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A07410	Of two vvoonderful popish monsters to wyt, of a popish asse which was found at Rome in the riuer of Tyber, and of a monkish calfe, calued at Friberge in Misne. Which are the very foreshewings and tokens of Gods wrath, against blinde, obstinate, and monstrous Papistes. Witnessed, and declared, the one by Philip Melancthon, the other by Martyn Luther. Translated out of French into English by Iohn Brooke of Assh, next Sandwich.; De deux monstres prodigieux. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut; Crespin, Jean, d. 1572.; Brooke, John, d. 1582.	1579 (1579)	STC 17797; ESTC S107029	24,551	44

not be afraide if he should see a wicked spirite or a phancie or if he doe heare any sodeine bruite or noise or any groning or lamentation of spirites Yet notwithstanding one ought not to estéeme the same but as a false visage or a play of little children in comparison of this Image and monstrous figure In which god himselfe appeared in a terrible forme shewing an vnappeasable seueritie Wee must necessaryly say that there is a terrible indignation of God kindled against that Idoll of Antechrist the which all that company and rascalls of the Pope doe stirre vp and prouoke as of a set purpose and of an hard froward stubburnenesse the beginings doe agrée so well and so fitly that one can in no wise doubt For as much then as Sodome had of so long time and through so execrable misdéedes prouoked Gods wrath and as the ruine béeinge nigh at hande there rested but a little time to repent them then shée dyd giue hir selfe fréely vnto all execrable wickednesse and hardned hir selfe with such obstinacy that she did plainly mocke God and did exalt hir selfe against him with an intollerable fiercenesse and cruelnesse But scantly the heauen had giuen hir cléerenesse the next day morning but beholde it was sodeinly swallowed vp consumed We must not doubt but that all that band of the Pope doth spinne all one thréed They haue hetherto let ●●ippe the bridle vnto all detestable filthynesse rebellious people altogether obstinate against God beeing drawen from the iust obedience of mans ▪ dominations as if they were bretheren germaines of Epicures yea and not beléeuing as the Diuells doe who doe tremble when they heare God spoken off ▪ as the Scripture sayth and vnderstandinge nothing of heauenly things haue no more care of the blessed life and of eternall health and saluation then the most grosses● Asse that euer was As in very déed they haue this opinion of the Gospell that it is a fable and doe iudge of the Christian faith that it is the faining of a Poet without grace or fauour according to that goodly sentence Oracle of Epicures al is nothing els but dust mockery and all is nothing And although that before the time of their fall ruine they are exhorted by so many straunge figures and fearefull signes sent of GOD for to call them to repentaunce yet neuerthelesse they are the more obstinate and out of all order in such sorte that they doe heape vp nourish and augement more and more a proude negligence and arrogant profanations In so much that with muche adooe they themselues can suffer their rashnesse boldenesse and wickednesse And as though there were no heauenly and celestiall anger nor maiestie in heauen for to breake and disperse their rages ▪ in the meane season doe mocke of these fearefull signes as if they were deceiuing shadowes or flying dreames Such a foolish boldnesse and brutish assuraunce is an euident argument of the inen●rrable wrath ▪ of the Lorde who will suppresse and consume those hoggish Epicutes and dull asses before they are aware of it Then onely with feare and trembling they will learne to crye and howle But God of his owne accorde will not 〈◊〉 them ▪ as it is sayde in the first Chapter of the Prouerbes ▪ ●ée haue forsaken my coun●ay●e and haue despised all my corrections Therefore shall I laugh in your destruction and mocke you when the thing that yée feare commeth vpon you One may knowe for a truth that Sathan is a great and a mightie spirite ▪ who holding vnder him she vnderstandinges and mindes of men as slaues bendeth and driueth them with such violence that not onely they doe plunge themselues within the vices which séemeth rather to bée a woorke of a little diuell ▪ learning his occupation But also doe make open warre against God of their owne frée will. For we must thinke what that tyranny is how desperate that furor and madnesse is ▪ when a miserable man being constrayned and compelled in his conscience can put foorth that woords and to confesse for certeyne this is the woord of God of which I doe not doubte But although that the sonne of God hath pronounced if the Apostles haue preached it Yet neuerthelesse I will shut the eyes I will stop the eares for to reiect it will withstand it hand foote will persecute condemne it as a pernicious heresy And if ther be any one in the meane time which wil render obedience vnto god to beléeue the gospell and will not consent with me I will kill him ▪ I will banish him from his enheritance I will not suffer him to dwell in any place And will