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A01507	A newyeares gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse, and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome: preferred the first day of Ianuarie, in the yeare of our Lorde God, after the course and computation of the Romanistes, one thousand, fiue hundreth, seauentie and nine, by B.G. citizen of London: in recompence of diuers singular and inestimable reliques, of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England, the true figures and representations whereof, are heereafter in their places dilated.	B. G. (Bernard Garter); Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559. Letter written by Cutbert Tunstall late Byshop of Duresme, and Iohn Stokesley somtime Byshop of London.; Stokesley, John, 1475?-1539.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1579 (1579)	STC 11629; ESTC S102867	65,066	113

auntiente house of Westmerlande and the deathe of the Earle of Northumberlande and manye other as Norton Markamvielde and others whyche haue steyned themselues with Treason and vndone their houses for euer There were also at that time many Bayliffes and Constables to the number of thrée hundred or vpwarde hanged whiche well deserued it in that they commaunded menne in the Quéenes name to goe to that Campe the Camp where the Rebels lay But Northerne men may say that euill is that camping where the Gallowes winnes the Goale These thyngs will not be forgotten in the North partes these hundreth yeares And therefore take héede Papistes and thinke that Northerne men will not Rebell for they haue payde for their learning You maye not vaunt as you were wont to doe saying you were sure that all the North would take your partes for if you make your reckning so you recken without your hoste for neyther Lordes nor Lurdeynes can rayse them withoute commaundemente from the Prince Therefore good Subiectes vouchsafe to reade this little Booke whereby you may learne to obey the Quéenes Highnesse truely and to detest the Popes fayned holynesse vtterly Thys little Booke or Letter was written in Anno 1537. and in the thirtith yeare of the Raigne of our late Soueraigne Lorde of famous memorie Kyng HENRYE the eyght at what time Reginalde Poole was made Cardinall for Cosma and Damian by Paule the third Bishop of Rome so as the Papistes can not mislike it for the noueltie for it carieth some antiquitie and was written aboue fortie yeares sithence Thus for my part I fare like hym whiche hathe founde a Purse or Capcace of another mans and then like a playne true dealing man maketh enquirie who is the owner of it Euen so doe I cause thys little Booke to bée newe Printed that the right owners may be knowen And sithence they be dead long agoe that the Quéenes good Subiectes maye haue it amongst them as the authoures meante it in their lyfe time And thus I ende praying God to endue hir Maiestie with perfecte health and all felicitie long and triumphantly to raigne and rule ouer vs and to turne the heartes of Papistes and to make them all good Subiects to the glorie of God and strength of the Realme Amen w. w. The Argument of the foresayde Booke or Letter commended vnto thee TH' aspiring mind causd Reynold Poole to swarue And to become a Traytor to the King Troth tryes it out and law and iustice bring Vnto his mates such death as they deserue He quakes for feare and through the Seas doth carue To Rome and there is by the holy Pope Made Cardnall and obteynes a larger scope With might and mayne Poole then the Pope doth serue And sayth the King may not be supreme head Two learned men which do lament his fall Send him this Booke that follie to forbid Yet he God wot regards it not at all But like an Asse doth for a Scarlet hatte Forsake his God his King and Countrey flatte B.G. B. G. To the Reader THou séest right gentle Reader in the fourtéene short lines last before written the argumente of the Booke or Letter whiche was written to Cardinall Poole which my right Worshipfull and approued good friend when he had perused and ioyed to sée and reade desired greately to perticipate his benefite vnto thée chiefly bycause the wéede whiche at that time choked the minds of the subiects of the triumphant King of immortal memorie Henry the eyght our late Soueraigne Lorde touching the Supremacie now eftsoones breaketh forth to the intollerable annoy of the déere and louing subiects of our most dread naturall and soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Quéene of Englande France and Irelande defendor of the faith and in earthe of the Church of England and Ireland next and immediately vnder Christ the sole and alonely supreme head the daughter and vndoubted heire of hir saide late father King Henry the eyght But what haue I said Supreme head in earth of the Church of England and Ireland next vnder Christ Yea