and goodes to our priuate vse and so maintaining the good estate of our neighbours For paying our rents to Landlordes and custome and tribute where tribute and custome are due Let not any obey these lawes saieth the Pope Lette no man dare obey hir or hir will or commaundements or lawes Estéeme not hir law as a law take not hir to be your Quéene Is not this fatherly Counsel Are they not happy which follow it What godly creature euer gaue the like What Patriarke or Prophet or Euangelist or Apostle euer sent the like commissions into the worlde Pius wil be called the Uicar of Christ. Did Christe euer sette vp himselfe against the Prince did hée so teach his Disciples was it any parte of that doctrine he hath left vs Pius telleth vs he is Successour to Peter and Paule that he is inuested in their auctoritie and enthronized in their chaire Let vs conferre the doctrine of Peter Paule with that whiche is written vy their Successour Pius sayeth of our Soueraigne Let no man be subiect to hir or obey hir But Peter saith Submitte your selues to all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto the King as vnto the Superiour or vnto Gouernours as vnto them whiche are sente of him for the punishment of euil doers and for the praise of them that doe well for o iâ— the will of God And againe he saith Feare God honour the King Peter sayeth it is the will of God that you obey your Prince Pius gainesayth Obey not your Prince my wil is that you obey not Paule hath left words for our obedieÌ„cs Let euerie soule be subiect to the higher powers for ther is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinaunce of God and they that resiste receiue vnto them selues iudgement For hee is the Minister of God for thy wealth But if thou doe euill feare for he beareth not the sworde in vaine Wherefore yée must be subiect not bicause of wrath onelye but also for conscience sake Giue therefore tribute to whome you owe tribute custome to whom custome feare to whom feare honour to whome you owe honour Nowe sayeth Pius Let no soule be subiect to the higher powers resiste power resiste the ordinaunce of God bee not Subiecte neyther for wrath nor for conscience Yeelde youre Prince no tribute no custome no feare and no honour Howe agréeth this with the Apostle Whether it be right in the sight of God that you be lead by Peter Paul the Apostles of Christ or by Pope Pius iudge yée And for what Prince doth Paul require this of the Romanes for Nero an enemie vnto God and godlinesse and al that liued godly who destroied and burned their citie who slewe his mother ripped that bellie which brought him to life a Monster in nature and the most wicked ruler that euer raigned And yet doeth Paule require them to obey him bicause he is the Minister of God c. Who was like to Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon he was the rod of the Lords wrath he oppressed the people of God fired and razed their Citie sacked their Sanctuary and spoyled their TeÌ„ple yet are the people commaunded to praye for the life of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon and for the life of Baltazar his sonne that their daies may bee vpon earth as the dayes of heauen And againe God speaketh by the Prophet Hieremie I haue caused you to be caried away Captiues from Ierusalem vnto Babylon Seeke the prosperitie of the citie whether I haue sent you away Captiues and pray vnto the Lord for it for in the peace thereof shall you haue peace If the Apostle withdrewe not the Romanes from the subiection of Nero if the Prophets willed the children of Israel to praye for Nabuchodonosor who were wicked Princes will Pope Pius tell the Subiectes vnto a godly and vertuous Ladie that they muste not obeye hir Into what case doth he lead miserable simple men that giue him some credite Howe doth he amaze them God telleth vs we receiue to our selues iudgment if we resist his ordinance Pius saith we are accursed vnlesse we doe resist it What shal a simple maÌ„ do Which way shall hée folowe If he obey God he must forsake Pope Or if heé obey the Pope he must forsake God If hée obey the Prince as God willeth him then the Pope cursseth him Or if hée disobey the Prince as the Pope willeth him then doth God condemne him The commaundement of the one is as contrarie to the commaundement of the other as light is contrarie vnto darkenesse But thankes be to God who hath filled vs with the knowledge of his will We know Pope Pius is no God We pray for him that he may be the seruant of God Paul hath warned vs if an Angel from heauen or if any man preach vnto you otherwise than that you haue receiued let him be accursed We haue receiued of Paul and of Peter