The displaying of the Protestantes sondry their practises with a description of diuers their abuses of late frequented Newly imprinted agayne and augmented with a table in the ende of all suche matter as is specially contained within this volume Made by Myles Huggarde seruant to the Quenes maiestie Anno. 1556. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum GO on good booke God graunt that thâ—â— Suche frutefull fauour fynde From readers eies and hearers hartes To banyshe errors blynde And as thy trothe by trade and time Is tried endles trewe So trust thy playn apparant profe Shall endles troth renewe Though wresting wittes or taunting tonges Wyll seke the to deface To fawting foles or spitefull sprites Gyue neither eare nor place For as offence to none is ment So if offence do groo The faute is theirs the fruite is thyne Sythe troth doth force it so The maker myndes to mende eche mys That talke and tyme hath bred Of heresies and errors great That fansies late hath fed Whiche so with witte and wyll haue wrought As wronge hath wrested right From frutefull faieth to fruteles wordes And quenched vertue quyght Belefe is brought to talke of tongue Religion rackt amis Open praier lyplabour cald Fasting folyshe fondnes Prelacy is popishe pompe Vertuous vowes are vaine Ceremonies curious toyes Priesthod popery plaine Thus vice of vertue beareth brute True faieth is fled awey Presuming pryde possesseth place And fansy conscience key No man beleued in his skill Eche wight so wise doth seame As bothe vnskild and eake vnlearnde All learning yet will deame O endles error of selfloue Of ignoraunce the roote Confounder of all faieth and grace And bale in stede of boote O wilfull wretched wyll That workest endles woo O arrogance and heresy That wrestest scripture soo O hedles heapes of feruent sprites Why heat you so in hart By ending flamme to endles fyer Both soules and bodies part What ouerwening spirite Doth puffe you in suche pryde To thinke your selues more godly wyse Then all the worlde besyde What titles and what termes you vse It maketh moste men smyle Howe droncken in the lorde you are How closely you begyle You systers and you brethren both â–ª Thus eche to others saieth The lorde be praysde when fylthy lust Ye vse with feling faieth â–ª And what is founde in all your deades But fruites of lyberty Wynde and wordes wilfull workes A mase of mysery Though in this booke sharpe sense and wordes May seme to some appeare Remember that longe festred sores Sharpe corses doo requere â–ª And you that reade nowe reade to learne Come not with myndes prepard To fynde out fautes or fansy fede â–ª Let all delites be bard Thus wyshing well for whiche I wryte This booke then written thus For good mens gayne for ill mens grief Anâ— truth for to dysâ—us â–ª FINIS ¶ To the moste excellent and moste vertuous ladye and our woste gracious soueraigne Mary by the grace of God Quene of England Spaigne both Sicilies FrauÌ„ce Hierusalem and Irelande Defendour of the faithe Archeduchesse of Austria Duchesse of Millaine Burgundie and Braband Countesse of Haspurge Flaunders and Tyrole Your Maiesties moste faiethfull louinge and obedient seruauÌ„t Myles Huggarde wissheth all grace long peace quiet raygne from God the father the sonne and the holy Ghoste HAuing called too my remembrance my most drede soueraign the manyfolde miseries which by the iuste plague of God dothe nowe raigne amonge vs thoccasâ—ons whereof thoughe euerye man may trulye thinke his owne sinnes to deserue as they doo in dede yet other special causes there be which prouoketh Goddes vengeaunce to light vpon vs as cheifly infidelitie wherby God is most hainously dishonored for the whiche wee are most iustlye punished and also our rebellious murmuring against our regalerulers appointed of God to raigne ouer vs to whome we owe our due allegiauÌ„ce The punishmeÌ„tes of which offeÌ„ces beside al other vices whiche dothe abondauntlye flowe amonge vs at this daye God hathe most greuouslye executed in the olde time to the terroure of all traitours and riotous rebelles As namely for rebellion and mâ—rmuring against the magistrates Chorâ— Dathan and Abyron with manye hundrethes mo may be examples Whose terrible punishemntes the worlde dothe nowe litle regarde nether fearing God nor man And also where Christ cursed two great and notable cities for infidelitee whiche was Chorazin and Bethsaida giuinge