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A07410	Of two vvoonderful popish monsters to wyt, of a popish asse which was found at Rome in the riuer of Tyber, and of a monkish calfe, calued at Friberge in Misne. Which are the very foreshewings and tokens of Gods wrath, against blinde, obstinate, and monstrous Papistes. Witnessed, and declared, the one by Philip Melancthon, the other by Martyn Luther. Translated out of French into English by Iohn Brooke of Assh, next Sandwich.; De deux monstres prodigieux. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut; Crespin, Jean, d. 1572.; Brooke, John, d. 1582.	1579 (1579)	STC 17797; ESTC S107029	24,551	44

a wonderfull sort either his wrath or 〈◊〉 And ch●efely the 〈◊〉 chaunges the encreasinges 〈◊〉 of Kingdomes and Empires As wée maye sée in Daniel the eight where after the fourth Monarch the kingdome of Antechrist is also foreshewed to the ende that all true faithfull men and Christians should bée admonished in good time and shoulde take heede of his trumperies and deceites and of his Idolatryes and execrable blasphemies and of all his diuine seruice the which hée hath so greatly and with such craft vnder the shewe and appearaunce of truth valued that it is to bée feared least that the elect and faithfull bée deceiued and wrapt in his errours as Iesus Christ saith Mathew Chapt 24. Euen so then God hath declared great meruailes and many monsterous tokens and signes duringe that barberous and pernicious domination And nowe hée hath sette foorth this horrible figure of this popish Asse ▪ whiche was founde dead at Rome in the ryuer of Tyber in the y●●●e of 〈…〉 thousande ●●●re hundreth foure score and si●téene And in the same he representeth and setteth out so properlye so opensye and cleerelye the manner of the Popes kingdome that it séemeth that mans industrye or cunninge coulde not make nor sette out one such figure ▪ Wherefore wée must confesse that God himselfe hath set foorth this abhominnable Popedome vnder one such figure for to make it to bée behelde and séene of men Truely this is not a figure which is for to signifie and declare any grace or fauour But it is a witnesse of a ●●●tible wrath● by the whiche GOD declareth his ho●t●●le indignation to this 〈…〉 call doth ●●ation of the Pope for 〈…〉 doth not onely 〈…〉 chast figure but also 〈…〉 ●isshapen members 〈…〉 First of all the heade of the Asse is a description of the Pope ▪ For the Churche is a spirituall bodye and kingdome assembled together in spirite And therefore it cannot nor ought not to haue a mannes head nor a visible Lorde But onely the LORD IESUS which formeth the heartes inwardlye by the holy Ghost by fayth kéepeth reneweth and gouerneth them as Lorde and head Contrary vnto these thinges the Pope hath made himselfe the visible and outwarde heade of the Churche And for that cause the Pope is signified by the heade of this Asse ioyned with a mannes bodye For as it is not séemely that a mannes bodye shoulde haue an Asses heade euen so is it altogether vnsmelye that the Pope of Rome shoulde bée the heade of the Church For the holy Scriptures doe vnderstande by the Asse the externall and carnall lyfe and the Elementes of the worlde As in the thirtéenth Chapter of Exodus And as much difference as there is betwéene the brayne of an Asse and the reason and witte of a man so muche difference there is betwéene the doctrine and ordinaunces of the Pope and the Doctrine and instruction of the sonne of God. For in the Popes kingdome there is nothinge but mannes traditions and ordinaunces whiche beare authoritie ▪ by the which hée hath enlarged his lymittes and boudes and hath exalted himselfe in dignitie These are the rockes vppon whiche hée is builded But as soone as he should heare the woord of Iesus Christ to sounde and that hée shoulde suffer that 〈…〉 preached hée shall sodothelye come to 〈…〉 this is the cause wherefore alwayes hée 〈◊〉 so muche the Counsells But although it bée not compared to the woorde of God and the holy Scriptures but onely to the naturall equitie and lyght of mans reason wée shall finde that his brayne is the brayne of an Asse The whiche the Canonistes themselues doe wytnesse settinge foorth this matter that a méere Canonist is a very Asse and a beast Their bookes doe confirme the same so cléerely and playnelye that hée which shall knowe them will not aske what is hée whome they call Asse For a Canonist is hée which hath studyed in decrées or in the right Canon the Popes Scholler hauing the Pope for his Schoolemaster Secondly the right hande lyke vnto the foote of an Elephaunt signifieth the spirituall gouernement of the Pope by the which hée amazeth and feareth all the weake and fearefull consciences And ●n very deede he hurteth and killeth an influit number of soules through so many decrées and intollerable ordinaunces that hée maketh by the which hée chargeth tormenteth and casteth downe the poore consciences with sinnes and terrible a●guishes without any necessitie or ●e●asion As the Elephaunt which is a beast very great and meruailous to behold which destroyeth treadeth downe and breaketh all that that he can lay foote vpon For what is the spirituall kingdome of the Pope but a cruell but therye and ●●aughter of consciences The