides hys holynesse doth vnderstande the minde And purposes of euery Prince that hereby spéedily He may preuent eche great mishap if ought should runne awry Besides if that the Pope would faine haue money in some place Or any lusty Cardinall or Bishops Lordly grace That may not well redéeme his Pall the pardons out be sent And these be they that chiefely serue to further his intent Nor in the worlde there lyueth not a kinde of men more méete To worke deceytes and to bring in both Golde and siluer swéete Lyke Bulles they roare and voyde of shame they vtter falshoods vaine And boldly striue and Sathan vp they lift to Starres againe Of Flyes they able are to make great Eliphants in sight And popishe state for to aduaunce aboue the heauens bright I thinke there are no kinde of men that profitabler bée Or more in vse for to aduaunce the Popes authoritée By them the common people haue beléeude such shamefull lies And haue bestowde their goodes and all their wealth on vanities Suppos●ng heauen for to buie and holy mens desartes And euerlasting life to haue allotted to their partes The others well enricht with spoyle doe laugh and get them hence And to their Lordes with praise doe bring their Caskets stuft with pence I here declare not all their déedes nor their deuises lewde What shamelesse shiftes they here haue made what filthye lyfe they shewde What fowle example here they gaue of life abhominable So that it euen did offend themselues the Roomish rable That nothing may be sayde there is but Cowles dare take in hande If in their fansie once it come or with their minde doe stande I rowe with light and slender Ores and not with raging winde Nor for to clense the durty sincke of Augae is my minde Yet here thou hast a little shewe of all this Empire great And séest the members chiefe that doe belong to Popishe seat Whereby thou wiselye mayest discerne the others all that bée For both in lyfe and fayth they all doe wonderously agrée So that I am sure thou shalt not finde amongst them any thing That doth beséeme the flocke of Christ or may to vertue bring But strong illusions and deceytes and euery cursed kinde Of couetousnesse with carelesse life and blouddy beastly minde And pompe and pleasures great with pride and superstitions vaine And fonde attire with ydlenesse the Princesse of their reigne That where the worde of God doth reigne and Christ is cléerely taught ▪ These people dayly doe decrease and shortly come to naught And both the beggers and the riche are forced hence to flie As pestilences to the sayth and springes of Heresie As slouthfull paunches great vnto the earth a thriftlesse lode Whom long agone did Italie sende out in coastes abrode And spewde them into Germanie as mother of all yll And such hir madnesse is that she newe sectes inuenteth still For lately sent she certaine out of Iesus bearing name Calde for belike of lustie Lordes that lykde the popish game That with the name of such renowme they easily might deceaue The rude and simple people that are soone procurde to cleaue As though they sought the honor here of Christ and worship best The impes of Sathan are they sure no better than the rest For all agaynst our Sauiour Christ are sworne assuredly Both Monkes and shauen Sophisters the supersticious Frie. For fauour and good will that they doe beare vnto the Pope So that of any goodnesse here in them there is no hope These here and there runne vp and downe with double diligence To benifite the Deuill and the Pope and with pretence For to suppresse the Gospell here of Christ and eke his name That lately drawne from darknesse great abrode doth freshly flame But Christ shall shortly them suppresse with all the rifra●●e here His enimies with Maiestie when as he shall appéere Nowe as they something speciall haue so haue they eke againe A number that are common all among this greasie traine By which they couet to be knowne and others to excell With Heathnish ambition wherewith as yet they swell From which they neyther can be drawne by scorne of people made Nor any séemelynesse of state nor comelinesse of trade And first their crownes are shauen all as longeth to their grée And looke as more religious and holier they bée So broder doe they shaue their crownes almost vnto their eares That scarce an ynchebrode hoope of heare about their pate appeares This fansie fonde no Iewes them taught nor yet is published What foolish people in the worlde woulde thus deforme their hed And vnconstrainde the beautie spoyle that comes of nature so Nor thinke it faire with shauen scence amongst th'unsha●de to go Sure no man euer sawe the founders of our fayth so shorne No such thing they commaunded here so full of shame and scorne The slouthfull sort long after them found out this foolish guise And ydlenesse as all the rest this mischiefe did deuise But yet I maruell much that they are not ashamde hereat And how they dare in companie put of their cap or hat But hie and holy mysteries they say are signifide And thus they séeke a filthie thing with honest cloke to hide Themselues they count as kings to be of passing great renowne And thus to shewe their dignitie they weare a shauen crowne What dreames will not these doltes deuise that dare in open sight Such things affirme but still to mocke the world they had delight They also all annoynted are euen from the Parson small And poorest Priest vnto the best that rules and gouernes all Obseruing still the Iewish lawe and rytes determined That by the Testament of Christ are quite abolished But all things that they did were then commaunded to be done As figures for to testifie that Christ should shortly come These