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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00425	The pope's parliament, containing a pleasant and delightful historie, wherin are ... deliuered ... the paltry trash and trumperies of him and his pelting prelats ... : Whereunto is annexed an Anatomie of Pope Ioane, more apparently opening her whole life and storie. / Written by Iohn Mayo.	Mayo, John, fl. 1607-1629.	1591 (1591)	STC 17752; ESTC S124300	38,680	52

prayse What godly and Christian orders be obserued in your house How feruent and forward are you alwayes in her Maiesties seruice in defence of the realme against forreine inuasions and in detecting and punishing those that wilfullie disturbe and seeke to subuert our happie state and gouernement Grafton in the 21. yeere of the reigne of king Henrie the 7. 1505. Rightly do you aduaunce the great worship and credite of your house and truly tread the steppes of your famous auncestours For as that noble knight sir Thomas Trenchard your grandfather in the time of king Henrie the seuenth was commended and renowmed and greatlie thanked of the king his maister for receyuing with all humanitie and reuerence Philip king of Castile and Lion Archduke of Austrich and Burgoine and Earle of Flaunders who was the kings louing and faithfull friend and of old familiaritie and acquaintance togither being driuen by force of weather to the port of Weymouth so your worship within these few yeares haue beene not a little commended and renowmed and greatly thanked of her gracious Maiestie for nobly entertaining Lewys of Burbon prince of Condee being driuen to land at the same place I could vse further discourses to this effect but fearing the censure of smoothing and hoping you will deine as well of the poore mans mite as the rich mans treasure and shadow this my slender labour vnder the wings of your tuition I surcease any longer to interrupt your serious affaires suppliantly crauing of the Almightie to augment his graces and vertues in you that after your short pilgrimage here ended you may rest with the Israel of God in endlesse blisse and felicitie Your Worships at commandement IOHN MAYO To the Christian Reader DOubtlesse thou maist maruell and much mislike good courteous Reader that I who am but a tender suckling and nouice in good letters should presume so far as to take in hand and publish that which I haue rawly and rashly contriued being a matter meete and requisite for a graue and perfect diuine Certes I cannot altogither excuse my selfe in this behalfe for I am not so blinde as not to see nor so impudent as not to confesse my knowledge to be such as is fitter to be concealed then reuealed and deserueth rather silence and reiection then any affection or cōmendation Howbeit I am of the mind of learned Seneca Malè mihi esse malo quàm molliter Seneca 33. Epist. I had rather be counted foolish and impudent by offering such simple stuffe as mine insufficiency can affoord then slouthfully to sit still in the market place and to be neither idle nor well occupied especially in that matter that might shew the dastardly cowardnes bastardly causes of our aduersaries who are suffered by reason of a few currish cursed schismatikes of our owne breeding that haue disturbed our quiet state and gouernment and troubled not a little many godly and learned men too much to wallow welter in their owne loathsome securitie and to sleepe as they say in vtramuis aurem soundly and roundly with little or no contradiction What Credimus auectos hostes do we thinke that they are gone Do we beleeue that they are cleane extinct extirpate and that all their treacheries treasons massacres are dead and buried No no this our silence towards them doth breed the more violence in them and will I feare heape greater firebrands of troubles vpon vs. Our owne dangerous and gnawing Vipers God be thanked are wel tamed sufficiently curbed so that they dare not once so much as to peep vp their heads Now let vs haue a vigilant eye and diligent care to these arch-enimies least they being better armed with fire and sword then with the scriptures and Doctors do worke our wo and make vs buy repentance at too hie a rate The times were neuer so daungerous as they be now Sine pace Criminatores Proterui Men were neuer such 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as they be now and neuer greater perils were hanging ouer our heads The Pope neuer bestirred himselfe more then he doth the Cardinals priests monkes friers and all the rabblement of them did neuer intend more mischiefe against vs then they do now For the same Proclamation is practised now in Rome among them that was somtime in the counsel house of Ephesus Nemo nostrum frugi esto Let no good man be among vs. Therefore let vs look vnto them in time and beware of their leauen and maliciousnes and let me not be too hardly censured because I haue aduentured to offer vnto thee this simple Treatise called The Popes Parliamēt wherin thou maiest see a whole packe of Romish trumperies and Antichristian illusions Construe well my meaning and accept my good will willing by the one to do thee the best good I could and declaring by the other my heartie zeale affection for the aduancement of Gods true religion and for the suppression of impious superstitiō howsoeuer thou deeme of it I am comforted with this Tantum emit vidua duobus minutis quantum emit Petrus relinquens retia quantum ●●chaeus dando dimidium patrimonij sui And so farewell Thine in the Lord IOHN MAYO Candido Lectori I. O. VIsne Antichristi vestigia cernere vísne Romanam praxim cernere Lector ades Vis Papae Synodum conflatam mordicùs oestro Bile supercilijs cernere Lector ades Vísne Papistarum discrimina praelia rixas Iurgia praestigias cernere Lector ades Vin ' tu foemineae contagia dira Iohannae Papae olim Romae cernere Lector ades Vin ' mores vitamque suam quam turpiter actam Vin ' mortem horrendam cernere Lector ades Lector ades librum hunc eme perlege protinus ipse Haec planè plenè suppeditata feres Sume ergo placidè iucundo sumito vultu Authori grates pectore redde tuo Floridus Mayi est redoletque mensis Floridus Mayo est redoletque noster Praebet halantes niueosque flores Alter alter Huius ast flores remanent vigentque Illius flores pereunt caduntque Fulgidos veros rutilosque flores Collige lector In commendation of the Author SWeete May is come that winters frost opprest Whereat the birds their siluer notes displaies As if that Bore as blastes had reau'd their rest And Phoebus rousde from denne with golden raies Comes with his shining beames bringing them newes Of weather faire which as they would ensewes The May is come that makes the shrubs to sing Whose rubie streames descries the slow-worms watchs And Philomela sits and feares no sting Of wrath but quiet naps in rest she catchs Each bird on toppe of tree with mirth resounds Welcome sweete May by whom our blisse rebounds Our May faire knowledge is error the frost That nipt truthes Laurell boughes and flowers faire The Protestants the birds that sorrow lost To see vndoubted truth to them repaire The Philomela shewes our noble Queene The blindfold Pope the slow-worme cloath'd with teene