British Library, Additional MS 11600
There is an idle Pamphlett suffered w
to be put in prynt vnder the name of an Englishman,
inventing more spitefully
Netherland
any sence of reason, and so basely barking at the name
of a glorious Queene as therein a malicious hvmo
And the Workeman you maij Marke hym bij so vild
a Worke Indeed of a Corrupt stomacke that belcheth for
the vnsavorij stuffe not fearing the blasting of the
displeasvre of the highest.
This maketh me to Call to mind a mischeivous
pamphlett long sithence sett forth in the French
tonge, after the Massacre in france Where to make
svch a peece of Worke more svtable bij the entitled
Avtho
English Catholique Insynuateing therbij that
a Revolted Englishman is a fitt Instrument
for anij evill matter.
As there is nothing more Comelij then the visage
of a man in health & in good plight, So there
is no shape more deformed then the face of
a man disfigured So surelij a true Englishma
will borne bredd and retayneing his true faith
and naturall allegance is a worthij Creature,
But fallen from his originall integritij into
Treason or so vn
a base & unwrthy person, as vglij to be Consi
dre
and whij: their preaching is of Cvrseing and lyes
That great EmpPhilip the
Second would saij he liked the Treson well to
make vse of it but never Could awaij w
them boeth greatlij respect anij Fugitives
but onlij to serve there owne tvrne. /
For the belchinges in his Pamphlett breathed
out against the Netherlandes thovgth there is
nothing but frothe and Fome I will
that nac
the same bij them that will doe it w
penn and knowledge as they have defended
there Cuntreij wr swords & great Cvr
But where so lavish tongues attempt malisiouslij
to touch the sacred
Queene whose memorij & fame doth more &
more increase & never will be forgotten.
Trulij there hardlij Can bee found anij
but this Counterfeit English, that durst
adventure to Cast vp such foule aspersions
against her Cleere renowne: And I
doe thinke theire heartes trembled w
them that handled that blurring penn, vnto
whome when shee was alive theij did
bend dissembling knees w
Cannot assuredlij unspeake of her nowe shee is
dead w
did bij a Contynu
seeke to take awaij her deare life, whose blood
was precious in the sight of the most highest,
and to vexe and disquiet her w
practises, to disturbe & trouble the quiet Calm
of her estate, that for manij yeares she stood
vpon her Centynell & Contynuall watche
ever. Wherein the lord that Careth for his Chosen
did hyde her precious life in his presence from
the provoking of all men. God was her refuge
and defence in the dutij
Rocke too high for them. Hee was her help hope
and a strong Tower against the Enemye. So
their malice being the more inflamed the lesse it
did prevaile After he descease
her fame and good name, w
sed slanders. Their practises Could not tuch
her princlij life, nor their slaunders shall be able
to taijnt her glorious name. /
Some soyle and dust maij bee Cast on the cleerest
Christall but quickelij shaked off & wiped off the pristinat e
beautij will appeare. / This is the Ancient
Enmitij and deadlij fewde which the feynd hath
taken vp even at the CreacAdam The trace
is followed bij his hellhoundes, houndes of blvd, that
hunt after the sweet scent of the memorable fame
of Gods Chosen. But like madd enraged Cvrres
after barking snarleing and hauling, Choller
boyling w
stomacke and sluring over it, theij licke it vp
againe w
Lett them bee confounded o lord, Lett the lying lippes bee pvt to
Confvsion, wich which Crvelly disdaynefullij and despightfullij speake
against the Righteous. The Lord shall keepe his C
in his Tabernackel
g
Yea happij are they
saij all manner of evill against them for his sake, falsly
in vncertaintij, so to fall into Confusion. That indeed
is the point that such Companions did hope after & long
for, and this is their greife, that the sacred Ma
most Noble king was so generallij acknowledged w
svch fvll and vniforme applavse. As afterwardes
theirs theis and their like had resort to wicked
