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A04873	The popish kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus, and englyshed by Barnabe Googe; Regnum papisticum. English	Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563. Agriculturae sacrae libri quinque. Book 1-2. English. aut	1570 (1570)	STC 15011; ESTC S109280	147,386	198

you sooner may the North and South togither tye And ioyne vnto the brittish shore the Persian dignitie Then for to cause their diuers mindes in one for to agrée Nor maruaile when without the light that from the scriptures springs They rashly iudge of hed and ende and order right of things As if a blinde man in the way would make himselfe a guide Or iudge of colours which were fairst or which were better dide It shall not hurt thée much these things though fond in hand to take And lightly to pervse and sée for lyes doe often make The truth to be estéemed more and of more for●e to showe Both swéete it is and I allow the cause of things to knowe But such as certaine are and such as no man can denie Of knowledge certaine endes there are and boundes appoynted lie The worde of God must beare the bell and sway in euery thing And next to that such reasons good as wise men here doe bring Must be esteemed as a troth Be circumspect in euery thing if ought thou séekst to finde Concerning heauen world and forme of substance or of kinde Or touching fortune place or hap the elaments and time Of motion thunder winde and snow raine haile or frostie rime Whereof it comes that pleasant dewes in Sommer wettes the spring Or what procures the lightning fierce that pearceth euery thing What makes the fire oftentymes in hellish clowdes to glow Or why the sunne in showre appearing the rainbow streight doth show ▪ Why Moone with fogge is compast oft or how the blasing starre Appeares that oft is signe to men of famine death or warre Wherefore the earth doth tremble so and Cities ouerturne And why that Phoebus oftentimes with thréefolde ●ace doth burn● ▪ Besides let him consider well if that a good man may Beleue the distance of the skies to be as they doe say If that the Moone so farre excéede the earth in quantitée Or if the starres so farre aboue the earth in bignesse bée Or if the Lord created more than two of greatest light Or any saue the Sunne that past the Moone in force and might Moreouer land and seas pervse and marke their natures plaine And all that in the earth or ayre or in the seas remaine But for these straunge and forraine things men ought not so to care As for our nearer neighbors much that in vs dwelling are Vnto our proper houses therefore let vs come and sée What wondrous things by natures handes in vs created bée How much we doe excell and passe eche other worldly kinde Whose rulers and correctors here the Lorde hath vs assignde What giftes of minde we doe enioy and what of bodie here What vertuously of vs is wrought and what doth lewde appere These things are first to be perusde that we may perfitely Both knowe our selues and eke the things that are to vs so nie Fond is it to be wise abrode and onely for to sée The outwarde things while as at home like bussards blind we bée But here me thinkes some laste lowte should say to me O how Suppose you sir that méete it is your plowman first to know These things before he till his ground and holy plow doe holde What say you to the Apostles than and to the Prophets olde Where euer finde you that these men were learned in this sort Or who would credite him that any such thing would report Besides but few such plowmen could be got as you desire Whereas the haruest of the Lorde doth numbers great require The time hath ben when men of god without their bookes were taught And diuers sodainely by him to state of Prophets brought So fishers and vnskilfull men by force of holy spright He made the teachers of the world and showes of perfite light Besides a number more of such his mightie hand did frame Not for to breake dame Natures lawes and alter quite the same But for to shewe his mightie force and great prerogatiue And that he was not tyed to sleaue of any thing aliue We may not therefore giue our selues to gape for wonders still But as the guise of men requires we must conforme our will Till God do worke in other sorte and other meanes doth giue In sterne and barren wildernesse the Iewes sometime did liue And neyther plowde nor sowde nor reapte in fortie winters space And were not he starke madde that now would looke for such a grace And like an ydle lubber sit and take no kinde of paine With hande nor foote for him or his a liuing for to gaine Or gape to haue the Rauens come or widdow at his néede Who at the bidding of the Lorde Helias once did féede The Riuer great of Iordan once and eke the fearefull seas Through might of God and all on foote the Hebrues past with ease Now néede we when we passe these floods both darke and 〈◊〉 saile And Tiphys eke to holde the helme least on the seas we auaile ▪ Thus are we bound to learne whatsoeuer on earth we knowe or sée That may vnto the honour great of God and