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A09823	The seditious and blasphemous oration of Cardinal Pole both against god [and] his cou[n]try which he directid to themperour in his booke intytuled the defence of the eclesiastical vnitye, mouing the emperour therin to seke the destruction of England and all those whiche had professid the gospele translated into englysh by Fabyane Wythers.; Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione. English. Selections	Pole, Reginald, 1500-1558.; Withers, Fabian.; Atanagi, Dionigi, ca. 1504-1573. aut	1560 (1560)	STC 20087; ESTC S114887	19,235	80

vs. And the papistes do agre withe vs in wordes saing that the aūcyent faith of the church is to be holden and kept but they vnderstand therby that which by litle and litle hath bene brought in by popes and monkes contrary vnto the word of God adding also that we ought to kepe the auncient customes of thee church for they se in ther church of Rome many thinges to be obserued kept whiche ar brought in by a certaine corruption clene diuerse and contrari to the doctrine of the gospell those thinges they wold obiecte and force vpon vs ar astrew and catholike but all is but in vain Like wyse he callyth the trew worshippers of the gospel cruel enemyes thē whome nothing cā be more meke or gentle but Cardinal Poole is not a loue which speking of our bretherē dothe vs this bytter and sharpe kind of phrase Ther is annother man both eloquent and learnid thorough whose pregnant witt gentlenes we hopid of better then is come to passe he in a certain preface doth resite that the block heded cardinall Cervinus was on a time sent to oppresse y e tyranny of the Luteranc sect what thīg could haue ben more cruelly or vncharitablely spoken of vs well we admonishe him to leaue those rough wordes least thorough his slanders he lose thee good name and estimation which he hath hitherto gotten by his lerning and gentlenes And least that he prouok the wrath and indignation of God against him self Thou saiest Cardinal Pole that in many ages before ther was neuer such a ruyne and decay brought vppon the cristian comonwealth as this is now The which thinges vtterly fals for the lyght of the gospel which is now sprōg out and the grace of the holy ghost which is aboūdātli spred abroad doth not brīg ruine and destruction but health and saluation vnto the cristian comō welth but you wold haue said vnto the Romishe church y e which we graunt is dede hath not bene so inuadid and assaultid in many yeres as it is at this present Such is the pouer and force of the gospell and truth y e which being opened partly with the pennes and partly withe the tonges of certain of the seruāts of Iesus Christ and coroborate and strengthened with thauctority of many yers and ages and confirmed withe thee pouer of many kings princes and people that in thee space scarsly of xxx yers yt could so shake and batter that Romishe fort and court and in short tyme vtterly ouer throw it for euery plant and thou knowest what folowes Thou wyllest Cesar aboue all thinges to go about to subdewe England vnder his owen power and domynion thorough thobtaining of whiche kindome and the riches ther in his pouer and glory being therby encresid he myght the better atempt and fynysh his other affaires But I pray you Cardinall Pole shew vs whatt be those other affaires which ar yett to be attēptid and fynyshed Thou doest not expresse but only signify that ther ar yet certain thinges to be attēptid and done by warres what yf that I do gesse what thou didest thīk whē thou wrotest those thinges wylt thou that I shal speke them openly Truly I will so do Thou goest about nothing elles in this thine oration then that which thou hast wrytten for many yeares past now doest accomplish in this tihme ambassade puting Cesar still in mynd to take this occasion now offred and to translate thee kingdome of Englād vnto him and his posteritie and when by the meanes ther of his pouer is agmentyd and incresid he may withe lesse daunger inuade and ouerthrow Germani and also yf he will assaut the venetian comon welth all other princes of Italy the high bishoppe only except But we trust themperour will not here the as he thought good not to heare but to reiect and cast of that dominicane frier zotus of Segobia now a professor in the new scoole of Tilniga whē as he being his confessor did affirme that he could by no means be saued except that with force and armour he did subdew and bring all Germany vnder the obediens iurisdiction of the popes of Rome Thou sayest thy selfe to bee rapt to wryte these things with aboundant of matter but thou shuldest trulier haue said with