doe all that in despite of the word of God. O good God had I euer thought in al my lyfe time to haue séene so great sinnes such a rage and so furious crueltie of the enemyes of the Gospell at such time as I did not yet but lay the first foundation of this cause And neuerthelesse alas I doe see those things now béeing constrayned to heare that the word of god the truth that is confessed and knowen to be called heresie and to be banished and driuen away most vilaynously as buryed Of right such vip●rs are figured and noted by the Dragons head which commeth out of the arse of this Popish Asse spewing out a retrayt full of filthinesse But thankes be vnto God both the Dragon and the Popish Asse are but a péece of carrion and shall take vnto them agayne neyther lyfe nor strength nor shall neuer recouer their dignitie tyranny the which they doe promise neuerthelesse for any thing that the diuell doth in them For it is sayd in the Créede I beléeue in God the father almightie It is said also that he that abideth in vs is more greater then hée that is in the world And although that the diuell haue great power yet he shal not be altogether puissant This is an infallible rule HEERE FOLLOWETH THE PORtrayture or Figure of the other that is to wit of a Moonkish Calfe calued after this fashion in the Citie of Friberge in the countrey of Misne Anno. 1528. THE INTERpretacion of Martin Luther of the Monster in the figure and lykenesse of a Moonkish Calfe drawen out in the leafe before AS touching the Propheticall interpretacion of this Moonkish Calfe I will leaue it to the spirit for I am no prophet Yet neuertheles one may well affirme this generally of many such meruayles that God doth send them as presages and forewarnings of sorrowfull aduentures motions brutes troubles and commotions to come And I doe exhort Germany to assure themselues boldly and to attende certeinely such commings But to determine of chaunces and to foreshew how long time they shall continue or in what ti●e the delyueraunce shall come the same belongeth to the Prophet● As for me I will desire willingly that the latter day were at hande the which I also doe thinke that the

Of two VVoonderful Popish Monsters to wyt Of a Popish Asse which was found at Rome in the riuer of Tyber and of a Moonkish Calfe calued at Friberge in Misne ¶ Which are the very foreshewings and tokens of Gods wrath against blinde obstinate and monstrous Papistes Witnessed and declared the one by Philip Melancthon the other by Martyn Luther ¶ Translated out of French into English by Iohn Brooke of Assh next Sandwich ¶ These bookes are to be sould in Powles Churchyard at the signe of the Parat ¶ IOHN BROOKE VNto the Christian Reader AMong all the things that are to be seene vnder the heauens good Christian Reader there is nothing can stirre vp the minde of man which can engender more fere vnto the creatures then the horrible Monsters which are brought forth dayly contrary vnto the workes of Nature The which the most times doe note and demonstrate vnto vs the Ire and wrath of God against vs for our sinnes and wickednesse that we haue and doe dayly commit agaynst him But mans heart is so hardened that those his threatnings and foreshewings are reiected as though they were but fables Therefore many times the Elements haue bene and be the heraulds and executors of Gods Iustice as we do read in the viij chapter of Genesis that the waters ouerflowed the toppe of the highest mountaine xv cubites and drowned all the worlde except viij persons The fire in lyke manner as we do read in the xix chapter of Genesis consumed burned the Citie of Sodoma and Gomorra Also the earth as we may read in the xvi chap. of Numeri opened hir mouth and swallowed vp Chorah Dathan and Abiron Besides an infinite number of examples more which are to bee seene in the holy Scripture and all was done for the wickednesse sinnes of the people Therefore the rather to moue the harts of euery good christian to feare tremble at the sight of such prodigious monsters I haue taken vpon me to translate out of French into our English tongue these two monsters the one of a Popish Asle which was found at Rome in the yeare of our Lord. 1496. And the other of a Moonkish Calfe calued at Friberge in the yeare 1528. And the willinglyer for that Philip Melancthon Martyn Luther two godly and learned men haue interpreted vpon these two Monsters who were of such authoritie and credit that we must not thinke that they be forged and inuented Signifiyng that these two Monsters may well be compared vnto the Pope and his rablement of Cardinals Abbottes Bishops Priests Canons Moonks and Fryers as Gods messengers to giue warning vnto them that Gods wrath is redy at hād to destroy both him his kingdome with his whole rable of Cardinals Moonks shauelings disguising thēselues so against nature as these two Mōsters were For Sathā is a wyly Fox seeking all the meanes possible thorow his subtile practises to seduce and keepe still in ignoraunce error all Christendome Therefore let vs way diligently these his wonderous woorkes and repent in time from the bottome of our hearts of our sinnes and desire