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A10089 Times anotomie [sic]. Containing: the poore mans plaint, Brittons trouble, and her triumph. The Popes pride, Romes treasons, and her destruction: affirming, that Gog, and Magog, both shall perish, the Church of Christ shall flourish, Iudeas race shall be restored, and the manner how this mightie worke shall be accomplished. Made by Robert Pricket, a souldier: and dedicated to all the lords of his Maiesties most honourable priuie Councell. Pricket, Robert. 1606 (1606) STC 20342; ESTC S115240 33,232 64

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Times Anotomie Containing The poore mans plaint Brittons trouble and her triumph The Popes pride Romes treasons and her destruction Affirming That Gog and Magog both shall perish the Church of Christ shall flourish Iudeas race shall be restored and the manner how this mightie worke shall be accomplished Made by Robert Pricket a Souldier and dedicated to all the Lords of his Maiesties most honourable priuie Councell Multis pateo non multiloquis Imprinted at London by George Eld and are to be sold by Iohn Hodgets 1606. To the Right Honourable the Lords and others of his Maiesties most Honourable priuie Councell Robert Pricket wisheth all increase of Honour in this world and in the world to come life euerlasting MY honoured Lords it is a true saying that Conscientia est mille testes which sentence makes me confident because I know the vprightnes of my heart to God and faithfull and obedient loyalty vnto my King and loue to you the honourable Peeres and Princes of the State together with my honest zeale vnto my countries benefit is in the presence of heauens Maiestie testified by a thousand witnesses and therefore in the iustice of my hopes resolue I haue aduentured vnto your honours to dedicate this little booke and in the clearenes of my consciencs I cannot but expect a kind acceptance at your Lordships hands The last vntimely fruit which by a publicke print I rashly published gaue iust occasion to procure your dislike and my amisse there in was greater then at first I could conceiue for it is an euill not to be borne with when the greatest much more when so meane a subiect as my selfe shall dare to call in qrestion things formerly determined by the iustice of the Law iudgment of the honoured Peeres and prudent wisedome of a kingdomes most honourable Councellers and too high doth their presumption clime especially in a cause of so great consequence whose words would seeme as if they did desire so to extenuate an offence as that in respect of the offendor opinion should bee taught eyther to taxe the Lawe with crueltie or the State with inhumanity he therefore whose actions shall but beare a shew as if they were directed vnto some such purpose iustly deserueth to be punnished And yet may it please your Honours I must needes confesse my punnishment was compounded of an absolute Lenitie without in the least sort beeing mixt with any apparance of Seueritie 〈◊〉 as I am in this respect bound vnto you all my Lords so principally my thanks must humbly runne vnto the Right Honorable the Earle of Salisbury by whose loue and bountie my cause was fauourably censured my liberty procured and my wants relieued Concerning the worthinesse of whose euer honourable disposition I would largely speake but that I know true honoured vertue whose euer constant wisdome and approued Iudgement laboureth to performe each vertuous and well commended office so as it cannot but by a certaine kinde of supreame excellence worthily deserue worlds praise yet will it not indure to heare it selfe praised As iust cause there is so now I doe reioyce to see that Mars and Mercurie are in Coniunction ioyned the powerfull Venus Lady of that house and mightie Iupiter with kinde Apect Predominate Maiestie Honour Wisdome loue and wisdomes gouernment haue wrought a happie worke vnto them all be still continued and increast the glory of each best esteemed happinesse And that Emperiall greatest vnion maker whose prudent iudgement laboureth in peace for to vnite great Brittons Monarchie in him and in his Royall line shall most Princely and potent Monarches be establish●●●●●d by 〈◊〉 Empires and Kingdomes shall bee vnto their Christ vnite●●●●● Conquest and Triumph shall for euer waite vpon the Regall Scepter of their awfull gouernment Oh let the loue of all good Subiects vnto them remaine as constant as they are constantly of heauen beloued In this little worke which I haue called Times Anotomie the first part wherof was finisht by me almost two years since I doe with a religious anger chid●●●●● the violont and presumptious rage of vnrul'd abuses because I greeue to see the grosse impieties which our time commits bree●●●●●ely therefore I haue Anotomis'd those euills