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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 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. Malgre Seene and allowed AT LONDON Printed by I. Windet for G. Seton and are to be sold at his shop vnder Aldersgate 1586. which are the fountaines of goodnes from whence princes and heroycal states may receiue perfect wisedome and the whole world besid●… moral instruction to conclude your Maiesty as Gods ●…ener being setled in Salomons throne crowned with the conquest of Enuy the queller of Alexander Caesar most of the worthies plentifully distributing deuine and earthly blessings vppon afflicted kingdomes against whom all traiterous practises are of the nature of the horse called Seian whose maisters had euermore miserable ends Most gratious Lady admyring these great considerations I fearefully haue armed this profitable booke with the sheilde of your Royall protection from whom the glory goodnes therof is deriued The censures of graue men which are the substance of this work stand in place of counsels for your good subiects and vnto me as loyall as the truest the bare labor is onely dew In which trembling presumption I protest before God and your Maiestie that my heart nor booke medleth with matter of your happie gouernment to which no earthly pollicie may be added neither is heauenly wisdome absent And as far is it from my thought in name figure or circumstance to misnote any capitall Maiestrate whose honorable trauels deserue much reuerence and no lesse regard It then followeth most regarded Queene that the reach of my duetie which climeth betweene fire and frost the premises allowed simply laboreth to publish these regards that common faults may be amended in imitation of your pretious vertues the lights of the world and life of Englands happines God graunt my paines a profitable successe to which good god I zealously pray that long may your maiesty liue that still may your enimies fal and those that louingly feare you no doubt shall euer finde you a good gratious Lady Your Maiesties loyal and humble subiect therein happie George Whetstones To the most Honorable the Nobilitie of this florishing Realme of Englande accomplishment of a●…e desires MOst Honorable the long continuance of her Maiesties most happie gouerment fullie witnesseth the saying of morall Diogenes Vertue onely conquereth Enuy for if force or fortune were antidotes against her infections the ancient monarks had ouercome her venome and contrary to other poysons her breath had not shroonke vp their large Empires into the length and breadth of their Tombes Basill in his sermon of Enuy saith that this passion bendeth her forces against the glorie of God the peace of Princes and obedience of subiects feedeth vppon lamentable chaunces and pineth to behold the prosperitie of vertue Basill to confirme his censure had the subuersion of large Empires ruine of florishing common weales and in former ages the spoile of diuine and humane blessings whose woonderfull conquests I haue set foorth for three considerations the first to shew the mightye prouidence of Almightie God in defending this little Realme from sundrie the assaultes of so furious an enemie the second to inlarge or rather eternize the glorie of manie her Maiesties peaceable victories against this bloodie Enuie the third to counsell her good subiects by waightie examples to arme their happinesse with vertue the onely meane to withstand the puissance of Enuie They may hardly pleade ignorance hauing the commandements of sacred scripture the lawes of sage Philosophers and policies of good common wealthes men to instruct euerie of them in the offices and duties of theyr vocation Right Honorable this is in effect the reach of my trauell which I hope will entertaine the discreete Reader with many other perticular benefites Vnto you most noble Lords I reuerently direct this first part which some wayes medleth with the sword and the rest I present according to the qualitie of the subiete which considered by the morall substance may with your fauour I say it be a Myrror of gouernement for all good subiects The further censure thereof I humblie submit to your Lorships leysurable reading and for your health honor and prosperitie as the bewtie and strength next vnto God and her Maiestie of this happie gouernment my daily prayers shall not be forgotten At vvhose right Honorable Lordships commaundements I humblie remaine George Whetstones R. B. to the Reader of this English Myrror TO praise a thing that no man can dispraise Approueth zeale yet smally doth alure The Iuy bush is but a needlesse gase Before the doore where as the wine is pure The Authors name alone commends this booke The Muses so haue alwayes blest his Pen And who so shall with iudgement thereon