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A15033	The English myrror A regard wherein al estates may behold the conquests of enuy: containing ruine of common weales, murther of princes, cause of heresies, and in all ages, spoile of deuine and humane blessings, vnto which is adioyned, enuy conquered by vertues. Publishing the peaceable victories obtained by the Queenes most excellent Maiesty, against this mortall enimie of publike peace and prosperitie, and lastly a fortris against enuy, builded vpon the counsels of sacred Scripture, lawes of sage philosophers, and pollicies of well gouerned common weales: wherein euery estate may see the dignities, the true office and cause of disgrace of his vocation. A worke safely, and necessarie to be read of euerie good subiect. By George Whetstones Gent. Seene and allowed.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1586 (1586)	STC 25336; ESTC S111678	158,442	230

the Iewes This Mahomet had a quicke spirite and easely learned what so euer he was taught who in his youth was solde as a slaue vnto a rich marchaunt named Adimonople who regarding the towardnes of the young man intertayned him as his sonne and in no pointe as his slaue who so well mannaged his masters affayres that in shorte time he returned Adimonople great riches and by reason of his great traffique both with Christians and Iewes he was well exercised in eyther of their lawes during this time Mahomets master dyed without yssue and left Ladigua his wife very riche who hauing before proued the sufficiencie of Mahomet tooke him to husband so of a bondman raysed him vnto the degrée of a riche Lord. In the Prime of Mahomets aduancement the forenamed Sergius ariued in Arabia who to be reuenged of the Cleargie that banished him Constantinople or more properly to shew his malice to despight God because he suffered him to prosper no better in his herestes in euery place he tormented the poore Christians with whose outward habite he was but lately attyred in the ende he lighted in acquaintance with Mahomet whome Sergius founde in abilitie and power great in witte quicke and subtill in minde proude and ambitious of disposition froward and enuious a great practiser of magicke and nigromancie and to bee shorte that hee was ignoraunt in no vice neither was there any lewde attempt that hee feared to enterprise who taking his best opportunitie counseled Mahomet to take vpon him the name of a Prophet and to giue him the greater credit by magicke and other diuelis●… practises hee illuded the people with some false myracles in somuch as his wife and most familiar friendes began to admire Mahomet and to reuerence him as a holy Prophet But were it the vengeaunce of God sent to abase his pride or the malice of the deuill by this plague to colour his impious enterprise Mahomet was many times stroken with the falling euill whose straunge passions much amazed both his wife and houshold seruauntes which Mahomet thus excused that the Angell of God oftentimes talked with him and vnable as a man to sustaine his diuine presence he entered into this agonie and alteration of spirit and that by this visitation he forelearned what was the almightie will and pleasure of God whose expresse charge he followed By these subtil illusions protestations he not only seduced his familliar friendes and allies but by his cunning and their false rumours he was admired and reputed through the greater part of Arabia as the Prophet of God Mahomet growing to be thus popular and after the death of his wife sole possessed of a great masse of wealth by the incouragement of Sergius he published abrode that he was sente from God into the worlde to giue lawes vnto the people and for that he was by his industrie learned in all lawes in the beginning till he had well rooted his damnable sect to reaue himselfe of many dangerous enemies in parte he accorded with the Iewes in part with the Christians and moreouer in many thinges he agreed with the heretiques which raigned in his time he denyed the Trinitie with the Sabellicans with the Macedonians he denyed that the holy Ghost was God and approued the multitude of wiues with the Nicolaites on the other part he confessed that our Sauiour and Redeemer was a holy Prophet and that he had the spirite of God with the Iewes he receyued circumcision and to be short being of no religion hee entertained the professours of euery religion but especially his wicked law tollerated al carnal vices wtout controlement Ma●…omet being by these means strong and puissant he made his lawe named the Alcoran and for that he distrusted the goodnes thereof he generally forbad all men vpon the paine of death not so much as to dispute of his lawe In the beginning of these matters he was strengthened with the multitude and such as were seduced with his false perswasions Also there ioyned with him all the vicious and carnal men which in those dayes abounded