which do ass●●●●●ct the world And in the prosses of my bookes discorse my reprehentions may paraduenture be accounted round and sharpe But Co●●●●●siue vseth not to be applied vnto the slesh that is sound and where it hath no power to to●●●●●ch it procures no smar●●●●● and therefore cannot be offensiue vnto you my Lords whose iudgement wisdome vertue and Iustice alwaies bou●●●●●ded ●●●●●n the most honorable life of v●●●●●stained vprightnesse lab●●●●●reth by all meanes p●●●●●ssible to purge our land from those iniquities against which my poore and vnresp●●●●●cted words complaine But when they shall from your perfection passe vnto the generall much disord●●●●●red multitude where imperfection swelles with misdemeaners sur●●●●●eting if the●●●●● it be there chance to light vppon an ill compounded outside closed vp vlser whose vnseene hollownesse in it selfe containes 〈◊〉 payson of some grosse corruptions Coare there let them sinke and worke and purge and by the rootes pluck vp that which puts do●●●●●ne the race of man from heauens eternal most glorious and vncompared felicity Some lit●●●●●le part of my most pi●●●●●h-lesse worke is drawne from obseruation●●●●● Philosophicall the rightly termed Agar seruant to Saray a●●●●●d hand-made to diuinity for signes of times and seasons 〈◊〉 the starres created and sonne and moone were made times gouernors all which do by a speciall influence vnto time presage times future accedents and doe prescribe right well opproued and most worthily commended documents so far forth as the al pourful Mai●●●●●sty of the Creator be not tyed to the 〈◊〉 included in the Creature and what in this case I hau●●●●● breifly specified I hope my pen hath vsed such moderation a●●●●● that no word in this vnworthy worke shal be offensiue to your honored wisdomes Against the Sea and seate of Blasphemy I do in this my writing most desire with greatest force to beare ●●●●●y selfe because from Rome that cursed Babilon proceeds each ●●●●●ellborne dangerous mischiefe by which our King and State is 〈◊〉 alwayes hath beene menaced I haue therefore directly pointed a●●●●● the approued neerenesse of proud Romes destruction farther shewing that both Gog and Magog shall be 〈◊〉 extinct and vtterly caste out by the wrathfull furie of a mercilesse confusion and haue briefly giuen an Index vnto the manner how this mightie worke shall be accomplished grounding the truth of my discription vpon obseruations grounded on holy Writ that most Sacred and Diuine authoritie And though that in a plaine and moderne verse I haue describde the waightie Accedents of Time yet if your Honors will vouchsafe to read I hope you shall finde me much to differ from an idle Poet●●●●● vsuall course for without hauing respect to a vaine varietie of words or painted circumstance I haue onely applyed my indeuours vnto the effectuall life
curious cost As that the most haue best foundation lost Some thinke such power in them remaineth still As Gods commandements breake and keepe they will But if there did such strength in vs remaine God then should vse saluations meanes in vaine What Adam lost all humane race did lose And what he kept that for our part we chose Will to do good that force in Adam died Since when that grace was to his seed denied So in our selues sinne euery action staines That to do good in vs no power remaines From Heauen where God doth in his glory dwell By Adams fall he and his children fell And when to rise no meanes at all they knew The promisd seede did Death and hell subdue We are restor●●●●●d by our Redeemers hand Not of our selues but by his grace we stand Then let the soules of righteous men expresse That in their Christ doth liue their righteousnesse I sigh to heare some vilde ones vildly say That vnto life or death foredoomd are they A soule d●●●●●ownde vp in hellish desperation Saith he beleeues in Gods predestination Or heauen or hell or well or euill to do He hath or doth what hee 's ordaind vnto Taught by the deuil falsely affirme he can Without Gods will ther 's nothing done by man Our knowledge hath brought forth infectio●●●●●s fruite When hell borne ●●●●●mpes dares thus like deuils 〈◊〉 Eares stopt and hearts with burning Irons sear'd As ●●●●●uell are for Gods fierce wrath prepar'd Who thinkes of sinne that God the author is Shall be exempt from Gods eternall blisse The strength of Gods vncomprehended state Is that whereby we are predestina●●●●●e Yet doth he suffer what he doth not will Wherein his Power is vndeuided still The euill we doe he willes not to be done For in our selues that cause is first begun God by his Grace doth so mans soule attend As that we know what t is for to offend If euill we doe and shall his gr●●●●●ce reiect The fault is ours for done by our neglect Heauens iustice then most iustly doth dispence