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A36913	Luthers Alcoran being a treatise first written in French by the learned Cardinall Peron, of famous memory, against the Hugenots of France, and translated into English by N.N.P. : the page following sheweth the particular contents of the booke, which consisteth of symbolismes, parallells, identities.	Du Perron, Jacques Davy, 1556-1618.; N. N. P.	1642 (1642)	Wing D2638; ESTC R480	118,976	240

the Romans and the Grecians but among the Vnworthies and Monsters of Mankind registring and mutually conferring not their faults for in so tearming them I speake ouer indulgently but their Enormous Crimes and flagitious liues But seing they both crept into the World long after the former learned Historiographer I will therefore be content to take the paines as to place them in the scales of a steedy and impartiall iudgment First then Mahumet erected (2) Bibliander in praes●● Alcor●●● himselfe by sub●elty and treachery a great Prince subiecting to his gouerment no small part of Asia Syria Arabia Aegypt and Afrike in which places he first caused his blasphemies to be planted He at the first of his presumed correction and emendation of the then Church of God made it an Article (2) Bibliander vbi suprà of the Mahumetan Religion that himselfe was the Supreme Head of the Church of God so he depriuing the Successours of S. Peter of that dignity and Prerogatiue Thus to his Princly Authority did he ioyne the Pontificall Authority so making himselfe Caliphas that is King and supreme Prelate and ordayning by his sword and Regall soueraignty what should be belieued touching fayth and that the contrary Points should not be questioned and punishing with death such as would not submissiuely yeild and giue their appiobation to his wicked doctrines Henry the eight was by byrth King of England and Ireland a great Monarchy and did runne in the same line with Mahumet For he was the first Christian Prince who either in those Nations or throughout all ●ur●pe assumed to himselfe the Title of Head (*) Vide Sand. de Schismats A●gli● of the Church and decread by a Parlament or generall meeting togeath●● of all the States of the Realme that all C●no●● of the Church and Councells formerly ●nacted should be wholy ●●iec●ed and dis●nulled those only excepted which himselfe vouchsafed to app●ou● And accordingly such Canons and decrees which himselfe and some few others substi●ured by him did make wer● to be reputed as sincere and Euangelicall being warranted vnder his Letters Patents and Regall Seale It is said aboue that Mahumet did punish yea sometymes with death such as were refractory to his Will and would not allow the doctrine published in his Alcoran The like Course did this Engli●● Antiochus to the dishonour of all Kingly Soueraignty take for did he not besides many reuerend Abbots and other Religion men put to cruell death that Payre of Marty●s the Pryde Honour of that Nation I meane the Bishop ●ossensis and Thomas ●ore 〈◊〉 his Chancellour for their not subscribing to the wicked Ar●icle of Suprema●y first established by that vnfortunate King Mahumet had diu●rs wiu●● and C●●●●ines together and at the same time Whereas Henry of England who otherwise 〈◊〉 doubt wanted not his Seraglio had indeed in compare but few wyues ye● when 〈◊〉 was we●●y of one Wyfe his accustomed stratageme was commonly to accuse her of some forged disloyalty and so force them one after an other either to diuorce or to loose their heades thus making Cruelty murther a st●u●king horse as it were for his next Mariage An impiety neuer practized by Mahumet Henry had in all six wiues of which the first was Catharine daughter of Ferdinand the six King of Spaine who was his wyfe twenty yeares But then through his dislike towards her or desire of hauing another he caused a sentence of diuorce to be giuen against her by the Archbishop of Canterbury Anne his second wife was the daughter of Syr Thomas Bullen who was not his Wife aboue three yeares but she was condemned of disloyalty of Body whereupon she lost her Head The immediate day after the death of Anne so impatient his l●st was of delay he maried his third wyfe Iane who was daughter of Iohn Seamer Knight She was his wife but one yeare and fiue months She died in Childbed but who knoweth if of child-byrth seing easily he might take the oportunity of the tyme Anne his fourth wife being sister to Willam Duke of Cleue was his wife for six Months but after for he could not feede of one dish any long tyme she was diuorced from him by Act of Parlament Catherine his fyfth wyfe was nece●●nto Thomas Howard Duke of Suffolk yet within one yeare and six Months the must also be condemned of vnchastnes and was beheaded His last Wyfe was Catherine daughter of Syr Thomas Parre She was his wyfe three yeares and had the priuiledge neither to be diuorced nor beheaded but suruiued him And thus his death was in likelyhood the occasion of prolonging her life But now in one kind of Wickednes Henry surpassed Mahumet We reade that Mahumet after his planting or his Blasphemies did exeruct diuers (3) Postili de Repub. de Turcis Monasteries and Hospitalls in Constantinople it selfe as the like did Baiaze● Selymus his Successours euen in that Citty We further reade that Mahumet did not destroy any one Religious house or Monastery exected before his tyme. But how great then is the disparity herein For euen all Europe hath trumpeted forth the irreligious proceeding of King Henry in this Case Who did ouerthrow all the Monasteryes and Religions Houses in England in the abundāce wherof no Nation by the record of Historyes was able to compare with it This flagitious King whose All was Luxury Murther and Sacriledge prostrating euen with the ground so many Religious Houses buchering so many Religious Persons of the said Monasteries did lastly confiscate all the Lands and benefits belonging to them which were almost of incredible Opulency riches to himselfe partly to spend in all sensuality and dissolution of lyfe partly to maintaine his flattering Attendants and Followers Now then to encircle the seuerall Passages of this King displayed in this Chapter or Parallell we may from hence gather that the afore mentioned Ecclesiasticall Primacy of the Church was neuer challenged or assumed during this last nyne hundred yeares by any temporall Prince confessing the name of Christ vntill this Mahumetan Henry through more then a Ne●trodian (4) ●●ns 10. Auarice had demolished seuerall thousands of Religious Houses and through an vnheard Homicidy had made himselfe Husbād successiuely of six Wyues O blemish and dishonour to Nature With this I end this Parallell betweene King Henry Mahumet the great Prophet as vuulgarly the Turks and Saracens do stile him And yet I see no iust cause to be somewhat pleasant with you my Countrimen but that this Henry might be reputed as great a Prophet as euer Mahumet was My reason is this we do not read of any thing particularly prophesied by Mahumet wheras this our Propheticall King was able supernaturally forsooth to foretell diuers Moneths before of what kind of death for what cause and at what tyme his present liuing Wyfe though then being in good health must after dye A stupendious Vaticinatour Thus whiles England is England so long