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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

the earth as in the sea and beyond the power of nature beautified with a deuine knowledge I prie into the qualities of the heauens and prognosticate what they promise or threaten on earthly creatures therefore haue good cause to aduance my thoughts and to thinke well of my selfe The ambitious hath this vaile or shadow I see qd hc that vertue her selfe attyred with pouertie is ouerblowne with light regard her seruants slaues to varlets in credit so that he is an enemie to his owne prosperitie that in bare estate presenteth any good parte for that he is sure to incounter the malice of the ignorant who fearing their owne fortunes with enuie suppresse his perfections and the good although they embrace vertuous endeuours at the first sight iudge by the outward habit as the noble Titus did by his good friende Gissipus till necessitie discouered who he was And therfore saith the ambitious I holde authoritie the readiest ladder to aduancement The flatterer thinketh that to reproue mens faultes is a meane to fire the faultie mans heart with malice and thereby shoulde encrease his friendes euill and endanger his owne welfare where the wisest are not so wise but that they open both their eares to heare their owne prayses and therefore sayth he blame he that liste I will breath in no mans face other then good wordes not onely these but all other infections of the minde haue such like sophisticall reasons to giue colour to their errors neyther are they so past cure but that there is a hope of reformation Now concerning the infirmities of the bodie the pestilence is most dangerous the plurisie most sodaine and the leprosie most odious notwithstanding if delay haue not wrought ouer much defect in nature physicke hath a medicine for euery of these maladies But this hiddeous Monster enuie lyeth open to all reproche and as a moth in cloth or canker rust in iron dyeth with the destruction of his follower who burst out of the entrayles of the olde serpent to so we hatred betwéene God and man for the enuie that the Deuill bare at the Almightie Maiestie of God raysed a desire in Adam and Eue to be as their Creator in knowledge and so brought sin vpon the face of the earth and through sinne swadled all their posteritie in the heauie displeasure of God with this bitter curse was she hatched and with the sacke of Common weales and bloud of innocentes she hath euer since bene fostered A man gouerned by other detestable euils be it murther theft periurie and so foorth if he be not soone cut off with the sworde of Iustice yet is he continually chastened with the scourge of his conscience but lawe and iustice net easily fasteneth on the enuious for he hydeth his conspiracies vntill he be strengthened with a multitude whose furie breaketh forth in the flame of faire cities and is quenched with the bloud of many thousandes and therefore enuie may well be compared to brandes raked vp in ashes which are vncouered to set mightie blockes a fire In the conscience of the enuious remorse hath no place for that his thoughts are continually busied with diuelish imaginations as well as his forces are bent to the ruine of his neyghbours A man without much blushing will confesse himselfe a couetous voluptuous or cowardly person for that the needeful foresight of the great charge of children the dayly harde fortunes which happen and the costly cure of sickenesse wherevnto all men are subiect are colours for coueteusnesse Agayne the blame that is layde vpon a nigarde the contempt wherein men haue mecanicall liues she hastie death that followeth care are reasons to make men be pleasant and merrie with their owne The perill of life the griefe of woundes and the daunger of lawe are sufficient excuses for a coward But if he be enuious he dare not recyte so much as the name of enuie the reason is this passion is so sowle and infamous as it stincketh in the opinion of him that is infected therewith and good cause why for that the others grow as langors and malladies of nature and enuie proceedeth of a malitious and froward consent of our owne will without any ground or reason saue such as would make the worst infidell blush to defende and the weakest Christian abhorre to heare his inticementes are so farre from grace humanitie and naturall pittie All other passions of the minde may growe and spring from such hard temptations as they which yeelde vnto their affections doe giue cause both of pittie and lament as necessitie may make men steale tyrannie in Princes may so we sedition among subiectes hardnes and crueltie in parents may cause disobedience in children and so of others which although the offences ought to be chastened yet their causes may with charitie be bemoned But this feinde enuie is onely tempted with the bountie of God for as our sauiour saith the eye of the enuious is for no other cause euill but in that it beholdeth that God is good which considered the enuious is to be condemned much more then the impatient yea when affection leades him to murmure and rage against God for the impatient may be so sharpely pressed with Gods heauie iudgement as charged aboue the sufferaunce of nature reason shall be forced to giue place vnto furie and when the hearte is at this libertie the