and of God him selfe that we shoulde obey yet dareth Pope Pius no Angel but a man commaund vs that no man obey no not vnder paine of his cursse Accursed is he for so commaunding we haue good warrant to say he is accursed â—mnes qui illt quomodocunque iurauerunt à 〈◊〉 amento huiusmodâ— ac omni prorsus dominâ—â—â— fidelitatis obsequij debito perpetuò absolutos declaramus We pronounce that all whosoeuer by any occasion haue taken their oathe vnto hir are for euer discharged of such their oath and also from all fealtie and seruice which was due to hir by reason of hir gouernement Doth Pope Pius knowe what an oath meaneth Doth hee knowe what it is to sweare by the name of God An oathe is a solemne promise made betwéene men wherein God who knoweth the secrets of the heart is called to witnesse of the doing As for example wée haue taken this oath I will be a true and liege Subiect to our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth I will neither in worde nor deede procure hir euill I will not conceale any treason or conspiracie against hir and this doe I promise as I hope to be saued by the bloude of Iesus Christ and I take witnesse to this of God who seeth the singlenesse of my heart beseeching him to auenge it vpon me to put my name out of the booke of the liuing and to giue mee no portion in the kingdome of Christ of God if I willingly or wittingly breake this my promise Such is the oath which we haue taken to hir highnesse This is nothing saith Pope Pius I can dispense with it I am able to dispense against the lawe of nature against the Canons of the Apostles against the newe Testament I can dispense for all thinges done contrary to the commaundements of the old and new Testament I can dispense against the lawe of God I am aboue all generall Councels my wil must be kept
for a law And doth he onely say this Or shall we thinke they be words of reuerence written by such as are deuout to his holinesse and that he doth not so much as he may by vertue of his speciall priuiledge Who was it y ◠gaue a dispensation to the brother y ◠he might marie his owne sister Who was it that gaue dispensation to Henrie the fifth to rise vp against Henry the fourth his own father and put him from the Empire What dispensation Pope Pius sent to King Philip God knoweth but the yong Prince the Kings sonne lost his life I know not what dispensation past lately into Scotland but the King was strangled c. A horrible déede the world knoweth it was so what mistes pretēces soeuer they make To worke such practises the Pope sendeth abrode his dispensations Such a dispensation did Pope Pius lately send into England and discharged the Subiects from their due obedience to our Prince and thereby made way for them with his fauour and licence to runne headlong into euerlasting damnation With some weake heades hée hath preuailed It is likely hée hath vsed secrete conference with them some long time before they would be drawen to be traitours to their owne country and be emboldened to put themselues in armour and robbe and spoyle burne and kill their countrie men friends and kinsefolkes and children and parents against the law of nature and the commaundement of God This was done not long sithence You can not but remember it they were in armes and had gathered a great cōpanie of Confederats the banner was displaied in fielde What thinke you was their meaning Or to what ende did they rise Among all those that liue within this realme whose person sought they against whom bente they their speares And against whose body drew they their swordes But the Lorde preserued his anointed he hath placed hir vppon his holy hill of Sion no traiterous malice shall annoy hir Consider nowe whence all this rebellion grew There is no treason without conference There euen there began all our trouble The maister of all this mischiefe fitteth at Rome as I tolde you before y ◠coales were kindled here but the belloes were there there sate he y ◠blew the fire We saw the poppets but y ◠iuggler that drew the strings kept him selfe close They which rebelled brake their oathes forswore thēselues robbed their country spoiled towns burnt y ◠holy Bible y e word of God they cared neither for God nor man neither for Prince nor for lawe They were promised furtherance in their doings by insurrections which shoulde haue bene likewise made in other places of the Realme In all this they tooke courage and countenance of Pope Pius He furnished them with all deuise of counsell he blessed thē in their purpose he promised them forgiuenesse of their sinnes for part of their wages Miserable man which could finde no better company and in miserable case when he cannot