forsooth what make you then of the Popes holynesse may be your demaund I aunswere that I make of the Bishop of Rome so farre forthe as he be a Christian and the seruaunt of God the like and as large accompt for his circuit though not with so great dutie bycause I am an Englishman and not of his Dioces as I make of any Bishop in Englande within his iurisdictiō vnder oure sayde Soueraigne Lady so long as the same Bishop of Rome kéepeth him within his compasse and acknowledgeth himselfe subiect to the King of that Territorie but so farre forth as he standeth harlot like vpon the type of hys worldly pompe I take him to be that Antechrist whiche Paule calleth the man of Sinne and child of perditiō You may further aske me howe if the Pope himselfe be King there I answere that how if with how if not for if Christ whose Uicar on earth the Pope claymeth to be sayth Iohn 18. My Kingdome is not of this world the Pope if he be not Antechrist can not haue kingdome in this world Me thinkes I sée the Papist smile in his sléeue for in déede he is a smooth faced fellowe at this my simple conuersion saying that I haue framed a goodly argument that is bycause the Kingdome of Christ is not of the world therefore the Popes holynesse may not be a King in Christendome as if it should be said bycause the Kingdome of HENRYE the eyght reached not ouer Europe therfore ELIZABETH his right heire may not be Quéene of England and Ireland Let me smile wyth him againe I pray you for I will yéelde him that Kingdome in Christendome which Christ did weare the earthlie Crowne of let him likewise yéelde to euery King royaltie in his owne Kingdome That I will yéelde it the Papist laugheth agayne and so must I to for in déede for me to yéeld to the Pope a terrestiall Crowne in earth and for the Pope to yéeld vnto me a celestiall Crowne in Heauen haue both like warrant and like follie and may be equally laughed at if damnable things include iest for I without treason to my Prince can not thinke the one nor he without Treason to Christ grant the other for Christ hathe reserued the Spirituall Supremacie of his vniuersall Churche vnto himselfe and the terrestiall gouernement of his people to earthly Princes vnder whome they are gouerned and tryed as golde in the furnace and happie is that lande and people whyche haue a godly Prince on earthe to beare the sway and haue Supremacie héere nexte vnder God and amongst the happyest we Englishmen most happie in our gracious Quéene ELIZABETH whose lyfe and Supreme gouernemente I beséeche the almighty Lorde long to continue ouer vs And the same God for hys Chrystes sake hathe bestowed that supremacie on oure Quéene within hyr owne Realmes whiche the Pope falsely chalengeth through all Christian Regions For there is no

Patriarches yea the bishops of Rome all other And it is written in the Cronicles Dixit Dauid Salamoni Ecce diuisiones Sacerdotum Leuitarum in omne ministeriū domus Domini assistent tibi parati erunt Et Dauid constituit principem ad confitendū Domino Asaph fratres eius Et Constituit Iosaphat in Ierusalem Leuitas Sacerdotes principes familiarum ex Israëll vt iudicium causam Domini iudicarent habitatoribus eius praecepitque eis dicens Sic agetis in timore Domini fideliter corde perfecto c. Dauid saith to Salomon Behold the Priests and Leuits deuided in companies to do all manner of seruice that perteineth to the house of God shal assist thée and be ready And in the xvj Chapter Dauid dyd appoint chiefly to thanke the Lord Asaph and his brethren c. And Iosaphat the king did constitute Leuits and Priests the auncient heades of Israel that they should iudge the iudgement the causes of the Lord towards all the inhabitants of the earth And he charged them saying Thus shall ye doe in the feare of the Lord faithfully in a perfect heart Rex constituit turmas Sacerdotales Leuiticas vnumquēque in officio suo Et sequitur Ezechias praecepit populo vt darent part●s Sacerdotibus qui dedit consequenter decimas Et sequitur quod ad regem cum Azaria Sacerdote pertinet omnis dispensatio domus Domini eorum qui ad eam attinent Et in fine Fecit ergo Ezechias vniuersa quae diximus in omni Iuda operatusque est bonum rectum verum coram Domino Deo suo in vniuersa cultura ministerij domus Domini iuxta legem ceremonias volens requirere deum suum in toto corde suo fecitque prosperatus est Iosias quoque constituit Sacerdotes in officijs suis mandauitque plurima c. Furthermore Ezechias did appoint the Priests the Leuites in their order to waite by course euery man according to his office whether Priest or Leuit for the burnt offerings peace offerings to minister to thank to pray in the gates of the lodge of the lord And Ezechias gaue commaundement to the people dwelling in Hierusalem that they should giue their portions to the Priestes and Leuites that they might attende on the lawe of the lord