Tresons the like befor whereof weare never heard in
former tyme And I shall never hold them for more
Powder Traito
warned not to bee at the Parlyament hovse when
the blowe was to bee given. and at that tyme held
their peace. Of whome some are nowe in chose
Thovgh a wortheij noble p
and Clowdye warning & theire by Gods p
and to his ever worthy praise Intymac
taken and well followed euen by the inspired
wisedome of o
discou
Concerning that Asserc
I showld doe that worthy Ladye great wrong to bee
silent in that slaunder, my selfe w
being able to saij the Contrary, that shee in tended
the svccession whereof right it did descend, Which
a worthij and most Noble Earle yet alive the
Auncientest Counsellor in Christendome is able to
affirme, And a great Counsellor sonne of a great
and worthy Covnsello
But whether theis and their like had a squint
Eye to looke ascue on a fayned title, theire bookes
extant This is the Ancent Enmity & deadly fewde
w
of Adam. The trace is followed by his hellhoundes,
houndes of bloud that hunt after
For the manner of her death. Her sicknes was a kind of
sleepynes, relaxac
saiid of the succession of the Crowne was evident. None
should weare her crowne but he r that bore a crowne. And how
Canterbury Doctor Whitgift praying bij
her
Contynuall and settled devoc
not let his hand goe by any meanes So leaving the world
in great peace & sueetly yeilding up w
her
last breath, and her soule to God, shee Changed this
life for a better. For a good life hath her dayes numbred but
a good name endvreth for ever. /
For that other Engli slaunder (against soe great & gracious a
Qveene) of this English Observer as hee termeth himselfe
borne pfoame
Cleere water: Hee had p
Luwis Castrocany
that governed that Cittye and territorye
w
dyed Her body was buried in peace and her name
Liueth for euermore The Aspersion that is layd ont
that Qveene in this libel for staing of the monaij sent bij
sea into the Lowe Countries so manij yeares sithence.
Merchantes of Ornaa and the Qveene being advertised of the
same by the Cardynall Chatillion and afterwardes w
Certainty, shee tooke that Discreete Covrse which anij
Prynce may lawfvlly doe and shee vndrst had great
reason to doe it, vnderstanding that the same was partly
destinated to bee employed against her in the Rebelion
of the North, broken forth a litle before & indede before
the appointed tyme,
Whereby the Cheifest svpply was broken likewise for the
assistance of the Rebells. Which wisely that Queene
did not forbeare to tell vnto Chiapin Vitelle Marynes
of Cetona. when hee was sent to the Qveene from the
dvke of Alua. Hee having some infermitij in his feete
vsed a staffe to staij him.
The Qveene told hym hee came to her as a Captaine
and leader of men w
Embassador For that indeed was the part hee was
appointed to play in the Rebellion.
Many yet alive have seene the gent
was sent vnto her MaBenedict
Spinola in Favchurch streete, who was expressely sent
hyther to demand that moneij & to take order w
her Ma
Contentment of the Owners. And it is most Certaine
had not the providence of that Qveene taken order for
the safetye of that Messe of money, it was in apparent
danger to haue fallen into the handes of those that
wovld haue kept it from the Duke of Alua, & p
kept him good game w
Qveene, the money was saved from intercepting &
noe wrong done or Ca
those that had hope to have gotten the same to
have employed it even against the Duke of Alua. For it is
Most Certayne that S ir William Winter did rescue one of
shipps out of the handes of the French Pirattes that were redij
to boord her & Carry her away, So as the Genowaies weare
beholding to her Ma
Where in this treatise large menc
king of Spaine king Philipp did shewe to her then the ladij
Elizabeth in the tyme of Qveene Marie. This gratefull
Qveene never did Conceale the same, Yea, I mij selfe have
heard her make ample acknowledgement thereof And I
may adde that which in the historie of her life is sett downe
that the affecc
as hee desired after the disease of her sister to marrye her.