be vpholden by other meanes than by treason But most miserable are they which through his wicked persuasions are content to cast themselues and to séeke howe their country may be brought vnder the subiection of foreine enemies into bondage and miserie So doth he lose and set at libertie the consciences of men and flattereth the wicked in their vngodlinesse as if his dispensation should be their excuse It is an olde saying Caueat emptor let him that buieth take heede What colour soeuer the Pope setteth on his marchandize let the buier take héede of them We haue called God to record vnto our soules our conscience standeth charged If we commit periury God wil auenge it If we resist the power wee breake the ordinance of God and then we receiue to our selues damnation Let vs therefore be wise and circumspect As for Pope Pius word it is no warrant for vs against the iudgement of God In the day of the Lorde when we woulde call him forth for our discharge we shall not finde him He is not able to warrant himselfe Yet for his better credite and to preuaile the more with vs he saith well of him selfe magnifieth and aduaunceth his owne name when he telleth vs I am a Prince I am aboue nations and kingdomes I excommunicate Kinges and Princes I depriue them and put them downe and roote them vp I haue authoritie ouer their Subiects I discharge them of their othes I curse them and giue them vp to the Diuel I am like to the highest These are blasphemous and abominable words méete words for him that sent them to whō is giuen a mouth to speake great things and blasphemies And thus he imagineth all the worlde should fall downe before him with a Sāctus He imagineth he holdeth the Sunne and Moone in his handes and can rule them as it pleaseth him thus he is fallen into a pleasant phrensie he dreameth of great matters and with his owne breath he bloweth him selfe bigge like a bladder But this breath is nothing it is easie to let it out and then the bladder will also be as nothing It wil not be so easie as he thinketh to haue such place giuen him in the consciences of men as hee sometimes had or to roote out all that professe the Gospel of Christ or to make that the name of the holy one of Israel shall be no more spoken of Yet hee attempteth it and thereto employeth all his power and his wisedome and his counsaile But he that dwelleth in heauē laugheth him to scorne the Lord shal haue him in derision As though he were a Sampson he taketh hold of the pillars he crasheth them in péeces but the house which he pulleth downe shall fall vpon his owne heade His heart is exalted against his fall which is at hand All his great boast is but a cloude of darknesse a cleare winde will blow it ouer And now to giue you a short view of the whole matter Remēber that Pope Pius hath sent vs ouer against our gracious Queene and all hir Subiectes a Sentence of his cursse and depriuation Wherein he hath dealt ignorantly and contrary to the lawes without wit or discretion and foloweth no order For the Sentence which shoulde be kept vntill the last is giuen out before the parties were called or the cause and proofes duely alleaged and examined Remember that he is no competent Iudge that he hath no iurisdiction ouer vs that he him selfe is a partie that hée hath bene accused and founde guiltie by the iudgement of the whole worlde that he is ouer much affectionate in the case wherein he séeketh to exalt and enrich him selfe Remember that he hath conueied 19 vntruths into this one bundle that hée hath forged a false commission that hée hath corrupted and falsified the worde of God and hath made God a false witnes vnto his folies Remember that hée teacheth vs contrary to that we haue receiued of Peter and of Paul and of Christ and
numbred I owe you obedience I will not resiste your power for if I shoulde resiste I shoulde resiste the ordinaunce of God I am subiect to you for conscience sake I will forsake my countrey my goods my children and my selfe at your commaundement I will say to mine owne fleshe I knowe thée not onely I can not forsake my Lorde God Deare sir you fight â—ot against me Alas what am I What can I doe You fight against God against the moste holy against him which can commaunde your life to goe out of your body it is a hard thing for you to kicke againste the spur It is no hard matter for you to kill me for so mightie a Prince to kill so wretched a worme But this I declare to you that my bloud which you shed is innoceÌ„t shal be required at your haÌ„ds It maye please God to giue vnto you repentance and the knowledge of the truth If my bloud may be a mean therto if my bloud may open your eies if my bloud may soften