looke Shall finde Regards for euery sort of men Let Mallice swell and Enuy shew her might His Fame shall liue in spight of euery spyght FINIS GEntle Reader whereas by absence of M. Whetstones some small faultes remaine perhaps vncorrected if thou light of any such I beséech thée with thy Penne to amend them and especially such as are contained in the which are generall faults through the impression Errata Page 3. line 5. for fastneth read fasten page 4. li. 28. for nourisheth read nourish pa. 25. li. 27. line of Beniamen read line of Iuda p. 152. li. 13. vp hary read Ap-hary or Vap Harry pa. 237. li. 19. Gleobulus read Cleobulus p. 247. li. 14. from study read from manners pa. 248. li. 5. the neighborhood read the neighbor p 249. li. 11. Maiestrates read Maiestrates of cities THE ENGLISH MIRROVR A Regard vvherein all estates may beholde the Conquestes of Enuie c. CHAP. 1. Of the Originall of Enuie and howe farre in euill this furie passeth all other passions of the minde THere is no defect of mind nor infirmitie of bodie but hath his originall of nature or colour from reason and by the benefite of the one or the other receaueth cure preposterous Enuie only except who degenerateth frō kind and masketh without vizard of excuse Touching the passions of the minde pride is abhominable before God ambition perillous for a Common weale flatterie the great deceiuer of men yet are none of these euils without a cunning cloake although voyde of iust excuse The proud man saith vnto himselfe I am formed after the image of God I am Lord of his creatures as wel on

build vpon sacred morall and politike counsels the admonitions are set downe by holy Prophets Apostles learned Philosophers and graue common wealthesmen The collection and labor to place them as they may serue for a generall instruction is only due vnto me and with your honorable fauors I thinke the law of the Aegyptians which I take for my platforme is a most sure defence against Enuy for by this lawe of King Amazis which was that euerie man shoulde put his name in a common booke and at the yeeres ende shoulde acquainte the Gouernour neere his abiding with the trade and order of his liuing Idlenesse and excesse the great nourishers of Enuy were either banished or punished euery man entertained a setled vocation and no man enuied the pomp of another mans calling which he knew not how to gouerne and certainly if men would indifferētly consider of all vocatiōs they should find there is no calling so base but that the vse therof is profitable of honest credit in a common wealth and withall no dignity so hye but vnto the same is annexed a number of displeasures and therevpon it is rightly said That the chiefest place in the administration of iustice is to the executioner a bondage your wisdoms know the same better by experiēce then I by obseruance so that whatsoeuer the booke cōtaineth of graue gouerment I acknowledge might better haue been deriued from your liuely vertues then frō other mens writtē counsels but for that men can hardly praise the liuing without flattery and the dead without an honest zeale I haue made choise to labor more for my credit then aduantage for albeit I am in a maner vnknowne to most of you graue Maiestrates that liue of which in this respect I am glad that being vnworthy of your knowledge for any speciall quality I am at no time brought Coram vobis for any criminall trespasse yet those worthy personages which in my time are deceased haue had the second life of their vertues bruted by my Muse but as my trauels heerein cōmended the dead and instructed the liuing with the like hope I haue builded this fortresse against Enuy of the counsels of the dead applied to instruct the liuing in their proper vertues Vertue as Diogenes saith only withstandeth Enuy yea vertue conquereth Enuy and vertue set apart no pollicy preuaileth against the stratagemes of Enuy. To withstand this common foe of prosperitie I labour by the grauest mens directions to acquaint euery man with the vertues of his vocation but principally I do beseech God to blesse them with his feare the beginning of wisedome and confusion of Enuy and all wickednesse vnto whose gratious protection I humbly commit your right honorable Lordships and all other godly Maiestrates whatsoeuer at whose commandement I faithfully remaine George Whetstons Induction to the Reader ALbeit that peace is a most precious blessing of God a large testimonie of a gratious Prince and the perfect image of a well gouerned common wealth yet the euill which abuse whatsoeuer is good as the Spider draweth hony from the purest flower of these good causes beget such foule effects as God in reward of his blessings is dishonored persecuted and blasphemed The gratious Prince for his or her protection is neither dutifully reuerenced nor truely