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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

gouernment of Fraunce no otherwise then the auncient statutes of the Danes Britans or Saxons doe at this day the Gouernment of Englande This vnnaturall Lawe had a barbarous beginning for the reporters thereof confesse that anno 420. the Franconians hauing abandoned their Countrey inhabited along the Rhine and especially about Treues The manners of these people being barbarous they liued vnciuilly without Lawe Which considered by Pharamonde their first Kinge the sonne of their Duke Marcomir He chose foure of the principall men of the Sicambrians whom he authorised by their wisedomes to giue a Law vnto the people The names of these foure were Vsucast Losocust Salgast and Visogust These foure made the Lawe Salique by which Lawe Emperiall gouernment say they is taken away from the daughters and heires of the Kinges of Fraunce This dead Lawe and many other to as little purpose were reuiued to bury the true and lawfull title of King Edwarde the 3. to the kingdome of Fraunce in the right of Quéene Isabell his mother the daughter heire of King Phylip le bel But King Edward nor his successors would not loose their right vpon such canterburie suggestions And some of them subiected the Frenchmen to English obedience And to this day the Armes and Imperiall title of Fraunce are ioyned to the honour of Englande To what purpose doth the law Mentall in Portugal forbid feminine gouernment King Philip deriueth his title from Marie the daughter of Iohn the third of that name king of Portugal and by that title is possessed of the kingdome It is God that disposeth kingdomes and the works of busie heads that vnlawfully séeke to withstand the law of nature in succession To be briefe this inuectiue prooued but a scare-crow it was indiscreatly written and negligently regarded King Francis or more truely the family of the Gwyses ancored their hope vpon the Popes sentence and in all the kings patents and other instruments caused to be intituled Frances of France Scotland England and Ireland king and in his shield quartered the Armes of England and to conquer the kingdome Come era apparente as Guiccerdine reporteth dyuers french forces were daily conuayed into Scotland who tooke and by force kept the strong townes and fortrises there The inhabitants oppressed thus with straungers were for their owne safegard driuen to sew vnto the Quéenes maiesty of England for aid to expel the french who sought the spoile and subuertion of Scotland The malicious purpose of the Guyses ioyned with commyseration of the daungerous affiction of Scotland the Quéene whereof was married and gouerned in France and so barred to vse the lybertie of her Crowne bound the Queenes Maiesty by the vertue of honour pollicie and charitie to sucker them with expedition To accomplish which matter her Maiestie sent a sufficient power towards Scotland by the Duke of Norfolke as generall who remained at Barwicke and the Lord Greay of Wilton being Liuetenaunt entred into Scotland and with her royall power ioyned with the Scots against the french who were soone weary of the English-mens comming But almightie God had set downe a more milde order to honour her Maiesty with the vanquishment of her enimies then by dynt of sword to accomplish which her highnesse sent Syr William Cycill knight at that time her Maiesties principall Secreatorie and nowe Lord Treasorer of England for the full knowledge of whose excéeding worthynesse I retourne the good reader to the Athenians commendation of the Philosopher Euxin and with him accompanied the learned and graue Gentleman Master Doctor Wotton to treat with the french who with their wisedomes so vanquished the french as to the quietnesse and safetie both of England and Scotland they forced them to depart with this following dishonour as Guicherdine reporteth who if he be pertiall it is in fauour of the french First that the King and Quéene of Fraunce and Scotland should leaue the Armes and title of the King of Englande and Irelande and that within sixe monethes at the furthest they shoulde cancell and renewe all their writings and instruments if there were any so made with the former Armes and Titles Further that the Realme of Scotland should be gouerned by the Counsell of twelue persons of the Nobilitie of the said kingdome whereof seuen shoulde bée nominated by the Scotish Quéene and siue by the thrée estates of the Parliament That the iniuries and trespasses committed on either part during the commotion should be forgotten and for the better assurance should be confirmed by the said Parliament That the Garrisons of french souldiers should retourne into Fraunce sauing onely in two fortes sixtie a péece subiect to the Iustice and paie of the Parliament of Scotlande That euerie man shoulde be rest●…red to his office in the saide Realme and that no french man should haue any more office benefite or administration what so euer in Scotland That the french shoulde not at anie time conuay Munition of warre or souldiers into Scotlande without consent of the saide Parliament with sundrie other straight