And that by the precepte of Ezechias the king and of Azarias the Bishop of the house of the Lord all things were done to whom perteined all the dispensation of the house of the lord And in the ende it is said Ezechias did all those things in all Iury he wrought that which was good right and true before his Lord God in all the furniture of the ministerie of the house of the Lord according to the lawe and ceremonies desirous to séeke his Lord God withall his heart as he did and prospered therein Iosias also did ordeine Priestes in their offices and commaunded many things By al which it may appeare that Christian Kings be souereigns ouer the Priestes as ouer all other their subiects and maye commaund the Priestes to doe their offices as well as they doe other And ought by their supreme office to sée that all men of all degrées doe their dueties wherevnto they he called either by God or by the king And those kings that so doe chiefly doe execute well their office So that the kings highnesse taking vpon him as supreme head of the Church of England to sée that as well spirituall men as temporal do their duties doth neither make innouation in the Churche nor yet trouble the order thereoff But doth as the chiefe and the best of the kinges of Israll did and as all good Christian kings ought to doe Which office good Christian Emperours alwaies tooke vpon them in calling the vniuersall counsels of all countries in one place and at one time to assemble to the intent all heresies troubling the Church might be there extyrped calling commaunding as well the Byshop of Rome as other Patriarches and all Primats aswel of the East as of the West of the South and of the North to come to the sayde counsels As Marlianus the Emperour did in calling the great counsaile of Calcedon one of the foure chiefe and first generall counsailes commaunding Leo then Bishoppe of Rome to come thereto And albeit Leo neither lyked the time whiche hée woulde for a season shoulde haue bene deferred nor yet the place which he woulde haue had in Italy where the Emperour by his owne commaundement had called it to Calchis in Asia yet he aunswered the Emperour that he would gladly obey his commaundement and sent thether his agents to appeare ther for him As doth appeare in the Epistles of Leo to Martian the Emperor xli.xlvii.xlviii and in the xlix epistle to Pulcheria Empresse And lykewise desireth Theodosius the Emperour to commaund a councel of Bishops to be called in Italy for taking away such contentions and troubles as at that time troubled the quietnesse of the Churches And in many moe Epistles of the same Leo it doth manifestly appeare that the Emperours alwayes assembled generall councells by their commaundements And in the sixte councell generall it appeareth very playnly that at that time the Bishops of Rome made no clayme nor vsed title to cal them selfe heads vniuersal ouer all the Catholique church as ther doth apere In subscriptione seu saluatione synodica suggestionis antedictae which is thus ad verbum Pijssimis Dominis serenissimis victoribus triūphatoribus dilectis filijs Dei Domini nostri Iesu Christi Constantino Magno Imperatori Heraclio Tiberio Augustis Agatho Episcopus seruus seruorum Dei cum vniuersis synodis subiacentibus concilio Apostolicae sedis In the superscription or salutacion of the aforesayd synodicall preamble which is thus word for word To the most godly Lords most noble victors conquerours the welbeloued children of God and of our Lord Iesu Christ to Constantine the great Emperour to Eraclius and Tiberius Caesars Bishop Agatho the seruaunt of the seruauntes of God with all the conuocations subiect to the counsell of the Sea Apostolique sendeth gréetings and sayth expressing what countries he reckned and comprehended in that superscription or salutacion It followeth that these were vnder his assembly which were in the North and East parts So that at that time the Bishop of Rome made no suche pretence to be ouer and aboue all as hée now doth by vsurpation vendicating to himselfe the spirituall kingdome of Christ by which he reigneth in the hearts of all faythfull people and then chaungeth it to a temporall kingdome ouer and aboue all kings to depose them for his pleasure preaching therby Carnē pro spiritu terrenum regnum pro coelesti in damnationem nisi resipiscat suam The flesh for the spirite an earthly kingdome for an heauenly to his owne damnation if he repent not Where he ought