your heart it coulde neuer be spent in a better cause Blessed be the name of God whiche hathe made me his instrument for youre so happye conuersion thys is the onelye thing wherein I can not yéelde The Lorde hath spoken vnto me I haue heard his voice my hart hath felt it my conscience knoweth it I can not denye it No sworde can cutte me from it no water can drowne it no fire can burne the loue I beare vnto it there is no creature in heauen or earth that can carrie me from that blessed hope I haue conceiued by his word So constant is he that hathe learned the worde of God hath set his delighte vppon it and is through it assured of the wil of God Heauen shal shake the earth shall tremble but the man of God shall stande vpright His foote shall not faile his heart shall not faint he shall not bée moued Such a ground such a foundation suche a rocke is the worde of God Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lorde He shal builde vppon a sure place he layeth his foundation vpon the corner stone He néedeth no armie to make him strong he néedeth no friendes to comforte him in aduersitie His strength is within the gates of hel shal not preuaile againste him His comfort is inwardly within his hearte He speaketh to God and God vnto hym His eyes beholde the kingdome and power and glorie of God But what say we of the Fathers Augustine Ambrose Hierom Cyprian c. What shall we thinke of them or what accompt may we make of them They be Interpretors of the worde of God They were learned men and learned Fathers the instruments of the mercie of God vesselles full of grace We despise them not we reade them we reuerence them and giue thankes vnto God for them They were witnesses vnto the truth they were worthie pillars and ornamentes in the Churche of God Yet may they not be coÌ„pared with the word of God We may not build vpon them we may not make them the foundation and warrant of our conscience we may not put our trust in them Our trust is in the name of the Lorde And thus are we taught to estéeme of the learned Fathers of the Churche by their owne iudgement by that whiche they haue written either for the credite of their owne doings or of the auctoritie whych they haue thought due to the writings of others S. Augustine said of the Doctours and Fathers in his time Neque quorumlibet aâ—sputationes quamuis Catholicorum laudatorum hominum velut Scripturas Canonicas habere debemus vt nobis non liceat salua honorificentia quae illis debetur aliquid in eorum scriptis improbare aut respuere si fortè inuenerimus quod aliter senserint quà e veritas habet Talis sum ego in scriptis aliorum tales esse volo intellectores meorum Neither weigh we the writings of all meÌ„ be they neuer so worthy and catholique as wee weigh the canonical Scriptures but that sauing the reuerence that is due vnto them we may mislike and refuse somewhat in their writings if wee finde that they haue thought otherwise than the truth may beare Suche am I in the writings of others and such would I wishe others to be in mine Some things I beléeue some things which they write I can not beléeue I weigh them not as the holy Canonicall Scriptures Cyprian was a Doctor of the Church yet he was deceiued Hierome was a Doctor of the Church yet he was deceiued Augustine was a Doctor of y e Church yet he wrote a Booke of Retractations he acknowledged that he was deceiued God did therfore giue to his Church many Doctors many learned men whych all shoulde search the truth and one reforme an other wherein they thought him deceyued S. Augustine saieth Auferantur de medio chartae nostrae procaedat in medium codex Dei audi Christum dicentem audi veritatem loquetem Take away from amongest vs any our owne Bookes lette the Booke of God come amongest vs heare what Christe saieth hearken what the truth speaketh He is the wisedome of his father he can not deceiue vs. Againe he saith Audi dicit dominus non dicit Donatus aut Rogatus aut Vincentius aut Hilarius aut Ambrosius aut Augustinus Heare this the Lorde saieth heare not this Donatus saith or Rogatus or Vincentius or Hilarius or Ambrose or Augustine saith Al these were learned most of them were holy yet saith Augustine we may not yéelde to that which is saide by learned men but we must yéelde our ful consente and beliefe to the worde of God Origen saith Necesse nobis est in testimonium vocare sanctas Scripturas Sensus quippe c. Wee muste needes call to witnesse the holy Scriptures for oure iudgementes and expositions without those witnesses carry no credite Marke wel our words and expositions constructions vnlesse they be warranted by the Scriptures are not ynough they cary not credite Augustine saith Nos