But that the king stood so stifflij for the redeliu
the Case is mvch mistaken. For no man knewe the passages
better then the lord Burleigh Secretary to her Ma
who ever Constantly Devyed the same. And it was given in
the InstruccSpaine, amongst other his vnfrendlij
dealinges to put him in mynd howe vnkyndlij hee had Carryed
hymselfe in that treatye. The Declarac
warranted w
things passed in her Raigen in those Monumentes kept
nowe in Whitehall in theis very wordes.
First wee may Call to mind that peace very well knowne
which was made by his Catholique
Spose Queene Marie & her Royall Ma
peace was greatly advantagious to hym in the Recou
of many townes: But to her Ma
England of exceeding damage and losse, for neglecting the
RestitucCalice. Which hee ought to have regarded
for the late Remembrance of the benifitt bij the Auxiliary
forces which hee had receved from her Ma
that not only at his intreaty & motion the Crowne of England was
engaged in the French warre. Wherevpon ensved the
taking away of that towne out of the handes of the English
after the most famous king of England had heald the same
in great honnor for the space of many yeares.
It may bee likewise bee added that when the Crowne of
England had Contynued in great tranquilyty & peace w
her neighbor Nac
Christendome. Neu
only shee fell at varyance w
by that warre was kyndled which presently ensved w
French & oEngland
at one and the same tyme svsteyning the envasions of bothe
Which notw
his only Cavse, the Catholique king was so farre from
asisting vs, as Contrariewise hee embraced peace w
Adversaries &c.
The Catholique king likewise refused to renewe the treatij
betweene the hovse of Burgundie & England, Wonderfull
thinges might be declared that the Realme of England hath
well deserved of the Catholique king as wee incurred the
the French by reson of the inte
French & them. By those warres shee had brovght
her selfe into those trobles. And then to bee forsaken
What was it? but to testfie a plaijne deserc
determenation to embrace freindship w
Further to shewe his adverse mann
and the Realme, hee sent backe to her Ma
Order of the Garter.
In the same declarac
large the Iustifieing of her Ma
taking into her handes the money of the Genowaies
There are sundry other declarac
those tymes that doe fully answeare all the obiecc
nowe raked out of the ashes after so many yeares
past by theis Observers, Who as it seemes would
spend all there breath to blowe the Coales to rayse
a newe fier out of those Cynders if they may bee
able to doe it.
But to Cleeare this poynt, true it is the king of
Spaine stood stiffly at the first vpon the restituc
of Calice but for an other end & purpose. The
French did shewe in that treaty they made svch
accompt of that towne as they Condisended sooner to
the kinges demavnds to yeild vp aboue 100 townes
rather then to forgoe Calice.
The king that made the demavnd of Calice to make
his bargaine, soe to gett the possession by that means
of the places hee desired, when the French Condisiended
to that hee Cheiflij fovght, hee easilij left of to
insist vpon the restitucCalice, & made his peace
w
to bee the most dishonorable & vnproffitable peace that
euer France did make. Spaine
amongst other vnkyndnesses of the losse of this Towne
in the tyme of the intermarriage w
was drawne into opne warres w
people he gott St Quintins Wherefore in honnor hee
showld have endeavoured effectually the restituc
of, and not to leave svch a blott vpon his name, that
Calice being of many yeares kept in o
tyme of Edward the Third shovld bee lost in the Raign
of that Potent king.