power but of God and therevppon Sainte Peter sayeth in hys firste Epistle to the Romanes the seconde Chapter as in the former Preface is alleadged Be yee subiect to all humane ordinance for the Lords sake whether it be vnto the King as to the most excellente c. Nowe if the Kyng bée most excellente who maye bée hys supreme If Peter whose successoure the Pope claymeth to bée dothe putte it from hymselfe to the Kyng howe then can the Pope wythout shame challenge it sithence in the spirite of truth Peter foreséeyng the Pryde of the Pope séemed before any Pope was to forewarne of the incomprehensible Pryde of the same Pope Thou mayest aske of me by what authoritie the Kings of the earthe holde thys supremacie I saye the wordes of Saincte Peter graunte it Thou sayest agayne that texte is often alleadged I aunswere thys little Booke following wyll shewe thée manye other authorities and to that purpose it is imprinted agayne But bycause thou shalte not runne emptie so farre lette mée demaunde of thée a question or two Who delyuered to the Israelites the Lawe of God Aaron the Prieste thou wilte saye and true Of whome dyd Aaron receyue it of Moyses thou knowest And of whome dyd Moyses take it euen from the holy hande of Almightie god When Idolatrie fell amongst the Israelites who redressed it not Aaron I warrante you but Moyses who directed the Arke of God I pray you no Priest of them all I assure thée but Kyng Dauid hymselfe And thus from tyme to tyme and at all tymes the Kyng from the hande of God and the Priest from the King receyueth authoritie Vnus est enim Legislator Iudex qui potest perdere liberare For there is one Lawgiuer which can destroy and saue He wil not varie his word is permanēt He hath appointed al earthly power to the Kings of the earth their hearts are in his hande Then reade this little booke and be fully satisfied in the premises But bycause the grauity of the Authors only admonish an Archtraytor to renoūce his follie againe to become subiect to his liege soueraigne Lorde whose bounty the traytour had largely felte and whose liberalitye he had with treacherie requited I summon thy déepe iudgement perfectly to ponder both the one and the other and to satisfie thy selfe in that whiche the touchstone of truth the sincere word of God shall be thy warrant in and giue me leaue sithence my calling claymeth not so sage direction to touche his Papacie and the paltrie thereof in playner tearmes without Premunire for I promise thée I wil obserue the lymits of humanitie to my vttermost endeuor wil not be long in that I will write reade them as thou likest way thē as thou wilt always remembring that the marke thou must hit is set and fully expressed in thys booke the reste is but a worke gathered by a lesse skilfull workeman only set down bycause an olde matter shal not come out without some new addition I make no argumēt of my worke bycause I will not stande long vpon any one thing neither doe I will thée to reade more than thou well likest of bycause the old worke is it which only is cōmended to thée But if thy grauitie will permit thée thou shalte finde in some of my pamphlets matter to delight thée yet not digressing frō the pretended purpose If frō the same y falshood of the Pope be any thing at al detected my laboure is not lost If Christ be at all glorified I haue wonne a cōquest If thou accept it I haue to thanke thée and am hereafter at thy request to do for thée what I can In the meane space I commend thée to the almightie and praye thée and all men to rest humble peticioners to the euerlasting God to length the prosperous raigne of our most merciful Quéene his seruaunt and our supreame soueraigne on earth in perfect health of bodie and Soule twice natures course to rule and raigne ouer vs AMEN ❧ A LETTER WRITten by Cutbert Tunstall late Bishop of Duresme and Iohn Stokesley sometime Bishop of London so acknowledged confessed by the said Cutbert about 14. dayes before his departure out of this his naturall life in presence of the most Reuerend Father in God Matthew thē Archbishop of Caunterbury others which letter was sent by the same two Bishops to Reginald Pole Cardinall beeing then at Rome and sometime Archbishop of Caunterbury FOR the good will that wée haue borne vnto you in times past as long as you continued the kings true subiect wée cannot a little lament and mourne that ye neither regarding the inestimable kindenesse of the Kings highnesse héeretofore shewed vnto you in your bringing vp nor the honour of the house that ye bée come off nor the wealth of the Country that ye bée borne in should so decline from your duety to your Prince that yée should bée seduced by faire woordes and vaine promises of the Bishop of Rome to winde with him going about by all meanes to him possible to pull downe and put vnderfoote your naturall Prince and Maister to the destruction of the Country that hath brought you vp and for a vaine glorie of a red Hat to make your selfe an instrument to sette foorth his malice who hath styrred by all meanes that hée could all such Christian Princes as would giue eare vnto him to depose the Kinges highnesse from his kingdome and to offer it as a pray to them that should execute his malice and to stirre if hée could his subiects against