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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10089	Times anotomie [sic]. Containing: the poore mans plaint, Brittons trouble, and her triumph. The Popes pride, Romes treasons, and her destruction: affirming, that Gog, and Magog, both shall perish, the Church of Christ shall flourish, Iudeas race shall be restored, and the manner how this mightie worke shall be accomplished. Made by Robert Pricket, a souldier: and dedicated to all the lords of his Maiesties most honourable priuie Councell.	Pricket, Robert.	1606 (1606)	STC 20342; ESTC S115240	33,232	64

to seru●●●●● their turnes withall Their actions waied then let the truth speake thus Pittie to them is crueltie to vs. Are these the fruites that Romish Saints forth bring Is it for this so oft th●●●●●y masses sing Is this the zeale of their veligio●●●●●s heate So oft for this doe they their prayers repeate Is it for this their God in minde to beare That on their brests a Crueifixe they weare Is it for this that whip themselues they vse For this doe they their cloathes to weare refuse Doe they for this to Saints and Angels pray Vse shrift and ponance and fast so oft must they Is this their loue almes patience and humilitie Is this their peace and churches sweete tranquilitie Are these the children that Romane faith begets With helpe of Popes Friers Nunnes and Iesuits Are they for this with holy-water bles●●●●● Doe their perfection in these effects consist Now sute since they such deeds as these preferre The Pope's a whore her children bastards are All their deuotion●●●●● brings such workes about Oh God keepe me from being so deuout I hope the Papists no excuse can make This treason was for their religion sake And all the treasons in late Eliza●●●●●s raigne Were done by those that did Romes Sea 〈◊〉 So many then as are thereof asham'd Leaue Rome serue God and be no further blam'd But let obedience to your Soueraigne proue Your saithfull soundnesse and repentant loue And though ere long the cunning of Romes dr●●●●●ft Will coyne some cause themselues from shame to 〈◊〉 Yet those of you that will not shamelesse be Come to our Church and from Romes doctri●●●●●e flee And you that are the simplest sort of them That may be thought plaine honest meaning men Your ignorance no sound deuotion teacheth Trust not the lyes that Popish doctrine preacheth Some now I hope heauens grace to them imparted Will be from Rome by Romes foule deeds conuerted Oh may that honor whose heart sinnes action loath'd Hence forth no more be in Romes darknesse cloath'd Mounte Eagles like loue heauens all lightning sunne And from the clouds of Popish darknesse runne So many yeares the truth hath clearely shinde As none but those that will can still be blinde Who so his eyes against the light will shut Must needs himselfe in mistie darkenesse put Be such Religion of the world disdain'd As is with treason bloud and murther stain'd Papists still blinde let not our Ile containe them Send them to R●●●●●me for all but Rome disdaines them From of Romes shore my Muse her selfe doth wend And would her course vnto Great Briton bend My natiue land oh let to her my zeale The euidence of loues affection seale Who i st that sees the wrong vnto vs done But will from Rome and Romes adherents runne God in thy loue preserue those Princely states Who all as one Romes Sea and doctrine hates And those mongst vs that of profession vant My little ruft most peeuish puritant Whos 's Brownisme must our quiet state offend That witlesse striues for trifles to contend Whose in good sooth indeed and verilie Nere knew the ground of faiths sinceritie Whose folly in a wide maskt net doth dance Whose zeale is but a painted ignorance Whose wildenesse runnes the fields and woods vnto Where preaching Coblers learnes them what to doe Nise curious wits vaine idle wise like dawes Iumpe ouer blocks and stumble most at strawes When now they see how God his Church hath loued Let them thereby to ioyne with vs be moued And striue no more to prooue their foolerie Against both learning and authoritie Such will alone for Christ his flock be knowne And will allow no Church besides their owne Twixt them and those throwne into like suspence There should be made some greater difference Those that haue borne the burthen of the day And neuer ceast to watch to preach to pray Whose loue and zeale hath so heauens precepts taught As they to heauen haue greatest number brought To King and State whose hearts are constant sound Whose doctrine doth on faiths saluation ground Let not the Church