obeyed and what is sowen for publike benefite groweth to the ruine of the Countries prosperitie Vpon the experience of the good gouernement of Athens and other florishing Commonwealthes corrupted or to speake more properly confounded by such vile persons as their principall Cities fostered warranted the graue Socrates being demaunded what increased the wealth of a Commonwelth to answere that peace was the inricher thereof being demaunded on the contrarie part the chiefe cause of pouertie in a Common wealth semblablie aunswered that peace was the meane thereof Being asked his reasons said that in the time of peace Armes giue place to Lawes and good Lawes administreth both plentie and prosperitie to such Countries as receiue and obay them on the other side he alledged that wealth the blessing of peace bread many vices in her owne bowels of the nature of Mothes in cloath or canker rust in yron which by the consuming of their suckers destroy themselues and questionles the wheele of peace painted on either side with these fiue spokes Peace bringeth plentie Plentie causeth pride Pride raiseth enuie Enuie soweth sedition and Sedition hatcheth pouertie is rather the deuise of some Philosophers setled iudgement than the toy of a Painters variable fancie the Embleame so truely portrayeth the change of all happie gouernements But some more quicke of wit then in discretion perfect will suggest that where Law hath her full voyce these Cankers can neuer grow to the consumption of the heart to which question I thus aunswere that Law may haue a free passage and yet Iustice scanted of her due course for Lawe will not or cannot punish an apparant trespas without an open presentment and Iustice would chasten the concealed fault if she could commaund the Law and such is the cunning of pollitike Lawe breakers that where the ignorant are hanged for stealing of a sheete they will haue the Lawe to strengthen them in the robbing of a mans inhearitance and therefore is Lawe likened to a backe sworde eadged and sharpe to chasten the simple offender and blunt when the subtill shoulde bee corrected Vppon which reason quoth Diogines what auaileth it to haue profitable Lawes when the good readeth them not and the euill corrupt or care not for them but although Diogines spake truelie as touching the naturall humors of men for vnto the good their Consciences are in steede of Lawes and with the lewde no bridle is a restraint from euill Yet grounding my reasons vppon larger authorities I graunt Necessitie inuentris of all policies hath founde good Lawes so necessarie as I holde those Realmes Regions Cities and Townes which are not gouerned by Lawes rather to bee forrestes of wilde beastes than places habitable for men for there where Lawes are musled Iustice goeth masked might mastereth right Theft is reputed honest gaine and murther lawfull reuenge Treasou woulde enter the priuie Chamber and to bee short the wealthie shoulde go to wracke and the inferiour would order vntill they had disordered all good gouernement These open outrages are suppressed by the paines of Lawe although the awe of chastisement cannot keepe some raskall persons from offending in secreat Heraclites saith absque legibus nullo pacto possit ciuitas esse incolumis sed absque menibus possit without Lawes a Cittie by no meanes can be in saftie but without walles it may And Forteskew saith Lex est sanctio sancta Iubens honesta prohibens contraria Law is an vncorrupt holines commaunding things that are honest and forbidding those that are contrarie Therefore I doe reuerence good Lawgiuers and as deuine Plato saieth repute all Lawes that are made for the wealth and sauegarde of mankinde to bee of GOD although they

a Lambe that haunteth a Foxes den for how righteous so euer his cause be yet the poore sutor is sure to sing before his matter be ended Law measures right with toyle expence and griefe There are many stoppes before a matter come to iudgement and many nyce quillets to ouerthrowe a good matter so that if the countrie man wil direct his controuersie by this following compasse hée shall finde more profite in the same than in the counsell of the best Seriaunt and first of all I wish him to way the working of giftes by this sequele A poore man once a Iudge besought to iudge aright his cause And with a glasse of Oyle salutes this iudger of the lawes My friend quoth he thy cause is good he glad away did trudge A non his wealthy foe did come before this partiall iudge A Hog well fedde the churle presents and craues a straine of law The hog receiud the poore mans right was iudg'd not worth a straw Therewith he cri'de O partiall iudge thy dome hath me vndone When Oyle I gaue my cause was good but now to ruine runne Poore man quoth he I thee forgot and see thy cause of foile A Hog came since into my