him in stirring nourishing rebellions in his realme where the office and duetie of all good Christian men and namely of vs that be Priests should be to bring al cōmotion to tranquilitie all trouble to quietnesse all discord to concord in dooing the contrarie we shew our selues to be but the ministers of Sathan not of Christ who ordeined al vs that be Priests to vse in all places the legation of peace not of discord But since that cannot be vndone that is done second it is to make amends to follow the doing of the prodigal sonne spoken off in the Gospell who retourned home to his father was well accepted as no doubt ye might bée if ye will say as he said in knowledging your folly do as hee did in retourning home again frō your wādering abroad in seruice of them who little care what come of you so that their purpose by you be serued And if you be moued by your conscience that you cannot take the king our Master as Supreme head of the Church of England bicause the Bishop of Rome hath heretofore many years vsurped the name vniuersally ouer all the Church vnder pretence of the Gospell of Mathew saying Tu es Petrus super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam Thou art Peter vpon this rocke I wil builde my Church Surely that text many of the

¶ A New yeares Gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome preferred the first day of Ianuarie in the yeare of our Lorde God after the course and computation of the Romanistes one thousand fiue hundreth seauentie and nine by B.G. Citizen of London In recompence of diuers singular and inestimable Reliques of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England the true figures and representations whereof are heereafter in their places dilated IACOB 4. Vnus enim est Legislator Iudex qui potest perdere liberare Iura dat vnus oues cuius clementia sparsas Colligit miserum discipat ira gregem AT LONDON Printed by Henry Bynneman Anno Domini 1579. Ad Archipapistam IF in the sight of Saintes and men Ingratitude be nought If friendly acts with friendly mē in frendly wise be wrought If interchanged Gratitude be natures sole desire If good for good in man and beast dame Duetie do require If enterlaced Loue be it that ioyes the haughtie minde If Bountie be the only badge to vertuous wightes assignde If mutural trade in traffique aye be stil maintayned so Ingratitude to Uertue then must needes be greatest foe Who then can take a benefite and not requite the same What vertue great did euer die without reward of fame Why should we then forget our selues to him that is so kinde Awake for shame and at the least retourne a thankfull minde Is it not much that he shoulde thinke to raise thee from thy fall And haue a care to see thee safe which is the Lord of al Oh humble then thy haughtie harte cut of thy crooked scope Returne againe and yeelde thy selfe vnto the holy Pope ▪ Whose fatherhood hath great regard to win that else were lost ▪ Who spareth neyther day nor night nor any worldly cost To sende a heape of heauenly things from royall Rome to thee Do turne the booke pervse them wel and marke thē what they be And buy them whiles they may be had and way not of the charge Their grace is gret their power is strong their warrāt very large For helth of minde and bodie both they bring and feare thy foe Ech thunder lightning rage and storme they quickly ouerthrow And what annoyaunce is in man they take it quite away And this is true if al be true the Pope himself doth say Be thankeful then vnto the Pope cast of thy care of welth And gladly giue thy glistering gold to buy this happie helth For so before thy corps be colde thy soule shal scale the skye And thou thy selfe shalt be a Saint or else the Pope doth lie Then neyther wey the Queene nor lawes but cleaue vnto the Pope And thou shalt be his sacred sonne adopted by the rope As Storie was and many moe I trust shal be agen Which God vouchsafe the obstinate for Christ his sake AMEN The Contentes of the Booke A Preface to the Reader whiche sheweth the reason of the writing of this Booke The Argument of a Booke or Letter sent to Cardinall Poole A Preface to this Booke made by the Authoure thereof The Booke or Letter which was sent to Cardinall Poole The manner and meanes of the Popes beginning The proofe thereof Another touching the charitie of the Pope The liues of two Popes viz. Alexander the second and Gregorie the seauenth Exceptions against them A comparison betwixt Christ and the Pope The Popes Wares or Merchandise Leo a child of noble house and well brought vp grew wicked by being Pope Pope Vrbans present to the Emperour of Gretia Lenuoy of the Authour vpon the sayd foure Popes The poysoning of King Iohn The holy Mayde of Kent The exposition of hir miracles Howe greate enimies the Pope and his Legates haue bin to Christian Realmes and how he hath bin expelled Diuers