tongue will not let to disgorge blasphemies sufficient if it were possible to fire the heauens but if the enuious vnbowelleth his griefe when he commeth to dispoyle his heart he can alleage or pretend no other cause of sorrow but that God is too good too mercifull and too liberall towards his creatures In giuing to some great authoritie to others aboundance of riches to this man store of friendes to that man inlargement of honours c. On the contrary part if he reioice it is in beholding of most sad and lamentable chaunces as in discorde among friendes iealousie betweene man and wife their children disobedient their seruants theeues or in such like hauocke of their neighbours prosperitie and as among beastes some nourisheth themselues with euill odours some with poison and some with filthie carrion euen so the enuious is fatned with the curse miserie and death of his brethren Basile in his sermon of enuie compareth the enuious properly vnto flyes which leaue the sounde partes of our body and liteth vpon a scab or sore the iuyce or filth whereof giueth thē a sweete and pleasant taste euen so vertuous and good men afflicted with exile imprisonment losse of goods or such like ordinarie calamities giue comfort reioycing vnto the enuious Seneca rightly compareth enuy vnto a Panther who so rageth at the presence of a man for the maiestie he presenteth as presently he imployeth all his forces to dismember his beautifull limmes and not only is agrieued with

the Iewes This Mahomet had a quicke spirite and easely learned what so euer he was taught who in his youth was solde as a slaue vnto a rich marchaunt named Adimonople who regarding the towardnes of the young man intertayned him as his sonne and in no pointe as his slaue who so well mannaged his masters affayres that in shorte time he returned Adimonople great riches and by reason of his great traffique both with Christians and Iewes he was well exercised in eyther of their lawes during this time Mahomets master dyed without yssue and left Ladigua his wife very riche who hauing before proued the sufficiencie of Mahomet tooke him to husband so of a bondman raysed him vnto the degrée of a riche Lord. In the Prime of Mahomets aduancement the forenamed Sergius ariued in Arabia who to be reuenged of the Cleargie that banished him Constantinople or more properly to shew his malice to despight God because he suffered him to prosper no better in his herestes in euery place he tormented the poore Christians with whose outward habite he was but lately attyred in the ende he lighted in acquaintance with Mahomet whome Sergius founde in abilitie and power great in witte quicke and subtill in minde proude and ambitious of disposition froward and enuious a great practiser of magicke and nigromancie and to bee shorte that hee was ignoraunt in no vice neither was there any lewde attempt that hee feared to enterprise who taking his best opportunitie counseled Mahomet to take vpon him the name of a Prophet and to giue him the greater credit by magicke and other diuelis●… practises hee illuded the people with some false myracles in somuch as his wife and most familiar friendes began to admire Mahomet and to reuerence him as a holy Prophet But were it the vengeaunce of God sent to abase his pride or the malice of the deuill by this plague to colour his impious enterprise Mahomet was many times stroken with the falling euill whose straunge passions much amazed both his wife and houshold seruauntes which Mahomet thus excused that the Angell of God oftentimes talked with him and vnable as a man to sustaine his diuine presence he entered into this agonie and alteration of spirit and that by this visitation he forelearned what was the almightie will and pleasure of God whose expresse charge he followed By these subtil illusions protestations he not only seduced his familliar friendes and allies but by his cunning and their false rumours he was admired and reputed through the greater part of Arabia as the Prophet of God Mahomet growing to be thus popular and after the death of his wife sole possessed of a great masse of wealth by the incouragement of Sergius he published abrode that he was sente from God into the worlde to giue lawes vnto the people and for that he was by his industrie learned in all lawes in the beginning till he had well rooted his damnable sect to reaue himselfe of many dangerous enemies in parte he accorded with the Iewes in part with the Christians and moreouer in many thinges he agreed with the heretiques which raigned in his time he denyed the Trinitie with the Sabellicans with the Macedonians he denyed that the holy Ghost was God and approued the multitude of wiues with the Nicolaites on the other part he confessed that our Sauiour and Redeemer was a holy Prophet and that he had the spirite of God with the Iewes he receyued circumcision and to be short being of no religion hee entertained the professours of euery religion but especially his wicked law tollerated al carnal vices wtout controlement Ma●…omet being by these means strong and puissant he made his lawe named the Alcoran and for that he distrusted the goodnes thereof he generally forbad all men vpon the paine of death not so much as to dispute of his lawe In the beginning of these matters he was strengthened with the multitude and such as