ambition and couetousnes to obtain and gett the a byshoprick for when Cardinal Theatinus did on a time accuse thee that thou dydest fauour our doctrine Thou to purge thye selfe from y e great Crime didest set forth a boke against vs in the which thou didest also enclose and contam this most venemous oratiō but thou shall recaue thy reward Cardinall Pole woobe vnto the wo be vnto the. ¶ Imprinted At London by Owen Rogers dwelling betwene both S. Bartelmews at the Spread Eagle New Turkes The ariā ●ho●igiyal of the turks religion The Turkish sede in ●ermany Paule 3. The king which haue embrosis the gospell The turkish sede is pestiferous fals The pope pla●●h the turkes part Card cer Moore The charter house ●uon●h The Po●● Mahomet Germany Popes Cardinal and byshoppes Hungary Ieremy ▪ 44. Offence The pope the Turke Christ Peter Sincere relygion The consell for the amēdmēt of the chuch Caiphas Baall Concerning taking of Sengeans The cardinall ration to othe spaniards ●new ●ce The state of the cause of religion Cardinall ceruinus Thr cristian comon wealth The core of Romm zotus the dominicā monk of spaym Cardnall Theatinus

as you se so many thousands of christians opressed with y e most vile hard seruitude bondage of the turkes you do thinke yt a worthy notable act to deliuer them and to restore theim vnto liberti the whiche in dede is no lesse thē prayse worthy but yf you coūt this so laudable a thyng how much more glorioꝰ praise worthy wer yt to redeme releas so many thousāds of soules beyng euen in present perill and danger beyng also violētly rapt and taken away out of the lappe or bosome of the church and euē now brought into great doubt danger of saluation and to restore y e same again vnto y e church fayth of Chryst such is y e perill whiche is iminent and hangyng ouer our heades y e enemy also whiche goethe about and hath brought a great part of the same to passe is suche a one as thou canst not excuse thy selfe o Cesar but to vnderstand and know the same The which thyng as it is most laudable so dothe it also apere most necessari fyrst to prouide and seke remedy for this myschief whiche is now spronge growyng vpon vs before thou prouyde or seke for the lyberty of the body verely yt is so much the more necessary that except you imediatly resiste and with stand this myschief all that you now go about is but in vayn although you shuld subdew all asai expulsing the turkes frome thence you shuld retourne a conquerer I pray you what shal you then haue profited whē in place of them whome you haue expulsid out of asia new turkes be rysen and sprong vp amongst vs at home for what other thing ar the turkes then a certain secte of christians which in tyme paste haue shrounk and gone a way from the catholyke church Nether do thee turkes hate or abhorre the name of Christ or reiect his gospell but as the arrianes dyd in times past thei take awai that dignity from Christ that he shulde bee thee sonne of God with many other thinges which they haue taken of the arrianes how beit thy affirme christ to be a great prophet and also owe no small reuerence vnto his mother mary The orygynall and begynyng of the turkes relygion is all one withe all other heresyes They wer the first which wēt away frō y e church forsaking and denienge him to be the hed whiche was ordeined and left by Christ and so by lytle lytle they vterly declined swarued from the doctrine of Christ what shuld I say more do you you not see how largley aboūdantly this turkish sede is spred and sowen amōgest vs. I wold to god yt wer so small that you could not perceaue yt But you haue sene that which is greatly to be sorouid euen in your owen cōtry of germany but as yet ther is not y e playn turkish sede because it is not yet sowen or sprede nether by publyque auctority nether yet by commaundement of any one which hath rule or power ouer others to compell them vnto yt and ther fore it is not vterly to be despaired but that y e trewe germā church of the germanes hauīg oppressid this adulterous noughty sede may florish and spring again and bring forthe y e trew aboūdant fruits of the catholike fayth So likewise in Englād wher as in tyme past trew religiō did also florish now is this sede so sowen and strengthened by thāctorytuy of one man that it can starsly be discernid frō the turkish sede and to thin tēt that that which is alredi sowē shuld haue the better encrese it is defended withe the sword and with the sword they answer all that is obiectid against yt and this is the very turkyshe maner thꝰ their sect doth in crese and grow But in this point it doth differ from the turkes for so much as the turks sect doth compell no