him to be mercifull vnto vs euer to kepe defend vs from such horrible Monsters AMEN ¶ IOHN CRESPIN VNTO ALL which feare the Lord. THere hath now bene a long time sithēce God hath not ceased to teach giue aduertismēts after diuerse sorts fashions to draw men frō their impieties detestable conuersations yet neuerthelesse the ingratitude of the worlde is so great that nothing followeth but a hardning of heart more then obstinate The Lord threatneth his threatnings are reiected as if they wer but fables He setteth foorth monstrous and feareful figures which were inough to make the Diuels themselues afraide And men doe see them and let them passe as if they touched them nothing at all Furthermore he declareth effectually that he threatneth not in vaine He declareth by terrible iudgements that he cannot suffer the contempt of his aduertisments Howbeit men haue their sences altogether dull in regard of that And of a thousand scātly ther are twaine which will open their eyes to consider and beholde the wonders of the Lord and to amende their lyues therby Beholde two monstrous figures which are set before vs And the two most excelent men to wit Philip Melancthon and Martin Luther who haue interpreted them are of sufficient authoritie to make men to vnderstand that those monsters are not forged and inuented fantasies The first is a general witnesse of the horrible vengeaunce of God ouer euery kingdome that exalteth it self by cruelty tyranny aboue the spirituall iurisdiction of the son of god And bicause that this tyranny is more liuely set forth by the dominatiō of the Pope thē by any other euen so this threatning is referred chiefely vnto that Romish Antechrist whom we doe see at this day yea in his latter age farre out of modestie that he setteth all the world together by the eares Who after that hee hath shewed his scales vppon his backe and feared them with his clawes feete nailes and talons cannot choose but cause that his Asses nose may be seene vncouer his whoorish brest and belly without all shame The ingratitude of men haue well deserued to fall into that brutishnesse They see the belly of a whoore naked yet neuerthelesse this is their owne God whom they feare and worship and vnto whom they doe homage with their kings Lords and Emperours Now for as much as the Moonkes are the principall proppes of that drunken and enchaunting harlot very fitte is happened this other monster in the likenesse of a Monkish Calfe hauing on him a coole who will playe his part as well as the Popish Asse Giuing all men to vnderstande what sanctitie hath chiefly blinded the eyes of the world to wit the holinesse of a disguised frocke and habite If all that which the coole toucheth be holy wherfore then shal not this enfrocked Calfe be holy as well as any reuerent Moonke that euer hath bene in the world And if in taking away the coole or frocke the Calfe remaineth but a Calfe what shall the Moonke remaine when his frocke coole shal be taken from him but that he is a Moonke for euery mans porredge pot But this it is so long as the Diuell shall be Prince of the world the world shal haue alwaies their eyes blinded But as for vs we doe feare such aduertisementes of God let vs consider diligently his wondrous woorkes and preuent the effectes of his iudgementes thorow true repentaunce ¶ THE POVRTRAYTVRE OR SHEW of a wonderfull Monster which was found at Rome in the yeare of our Lord 1496. ¶ A DECLARATION of the Monstrous figure of a Popish Asse which was founde at Rome in the Riuer of Tiber In the yeare of our Lorde God 1496. ¶ By Philip Melancthon GOD at all times doth liuely represent by certeine tokens and after

dayes wherein we are are as forerunners of that blessed day the which will not tary long after And me thinketh that the cause that I haue to hope so is not friuolous nor vaine And in very déede before time ther hath ben almost a continuation of certeine worlds in which men haue séene dayly monstrous things and worthy of great admiration And at this day all the worlde burning with a terrible heat bringeth forth motions very pernicious who commonly are not appeased without great chaunges alterations of kingdoms To conclude that the lyght of the Gospell shineth now wonderfully the which commonly was wont to bring with it alterations troubles and tempests bicause of the hard obstination and furious ragings of the wicked And truly I will not speake but of things which are true and will shew wherefore God hath set foorth such a signe in that Moonkish Calfe and for what cause hée hath defiled the religious habite or apparayle with one so vyle a spotte Forasmuch as without the habite of a Moonke hée might signifie and declare the euills to come as properly and well by any other shew or token Euen so then it is not long sithence that by his prouidence was calued at Langdesberge a certeine Canon Calfe or a Moonkish Calfe It declareth thereby that all religious men and Moonkes ought to haue their eyes thereon still fixed and that he beholdeth them and that he hath determined to punish them For this same yeare he will vse none other miracles then those which haue respecte vnto such