were seduced with his false perswasions Also there ioyned with him all the vicious and carnal men which in those dayes abounded through the world by whose ayde he assaulted the confines of Arabia and subiected a great part thereof His beginning was about the yeere of the Lord 620. in the time of the Emperour Eraclies who so soone as he had news of Mahomets proceedings as Platinus witnesseth he prepared a remedie perfourmed the same in part intertaining for this seruice with large promises the Scenits a warlike people of Arabia so that this new sect was in a maner stifeled for a time notwithstanding the Emperour greatly erred that he followed not his purpose vntill he had cleane plucked vp this wicked roote which brought forth such dangerous and damnable seed for in not continuing his enterprise he did much hurt in beginning of the same for because he kept not promise with the Scenites and payed them their accustomed wages they in despight thereof ioyned with Mahomet seeing that he was in great reputation holden for the Prophet of God they chose him for their captaine Afterwardes he and his people assailed the Empire of the ROMAINS and entering into Syria they conquered the noble citie of Damas with all Egypt Iudea the adioyning countries Mahomet then perswaded the Sarisens a people of Arabia that the land of promise belonged vnto them as the legittimate successors of Abraham and hauing thus fortunate successe in his enterprises he made warre vpon the Persians by whom he was at the first vanquished but in the ende he had the vpper hand To conclude after that Mahomet had compassed great and horrible matters he was poysoned in the 40. yeere of his age and as Sabellicus sayth in the yeere of our Lord 6 2. And for that Mahomet would often say that after his death he should ascend vp into heauen his disciples kept him aboue the ground vntill his bodie stuncke as badde as his soule which was then closed in iron and by his sayde disciples was carried into the Citie of Meque in Persia where he is worshipped of all the people of the East yea of the greater part of the worlde Califus succeeded Mahomet in the Empire and Hali succeeded Califus these two greatly augmented the secte of Mahomet and so from tyme to tyme by diuers meanes and successions and Principally for our sinnes and through the cowardlines of the Emperors of the East this pestilence continueth vnto our age And certaynely if Gods mercie and the diligence of the Emperour CHARLES the fifte had not stopped the passage and determination of the great Turke SOLYMAN Italie and all the West hadbene in daunger of this infection God be praised for his prouidence and when it standeth with his good will all good people doe desire that there may bee such vnitie among Christian Princes as ioyning their forces together they may be able to confounde the tyrannie of this enemie of many thousand millions of mens saluation

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

lawes of other Countreys to hinder as much as pollicy may the iniustice of Iudges our English gouerment hath had a speciall care to kéepe the seate of iustice from the staine of iniustice For to preuent that authoritie may not outcountenance right neyther Lord nor any other person may sit with the Iudges in open Sises vpon paine of a great forfeiture to the Quéene To preuent that affection nor hatred may hinder iustice no man may be iudge of Assise in the place where he was borne or is resident vpon the paine for euerie offence 100. pound Iustice shall be solde deferred or denied to no man and the Iustices of any bench or Court whatsoeuer shall not let to execute the common lawe for any commaundement that shall come vnto them vnder the great Seale or priuie Seale manye other penall charges are sette downe vnto Iudges to binde them to the true administration of iustice and all to little purpose if the Iudge haue not the feare of God before his eyes for positiue lawes as the sage Cleobulus sayeth are like vnto cobwebs through which the hernets breake when the little flies are meashed The lawe of man may stay iniustice but the awe of God is only of force to banish it You Iudges are Gods vpon the earth listen then what the God of heauen sayeth vnto you I say vnto you that you are Gods but you shall dye like men This was the charge of Moyses Iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother and the stranger that is with him so that you know no f●…ces in iudgement but heare the small as well as the great and be afraid of no man for the iudgement is the Lords The iudgement thus being the Lords Iudges ought to be very circumspect to administer iustice without respect of persons for his vengeance dayly maketh it knowne that nothing is more odious vnto him then iniustice corruption and cruelty they are the principall causes that God repented that he euer made man which moued him to destroy the whole world with water God by his Prophet saith that he will roote out the Iudge it followeth why because he hath solde the righteous for money and the poore for showes Daniel said vnto the false Iudges that wrongfully accused condemned Susanna The messenger of the Lord standeth waiting with the sword to cut you in peeces I coulde recite many fearefull examples to witnes that Gods vengeance swiftly followeth the Iudge that by partiall iudgement