man vnto ther opiniō for he that doth not impugne there religion although he be of a clene cōtrary opinion he maye liue in safety amongst them and they do also much reuerence and honor good men although thei be of cōtrary religion The which thing the greke monkes which inhabyte the mont Athusdo wytnes to be trew whom the turkysh emperour him self doth much sette by in so much that he doth often send such as haue offendyd vnto them that they shulde praye for them and comend them in ther prayers vnto almyghty God vnto whome he beleuyth y e ar most dearlye beloued and in Fauour No man truly vnder all his hole emprye or dominiō and of what secte soeuer he bee yf he kepe his tonge is in any maner of peril or daunger But wher as this new and pestiferous sede is now ther is no lesse punyshement or dāger for them that kepe sylence thē for suche as moste in pugne and striue against them behold Thomas Moore who alone in vertue Learnyng dyd chieflye excel he was put to death for his silence monkes in lykwyse themore holy relygeous thei seim me to be the more thei ar in daunger so that fynally all mens tonges ar stoppid by feare of the swear what wold you desire more o Cesar whan thes goodly begynyngs this violence and cruelti whiche is exercised against holy men doth sufficntly shew what peryll and danger is rysen to the church by denieng and refusing the heade of the church Ye the turkes them selues against whome thou doest prepare warres may be an exāple for the the which hauing this path or way opened vnto them haue attemptid to oppresse and ouerthorw the church of christ when as they reiectid and cast of thauctoryty of the superme head in stede ther of haue brought in the force and rigour of the. Swerd thorow the which they haue so long a tyme defendid thē selues y t it is to late for the church to seke for or call home hir children again whiche haue alredy forgotten ther mother Yf the turkysh sect do not sufficientlye declare vnto you the greatnes hougenes of the perill which I haue spoken of before Germany it felfe doth shew it aboundantly if thou doest consider wyth thy selfe how quiet how peaceable and religious a prounce it hath bene in tymes paste and finallye howe plentifull and aboundant it was in all thinges so long as it contynwed in the vnytye of y e church Contrarywyse yf you do marke these late dais or times in y e which it is vexed and troubled with intestine and cyuyle warres after y t it had refused reiectid y e head of y e church it is so tossed troubled that all hope of recouery or end of there myschiefs is vtterly past except as god graūt they may they do retorne again to thee vnity of ther head and church Verely this acknowleging of one hed or Gouernour hath alwais benethe moste sure and strong fort and defence of y e church This y e herytikes aboue all

contrary wyse we may truly call that a sincere and pure religion which we professe which is the very same that the prophetes and Iesus Christe him self and the Apostles haue taught from this we go about with all our pouer and endeuour to purge away the leuen fylthy dregges with the which it was conntamyants defyled of your popes their adherēts But I pray you tel me ar you that call this your relygion sincere and pure thee same Cardinall Poole whiche made that boke entituled the counsell for the amendemēt of the church the which also didest write that exhortation whiche was had in the counsel of the fathers at tridentum it is euen so thou art thauctor of them both And in them both thou doest wysely affirme that you haue forsaken the springes of the water of lyfe which is the true doctrine of Iesus Christ and haue digged vnto your selfes Cesternes and pittes not able to hold any water that is to sai you haue broūght in mens fainid traditions morouer thou saist in the same place that the popes hath gotten vnto themselues masters which do tikle them in theares of whome truly thei learne how to invert and contamynat all good and holy thinges I demaūd of the then whether thou canst truly call thys asincere and pure relligion or no woo be vnto the Cardinall pole woo be vnto the for that whiche nowght is thou call est good and contrary wyse the good naught Thou sayest most truly that the grace of the holy ghost is more aboundant in these days then it hath ben sence the tyme of the apostles euen ▪ as Caiphas truly prophesied y t it was meete that one man shuld dy for thee people but as he spake that to his owen destrucion euen so doest thou he vnderstode not that christ shuld dy for him but caused him crueli to be crucified Thou like wyse dost not a knowledg the grace of the holy ghost aboundantly poured vpon vs but