which tormenteth burneth woundeth and destroyeth the soules after a tyrannicall sorte against the woorde of GOD constrayninge and compelling men to confesse him indusinge and per●●ading them to make vowes eyther of pouertie or of chastitie and others bringing in Masses full of impietie and vngodlynesse and false penaunces making promises and after breakinge them suffering and afterwarde forbidding establishing his pardons and bulles And finally tourning the soules from the true fayth and Christian lyfe for to leade them vnto a vaine and friuolous simulation of outward woorkes and vnto a false shewe of holynesse According to that which is sayde in Daniel Chapt viij He will put to death the people of the Saints And in the second Epistle to Timothe Chapter iiij But after their owne lustes shall they whose eares itch get them an heape of teachers and shall tourne their eares from the truth and shall bée giuen vnto fables For the right hand declareth the inward Ministery proper to the consciences and soules where it is expedient that the sonne of God our Lorde Iesus Christ do reigne after a gentle fashiō but this gratious Lord both exercise héere a pernicious vniust and cruell domination Thirdly the left hand which is the hand of a man signifieth the ciuile power of the pope The sonne of god hath manifestly forbidden that power or domination to the Prelates of the Church Luc. 22 chap. saying The kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them they that beare rule ouer them are called gratious Lords But ye shall not be so Neuerthelesse the Pope through so many deceits engines crafts and enchauntments is mounted vnto so high power and authoritie through the instigation of the diuell that his ciuill Iurisdiction is no lesse then the most purssant King that one can finde But he hath more he gouerneth and hath vnder his féete all worldly Kingdomes and Empires as souereigne Lorde of Kinges and Princes whome hée hath ioyned to him for to amplyfie beautifie confirme and mainteine his barbarous and cruell power and authoritie And that is to the ende that the Prophecie of the eyght chapter of Daniell bée fulfilled saying Hée shall bée mightie and strong but not in his owne strengh

Of two VVoonderful Popish Monsters to wyt Of a Popish Asse which was found at Rome in the riuer of Tyber and of a Moonkish Calfe calued at Friberge in Misne ¶ Which are the very foreshewings and tokens of Gods wrath against blinde obstinate and monstrous Papistes Witnessed and declared the one by Philip Melancthon the other by Martyn Luther ¶ Translated out of French into English by Iohn Brooke of Assh next Sandwich ¶ These bookes are to be sould in Powles Churchyard at the signe of the Parat ¶ IOHN BROOKE VNto the Christian Reader AMong all the things that are to be seene vnder the heauens good Christian Reader there is nothing can stirre vp the minde of man which can engender more fere vnto the creatures then the horrible Monsters which are brought forth dayly contrary vnto the workes of Nature The which the most times doe note and demonstrate vnto vs the Ire and wrath of God against vs for our sinnes and wickednesse that we haue and doe dayly commit agaynst him But mans heart is so hardened that those his threatnings and foreshewings are reiected as though they were but fables Therefore many times the Elements haue bene and be the heraulds and executors of Gods Iustice as we do read in the viij chapter of Genesis that the waters ouerflowed the toppe of the highest mountaine xv cubites and drowned all the worlde except viij persons The fire in lyke manner as we do read in the xix chapter of Genesis consumed burned the Citie of Sodoma and Gomorra Also the earth as we may read in the xvi chap. of Numeri opened hir mouth and swallowed vp Chorah Dathan and Abiron Besides an infinite number of examples more which are to bee seene in the holy Scripture and all was done for the wickednesse sinnes of the people Therefore the rather to moue the harts of euery good christian to feare tremble at the sight of such prodigious monsters I haue taken vpon me to translate out of French into our English tongue these two monsters the one of a Popish Asle which was found at Rome in the yeare of our Lord. 1496. And the other of a Moonkish Calfe calued at Friberge in the yeare 1528. And the willinglyer for that Philip Melancthon Martyn Luther two godly and learned men haue interpreted vpon these two Monsters who were of such authoritie and credit that we must not thinke that they be forged and inuented Signifiyng that these two Monsters may well be compared vnto the Pope and his rablement of Cardinals Abbottes Bishops Priests Canons Moonks and Fryers as Gods messengers to giue warning vnto them that Gods wrath is redy at hād to destroy both him his kingdome with his whole rable of Cardinals Moonks shauelings disguising thēselues so against nature as these two Mōsters were For Sathā is a wyly Fox seeking all the meanes possible thorow his subtile practises to seduce and keepe still in ignoraunce error all Christendome Therefore let vs way diligently these his wonderous woorkes and repent in time from the bottome of our hearts of our sinnes and desire him to be mercifull vnto vs euer to kepe defend vs from such