obseruaunces on the behalfe of the french which Guicherdine concludeth Con grandissimo vantaggio honore della regina Inglese with the greatest aduauntage and honour of the Quéene of Englande a victorie no doubt of great glorie and honour Whereby her Maiestie not onelie deliuered her owne Countrey from the daunger of inuasion but also fréeed Scotlande from the bondage of forraigne Gouernment and thus her enemies hungring after an vnlawfull spoyle lost the disposement of an assured benefite which fortune befall to all those that miswish her Amen CHAP. 9. Of her Maiesties peaceable victorie against the rebels in the North ioyned with her quiet vanquishing of sundry other conspiracies to the vniuersall benefit of England PIus Quartus who succéeded Paulus 4. in the Popedome finding an abasemēt of the glorie with which his predecessours were honoured and fearing with all that the example of England Scotland Denmarke and Germanie would draw other Nations from the obedience of the Romishe erronious Church to the profession and receiuing of the Gospell of our sauiour Iesus Christ the life of the soule and destruction of this accursed Antichrist laboured with the consent of manie Princes to reuiue the Counsell or more properly the conspiracie of Trent A conspiracie I may iustly say the pollicy whereof was to kéepe vnder the glorious merite of our sauiour Iesus and to aduaunce to the highest degrée of reuerence the painted Idolatrie of the Pope And appointing for his Legates 5. Cardinals who with a great number of Bishops and other doctors of their Church the eyght day after Easter 1561. beganne this vnholy Counsell And truely as in the intent of their assembly was séene this saying of the Psalmist The kinges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take consell togither against the Lorde and his annoynted So likewise in their vaine idle successe this continuance of the Psalme is further séene He that

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

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

sight of God that he will not haue the very blood of murtherers shed but either by his vengeance or publike iustice when he saith Whosoeuer slaieth Kaine it shall be auenged seuen fold yea God set a marke vpō Caine that it might be known that he had reserued the punishmēt of Caines fault vnto his own iustice Uengeance belongeth to the Lord a positiue iustice is set downe vnto men Her Maiesty knoweth that she receiued her kingdome of God by his holy commandements she gouerneth the same she séeketh not the life of traitors but where her own lawes are in force If any of thē slip ouer beyond the seas as vagrāts vagabōds vpō the earth she pursueth thē no further but referreth their trespasses to Gods iustice who cōtinually powreth cōfusion vpō thē yet according to the Psalmist they stil draw their sword to sley such as are of a right cōuersatiō but the Lord laugheth thē to scorne causeth their swords to go through their own harts Madder Barlow would not be counselled by other mēs harmes they practised murther the murther of no small personages but euen of such as by their wisdoms next vnder God her Maiestie saue the liues of many thousands of good English subiects but God be praised they cōspired their owne destruction they were rotten w e the gallowes before their mischiefe was rife What a desperat instrumēt had the Pope of late by his Iesuits alluremēt piked out of harebraine Someruile to murder the Quéens maiesty a gentlemā though far vnworthy the name always void of gouermēt and in the end so far past grace as he desperately hanged himselfe He went resolutely about his mischiefe but he was one of them whome God shot at with a swift arrow that wounded him his owne toong made him to fall all that heard of him laughed him to scorne his owne toong first bewraied him his harebraine unschiefe was without worldly iudgement his graceles end without spiritual remembrance her Maiesty was thus rid of a rotten member but not of the Popes mallice nor of all her subiects treason Parry came in his place a right Orleance Doctor of which sort of Doctors is risen this frenche prouerbe Paies ●…argent passe docteur Asne Pay your money and procéede doctor Asse But this right Atheist Parry although he were not learned yet he hauing no grace had but too much wit by his ingenious reaches Many yeares he carried a port aboue his calling he disdained his fathers name vp Hary who liued by kéeping of an alehouse changed the same vnto Parry but the vices of his youth insolency pride riot and a mischeuous spirit accompanied him to the gallowes Frō this base reckoning by fortune in marriadge he attained the wealth grew to the credit of a Gentleman but as the saying is Goods easely gotten are many times idlely spent To be short he wanted no sleight to acquire fauour nor had any honestie to kéepe a friend But albeit his shifts supplyed many wants his ryot in the end outspended both his fortune and credite and béeing pursued for debt at the sute of Hugh Hare Gentleman he committed a wilfull and violent outrage vppon the sayd Hugh Hare for which the law condemned him of Burglarie and her Maiesties onely