callest thē heritike and new turkes in whome thou doest see it most to florishe and shine wherfore woo be vnto to the Cardinall Poole woo be vnto the. A fore you called your papisticall hypocrisy sincere and pure and now thow goest stoutly forward in thy purpose calling the true worshippers of religion ypocrites adding also y t they haue bowed ther kne vnto Baall the whiche do worshippe God and Christ withe the holy ghost in spiryte and truth But we truly know that you papists ar the fals worshipers of religion the which do not only prophanate and defile the merites of our Lord Iesus Christ but often times do vterly extinguysh and put them out of syght more ouer we knowe that you euē you I say do bow your knees vnto Baall when as you worshipp your antycrist your idoles and images most folyshlye callinge them sometyme God him self sometime saints and the bones reliques of your owen dead mē and fynally your sweate breads Geue diligent eare and hear what our Cardinal Pole which will seme so holy a man dothe think as conserning taking of vengeance he affirmyth plainli all such to be of a fylthy cowardly mynd and stomack which by all meanes possible wyll not seke to reuenge an iniury or sham done vnto them wherfore his mind is that all such ought to be reuengid with sword and death the which haue offēdid vs ether by word or deede and that we ought by no meanes to fauour or spare them excepte we wold be thought men of cowardly stomacks But we contrary wyse haue learnid of Christ that all suche ar of a godly mynd or disposiciō in whome Christ doth truly inhabite or dwell whiche patiently beare and suffer all in iuryes and wronges done vnto them nether do once think vpon taking of vengeance but remytt and forgiue thee same yea and loue their enemyes and persecutors and pray for them whiche doctrine then semith most trew The papistes sect which bi their bokes goo about to enflame the harts of men vnto vengeance or wors which do teach all men patiently to beare and suffer iniuries done vnto them Again hepryckyth forward that iniuries ought by no meās to be suffred cryeng out that the honour and glory of Spayne to be therby obscurid and hurt and that it shuld be a very great ignomyny and reproch to them for to suffer such acontumelious iniurye vnreuengid what other wordes or intisements then euē the very same doth the dyuell hīself vse when he goeth about to styrre vpp kinges and princes to warrs and sheding of bloode This most quiet and peasible Cardinal desirid of Ceasar y t he myght haue licence to speake vnto his spanishe souldiars the which if he had obtained I suppose he wold haue spokē in this sorte I know well ynough that you which ar soldiars do not forsake your owne countrey of spain to go on warfare not only for glorye or renowne but also to gett spoill and ryches wherfore harken vnto me and I will shew you now amean and occasion wherby you may obtain and get great riches together with great renowne and glorye Behold the kingdome of my Countrey of England is now offered vnto you the which is very Rich thys now entre and inuade with me spoyl it yea and destroy it with Fyer and swerd and especially kyll the king my kynsman and all those heryticques which haue shronk gone awai from the pope for I my self may do much there both thorough mi estimation and auctoryty wherfore I will be present with you and betray and deliuer that my contrey into your hands And as sone as we haue fynyshid those warres and therby encrese our powers we will in lyke maner sett vpō and destroy the princes of Germany and those Free cyties-This shuld haue be Cardinal pole his oration vnto the Spanishe souldiars yf he had bene licencid by themperour to speke vnto them Thou folowyng thexample of the old prayseis doest cal the light of the gospel which is now sprong vp a new secte how beit thow arte worthy greater punyshment thē they for thou knowest that this is the treth for y e which we do contend and striue with you they knew yt nott wherfore I will still vse my acoustomed verse wo he bee vnto y t Cardinal Pole wo be vnto the. Here he that before was ignorant mai vnderstand and know what is y e state of this most worthy cause of religion whiche in these our days is in controuersi we vereli teache that we ought to obserue and kepe tholde and ancyent faith of the churche so that it is not lafuull to swarue from yt not the bredth of a nayll when we speke of old and anciēt faith we vnderstand and euen the very same which the prophets did fore shew vnto vs y e same which Iesus Christ brought tou of the bosonne of his father And that which thapostles thorough his Cōaundements haue preched and taught vnto