house and brake thy glasse of Oyle Learne friends by this this read of me smal helpes a righteous cause When giftes do catch both Gods men friendship endeth laws This example is no other than a Morrall fore-warning vnto the inferiour sort to forbeare controuersie with men mightier than themselues least after much expence of mony they make but a badde ende of a good cause we are counselled in holy Scripture not to go to Lawe with men mightier then our selues least we be more discomforted with an vnsentence than with an iniurious oppression Lawe is the supporter of all well gouerned Common weales necessarie for al men but not behoueful for the poore to follow in great mens controuersies a néedful instrument in poore mens wrongs a remedie too violent Iudges and other mynisters of the Law in the due administration of their callings deserue great honour reuerence and reputation for that Periurie Oppression and all manner of deceit goeth before them that their eyes may beholde their actions of whose forfatures they are iudges and in their footesteps Vertue Truth and good Conscience ready with the following multitude familiarly to conuerse but sinne which with the first fall of Adam rose hath made gaine so swéete and corruption so bolde as now before a great number of them vpright-dealing in vaine continually knéeleth for intertainement and in their liueries all manner of deceit squareth among the multitude Good and profitable Lawes were so wrested in Glebulus time a great Philosopher and one of the seuen sages as hee saide Lawes were like vnto Copwe●…bes through which great Harnets broke when the little flies were menshed Pythagoras compareth Lawe vnto a backe sworde which smote the greater powers with the blunt and the meaner sort with the eadge By the wresting of Law and other partiall workings wee haue in Englande these by sayings Might mastereth right The Law is ended as a man is friended A good purse is better than a iust cause c. The wise Cato made this aunswere to one that woulde haue the pleading place in Rome to bee couered with Canuas like vnto the Theators for that the heate of the sunne was verie hurtefull for the pleaders and their Clyantes heades Nay quoath Cato for my parte I rather wishe that all the wayes to the place of pleading were cast ouer with Galthropes that the féete of such as loue so well pleading shoulde feele so much paines of those prickes in going thither as their heades doe of the sunne in tarrying there He meant they were but idle whot heades busie bodies and troublesome men in a Common wealth that did so nourish pleading Good labourers and quiet men coulde bée content to ende their matters at home by iudgement of their neighbours and kinsefolke without spending so their money vppon procurers and aduocates whom wée call Attorneys Counsellers Sergeants and generally men of Lawe Those hée accounteth profitable Citizens who attende their honest labour and businesse at home and not stande wayting and gaping vppon their Rolles and Processe in the Lawe as for the other by his iudgement it was no matter what mischiefe they suffered This the graue learned man Sir Thomas Smith writeth in his booke De republica Anglorum and further saieth That these busie heades and inuentours of trouble are men euen permitted of God like Flyes Lyse and other vermine to disquiet them who woulde imploy themselues vppon better businesse and more necessarie for the common wealth These men are hated and feared of their neighbours loued and aided of them which gaine by Proces and waxe fatte by the expence of others In the blame of these make-bates as our English phrase is farre is it from my intent as in sundrie places I protest to scandilize the most necessarie vse of Lawe or to reproch the good Lawiers For if necessitie inuentris of all Artes Polycies and Mecanicall craftes giueth honour to the Phisition of our corporall bodies no doubt shée commaundeth a more larger regarde and reuerence to bée giuen to the Phisition of the politicke body who is the Lawier Notwithstanding as the Medicine is of more auaile that preserueth health than that which cureth sickenesse Euen so the meane that kéepeth neighbours in loue peace and Charitie is more profitable than the authoritie that accordeth controuersies is necessarie For as after the healing of a wound there remaineth a scarre euen so after the agréement of Law there abideth mallice which lying hidde like fire vnder ashes kindleth fresh mallice and neuer intertaineth faithfull amitie It is then greatly to be pittied that these simple men for the matter of fiue shillings should be vexed arested brought vp to Westminster Hall and halfe vndone at the suite of troblesome persons of the spoyles of these good men a great number of the swarmes of Attourneyes and petifoggers liue The gratious