Trve it is indeed when the Qveene did discover
that the king vsed this pretence to another end
thereby his one advantage; p
drive hym from that demand, would yeild to what
els hee Could wishe, hee had his desier, & shee treate
for her selfe as an absolvte Prynce that would not
march vnder his banner. For this treaty was begunne
in the tyme of her sister at Cambray. And some
svch proposic
shee had reason to neglect, saying shee would not
buy a Fishertowne w
To what end is it heere sett downe that Queene
Elizabeth went ordynaryly to Masse in her sister
Queene Maries tyme, & had Masse in her Chappell
after shee Came to the Crowne, and that the
same was vsed in the Realme a long season, when
many living vntell this day Cane averre the
Contrarie. But what was left out and what
was read in English, and what rust was wyshed
wyped away, either
not quoted in his Observac
it weare to tell hym that all o
yeares went duely to heare divine service in her
Ma
yeares. But hee hath no mynd to sett downe howe
Queene Marie did in her stile which is to be
seene vnder the great seale of England tearme
her selfe Supreame Head of the Church in
England and Ireland, which the Queen neuer
did offer to Queene Elizabeth to allowe the
Leturgie wee had in English if shee would
acknowledge his Supremacy But for the
word Supremacy, shee neuer assumed
it nor did like it to bee applyed to her title
Where most impudently it is set downe
in the Pamphlett, that the troubles of the
Lady Elizabeth weare for sundry offences
against Queene Marie her sister, which
being found to be svch might p
Cost her her life if they had Come to
publique tryall of Iustice, I may say as he
saith of that industrious pMr Fox, If
any such had beene you should have seene
them sett downe in Capitall letters. And
soe farre is it from truthe as this Libell
Author or Authors Could not tell what to in
vent, wherein is made true in themselues
that saing. That such as dispence with there
allegence make withall shipwracke of all
consciene. Theis men turne Good into
and where no spott
But such was the Innocencye of that ladye as
shee wrote in the wyndowes of her lodgeing in
the tower yet
a dyamond Many thinges haue
So shee gave for her devyse a Sive For
shee had beene sifted and fanned w
Curious devyses but no Chaffe found. Her
Posie was Semper eadem. w
weare those of the Conspiracye of Wiatt
exa
tiuely did Benefeild the lieten
before her and towards her to blow whome after shee Came
to the Crowne shee only sayd. Wen shee had any that
weare to bee straytly kept shee would appoint hym to
haue the Charge of them.
Indeede there weare some of the Clergye at that tyme
who did vehemently pushe at the desracc
Innocent Ladie. But the Lord God did manifestly
shewe his favor and power both to her the Realme,
and for the Good of all Christendome in her deliu
They weare inflamed w
so as they pressed heresye or Conspiracye, whereinto
neither the king nor the lordes thovght it fitt to offend
the world, a young ladie, nor their co
Blessed bee the lord God that hath pleasvre in the
prosperity of his seruant, hee remayneth a victorious
king for ever.
The great respect king Edward the Sixth did
beare to the ladie Marie was in another manner
very gratious, as is to bee seene by those thinges
which are yet extant of that tyme sent by
Messages and Letters vnto her, and her Carriag
and answeares very stout
shewing a great and Princely mynd. Neverthe
les it Canot bee de
in king Edwardes tyme, then ever the Queene did
in her tyme.
But these kind of men whose heartes are in ther
mouthes shewing in theire writinges svch spight=
full spirittes towardes her that was theire Sou
aigne, soe many yeares, after her decease,
discouer their hollowe hearttes towardes them alive
and soe shewe what race they are of, and
of them desended from those that weare
highly bound to her Ma
to his Royall Ma
What showld I say of them tell them The
wordes of ther mouth are full of deceat. their
inward partes burne altogether w
They ioij therein they goe beyond all modestye
in their vyld Invenc
said long sithence, being by Another of their
society told that hee had sett downe so vnlikely
an vntruthe that might have beene forborne,
Itt is all the better so long as svch Ingred=
yentes haue op
Men that are accustomed to opprobrious wordes
and vse the trade of lyeing and slaundering,
thougth none doe beleeue them, yet they take
such a habite therein by Custome as they
beleeue theire owne invenc
Breifly at the same Poste
allegeance goeth forth rusheth in a pestilent
Corrupc
Treasons & false Accusac
True Englishmen keepe yo
Itt is an hon
Character, to bee a loyall Subiect, a True
Englishman.