giue to it selfe a wound By loosing those that are most faithfull found All those graue Preachers wise and fit to teach For trifles let them not refuse to preach But vse their tallant Gods number to increase Great is the sinne if now they holde their peace He doth not euill that to his power withstands it But who forbids not sinne and may command it The threates of lawe sway not affection so As those good deeds which righteous rulers doe When no man may tell kings they doe amisse Then in obedience their corruption is But God hath sent to vs a vertuous King Let vertues loue true loues obeysance bring Oh let our loue be to that grace not mist In which our selues and all the world is blist The glory of that royall issues line Like to the sunne their famous deeds shall shine For Britons weale let all good people trie To crowne her fame with perpetuitie God so the ground of her foundation lay As that no strength may worke her weales decay Her glories trophies let no such earth-quake shake Whose force would her the land of Ruine make But let the glory of her King and state Consume those foes that would her ruinate Traitors that would in bloud our land haue drownd God them destroy and all their plottes confound Those hearts that would domestick warres procure Be they first made of deaths destruction sure No home bred broiles may they our peace disturbe Such mindes oh let the strength of iustice 〈◊〉 Me thinkes there should be some thing vnderstood When heauen is cloath'd in cloudes of fire and bloud Before and since the heauens did neuer cast More signes then were about this treason last Could heathen men iudge future euils to hap When thunder did the Okes in peeces rap And if the sunne should but some signe bewraie Might no man dare gainst such prediction saie And now shall heauen both fier and bloud presage And we not thinke they chide this sinfull age Eclipses strange both 〈◊〉 Moone and Sunne When strangely they on heapes together come Shall reason so and wisdomes strength be broken That by such signes there shal be nothing spoken Shall God oft shake as in his furies wrath The solled roundle of this maslie earth And yet we still remaine secure in sinne Oh no let ts all for to repent begine The better that our safetyes strength may grow Let Iosua Acan and his wedge hence throw Our peace at home be that establisht sure No force abroad can Britons wracke procure In ciuill warres when souldiers armes are worne Vniust tryumphe the iust are force't to mourne No souldiers sword could make Romes Empire stand When Rome Rome selfe brus'd with rebellions hand Let Britons which doe God and Christ pro●●●●●esse Their faiths true soundnes by their deeds expresse So shall heauens God our King and land defend And from his Loynes a Roiall issue send That on his throne shall sit triumphantly Til Christ doth come in glorious dignitie This grace God grant and thus shall cease my pen But still my heart till death shall say Amen FINIS A Song of reioycing for our late deliuerance GReat Brittons Ile worlds wonder heauens delight Religions strength faiths seate professions stay Confirmd mayntaynd vpheld in hels despight That 〈◊〉 in thee saluation florish may Thy King suruiues and on Mount Sion standes Protected safe from force of traytors handes Thy Queene thy Prince thy Peeres and Princely state Thy Lords thy Bishopps Knights and Burgesses God hath preseru'd from Romes intestine hate A suddaine slame should haue consum'd all these Romes traytors n●●●●●w so to the world are knowne As treasons Min●●●●● hath Rome and them vp blowne Falshood ●●●●●ells childe in hel darke Pathes doth treade To hide it selfe from truthes disc●●●●●rning eye But traytors God will to destruction leade They cannot liue from iudgements stroke to flye Treason is like the Baziliske his eyes First seeing kills first being seene it dies In s●●●●●ight of Rom●●●●●s proude Antichristian force Celestiall ioy●●●●● with heauenly comfort 〈◊〉 Their soules in whom once toucht with sinnes remorce By ●●●●●aith in Christ a gratious dew distills Rome is exilde and this is Albions glory King Iames maintaines the scriptures sacred story When Gods true Church doth in her glory shine Why should some mindes their wisdome so preserre As if they were then scripture more diuyne By selfe conceipt to seede contentions iarre Sunne Moone and Starrs those lights too little be To giue them light that will themselues not see A vnyon and a vniforme Conclude For trifles let not time with truth contende No shadowes can substantiall faith delude Indifferent things should not the wise offend By ioyning all in blessed vnitie With datelesse fame Crowne Brittons monarchie FINIS

