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A08352 A bull graunted by the Pope to Doctor Harding & other by reconcilement and assoyling of English Papistes, to vndermyne faith and allegeance to the Quene. With a true declaration of the intention and frutes thereof, and a warning of perils therby imminent, not to be neglected. Norton, Thomas, 1532-1584. 1570 (1570) STC 18678; ESTC S121749 6,226 22

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recognised and to render their obedience to the Pope a stranger by whom our Quéene is not onely deadly hated but also most iniuriously and vilely with preiudice condemned Some purpose it hath had to winne some pelting gaine to the pardoners or proctors that make marchandise of the fayth and allegeance of her maiesties subiectes But good reader the very principall end for disclosing wherof it is at this time published appeareth by the date by the forme by the successes that haue happened by the conuenience of time and matter with the last most tra●…terous deuises conferences conspiracies knottes alliances attemptes and assemblies and by other circumstances that fall into vnseparable consideration with it to haue reached a great deale further namely to the dissoluing of the fayth loue and allegeance of the subiectes of this realme toward the Quéene our most good louing and natural soueraigne to the encombring of their consciences with necessitie of grudging at her and reuolting from her and to the assaulting of her maiesties person whom God long preserue her royall crowne and dignitie and particularly and specially to the procuring raising aduauncing and strengthening this late most vile and horrible rebellion beside the rest that are daily to be looked for with wise ielous and circumspect expectation It came sorth long before the Northren rebellion as well you wote good reason it is that the childe be gotten afore it be borne or rather that the father be borne before the childe be gotten It is not vnknowen how for such reconcilementes assemblies haue bene suspiciously made substitutes haue bene deputed and the like by many exercised to crepe into deceaued subiectes hartes and draw them to be wayling of their supposed miseries and to a desire of returning to the fansiefull superstitions of Rome How famous is the deliuerie of badges and tokens with v. woundes and other superstitious deuises as it were for markes of a faction How notorious is their byeword of their golden day It is knowen for the letters be yet extant in good custodie how one of their Northren sacrificers wrote to an other of his owne faction vz. Sir Iohn Plumtrée to be satisfied in a matter that troubled his conscience which was that he had at one of the rebellious Earles commaundement sayd Masse before absolution obteined from the Pope in such forme as other had it Appeareth it not euidently that those receauinges to reconcilement are with admonitions or rather conditions not to returne to true Christian religion which they call schisme nor to quiet and conformable life according to her maiesties proceding which they terme schismaticall And what was this els but to prepare mens hartes by secrete shriftes whisperinges exhortations aduises and traiterous practises to repent their obedience to renounce it to conceaue a purpose of not returning to it and so after such a preparatiue of a pardō indulgence absolution or reconcilement with a glister of treason to purge them cleane of all honest loyaltie faith and allegeance And so the silly abused poore men be they in worldly respect neuer so riche politike are by degrees induced first to abhorre the course of these times and gouernment wherin they are borne in hand that they are out of the Chirch as it were out of the Arke wrastling for life in the mid maine sea in perill of drowning and this is their Contrition which can not be without lothing those whom they thinke authors of their danger of whom the Quéenes maiestie is the chiefe Secondly they are trained to conference and secrete consultation to make shift for their soules by ghostly counsell and this is their Confession wherin many traiterous deuises are agréed vpon Thirdly to make vp perfect penance for amendes they must enter into actuall rebellion and that is the naturall Satisfaction to the sea of Rome wherby the Quéene and realme are encombred But now marke good readers now cometh the case that ministreth good cause of consideration to you all If you good readers be of great estate or beare charge in the common weale as counsellers lieuetenantes iustices or in any degrée of gouernance now listen to matter of your charge to awaken your care and put your duties in execution If ye be meaner subiectes without calling in office now harken to matter to moue ye to praier to God to direct their zeale and trauailes to whom it apperteineth or rather as he hath hetherto done miraculously to preserue vs This baggage and all other of like sort yea and some farre worse can not well be sayd by such fine Italian suttle and vngracious heades to remaine or be newly put in practise after the rebellion suppressed in respect of the rebellion past but in hope of thinges to come Such thinges as were prouided as appeareth by their date long before the rebellion actually raised vz. before sommer was xij monethes and at this day watch their times may not be construed to haue regard to time passed remedilesse but to a reach of mischiefe whose successe is not yet séene Full true it is that Papistrie hath no looking beyond this world but is determined within worldly hopes and therefore their deuises must be thought to tend to worldly politike endes and so these pardons not propounded for foules health but for hazarding of body and soule to serue a worldly fetch of treason for aduancing of the Popes and Papictes worldly ambition and gaine There is a new mischiefe in expectation God presere our gracious Prince and her true Counsellers which shall be the chiefe defence and safetie of vs all Note some likeliboodes but with a ielous regard for so precious a iewell as our Quéene is Our Louanistes for a good while haue written no more What is the cause They take them to other weapons they hang vpon expectation of the successe of rebellion or some like mischiefe which by their former bookes they haue trauailed to stirre vp and geue occasion A number of such as finding them selues to féele some harme or lacke by popishe obstinacie made sutes gaue some hope a while of toward conformitie now they shrinke backe and holde out And why so Forsooth the men are now in hope and in desire to sée the lucke of one chaunce more It is well knowen that some Papicticall fellowes that of late yeares did communicate and frequent common prayer according to the order of our Church do of late time belike since their reconcilement according to this wicked order absteine from communion and common prayer And what is the reason Aliquid monstri alunt they are put in new courage and will no more stoupe till they sée more how the world will wagge for a thing that they know as they are borne in hand What maketh the late flying of Papistes in such heapes as those that tooke shipping ner●… Colchester other afore and at other lat●… times but a trust to returne to pleasant fruition of their desired time vpon the proofe of the mischiefs