nullam Cipriano facimus iniuriam cùm eius quaslibet literas c. Wee offer no wrong to S. Cyprian when wee seuer anye his Letters or Writings from the Canonical auctoritie of the holy Scriptures Thus speaketh Aug. a Doctor of the Church of Cyprian another Doctor also of y e Churche Cyprian was a bishop a lerned Father a holy man a Martire of Christe yet saith Augustine his worde is not the Gospell his worde is not the worde of God there is no wronge done to him though his writings cary not like credit as the holy Scripture I could shewe many the like spéeches of the auncient Fathers wherein they reuerence the holy Scriptures as to which onely they giue consent without gainsaying which can neither deceiue nor be deceiued In this sort did Origen and Augustine and other Doctours of the Church speake of themselues and of
of God and that he saith Let no soule be subiect to the higher powers let euery soule resist the Prince let him withstand the ordinance of God be not obedient neither for wrath nor for conscience giue no custome nor tribute nor feare nor honour vnto hir Remember if thou obey thy Prince as God hath commaunded thée thou art accursed by the Pope or if thou disobey the Prince as the Pope requireth thée thou art condemned by the iudgemēt of God Remember that the Pope hath conferēce with traitours in all countries that he raiseth Subiectes against their Princes that he causeth Princes to plague their Subiectes that he hath no regard of the stranger and the fatherlesse that hée suffereth Iewes and Harlots to liue in wealth and peace with him at Rome yet will not suffer a Christian and lawfull Prince to liue in y ◠peace of hir own Countrie at home that he is the procurer of theft and murder of rebellion and dissention in the land that he hath sent in a Bul◠to shewe his meaning and to worke our disquiet so bold and vaine impudent a Bul and so full fraught with blasphemie and vntruth as neuer before him did any Let these thinges neuer bée forgotten Let your children remember them for euer Let vs your children with vs pray God saue Queene Elizabeth and confound all those which rise vp against hir Let vs at the length take knowledge of the Pope of his enterprise boldnes He his Predecessours haue deceiued y ◠worlde our Fathers before vs. Let vs bee no more children in vnderstanding God hath giuen vs the light of his word we haue by it espied wherein they robbed vs let vs be no more deceiued I say vnto you againe I beséech you let vs at the length take knowledge of the Pope and of his enterprise and boldnesse Hée and his Predecessours haue deceiued the worlde our Fathers before vs. Let vs be no more children in vnderstanding God hath giuen vs the light of his word we haue by it espied wherein they robbed vs. Let vs be no more deceiued And thou O most merciful Father bée our defence in these daungerous times The Lyon rangeth and séeketh whome he may deuour Looke downe from thy heauens vpon vs. Giue thy grace vnto Elizabeth thy seruant Thou hast placed hir in the seate of hir fathers thou hast made hir to be a comfort vnto thy people thou hast endewed hir with manifold gifts shadow hir vnder the wings of thy mercifull protection confound and bring to nothing the counsell of hir enemies direct the worke of thine owne hands establish that O God which thou hast wrought in vs so we which bée thy people and the shéepe of thy pasture shal giue thée honour and praise for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Treatise of the holy Scriptures gathered out of certaine Sermons which the reuerend Father in God Bishoppe Iewel preached at Salisburie Anno. Domini 1570. AMONG al his creatures in heauen or earth God hath not made any like vnto the Sunne in the firmament the beames where of are beautifull and pleasaunte and doe giue comforte in all places to all things It reioyceth the whole and relieueth the sicke it causeth birds to sing fishes to play cattel to stirre wormes to créepe grasse to grow and trées to bring fruit it reneweth the face of the whole earth Yet a blind man hath no pleasure in the beauty therof because he is blind and cannot sée it Yet a deade man hath no warmth by the heate thereof because he is dead and féeleth it not Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate and in the companie of Gods Angles God walked and did talke with him He heard the voice and behelde the presence of God The riuers yéelded waters aboundantly the trées brought him foode of life He had plentie without trauel he had pleasures ioy and his hearts desire But Adam was vnthankfull he knew not God the worker of his happinesse he knewe not the place in whic◠he was he knew not his owne state