Bee Resident vpon that stay and be not
like vagrant p
reght course of true obedience and native
fidelity, as theis landleppers who, Cum esto mutare
animum as an old English Poet saijeth.
and thincke they proffitt not vnles they Chainge
both their faith and fidelity.
Thes are the first fruites they must yeild of ther
Conversion, Indeed easily learned when the other
is cast off. to slander boldly Machiauell is nowe
quite put downe since theis newe schoolemen
haue sett vp shop For
request that dare not looke vp to heaven, wher
they bend themselues to followe their badd purposes:
Men are nowe tought by the Rules and
Rudymentes of are theis new Fathers, to be Confir=
med in theis horrible Prynciples, and that by
Reigion religion
to: Never has theire Impiety so impious
that durst prophane holy sacred Religion,
to mayntaine theis p
to doe service to God, and to merritt by abandoneing
faith and fidelity, by Comitting treacherye & Treason,
They are a renewed Generation of Assassines thought taught
in this prophane Alcoran. And first as Children
beginne to learne to speakk, so they must mispeake
misreport and slander, and the more boldlij
impudently and scandalously they doe it, they are
the better schollers, and lickely to proue p
Maisters. Ile goe no further. but let not the
sereine of a blazing tongue terrify you. Shall
Rayling and despightfull speeches daunt or dull
the edge of any well affected mynd. Assure you
there is a reward for the Righteous, doubtles ther
is a God that Iudgeth the earth.
Thus theis Observaciones passe to the offer that as was
made to her Ma
Att that season it is Certayne there weare
many yooung and hott sperittes in the Court
that did vse large and liberall discourse
in that Case That the Qveene showld doe
well to thake the offer and opportunity Which
Came to the Queenes eare and even at that
tyme I heard her say that shee was not
ignorant of the speeches which weare vsed,
that if king Henry the Eight had beene
then aliue, hee would not have lett psse that
oppertunity, but have taken hold thereof to
assure his estate and augment his dominions.
But that her sexe was not fitt for those
Acc
said shee I shall neuer want the Royall
spiritt of my father to defend my honnor & State,
and such pusillanimity shall neuer harbor in
my brest, but that mynd a Royall King
Queene ought to beare.
What king Henry my Father would have
done in this Case is an imp
For my owne part I will doe that which I
may answeare to all the world and before
God, that my conscience and a good Conscience
shall warrant mee, which in all these great Cases
shall overway w
discou r
eses discourses
For those thinges therein so sillilij handeled
haue beene better hammered then their
Capacity is able to reache vnto, or wthin the
compasse of their knowledge. And though
they knowe little yet as the Proverbe sayth
ther is Craft in daubing The daubing is very
rougth.
and the Craft more malicious then workemanlike
or trewly done truely don
For looke into the passages of that tyme theij will
shewe them, howe when the French weare purposed
to accept the like offer, the Queene sent word to
the French king, that if hee did embrace that offer
shee would ioyne wSpaine against
hym, and diverted hym quite from giving eare
to those proposicRead
Countries the treating of that Negociac
I say those occurrentes it will bee mayntayned that
the Queene preserved those countries for the
king of Spaine if the vnsupportable Cariage
of his Governor had not made the breach to loose
them quite. But theis thinges were handeled so
at large as it is to litle purpose to revive
the king of Spaine having treated w
those termes hee hath done, and the direcc
given to her Ma
accordingly w
extant and to bee seene, and the occasions of
sending Mr Wilkes at that thym tyme vnto Spaine
Therefore if this pretended English fewe ar
more bee able to doe the king of Spaine no
better service wr sword then w
penn and observac
thainkes undeservedly and hee will
but small
mercedes
./
Where he taxeth that worthy Queene of laying
more taxac
Auncestors since the Conquest, they are not so
Conversant in histories of this Realme, as they
if thay had applijed themselves to read only the life
of Edward the Third, who raysed more to atcheive
his Conquestes, then euer the Queene did for
the defence of her Relmes. Neither will they bee
a knowne when shee had not those vrgent occasions,
shee remitted a Subsidy granted bij Parliament
saying, Itt was as ready in the handes of her Subiectes
as her Coffers, who might in the meane season make
vse of it to their proffitt and shee when there showld
bee necessary employment for the good of the Realme
But by her provident Care God bee thancked that
great masse of money was stayd w
which in former tymes was Carryed to Rome to
farre greater som
and to mayntayne their pryde and pompe & division
and warres amongst Christian Prynces.