clemencie gaue him life a fauour that woulde haue bounde the cruellest Turke to be thankefull and carefull of her Maiesties safetie but hée béeing an Atheist shewed hymselfe euerie waye worsse then a Turke who reuerenceth some forme of Religion His guiltie conscience tooke awaye all hope of aduancement vnlesse he rose by some notable mischiefe his vngratious spirit still worked vpon this Machiuell like counsell If thou wilt be any thing do some thing worthy of fetters He had put this in practise but his desire followed not the diuell then put him in mind that it must be matter worthie the gallowes and all manner of reproch that must doe him good euen to kill the Quéenes maiesty who not long before had giuen him life when the lawes of her realme had adiudged him death His owne confession sheweth that want and mistrust of preferment first put this damnable practise in his head The most infirmed eyes may sée by his owne demonstration that he made no conscience to do it yea that all his ceremonies in obtaining the allowance absolution and plenarie indulgence of the Pope was but onely to acquire credite and more liberall aduauncement for his odious seruice he was diswaded from the matter by many Papists but hée sought not their opinions to any such purpose he saw no other meane of aduauncement it was for liuing and promotion that he sought and without that as he confessed life was not fit for him for all his painted protestation of the holy obseruaunce both of his vowes and promises if he had not comforted himselfe more with these words in the Cardinals letter of the Popes assurance That his holinesse will further make himselfe debtour to acknowledge your deseruings in the best manner that he can then in these words he granteth vnto you his blessing plenarie indulgence and remission of all your sinnes He would haue made more reckoning of ten pound then ten such warrants he shewed what he was neither whot nor colde vnfaithfull to her Maiestie and vntrue to the Pope He broke his promise with the Pope and violated his vowes in heauen with contrary othes vppon earth He swore to the supremacie in the beginning of the Parliament and after he had solemnely receiued the Sacrament to kill her Maiesty he swore he neuer meant to doe it but as there was no zeale in the first so there is lesse credite to be giuen to the last being contrary to a number of the assurances of the execution of his wicked purposes as appeareth in a booke of the whole order and triall of his horrible treasons To conclude the whole course of his life sheweth that the diuell could not haue picked forth a more daungerous instrument for the Popes purpose and by his execution as a Traitour Gods prouidence is wonderfully glorified the Popes inhumanitie is proclaimed and if examples may worke amendement a number of false harted subiectes by the myraculous preseruation of her Maiesty may be brought to a louing obedience c. CHAP. 11. The most fortunate and peaceable victorie which her Maiestie had against the Spanish and Italian forces togither with the miserable confusion of Iames Fitz-moris the Earle of Desmond and Sir Iohn his brother and other the Popes confederates in Ireland with other considerations of Gods prouidence in the defence of her maiestie and Dominions FEarefull are that sayings of the Psalmist in many passages where he Prophisieth the destruction and confusion of the wicked They saith he shal be like the chaffe which the winde scatereth from the face of the earth They shall fall into the destruction they made for other They shal be

no doubt might easily ouercome the most stubborne and conuaie both benefite and quietnesse to either partie and no doubt if the popular sort will be counselled for their profite and quietnesse they shall finde these Maiestrates readie to redresse their iniuries so farre as Law and charitable perswation will helpe them CHAP. 8. Of the disposition and destruction of Atheists machiuillians and Timepleasers with sundrie examples to the same purpose THe Prophet shewes the foole in heart doth say there is no God In truth Gods iustice proues them fooles that little feare his Rod. But God except who sees his thoughts and spewes him from his mouth This foole the Atheist doth beguile old age as wel as youth He Protew-like doth shape himselfe according to the time He wretch is neither whot nor cold but cleaueth like to slime To the affections of the great if fortune change their state He sets his foote vpon their throtes of whom he fauned late He knowes that gods which rule on earth haue humors like to men Not grosly closely in his words sweete flattery he doth blen He reads and doth regard these faults Loue hate and priuate gain Through partiall domes euen Iustice seate with poore mens teares doth staine He knowes lords letters beare a swinge sic volo keepes in awe And Munera speaks not for the poore that makes marreth law He knowes as Diamonds set in brasse haue but a slender grace So vertue in a poore attire sits in the meanest place And therefore clothed all in pride aboue he takes his seate And hath his tongue prepard to please the humors of the great Where fortune smiles he euer faunes