them ouer to their own vanities for their faiethles behauoure This curse alsoo is cleane forgot amoÌ„ge vs which appeareth by the infidelitee nowe raininge But god hath not forgot to plague vs for it yet mercifullye and not to our desertes â–ª This I saie most noble Queene hath moued me with the assistence of my freÌ„de to make this litle worke moore profitable in matter then pleasaunte in stile for lacke of eloquence this moued me I saie as I can to displaie and opeÌ„ the horrible inormities of the protestantes Whose murmuringe against their magistrates may well match the rebelious Israelites in their infidelitee the cursed cities of Iurye condemned by the mouth of Christ Whiche ennormities to remoue so much as lieth in me by the helpe of Goddes grace though not in those whiche are peruerse in opinion yet I trust those that be wauering shal heare iuste cause to discredit them and to abhorre their detestable factions and also constant catholikes better confirmed in faieth and good liuinge Whiche thing to that ende being finished my dutie being considered in this behalfe I am thus bold to trouble your highnesse with this liâ—le volume which beyng before this tyme imprinted althouh not in suche perfection as the same is at this present hauyng called sith the first edicion the ayde of my frende and therfore thought it more mete the dedication vnto your maiestie moste humbly besechyng the same to pardon this my rude enterprise praying our LORDE GOD in whose handes are the heartes of all kynges longe to preserue the kinges maiestie And graunt vnto his highnes a safe retourne to bothe your noble heartes desires and comforte of both your maiesties realmes and also preserue your grace in long prosperitie to the discomfiture of all youre highnes enemies Amen Your hyghnes faiethfull and obedient seruaunt Myles Huggarde ¶ The prologue to the reader IT is commoÌ„ly seen that they which with preceptes and rules doo directe others and seme therein to excell because thei suppose thei can not be corrected do eyther much good ouer whome they haue the gouernement or els to y e same thei coÌ„ferre great damage they themselues not escapinge without infamy In lyke maner our late elders and ministers for so they termed themselues if with the holsome erudition of Goddes vndouted truthe and with the admouicioÌ„s and perswasions of the gospel they had applied the same to the correction of lyfe and amendement of the conuersation of them ouer whome they toke vpon theÌ„ the charge no doubte they had doone muche good too the common welthe and to the reformacion of mans
frame mannes frayle nature The other gyueth rules to aduaÌ„ce mannes nature The one subiugateth thaffections the other vnbridleth the appetites The one telleth as it were with the forefynger the waie to saluacioÌ„ The other discloseth with the whole hande the hie way to daÌ„pnacion The one gyueth rudimentes to withstande the deuils suggestions The other frameth rules to followe his collusions Therfore let euery man giue diligent hede how he folowe rashe doctrine lest repentaunce folow Better it is to serue GOD then Mammon to followe the holsome counsell of our spiritual mother then the wicked perswasioÌ„ of our worldly mother the parent of synne the nourice of iniquite And lyke as the heretikes aforesayde in the primatiue churche did both denye marriage and faslyng from meates as thinges vncleane So do the protestaÌ„tes and heretikes of our tyme in falling froÌ„ the faith abuse theÌ„ both So y t all meÌ„ may if they weyghe the matter with indifferent iudgement see who be the false prophetes and wolues in shepes apparell whereof Christe geueth premonicion to beware of Thapparaile whiche our protestantes do weare is the cloake of holy scripture lined with lyes false interpretacion of the same euer crying The woorde of the Lorde Goddes booke and suche other vayne outcryes nothing degenerating from the heretikes of auncient tyme for they vsed not onely the garmentes of holy scriptures but also the cloake of dissimulacion pretending to the worlde holynes of lyfe whereby many were deceyued The heretikes in our daies esteme the fast in suche sorte as they can doe none other but eate faste drynke fast prate fast and lie fast A sollempne fast surely and mete for suche fasters And here they demaunde where do the Papistes saye they fynde the faste of the supersticious Lent or any other day prescribed in