glorie bée Ne must they looke for ydlenesse that will be husbandmen Least that the Lorde be tempted so and iustly plague vs then For our contempt and slouthfulnesse example here let bée The franticke Anabaptistes that in any place we sée Who hating bookes and learned artes doe count it vertue graue No skill in any language saue their Countrie tongue to haue And leaping lately from the shop of Shoomakers or such Are not ashamde the Preachers place with greasie handes to tuch Still boasting of the holy ghost and so with passing pride They hedlong throwe themselues to hell and numbers great beside By teaching false and foolish things the Prophets eke deuine Good Moyses first in Pharaos house applyde the Muses nine Before he taught the worde of God or traynde the Iewish hartes And Daniel did refuse the Chaldeans meate but not their artes Paule of a learned Doctor in Ierusalem was tought And not alonely in the scriptures to excell was thought But in the Grecian eloquence and sciences prophane Wherein to be exactly learnde he alwayes had the name With which he better armed put the Gentiles soone to flight And with these weapons of their owne he ouerthrew them quight At Athens with Aratus wordes he gaue them all the foyle And brought agaynst the Creteans witnesse of their natiue soyle A man that hedlong threw himselfe in Etnaes raging flame Amongst the people for to gaine an euerlasting fame What good and honest is among these artes they well may chuse And make them for to serue their turne that vertuously them vse The Egyptians once were robbed of goodes and spoyled vtterly To increase the treasure of the Lorde and his to bewtifie The Gentiles fayth and life we onely are forbidden here And not their worthie sciences and springes of learning clere So that we put them to good vse and profite any wayes Applying them with all our

the worme nor turnes the whéele so fast For if that Orpheus with his songes Megaeras whip coulde stay And cease the byting of the wormes and hellish paines alay Why shoulde the Pope not doe so much the King of earth and skyes Besides an other kinde of fire to purge he doth deuyse Whereas he raines himselfe alone and showes his force and might From hence he looseth soules and sendes them to the heauens bright With pardons prayers himnes and giftes ne forceth much the same ▪ Although the soules thrée hundred yeares haue burnt in firie flame If at the length some golden showre doe happen for to fall In little space it driues him out and makes an ende of all Whole kinredes loseth he with this and kéepeth from the fyer Whereas his fauour doth extend and wheare he hath his hier Himselfe not Pluto can resist nor all his army blacke Although they striue with clawes to stay or pluck with fleshokes back● His voyce makes all the fiendes afrayde and from the bottom déepe He hoyseth vp the wéeping soules in blessed ioyes to sléepe What King Apostle Prophet else coulde euer doe this feat There neuer was nor is nor shall be any power so great Moreouer any Wight on earth in robes he passeth cléene If any time in maiestie he listeth to be séene With clothes of purple couerde quite which long about him fall With silke and crimson shining bright and cloth of golde withall Beset with precious stones and pearle that costly India beares Such as no Quéene of Egipt would haue dronk or drawne from eares Aboue all this his triple crowne doth shine and glister bright With beautie lyke of stones arayde of straunge and wondrous sight His Crosier then with double crosse all framde of finest golde May here be séene no siluer shew may any man beholde Except some solemne day require I leaue out here among His chiefest pompe his stately traine and garde in armour strong Their order eke and how they stande their cerimonies swéete With bookes bels their iesture straunge with head with hands féete Besides a number of the lyke which heare were long to tell If that his welth his pride and pompe thou hast regarded well And all his fonde condicions lewde thou shalt not finde his mate On all the earth that more doth séeke the ioyes of worldly state The earth is also holy thought wheresoeuer his féete doe stande And euery thing is holy made that commeth néere his hande Wherefore to Church he neuer goeth but borne on shoulders hye Euen as the sacred Arke whereas the Manna hidde doth lye O Lorde that shame cannot compell these men to come away And that they haue no feare of God nor of the latter day This is the shamelesse forheade of that purple Hore vncleane Wherby she sottes and mockes the worlde without all ende or meane Thou askst parhaps what shift he makes these chargis to maintaine Demaunde no more no Prince nor King nor Emprour heare againe Hath so much siluer in his Chest nor store of golden sommes And of a welthie Peter eke I know not whence he commes He hath the whole inheritance that large and brode doth ly With Cities great and fruitfull soyles and portes and hauens by Eke hath he Rome the Quéene and heade of all the worlde before So that a thousande talentes yearely commeth in or more Besides a greater