of Christiandome since when neither by lawes humane nor yet diuine but rather by deuilish plottes most treacheries and inhumane pollicies the Pope and court of Cardinalls haue 〈◊〉 maintain'd the most 〈◊〉 tyrannicall vsurpant bloudy and aspiring pride of Romes blasphemous gouerment which shortly will breake forth into 〈◊〉 publicke rage and then confusions shame with condign●●●●● punishment armde in wraths furie will vnto the fearfull downefull of her vtmost ruin●●●●● ●●●●●wiftly follow her when she and all her followers shall mourne because the lawes of hell they followed About the approbation of Romes most monstrous greatnesse I cannot with my Pen make answer vnto the sophisme of their wrangling Sophister Romes great 〈◊〉 les and like him a Christian famo●●●●●s Bellermine but if on Romes behalfe in a Souldiers place a Champion would skip forth and play the Challenger him I thanke God I durst be bold to answer and on his head and heart for to 〈◊〉 that Rome maintaines an Antichristian regencie that the Pope is this worlds deceiuing Antichrist and the selfe same whore that in the Reuelation of S. Iohn is specified and in this trueths defence if called by a lawfull meanes the resolued readinesse of my liues resolution shall with most comfortable ioy both liue and die Mors Christi causa vita perennis erit Not to wrong the Romaine charitie but to giue the diuell his due if on the Popes behalfe I stood with no lesse confidence then I against him doe vndoubtedly I thinke that then I should not need for to deplore nor yet complaine the wants of me and mine nor to indure an vnrespected misery but God forbid that any hope of gaine should make me ioyne with them that are the soes to Christ nor doe I now inforce my maner of writing by reason of the times aduantage for by a booke intituled A Souldiers Resolution dedicated to the King and vnto his Royall selfe deliuered I made bould to tell his Maiestie euen at his first comming into England what fruites his Highnesse should expect to reape from Romaine Catholicks and now my words are by their actions verified As touching Papists generally I those to heauen commit that vnto heauen belong and for the treasons to our King kingdomes done by Romes adherence Popish packe Catholicall be all they accused that may iustly be condemned and for those that haue beene actors in this last and greatest treason let iustice vnto their destruction follow them and least good subiects should still too much affect those that will remaine infected with the Romane Leprosie I but request the well affected sort indifferently to iudge What may not they doe vnto whom all thinges may be made lawfull to be done and what credit is there to be giuen to them vnto whom is granted so learge a libertie and what vse they haue alwaies made thereof the world may witnesse and our experience haue oft beene in a dangerous hassar'd to be most dearely bought those then that by substantiall proofe cannot otherwise bee accounted then corrupted and infected members alwaies corrupting infecting and most dangerously working in our publick weale why may not euery good subiect iustly desire to be discharged of them for vnlesse the materiall cause whence euill proceeds be clearely takē hence the effects of euill can neuer cease and when some times an euils presumption be not so at first laide hold vpon as that thereby the passage of each suspected course may with an inuiolable strength be stayed A little sufferance in such cause may most vnhappily too soone produce the damned vildenesse of some vil le action done whereby a iust lamenting shall haue too iust a cause to runne before a iust reuenging but the consideration hereof I referre vnto the Maiestie honour and wisdome of that place where at this time there should not now haue beene eyther place wisdome honour or Maiestie if Romes designes could with a hell-borne blacke destructions hand haue rac'd them out To conclude seeth the sinnes of the People doe 〈◊〉 bring the wrat●●●●● of GOD vpon that land in which they dwel it behoueth all of vs with feare and trembling v●●●●●to our God ●●●●●ue with faiths repentance in the 〈◊〉 of Iesus Christ to pray heauens maiesty that as in mercy he hath preserued vs from that vninersall blowe which wold in blood haue drowned our monarchy that so in th●●●●● loue fauour of his stil continued grace he would vouchsafe farre from vs to remoue those other iudgments which if we stil procure his wrath do stand prepared for our punishment and to this peticion