pollicie of this Realme for the ease of these poore men hath appointed in euerie countie Courtes and giueth libertie to Lords of Manners to holde Plea of actions vnder fortie shillings debt but the corruption of those Courts are such and the comming of these persons so pleasing as almost euerie sunday Latitates prie about Countrie Churches for poore men whereof many owe not the price of the Proces and before the sute be ended it oftentimes falleth out that the plaintife and defendant are both losers and that these daungerous make-bates liue vppon their goodes and painefull labours This mischiefe woulde bée much eased if charitie raigned among neighbours or a godly care among the ministers of the Church in trauailing to appease the discords of their parissioners but especially as I here before haue saide If the better sort of Gentlemen and Iusticers of Peace woulde take paines in this godly exercise whose perswasions

the earth as in the sea and beyond the power of nature beautified with a deuine knowledge I prie into the qualities of the heauens and prognosticate what they promise or threaten on earthly creatures therefore haue good cause to aduance my thoughts and to thinke well of my selfe The ambitious hath this vaile or shadow I see qd hc that vertue her selfe attyred with pouertie is ouerblowne with light regard her seruants slaues to varlets in credit so that he is an enemie to his owne prosperitie that in bare estate presenteth any good parte for that he is sure to incounter the malice of the ignorant who fearing their owne fortunes with enuie suppresse his perfections and the good although they embrace vertuous endeuours at the first sight iudge by the outward habit as the noble Titus did by his good friende Gissipus till necessitie discouered who he was And therfore saith the ambitious I holde authoritie the readiest ladder to aduancement The flatterer thinketh that to reproue mens faultes is a meane to fire the faultie mans heart with malice and thereby shoulde encrease his friendes euill and endanger his owne welfare where the wisest are not so wise but that they open both their eares to heare their owne prayses and therefore sayth he blame he that liste I will breath in no mans face other then good wordes not onely these but all other infections of the minde haue such like sophisticall reasons to giue colour to their errors neyther are they so past cure but that there is a hope of reformation Now concerning the infirmities of the bodie the pestilence is most dangerous the plurisie most sodaine and the leprosie most odious notwithstanding if delay haue not wrought ouer much defect in nature physicke hath a medicine for euery of these maladies But this hiddeous Monster enuie lyeth open to all reproche and as a moth in cloth or canker rust in iron dyeth with the destruction of his follower who burst out of the entrayles of the olde serpent to so we hatred betwéene God and man for the enuie that the Deuill bare at the Almightie Maiestie of God raysed a desire in Adam and Eue to be as their Creator in knowledge and so brought sin vpon the face of the earth and through sinne swadled all their posteritie in the heauie displeasure of God with this bitter curse was she hatched and with the sacke of Common weales and bloud of innocentes she hath euer since bene fostered A man gouerned by other detestable euils be it murther theft periurie and so foorth if he be not soone cut off with the sworde of Iustice yet is he continually chastened with the scourge of his conscience but lawe and iustice net easily fasteneth on the enuious for he hydeth his conspiracies vntill he be strengthened with a multitude whose furie breaketh forth in the flame of faire cities and is quenched with the bloud of many thousandes and therefore enuie may well be compared to brandes raked vp in ashes which are vncouered to set mightie blockes a fire In the conscience of the enuious remorse hath no place for that his thoughts are continually busied with diuelish imaginations as well as his forces are bent to the ruine of his neyghbours A man without much blushing will confesse himselfe a couetous voluptuous or cowardly person for that the needeful foresight of the great charge of children the dayly harde fortunes which happen and the costly cure of sickenesse wherevnto all men are subiect are colours for coueteusnesse Agayne the blame that is layde vpon a nigarde the contempt wherein men haue mecanicall liues she hastie death that followeth care are reasons to make men be pleasant and merrie with their owne The perill of life the griefe of woundes and the daunger of lawe are sufficient excuses for a coward But if he be enuious he dare not recyte so much as the name of enuie the reason is this passion is so sowle and infamous as it stincketh in the opinion of