somme he doth throughout the worlde receaue By selling heauen and pardning faultes and graunting powre leaue And by his Annates much he gettes these termes themselues do faine Which wordes I heare am forcde to vse to shew their vsage plaine The pelting Pals besides doe get and gayne him treasures great The Bishops confirmation lyke and welthy Abbots seat What profite comes by Prebenders when as with bribes they play Eche one to winne where who giues most goeth conquerour away Yea certayne monthes he chuseth out and times in euerie yeare Wherin an others due and right to him belongeth cleare What shoulde I euery thing declare he falsely deales in all And vpon euery morsell fatte his crooked Talentes fall And parte he takes in euery place he huntes for money rounde Both heare amongst the lyuing and such as are brought to grounde That so his chestes may still be full and Golde may alwayes flowe Which vpon furious warres he doth and houses fayre bestowe In building Bridges Temples Towres and costly Chappels fayre In placeing of his kinsemen hie in loftie Lordely chayre In ryo● pleasure and disporte and sumptuous banketings That long to worldly Princes here and other heathen Kings Which represents some Perses stoute or Craesus full of pride And not like Christes Apostles true or any christian guide Desirst thou for to knowe his trade and steps in liuing right All full of pompe and glorie it is and foolishe vaine delight Such filthie actes I will not tell as Fame doth true reporte Least that I staine my verse and booke in lewde and filthy sorte But now regarde aduisedly in all that hath béene tolde If any thing Apostlelyke or christianlike doth holde Or néere vnto that doctrine pure that Christ himselfe hath tought Or that may holy counted be or Catholike be thought Nothing against the glorie more of God thou canst declare Nor nothing that more filthie séemes than this if we compare Wherefore at this time many bée that thinke and plainely saye That Antichrist possesseth Rome and doth the Bishop playe Wherefore they from his name doe flye and from his fonde decrées His orders doctrine temples and his solemne mysteries None otherwise than from a Beare or Lion in their way And in the morning blesse themselues least that they happe that day To méete some shauen oyled beast or else some other Grome Belonging to the filthye Court and popishe sea of Rome I maruell therefore why that men shoulde call him by the name Of holyest since no man yet coulde holy prooue the same But rather naught The place can not nor yet his chiefe degrée Nor all his ryches pompe or pride can prooue him good to bée Wherefore good Phaebus here declare by Oracle deuine And eke you learned Muses all this matter here define Wherein this man shoulde here be thought Apostolike to bée Or holiest calde we know no cause nor no desart we sée And doe you smile would you that we should know the collour dim Of phrase contrarie and after that in all things iudge of him Thus of this present kingdome here the goodly head I déeme Thou well perceyust but better shouldst if thou at Rome hadst béene And any time continued there and séene him face to face Then shouldst thou wel haue vewde thy selfe his whole comely grace The other pillors of this kingdome now I will declare That beare a sway aboue the rest and chiefe and greatest are Such as this head createth and doth ioyne with him to guide But full and whole authoritie is vnto them denyde The greatest and

first the almightie father framde the worlde and mortall kinde In perfite state and yéelding fruite such as himselfe assignde Who wholy gaue themselues to him with all their force and might For first of all within their heartes he sowde a knowledge right And gaue them reason to discerne in euery kinde of thing That in the foming seas or ayre or on the earth doth spring Thus when the passing force of his almightie name did shine He plaste in man a dreadfull feare of his estate deuine Which least it caused fearefull flight or stirde vp deadly hate He ioynde a pleasant loue withall of his excelling state Whereby the feare and reurence of his mightie Maiestée With felowship of feruent loue might safely guided bée For with himselfe he framed man both Lorde of earth and seas And after death to liue with him in euerlasting ease Prouiding him to féede vpon the fruite of euery trée And pleasant hearbes that so he might his carefull mercy sée Who would not with his heart estéeme and loue with all his minde A Lorde so good and gracious and of so gentle kinde Yet least that cause of feare should want and fauour bréede disdaine And to much welth inflame his heart and prick his ydle braine He gaue him one commaundement to barre him of his will That is he should not taste the trée of knowing good or ill Except they would their life forgo and lose these giftes of grace Besides all this he planted in the déepest of their minde That vnto other creatures to of nature was assignde That they ne should with hate pursue their kinde nor ouerthrow But with a friendly faythfull heart eche other friendship show