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A09610	An aduertisement written to a secretarie of my L. Treasurers of Ingland, by an Inglishe intelligencer as he passed throughe Germanie towardes Italie Concerninge an other booke newly written in Latin, and published in diuerse languages and countreyes, against her Maiesties late proclamation, for searche and apprehension of seminary priestes, and their receauers, also of a letter vvritten by the L. Treasurer in defence of his gentrie, and nobility, intercepted, published, and answered by the papistes.; Elizabethae, Angliae Reginae, haeresim Calvinianam propugnantis saevissimum in Catholicos sui Regnis edictum. English. Abridgments	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.; Cresswell, Joseph, 1556-1623, attributed name.; Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550-1640, attributed name.	1592 (1592)	STC 19885; ESTC S121696	41,247	68

in law the Duke of Norfolke gotten to their parte How other noble men were persuaded either to giue their consents or els to absent themselues from the parlament or els to leaue their voices in the handes of heretiques and what fraude breach of order and aunciente lawes was vsed in choosing these firste burgeses of parlament and knightes of the shires and the open violence vsed againste the Bishops by which meanes this answerer holdeth that this first parlament could haue no validitie or force at all and yet that al foundations of future treasons in matters of religiō were layed in the same and al other parlaments synce haue depended therof How the proceedings of Cecil and Bacon seeming at length intolerable vnto the auncient nobilitie of the Realme they ioyned together in the olde L. Treasurers howse and concluded to pull them both from her Maiestie by violence to hang them at the Coure gate what the old Earle of Penbrok said in that meeting and how Leicester was also present and consenting to this conclusion and reuealed all afterward and how Sir VVilliam Cecill escaped the dāger by flattering and abusing the Duke of Northfolke with weepinge fayr promisses and paide him for it afterwad with cutting of of his heade and how from that day foreward he tooke sure order for pulling downe disgracing the olde nobility How my L. Treasurer hath gotten in to his owne power al the greate offices almoste of the courte and countrey and how he playing the Aman as he doeth with the Catholiques may iustly feare the greate and high galowes prepared by himself for Mardocheus and the children of Israel for that God is as iuste now as he was then and as potent Of Sir VValter Rauleys schoole of Atheisme by the waye and of the Coniurer that is M. thereof and of the diligēce vsed to get young gentlemē to this schoole where in both Moyses and our Sauior the olde and new Testamente are iested at and the schollers taught amonge other thinges to spell God backwarde How miserable a thing it is that her Maiestie descending of so noble progenitours should be brought to make lawes and proclamations in matters of Religion according to these mens senses and opinions leauing all her olde nobility and the auncient vvisedome grauitie and learning which Ingland vvas wonte to haue should rule her self by these new vpstarts and publish edicts so contrary and opposite to all the lawes edicts of al the Kings and Queenes that haue bin in Ingland from the firste cōuersion thereof vnto this day as euidently he presumeth to shew and with this he endeth this first head of this section The second head of this first section THE seconde head of this firste Section is about these first wordes in the tytle of the proclamation to wit A declaration of great troubles pretended against the realme by a number of Seminary priests and Iesuits c. about which reseruing the peculier defence of the priests and Iesuits comming into the Realme vnto the fourth Section where at large he handleth the same in this place he taketh vpon him to shew how that the true causes of troubles feares and perils towards Ingland doe not proceede of the comming in of Seminarie priests and Iesuits that come peaceably to yeild their liues and without intention to hurt any body but that they come of their accusers to which purpose he alleageth the fable of the wolf who drinking at the fountaine desiring to haue a quarell against the lambe that drunke at a brooke farre beneth him said that he troubled his water also he alleageth the example of Nero that punished the Christians for burninge of Rome which himself for his pleasure had sett a fire al which this man applieth saying that these which now gouerne finding Inglād quiet peaceable strong rich fortified with frinds both abroad at home at their entrāce haue by change of Religion by troubling vexing killing subiects at home and by dryuing others to flye abrode