him that is infected therewith and good cause why for that the others grow as langors and malladies of nature and enuie proceedeth of a malitious and froward consent of our owne will without any ground or reason saue such as would make the worst infidell blush to defende and the weakest Christian abhorre to heare his inticementes are so farre from grace humanitie and naturall pittie All other passions of the minde may growe and spring from such hard temptations as they which yeelde vnto their affections doe giue cause both of pittie and lament as necessitie may make men steale tyrannie in Princes may so we sedition among subiectes hardnes and crueltie in parents may cause disobedience in children and so of others which although the offences ought to be chastened yet their causes may with charitie be bemoned But this feinde enuie is onely tempted with the bountie of God for as our sauiour saith the eye of the enuious is for no other cause euill but in that it beholdeth that God is good which considered the enuious is to be condemned much more then the impatient yea when affection leades him to murmure and rage against God for the impatient may be so sharpely pressed with Gods heauie iudgement as charged aboue the sufferaunce of nature reason shall be forced to giue place vnto furie and when the hearte is at this libertie the tongue will not let to disgorge blasphemies sufficient if it were possible to fire the heauens but if the enuious vnbowelleth his griefe when he commeth to dispoyle his heart he can alleage or pretend no other cause of sorrow but that God is too good too mercifull and too liberall towards his creatures In giuing to some great authoritie to others aboundance of riches to this man store of friendes to that man inlargement of honours c. On the contrary part if he reioice it is in beholding of most sad and lamentable chaunces as in discorde among friendes iealousie betweene man and wife their children disobedient their seruants theeues or in such like hauocke of their neighbours prosperitie and as among beastes some nourisheth themselues with euill odours some with poison and some with filthie carrion euen so the enuious is fatned with the curse miserie and death of his brethren Basile in his sermon of enuie compareth the enuious properly vnto flyes which leaue the sounde partes of our body and liteth vpon a scab or sore the iuyce or filth whereof giueth thē a sweete and pleasant taste euen so vertuous and good men afflicted with exile imprisonment losse of goods or such like ordinarie calamities giue comfort reioycing vnto the enuious Seneca rightly compareth enuy vnto a Panther who so rageth at the presence of a man for the maiestie he presenteth as presently he imployeth all his forces to dismember his beautifull limmes and not only is agrieued with

by whose pusalanimitie enuie and discorde of a vile and abiect person hee is growne to be a Prince renowmed and feared through the whole worlde the great Turke I meane who although he be sprung vp long since Mahomet yet his damnable secte neuer dyed at this day by the Turkes proceedings is wonderfully dispersed Which almightie God for his sonne Iesu Christ his sake speedily extinguish CHAP. 8. Of the Enuie of Simon the Magician and other heretiques since Christ his time THere was neuer common wealth Citie nor people so well gouerned in vnitie but that enuy made a passage for diuision and discorde Among the heathen Philosophers their sects wrought much diuision The Iewes although they obeyed one lawe notwithstanding the heresies for so call the Greekes the causes of diuision in religion of the Pharisites Samaritans Nazarites Herodians others caused much contention debate among the people but at this day the deuines onely calleth those heretiques that instituteth findeth or followeth any sect contrary to christian religion whereof Simon the Samaritan called the Magitian with his harlot Selene were the first that enuying the credite of the Apostles sought by a venemous opinion to kill the rootes of christian faith and religion hee and his supporters which were called Simonaques offered to sell the grace of the holy Ghost he preached that our nature procéeded not of God but of a high and supernaturall cause with many monstrous and horrible propositions particulared by Irenius and others which Irenius called him father of heresies this Simon seeing that the Apostles by laying of their handes gaue the holie Ghost to those whom they touched sought to obtayne of Saint Peter that for money which he acquired with godlynesse and faith but the Apostle thus answered him Thy money perish with thee because thou thinkest the gifte of God may bee obtained with money thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this busines for thy heart is not right in the sight of God