Here the Observator make a Note out of a former
libell of that vild Parson of leavying and sending
soe many seuldiers forth of the Realme to assist other
Nac
Baron Manwood, who being there w
before the lordes of her Ma
expresse dyrecc
that opnion.
This Observer setteth downe the Iniuries done
by the Netherlanders to the subiectes of this Realme
not for any Good that may appeare is wished to vs
by this treatise, wherein hee doth so unworthily
deprave that worthy ladije
but to followe his purpose, to make them seeme an
vnworthy people, in shewing their provoking cariages
towards vs.
Wherein hee doth also doe his endeavoures to defame
the late Earle of Leister, a Noble man of better
worth then this Wryter will acknowledge who did
seruice to the king of Spaine at the seige of St
Quintins.
The Earle of Leister was a gente of that temp
dyett in his youth and vsed all Comendable exercise for
a Nobleman w
any of his tyme. And surely Envy did labor more to
obscure his fame & reputac
Towards the later end of his yeares hee had learned
att great feastes in the loue Countries to feed more largly
especially of fishe at supper & to drinke variety of wynes,
And yet when he was abr
so early, as he gave not that tyme to rest and sleepe
as his stomacke might make disgestion (by reason where
of he fell into a great surfett and thervpon dyed
But what private grudge some of them have to that
Noble p
The Observer likewise no
of Orange and others who in what sortt he was slayne
is elsewhere sett downe.
For the Countes Egmont and Horne, they had
deserved well of the king of Spaine at the said
seige of St. Quintins. Those heads of Salmons the
kings great Warrier sayd weare more worth then may
Frye.
That Act deserved not neither then nor in the
sequell the erecting of his tryumphall Statue in
well have beene for borne by them to have beene
menc
From the Earle of Leister hee skipps w
stride to taxe S ir Frances Drake a brave seaman of
that worthe as the Duke of Florence placed him
in his Gallery amongst the Princes of that tyme.
Indeed hee did so beestirre hym as hee frighted
manij in his passages on the sea Coast.
Insomuch as the Women when their Children
Crijed, to still them thay wovld say. howld yo
Drake comes Drake comes. Non bene tibi deuisa sunt
tempora. But hee followeth Drake no furder being
too great a Circuit round about the whole world,
that the Queene did knight hym at this day
as a memorable monument of his veiages and
travells, w
Then as it weare in an Almond leape hee
falleth Then as it weare vpon S ir Raphe
Winwood for the redeliuFlushing and Brill.
What offence hee had geiven to those Observers
I knowe not. Neither doe they shewe what
the excepce iustly take against
hym in that treatye he being at that tyme
his Maand done w Ambassador w
the States of the vnyted Provinces.
And the acc
that Iudgement, that no excepc
against them by any whosoeuer much lesse
by Fugitives and his Disloyall Subiectes.
Neither tis that hee speakes of to any pvrpose
wherein hee doth as Blyndman Buffe strik
at them hee first meetes wth
p
These bee strange
made by such observac
to patch vp their
and make themselues bugges theirby to
terrifye and fright such as may assist
the Lowe Countrymen that there is intended
mischeife against them. There is no doubt
of there mischeivous driftes, and this warning
is enough to make vs & them more vigilant,
and to Remember that the Righteous lord
will have
And allthough theis reportes of the manner of the
deceases of this greate p
is most vntrue and slaunderous, yet
inferred therevpon is no Consequent either
amongst Divines or humanistes, and I amsware
said. Suppose you that those Caldeans weare greater
synners whose bloud Pilates had myngled w
owne sacrifices then all the other Galileans, or thinke you
that those Eighteene vpon whome the Tower of
Siloam fell & slewe them weare siners aboue all
men that dwell at Ierusalem, I tell you may &c
Itt is an odious Course to lay slander on any Nac
as this lybell most irreligiously doth one the Nether=
landes, In which Country there are as many Goodly
Citties, faire rich Townes, Wniversities Gent,
Noblemen of great Antiquity and Revenues, and
liue in as good sort as in any Country of Europe.