by breaking all leagues with auncient allies by other vnquiet meanes turned all vpsidowne and brought al about their owne eares now being a fraide of that which the murderers of Christe suspected when they said wil you bring this mans blood vpon vs They would gladly lay it vpon moste innocente Catholique priests which haue no part therein After this he gathereth together diuers particuler speciall causes of the troubles and dangers of her Maiestie and Ingland whereof the first and principall and roote of al the reste is as he saith the greate and irreconciliable differences and warres in Religion not onely with the Catholiques but especially betwene the protestants and puritanes them selues who he saith are mortall enemy and would haue bin longe agoe by the cares to to●●●●er had not the feare of the Catholique helde them both in awe He touchetlt diuers of their bookes written one against the other as Martin Marprelate Mar Martin The worke for the Cooper The Countercuffe to Martin iunior The Owles Almanack The Pap with a batchet or countrycuffe The Epistle to Huffe Ruffe and snuffe in which among other things is affirmed that the Martinistes or Puritans are much more dangerous for domisticalbroyles then the Spaniardes for open warres which this awnswerer also confirineth for that they muste needes as he saith hate her Maiestie the protestante Councell most deadly as both by reason and by their bookes and by their propositions gathered by R. Alison and dedicated of late to Sir Thomas Henedge that no hope remayninge more now of reformation of the Antichristian Church of Ingland which they cal Babel all are bounde to forsake it though the prince do inhibit them An other danger and ineuitable peril both of her Maiestie and the Realme he saith to be the incertitude of the succession which he saith my L. Treasurer and others haue especially procured by keeping her Maiestie frō mariage against the example of her auncestours and other princes of Christianitie and that for their owne interests thereby to be able to gouerne her Maiestie the better and to haue her still in their power as also to be able to shufle the better for the crowne to theire owne frendes when occasion shall be offered which he proueth at large Of the pestilent and dangerous doctrine of Hacket the late new Christe and his Prophetes against her Maiestie of the vncertaine assurāce of Princes estates vpon hereticall doctrine which theire authors doe varye according to tymes fancies cōmodities as he sheweth by diuers examples of later dayes in Ingland by Latimer in K. Edwardes reigne that could applye his conscience and preachingest the ouerthrow of the L. Admiral Seymer without any cause at all Also by Cranmer Sandes and Iewell that were content vnder the Duke of Northumberland to bolster vp Queene lanes tytle and disinherite her Maiestie that now is and by Goodman who in Queene Maryes time both

the Church do by their diligente teaching and example of life retayne the people stedfast in the protession of the Ghospel here the avvnsvverer handleth diuers points first the ●●●ale credit and authoritie as he saith of the Inglish Ministers doctrine and teaching which partly for lacke of study and learning those few apostatas being dead that at the beginning made some flouris he vvith theire skill gotten in the Catholique schooles and partly by their diuision vvrangling and dislension among themselues the one discouering the others wants and principally by the vvritings and replyes of Catholiques in refutation of their childish nouelties the credit I say and estimation of the Inglish ministerie for matter of learning is come to be so smale among such as haue iudgemente as they are very contemptible especially since they haue refused all disputation writing of bookes other reasonable trial offred of the other part synce they haue brought their māner of preaching to only rayling and to blouddy exaggerating of matters of treasons out of their pulpits where matters of conscience good life of sweete Christian charitie should be handled therefore he cōcludeth that this firste parte of remedy hath no force in the world with the wiser sorte to retayne them in the profession of their new Ghospell but rather to cause men of discretion to run from it so would infinite multitudes do in Inglād were it not for the only Magistrates authoritie which bindeth thē against their wills to be at their Ministers Churches conuenticles to heare their wilde miserable bellowing frō their pulpits And much lesse saith he can theire example of life retayne the people stedfaste in their Ghospell seing they themselues are so variable and changeable in the same in so few yeares are fallen to such mortal warrs among themselues about which and what is their Ghospell seing also that the liues maners of the ministers of