either vndoeth the poore or sheddeth giltles blood Among the rest I haue selected these speciall examples following to admonish or rather to assure all iudicial estates that God neuer faileth to reuenge their iniuries that in the bitternes of their sorrow demaund his iustice At such time as the Templers were destroied a Knight of that order a Napolitane borne by the generall iudgement of the people was at the pursuite of Philip le Bel King of Fraunce vniustly put to death by the iudgement of Pope Clement the fifth the poore Templar going to execution behelde Pope Clement and Philip le bel at a window who in the bitternesse of his sorrow sodainly cryed out Most cruel Clement since there is no worldly iudge before whom I may appeale to reuoke thy most cruell and vniust sentence pronounced against me at the malitious pursuit of Philip of France I therefore appeale thée and Philip both as most wicked iudges before the iust iudge Iesus Christ within one yeare to answere my blood which you most impiously shed before whome I oppose my cause which shall determine it without loue gaine or dread which blinded you the knight was executed according to his iudgement and about the time of his demaunde no doubt but by Gods iust iudgement The Pope dyed of an extreame paine of the stomake and in the like manner dyed Philip of France semblable was the ende of Ferdinando the fourth king of Castile who putting to death two knights more of displeasure than iustice when neither teares nor prayers aided their innocencie they cited the saide king to appeare before the tribunall seate of Christ within thirtie dayes the last whereof king Ferdinando attached by death failed not to make his answere Baptista Fulgotius writeth that a Captaine of the Gallies of Genes who making a course vpon the seas tooke a foist of Catelong in which there was a Captaine that neuer offered wrong vnto the Geneuoies notwithstanding through the hatred the Geneuoyes bare vnto the Cattelans hée commaunded that the captaine being taken prisoner shoulde bee hanged who in shedding manie teares required that his euer well vsing of the Geneuoies might repeale the iniust sentence of death pronounced vppon him but in the ende finding no grace hee repaired to deuine iustice and tolde the cruell Captaine that synce he woulde procéede to execution of his bloodie iudgement he appealed him by a certain day before god who chastiseth vniust iudges to render an account of his hard iudgement at which day the Geneuoy Captaine failed not his apparance Many other examples might be produced but this is of most speciall memory of the Archbyshop of Magonce in Almaine whose iniurie was reuenged on the whole Citie of Magonce As the renowned Poet Gontier in the life of the Emperour Frederick the first and the the Bishop Conradus in his historie of diuers accidents reporteth The sum whereof followeth In the Citie of Magonce in the yeare of our Lord 1150. or there about there was an Archbishop named Henry a man bewtified with al maner of vertues This Archbishop like a good shepheard seuerely corrected al publike sins hauing a great care of his flocke was very iealous of the honor of God and of the loue of his neighbour through enuie whereof the wicked bare him a mortall grudge and by false accusations accused him before the Pope of disabilitie and many other grieuous crimes The Pope notwithstanding that he alwayes reputed him a holy and a iust man neuertheles could not denie his accusors audience The Bishop hauing aduertisment of these enuious suggestions to purge his innocency chewsed among his friends a priest whom he had much aduanced and especially loued named Arnold This Arnold being rich of spirit Eloquence and mony so soone as he arryued at Rome pricked forward by the diuel studied how to depriue his Lord of this dignitie and to seate himselfe in the Archbishopricke And to come by the same he subborned two lewd Cardinals with a great sum of money afterwards instéede of fauorable speaking in his Masters behalfe he spake much against him saying that he was more bounde to God and the truth then vnto men and that in verie trueth the Archbyshop was guiltie of the accusation laide against him by meanes whereof the Pope was moued and abused with the report and therefore to procéede iudicially against the innocent Bishop hée sent the two Cardinals confederate with Arnold into Almaine who being ariued

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. Malgre Seene and allowed AT LONDON Printed by I. Windet for G. Seton and are to be sold at his shop vnder Aldersgate 1586. which are the fountaines of goodnes from whence princes and heroycal states may receiue perfect wisedome and the whole world besid●… moral instruction to conclude your Maiesty as Gods ●…ener being setled in Salomons throne crowned with the conquest of Enuy the queller of Alexander Caesar most of the worthies plentifully distributing deuine and earthly blessings vppon afflicted kingdomes against whom all traiterous practises are of the nature of the horse called Seian whose maisters had euermore miserable ends Most gratious Lady admyring these great considerations I fearefully haue armed this profitable booke with the sheilde of your Royall protection from whom the glory goodnes therof is deriued The censures of graue men which are the substance of this