Presumptuous sinne is a most damn'd offence Doe well and then in Christ thy deeds are knowne Doe ●●●●●uill and sinne is in thy selfe thine owne Be not deceiu'd good workes thy faith must proue For God in Christ doth all good actions loue Christ dyed for me so each beleeuer saith As Infidels are men of fruitlesse faith Profession fi●●●●● it doth too much dissemble Not vsing that which most Christ doth resemble Where are the hands which should poore creatures cherish Christ saues not those that lets his members perish Do good to them that of faiths houshold be No the world delights their greatest wants to see On earth alas to whom should poore men flie In vaine their words tels forth their misery Honor which should the poore mans cause defend Helpes not that hope which doth thereon depend Compassion so in all estates is vanisht As by decree it were from all sorts banisht Religions name is but dessemblers mockery And seeming saincts are maskt in hells hipocrisie Oh in this age such is the worlds condition As this word poore doth spoile the poore petition Poore man poore hope poore to thy plaint not put Poore gainst it selfe it selfe al dores doeth shut The poore mans heart with griefe to death is stung In vayne he speaks that wants a goulden tongue Silent be he whose come his cause declareth A feeling sence which vnderstanding heareth An honest name diuine religion two Is bought and sould all this can money do Who to good fame by gou den steps can mount Him doth this world for worthiest man accompt Let vertue in a poore man cleerely shine A guilded gull is counted more diuine A sattin suite be dawb'd with siluer lace Beyond desart doth vildest clou●●●●●ship grace Immodest talke and shameles ribaldry With monstrous oathes is court like blasphemy In mony now there is such wondrous might As that a clowne will striue to be a knight Bright Honers wreath vaine idle fooles will craue it That want wherewith to keepe it when they haue it No doubt but now a gallant veluet company Three times a weeke may banquit with Duck Hum●●●●●ery In blood our gallants once cald to vse wor●●●●● 〈◊〉 With running they will swe●●●●●t most fearfully They le do no lesse vnto the fild once led Then Romes braue youthes for their great Pompay did Proud 〈◊〉 lookes in scorne of all disgraces Will turne their backes to saue their amorous faces A face starke nought in feare of present harmes Muffels it self with crosse wreth'd recreant armes whē once Sir mony Knight heares the fier'd mouth'd guns He startes and shakes and sweares and hence he runnes Disgrace not deares to touch the worthy merite Of any valiant well resolued spirit What i st the worst may not for money buy Honour much Loue and seeming honesty Rich let him be and who ca●●●●● hurt him then Knaues wrapt in wealth are counted honest men Honest if poore he this reward must haue Hang him ba●●●●●e roage proud begger impious knaue No place nor o●●●●●fice can the poore man buy Wealth neere so vilde can mount it selfe on high Such is the ●●●●●orce of this corrupted time Downe trampled poore helpes wealth aloft to clime Wealth doth so much from natures lawe digresse As that it feedes vpon the poore mans flesh Seauen lea●●●●●e beasts had of seauen fat oxen power But now seauen ●●●●●at do seauenty leane deuoure Rich men do make poore trad●●●●●s-men faint and sweat Who in their wants their cloathes and tooles must eate The science which made Englands weale to florish And of the poore did many thousands non●●●●●ish Must now inrich a forreine strangers store And leaue vs heapes of vnreleeued poore From England if raw cloathes might not be sent It would redresse poore p●●●●●oples languishment And pay farre more in taske and subsidy Then now is rais'd to Brittons Maiesty In common wealth a man may thousands see That common wealths-men doe disdaine to bee Selfe scraping gaine the children are of sloath In publique weale they are like mothes in cloath Monopoli●●●●●ans are they whose policy Commits a vilde yet vncheckt felony Let poore men thus of this or that complaine Rich men will hould the course whereby they gaine Who findeth fault with things that are amisse If he be poore he must affliction kis●●●●●e The poore man saith that Iustice wants a hand It beates the bad not helpes the good to stand That Soueraigne Mistres should the euill reiect But not refuse her children to protect Oppression swims amidst ex●●●●●ortions streames And doeth not know what restitution means Rich men do wrong no it 's right though it be wrong At lest he makes it so whose 〈◊〉 is strong A poore man struck his cry hates ●●●●●age doth threaten For crying then he must againe be beaten Poore men accus●●●●●d though no offence be proued Hate is th●●●●●ir meede they are of none beloued Do euill and then Iustice will seaze on thee Do well and