of more waight 〈◊〉 then is considered let euery honest reader say amen Thus wishing that my labours may vnto the best procure contentment I leaue the r●●●●●st euen as they will to 〈◊〉 contented and do onely vowe my selfe a friend to thos●●●●● that vnto God my King and Country are approued friends to such the abondant zeale of a poore mans loue slowes foorth to you the well affected himselfe he humbly giues That will in life and death be only yours Robert 〈◊〉 TIMES ANOTOMIE EVen in the time when ioy and sorrow met When present woe did present ioy beget When eyes and hearts did make an equall choise To weepe to mourne to triumph and reioyce When heauen tooke hence and yet vnto vs sent Most cause of griefe and cause of most content Then in that strange worst best and happiest time A Souldier sung Loues song in vnsmooth'd ●●●●●ime Yet by his words it might be plainely seene He prais'd the vertues of a maiden Queene Whose Maiestie in glory now excelling Leaues glories fame on earth to keepe her dwelling A poore mans loue her grace would well requi●●●●●e But now poore men in vaine Loues songs indite The Muse by whom her vertues most are prais'd Shall least thereby from woe to weale be rais'd When matchlesse worth is wrapt in leaues of lead The liuing they forget the worthiest dead No vertue can it selfe continuance giue It is the pen that makes all vertues liue And pennes I know will mount her praise so high That in this world her fame shall neuer die My lines alas from worth do differ farre I do confesse they most vnworthy are And yet my loue aswell desir'd to sing The praises of the worlds admi●●●●●'d King A Souldiers wish I am sure wisht all things well His wish his want did in strange sort compell Yet he resolu'd A Resolution fram'd For which gainst him Gods foes haue chiefly aim'd A traytrous speech which might not be conceald Hee 's hated most by whom it was reueald Hate Scorne Despight wrong done to honest 〈◊〉 Then out of rule are such disordered fractions Though men not gaine when well to do they 〈◊〉 It 's hard when men for doing well shall loose But poore to be if thence proceeds the cause Ha●●●●●d world when poore must feed proud 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hence doth proceed sad woes aboundant sorrow Not knowing whence it might contentment borrow

same shall to the heauens aspire Great Britaine so is by Gods hand instal'd As it shall be the land of conquest cal'd But now to ease a poore mans grieued minde In things aboue my sight shall comfort finde I know the time when I poore wretch reiected Shall as the best be no whit lesse respected When Kings and Queenes of greatest excellence Twixt them and me shall be no difference And there dwels Mercy Oh there a Sauiour liueth That to the poore saluations comfort giueth Not many Kings nor Queenes nor Nobles shall Triumph before heauens throne maiesticall But those that in this world their heauen doe make Shall in that world before Gods iudgment shake The beautie which on earth no praise doth lack Maskt vp in shame hels sulphure smoake makes black The snowe white hand moyst soft foule sinnes desire Shall burne in lake of hels eternall fire where diuels mēs soules with fiery darts strikes thorow And in their iawes like dogges they them shall worow Where God doth so his angers iudgment frame As that his wrath shall blow hels endlesse flame Euer Euer oh fearefull word for euer Where plagues encrease but shall be ended neuer Where torment brings torments with fresh supplie Where dying soules doe liue but neuer dye And ther 's the place where earths proud dignitie Shall plunge it selfe in endlesse misery But happie those whose soules by grace made pure Exempt from wrath shall no such plagues indure And most of them poore soules scornd and disgrac'd Are those that shall with God and Christ be plac'd When most on earth the poore despisde doe stand It doth presage Christs comming neere at hand Deiected base and out-cast pouertie Reioyce triumph in Mercies clemencie You are heauens flock a Shepheard doth you keepe Who of his number will not loose a sheepe Thus hath my sigh an honest passion breathed And of my woes a weeping garland wreathed My sighes my teares my woes my griefes lament My plaints my groanes all fruites of discontent Doe not themselues vpon one substance feed A generall doubt makes heart and soule to bleed A generall cuill a land to vildenesse bent Must needs expect some fearefull punishment Of present time the things desired heere Time prooues my words and makes the truth appeere Of time to come I humbly doe auowe Experience