Inglād are so scandalous as no kind of people within the land haue so euill opinion among all sortes of men for wickednes loose behauiour as haue the ministers this may be verified snith this man not onely in the baser inferiour sorte of them which ordinarily are the scumme refuce of the Realme but also in moste of the very chief to wit of the Bishops Prelates and other gouernours of the clergie yf the late bookes of the puritanes tell trew and yf the matters printed of lecherie against Sandes late Archbishop of Yorcke of thefte other like crimes against Elmer that presently is Bishop of Londō of al beastlynes against the present Bishop of S. Dauies others his compaignons lately presented to the presse by Norton beare any creditt then much lesse effectual saith he is this parte of remedy then the former To this first remedie pertaineth also that which foloweth in the same proclamatiō that euery man muste pray earnestly to almighty God to assiste this so naturel honorable profitable a sernice being onely for defence of their naturall country their wiues families children 〈◊〉 goods liberties their posterities against ra●●●ing strangers wilfull destroyers of their natille country monstrous traytours All which this awnswerer calleth M. Cecils ridiculous rauing Rhetorique warring in the ayer without an enemy for that this defendāt hauing proued before as he supposeth moste euidently that there is no signe at all of any such attempte or inuasion towards by the King nor of any such intentiō or least cogitatiō of treason or hostility in the priests Iesuits that come into Ingland out of the Seminarles all this crying out of defence of naturall country against strangers traytours is but an artificiall flourish of him that would seeme to be a frend carefull defender who in deed hath bin is the onely tyrante and destroyer of the same and hath broughte it already to that poynte that to treate onely now of restoring the old aunciēte Catholique faith to the same wherein his our forefathers from the beginning of Christianitie haue liued died so Godly and worthely must be accompted to put in hazarde our wiues families childrē lādes goods liberties posterities as though our predecessours in the Catholique faith did not possesse these things farre more aboundātly then we do now synce the bringing in of new religions or as though our naturall country was not as honorably defended mayntayned then when graue noble Catholique men had the menage thereof as synce M. Cecil gat vp to the stearne or as though the intentiō of these feigned troubles now were meant to the good of the wealepublique not to the mayntenāce of a few onely in their ambition or as though finally the frute of this victory now intended ouer good subiects at home should not be that M. Cecil without contradiction may rule all as he liste may put in keepe out of the Councell whome he pleaseth hold vp the puritanes against herMaiestie for his owne peculier purpose keepe downe the Archbishop of Canterbury the reste of the Cleargie as himself seemeth best make his eldest sonne deputie of Ireland yfhe can his secōd crooked cubbe to be also of the Councell his grādchild to aspire by Arbellas tytle to the chiefest garlād his neeces to match with great men of the land for the fortifying of this other his plotts all this muste be contriued vnder shew pretēce of moste honorable naturall defending of the Realme yea of wiues families children landes goods liberties posterities to the end that no mā may looke into these doings at home especially het Maiestie whome moste it concerneth all mens eares are to be filled and held attent vvith clamours and outries of inuasions and daungers from abrod by rauening strangers wilful destroyers of their natiue countrey and mōstrous traytours and for more hypocrisie and deceptfull shew of some good meaning in this poynte all men are exhorted by M. Cecil to haue recourse to God by prayers whereas it is well knowen by testimony of such as liue with him and others and see their liues and haue serued them in their chambers that neither he nor Leicester nor some others that haue bin heads of threatning these buggs do euer lightly vse that exercise of prayer but liue as meere Atheists and laughing at other mens simplicity in that behalf and thus much in effecte is saide to this first remedy But besydes this he addeth somewhat also about the worde Ghospel which M. Cecil in his proclamations so often iterateth and yet saith this awnswerer no man can easely gesse what he meaneth thereby considering his owne Religion in Queene Mary and King Edwardes dayes and his earnest being against the puritans vnder this Qneene vntill of late and now his being for them and yet his complying with her Maiestie on the other side so that by his ghospel he can not seeme to meane any other thing but his