the scriptures Christ fasted .xl. daies being preserued by his godhed but can we do so being his weake members â–ª Thus they triumphe in wonderfull manner disswading the voluptuous carcas from all paynful exercise Al thinges ordeyned to any godly enteÌ„t were by these Momi derided A pitifull case a godly warnyng to teache men to beware of suche belly goddes voide of vertue and barren of al good workes But if the conscieÌ„ces of these false Apostataes wer not marked with an hotte yron kyndled in the deuels fiery furnesse of horrible heresie blowen with the bellowes of boastynge pryde and bragging knowledge resusyng thauncient exposicions of the fathers If their consciences were not thus marked with that yron which obstinacie hath so sore pressed that the print wyl not out they could not chose but recognise their abhominable errors But yet to remoue one stumblyng stocke whiche the grande captaines of this hoste armed against the church haue touchyng this point of fasting whiche is a place of Esaie the prophet wher he showeth how the people cried vpon God saying VVherefore fast we thou seest it not we put our liues in straightnes and thou regardest it not Beholde when you faste your luste remayneth still for you do no les violence to your debters Loe you fast to strife debate and smyte with the fist of wickednes Now ye shal not fast thus that you make your voice to be herde aboue Thinke you this fast pleaseth me that a man should chastice him selfe for a daie to wrethe his hedde about like a hooke or to lye vpon the earth in an hearen cloth â–ª Shall that be called fasting or a daye that pleaseth our lorde Doeth not this fasting rather please me that thou lose him oute of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the othe of wicked bargaines that thou let the oppressed go free and take from them all maner of burthens to deale thy bread to the hungrie to bringe the poore wandringe home into thy house when thou seest the naked to couer him and hide not thy face from thy neighbour and despise not thine own flesshe Then shall thy lyghte breake forth in the morning c. This place of Esay they marueilously reioyce in vsing it as a sure shelde to defende their doctrine But herein they playe their old partes in alleging one truth to confounde another This is the truest fast ergo the other fast is not profitable the argumente is as like as one beyng demaunded whiche is the waye to London he aunswered a poke full of plommes The prophete Esaye alledgeth this as the mooste certen and truest faste And Christe coÌ„mendeth the other as a meane to atteine vnto the same whiche faste if a man do neglecte the other is not profitable as is aforesaid And thus this blocke with the due consideracion of a good christian maye be sone remoued But as this too some is an occasion of stumbling so was Christ in dyuers his sayinges too the sturdie Iewes that wold not be leue in him And as christ in dede ministred no occasion to them no more doth y â— prophet Esay to the stumblers of our tyme whiche stumble at vice and leape ouer al good workes Therfore it is too be wished that men woulde take hede of them and beware howe to taste of their pernicious doctrine as is said in the beginning whiche is the onely cause of oure miserie for our fayeth is so extenuated by their euyll doctrine rooted so in the heades of many that GOD hath iuste cause too plage vs al in general For without faith it is impossible to please God Then where infidelitee is God is not pleased But hereto the protestantes will replye and saye they be no infideles but doe beleue in the same euerlastynge Trinitee wherin we beleue as it doth appere in diuers their libels wherein they extoll fayeth Whiche is true but in their definition of fayeth they made suche a mingle maÌ„gle of the .iii. theologicall vertues Faieth Hope and Charitee that onely fayeth lyke a coÌ„queror had discharged hope and charitee out of office In the whiche their doctrine of onelye fayeth they fared muche lyke to an Orator whiche was brought in before an Emperour to make an oration Whiche Orator when he was placed before the Emperour begynning his Oration he so much liked himselfe for his eloquence that he had forgotten where he was yet as he thought he shuld haue bene greatly praysed His frende asked Themperour howe he liked him Forsoth quod he as I doe my Cooke at home For when he came to me firste he coulde make me a good messe of potage but he hathe sought so manye newe fangled waies that he cannot now make me a good saâ—orie messe Euen so our curious doctors were so fine in settyng forthe of fayeth that they had forgotten their olde catholike fayeth by them professed at baptisme and in the ende they had forgotteÌ„ themselfes to much lyke the vain glorious orator in his oration the Coke ruffian in makinge his potage the one vnsensible the other vnsauerie This faith onely hath wrought so hotlye