horrible Monsters AMEN ¶ IOHN CRESPIN VNTO ALL which feare the Lord. THere hath now bene a long time sithēce God hath not ceased to teach giue aduertismēts after diuerse sorts fashions to draw men frō their impieties detestable conuersations yet neuerthelesse the ingratitude of the worlde is so great that nothing followeth but a hardning of heart more then obstinate The Lord threatneth his threatnings are reiected as if they wer but fables He setteth foorth monstrous and feareful figures which were inough to make the Diuels themselues afraide And men doe see them and let them passe as if they touched them nothing at all Furthermore he declareth effectually that he threatneth not in vaine He declareth by terrible iudgements that he cannot suffer the contempt of his aduertisments Howbeit men haue their sences altogether dull in regard of that And of a thousand scātly ther are twaine which will open their eyes to consider and beholde the wonders of the Lord and to amende their lyues therby Beholde two monstrous figures which are set before vs And the two most excelent men to wit Philip Melancthon and Martin Luther who haue interpreted them are of sufficient authoritie to make men to vnderstand that those monsters are not forged and inuented fantasies The first is a general witnesse of the horrible vengeaunce of God ouer euery kingdome that exalteth it self by cruelty tyranny aboue the spirituall iurisdiction of the son of god And bicause that this tyranny is more liuely set forth by the dominatiō of the Pope thē by any other euen so this threatning is referred chiefely vnto that Romish Antechrist whom we doe see at this day yea in his latter age farre out of modestie that he setteth all the world together by the eares Who after that hee hath shewed his scales vppon his backe and feared them with his clawes feete nailes and talons cannot choose but cause that his Asses nose may be seene vncouer his whoorish brest and belly without all shame The ingratitude of men haue well deserued to fall into that brutishnesse They see the belly of a whoore naked yet neuerthelesse this is their owne God whom they feare and worship and vnto whom they doe homage with their kings Lords and Emperours Now for as much as the Moonkes are the principall proppes of that drunken and enchaunting harlot very fitte is happened this other monster in the likenesse of a Monkish Calfe hauing on him a coole who will playe his part as well as the Popish Asse Giuing all men to vnderstande what sanctitie hath chiefly blinded the eyes of the world to wit the holinesse of a disguised frocke and habite If all that which the coole toucheth be holy wherfore then shal not this enfrocked Calfe be holy as well as any reuerent Moonke that euer hath bene in the world And if in taking away the coole or frocke the Calfe remaineth but a Calfe what shall the Moonke remaine when his frocke coole shal be taken from him but that he is a Moonke for euery mans porredge pot But this it is so long as the Diuell shall be Prince of the world the world shal haue alwaies their eyes blinded But as for vs we doe feare such aduertisementes of God let vs consider diligently his wondrous woorkes and preuent the effectes of his iudgementes thorow true repentaunce ¶ THE POVRTRAYTVRE OR SHEW of a wonderfull Monster which was found at Rome in the yeare of our Lord 1496. ¶ A DECLARATION of the Monstrous figure of a Popish Asse which was founde at Rome in the Riuer of Tiber In the yeare of our Lorde God 1496. ¶ By Philip Melancthon GOD at all times doth liuely represent by certeine tokens and after

waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor whiche loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse But hée was rebuked for his iniquitie for the dumme beast whereon hée sate speakinge with mans voyce forbadde the foolishnesse of the Prophet These are wells without water and cloudes caryed aboute with tempest to whom the blacke darkenesse is reserued for euer For in speakinge swellinge woordes of vanitye they begyle with wantonnesse through the lustes of the flesh men that were cleane escaped from them which are wrapped in errours promisinge vnto them libertie and are themselues the bond seruaunts of corruption And truely this doth liuely sette out the Pope and paynteth him in his right comoures and vncouere●● fu●●ye the feminine bellye of the Popishe Asse Beholde howe the f●●thy and vile single lyfe of the papisticall Priestes and Moonkes must bée figured and declared whiche haue defiled the holy maryage through execrable filthynesse For in verye déede holynesse and honestye of Mariage cannot ●ee sette out and represented by such an vnshamelesse and ●●honest Image But rather it is beautified by the woorde and blessing of GOD and by greate meruayles and as it were decked and garnished with a goodly argument and placed in a highe place It is 〈◊〉 true that there are others also whiche d●●● hurte and de●●le themselues with a manifest turpitude and filthynesse as wée maye speake this of the Panyms and Turkes and as there bée a greate manye prophane people amonge the Christians adulterers ▪ whooremaisters whoores and most wicke Wolues Yet notwithstandinge those doe nothinge but that is to the great preiudice of theire renowne