and blessednesse therefore the wrath of the Lord grewe against him he fell into the snares of the Deuil he became mortall and returned to dust What nation in all the Worlde so happy as Israel they were deliuered by a mightie hand out of Aegipt from the tyrannie of Pharao from seruage and vilanie Their children were no more slaine before their faces They passed through the bottome of the Sea as vpon drie land When they were hungrie there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought them Quailes from the sea and Manna was giuen them from Heauen to eate when they thirsted the rocks opened and powred oute water that they and theyr beastes might drinke In battaile they were mightie and strong no power was able to stande against them The Lord wente before them by daye in a pillar of a cloude to leade them the waye and by night in a pillar of fire to giue them lighte When they called vpon the Lord he heard them When they trusted in him they were not confounded But they grewe vnmindfull of all these mercies and murmured agaynste the Lorde and againste his seruauntes therefore God raught forth his hand against them He sware in his wrath that they shoulde not enter into his reste Hee sent his Angel and destroied them in the wildernesse Euen so fareth it with all suche whiche regarde not the worde of their saluation because they haue eares and heare not nor will vnderstande with their harts the furie of the Lord shal be kindled against them The Prophet saith in the name of God to Israell I haue sent vnto them al my seruants the Prophets yet would they not heare mee nor encline their eare And Behold I sowe my law in you that it may bring foorth fruit in you But our fathers which receiued the lawe kept it not neither obserued thine ordinaunces neyther did the fruite of thy lawe appeare For they that receyued it perished bicause they kepte not the thing that was sowen in them Samuell telleth Saul Thou haste caste away the word of the Lord and the Lord hathe caste awaye thee Againe Ieremie sayeth How do yee saye wee are wise and the Lawe of the Lorde is with vs they haue reiected the word of the Lord and what wisedome is in them Againe Vnto whom shal I speake and admonish that they may heare Behold their eares are vncircumcised and they cannot hearken beholde the worde of the Lord is vnto them as a reproche they haue no delight in it I wil cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of theyr owne imaginations because they haue not taken heede vnto my wordes nor to my lawe but cast it off After this sorte dothe God shewe the cause why his word taketh not place in vs bicause we are wilfull and will not heare it nor receiue it nor take delight in it nor let
and in Germanie Will these men be more holye than so manye Bishoppes and Sainctes and Martirs and Patriarkes and Prophets and Apostles whyche by theyr example haue approued and commended vnto vs thys diuine ordinaunce Let euery man consider the strength of his owne dessell for whiche he shall render account before God in that Consistorie where we shall be iudged not by the lawes of Rome but by the lawes of God our owne conscience accusing or excusing vs. Paule sayth If they can not abstaine let them marry it is better to marry than to burne The name of Uirginitie is commendable but euery thing is not as it sheweth I protest before the liuing GOD which is the Iudge of the quicke and the dead that no filthinesse vnder the Sunne is comparable to forced Uirginitie I condemne not but rather highly commende single life No doubt there are many true Uirgins holy in body and holy in spirite but yet al are not Uirgins which liue vnmarried as Hierome séemeth to note Eliguntur mariti in sacerdotium non nego c. Such as are married are chosen into the Priestehode I deny not For Virgins are not to bee so muche accompted of as Priestes And againe But why say you in giuing of priestly orders is one whiche is a Virgin oftentimes refused and another whiche is married admitted It may bee because his doings are not agreeable to his Virginitie or bicause he is thoght to be a Virgin yet is not or bicause his virginity is infamous So much saith Hierome for reasō why married mē were preferred to orders of the Church before others whiche carried the shewe of Virginitie Now to conclude this we say our lawes after the counsell of the Apostle finding so many examples in al ages of the godly which were married and the notable inconueniences which grewe by forced chastitie haue giuen libertie that those who haue not the gifte of Chastitie to auoide Fornication may marry But no law made among vs hath forbiddē Virginitie or Single life This is the thyrtéenth