The booke sayeth theij weare once Sea, then the
Elementes agrreed amongst themselues in this Surely
their Industry hath beene worthy of Comendac
have thus beinfeed beautified
remarkeable, that haue so valyantly defended their Countrij
and Estates euen w
thinges the lord hath glorified his people & hath not
denyed to asst assiste them. His owne hee brought againe
as he did from the deepe of the Sea.
Potent indeed they are by sea the lyon Comeing out of
the sea waves extendes their iourneys to farre Countries.
And surely the ages to Come will admire at the
wisedome Courage and Industry of this Nac
doubt not but theis Observers haue read of this man
that Came forth of the sea Itt maij bee
they haue so long endured they haue so long endured
they are growne into debtes. yet it Cannot bee sayd of
them that they weare driven by their necessities to have
recourse to the authority of anij Pope, to obtayne p
of hym to abate the greate som
off the Interest and retrench a great part of the
Principall. A shift not knowne in former tymes.
Indeed their beleefe reacheth not so farre to acknowledge
any such omnipotency in the Pope, nor is their Conscience
large to haue recourse to such extraordynary meanes.
doth find a great fault in the loue Country men
in that they Cannot abyde to heare of the inquisic
& leaveth to speake of the Counsell of Trent the
bringing in of which two Twynnes as two great
state poyntes haue Cost much blood. /
I doubt not but that hee or they doe see or have
heard. what hath beene vngaynesayable sett
downe of the Counsell of Trent to give satisfacc
to all the world, And therefore w
was omytted to be spoken of in this Observac
For the inquisic
of that Clymate where it was first hatcht.
And if more vse weare not made of that
stratageme in state, then for Religion. it would
never haue beene so vehemently vrged.
Then this Pamphlett in this Rapsodye doth
taxe them wReligions tollerated
amongst them.
Itt Tth is a hard Case they are in by the Infinite
troubles they have beene plunged into that this
Inconvenyence hath taken hold amongst them
And yet this discovrse doth not recken a dangerous
sect sprung forth from Loalla, which god bee
thancked have not yet entry amongst them.
The Repetic
vnto o
and so vehementlij vrged is not heare brought
in in the reckoning for any good as I said
meant to vs. but to make vp the matter, as
nothing Cometh puerely from such a Corrupt
puddle but stinking water. So as I have
touched they may knowe that o
hee is of great wisedome Iudgement & royall
vnderstanding so hee is as sensible of wronges.
and meanes to make the world understand, that none
Cane Iudge so well of this Iniuryes as the hart
of a Royall king. In Cuntryes bordering one neare
the other and that have vicinity oftentymes may
happen occasion Iarres and Amendes made. and that
satisfacc
conveny
another end as I saijd. And I feare mee when
theis Owles fly abroad, they haue hope some
darke Cloudes are neare and may soone followe.
Thus by broken Iumpes the discorser falleth into
a Rugged feild diuers opinions heald in Religion
to propound to the Reader as on a Table sundry
sawces to tast of that may best like his Appetite
to shewe that in his travell hee hath beene Curiou
in that which is not so Comendable and to which
of theis they rest vpon I leave to themselues.