letters Inuectiue against the Pope A PREFACE THis little Booke ensuing was addressed to Cardinall Poole in Anno. 1537. whiche when I had redde and well perused knowing the impression almost spente I déemed it worthy a new imprinting bycause it was written by two auntient Fathers and learned Diuines who vouched their authorities from the sacred word of god Alas that Arrogācie which is mother of al mischiefes direction to most heresies and treasons the denial I meane of the supremacie of the Quéene far surpasseth all other Heresies and Treasons and without repentance bringeth destruction of body soule Howbeit the more to be lamented it is ouer rife in England for it is not only the opinion of diuers old men but of many yong mē which are destitute of learning voyde of grace ignorant of knowledge and yet hold opinion that the Pope is and ought to be the supreme head What blinde sorte of euill disposed Papistes be they nay rather what Romishe Rebels are they which contrarie to the word of God had rather haue a forraigne Pope their head than oure most dread and soueraigne Lady the Quéenes most excellente Maiestie whose Subiectes naturallie we are vnder whose obeysance we are borne vnder whose protection we liue and vnder whose mightie power next God we rest defended from all forraigne Enimies in suche sorte as by the lawes of God by the lawes of Nature and by the lawes of the Realme we are bounde to obey hir and none other These things considered I can not but maruell how those Papistes dare so presumptuouslie extoll that enimie of Christe the Pope as to call hym Gods Vicar on earth What Pope hath coniured them or what Deuill hath bewitched them that they are so mightilie affected to the Pope and so slenderlie regard their naturall liege Lady the Quéenes Maiestie Sure I am that by denying the Supremacie they haue broughte themselues into Premunire and from thence grow into farther mischiefes from whēce their holy Father the Pope with all his Colledge of Cardinals can not deliuer them And what else commeth of this Papisticall Religion but murmuring contention strife sedition rumors lewde practises and priuie conspiracies to put discord amongst them that liue in peace and lastly open Rebellion if they were able to bring it to passe For want of which habilitie they nowe vse Prophecies Coniuration Nicromancie Piromancie and Calculation wherto they attribute great credite They séeke out Witches and Sorcerers wheresoeuer they may be found throughout Christendome Their determinations and elusiōs they hold in great priee and with their diuelish crafts they séeke to delude thée and all the Subiectes of the Quéenes most excellente Maiestie Wherefore I wishe all menne to beware howe they kéepe company wyth Papistes for euen as the Lepres infect others with theyr foule disease so doe the Papists infect many with their pestiferous euill councell and worse example They resemble likewise the venemous Toade for as the foule Toade can not abyde the swéete tast of the fruitefull Uine so can not they abide the true tast of the doctrine of our sauioure Christe the flourishing Uyne of eternall life but

but such as were commaunded by the generall counsell For aye the more precepts sayde he be giuen the more transgressors be founde Anno. 1271. Thus in what estimation the Scottes this long agoe held the Pope and his Legates this short Oration sufficiently sheweth And nowe of Englande IN the .xxix. yeare of the raigne of King Edwarde the first in a certaine declaration made against Pope Boniface the eyght by a singular learned man these words amōgst other were vttered I propounde also saith he that the said Boniface is wrapt in infinite manifest heynous sinnes his mouth is full of cursing his féete and steppes are swifte to shedde bloud he vtterly teareth in péeces the Churches which he ought to cherish wasting wickedlie the goodes of the poore and making much of wicked men that giue hym rewards persecuting the righteous and among the people not gathering but scattering bringing in new sectes of destruction that haue not bin heard of blaspheming the way of truth and by robberie thinking himselfe equall to the Lorde Iesus Christe which is blessed for euer And beyng most couetous thirsteth for golde coueteth golde and by some deuise getteth golde of euery people and vtterly not regarding the worshipping of God with feyned wordes sometime by flattering sometimes by threatning sometimes by false teaching and all to get money withall hée maketh merchandise of vs all enuying all things but hys owne louing no man nourishing warre persecuting and hating the peace of his Subiectes He is rooted in all vnspeakeable sinnes a contrarie and strife againste all the wayes and doctrines of the lord He is truly the abhomination of the people whiche Daniell the Lords Prophete described Therefore I answere that lawes