and strongest parts doth take Where fortune frownes father brother and friend he doth forsake The scripture saith this cursed wretch is neither whot nor cold His conscience feeleth no remorce in murthering yong or old The stranger and the farthest borne he followes to be great And helpes to cut his neighbours throte his neighbors goods to get The widdowes teares and Orphants spoile he grieues not to behold But onely seekes to please himselfe and hath no God but gold Religion yet to serue his turne his cloake he still doth make VVhen as his Zeale is like a fane that euerie wind doth shake This wretch the prophet holds a foole and so he doth him call VVhose building grounded all on wit vpon his shoulders fall Examples of the miserable ends of Atheistes c. As I haue said the Atheists I meane are armed with all worldlie pollicies of wit to strengthen their purposes are the instruments in the practises of great Princes these bee they that followed Abimilech when he murthered threescore and eight of his brethren these be the firebrandes of the Pope and the two edged sword of Tyrauntes If they bee instruments of anie goodnesse their trauell is not of zeale if they bee vsed in anie mischiefe they outrage without pitie people farre more accursed then Pagans for they hold a kinde of religion and by the working of nature deale charitablie with their neighbours But the reprobate Atheists contemne all religion feare no God and although they faine to please all men yet they trulie loue not their owne kindred for bee it to depose their Soueraigne to spoile their Countrie and to murther their dearest friendes if they see likelihood in thier Treasons they giue consent if hope of aduauncement they first set hand to their sword But you monsters of humanitie that are drunken with the strength of your owne wittes and are bewitched with the hopefull successe of your pollicies esteeme it for sound counsaile that I giue you to vnderstande that the eternal God whom you neither feare loue nor do acknowledge seeth all your wicked pollicies in his vengeance and frustrateth them with his mercie he searcheth the reines and heartes and will giue to euerie man according to his works If you dig a pit to burie the innocent looke to fall into it your selues if you rayse a gallowes to hang them be you sure that you shall suffer thereupon if you edge your sword to pearce their hearts trust to it your own intrailes will be the sheath thereof What you doe or would doe vnto them shal be done vnto you Hamon set vp a payre of gallowes to hang Mardocheus the Iew and he and his tenne sonnes did die thereon The false Iudges that sought the life of chast Susanna were themselues stoned to death Adonibezek that had cut off the thombes and great toes of thrée score and tenne kings had fedde them with Crombes vnder his table being taken in battaile by Iuda chiefe of the Army of the Israelites had his own hands toes cut off who confessing that God had done by him as he did by others miserably died If you Atheists regard not these examples in scriptures because you studie not the sacred Bible looke into the examples of prophane Cronacles and histories of time from whence you fetch you pollicies and cunning experiments and you shall sée in all ages howe God returned the mischiefes of the wicked into their owne bowels Diomede fedde his horses with the flesh of men and Hercules made Diomede foode for his owne Horses Arnutius Peterculus hearing that the tyrant Amylius offered great rewards to him that coulde deuise any new kind of torture presented the tyrant with a brasen horse that he had inuented Amilius iust in this cruelty made him first to suffer the pains which he had prepared for others The like was the rewarde of Perillus who presented the tyrant Phalaris with a Bul which being heate with fire with the outcrie of the poore patients woulde bellowe like a Bull. Apius Claudius called the prisons the proper houses of the poore people but he himselfe by the commaundement of the Tribune of the people was throwen into prison where hée died among théeues and murtherers The Emperour Caligula was a notable Atheist and woulde in his vngodly actions alwayes dispight the Gods but in the end as Sweronius testifieth hée durst not repose in the night he was so terrified with horrible visions and he that so boldly misprised the gods at the smallest lightning and clap of thunder would in the night hide himselfe vnder bedde and in the day in the most obscure corner in fine he was violentlie slaine by Chereus Cornelius Sabin and other theyr confederates Although the Heathen people worshipped not the true God yet he seuearely punished the contemners of theyr superstitious Religion not honoring any other Pausanius reporteth that in the Citie of Cabira in Boetia a mile distant from Thebes there was a Temple dedicated to Ceres into which all men were defended to enter saue the Cabirians it fell out that Mardonius one of Xerxes Captaines with his army entred to spoile the same of a greate quantitie of treasure but of the suddaine Mardonius and his companie were assailed with such madnesse as leaping from high mountaines clifts and rocks they all