shall my words for truth allowe Search but the Story of that writte diuine And vnderstand the change of euery time Fiue hundred fiftie two yeares coumpted was A period whole which euer brought to passe Strange alterations both in Church and State Kings Kingdomes then did striue to ruinate Temples were rac'te Religion cleane despisde Tyrants by force of sword new lawes deuisde And now the time doth on such period stand As if it meant to take like course in hand Do but obserue each Celestiall spheare And see what signes doe in their course appeare Compare the time with antedated times And vnderstand the Heauens true speaking signes Then will you not these lines of mine deride Nor smother them with smoake of scornfull pride A Souldiers writing like his fighting is His course no●●●●● knowes how dangers rockes to misse Those Pens doe most their hopes in peeces batter That cannot best with oyled smoothnesse flatter A Souldiers name striue not for to disgrace Poore should not be accompted 〈◊〉 base And that I may not from the truth digresse My humble lines shall thus my state expresse The Souldier which doth scorne the lye to take Should scorne as much himselfe the lye to make The open fields to me is made my bed A bancke of earth a pillow for my head In shadie groues and sollitary places My steps doe make their sorrowes mournfull traces Imprisonment woes wofull habitation Hath forc't my Muse to secret contemplation In winter nights when I a Souldier was Alone my Muse should priuate motions tosse When in the warre I warres attire did beare My bookes to me most kinde companions were And some sad houres on skie-born●●●●● bookes I read Amongst the flarres an humble path I tread And see the great and strange Con●●●●●unctions there Of angrie Saturne Mars and Iupiter Since fi●●●●●st the Planets disclosde their variation Saturne neer had more Lord-like domination What it foretels my wea●●●●●y Muse sorgets In Dragons taile when strange Coniunction sets His name stands rouled in perditions booke Whose taile from heauē of starres the third part strooke Vnder the Dragons taile is fixed fast A strength that shall him and his tayle downe cast Mankinde the starres that Heauen should 〈◊〉 Shall be vpreard with glorious dignitie Though obseruation rightly may collect The iudgment of some retrograde aspect Yet Christ our King and kingdomes hath possessed With that wherein ourselues and world is blessed Though L●●●●●os house hath such reflection glided As tels there is some wondrous thing prouided I leaue to write and will conceit the rest Our land shall still by Gods great loue be blest A constant faith true resolution proues Feares not what vnder the first moouer mooues And in this thought I see with humble eye The mighty worke of Prima ●●●●●obili And know the world in fiery flames shall burne Before he doth to his first point returne For Heauen and earth by fire once purgd then sure They shall remaine as they at first were pure When God the world to iudgement summon will That first great mouer keepes his motion still Whose slow pace round doth roundly comprehend Those lesser Orbes that vnder him doe wend. In order each his fixed iourney takes And in their turnes celestiall musicke makes And then I thinke of that most happie time When I shall heare their dulsiue heauenly chime Aboue them all faiths eyes through Bethelem Be holds the glory of new Ierusalem Where sits vpon a Throane maiesticall The mightie maker of this wondrous all When thether once my ioyfull thoughts are sent I am amazde with wonders rauishment Nor tongues nor Pens nor Angels can expresse The glory of that glorious happinesse From thence to Luna not any Orbe to misse I cannot finde where Purgatorie is So that I thinke it sure remaineth yet Within their bellies that deuised it And those that would attaine to heauens great ioy Must leaue bye-pathes and finde in Christ their way But for the Starres I creatures them account Aboue them all their makers power must mount And by their influence more I will not learne Then Rules diuine shall teach me to discearne And in that course men sometimes are befriended Of those pure fiers by whom they are attended God euer yet by signes and visions told So as worlds change worlds worldlings might behold But cloddes of clay because they will not greeue This course they take to heare but not beleeue To gesse to speake to iudge great states to touch For me poore soule it is a strength too much Who so doth tel what things themselues doe show May doubt his words wil too presumptuous growe FVll twenty times nights Bride her selfe