Simon being thus reproued by Saint Peter euer after his enemie and enuying the miracles the Apostle did by grace he continually studied to doe the like by magicke and in the ende he grew so famous as in the time of the Emperour Nero he was so reuerenced in Rome as betweene the two bridges ouer Tiber his Images were set vp with this superscription To Simon the holy God Simon being drunken with this admiration of the people arrogantly offred to contend with S. Peter in doing of myracles and practised by his arte to rayse a kinseman of Neroes from death to life but to a bootlesse ende he tryed his cunning but saint Peter after hee had called vpon the name of Christ raysed him from death to life Simon being more deepely enraged by this miracle purposed before the people of Rome to flie betweene the mountaine Capitolin the mountaine Auentin if Peter would followe him to the end it might be knowen which of both them was best beloued of God there withall comforted with his diuelish artes Simon prepared himselfe to flie then Peter holding vp his handes to heauen desired God that he would not suffer so great a people to be abused by his magicke after whose prayers Simon fell in the middest of his flight and broke one of his legs through griefe and shame whereof he shortly after dyed in Africke whether he was by his disciples carried But out of this monstrous roote many other heresies much dissention in the Church of God in seeking to separate Christ from the diuine substaunce of God by the sharpe punishment of God purging his very entrailes was driuen to confesse that pride and enuie were the very groundes of his damnable heresie If I should repeat all the heresies and dissentions that enuie hath sowen in the Church of God it would rather containe a volume then a Chapter The diligent readers of histories shall finde that for the most part if enuy armed christian subiects against the peace of their countrey she made some false prophet or heretique with the vaile of religion to be their ringleader The enuie of the Cleargie is the roote of al mischiefe enuie erected the order of the Dominican friers through enuie of the reuerence giuen vnto the Franciscans the Iesuites sprang from the enuie of the Dominicans the fall of Antichrist hath driuen the Pope to publish the proclamation of Schimeon the seditious Iewe. Who so listeth to be rid of the bondage of his master or hath receyued iniurie in his countrey all that bee in debt or stand in feare of their creditours those that dread the Iudges for shedding of innocent bloud and therefore haunte the mountaines and desert woodes who so is disposed to rob steale murder haunt whores to eate and drinke at other mens costes without labour of his handes if he will make warre sayth the Pope with the true professours of the Gospell him will I protect from the danger of lawes pardon his offences and will lade him with booties and spoyles His intertainement armeth all the Atheists heretiques and vnthriftie persons in Christendome with ciuill dissention the defence of the Pope is their colour but enuie ambition necessitie and breach of law are the true causes so that the generall quarrell of Christendome is betweene the Papists and the protestants but I hope and so all good Christians zealously pray that God will alwayes giue victory to the true professors of the Gospell as he hitherto hath powred his visible vengeance vpon heretikes so he will speedily confound this Archeretique the Pope and his huge rabble of reprobates Amen CHAP. 9. The mortall quarrell that enuie raised of the faction betweene the two brethren Gelphus and Gibelin EXperience dayly approueth the old saying there is no venim so mortall as the enuie of brethren nor warre so cruel as the enimitie of kindred whereof there can be no ampler testimonie then this following historie In the time of the Emperour Fredericke the second and Pope Gregorie the ninth betweene whome there was great discorde there was in the towne of Pistoye two factions the one named the Panciatiques the other the Chanciliers it fell out that two brethren the one named Gelphus and the other Gibelin in this citie helde contrary opinions the one followed the one the other party followed the other insomuch as the fauorers of these two brethren being men of account began to name thēselues the one Gelphes and the other Gibelins so that the Gelphes chased the Gibelins forth of the towne and for that it was a rare thing to see two brethren so contrary euery one of the fastion acquired the fauour of many of their neighbours by which meanes as a contagious pestilence this diuision by little and little was spread ouer all Italie in so much as the Emperour Fredericke the capitall enemie of the Pope being then in the citie of Pisa Anno 1340. not knowing which faction tooke his parte and