And giue aduice what best to doe and mischiefe how to let Such happie séedes in heart of man at first were déepely set By him that all thing here did frame and thus he left this fielde Of owne accorde his pleasant fruites and good encrease to yéelde But streight the Stygyan Prince that late from skies was hedlong throwne For prowd presūptuous mutenie trespas earst vnknowne Both hating God himselfe aboue and all his vertuous déedes Began to frowne and lowre on man and on these pleasant seedes Determining these plantes pluckt vp to sowe contrarie graine And taking on himselfe the shape and cloke of Serpent plaine Our father first he doth perswade to breake the sacred hest That so he might both ra●e and pluck due feare from out his brest And cease the loue and certaine hope of Gods assistance knowne Whereby the ground disordred might with wéedes be ouergrowne Ne faylde he of his purpose here for why the womans hart Consented streight to tast● the 〈◊〉 and gaue hir husband part As ground that long hath lien vntilde is filled e●ery where With humblockes thornes and thistles sharpe and other hurtfull gere So was the minde of man opprest with mischiefes fowle and great And harmefull things deseruing death had there abiding seat The knowledge of th' almightie Lorde with darkenesse was disgraste Our iudgement eke in worldly things with blindnesse great defaste Both feare and reuerence due to God were banished cleane away Loue colde and hope of helpe deuine did vtterly decay In place whereof sprang hate and flight contempt of God beside And nothing that was good or right the will corrupt applide If any good desire by chaunce of vertue mooues the minde The force doth streight begin to faile in slouthfull bodie blinde And sinne prouokes to greater crime not suffering them aright To runne their race but mooues agaynst the Lord both day and night Nor néedefull is it much to mooue for of his proper sway Like Lead he alwayes hedlong falles and runnes the hurtfull way Doest thou not sée how leauing God his honour here we giue To trifles vaine and wretched men that on the earth doe liue If that a king that may to day or else to morrow die Receyue vs into fauour great and giue vs honour hie Or if of glistring golde we haue abundaunce in our handes Or haue our bagges with siluer full to purchase Lordly landes Or Iewels great or precious stones or costly rich aray And friendes in number great about vs dwell and beare the sway Or store of lustie souldiors haue to encounter with the fo O Lord how then we looke aloft how stately then we go And thinke our selues in happie case and blest on euery side How fowly doth our filth appéere to him that all doth guide With most men for their God alone the belly here is thought And euery thing as it commaundes is eyther shund or sought Some place a lo●t on aulters hie the sharpnesse of their wit And some the bodyes force and as a God they worship it But no man laboureth so the will of God for to obay As all men doe for trifles vaine that fade and passe away Of Gods innumerable sort are found by feare and loue And in the meane time he dispisde that reignes and rules aboue What mischiefe can be found but doth from blinded ignorance spring Or what contempt of God to sweare is thought a decent thing With Gods most dreadfull name aboue both men and children play And diffrence none is made betwixt the lawes deuine and lay What God commaundeth to be shund or willeth to be wrought Is to the eares a torment great and dreadfull poyson thought Nor vnto him they seeke for ayde nor confidence they haue But rather séeke to stockes and stones than him that all doth saue No honor to their parents due at any time they pay A hell it is to feele the yoke or maister to obay The minde desires to runne at large and raunge at libertée The bloud doth boyle about the hearts of such as harmed bée And slaughters great attempted are and deadly battayles fought And at the wagging of a straw good lawes are set at nought Beside both vile and beastly loue in euerie place doth raigne That none can kéepe the holy rytes of sacred bed from staine The Harlots eke among themselues their bodyes doe defile Who can declare the shamefull theft and wayes for to beguile That commonly with youth doth spring deceyt doth most delight And swéete it séemes an others goodes to get against all right And looke what wants in doing wrong with force and wretched will Is recompenst with rayling mouth and spitefull language ill The téeth togither gnash and poyson fowle abroade do spit As well agaynst the vnworthie as such as deserued it Discention sowne and lyes abrode in eurye place do raigne And filthie talke and wordes vncleane are vsde of wretches vaine The simple man deceyued still with wordes that fayned bée And from the heart the flattring tongue doth alwayes disagrée As raging seas with boystrous windes do swell aloft and rore And driue the mountaynes of their waues against the rocken shore Euen so the wretched fiend of man both euery day and night Spewes out his filth and ioyes to offende the soueraigne Lord of light