holy and spirituall people For god paynting out of late that excellent Monarch of Alexander king of Macedonia vnder the figure and lykenesse of a Goate besides the Propheticall interpretacion of the discomfiture and vanquishing to come he hath also set foorth and represented the nature of the Grecians which are wanton as the Goates And all that that they haue conceiued in their minde how high and harde that it be they hope to bring it to passe and to atteine vnto it through good councells through great viua●ilie and stou●nesse of the minde In lyke manner in this figure of this Moonkish Calfe besides the Propheticall declaration there is also an Image or figure of the lyfe of the doctrine of the seruices and obseruations of the Moonkes And it is possible that thereby there is an aduertisement of the cause of the calamities nighe at hande That is to saye that the superstitions the deceites and wickednesse of the Moonkes doe cause the punishment to increase for as much as by the Pharisaycall doctrine of woorkes they doe abolish the fayth which is in our Lorde Iesus Christ and doe transforme and chaunge into the flesh of a Calfe mans heart which ought to bée the Temple of the holy Ghost Furthermore let an other drawe the propheticall sence as for mée for to please my order I haue taken vpon me to interpret my Moonkish Calfe The Canon Calfe shall haue an other for his expositer For so much the more willingly doe I take the charge to make this declaration for that I doe sée that the obstinate courages and more harder then the rockes of those which shall bée grieued with this my explication shall bée so much the more wounded and shall bée come more eger As in very déede they doe arrogantlye despise all that whiche commeth out of my mouth and doe babble euery where that all my woordes are as much to bée estéemed as the spittinges of heretickes For that cause they ought not also now to giue any credite vnto mine aduertisement but doe waxe more harde harted and doe make themselues more and more obstinate hurting and molesting themselues more then euer any did and forsake not their filthy and wicked lyfe as it is sayde in Esay the sixte Chapter harden the heart of this people stoppe their eares and shutte their eyes that they sée not with their eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstande not with their heartes and conuerte and bée healed Euen as then Balaam coulde by no meanes obey the woorde of God and although hée was rebuked by his Asse speaking vnto him in a mans voice yet neuerthelesse hée could not amende it so one may say the lyke of those holy Fathers which haue hetherto stopped their eares at the cléere voyce of the veritie of the Gospell Nowe they ought to beholde themselues in this Calfe and in the Cowe as in a glasse and to consider what they are before God and what reputation and what voice they haue in heauen And yet neuerthelesse they ought to shut their eyes that they doe sée nothing of all this whereoff they may repent themselues for to auoid the horrible iudgement of god For there is neither forewarning word nor signe that could moue or bend the hard heart of Pharao First that I may speak briefly thinke not that the same is a mockery or a fable that God hath clothed a Calfe with a religious habite with a Moonkes coole Wée must not doubt but that he noteth by that Image or figure a certeine assemble of people of whiche one may cléerely knowe that the Moonkery is nothing els but a vaine appearaunce and shewe of godlynesse and outward hipocrisie of a holy lyfe allowed of god For euen vntil this times we poore and miserable men haue had this opinion and haue beléeued that the holy Ghost dwelleth vnder the frocke and that the same habit doth couer nothing but the holy Ghost But God hath reuealed héere that there is nothing vnder that habite but a Calfe As if he would shewe that there is a Serpent hid vnder the grasse For the golden calfe of Aaron lifted vp in the wildernesse vnto whom the children of Israel did represent giue the honour that apperteined and belonged vnto God Exodus Chapter 32. teacheth playnelye what the Calfe may signifie It is sayde in the 106. Psalme They haue turned their glory into the similitude of a Calfe that eateth hay It is spoken also of the Calues of Iereboam made in Bethell and Dan. 1. Reg. Chapter 12. against whome the Prophets haue cryed very sharply In lyke manner let vs beholde a little that same Moonkish Calfe howe that his coole doth represent there a figure of all the order of Moonkes with al their seruices and diuine obseruatiōs of which they do make so great accompt as of their Pater noster so oftentimes repeted of the faire of their Masses of their goodly songs and fastings and other lyke But vnto whom is that goodly seruice represented who is honoured of whome doth it depende vnto whom is it tyed and fastened vnto the Calfe For the Calfe is clothed with a frock as we may sée heere And what is that Calfe It is an Idoll forged and made abiding and dwelling in their spirites full of deceites What is that that these things doo They do after this sorte These holy Masters haue an opinion imprinted in