Liuius deca 3. libro 4 Appianus libro lybâ—co ii Timo. ii What kind of wemen our married preistes vsed to marrie In libro de caep â—â—uâ—â—aâ—â—â—abâ—loâ—â—câ— Chatering gosseps The aunâ—â—ent heretikes in olde tyme vsed womenne a societie for the better maintenaÌ„ce of their doynges Simon Magus Helene Nicolaus Marcion Appelles Philomena Montanus Prisca Maximilla Arrius Donatus Lucilla The weaknes of wemen Gene. iii. Iudith .xv. iii. Reg. x. Ibi. xiii iii. Reg xxi Q Curtius lib. 6. Ibidem libro 5 London Ladies Hester .v. The feruâ—cie of some of our she Apostles The cause why wâ—mâ— ought to be stowe their lyues 2. Macha â— i. Reg. xix Valeri Maxi. lib. 6. cap. 7. Valerius Maximus lib. 6. capi vlt. T. Liuius dec primâ— lib. 1. Effeminate bishoppes and their in constancie The Communion table Procedinges Another procedynâ— An other procedng Eusebiuâ— The first coÌ„munioÌ„ bokes were rough heweÌ„ The confused ordres about this coÌ„munion Couetous Purchasing Apostles and laÌ„ded disciples Symple fare in the houses of our wyued byshoppes Dead mennes graues ouerthrowen for money Piuâ—aerehus in vitis illuâ—riuÌ„ Xenophon in Sympos Boasters Tâ—â—exâ—â—â—s â—â— adâ—lâ—â— Proude â–ª Iacob iiii Esaye â— Psalm 118 â–ª Curssed speakers The kinges maiestie Officio lib. â— â–ª Iude. â— Beda in hist ecclesia lib. i. cap. xxii DisobedieÌ„t to fathers mothers Libro primo Faâ—â—o lib. â— Tob. iiii v. Daniel xiii AppreÌ„tises Vnthankefull vngodly vnkynde The protestantes be bastardes by the deuel begotten vpoÌ„ heresie Ingratitude Pro. xix ii Reg. xvii Brute beastes be not ingrate Roma xiii Plutarchus in vita Themistoclis Plutarchus in vita Pompeti Nume 1â— Iosephus de antiq lib. 4â— cap. 2. Truce breakers Valerius Maximus lib. 8. Srabo in lib. 14 False accusers Ryotous Despisers of them that be good Dispisers of y â— godly The throwing of the dagger at the precher at Paules crosse Shotyng of a gunne at the preacher at Paules crosse The cruel acte done at Westminster vpon Easterday anno 1555. Freer Peito hurt with a stone The wordes of Peyto touching the maÌ„ that did hurt him The reuengement of Bale vpon a worshipfull man of Hampshire Appianus in ciuili Ro. bello Salustius in coniuratione Catilinae Traitours Headie highmiÌ„ded Northumberlande Wy Crumwell The late traytours Throgmarton Vuedall Stanton and others Old castle Acton Cranmer Polydorus lib. 27. Similitudes of godlynes The popes authoritie banished The diuorcement of Quene Katherine The letter of Quene Katheryne to the kyng her hâ—sbaÌ„d lying vpon her death bedde Out soueraigne lady and Quene that now is Subuâ—rsioÌ„ of monasteries T. Liuius Deâ— prima Appianus lib. primo De bellis ciuilibus Râ—ma Cicero Offic. lib. primo â–ª The power of godlines denied Iohn xx Iohn .i. Iacob â–ª ii i. Cor iii. Iohn .iii. Proâ—er xi Saâ— x. Eccl. ii vi Psal 7. 11. 10. Mat v. vii x. and .xx. Luke â–ª vi Iohn .v. xi Rom. ii â— Cor. v. Colos iii. Gala. vi T. Liuius dec â— â–ª lib. 5. Libertie y â— praie of y â— protestaÌ„tes Apostrophe to the vice of libertie â— our countrâ— men in Germany The report of a pilgrim that came from Gods churche De bello Iud. Lib. 7. cap. 25. The bokes of the brethreÌ„ persecuted flock by theÌ„ made sithe their runninge awaye into Germany The bird in the wall The Catte that was hanged vp in Cheapesyde The disfiguring of s Thomas picture Browne commonly called Father brown The lordes gifte The history of certen assemblies whiche repayred to father brown at Islingâ—â— â–ª A â—oâ—â—â—â— prophet Oblacions to father Broune Gestures of one of thassemblies A very yoÌ„g mother foâ— such an oâ—â— Squyer Iacke prentise and his testament Math. v. Brownes anothers exposition vpoÌ„ a place of the testament The dewe of y â— lordes worde Brownes wordes to his mother Sisterwyues or priestwyues Browne his Iade Brownes sermon The lame maÌ„s croche that was burnte at Stratford Malach. â— T. Liuius dec primâ— lib. ii