vntruth And so haue you in these fewe words the number whiche I spake of euen fiue vntruths in litle more than fiue words First that we haue no Sacrifice This is not true For we haue the Sacrifice of the death and bloud of Christ a Sacrifice which lasteth for euer Againe that we haue no Prayers This is vntrue For we call vppon the name of the Lorde We glorifie God euen the Father of our Lore Iesus Christe God grant all the Churches in Christendome may do the like Againe that we haue no Fasting This is vntrue Our doctrine requireth fasting our lawes command it we commend it Againe They make no difference of Meates This is vntrue For we haue not putte downe one Fish day and we haue appointed 50. more than our forefathers kept Againe Single life is abolished This is vntrue for a Minister may liue single if he wil there is no law to the cōtrary God graunt our liues may be single and simple and pleasing him else we are like painted graues faire and holy without but within ful of stincking carren Nowe let vs procéede You haue heard 13. vntruths and maye we thinke that he which hath vttered so much falshode will stay there Eadem occupato regno supremi Ecclesiae capitis locum in omni Anglia eiusque praecipuam authoritatem atque iurisdictionem monstrosè sibi vsurpans regnum ipsum rursum in miserū exitiū reuocauit She the Quenes Maiestie inuaded the kingdome and by vsurping monstrously the place of the supreame heade of the Churche in all Englande and the chiefe aucthoritie and iurisdiction of the same hathe againe broughte the saide Realme into miserable destruction You must kéepe reconing for here to the 13. vntruths he giueth thrée others more wicked and slaunderous than the rest Hathe Queene Elizabeth inuaded the Realme O vaine man Is it beséeming for Christs Uicar to speake so vntruely What sendeth he such tales vnto vs who know the trueth and can reproue him Did hir Maiestie inuade this realme Came she by force and violence to hir Crowne No childe so simple but he may controll him herein Was not Quene Marie hir Sister Was not King Edwarde hir Brother Was not King Henrie hir naturall Father and King Henrie the 7. hir Grandfather Is shée not the right inheritour of both the houses queorke and Lancaster Hath shée not both the Roses that is bothe the Titles to the kingdome enclosed in one Did not the whole body of the Counsell take their Oath to hir xxxv yeres agoe Was not the Crown due to hir by inheritance and by succession and by the laws of this Realme Did not hir Father warrante it to hir by Wil as to his daughter Did not Queene Marie by expresse wordes leaue it to hir as to hir Sister Did not the whole Noblitie of the Realme confirme it Did not Queene Maries Byshops knéele downe before hir and acknowledge hir to be their naturall and lawfull Queene Did not you Did not all the Commons of this Realme willingly of your selues make Bonfiers ring your Belles and clap your handes for ioy Did not the children and little Babes crie out in your stréetes God saue Queeene Elizabeth Howe then dareth the Pope a wilfull Frier a wilfull and vnlearned Frier how dareth he say that Queene Elizabeth is no lawfull Queene but didde inuade this Realme with force and violence O good and gratious Ladie what Host had she what Capitaine what Souldiours what weapon was worne what Sworde drawne what Speare bente what Banner displayed what Trumpet sounded Shée entred to hir right peaceably hath raigned in greate peace saue that Pope Pius hath practised hir trouble by certaine rebels and traitors But God doth mercifully peserue hir to the confusion of hir enimies to the comforte of hir subiectes and the adnauncement of his glorie Yong men and Maydens Olde men and children may sée and saye Pope Pius is a forger a reporter of vntruth hathe no regarde what he saith or doth that he is paste al shame and hath no seare of God Againe Supremi capitis locum vsurpans Taking vpō hir the place of the supreme head This is vntrue Here laye a chase If the Pope goe forwarde he wil winne the game Where is shée euer called the supreme head Peruse the actes of Parliament the Recordes the Rolles and the Writs of Chauncerie or Exchequer which passe in hir Graces name where is she euer called the supreame heade of the Church No no brethren she refuseth it she woulde not haue it nor bée so called Why then doth Christes Uicar blaze and spreade abroade so grosse vntruth why shoulde he say Queene Eliz. maketh hir selfe the head of the Church Nay yet more Monstrose praecipuam eius auctoritatem atque iurisdictionē vsurpans Taking vpon hir monstrously the chiefe authoritie and iurisdiction of the same Here I might well say O monstrum hominis