weapons and all the Elements ought to arise againste him whiche thus ouerthroweth the state of the Churche for whose sinnes God plagueth the whole worlde And finallye nothing remayneth to him being so vnsatiable to satisfie him withall but onely the vnsatiable mouth of Hell and the fire whiche cannot be quenched continuing for euer And thus gentle Reader saying as Pasquillus sayd Roma vale vidi satis est vidisse reuertar Quum leno aut meretrix scurra cinoedus ero Which may be thus Englished Oh Rome farewell the sights I see suffize I le backe again But whē I wil be baud or whore or scolde thine am I then I take my leaue of thée and of all these auntient matters and pray thée to holde the same opinion of Rome whiche Fryer Mantuan a Poet of later time helde and properly vttered in these two verses following viz. Si quid Roma dabit nugas dabit accipit aurum Verba dat Heu Romae nunc sola pecunia regnat In English thus If Rome yeeld aught they are but toyes she taketh glistring golde For words alas Rome nowe by coyne hir royall raigne doth hold And amongst those gifts of Rome I will for thy farewell yéeld thée one more of the Popes benefits which perchance may pleasure thée if thou neuer vse it It is forsooth a medicine to staunch bloud by words And I wil tell thée howe thou shalt come best cheap by it but first to the wordes whiche are these L●ngius miles perforauit Lancea ✚ latus Christi continuo ✚ exiuit sanguu redemptionis ✚ et aqua baptismatis ✚ In nomine Domini cessat sanguu iste ✚ In nomine spiritus sancti amen ✚ and after say S. Ihons Gospell In principis erat verbum verbum erat apud Deum Deus erat verbum c and this wil suffize so thou do it in order wherein I wil tel thée thy readiest beste cheape waye bycause I sée thou arte affected Turne backe againe to the place in this booke where the Popes wares are desciphered and vnder the number of 10. thou shalte finde an Agnus Dei which is hollow that must be bought get it as good cheape as thou canst for I wil haue nothing for my counsell then muste thou gette written in fine parchment or paper by the hande of some deuout religious man the Gospell of S. Iohn and the charme aforesaide but take héede that he be well contented for his labour or else it auaileth not This writing muste he put into the Agnus Dei and close it vp againe and weare it about thy ne●ke by a string of purple or crymson silke and so soone as thy nose bléedeth clap it to the Gospell and then if it bléede trust me no more Vale. Conclusio We see the bird ful braue abroad and free from euery ill Is brought to baine through Fowlers fraude by sweete ●●co●ding quill The hony harlots sugred speach so snares the minde of man As wisest wits in wantons webbe is tangled nowe and than Bur beaten fishe can safely swimme and by a piercing looke Foresee the fraud of fishers ●rie and shunne both bayte hooke So he that stirs his beaten ba●ke by compasse carde and skill At laste obtaines his wished porte holds himself harmlesse stil. No fish nor fowle by craft nor skill nor youth by female fraudes Haue bin deceivde as al the world hath bin by Romish gaudes An apple or an egge may call a child to Butchers boule The Pope by baggage beads and buls hath bittē many a soule His blyssyngs e●st haue made vs blyth who hath not feard his curse His buzzing bees haue bleard our eies whiles falshod fild their purse What Diuel bewitched worldly wits that none estate could scape But gaue their goodes as if it were for mowing of an Ape Nay worse for happy had we bin if none but coine were lost We left our God and folowed Baal bought the Diuel with cost Shake off therefore this costly course and bea●en nowe beware Of fisher fouler foxe or Diuell the Pope hath craftiest snare Foresee therefore in time his Cha●ibdes and his Scill The compasse of the worde of God auoydes the daungers still And brings thy beaten barke from storms to port in perf●●e test Where through the bloud of Iesus Christ his saincts for aye arc blest To which when that our noble Q. hath livde the age of No● And beaten quite conquered Baal God sēd hi● soule with ioy And graunt eche subiect still to see that vnder Chris●i● earth For England is no supreame head but Queene Elizab●th ●end loyaltie and loue in al confound hir foes and ●●en ●hall Babilon be ouerthrowen which● gra●●● oh god Amen FINIS B.G. Alia Conclusio THe wādring wight that succour seekes in dāgers deep distresse As Hecuba when greedy Greekes did ransackt Troy possesse Is fayne to try such foraigne friends as league of former loue Yeeldes cause to trust but fortune lends to glad spoiles to proue For in the end yong Polidore King Priams sonne was slayne By fathers friende wo worth therefore the loue that lokes for gayne Then England seeke thy Prince t' obey and aske no foraigne ayde Shake off in time the shauelings sway whome truth hath nowe bewrayd The Qu. by