work stand in place of counsels for your good subiects and vnto me as loyall as the truest the bare labor is onely dew In which trembling presumption I protest before God and your Maiestie that my heart nor booke medleth with matter of your happie gouernment to which no earthly pollicie may be added neither is heauenly wisdome absent And as far is it from my thought in name figure or circumstance to misnote any capitall Maiestrate whose honorable trauels deserue much reuerence and no lesse regard It then followeth most regarded Queene that the reach of my duetie which climeth betweene fire and frost the premises allowed simply laboreth to publish these regards that common faults may be amended in imitation of your pretious vertues the lights of the world and life of Englands happines God graunt my paines a profitable successe to which good god I zealously pray that long may your maiesty liue that still may your enimies fal and those that louingly feare you no doubt shall euer finde you a good gratious Lady Your Maiesties loyal and humble subiect therein happie George Whetstones To the most Honorable the Nobilitie of this florishing Realme of Englande accomplishment of a●…e desires MOst Honorable the long continuance of her Maiesties most happie gouerment fullie witnesseth the saying of morall Diogenes Vertue onely conquereth Enuy for if force or fortune were antidotes against her infections the ancient monarks had ouercome her venome and contrary to other poysons her breath had not shroonke vp their large Empires into the length and breadth of their Tombes Basill in his sermon of Enuy saith that this passion bendeth her forces against the glorie of God the peace of Princes and obedience of subiects feedeth vppon lamentable chaunces and pineth to behold the prosperitie of vertue Basill to confirme his censure had the subuersion of large Empires ruine of florishing common weales and in former ages the spoile of diuine and humane blessings whose woonderfull conquests I haue set foorth for three considerations the first to shew the mightye prouidence of Almightie God in defending this little Realme from sundrie the assaultes of so furious an enemie the second to inlarge or rather eternize the glorie of manie her Maiesties peaceable victories against this bloodie Enuie the third to counsell her good subiects by waightie examples to arme their happinesse with vertue the onely meane to withstand the puissance of Enuie They may hardly pleade ignorance hauing the commandements of sacred scripture the lawes of sage Philosophers and policies of good common wealthes men to instruct euerie of them in the offices and duties of theyr vocation Right Honorable this is in effect the reach of my trauell which I hope will entertaine the discreete Reader with many other perticular benefites Vnto you most noble Lords I reuerently direct this first part which some wayes medleth with the sword and the rest I present according to the qualitie of the subiete which considered by the morall substance may with your fauour I say it be a Myrror of gouernement for all good subiects The further censure thereof I humblie submit to your Lorships leysurable reading and for your health honor and prosperitie as the bewtie and strength next vnto God and her Maiestie of this happie gouernment my daily prayers shall not be forgotten At vvhose right Honorable Lordships commaundements I humblie remaine George Whetstones R. B. to the Reader of this English Myrror TO praise a thing that no man can dispraise Approueth zeale yet smally doth alure The Iuy bush is but a needlesse gase Before the doore where as the wine is pure The Authors name alone commends this booke The Muses so haue alwayes blest his Pen And who so shall with iudgement thereon looke Shall finde Regards for euery sort of men Let Mallice swell and Enuy shew her might His Fame shall liue in spight of euery spyght FINIS GEntle Reader whereas by absence of M. Whetstones some small faultes remaine perhaps vncorrected if thou light of any such I beséech thée with thy Penne to amend them and especially such as are contained in the which are generall faults through the impression Errata Page 3. line 5. for fastneth read fasten page 4. li. 28. for nourisheth read nourish pa. 25. li. 27. line of Beniamen read line of Iuda p. 152. li. 13. vp hary read Ap-hary or Vap Harry pa. 237. li. 19. Gleobulus read Cleobulus p. 247. li. 14. from study read from manners pa. 248. li. 5. the neighborhood read the neighbor p 249. li. 11. Maiestrates read Maiestrates of cities THE ENGLISH MIRROVR A Regard vvherein all estates may beholde the Conquestes of Enuie c. CHAP. 1. Of the Originall of Enuie and howe farre in euill this furie passeth all other passions of the minde THere is no defect of mind nor infirmitie of bodie but hath his originall of nature or colour from reason and by the benefite of the one or the other receaueth cure preposterous Enuie only except who degenerateth frō kind and masketh without vizard of excuse Touching the passions of the minde pride is abhominable before God ambition perillous for a Common weale flatterie the great deceiuer of men yet are none of these euils without a cunning cloake although voyde of iust excuse The proud man saith vnto himselfe I am formed after the image of God I am Lord of his creatures as wel on