through the world by whose ayde he assaulted the confines of Arabia and subiected a great part thereof His beginning was about the yeere of the Lord 620. in the time of the Emperour Eraclies who so soone as he had news of Mahomets proceedings as Platinus witnesseth he prepared a remedie perfourmed the same in part intertaining for this seruice with large promises the Scenits a warlike people of Arabia so that this new sect was in a maner stifeled for a time notwithstanding the Emperour greatly erred that he followed not his purpose vntill he had cleane plucked vp this wicked roote which brought forth such dangerous and damnable seed for in not continuing his enterprise he did much hurt in beginning of the same for because he kept not promise with the Scenites and payed them their accustomed wages they in despight thereof ioyned with Mahomet seeing that he was in great reputation holden for the Prophet of God they chose him for their captaine Afterwardes he and his people assailed the Empire of the ROMAINS and entering into Syria they conquered the noble citie of Damas with all Egypt Iudea the adioyning countries Mahomet then perswaded the Sarisens a people of Arabia that the land of promise belonged vnto them as the legittimate successors of Abraham and hauing thus fortunate successe in his enterprises he made warre vpon the Persians by whom he was at the first vanquished but in the ende he had the vpper hand To conclude after that Mahomet had compassed great and horrible matters he was poysoned in the 40. yeere of his age and as Sabellicus sayth in the yeere of our Lord 6 2. And for that Mahomet would often say that after his death he should ascend vp into heauen his disciples kept him aboue the ground vntill his bodie stuncke as badde as his soule which was then closed in iron and by his sayde disciples was carried into the Citie of Meque in Persia where he is worshipped of all the people of the East yea of the greater part of the worlde Califus succeeded Mahomet in the Empire and Hali succeeded Califus these two greatly augmented the secte of Mahomet and so from tyme to tyme by diuers meanes and successions and Principally for our sinnes and through the cowardlines of the Emperors of the East this pestilence continueth vnto our age And certaynely if Gods mercie and the diligence of the Emperour CHARLES the fifte had not stopped the passage and determination of the great Turke SOLYMAN Italie and all the West hadbene in daunger of this infection God be praised for his prouidence and when it standeth with his good will all good people doe desire that there may bee such vnitie among Christian Princes as ioyning their forces together they may be able to confounde the tyrannie of this enemie of many thousand millions of mens saluation

light account of her enimies threates as shée scorned to report Parries suspitious words vnto her graue Counsell furthermore to cléere her Maiestie from the least bleamish of Tyrannie there néedeth no other testimonie than the confession and records of rancke Traitours It appeareth in Parries and Throgmortons voluntarie confessions that her princely clemencie stayeth all sharpe courses against such Papistes as liue like obedient subiectes when that Lawe adiudged them death their last hope was in her excéeding mercie Throgmorton craued mercie with this acknowledgement of which many haue tasted and few haue beene depriued Parry confessed that the manifold vertues which shined in her Countenance euermore made him lose his resolution to kill her maiesty Forraine writers in their books haue made questions whether the greatnesse of her Maiesties mercie were a vertue more holy in her maiestie or daungerous for her good subiectes because it bread presumption in those that are euill affected I protest before God who I knowe heauily punisheth wilfull periurie that I hearde a Papist in Rome afore some of his companions wish and make choise to be her Maiesties prisoner in the Fléete rather then as he was the Popes pentioner in Rome and truely her imprisonment is more large than the Popes allowance saue vnto such persons which make shewe of seditious spirites Furthermore the long raigne and manifolde blessings which almightie God plentifully bestoweth of her Maiestie euidently declareth that shée is no tyraunt whose Raignes are for the most part short and their deathes violent Yea these Calumniers and Lybellers with these shameles detractions slaunder their owne knowledge which is that her mercie giueth life to condemned Papistes if that their Religion safe they will but acknowledge Ecclesiasticall supremacie to be one to her Maiestie which the Pope and all his power cannot plucke from her To conclude no one what so euer his offence be is put to death in case of Treason and Felonie except the Consciences of twelue sufficient men finde him guiltie and this I may truely say although Englande bée small in comparison of France or