Neither will I deale w
p
sure they haue bene greatly bound both to the
late Queene and to his excellent Ma
Neither doe I mislike of being where they are and
for mij owne part I Could wishe all for of their
myndes weare w
Wee acknowledge and euen in all humble acknowledg
of the gracious mercy of God, the service of God
vsed in this Realme of England to bee most agerable
to the word of God, of decent order & religious
Reverence aboue any vsed in Christendome, and I
may truly say as great a number of learned
Reuerend greate graue worthy Clergie & excellent
Preachers as eure any tyme age age or Country
weare blest w
And hearein the discoursist maketh all them
Puritans that have more th true zeale to Religion
& fidelity to their Prynce then themselues euer
seened to haue ha
d, For the needles Quotac
of sundry opinions and poyntes in Religon I leaue
them to learned deuines. and those bookes which
haue beene sett forth in those controversies
wherein surely there are of great some of
great larning published & prynted in this Realme.
Neither will I enter into a Confused Chaos
of strange opinions & newe posic
by diuers of theire late Schoolemen, well Collected
by some heare. and sett forth to the Infamie of
the Wryters of such vpstart opinions. Their
Equivocac
and divellish posic
derogateing from the authority of Sou
Kinges & that supreame power giuen them by
God, as the Prynces that will endure the
same soe to bee defaced deserve not to havne
the sword boren beefore them, And which none
of those schismatickes they menc
desperate to mayntayne.
Neither Can they taxe any of those fewe
amon
to mislike of the excellent decent and religious
establisht order and goverment of o
that they are fallen in such sort from their
allegence & so desperately miscarryed as the
and fragmentes sett out by them in print
will to all posterities beway and beray them and
their wicked devises and practises as Parsons
Dolman and other their not so much Machiavellion
as Atheisticall posic
that Arch traitor Garnet had against o
& royall Sou
any true Subiect, or any that hath the feare
of God doth abhorre to thincke of, yet is their
facc
hym
What opinion haue they of true Martirs and
holy Sayntes, when they range detestable
Traitor
Theis Observacioners p
the Indulgences granted by Gregorye the
Thirteenth to Certayne hallowed graynes or
beades for the Earle of Westmerland that
was in the Northerne Rebellion the 3d
of July 1582 in this manner.
What p
one of theis graynes or beades Confessing
hymselfe and recerving the Sacrvment
at the first opportunity and praing for
the health of the Pope and for the
tranquility of the Church, or for the pros
perous successe of King Philip against
heretiques or other his Rebells, or for the
Conversion of England Scotland or Ireland
&c shall purchase plenary Indulgence.
death, Jesus on his heart being nott able
to speake it w
gayne plenary Indulgence &c
And if by mischance hee should loose
one of theis graynes or should bee broken
hee may put in their place two others
which shall haue the like Indulgence
as an old Author sayth.
If might of miracle hym faile
I find not this pardon might lechen a man.
Theis p
as the Earle of Westmerland yet p
haueing as highly offended as hee and
being aswell qualifyed haue hope by
by theis their Observac
to the lyke Indulgence. I doe loothe
to stepp furder into so filthy puddles &
ame loth to giue the Reader so loathsome
distastes in greiving his eyes to see such
Impieties I may say surly they haue
a fluxe of a foule mouthe as an old
poet sayeth and grace of guile.
Breifely to Conclude I may say w
Psalmist of theis dispightfull shameles
wrijters
his soule from tyinge lippes &
undeceitfull tongue.
They have gone so fare to whet
ther tounges like a swoard and
to shoote out their arrowes
foloweth.
God shall strike them w
They streitch forth their mouth vnto the
heaven and their toung goeeth thorugh
the world.
The poison of Aspes is vnder their towngs
the wordes of their mouth ar vnrightiounes
and full of deceict
They th say o
shall let vs.
Their mouth is full of Cursing and bitter
nes
Neither knowe they that verse i will vp
saieth the lord.
They shall vp doe well to Consedder those
cursise heaped vpon them in an other place
wheare of afterwards the reason is givne
Beecase his delight was in Cvrsing and
lying it shall happen vnto him hee loued
not blessing their
hym./
finis