and in daunger to loose all honour as they are neuer without feare whether they bée hanged on the gallowes o● that they bée euill spoken off or that euery manne doth mocke them ly●●●nge out theire tongue or that they bée torne in péeces by force or outrage But these wicked villames effeminate impudent bellyes full of all filthynesse doe couer and cloake themselues with the name of CHRIST and dooe lette slippe the bridle vnto all maddenesse and wickednesse and doe giue themselues licence without fearinge anye punishment without caringe to bée rebuked And not onely that but also with all these detestable villanyes they woulde bée called spirituall the holye Fathers and the Catholicke Churche And béeinge not yet content with that they goe aboute to pursue chastice and spit●e in other mennes faces bicause of the moate that they sée in theire eyes and of the Gnatte and lyttle Flye that they doe sée them swallowe downe And yet they will not that anye shoulde checke and rebuke the greate beame that is in theire eye nor the Camell that they haue swallowed downe But on the contrary● that the blemyshes so apparaunte and euident maye bée hydde and couered yea ▪ beautified and sette out with the tytle of IESUS CHRIST and of the Church Euen so truelye there is neither sacryledge● nor murtherer thée●e nor whooremaster whiche abuseth the maiestie of the name of the sonne of GOD and of the Churche for to hide theire execrable filthynesse but that whoorish bellye of Antechrist And therefore the murthers theftes the monstrous whooredomes the horrible wickednesses of this Idoll of Rome doe surmounte a greate deale the wickednesses crueltyes and maddenesse of Nero. Seauenthlye the scales of Fishes wherewith the arme the féete and the necke of that Popishe Asse are coured and not the bellye nor the brest dooe signifie the Princes and seculer Lordes For the sea is oftentimes taken in the Scripture for the worlde and the fishes for the men of the worlde As Iesus Christ himselfe interpreteth the Nets of Saint Peter Mat. 4. when hee sayde I will make you fishers of men The scales doe signifie an embracinge or tyinge together as the Lorde fayth in the. 41. Chapter of Iob. His body is couered with scales as it were with ●●eeldes lockt in knit and well compact together One is so ioyned ●o an other that no ayre can come in ●uen so the Princes and other greate Lordes of the worlde haue alwayes cleaued and stande ●ast together and are yet at this daye lynked and tyed vnto the Pope and to his barberous and tyrannicall kingdome It is very true that they cannot allowe hyde neither prayse nor cloake his dronkennesse his gluttonye his horrible whoore●omes his vnlawfull voluptuonsnesse For one cannot rightly there perceiue any scales which doe couer his stomacke and his belly Notwithstanding that by their cloaking thereoff in 〈◊〉 their eyes and sufferinge that that they doe see they are so much the more surely tyed and lincked ●ast to the necke legs féete and armes that is to saye they doe embrace defende and mainteine his greatnesse and magnificence and his barbarous and tyrannicall estate as an estate lawfull and ordeined by the woorde of god And that same doth exalt and li●t vp his crest very proudly and with an arrogant and proude obstination To conclude they do confirme his spirituall and poli●ique gouernment by decrées and ordinaunces not to be borne with they doe beautifie them with goodly E●n●●● and do establish his pompes and royall faculties through straunge doctrines Furthermore to the ende that the ground foundation of that retrayt of Antechrist be more firme and sure and to endure and continue the longer they doe make lay mens testaments and willes they heape vp to them reuenewes they constitute Monasteries they buyld Temples they doe ordaine Conuents and Colledges of vnmaried people as of Markettes and open Faires of such manner of Canonists Dunces Sophisters Beggers Preachers for money Confessors and Doctors and as of publique exercises and Theaters of whom one can heare nothing to sounde but of the spillyng and marring of the celestiall doctrine And for to speake briefely the great goods the riches and fauourers of the world are so wel and so firmely and strongly tyed and fastened vnto him that there is neyther winde nor blast there is neither spiritual doctrine neither word of God which can seperate or plucke them from him Eightly the head of the olde man issuing out of his buttockes doth signifie the decrease the oldenesse and the ende of the Popes kingdome For the fore part or the face in the holy Scriptures doth signifie the encrease or aduauncement and the hinde part or the backe or the buttockes doe signifie the declynation and the ende as you haue y lyke speach in the viij chap. of Saint Paul to the Hebrewes That which is disanulled and waxed olde is ready to vanish away Then that monstrous figure declareth that the barbarous tiranny of the Pope is now come vnto his last ende and that of himselfe it ought to waxe olde and come to nought without any swoorde or outwarde violence as it is foreshewed in the eight Chapter of Daniel that he shall bée destroyed without hande For there is so great encrease of supers●itions and such a bundell and fardell of vices that of necessitie his