Italy yet her mercie pardoneth more that are conuicted by the Lawe than the king of Fraunce and all the princes of Italy It is a wonder to sée the wilfull stubbornesse of these vngratious Iesuites howe they striue against their owne knowledge howe shamelesly they slaunder the mildest course of Iustice that euer ciuill pollicie administred in any common wealth but chiefely how impudently they reproch her excellent Maiestie with tyranny when that her mercie is written in all the Capitols of the worlde their venim sheweth that they are euen those of whom the Psalmist saith They speak lyes they are as venimous as the poyson of a serpent euen like the deafe Adder that stoppeth his ears they with their malitious vntrue perswasions bring men into the snares of destruction out of which they cannot deliuer themselues It is the last refuge the Pope hath to vphold his wicked kingdome to blowe into subiectes eares slaunders of tyranny subsidies oppressions and other hard impositions of their Princes with these perswations they haue kindled many commotions and daily settle a mortall hatred in the ignorant multitude towards their Princes and godly procéedings which euermore bursteth forth with the confusion of such as they seduce for God which abhorreth Traitours seldome suffereth Treason to prosper the diligent obseruance of the euents whereof is able to settle the duetie and obedience of a good subiect more than the learning and Eloquence of the greatest Orators CHAP. 13. Of the peaceable discouery of the daungerous Treasons of Frances Throgmorton Esquire of Henry Percie Earle of Northumberlande and others a Chapter declaring the Odiousnesse of Treason and continuall ouerthrow of Traitors WHosoeuer shall reade the Chronacles of time the continuall life of vertue and endlesse shame of vice they shall finde that Treason is so odious to God as his holy hande many times myraculously hath defended the worst tyrants from the mortall Treasons of their subiectes Comodus was a wicked Emperour and to kill him his syster Lucilla had appointed one Quintianus The Traitour Quintianus wayghted at the entring of the Amphitheatre to kill Comodus his dagger was readie drawne his heart was resolute and his hand was readie to strike the stroake but God appointed the Traytors tongue to inflict the vengeaunce vppon himselfe for before the Emperour came vnder his stroke Quintianus cryed This the Senate sendeth thee Uppon which wordes he was taken and Comodus nothing hurt The day before Sceuinus thought to haue slaine the Archetyrant Nero hée put an olde rustie dagger to grinding hée made his Testament hee fraunchised his bondmen and got rowlers in a readinesse to wrappe wounds in by which tokens Milicheus his seruaunt gathered he went about some naughtie purpose and so accused him straight wayes to the Emperour Sceuinus straight confessed that his intent was to haue slaine Nero. If God plucketh witte and prudencie from Traitors that purposed to kill such notable tyrantes as hée made the Traytours owne wordes and doings to bée the confusion of themselues and safetie of the tyrauntes It is assuredly to bée thought that with the shielde of his strength hée will defende righteous Princes and especially his chosen Quéene Elizabeth that aboue all things seeketh to set foorth his glory to aduaunce his holy worde to abase hypocrisie to banish Idolatrie and finally that all her subiectes may be as they are called true Christians It is assuredly thought that hée will defende her Maiestie yea it is constantly to bée beléeued that hee will there is no feare of it it is visibly séene that he doth I might inlarge this Chapter with sundrie examples of the confution of forraigne Traitors and preseruation of their soueraigne Lords But I write to English-men for whose instruction English examples is most proper It is yet within the compasse of our memorie that since the first houre that the Noble King Henrie the eight banished the Pope out of England that God hath laide this cursse vpon Traitors as the most part of them euen in the prime of their conspiracies were discouered and the principals worthely punished What became of the huge Commotion in Lincolne-shire where twentie thousand rebels were in Armes at the approch of the kings power they desired pardon brake vp their Armie and departed home The seditious heade of Cardinall Poole within sixe dayes after raised a newe insurrection in Yorkeshire to the number of fortie thousande rebels they abide the comming of the kings power with whom a day of battaile was appointed but God hauing compassion of a number of good subiectes that were like to be slaine by his prouidence saued both the one and the other the night before the Armies should ioyne he parted them with a mightie rayne In the meane time the rebels desired pardon it was graunted and so the commotion seased In Februarie following Nicholas Musgraue Sir Francis Bigot Sir Robert Constable